Famous 98 Years Old
The list of famous 98 years old includes Pope Benedict XVI, Tony Bennett, Bud Grant, Tsung-Dao Lee, Frederick Buechner. Famous personalities featured on this list, include actors, actresses, composers and poets and from other domains of life. This list of 98 years old includes people from United States, Germany, England & Canada and many more countries.
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Tony Bennett(American Popular Retired Singer Best Known for His Album ‘I Left My Heart in San Francisco')
Birthdate: August 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Tony Bennett is an American painter and singer. He is credited with founding the Frank Sinatra School of the Arts, popular performing arts high school. A famous and critically praised concert performer and recording artist, Tony Bennett has sold more than 50 million records worldwide.
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Harry Belafonte
(Singer, Actor)
Birthdate: March 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Gina Lollobrigida
(Italian Actress and Photojournalist Who was One of the Highest-Profile European Actresses of the 1950s and 1960s)
Birthdate: July 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Subiaco, Italy
Gina Lollobrigida is an Italian actress and photojournalist counted amongst the highest-profile European actresses of the 1950s and 1960s. Considered a sex symbol in her youth, she had a successful career both in the film and TV industries. She later built a second career as a photojournalist. She is a recipient of the NIAF Lifetime Achievement Award.
Birthdate: March 31, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: July 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arlington, Oregon, USA
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Michael Constantine
(Actor)
Birthdate: May 22, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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James Lipton
(actor, screenwriter, poet, television presenter)
Birthdate: September 19, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Detroit
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Bud Grant(Former American Football Forward and Former Head Coach)
Birthdate: May 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Bud Grant is known for his 18-year stint as the Minnesota Vikings head coach. He has 168 NFL wins, making him one of the most successful NFL coaches. He is also 4-time Grey Cup champion. Post-retirement, he focused on bringing about environmental reforms, such as the conservation of wetlands.
Birthdate: January 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Denver, Colorado, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
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Leontyne Price
(The First African-American Opera Singer to Achieve International Fame)
Birthdate: February 10, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Laurel, Mississippi, United States
Multiple Grammy-winning legendary opera singer and musical diva Leontyne Price became the first singer of African-American origin who achieved international fame in opera. She soared to fame with her appearance in the TV production of Tosca and later performed at iconic venues, such as London’s Royal Opera House.
Birthdate: May 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: July 9, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Norman Jewison
(Canadian Film and Television Director, Producer and Founder of the 'Canadian Film Centre')
Birthdate: July 21, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Toronto, Canada
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
Birthdate: April 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Markit, Germany
Pope Benedict XVI started off as a Hitler Youth member, but a finger injury prevented him from fighting in the German army. In 2005, he became the head of the Catholic Church. The liberal theologian-turned-conservative resigned in 2013, becoming the first pope to do so since the 1400s.
Birthdate: November 24, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Shanghai, China
Tsung-Dao Lee is a Chinese-American physicist renowned for his work on particle physics, parity violation, soliton stars, nontopological solitons, and the Lee Model. In 1957, he became the third-youngest person to be awarded the prestigious Nobel Prize in the science fields; he won the Nobel Prize in Physics. He is also the first Chinese Nobel laureate.
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Carl Erskine
(Baseball pitcher)
Birthdate: December 13, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Anderson, Indiana, United States
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Thich Nhat Hanh
(Buddhist monk and peace activist who has founded dozens of schools and universities and has published over 100 books.)
Birthdate: October 11, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Huế, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, French Indochina
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Robert Bly
(American Poet & Essayist Best Know for his Prose Book 'Iron John: A Book About Men')
Birthdate: December 23, 1926
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota, United States
Robert Bly was an American poet, activist, and essayist. He is best remembered for leading the mythopoetic men's movement. He is also remembered for his book Iron John: A Book About Men. Robert Bly is also well-known for his work The Light Around the Body, which earned him the National Book Award for Poetry in 1968.
Birthdate: August 11, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lithuania
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Endel Tulving
(Neuroscientist, Psychologist)
Birthdate: May 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pechory
Endel Tulving is an Estonian-born Canadian experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is best known for his pioneering research on human memory. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University and began his academic work at the University of Toronto, where he remained for the rest of his career. He is a recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award.
Birthdate: April 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United States
Birthdate: November 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Kaunas, Lithuania
Former Lithuanian president Valdas Adamkus had fought against the Soviet army during World War II. After fleeing to Germany, he studied in Munich and then migrated to the U.S., where he earned a civil engineering degree. Among his many accolades are honorary doctorates from countless foreign universities.
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Rupert Neve
(Engineer, Audio engineer)
Birthdate: July 31, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Newton Abbot
A pioneer in the design of audio recording equipments, Arthur Rupert Neve began his career designing public address systems, recording speakers and singers on lacquer discs. He later started his own business, designing analog recording and audio mixing equipments, .establishing Neve Electronics, Focusrite, AMS Neve, and finally Rupert Neve Designs. Many of his long-discontinued products are now considered collectors' items.
Birthdate: June 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Carrington Village, Barbados
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Yusuf al-Qaradawi
(Egyptian Islamic Scholar)
Birthdate: September 9, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Saft Turab, Egypt
Yusuf al-Qaradawi was an Egyptian scholar based in Qatar. An important influencer in the Muslim world, Al-Qaradawi is best remembered for his program, Sharia and Life. In addition to authoring over 120 books, Yusuf al-Qaradawi also helped found a website known as IslamOnline. Al-Qaradawi is often counted among the most influential Islamic scholars of his generation.
Birthdate: August 29, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Jacmel, Haiti
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Maybelle Blair
(Baseball Player)
Birthdate: January 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Inglewood, California, United States
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Jean-Pierre Serre
(Mathematician, Topologist, Professor)
Birthdate: September 15, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pyrénées-Orientales
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Vernon L. Smith
(American Economist, Professor and Winner of Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences)
Birthdate: January 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Birthdate: December 3, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: San Juan, Puerto Rico
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Alvin Sargent
(Screenwriter)
Birthdate: April 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
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Kitty Hart-Moxon
(Survivor)
Birthdate: December 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bielsko, Poland
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Stanley Cavell
(Philosopher, University teacher)
Birthdate: September 1, 1926
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Atlanta
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Yury Grigorovich
(Russian Dancer and Choreographer)
Birthdate: January 2, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: St. Petersburg, Russia
Yury Grigorovich is a Soviet and Russian choreographer and dancer. One of the most popular and successful ballet dancers of his generation, Grigorovich dominated the Russian ballet scene for over three decades. Grigorovich has also headed the juries of several international competitions in classical ballet. He has also received several awards, such as the Lenin Prize and Ludvig Nobel Prize.
Birthdate: July 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
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Kenneth Anger
(Film producer)
Birthdate: February 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
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Lisa Lu
(Chinese Actress and Singer)
Birthdate: January 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Beijing, China
Height: 5'8" (173 cm)
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Frederick Vreeland
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: June 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Danbury
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Nayantara Sahgal
(Indian Journalist and Writer)
Birthdate: May 10, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning author Nayantara Sahgal is the granddaughter of Motilal Nehru and the niece of Jawaharlal Nehru. Her works include 9 novels, including the award-winning Rich Like Us, and 10 non-fiction books. She has also received the Doon Ratna from Dehradun, where she has lived for decades.
Birthdate: July 12, 1926
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Vienna, Austria
Birthdate: February 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Needham Market, Suffolk, England, UK
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Laurence Rosenthal
(Composer, Musician, Film score composer)
Birthdate: November 4, 1926
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Detroit
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Murray Schisgal
(Playwright, Screenwriter, Film producer, Actor, Writer)
Birthdate: November 25, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: New York City
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E. Mavis Hetherington
(Former Canadian Psychology Professor)
Birthdate: November 27, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: British Columbia, Canada
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Basha Bakri
(Sports shooter)
Birthdate: 1927 AD
Birthplace: Daiong, Sudan
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Andrew Schally(American Endocrinologist and Winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Medicine)
Birthdate: November 30, 1926
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Vilnius, Lithuania
Andrew Schally escaped Poland and went to Romania and the UK with his family following the Nazi invasion, eventually settling in Canada. He grew up to be a renowned endocrinologist and won the Nobel Prize for his research on the hypothalamus and how it controls the hormones in the body.
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Robert Orben
(Stage Magician, Writer)
Birthdate: March 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: United States of America
Robert Orben is an American comedy writer and magician. Over the years Orben has written several books on comedy as part of his popular newsletter Orben's Current Comedy. He has also written many books for magicians. A multi-talented personality, Robert Orben served as the head speechwriter to politician and then-Vice President Gerald R. Ford in 1973.
Birthdate: March 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany
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Harry Whittington
(Lawyer)
Birthdate: March 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Henderson
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César Pelli
(Architect, Entrepreneur)
Birthdate: October 12, 1926
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: San Miguel de Tucumán