97 Years Old Males
The list of famous 97 year old males includes Murray Walker, Kenneth Kaunda, Marc Chagall, Renato Dulbecco, Tsung-Dao Lee. Famous males featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, poets and directors and from other domains of life. This list of 97 Year Old includes people from United States, England, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Noam Chomsky(A Major Figure in Analytic Philosophy Who is Also Known as 'The Father of Modern Linguistics')
Birthdate: December 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Regarded by many as the father of modern linguistics, Noam Chomsky has authored over 100 books on varied topics, such as politics, linguistics, and war. A multi-talented personality, Noam Chomsky is considered a popular figure in analytic philosophy. Apart from influencing a wide array of academic fields, he has also contributed to the development of cognitivism.
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Jim Lovell
(One of the First Three Astronauts to Fly to and Orbit the Moon)
Birthdate: March 25, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, United States
Retired American astronaut Jim Lovell commanded the iconic Apollo 13 mission and was one of the first three human beings to fly to the Moon, orbit it, and get back to Earth. He had also been a US Navy captain. Following his retirement, Lovell launched a restaurant in Lake Forest.
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Li Ka-shing(Hong Kong Business Magnate and One of the Most Influential Entrepreneurs in Asia)
Birthdate: July 29, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Chaozhou, Guangdong, China
Li Ka-shing, also known as Superman, remains Hong Kong’s richest man, in spite of a drop in his net worth due to the Hong Kong riots and the coronavirus pandemic. The business tycoon is known for his association with Hutchison and for his investments in the video-conferencing platform Zoom.
Birthdate: September 11, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Delhi, Louisiana, USA
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
Birthdate: December 26, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Electrical engineer Martin Cooper had initially served the U.S. Navy in the Korean War. He later joined Motorola and pioneered many inventions in wireless communications. The Charles Stark Draper Prize winner also invented the world’s first mobile phone and made the first cell phone call.
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Bob Cousy
(American Former Professional Basketball Player)
Birthdate: August 9, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Frank Borman
(NASA Astronaut Who was the Commander of 'Apollo 8' Mission)
Birthdate: March 14, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Gary
Frank Borman is an American former US Air Force colonel, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, businessman, and NASA astronaut. The commander of Apollo 8, Borman was the first of 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon. In 1982, Frank Borman was made an inductee of the International Space Hall of Fame.
Birthdate: September 15, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
Birthdate: September 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Astoria, New York, United States
Birthdate: February 22, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Parkersburg, West Virginia, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: February 29, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: North Kensington, London, England
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Mangosuthu Buthelezi
(South African Politician, Founder of 'Inkatha Freedom Party' and Minister of Home Affairs (1994 - 2004))
Birthdate: August 27, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Mahlabathini, South Africa
Mangosuthu Buthelezi is a South African politician who is credited with founding the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP). He was widely regarded as one of the most important black leaders during the apartheid era. From 1994 to 2004, he served as South Africa's minister of home affairs. He has also won many awards, such as Nadaraja Award and Magna Award.
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Nicolas Roeg
(English Film Director and Cinematographer)
Birthdate: August 15, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London
Nicolas Roeg was an English cinematographer and film director. He is best remembered for directing films like Performance, The Man Who Fell to Earth, Don't Look Now, and The Witches. A highly influential filmmaker, Nicolas Roeg is credited with inspiring other prominent directors like Christopher Nolan, Steven Soderbergh, and Danny Boyle.
Birthdate: June 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Berkeley, California, United States
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Joseph Kittinger
(Retired US Air Force Officer and Command Pilot Who Made Many High-Altitude Balloon Records)
Birthdate: July 27, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Tampa, Florida, United States
Former US Air Force pilot Joseph Kittinger made many high-altitude balloon records and scripted history as the first person to complete a solo balloon flight across the Atlantic Ocean. He served as a fighter pilot during the Vietnam War and had been part of the US high-altitude military projects Project Manhigh and Project Excelsior.
Birthdate: February 9, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
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Bill Lee
(Baseball player)
Birthdate: July 23, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Snow Hill, Alabama, United States
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Robert Indiana
(Costume designer, Painter, Sculptor, Postage stamp designer)
Birthdate: September 13, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: New Castle
Robert Indiana was an American artist best remembered for his association with the pop art movement. He is credited with creating the popular Love sculpture. The sculpture, which is situated at the Indianapolis Museum of Art (IMA), was the basis for the 1973 US Postal Service LOVE stamp. Indiana's works are preserved in numerous museums, including the McNay Art Museum.
Birthdate: June 28, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Kansas City
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Jean Vanier
(Philosopher, Philanthropist)
Birthdate: September 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Geneva
A former naval officer, Jean Vanier began working for intellectually disabled people after he met some of them in Paris, eventually founding L'Arche in order to provide them with shelter and support network. Later, he also cofounded Faith and Light to help those with learning disability. A prolific author; after his death, he was accused of sexually exploiting six women.
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Hans Blix
(Swedish Diplomat, Politician)
Birthdate: June 28, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Uppsala
Hans Blix is a Swedish politician and diplomat who served as the Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1978 to 1979. An advocate of world peace, Blix served as the Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) from 1981 to 1997. In 2007, Hans Blix was honored with the Sydney Peace Prize. In 2014, he received the Fulbright Prize.
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Galt MacDermot
(Composer, Songwriter, Film score composer)
Birthdate: December 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Montreal
Birthdate: April 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wedding, Berlin, Germany
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
Birthdate: July 12, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Methuen, Massachusetts, United States
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Paul Johnson
(Journalist & Conservative Popular Historian)
Birthdate: November 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Manchester, England
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Reynaldo Bignone
(Politician, Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 21, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Morón, Buenos Aires
Reynaldo Bignone was an Argentine general who ruled as a military dictator from 1982 to 1983. He was involved in the kidnapping and murder of people who opposed the military junta during the Dirty War. He also ordered the annihilation of all documentation on the missing people. Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment in 2010.
Birthdate: September 6, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
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Yaacov Agam
(Artist, Sculptor, Experimental artist, Visual artist, Painter)
Birthdate: May 11, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rishon LeZion
A pioneer of optical and kinetic art, Yaacov Agam is best-known for his 3-D creations. The son of a Russian rabbi, he studied art in places such as Jerusalem and Paris. His art includes manipulable sculptures, musical fountains, and fluid geometric forms. He also created the largest menorah in the world.
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Felix Rohatyn
(Diplomat, Banker)
Birthdate: May 29, 1928
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Vienna
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Torben Ulrich
(Danish Writer, Musician and Former Professional Tennis Player)
Birthdate: October 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Frederiksberg, Denmark
Torben Ulrich is a Danish former professional tennis player turned writer, musician, and filmmaker. As a tennis player, he was the top-ranked senior player in the world in the mid-1970s. He became a writer after retirement and primarily wrote on music, film, athletics, and culture. He eventually founded a New Orleans-type jazz band and made films as well.
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Otto F. Kernberg
(Psychiatrist, Psychanalyst, University teacher, Non-fiction writer, Psychologist)
Birthdate: September 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Vienna
After fleeing to Chile with his family during the Nazi regime, Otto F. Kernberg studied medicine and then psychiatry. He eventually moved to the U.S. on a Rockefeller fellowship and grew up to be one of the finest psychoanalysts of the country. He now teaches at the Weill Cornell Medicine.
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Lee Shau-kee
(Businessperson who is founder of Henderson Land Development)
Birthdate: March 7, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Shunde, Guangdong, China
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Neil Harvey
(Australian Former Cricketer)
Birthdate: October 8, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Luigi Colani
(German Industrial Designer)
Birthdate: August 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Berlin
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Jim Pattison
(Canadian Businessperson and Investor)
Birthdate: October 1, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Saskatoon, Canada
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William Kennedy
(American writer)
Birthdate: January 16, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
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Juris Hartmanis
(Computer scientist)
Birthdate: July 5, 1928
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Riga, Latvia
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Daisaku Ikeda
(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: January 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ōta-ku
Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist educator, author, philosopher, and nuclear disarmament advocate. He is best known for serving as the founding president of the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Daisaku Ikeda has won several international awards like the United Nations Peace Medal, Tagore Peace Award, and Rosa Parks Humanitarian Award.
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Osamu Shimomura
(Nobel Prize-Winning Japanese Organic Chemist and Marine Biologist Known for Discovering GFP)
Birthdate: August 27, 1928
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Kyoto
Nobel Prize-winning Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist Osamu Shimomura is remembered for discovering the green fluorescent protein, or GFP. He was also associated with Princeton University and the Marine Biological Laboratory as a researcher and faculty member. He was named to the US National Academy of Sciences, too.
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Geert Hofstede
(Psychologist, University teacher, Anthropologist, Economist)
Birthdate: October 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Haarlem
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Hans Herrmann
(German Retired Formula One Driver)
Birthdate: February 23, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Stuttgart, Germany
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Melvin Russell Ballard, Jr.
Birthdate: October 8, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
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Franciszek Pieczka
(Actor)
Birthdate: January 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Godów, Silesia, Poland
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Shridath Ramphal
(2nd Secretary-General of the Commonwealth of Nations)
Birthdate: October 3, 1928
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New Amsterdam, Guyana
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Martin E. Marty
(Historian of religion)
Birthdate: February 5, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: West Point, Nebraska, United States
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Arnold Rüütel
(Former President of Estonia)
Birthdate: May 10, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Saaremaa
Arnold Rüütel is an Estonian agricultural scientist and politician. He is best known for his service as the President of Estonia from 2001 to 2006. He also served as the Chairman of the Supreme Council of Estonia from 1990 to 1992.
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Desmond Morris
(English Ethologist, Zoologist, Author, and Surrealist Painter)
Birthdate: January 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Purton, Wiltshire, England
Desmond Morris is an English ethologist, zoologist, author, and surrealist painter. He is well-known for his book The Naked Ape and for his TV shows, such as Zoo Time. Desmond Morris is also known for his work as the writer and presenter of the popular BBC documentary The Human Animal.
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Monty Norman
(Composer, Film producer, Musician, Film score composer)
Birthdate: April 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London
Birthdate: May 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Dublin, Ireland
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Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi
(Saudi Arabian Billionaire and Corporate Figure)
Birthdate: November 30, 1928
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Al Qassim, Saudi Arabia
Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi is a Saudi Arabian billionaire and corporate figure. Counted among the country's wealthiest non-royals, the Al Rajhi family has also been among the leading philanthropists in the world. In 2012, Sulaiman Abdul Aziz Al Rajhi was honored with the prestigious King Faisal International Prize for pledging half his fortune to charity.