Oldest Notable People for Reasons Other than Age

Oldest Notable People Ever

Below is a list of the 100 oldest ever people who are notable for reasons other than their own longevity.

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Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country	Reason for Notability
1	Leila Denmark	F	1 Feb 1898	1 Apr 2012	114 years 60 days	USA	Paediatrician, author, scientist
2	Alphaeus Philemon Cole	M	12 Jul 1876	25 Nov 1988	112 years 136 days	USA	Artist, engraver, and etcher
3	Theresa Bernstein	F	1 Mar 1890	13 Feb 2002	111 years 349 days	POL USA	Artist, painter, and writer
4	Katherine Plunket	F	22 Nov 1820	14 Oct 1932	111 years 327 days	IRL	aristocrat and botanical illustrator
5	Maria Pogonowska	F	30 Oct 1897	15 Jul 2009	111 years 258 days	POL ISR	Physicist
6	Juliana Koo ^[1]	F	26 Sep 1905	24 May 2017	111 years 240 days	CHN USA	Diplomat
7	Herman Smith-Johannsen	M	15 Jun 1875	5 Jan 1987	111 years 204 days	NOR CAN	Cross country skier
8	Frederica Sagor Maas	F	6 Jul 1900	5 Jan 2012	111 years 183 days	USA	Screenwriter, playwright, and essayist
9	Qin Hanzhang ^[2]	M	19 Feb 1908	15 Aug 2019	111 years, 177 days	CHN	Engineer and scientist
10	Alexander Imich	M	4 Feb 1903	8 Jun 2014	111 years 124 days	POL USA	Parapsychologist
11	Manolita Pina-Torres	F	24 Feb 1883	11 Jun 1994	111 years 107 days	ESP URU	Painter
12	Cecilia Seghizzi ^[3]	F	5 Sep 1908	22 Nov 2019	111 years, 78 days	ITA	Painter and composer
13	Hildebrando Ibanez Reynaga ^[4]	M	10 July 1908	12 Sep 2019	111 years, 64 days	PER	Politician
14	Zhou Youguang ^[5]	M	13 Jan 1906	14 Jan 2017	111 years 1 day	CHN	Linguist
15	Leopold Vietoris	M	4 Jun 1891	9 Apr 2002	110 years 309 days	AUT	Mathematician
16	Zoltan Sarosy ^[6]	M	23 Aug 1906	19 Jun 2017	110 years, 300 days	CAN HUN	Chess master
17	Galo Leoz-Ortin	M	22 Apr 1879	23 Jan 1990	110 years 276 days	ESP	Doctor
18	Laura Scales	F	13 Nov 1879	12 Jun 1990	110 years 211 days	USA	College dean and educator
19	Carla Porta Musa	F	15 Mar 1902	10 Oct 2012	110 years 209 days	ITA	Essayist and poet
20	Elza Brandeisz	F	18 Sept 1907	6 Jan 2018	110 years 110 days	HUN	Dancer and humanitarian
21	Alice Herz-Sommer	F	26 Nov 1903	23 Feb 2014	110 years 89 days	CZE UK	Pianist and Holocaust survivor
22	Abby Milton	F	6 Feb 1881	2 May 1991	110 years 85 days	USA	Woman suffrage leader
23	Zheng Ji	M	6 May 1900	29 Jul 2010	110 years 84 days	CHN	Nutritionist and biochemist
24	Jane Ising	F	2 Feb 1902	2 Feb 2012	110 years 0 days	GER USA	Economist
25	Helen Reichert	F	11 Nov 1901	25 Sep 2011	109 years 318 days	USA	Talk show personality and professor
26	Juan Carlos Caballero Vega	M	24 Jun 1900	30 Mar 2010	109 years 279 days	MEX	Revolutionary
27	Ruth Hamilton	F	21 Apr 1898	18 Jan 2008	109 years 271 days	USA	Radio host and politician
28	Helli Stehle ^[7]	F	6 Dec 1907	27 Aug 2017	109 years 264 days	SUI	Actress and radio presenter
29	Sarah Louise Delany	F	19 Sep 1889	25 Jan 1999	109 years 128 days	USA	Author and civil rights pioneer
30	Ruth Bancroft ^[8]	F	2 Sep 1908	26 Nov 2017	109 years, 85 days	USA	Landscape and garden designer
31	Irving Kahn	M	19 Dec 1905	24 Feb 2015	109 years 67 days	USA	Financial analyst
32	Carl Falck	M	27 May 1907	23 Jul 2016	109 years 57 days	NOR	Businessman
33	Ruthie Tompson ^[9]	F	22 Jul 1910	Living	113 years, 271 days	USA	Animator and artist
32	Nils Elowsson	M	23 Oct 1890	27 Oct 1999	109 years 4 days	SWE	Journalist and politician
33	Mary McCarthy Gomez Cueto	F	27 Apr 1900	3 Apr 2009	108 years 341 days	CAN CUB	Popular figure
34	Shimetaro Hara	M	4 Oct 1882	18 Jun 1991	108 years 257 days		Physician
35	Roberta McCain	F	7 Feb 1912	12 Oct 2020	108 years, 248 days	American	Mother of John McCain
36	John Morton-Finney	M	25 Jun 1889	28 Jan 1998	108 years 217 days	USA	Civil rights activist and lawyer
37	Gordon S. Fahrni	M	13 Apr 1887	3 Nov 1995	108 years 204 days	CAN	Physician and expert on goitre
38	Madame Simone	F	3 Apr 1877	17 Oct 1985	108 years 197 days	FRA	Actress and writer
39	Carmen Martínez Sierra	F	3 May 1904	6 Nov 2012	108 years 186 days	Spanish	Actress
40	Giorgos Katsaros	M	20 Dec 1888	22 Jun 1997	108 years 184 days	GRE Template:AME	Composer, singer and lyricist
41	William F. Cotton	M	23 Oct 1897	23 Apr 2006	108 years 182 days	American	Businessman
42	Hugues Cuénod	M	26 Jun 1902	6 Dec 2010	108 years 163 days	Swiss	Tenor
43	Waldemar Levy Cardoso	M	4 Dec 1900	13 May 2009	108 years 160 days	Brazilian	Field marshal
44	Georges Loinger ^[10]	M	29 Aug 1910	28 Dec 2018	108 years 121 days	French	Resistance fighter
45	Gladys O'Connor	F	28 Nov 1903	21 Feb 2012	108 years 85 days	British-Canadian	Actress
46	Leo Ornstein	M	2 Dec 1893	24 Feb 2002	108 years 84 days	American	Pianist and composer
47	Nicholas Salamis	M	13 Aug 1897	15 Oct 2005	108 years 63 days	Greek-Canadian	Priest and popular figure
48	Hetty Bower	F	28 Sep 1905	12 Nov 2013	108 years 45 days	British	Political activist
49	Anton Jakobsen	M	13 Dec 1874	26 Jan 1983	108 years 44 days	Norwegian	Politician
50	Herbert Nootbaar	M	8 Nov 1908	18 Dec 2016	108 years 40 days	American	Businessman and philanthropist
51	Marjory Douglas	F	7 Apr 1890	14 May 1998	108 years 37 days	American	Conservationist and writer
52	Johannes Heesters	M	5 Dec 1903	24 Dec 2011	108 years 19 days	Dutch	Actor
53	Boris Yefimov	M	28 Sep 1900	1 Oct 2008	108 years 3 days	Russian	Cartoonist
54	Irma Rapuzzi^[11]	F	12 Apr 1910	3 Apr 2018	107 years 356 days	French	Politician
55	Rosa Rio	F	2 Jun 1902	13 May 2010	107 years 345 days	American	Organist
56	Renee Simonot^[12]	F	10 Sep 1911	Living	112 years, 221 days	French	Actress
57	Constance Applebee	F	24 Feb 1873	26 Jan 1981	107 years 336 days	American	Field hockey player
58	Gillo Dorfles^[13]	M	12 Apr 1910	2 Mar 2018	107 years, 324 days	Italian	Art critic, painter and philosopher
59	Yang Jingnian	M	17 Oct 1908	4 Sep 2016	107 years 322 days	Chinese	Economist and translator
60	Hiragushi Denchu	M	23 Feb 1872	30 Dec 1979	107 years 310 days	Japanese	Sculptor
61	Elder Roma Wilson^[14]	M	22 Dec 1910	25 Oct 2018	107 years, 307 days	American	American gospel harmonicist
62	Gerard Helders ^[15]	M	9 Mar 1905	6 Jan 2013	107 years 303 days	Dutch	Politician
63	Barys Kit ^[16]	M	6 Apr 1910	1 Feb 2018	107 years, 301 days	Belarusian	Scientist
64	Eileen Whelan ^[17]	F	30 Oct 1911	Living	112 years, 171 days	English	Cricketer
65	Elisabeth Keers-Laseur	F	8 Mar 1890	18 Dec 1997	107 years 285 days	Dutch	Political activist
66	Albert Hamilton Gordon	M	21 Jul 1901	1 May 2009	107 years 284 days	American	Businessman
67	Leopold Engleitner	M	23 Jul 1905	21 Apr 2013	107 years 272 days	Austrian	Holocaust survivor and educator
68	Emmanuel Kriaras	M	28 Nov 1906	22 Aug 2014	107 years 267 days	Greek	Lexicographer and philologist
69	Abdul Rashid Khan	M	19 Aug 1908	18 Feb 2016	107 years 264 days	Indian	Musician
70	Gerda Ring	F	11 May 1891	21 Jan 1999	107 years 255 days	Norwegian	Stage actress and producer
71	Rosa Bouglione^[18]	F	21 Dec 1910	26 Aug 2018	107 years, 249 days	French	Circus preformer
72	George Abbott	M	25 Jun 1887	31 Jan 1995	107 years 220 days	American	Theatre producer
73	Jessie Lichauco^[19]	F	10 Jan 1912	Living	112 years, 99 days	American-Filipino	Philanthropist
74	Sandorne Kugler	F	25 July 1908	17 February 2016	107 years 207 days	Hungarian	Physicist, author, teacher
75	Nellie May Naylor	F	20 Mar 1885	5 Oct 1992	107 years 199 days	American	Professor of chemistry
76	Walton Brooks McDaniel	M	4 Mar 1871	16 Sep 1978	107 years 196 days	American	Classical scholar
77	Sergey Nikolsky	M	30 Apr 1905	9 Nov 2012	107 years 193 days	Russian	Mathematician
78	Yoshiyuki Aguri	F	10 Jul 1907	5 Jan 2015	107 years 179 days	Japanese	Model and beautician
79	Dorothy C. Stratton	F	24 Mar 1899	17 Sep 2006	107 years 177 days	American	Director of the SPARS
79	Ume Watanabe	F	23 Mar 1907	16 Sep 2014	107 years 177 days	Japanese	Artist
80	Friedrich von Rauchhaupt	M	13 Aug 1881	28 Jan 1989	107 years 168 days	German	Jurist
81	Roy Neuberger	M	21 Jul 1903	24 Dec 2010	107 years 156 days	American	Financier
82	William Frankland^[20]	M	19 Mar 1912	Living	112 years, 31 days	British	Allergist
83	Jack Weil	M	28 Mar 1901	13 Aug 2008	107 years 138 days	American	Founder of Rockmount Ranch Wear
84	Mien Schopman-Klaver^[21]	F	26 Feb 1911	10 Jul 2018	107 years 134 days	Dutch	Oldest Olympian ever
85	Wilfried de Beauclair^[22]	M	4 Apr 1912	Living	112 years, 15 days	German	Engineer and computer scientist
86	Red Hoff	M	8 May 1891	17 Sep 1998	107 years 132 days	American	Baseball player
87	Jenny Humbert-Droz	F	27 Aug 1892	4 Jan 2000	107 years 130 days	Swiss	Politician and feminist
88	Paula Karpinski	F	6 Nov 1897	8 Mar 2005	107 years 122 days	German	Politician
89	Kyozan Joshu Sasaki	M	1 Apr 1907	27 Jul 2014	107 years 117 days	Japanese	Rinzai Zen teacher
90	Ernst Stahel	M	11 Mar 1895	27 Jun 2003	107 years 108 days	Swiss	Physicist
91	Roy Douglas	M	12 Dec 1907	23 Mar 2015	107 years 101 days	British	Composer
92	Dagny Carlsson^[23]	F	8 May 1912	Living	111 years, 346 days	Swedish	Blogger
93	Isabel Rosado	F	5 Nov 1907	13 Jan 2015	107 years 69 days	Puerto Rican	Educator, social worker and activist
94	Johan van Hulst^[24]	M	28 Jan 1911	22 Mar 2018	107 years 53 days	Dutch	Politican
95	Chen Hansheng	M	5 Feb 1897	13 Mar 2004	107 years 37 days	Chinese	Sociologist and economist
96	Orin Tugman	M	26 May 1880	30 Jun 1987	107 years 35 days	American	Physicist
97	Martin Cokl	M	12 Oct 1907	13 Nov 2014	107 years 32 days	Slovenian	Forestry engineer and professor
98	Amy Patterson^[25]	F	16 July 1912	Living	111 years, 277 days	Argentine	Composer, singer, poet, and teacher
99	Lucette Destouches^[26]	F	20 July 1912	Living	111 years, 273 days	French	Dancer
100	Bertha Klingberg	F	21 Oct 1898	7 Nov 2005	107 years 17 days	German	Florist

References

[1] Juliana Young Koo, Chinese Immigrant Who Published Her Life Story at 104, Dies at 111

[2] 酒业泰斗秦含章逝世享年112岁

[3] I 109 anni di Cecilia: riaprite l’istituto di musica

[4] Fallaece el hombre mas longevo de apurimac a los 111 anos

[5] Zhou Youguang, Who Made Writing Chinese as Simple as ABC, Dies at 111

[6] Zoltan Sarosy, Chess Master, passes at 110

[7] Radiopionierin Helli Stehle mit 109 Jahren gestorben

[8] Founder of Ruth Bancroft Garden in Walnut Creek dies at 109

[9] Disney legend and centenarian, Ruthie Tompson, shares her longevity secrets

[10] Georges Loinger, French resistance fighter who smuggled Jewish children to safety, dies at 108

[11] "Mademoiselle" Irma Rapuzzi s'en est allée à 108 ans

[12] Catherine Deneuve parle de sa mère, l’actrice Renée Simonot âgée de 106 ans : « C’est assez incroyable ! »

[13] Art critic Gillo Dorfles dead at 107

[14] National Endowment for the Arts Statement on the Death of Elder Roma Wilson

[15] Ex-minister Helders (107) overleden

[16] Rocket fuel inventor dies aged 107

[17] Eileen Ash, cricket’s flying 106-year-old registers another landmark

[18] ‘Queen of the circus’ Rosa Bouglione dies at 107

[19] Jessie Lichauco at 106: A woman who has lived through history

[20] Grandfather of allergy: Dr William Frankland, the 106-year-old doctor

[21] Mien Klaver (107) overleden als oudste 'olympiër' ooit

[22] Computer-Pionier wird 106

[23] Dagny Carlsson: ”Jag ska bara ha det bra”

[24] Johan van Hulst, Who Helped Save 600 Children From the Nazis, Dies at 107

[25] La talentosa Amy Patterson cumplió 105 años

[26] La maison de Céline à Meudon a été vendue à un particulier

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Oldest Notable People Ever

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