Famous People Who Died At 99

The list of famous people who died at 99 includes Homer, Morarji Desai, Gulzarilal Nanda, Michael DeBakey, Charles H. Townes. Famous personalities featured on this list, include artists, philosophers, surgeons and actors and from other domains of life. This list of celebrities who died at 99 includes people from United States, India, France & Poland and many more countries.
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 1 
Betty White
(Referred the 'First Lady of Television', She Holds the Record for the ‘Longest TV Career by a Female’)
Betty White
125
Birthdate: January 17, 1922
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Oak Park, Illinois, United States
Died: December 31, 2021
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 2 
Prince Philip
(Husband of Queen Elizabeth II)
Prince Philip
118
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 10, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Mon Repos, Corfu, Greece
Died: April 9, 2021
Height: 6'0" (183 cm)
 3 
Zsa Zsa Gabor
(Actress & Socialite)
Zsa Zsa Gabor
21
Birthdate: February 6, 1917
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Budapest, Hungary
Died: December 18, 2016
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 4 
Eddie Albert
(American actor)
Eddie Albert
2
Birthdate: April 22, 1906
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Rock Island, Illinois, United States
Died: May 26, 2005
 5 
Lillian Gish
(Actress)
Lillian Gish
8
Birthdate: October 14, 1893
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Springfield, Ohio, United States
Died: February 27, 1993
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
 6 
John Wooden
(Basketball coach)
John Wooden
5
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: October 14, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Hall, Indiana, United States
Died: June 4, 2010
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
 7 
June Foray
(Former Voice actress who Provided the voice of Rocket J. Squirrel in the animated series Rocky and Bullwinkle from 1959 to 1964)
June Foray
5
Birthdate: September 18, 1917
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Died: July 25, 2017
Height: 4'11" (150 cm)
 8 
Max Schmeling
(German Boxer Who Was Heavyweight Champion of the World between 1930 and 1932)
Max Schmeling
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: September 28, 1905
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Klein Luckow, Jatznick, Germany
Died: February 2, 2005
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 9 
Hugh Downs
(Broadcaster)
Hugh Downs
4
Birthdate: February 14, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Akron, Ohio, United States
Died: July 1, 2020
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
 10 
Morarji Desai
(Politician, Prime Minister of India)
Morarji Desai
11
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 29, 1896
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Bhadeli, Bombay Presidency, British India
Died: April 10, 1995
 11 
Fe del Mundo
(Pediatrician)
Fe del Mundo
9
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: November 27, 1911
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Intramuros
Died: August 6, 2011
 12 
Billy Graham
(American Evangelist and an Ordained Southern Baptist Minister)
Billy Graham
38
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: November 7, 1918
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Charlotte, North Carolina, United States
Died: February 21, 2018
 13 
Michael DeBakey
(Cardiac Surgeon)
Michael DeBakey
2
Birthdate: September 7, 1908
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lake Charles, Louisiana, United States
Died: July 11, 2008
 14 
Juanita Moore
(Actress)
Juanita Moore
5
Birthdate: October 19, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Greenwood, Mississippi, U.S.
Died: January 1, 2014
 15 
Mitch Miller
(Musician)
Mitch Miller
2
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: July 4, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New York, United States
Died: July 31, 2010
 16 
Al Hirschfeld
(Caricaturist, Artist, Postage stamp designer)
Al Hirschfeld
0
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: June 21, 1903
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: St. Louis
Died: January 20, 2003
 17 
Mathilde Kschessinska
(Russian Ballerina and the First Russian Dancer to Master 32 Consecutive 'Fouettés en Tournant')
Mathilde Kschessinska
1
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: August 31, 1872
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Ligovo, Russia
Died: December 6, 1971
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
 18 
Gulzarilal Nanda
(Former Prime Minister of India)
Gulzarilal Nanda
8
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: July 4, 1898
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Sialkot, Punjab, British India (now in Punjab, Pakistan)
Died: January 15, 1998
 19 
Carl Barks
(Screenwriter, Writer, Painter, Farmer, Journalist)
Carl Barks
2
Birthdate: March 27, 1901
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Merrill
Died: August 25, 2000
 20 
Charles H. Townes
0
Birthdate: July 28, 1915
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Greenville, South Carolina, United States
Died: January 27, 2015
 21 
Owen Barfield
(Philosopher, Writer)
Owen Barfield
0
Birthdate: November 9, 1898
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: London
Died: December 14, 1997
 22 
Risë Stevens
(American Actress and Singer)
Risë Stevens
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: June 11, 1913
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Died: March 20, 2013
 23 
Ernesto Sabato
(Physicist, Writer)
Ernesto Sabato
1
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: June 24, 1911
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Rojas, Buenos Aires Province, Argentina
Died: April 30, 2011
 24 
Maria Franziska von Trapp
(Austrian American Singer)
Maria Franziska von Trapp
4
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: September 28, 1914
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Zell am See, Austria
Died: February 18, 2014
 25 
Jack Steinberger
(Physicist)
Jack Steinberger
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: May 25, 1921
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Bad Kissingen, Germany
Died: December 12, 2020
 26 
John Paul Stevens
(Navy officer, Judge, Lawyer)
John Paul Stevens
3
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: April 20, 1920
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Died: July 16, 2019
 27 
S.S. Kresge
(Businessman)
S.S. Kresge
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: July 31, 1867
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Allentown, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died: October 18, 1966
 28 
Hy Zaret
(Lyricist)
Hy Zaret
0
Listed In: Musicians
Birthdate: August 21, 1907
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Died: July 2, 2007
 29 
Bob Sheppard
(Officer, Baseball player)
Bob Sheppard
1
Birthdate: October 20, 1910
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Richmond Hill
Died: July 11, 2010
 30 
Luis A. Ferre
(Engineer)
Luis A. Ferre
0
Listed In: Engineers
Birthdate: February 17, 1904
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Ponce, Puerto Rico
Died: October 20, 2003
 31 
T. Berry Brazelton
(American Pediatrician, Author, and the Developer of the Neonatal Behavioral Assessment Scale (NBAS))
T. Berry Brazelton
0
Listed In: Physicians
Birthdate: May 10, 1918
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Waco, Texas, United States
Died: March 13, 2018
 32 
Hildegarde
(Singer)
Hildegarde
0
Listed In: Singers
Birthdate: February 1, 1906
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Adell, Wisconsin, United States
Died: July 29, 2005
 33 
Paul D. Boyer
(Biochemist)
Paul D. Boyer
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 31, 1918
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Provo, Utah, United States
Died: June 2, 2018
 34 
Eve Arnold
(Journalist, Photographer, Photojournalist)
Eve Arnold
2
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: April 21, 1912
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Philadelphia
Died: January 4, 2012
 35 
William Henry Jackson
(Painter, Photographer, Explorer, Artist, Mountaineer)
William Henry Jackson
0
Listed In: Photographers
Birthdate: April 4, 1843
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Keeseville
Died: June 30, 1942
 36 
Ismail Samani
(Sāmānid ruler)
Ismail Samani
0
Listed In: Emperors & Kings
Birthdate: 0850
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Balkh, Afghanistan
Died: November 24, 0949
 37 
George Devol
(Inventor)
George Devol
0
Listed In: Business People
Birthdate: February 20, 1912
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Louisville, Kentucky, United States
Died: August 11, 2011
 38 
Keiko Fukuda
(Japanese-American Martial Artist)
Keiko Fukuda
0
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 12, 1913
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Tokyo, Japan
Died: February 9, 2013
 39 
Bobby Doerr
(Baseball player)
Bobby Doerr
1
Listed In: Sportspersons
Birthdate: April 7, 1918
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Died: November 13, 2017
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
 40 
Tadeusz Reichstein
(Polish-Swiss Chemist Who Won the 1950 Nobel Prize in Medicine for His Work on Isolation of Cortisone)
Tadeusz Reichstein
0
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: July 20, 1897
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wloclawek, Poland
Died: August 1, 1996
 41 
J. R. Simplot
(Entrepreneur)
J. R. Simplot
2
Listed In: Miscellaneous
Birthdate: January 4, 1909
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Dubuque, Iowa, United States
Died: May 25, 2008
 42 
Yvette Chauviré
(French Prima Ballerina)
Yvette Chauviré
0
Listed In: Dancers
Birthdate: April 22, 1917
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 19, 2016
 43 
Julia Dent Cantacuzene Spiransky-Grant
(Historian)
Julia Dent Cantacuzene Spiransky-Grant
1
Birthdate: June 6, 1876
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: The White House, Washington, D.C., United States
Died: October 4, 1975
 44 
Ronald Neame
(English Film Director, Producer, Screenwriter, and Cinematographer)
Ronald Neame
0
Birthdate: April 23, 1911
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: London, England
Died: June 16, 2010
 45 
Nexhmije Hoxha
(Albanian Communist Politician & Wife of the 22nd Prime Minister of Albania, Enver Hoxha)
Nexhmije Hoxha
2
Listed In: Leaders
Birthdate: February 8, 1921
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Bitola, North Macedonia
Died: February 26, 2020
 46 
Maurice Allais
(Economist)
Maurice Allais
0
Birthdate: May 31, 1911
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Paris, France
Died: October 9, 2010
 47 
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
(Author)
Bernard Le Bovier de Fontenelle
0
Listed In: Writers
Birthdate: February 11, 1657
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rouen, France
Died: January 9, 1757
 48 
Nathalie Sarraute
(Writer, Lawyer)
Nathalie Sarraute
0
Listed In: Lawyers & Judges
Birthdate: July 18, 1900
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Ivanovo, Russia
Died: October 19, 1999
 49 
Jens C Skou
(Danish Biochemist and Winner of the 1997 Nobel Prize in Chemistry)
Jens C Skou
1
Listed In: Scientists
Birthdate: October 8, 1918
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Lemvig, Denmark
Died: May 28, 2018
 50 
Sœur Emmanuelle
(French Nun Known for Her Involvement in Working for the Plight of the Poor in Turkey and Egypt)
Sœur Emmanuelle
0
Listed In: Activists
Birthdate: November 16, 1908
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Brussels, Belgium
Died: October 20, 2008