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Henry William Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009) was an English supercentenarian.He is the longest-lived man ever recorded from the United Kingdom, a First World War veteran, and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world.
American poet; two-time Poet Laureate (1974 and 2000) [108] André Lafargue: 1917–2017: 100: French journalist and theatre critic [109] Marc Lamunière: 1921–2021: 100: Swiss writer [110] Anthony Lawrence: 1912–2013: 101: British journalist [111] Erna Lazarus: 1903–2006: 102: American screenwriter [112] Chin Yang Lee: 1915–2018: 102 ...
Japanese politician, prime minister and chairman of the Social Democratic Party [230] Thomas Patrick Murray: 1880–1981: 101: Canadian politician [231] Gordon Mydland: 1922–2022: 100: American politician, attorney general of South Dakota (1969–1973) and member of South Dakota Senate (1963–1968) [232] Mary Jane McCaffree: 1911–2018: 106
Below is a list of the oldest 50 supercentenarians who have died or are living in Europe. The list including all known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). [5] Later cases were sourced from more recent GRG data, [6] [7] [8] as indicated in the table. Deceased Living
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
At age 16, Shortz began regularly contributing crossword puzzles to Dell publications. [6] He eventually graduated from Indiana University in 1974, [7] and is the only person known to hold a college degree in enigmatology, [8] the study of puzzles. Shortz wrote his thesis about the history of American word puzzles. [9]
Dick Van Dyke is vying for a historic Daytime Emmy at age 98. The actor was nominated Friday as guest performer in a daytime drama series for his part as amnesiac Timothy Robicheaux on Peacock’s ...
Austro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors [63] Randolph Hokanson: 1915–2018: 103: American pianist [64] Dolores Hope: 1909–2011: 102: American singer and philanthropist; wife of Bob Hope [65] Mieczysław Horszowski: 1892–1993: 100: Polish pianist [66] Francis Jackson: 1917–2022: 104: British organist ...