List of the oldest deceased celebrities

The list of the oldest deceased celebrities lists in a sortable table the oldest people who were prominent (regardless of public perception due to their old age) and who have already died.

After name, birthday and day of death, columns for the exact age in days, the age in years and days, the nationality, the reason for the prominence, as well as sorting columns for the area of ​​their activity (e.g. art, politics, etc.) follow in the table. , Explanation below the table) and for the gender (F = woman, M = man). By sequentially performed sorting steps z. B. women in politics or Austrian film and theater professionals can be presented at a glance. Standard sorting is 1. by "Age T", 2. by "J" and "T", 3. by name.

The minimum age for inclusion in the table is arbitrarily 38,300 days (= approx. 104 years and 10½ months).

table

Surname	born	died	Age T	J	T	Country	known as	Ber.	G
Leila Denmark	February 1, 1898	April 1, 2012	41697	114	60	United States	Pediatrician, contributed to the development of whooping cough vaccination	Wis-Med	F.
Alphaeus Philemon Cole	July 12, 1876	November 25, 1988	41043	112	136	United States	Still life and portrait painter	Kun	M.
Germaine Auger	June 13, 1889	August 24, 2001	40979	112	72	France	Film actress, among others in Rothchild (directed by Marco de Gastyne , 1933) and Tout pour rien (directed by René Pujol , 1933)	Fil-Sch	F.
Theresa Bernstein ( en )	March 1, 1890	February 13, 2002	40891	111	349	United States	painter	Kun	F.
Frederica Sagor Maas	July 6, 1900	5th January 2012	40725	111	183	United States	scriptwriter	Fil-Son	F.
Qin Hanzhang ( en )	February 15, 1908	15th August 2019	40724	111	181	People's Republic of China	Food technologist , university professor and head of a fermentation research institute	Wis-Nat	M.
Cecilia Seghizzi ( en )	September 5, 1908	22nd November 2019	40620	111	78	Italy	Composer	Mus	F.
Zhou Youguang	January 13, 1906	January 14, 2017	40544	111	1	People's Republic of China	Economist and linguist, professor at Fudan University , developed the pinyin transcription of Chinese	Wis-Spr	M.
Leopold Vietoris	June 4, 1891	April 9, 2002	40486	110	309	Austria	Mathematician (focus on topology ), professor at the University of Innsbruck	Wis-Mat	M.
Zoltán Sárosy	August 23, 1906	19th June 2017	40478	110	300	Canada	Chess player	Spo	M.
Galo Leoz	April 22, 1879	January 23, 1990	40453	110	276	Spain	Ophthalmologist, professor at the Complutense University of Madrid	Wis-Med	M.
Cecylia Roszak	March 25, 1908	16th November 2018	40413	110	236	Poland	Nun and Righteous Among the Nations	Rel	F.
Carla Porta Musa ( en )	March 15, 1902	October 10, 2012	40387	110	209	Italy	Essayist and poet	Aut-Bel	F.
Elza Brandeisz	September 18, 1907	January 6, 2018	40288	110	111	Hungary	Dancer and Righteous Among the Nations	Fil-Sch	F.
Alice Heart Summer	November 26, 1903	February 23, 2014	40267	110	89	Israel	Pianist, lecturer at the Jerusalem Academy of Music and Dance ; Survivors of the Theresienstadt concentration camp	Mus	F.
Abby Crawford Milton ( en )	February 6, 1881	May 2, 1991	40261	110	85	United States	Chair of the League of Women Voters in the state of Tennessee	pole	F.
Zheng Ji	May 6, 1900	July 29, 2010	40261	110	84	People's Republic of China	Biochemist, Professor at Nanjing University	Wis-Nat	M.
Giuseppe Ianigro ( it )	May 13, 1898	June 28, 2008	40223	110	46	Italy	Film actor, including in Amarcord (Director: Federico Fellini , 1973)	Fil-Sch	M.
Jane Ising	February 2, 1902	February 2, 2012	40177	110	0	United States	Economist, professor at Bradley University	Wis-we	F.
Helen Reichert ( en )	November 11, 1901	September 25, 2011	40130	109	318	United States	Lecturer in “Fashion Co-ordination” and “Costume History” at the Graduate School of Retailing at New York University , talk show host on a television talk show	Fil-Son	F.
Helli steal	December 6, 1907	27th August 2017	40077	109	264	Switzerland	News anchor at Radio Beromünster ; actress	Fil-Son	F.
Sadie Delany	September 19, 1889	January 25, 1999	39939	109	128	United States	Author of successful autobiographical books, home economics teacher	Aut-Bel	F.
Loren Reid ( en )	August 26, 1905	December 25, 2014	39933	109	121	United States	Communication scientist, professor at the University of Missouri	Wis-Spr	M.
Leo Ornstein	December 11, 1892	February 24, 2002	39886	109	75	United States	Composer and pianist	Mus	M.
Nils Elowsson ( en )	October 23, 1890	October 27, 1999	39815	109	4th	Sweden	Journalist and politician, member of the Reichstag in the 1st Chamber 1940–1963 ( SAP )	pole	M.
Madame Simone ( en )	April 3, 1877	17th October 1985	39643	108	197	France	Actress and writer	Aut-Bel	F.
Carmen Martínez Sierra	May 3, 1904	November 6, 2012	39634	108	187	Spain	Opera singer (mezzo-soprano) and actress	Mus	F.
Hugues Cuénod	June 26, 1902	December 6, 2010	39610	108	163	Switzerland	Opera singer (tenor)	Mus	M.
Waldemar Levy Cardoso	4th December 1900	May 13, 2009	39607	108	160	Brazil	Field Marshal, Board of Directors and Supervisory Board of the state-owned oil company Petrobras	Mil	M.
Wang Dingguo ( en )	February 4, 1912	June 9, 2020	39573	108	126	People's Republic of China	Member of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference 1978–1993 ( Chinese Communist Party ), wife of Xie Juezai	pole	F.
Georges Loinger	August 29, 1910	December 28, 2018	39568	108	121	France	Member of the Resistance , author of autobiographical books	pole	M.
Vera Shlakman ( en )	July 15, 1909	5th November 2017	39560	108	113	United States	Marxist economist, lecturer at Queens College, City University of New York , professor at Columbia University School of Social Work	Wis-we	F.
Alfonso Menna ( it )	January 22, 1890	April 11, 1998	39525	108	79	Italy	Mayor of Salerno 1955–1970 ( DC )	pole	M.
Georg Loewenstein	April 18, 1890	May 27, 1998	39485	108	39	Germany	Dermatologist, sexologist and social hygienist	Wis-Med	M.
Marjory Stoneman Douglas	April 7, 1890	May 14, 1998	39483	108	37	United States	Environmentalist, journalist and writer, lobbied for the preservation of the Everglades , a	Aut-sac	F.
Johannes Heesters	December 5, 1903	December 24, 2011	39466	108	19th	Netherlands	Actor and operetta star	Fil-Sch	M.
Wilfried de Beauclair	April 4, 1912	April 22, 2020	39465	108	18th	Germany	Computer pioneer; Development engineer and laboratory manager at SEL , non-fiction author	Wis-Nat	M.
William Frankland ( en )	March 19, 1912	April 2, 2020	39461	108	14th	United Kingdom	Allergist at St Mary's Hospital , London	Wis-Med	M.
Boris Efimowitsch Efimov	September 28, 1900	October 1, 2008	39450	108	3	Soviet Union	Cartoonist, received the Stalin Prize in 1950 and 1951 and the State Prize of the USSR in 1972	Kun	M.
Irma Rapuzzi	April 12, 1910	3rd April 2018	39438	107	356	France	Member of the Senate 1955–1989 ( Parti socialiste )	pole	F.
Hirakushi Denchu	January 15, 1872	December 30, 1979	39430	107	349	Japan	Sculptor, professor at the Tokyo Academy of Art , member of the Japanese Academy of Arts , recipient of the Distinguished Person of Special Cultural Merit	Kun	M.
Rosa Rio ( en )	June 2, 1902	May 13, 2010	39427	107	345	United States	Organist and silent film accompanist	Mus	F.
Gillo Dorfles	April 12, 1910	2nd March 2018	39406	107	324	Italy	Italian art critic and painter, author of the book "The Kitsch" (1968)	Aut-sac	M.
Yang Jingnian	October 17, 1908	4th September 2016	39404	107	323	People's Republic of China	Economist, professor at Nankai University	Wis-we	M.
Matsui Michio ( yes )	November 1, 1906	19th September 2014	39404	107	322	Japan	Member of the Sangiin 1947–1950 ( Ryokufūkai )	pole	M.
Elder Roma Wilson ( en )	December 22, 1910	October 25, 2018	39389	107	307	United States	Gospel and blues musician ( harmonica , vocals), winner of the National Heritage Fellowship	Mus	M.
Gerard Helders ( en )	March 9, 1905	January 6, 2013	39385	107	303	Netherlands	Minister for Colonial Affairs 1957–1959 ( CHU )	pole	M.
Barys kit	April 6, 1910	1st February 2018	39383	107	301	United States	Mathematician and rocket engineer, NASA employee, professor at the University of Maryland	Wis-Nat	M.
Giannis Papadimitriou ( el )	March 29, 1912	December 25, 2019	39352	107	271	Greece	Chairman of the Railway Workers Union 1941–1947, Member of the Greek Parliament 1956–1967 ( EDA )	pole	M.
Emmanuel Kriaras	November 28, 1906	22nd August 2014	39349	107	267	Greece	Professor of Greek Philology of the Middle Ages at the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki , lexicographer	Wis-Spr	M.
Ye Qianji	June 25, 1909	February 28, 2017	39330	107	248	People's Republic of China	Agronomist, professor at the Agricultural University of southwest China , which in 1986 reported concept of "ecological civilization" since 2007 official target of the Chinese Communist Party 's	Wis-Nat	M.
Gerda Ring ( en )	May 11, 1891	January 12, 1999	39327	107	246	Norway	Actress, played at the Nationaltheatret in Oslo from 1912 to 1961	Fil-Sch	F.
George Abbott	June 25, 1887	January 31, 1995	39301	107	220	United States	Musical producer and screenwriter (including Nothing New in the West in 1930, Damn Yankees in 1958)	Fil-Son	M.
Nellie May Naylor ( en )	March 20, 1885	5th October 1992	39280	107	199	United States	Chemist, professor at Iowa State College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts , author of Introductory Chemistry with Household Applications (1933)	Wis-Nat	F.
Walton Brooks McDaniel	March 4, 1871	September 16, 1978	39277	107	196	United States	Professor of Latin Language and Literature at the University of Pennsylvania	Wis-Spr	M.
Sergei Mikhailovich Nikolsky	April 30, 1905	November 9, 2012	39275	107	193	Soviet Union	Mathematician (focus on functional analysis ), researcher at the Steklow Institute for Mathematics	Wis-Mat	M.
Friedrich Wilhelm von Rauchhaupt	August 13, 1881	January 28, 1989	39249	107	168	Germany	Professor of Iberian and Ibero-American Law and of International Law at the University of Heidelberg	Wis-Rec	M.
Amy Patterson ( en )	July 16, 1912	December 28, 2019	39246	107	165	Argentina	Composer	Mus	F.
Yagyū Ryōzō ( yes )	October 26, 1905	March 31, 2013	39238	107	156	Japan	Zoologist (focus on ciliate animals ), professor at Hiroshima University	Wis-Nat	M.
Guacolda Antoine ( es )	April 11, 1908	22nd August 2015	39214	107	133	Chile	Mathematician, professor at the Universidad de Chile	Wis-Mat	F.
Paula Karpinski	November 6, 1897	March 8, 2005	39203	107	122	Germany	Hamburg Youth Senator 1946–1953 and 1957–1961 ( SPD )	pole	F.
Shōchi Saburō ( yes )	August 16, 1906	November 27, 2013	39185	107	103	Japan	Special education teacher, professor at Fukuoka College of Education and Daegu University in South Korea	Wis-Soz	M.
Pappukutty Bhagavathar ( en )	March 29, 1913	June 22, 2020	39167	107	85	India	Singer and film actor in Malayalam films	Fil-Sch	M.
Qin Huali ( zh )	January 6, 1913	March 14, 2020	39149	107	68	People's Republic of China	Member of the Standing Committee of the Fifth and Sixth People's Congresses of Jiangsu Province (1979–1988)	pole	M.
Johan van Hulst	January 28, 1911	March 22, 2018	39135	107	53	Netherlands	Member of the First Chamber of Parliament 1956–1981 and of the European Parliament 1961–1967 ( CHU ), Professor of Pedagogy at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ; Righteous among the peoples	pole	M.
Chen Hansheng ( en )	February 5, 1897	March 13, 2004	39117	107	37	People's Republic of China	Sociologist, professor at Peking University	Wis-Soz	M.
Orin Tugman	May 26, 1880	June 30, 1987	39115	107	35	United States	Physicist, professor at the University of Utah	Wis-Nat	M.
Martin Čokl	October 12, 1907	November 13, 2014	39114	107	32	Yugoslavia	Forest scientist, professor of dendrometry at the University of Ljubljana	Wis-Nat	M.
Arthur L. Thurlow ( en )	May 5, 1913	May 27, 2020	39104	107	22nd	Canada	Member of the Nova Scotia House of Representatives 1949–1953 ( Lib. ); Federal Court of Canada Judge	pole	M.
Oreste Genta ( it )	November 2, 1911	November 13, 2018	39093	107	11	Italy	General of the Air Force	Mil	M.
Walter Walsh ( en )	May 4, 1907	April 29, 2014	39077	106	360	United States	Marksman ( 1948 Summer Olympics participant , 1952 World Sport Shooting Silver medal winner ), FBI agent, United States Marine Corps shooting instructor	Spo	M.
Edward Fenlon ( en )	October 7, 1903	September 19, 2010	39064	106	347	United States	Member of the Michigan House of Representatives 1933–1938 ( Dem. )	pole	M.
Kondō Yasuo ( yes )	January 1, 1899	November 25, 2005	39044	106	328	Japan	Agricultural economist, professor at Tokyo University and Musashi University	Wis-Nat	M.
Richard Perlia	April 6, 1905	February 14, 2012	39030	106	314	Germany	Test pilot, editor and photographer	Aut-sac	M.
Giuseppe Aldo Rossi ( it )	June 6, 1913	April 9, 2020	39024	106	308	Italy	Screenwriter	Fil-Son	M.
Wilhelm Klein	March 24, 1889	January 7, 1996	39004	106	289	Germany	Roman Catholic theologian, Jesuit , professor at the PTH Sankt Georgen , spiritual at the Pontificium Collegium Germanicum et Hungaricum de Urbe	Rel	M.
Wei Shoukun ( en )	September 16, 1907	June 30, 2014	39004	106	287	People's Republic of China	Chemist (main focus: metallurgy ), professor at the University of Science and Technology Beijing , member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	Wis-Nat	M.
Mikami Miwa ( yes )	March 30, 1904	December 21, 2010	38982	106	266	Japan	Medical doctor, professor and principal at Tokyo Women's Medical University	Wis-Med	F.
Bernard de Give ( nl )	May 8, 1913	January 27, 2020	38980	106	264	Belgium	Cistercian , missionary and author	Rel	M.
Zhang Tianfu ( en )	September 21, 1910	4th June 2017	38973	106	256	People's Republic of China	Agricultural scientist (focus on tea production ), lecturer at Fukian Christian University , head of the National Tea Research Institute	Wis-Nat	M.
Léon Lacroix	November 23, 1909	August 1, 2016	38968	106	252	Belgium	Numismatist and Classical Archaeologist, Professor at the University of Liège	Wis-Ges	M.
Soy Konstantinovna Chekmasova ( ru )	May 8, 1900	January 11, 2007	38964	106	248	Soviet Union	Theater actress (1935–1964 at the Maxim-Gorki-Theater in Samara ), people 's artist of the RSFSR 1956	Fil-Sch	F.
Bobbie Heine	December 5, 1909	July 31, 2016	38955	106	239	South Africa	Tennis player, with her doubles partner Irene Peacock, winner of the French Championships in 1927 and runner-up in the Wimbledon Championships in 1927	Spo	F.
Song Meiling	March 5, 1897	October 23, 2003	38947	106	232	Taiwan	Wife of the Kuomintang leader and President Chiang Kai-shek , interpreter and diplomat	pole	F.
Erich Häßler	April 22, 1899	December 2, 2005	38940	106	224	German Democratic Republic	Pediatrician, professor at Jena University Hospital	Wis-Med	M.
Katja Andy	May 23, 1907	December 30, 2013	38938	106	221	United States	Pianist, professor at the New England Conservatory of Music	Mus	F.
Charles Warrell ( en )	April 23, 1889	November 26, 1995	38932	106	217	United Kingdom	Children's author, founder of the I-Spy book series	Aut-Bel	M.
Lincoln Maazel ( en )	February 12, 1903	September 15, 2009	38932	106	215	United States	Actor, including in Martin (Director: George A. Romero , 1977)	Fil-Sch	M.
Kaikhosru Dadhaboy Sethna	November 26, 1904	June 29, 2011	38931	106	215	India	Poet and philosopher, disciple of Sri Aurobindo	Aut-sac	M.
Inuzuka Minoru ( en )	February 15, 1901	September 17, 2007	38930	106	214	Japan	Screenwriter and film director	Fil-Son	M.
Elizabeth Couchman ( en )	April 19, 1876	November 18, 1982	38928	106	213	Australia	Chairwoman of the Australian Women's National League 1927–1945, Deputy Country Chairperson of the Liberal Party of Australia in the state of Victoria 1949–1955	pole	F.
Mozume Takakazu ( yes )	April 3, 1879	October 25, 1985	38921	106	205	Japan	Novelist and literary scholar	Aut-Bel	M.
Giorgio Michetti ( it )	December 7, 1912	17th June 2019	38908	106	192	Italy	painter	Kun	M.
Margaret Bemister ( en )	August 31, 1877	March 3, 1984	38900	106	185	Canada	Writer and fairy tale collector	Aut-Bel	F.
Homer Dwight Chapman	October 4, 1898	April 4, 2005	38898	106	182	United States	Agronomist and soil scientist, professor at the University of California, Riverside	Wis-Nat	M.
Zhang Kebiao	July 26, 1900	January 23, 2007	38897	106	181	People's Republic of China	Writer and literary critic	Aut-Bel	M.
Nicanor A. de la Fuente ( es )	September 16, 1902	March 15, 2009	38897	106	180	Peru	Writer (poetry and short stories) and journalist; known as Nixa	Aut-Bel	M.
Eric P. Newman ( en )	May 25, 1911	15th November 2017	38891	106	174	United States	Numismatist, author of several books on North American coins and notes of the 18th century	Aut-sac	M.
Harold Lawton	July 27, 1899	December 24, 2005	38866	106	150	United Kingdom	Professor of French at the University of Southampton , Vice Chancellor of Sheffield University	Wis-Spr	M.
Tonio Selwart	June 9, 1896	November 2, 2002	38861	106	146	United States	Actors, including in The Hitler Gang (directed by John Farrow , 1944) and Sehnsucht (directed by Luchino Visconti , 1954)	Fil-Sch	M.
Cornelius Wiebe ( en )	February 18, 1893	July 12, 1999	38859	106	144	Canada	1932–1936 MP in the Legislative Assembly of Manitoba ( Liberal Party )	pole	M.
Maria Drewniakówna ( pl )	May 13, 1908	September 30, 2014	38856	106	140	Poland	Opera singer (soprano)	Mus	F.
Katherine Fryer ( en )	August 26, 1910	January 11, 2017	38855	106	138	United Kingdom	Wood engraving artist	Kun	F.
Manoel de Oliveira	December 11, 1908	2nd April 2015	38828	106	112	Portugal	Film director (including on the banks of the river , 1993)	Fil-Son	M.
Lupita Tovar	July 27, 1910	November 12, 2016	38825	106	108	Mexico	Film actress, including in Drácula (directed by George Melford , 1931) and Santa (directed by Antonio Moreno , 1932)	Fil-Sch	F.
Eva Brummer	March 13, 1901	June 28, 2007	38823	106	107	Finland	Textile artist	Kun	F.
Luo Hong	November 19, 1910	February 27, 2017	38817	106	100	People's Republic of China	Writer	Aut-Bel	F.
Eldred Gee Smith ( en )	January 9, 1907	April 4, 2013	38802	106	85	United States	Presiding Patriarch of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 1947–1979	Rel	M.
Immanuel Björkhagen ( sv )	June 14, 1888	August 31, 1994	38793	106	78	Sweden	Author of textbooks for teaching English as well as English-language Swedish textbooks	Aut-sac	M.
Josef Callenberg	September 8, 1854	November 19, 1960	38788	106	72	Germany	Master builder of numerous public buildings	Kun	M.
Tire Wong	October 25, 1910	December 30, 2016	38783	106	66	United States	Animator , chief designer at Bambi (1942), later production illustrator for Warner Bros.	Kun	M.
Alfred Vaucher ( en )	March 18, 1887	May 22, 1993	38781	106	65	France	Seventh-day Adventist evangelist , author of church history articles and books, including a biography of the Jesuit Manuel Lacunza	Rel	M.
Antoine Nguyên Van Thien	March 13, 1906	May 13, 2012	38778	106	61	Vietnam	Roman Catholic Bishop of Vĩnh Long 1960–1968	Rel	M.
Antoine Pompe ( nl )	December 9, 1873	February 9, 1980	38777	106	62	Belgium	Architect and furniture designer, lecturer at La Cambre School of Art in Brussels	Kun	M.
Doris Eaton Travis	March 14, 1904	May 11, 2010	38774	106	58	United States	Revue dancer ( Ziegfeld Follies 1918–1920), film actress, among others in Tell Your Children (director: Donald Crisp , 1922) and Der Mondmann (director: Miloš Forman , 1999)	Fil-Sch	F.
Niimi Masaichi ( en )	February 4, 1887	April 2, 1993	38773	106	57	Japan	Vice Admiral of the Imperial Japanese Navy , administrator of Japanese-occupied Hong Kong 1941–1942	Mil	M.
Otto Burkard	November 24, 1908	January 13, 2015	38766	106	50	Austria	Geophysicist (focus: ionosphere ), professor at the University of Graz , member of the Austrian Academy of Sciences	Wis-Nat	M.
Run Run Shaw	November 23, 1907	January 7, 2014	38762	106	45	Hong Kong	Film producer, co-founder of the Shaw Brothers production company	Fil-Son	M.
Nicholas Winton	May 19, 1909	July 1, 2015	38759	106	43	United Kingdom	Broker, saved hundreds of Jewish children from the Holocaust from 1938–1939 by organizing their entry into Great Britain	pole	M.
Vincenzo Maria Pintorno ( it )	January 31, 1862	March 14, 1968	38758	106	43	Italy	Conductor and composer, professor of singing at the Conservatories of Venice and Naples , 1921–1928 director of the La Scala choir in Milan	Mus	M.
Arthur Judson Brown ( en )	December 3, 1856	January 11, 1963	38754	106	39	United States	Presbyterian missionary and author	Rel	M.
Philip D'Arcy Hart ( en )	June 25, 1900	July 30, 2006	38751	106	35	United Kingdom	Physicians, scientists at the Medical Research Council	Wis-Med	M.
Hans Erni	February 21, 1909	March 21, 2015	38744	106	28	Switzerland	Painter, graphic artist and sculptor	Kun	M.
Eleanor Sokoloff	June 16, 1914	July 12, 2020	38743	106	26th	United States	Classical pianist, professor at the Curtis Institute of Music	Mus	F.
Julie Gibson	September 6, 1913	2nd October 2019	38742	106	26th	United States	Singer and film actress, among others in Sock-a-Bye Baby (directed by Jules White , 1942) and Bowery Buckaroos (directed by William Beaudine , 1947)	Fil-Sch	F.
Dirk Struik	September 30, 1894	October 21, 2000	38737	106	21st	United States	Mathematical historian, professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Wis-Mat	M.
Mariana Frenk-Westheim	June 4, 1898	June 24, 2004	38736	106	20th	Mexico	Writer and translator (translated the novel Pedro Páramo by Juan Rulfo into German), professor at the National Autonomous University of Mexico	Aut-Bel	F.
At Shizhang	October 10, 1903	October 29, 2009	38736	106	19th	People's Republic of China	Biologist, professor at Zhejiang University , member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences	Wis-Nat	M.
Albertine Deletaille ( fr )	February 9, 1902	February 2, 2008	38709	105	358	France	Children's author and illustrator	Aut-Bel	F.
Shioya Nobuo ( yes )	March 24, 1902	March 14, 2008	38707	105	356	Japan	Doctor, author of guidebooks	Aut-sac	M.
Encarnacion Alzona ( en )	March 23, 1895	March 13, 2001	38706	105	355	Philippines	Historian and women's rights activist	Wis-Ges	F.
Margaret Hurley ( en )	September 10, 1909	29th August 2015	38704	105	353	United States	Member of the Washington House of Representatives 1953–1979 and the Washington Senate 1979–1984 ( Dem. )	pole	F.
Rudolf Heiss	September 27, 1903	September 13, 2009	38703	105	351	Germany	Engineer (focus: preservation and packaging of food), head of the Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging , lecturer at the TH Munich	Wis-Nat	M.
Juan Filloy	August 1, 1894	July 15, 2000	38699	105	349	Argentina	Writer (his novel Op Oloop from 1934 was published in 2002 in German translation)	Aut-Bel	M.
Sergei Nikolayevich Laptew ( ru )	August 22, 1887	3rd August 1993	38697	105	346	Soviet Union	Geographer (focus on physical geography of Eastern Siberia ), professor at the Universities of Irkutsk and Perm	Wis-Nat	M.
M. Harvey Taylor ( en )	June 5, 1876	May 16, 1982	38695	105	345	United States	Member of the Pennsylvania Senate 1941–1964 ( Rep. ), President of the Senate 1947–1961 and 1963–1964	pole	M.
Ōmura Haruo ( yes )	May 2, 1910	April 7, 2016	38692	105	341	Japan	Professor of Early Modern Philosophy at Tokyo Metropolitan University , Hegel researcher	Wis-Soz	M.
Vera Nikolaevna Florovskaya ( ru )	February 22, 1912	22nd January 2018	38686	105	334	Soviet Union	Geologist (focus on geochemical reservoir science ), professor at Lomonossow University Moscow	Wis-Nat	F.
Wolfgang Frankel	4th January 1905	November 29, 2010	38680	105	329	Germany	Attorney General 1962, after details of his activities in the Nazi judiciary became known, temporarily retired	Bea	M.
Zhou Tuimi ( zh )	September 2, 1914	July 16, 2020	38669	105	318	People's Republic of China	Legal scholar and literary scholar	Wis-Spr	M.
Hayashi Yoshio ( yes )	January 29, 1905	December 9, 2010	38665	105	314	Japan	Painter and children's book illustrator	Kun	M.
Miguel Morayta	August 15, 1907	19th June 2013	38660	105	308	Spain	Film director and screenwriter, emigrated to Mexico	Fil-Son	M.
Abram B. Enns	April 23, 1887	February 25, 1993	38659	105	308	Germany	Author of a Lübeck city ​​guide and other local literature	Aut-sac	M.
Pierre Gérald ( en )	May 26, 1906	March 24, 2012	38654	105	303	France	Actors, among others in My Life is Hell (Director: Josiane Balasko , 1991) and Der König tanzt (Director: Gérard Corbiau , 2000)	Fil-Sch	M.
Helen Brockman ( en )	September 24, 1902	July 22, 2008	38653	105	302	United States	Fashion designer, Lecturer at the State University of New York and Kansas State University , author of The Theory of Fashion Design (1965)	Kun	F.
Ruth Patrick	November 26, 1907	23rd September 2013	38653	105	301	United States	Botanist (focus on diatoms and freshwater ecology), scientist at the Natural History Museum of Drexel University , member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Wis-Nat	F.
Madeleine Milhaud	March 22, 1902	January 17, 2008	38652	105	301	France	Librettist, wrote the libretti for several operas composed by her husband Darius Milhaud	Mus	F.
Silvio Zavala ( en )	February 7, 1909	5th December 2014	38652	105	301	Mexico	Historian and legal historian , author of numerous books, ambassador to France 1966–1975	Wis-Ges	M.
Harold John Blackham	March 31, 1903	January 23, 2009	38650	105	299	United Kingdom	Managing Director of the International Humanist and Ethical Union 1952–1966, author of numerous books on the subject of humanism and philosophy	Aut-sac	M.
Mohammad Ali Jamalzade	January 13, 1892	November 8, 1997	38650	105	298	Iran	writer	Aut-Bel	M.
Kataoka Michi ( yes )	January 6, 1907	October 30, 2012	38649	105	298	Japan	Romance studies, literary scholar and translator, professor at Nanzan University and Kyoto University of Foreign Studies	Wis-Spr	F.
Stanisława Nowicka ( es )	April 29, 1912	February 18, 2018	38646	105	295	United States	Architect, professor at several US universities, wife of Matthew Nowicki	Kun	F.
Marie-Louise Carven	August 31, 1909	June 8, 2015	38632	105	281	France	Fashion designer	Kun	F.
Yasuda Shōichirō ( yes )	February 6, 1914	November 13, 2019	38631	105	280	Japan	Anglist, professor at Nagoya University , translated works by TS Eliot into Japanese	Wis-Spr	M.
Draga Matković	November 4, 1907	July 29, 2013	38619	105	267	Germany	pianist	Mus	F.
William J. Ely ( en )	December 29, 1911	20th September 2017	38617	105	265	United States	Lieutenant General	Mil	M.
Choi Tae-young ( ko )	March 28, 1900	November 30, 2005	38598	105	247	South Korea	Legal scholar (focus on commercial law), professor at Seoul National University , Chung-Ang University and Cheongju University , member of the Korean Academy of Sciences	Wis-Rec	M.
Rosa Albach-Retty	December 26, 1874	August 26, 1980	38594	105	244	Austria	Actress at the Burgtheater in Vienna and in several films (including Who the Gods Love , directed by Karl Hartl , 1942); Grandmother of Romy Schneider	Fil-Sch	F.
Henry W. Clune ( en )	February 8, 1890	October 9, 1995	38593	105	243	United States	Writer and journalist	Aut-Bel	M.
Benno Thorsch	January 6, 1898	September 2, 2003	38589	105	239	Switzerland	Entrepreneur ( camera workshops Guthe & Thorsch GmbH , Niedersedlitz near Dresden)	We	M.
Ida Pollock ( en )	April 12, 1908	3rd December 2013	38586	105	235	United Kingdom	Writer (mostly romance novels)	Aut-Bel	F.
Eugène Leliepvre ( fr )	April 2, 1908	17th November 2013	38580	105	229	France	Painter (initially army painter, later portrait and nude painter)	Kun	M.
Mary Ellis	June 15, 1897	January 30, 2003	38579	105	229	United States	Opera singer, musical artist and film actress	Fil-Sch	F.
Cécile Goldet ( en )	March 15, 1914	October 27, 2019	38577	105	226	France	Member of the Senate 1979–1986 ( Parti socialiste )	pole	F.
Józef Prończuk ( pl )	July 1, 1911	February 10, 2017	38576	105	224	Poland	Agricultural scientist (focus: land reclamation ), professor at the Warsaw University of Natural Sciences	Wis-Nat	M.
Ze'ev Ben-Haim ( en )	December 28, 1907	August 6, 2013	38573	105	221	Israel	Linguist, professor at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem , 1973–1981 President of the Academy for the Hebrew Language	Wis-Spr	M.
Walter Pauk ( en )	May 1, 1914	7th December 2019	38571	105	220	United States	Educational Psychologist, Professor at Cornell University ; developed u. a. the Cornell method of taking notes	Wis-Soz	M.
Paul Fischer	February 14, 1898	September 14, 2003	38562	105	212	France	Zoologist (focus: molluscs )	Wis-Nat	M.
Floyd Schmoe	September 21, 1895	April 20, 2001	38562	105	211	United States	Forest scientist, professor at the University of Washington, and peace activist	Wis-Nat	M.
Howard B. Lee ( en )	October 27, 1879	May 24, 1985	38560	105	209	United States	Attorney General of West Virginia 1925–1933 ( Rep. ), Author of local history books	pole	M.
Tōma Seita ( yes )	May 16, 1913	December 10, 2018	38559	105	208	Japan	Marxist historian and archaeologist, professor at the Kumamoto Gakuen Daigaku	Wis-Ges	M.
Anna J. Cooper	August 10, 1858	February 27, 1964	38551	105	201	United States	Feminist and author	Aut-Bel	F.
Birger Malling ( en )	June 8, 1884	December 8, 1989	38533	105	183	Norway	Ophthalmologist, professor at the University of Oslo , member of the Norwegian Academy of Sciences	Wis-Med	M.
Mohammad Nasiruddin ( en )	November 20, 1888	May 21, 1994	38532	105	182	Bangladesh	Founder of two Bengali- language literary magazines, director of the Nazrul Institute , holder of the Shadhinata Padak	Aut-Bel	M.
Liu Xuyi ( en )	May 13, 1913	November 10, 2018	38532	105	181	People's Republic of China	Historian (majoring in the history of the United States ), professor at Wuhan University	Wis-Ges	M.
Zhao Ziqi ( zh )	February 14, 1915	4th August 2020	38523	105	172	Taiwan	Deputy in Legislative Yuan 1948–? ( Kuomintang ), chairman of the World Anti-Communist League 1989–1998	pole	M.
Thomas Pearson ( en )	July 1, 1914	15th December 2019	38518	105	167	United Kingdom	General, 1972–1974 Commander in Chief of the Allied Forces Northern Europe	Mil	M.
Manuela de Azevedo ( pt )	August 31, 1911	February 10, 2017	38515	105	163	Portugal	Journalist and writer	Aut-sac	F.
Kazys Ambrozaitis	July 24, 1911	2nd January 2017	38514	105	162	Soviet Union	Medical doctor (specializing in radiology ), professor at Vilnius University	Wis-Med	M.
Charles Muller	September 22, 1909	March 2, 2015	38512	105	161	France	Romance studies (focus: language statistics ), professor at the University of Strasbourg	Wis-Spr	M.
Edward Upward	September 9, 1903	February 13, 2009	38509	105	157	United Kingdom	Novelist	Aut-Bel	M.
Katayama Yutaka ( en )	September 15, 1909	19th February 2015	38508	105	157	Japan	President of Nissan Motor Corporation USA , is considered the "father" of the Datsun Bluebird PL 510 (1967) and the Datsun 240Z (1969)	We	M.
Jaroslav Kozlík ( en )	May 22, 1907	October 21, 2012	38504	105	152	Czechoslovakia	Volleyball player and sports educator, author of sports books	Spo	M.
Nándor Óriás ( hu )	October 24, 1886	March 21, 1992	38499	105	149	Hungary	Lawyer, professor at the University of Pécs	Wis-Rec	M.
Fernando Ferreira Botelho ( pt )	March 2, 1913	28th July 2018	38499	105	148	Brazil	Football goalkeeper at Flamengo Rio de Janeiro 1930–1934, known as Fernandinho	Spo	M.
Richard H. Jackson ( en )	May 10, 1866	2nd October 1971	38495	105	145	United States	United States Navy Admiral	Mil	M.
Ogura Yuki	March 1, 1895	July 23, 2000	38495	105	144	Japan	Nihonga painter , member of the Japanese Academy of Arts , recipient of the Person of Special Cultural Merit award	Kun	F.
Feng Chuanhan ( en )	January 26, 1914	June 16, 2019	38492	105	141	People's Republic of China	Physician (focus: bone cancer ), professor at Peking University	Wis-Med	M.
Hilja Aaltonen ( fi )	September 27, 1907	February 13, 2013	38491	105	139	Finland	Protestant free church evangelist and author	Rel	F.
Ray Crist	March 8, 1900	July 23, 2005	38488	105	137	United States	Chemist, professor at Columbia University , collaborator on the Manhattan Project	Wis-Nat	M.
Dirk Janssen ( en )	July 11, 1881	November 12, 1986	38474	105	124	Netherlands	Turner, participant in the 1908 Summer Olympics	Spo	M.
Gustavo Alfredo Jácome	October 12, 1912	February 10, 2018	38472	105	121	Ecuador	Writer (his novel In Search of Me was published in 1982 in German translation)	Aut-Bel	M.
Fedora Inglés	October 11, 1912	February 6, 2018	38469	105	118	Venezuela	Opera singer (soprano)	Mus	F.
William Krehm ( en )	December 23, 1913	19th April 2019	38468	105	117	Canada	Time Latin America correspondent , music critic and author of several books on political and economic topics	Aut-sac	M.
Paul Jonas	October 15, 1904	January 30, 2010	38458	105	107	German Democratic Republic	Professor of fluid flow machines in the Ship Technology Section at the University of Rostock	Wis-Nat	M.
Margaret Morgan Lawrence ( en )	August 19, 1914	4th December 2019	38458	105	107	United States	Psychiatrist, professor at Columbia University , author of several books	Wis-Med	F.
Adelmo Melecci	May 18, 1899	August 31, 2004	38456	105	105	Canada	Composer and organist, lecturer at the Royal Conservatory of Music in Toronto	Mus	M.
Liane Haid	August 16, 1895	November 28, 2000	38455	105	104	Austria	Film actress, among others in Lady Hamilton (directed by Richard Oswald , 1921) and Das Lied ist aus (directed by Géza von Bolváry , 1930)	Fil-Sch	F.
Minamoto Toyomune ( yes )	October 7, 1895	January 17, 2001	38453	105	102	Japan	Art historian (focus on Buddhist art ), professor at Kwansei Gakuin University and Tezukayama Gakuin University	Wis-Ges	M.
Nakagawa Makizō ( yes )	December 7, 1902	March 18, 2008	38453	105	102	Japan	Opera singer (tenor), professor at Bunri University Tokushima and Kurashiki Sakuyo University	Mus	M.
Clare Hollingworth	October 10, 1911	January 10, 2017	38444	105	92	United Kingdom	War correspondent for several large newspapers	Aut-sac	F.
Tsien Tsuen-hsuin ( en )	January 11, 1910	April 9, 2015	38439	105	88	United States	Sinologist and library scholar, professor at the University of Chicago	Wis-Spr	M.
Donald F. Brown ( en )	November 26, 1908	February 21, 2014	38438	105	87	United States	Archaeologist, discoverer of Sybaris , professor at Boston University	Wis-Ges	M.
Hugues Laurent	June 24, 1885	September 16, 1990	38434	105	84	France	Film architect and short film director, professor at the Institut des hautes études cinématographiques	Fil-Son	M.
Reinhard Hardegen	March 18, 1913	June 9, 2018	38434	105	83	Germany	Submarine commander in World War II; Member of the Bremen Parliament 1959–1979 ( CDU )	Mil	M.
Tamás Lossonczy ( en )	August 12, 1904	November 3, 2009	38434	105	83	Hungary	painter	Kun	M.
Dmitri Fyodorowitsch Safonov ( ru )	October 12, 1909	January 3, 2015	38434	105	83	Soviet Union	Ambassador to Uganda 1963–1968 and Liberia 1972–1977	Bea	M.
Curt Weibull ( en )	August 19, 1886	November 10, 1991	38433	105	83	Sweden	Historian, professor at Gothenburg University	Wis-Ges	M.
Jeanne Driessen ( en )	May 3, 1892	July 15, 1997	38423	105	73	Belgium	Member of the Senate 1950–1965 ( CVP )	pole	F.
Józef Hurwic ( pl )	May 23, 1911	July 27, 2016	38417	105	65	Poland	Chemist (focus: physical chemistry ), professor at Warsaw University of Technology	Wis-Nat	M.
Don Lusk	October 28, 1913	December 30, 2018	38414	105	63	United States	Animator and cartoon director	Fil-Son	M.
Sidonie Goossens	October 19, 1899	December 15, 2004	38408	105	58	United Kingdom	Harpist with the BBC Symphony Orchestra	Mus	F.
Edward Daniel Howard	November 5, 1877	2nd January 1983	38408	105	57	United States	Roman Catholic Archbishop of Portland Oregon	Rel	M.
Connie Sawyer	November 27, 1912	January 21, 2018	38406	105	55	United States	Film actress, among others in One Size Too Big (Director: Frank Capra , 1959) and … and Justice for All (Director: Norman Jewison , 1979)	Fil-Sch	F.
Luciana Frassati ( en )	August 18, 1902	October 7, 2007	38401	105	50	Italy	Author of a book about her brother Pier Giorgio Frassati	Aut-sac	F.
Ruth Gruber ( en )	September 30, 1911	17th November 2016	38400	105	48	United States	Journalist and book author	Aut-sac	F.
Eva Zeisel	November 13, 1906	December 30, 2011	38398	105	47	United States	Industrial designer for tableware / ceramics	Kun	F.
Huey Long	April 25, 1904	June 10, 2009	38397	105	46	United States	Jazz guitarist, singer and arranger	Mus	M.
Kao K'uei-yuan ( zh )	March 26, 1907	May 7, 2012	38394	105	42	Taiwan	General, Minister of Defense 1973–1981	Mil	M.
Trevor Henry ( en )	May 9, 1902	June 20, 2007	38393	105	42	New Zealand	Judge of the High Court	Bea	M.
Arthur R. von Hippel	November 19, 1898	December 31, 2003	38392	105	42	United States	Physicist, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences	Wis-Nat	M.
Jalmari Kivenheimo	September 25, 1889	October 29, 1994	38384	105	34	Finland	Finnish gymnast, winner of the team silver medal in free gymnastics at the 1912 Summer Olympics	Spo	M.
Marian Cannon Schlesinger ( en )	September 13, 1912	October 14, 2017	38382	105	31	United States	Painter, children's book author and illustrator	Aut-Bel	F.
Jean Clerfeuille ( fr )	December 27, 1909	January 27, 2015	38382	105	31	France	President of FC Nantes 1959–1968	Spo	M.
Knut Söderwall ( sv )	December 14, 1874	January 14, 1980	38381	105	31	Sweden	State Secretary in the Ministry of Defense 1922–1923	pole	M.
Andrée Peel	February 3, 1905	March 5, 2010	38381	105	30th	France	Member of the Resistance	pole	F.
Lei Jieqiong ( en )	December 12, 1905	January 9, 2011	38379	105	28	People's Republic of China	Sociologist (Professor at Yanjing University and Beijing School of Political Science and Law ) and Politician ( Chinese Society for the Promotion of Democracy , MP and Vice President in the National People's Congress )	pole	F.
Licia Albanese	July 22, 1909	15th August 2014	38375	105	24	United States	Opera singer (soprano)	Mus	F.
Poonsapaya Navawongs na Ayudhya ( en )	October 12, 1910	October 23, 2015	38362	105	11	Thailand	Educational scientist, professor at Chulalongkorn University in Bangkok	Wis-Soz	F.
Giovanni Battista Borea d'Olmo ( en )	October 11, 1831	October 19, 1936	38359	105	8th	Italy	Member of the Senato del Regno from 1922	pole	M.
Norman Walker Porteous ( en )	September 9, 1898	September 12, 2003	38353	105	3	United Kingdom	Professor of Hebrew and Semitic Studies at The University of Edinburgh , Bible translator	Rel	M.
Karl Rawer	April 19, 1913	17th April 2018	38349	104	363	Germany	Physicist, head of the International Reference Ionosphere project , author of several books	Wis-Nat	M.
Estuardo Núñez Hague ( es )	September 5, 1908	29th August 2013	38344	104	358	Peru	Literary scholar, lecturer at the Universidad Nacional Mayor de San Marcos , director of the Biblioteca Nacional del Perú , author of several books	Wis-Spr	M.
Oscar Niemeyer	December 15, 1907	5th December 2012	38342	104	356	Brazil	Architect, designed numerous public buildings in Brasília	Kun	M.
Géry Leuliet	January 12, 1910	January 1, 2015	38340	104	354	France	Roman Catholic Bishop of Amiens	Rel	M.
Fritz Hellwig	August 3, 1912	July 22, 2017	38339	104	353	Germany	Economic functionary and politician ( CDU ), member of the CDU federal executive board , member of the Bundestag 1953–1959, Vice-President of the EC Commission 1967–1970	pole	M.
Luise Rainer	January 12, 1910	December 30, 2014	38338	104	352	Germany	Film actress, among others in Heut 'it depends (directed by Kurt Gerron , 1933) and Der große Ziegfeld (directed by Robert Z. Leonard , 1936), two-time Oscar winner	Fil-Sch	F.
Signe Johansson-Engdahl	May 27, 1905	May 9, 2010	38333	104	347	Sweden	Diver, participant in the 1924 Summer Olympics	Spo	F.
Luigi Candiani ( it )	May 25, 1888	May 7, 1993	38332	104	347	Italy	Architect, built residential and church buildings in the Treviso area	Kun	M.
Seymour Lubetzky ( en )	April 28, 1898	April 5, 2003	38327	104	342	United States	Librarian and catalog theorist	Wis-Spr	M.
Pál Hevesy ( hu )	April 9, 1883	March 15, 1988	38326	104	341	Hungary	Ambassador to Spain, author of several books	Bea	M.
Władysław Matus ( pl )	May 20, 1888	April 26, 1993	38326	104	341	Poland	Sejm MP 1922–1927 ( ZLN )	pole	M.
Ángeles Villarta Tuñón ( es )	December 6, 1913	7th November 2018	38322	104	336	Spain	Writer and journalist	Aut-Bel	F.
Terence Ingold	3rd July 1905	May 31, 2010	38318	104	332	United Kingdom	Mycologist , Professor at the University of London	Wis-Nat	M.
Jacques Barzun	November 30, 1907	October 25, 2012	38316	104	330	United States	Cultural historian, professor at Columbia University in New York, member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences , author of numerous books	Wis-Spr	M.
Wilmon Henry Sheldon	April 4, 1875	February 26, 1980	38313	104	328	United States	Philosopher, professor at Dartmouth College and Yale University , author of several books	Wis-Soz	M.
Saitō Tadashi ( yes )	August 28, 1908	July 21, 2013	38313	104	327	Japan	Archaeologist, professor at Tokyo University and Taishō University	Wis-Ges	M.
Fazlollah Reza ( en )	January 1, 1915	19th November 2019	38308	104	322	Iran	Engineering scientist; Professor and Chancellor at Sharif University of Technology and Tehran University ; Ambassador to Canada 1975–1979	pole	M.
Zélia Salgado ( ru )	October 9, 1904	August 26, 2009	38307	104	321	Brazil	Sculptor and painter	Kun	F.
Manuel Silvestre de Edeta ( es )	August 31, 1909	17th July 2014	38306	104	320	Spain	sculptor	Kun	M.
Yano Hakaru ( yes )	March 27, 1887	February 10, 1992	38305	104	320	Japan	Lieutenant General, 1944–1945 Commander of the Infantry School	Mil	M.

penultimate sort column "area":

• Aut = author
  • Aut-Bel = fiction
  • Aut-Sac = non-fiction, journalism
• Bea = civil servant (justice, police, diplomacy etc.)
• Fil = film, theater, television, radio
  • Fil-Sch = actor
  • Fil-Son = other function
• Kun = fine arts, architecture, design
• Mil = military
• Mus = music
• Pol = politics
• Rel = religion
• Spo = sport
• We = economy (entrepreneurs, managers, association officials etc.)
• Wis = science
  • Wis-Ges = history and art history
  • Wis-Mat = mathematics
  • Wis-Med = medicine
  • Wis-Nat = science and technology
  • Wis-Rec = law
  • Wis-Soz = social sciences and philosophy
  • Wis-Spr = languages, literary studies and cultural studies
  • Wis-We = economics

Further examples of very old celebrities

No exact date of birth or death known

• Teresa Saporiti ( en ) (approx. March 1763 - March 17, 1869), Italian opera singer, sang the role of Donna Anna in the world premiere of Mozart's Don Giovanni in 1787, was 105 or 106 years old
• Deng Xianxiu ( zh ) (November 1911 - October 15, 2017), Deputy Mayor of Chongqing from 1956 and of Wuhan from 1966, Deputy Governor of the People's Government of Hubei Province from 1981–1982 , brother of Deng Xiaoping , turned 105
• Gert Riederer (May 14, 1911 - September or October 2018), German-American actress, was 107 years old
• Xiong Zhaoren ( zh ) (1912 - April 7, 2019), Chinese major general, lived to be 106 or 107 years old
• Hu Dujing ( zh ) (1913 - October 25, 2019), Chinese botanist, professor at Hunan Agricultural University, lived to be 105 or 106 years old
• Qu Tangliang ( zh ) (January 1914 - November 30, 2019), a Chinese politician who held senior positions in the External Relations Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China , turned 105
• Zhang Renying (1914 - June 17, 2020), Chinese sociologist, professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai, lived to be 105 or 106 years old

Born before 1870

In the table above there are only six people born before 1870. It was not until the cohorts born after 1870 that there was a significant increase in the number of people who reach an unusually old age. Therefore z. B. Fannie Thomas (1867–1981), who from 1980 to 1985 at 113 years of age was the oldest person to date, had already been "overtaken" by more than 100 older people by 2012.

People born before 1870 who died very old are for example:

• Eugène Chevreul (August 31, 1786 - April 9, 1889), French chemist, lived to be 102 years old (37,476 days)
• Manuel Patricio Rodríguez García (March 17, 1805 - July 1, 1906), Spanish opera singer, pioneer of voice physiology, was 101 years old (36,995 days)
• Just Knud Qvigstad (April 4, 1853 - March 15, 1957), Norwegian politician (Minister of Education 1910–1912), philologist and university rector, lived to be 103 years old (37,965 days)
• Christopher Hornsrud (November 15, 1859 - December 12, 1960), Norwegian politician, Prime Minister 1928, leader of the Labor Party, lived to be 101 years old (36917 days)

Other particularly well-known people who died of old age

• Lukas Ammann (September 29, 1912 - May 3, 2017), Swiss actor (including the title role in the series Graf Yoster gives himself the honor ), was 104 years old (38202 days)
• Olivia de Havilland (July 1, 1916 - July 25, 2020), American actress, turned 104 years old (38,010 days)
• Kirk Douglas (December 9, 1916 - February 5, 2020), American actor, was 103 years old (37,678 days)
• Ernst Jünger (March 29, 1895 - February 17, 1998), German writer, was 102 years old (37,580 days)
• Albert Hofmann (January 11, 1906 - April 29, 2008), Swiss chemist, discoverer of LSD, was 102 years old (37364 days)
• David Rockefeller (June 12, 1915 - March 20, 2017), American billionaire and political advisor, lived to be 101 years old (37,172 days)
• Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon "Queen Mum" (August 4, 1900 - March 30, 2002), mother of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, was 101 years old (37128 days)
• Irving Berlin (May 11, 1888 - September 22, 1989), American composer ( Annie Get Your Gun , White Christmas ), turned 101 (37023 days)

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  Zhou Youguang (1906-2017)

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  Johannes Heesters (1903-2011)

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  Oscar Niemeyer (1907–2012)

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  Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon "Queen Mum" (1900–2002)

See also

• List of the oldest people
• Living celebrities who are at least 100 years old (by age / date of birth): List of centenarian personalities # Living centenarian personalities
• Deceased celebrities who lived to be at least 100 years old (alphabetically): List of centenarian personalities # Personalities who died over 100 years of age
• Category: Centennial

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Germaine Auger , bnf.fr
2. ↑ Ye Quanji (obituary) , sohu.com
3. ↑ Ye Qianji , baike.baidu.com
4. ↑ Maurizio Marinelli, How to Build a 'Beautiful China' in the Anthropocene. The Political Discourse and the Intellectual Debate on Ecological Civilization , in: Journal of Chinese Political Science , vol. 23.2018, pp. 365–386
5. ↑ Source for date of death: Ivan Zingariello, Morto a 106 anni Giuseppe Aldo Rossi, creatore del Tenente Sheridan e celebre enigmista , spettacolo.eu, April 10, 2020
6. ↑ Zhang Kebiao (obituary) , chinawriter.com.cn
7. ↑ Zhang Kebiao , baike, baidu.com
8. ^ Luo Hong (obituary) , thepaper.cn
9. ↑ Yao Luoying (Luo Hong) , baike.baidu.com
10. ^ Gustavo Alfredo Jácome (obituary) , elcomercio.com
11. ^ Gustavo Alfredo Jácome , academiaecuatorianadelalengua.org
12. ↑ Paul Jonas , uni-rostock.de
13. ↑ Date of birth according to: Zélia Salgado , zeliasalgado.art.br
14. ↑ Zhang Renying , baike.baidu.com; 章 人 英 Obituary article in thepaper.cn, June 26, 2020 (Chinese)