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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.
Methuselah (US: / m ə ˈ θ uː z ˌ l ɑː /; Hebrew: מְתוּשֶׁלַח Məṯūšélaḥ, in pausa מְתוּשָׁלַח Məṯūšālaḥ, "His death shall send" or "Man of the Javelin" or "Death of Sword"; [1] Greek: Μαθουσάλας Mathousalas) [2] was a biblical patriarch and a figure in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam.
Name Lifespan Age Notability M. H. Abrams: 1912–2015: 102: American literary critic [1] Angelina Acuña: 1905–2006: 101: Guatemalan educator, writer and poet [2] Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) 1874–1974: 100: Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist [3] Nan Hayden Agle: 1905–2006: 100: American children's writer [4 ...
Name Lifespan Age Notability Hans Albert: 1921–2023: 102: German philosopher [1] Ruth Nanda Anshen: 1900–2003: 103: American philosopher, author and editor [2] Harry Blamires: 1916–2017: 101: English Anglican theologian and literary critic [3] Mario Bunge: 1919–2020: 100: Argentinian-born Canadian philosopher of science: Konstantinos ...
American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid [29] Lewis Combs: 1895–1996: 101: American Navy admiral [30] Daniel Cordier: 1920–2020: 100: French Resistance fighter (Compagnon de la Libération) [31] Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford: 1917–2017: 100: British Royal Navy officer and submariner [32] Susan Ahn ...
A crossword (or crossword puzzle) is a word game consisting of a grid of black and white squares, into which solvers enter words or phrases ("entries") crossing each other horizontally ("across") and vertically ("down") according to a set of clues. Each white square is typically filled with one letter, while the black squares are used to ...
Professor Ben Cosh read out Mr Oladele's 38-syllable name to huge applause at Canterbury Cathedral. A student with a name his university says was the “longest ever” read out a graduation ...
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur (French pronunciation: [maʁi lwiz febʁɔni mɛjœʁ]; née Chassé; August 29, 1880 – April 16, 1998) was a Canadian supercentenarian.She is the oldest validated Canadian ever and upon the death of longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, became the world's oldest recognized living person.