97 Years Old Males
The list of famous 97 year old males includes Pope Benedict XVI, John D. Rockefeller, Bertrand Russell, L. K. Advani, Louis Zamperini. Famous males featured on this list, include political leaders, poets, actors and novelists and from other domains of life. This list of 97 Year Old includes people from United States, England, Germany & France and many more countries.
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Harry Belafonte
(Singer, Actor)
Birthdate: March 1, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: New York City, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: March 31, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
Birthdate: July 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Arlington, Oregon, USA
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Michael Constantine
(Actor)
Birthdate: May 22, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Reading, Pennsylvania, USA
Height: 5'7" (170 cm)
5
Bud Grant(Former American Football Forward and Former Head Coach)
Birthdate: May 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Superior, Wisconsin, United States
Bud Grant is known for his 18-year stint as the Minnesota Vikings head coach. He has 168 NFL wins, making him one of the most successful NFL coaches. He is also 4-time Grey Cup champion. Post-retirement, he focused on bringing about environmental reforms, such as the conservation of wetlands.
Birthdate: May 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
Birthdate: July 9, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Malden, Massachusetts, USA
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
Birthdate: April 16, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Markit, Germany
Pope Benedict XVI started off as a Hitler Youth member, but a finger injury prevented him from fighting in the German army. In 2005, he became the head of the Catholic Church. The liberal theologian-turned-conservative resigned in 2013, becoming the first pope to do so since the 1400s.
Birthdate: February 9, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Washington, D.C., United States
Birthdate: August 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
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L. K. Advani(Indian Politician Who Served as the 7th Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004)
Birthdate: November 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Karāchi, Pakistan
L. K. Advani is a retired Indian politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of India from 2002 to 2004. A co-founder of the Bharatiya Janata Party, he has also been the Leader of the Opposition in the Lok Sabha on two occasions. He is a recipient of the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian honor.
12
William J. Perry
(Mathematician)
Birthdate: October 11, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Vandergrift, Pennsylvania, United States U.S.
Birthdate: November 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Budapest
Peter Munk was a Hungarian-Canadian investor, businessman, and philanthropist. He is credited with founding numerous high-profile business ventures, such as Clairtone Sound Corporation Limited, Barrick Gold Corporation, and TrizecHahn Corporation. He also helped found the Peter and Melanie Munk Charitable Foundation which has given away over $300 million to various non-profit organizations that aim at improving the lives of Canadians.
14
Reynaldo Bignone
(Politician, Military personnel)
Birthdate: January 21, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Morón, Buenos Aires
Reynaldo Bignone was an Argentine general who ruled as a military dictator from 1982 to 1983. He was involved in the kidnapping and murder of people who opposed the military junta during the Dirty War. He also ordered the annihilation of all documentation on the missing people. Reynaldo Bignone was sentenced to 25 years of imprisonment in 2010.
15
Henepola Gunaratana
(Monk)
Birthdate: December 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Henepola, Sri Lanka
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Endel Tulving
(Neuroscientist, Psychologist)
Birthdate: May 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Pechory
Endel Tulving is an Estonian-born Canadian experimental psychologist and cognitive neuroscientist. He is best known for his pioneering research on human memory. He earned a Ph.D. from Harvard University and began his academic work at the University of Toronto, where he remained for the rest of his career. He is a recipient of the Canada Gairdner International Award.
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Daisaku Ikeda
(Poet, Writer)
Birthdate: January 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ōta-ku
Daisaku Ikeda is a Japanese Buddhist educator, author, philosopher, and nuclear disarmament advocate. He is best known for serving as the founding president of the world's largest Buddhist lay organization, Soka Gakkai International (SGI). Daisaku Ikeda has won several international awards like the United Nations Peace Medal, Tagore Peace Award, and Rosa Parks Humanitarian Award.
Birthdate: July 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
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John Ashbery
(Poet, Writer, University teacher, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 28, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rochester
20
W. S. Merwin
(Poet, Writer, Translator)
Birthdate: September 30, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
21
Frank Sedgman
(Australian Former World No. 1 Tennis Player)
Birthdate: October 29, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Mont Albert, Victoria, Australia
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
22
Desmond Morris
(English Ethologist, Zoologist, Author, and Surrealist Painter)
Birthdate: January 24, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Purton, Wiltshire, England
Desmond Morris is an English ethologist, zoologist, author, and surrealist painter. He is well-known for his book The Naked Ape and for his TV shows, such as Zoo Time. Desmond Morris is also known for his work as the writer and presenter of the popular BBC documentary The Human Animal.
Birthdate: April 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United States
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Alvin Sargent
(Screenwriter)
Birthdate: April 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Birthdate: June 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Carrington Village, Barbados
26
William Kennedy
(American writer)
Birthdate: January 16, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
27
Hans Modrow
(German Politician)
Birthdate: January 27, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Jasienica, Poland
Hans Modrow is a German politician best known as East Germany's last communist premier. In 1995, Modrow was convicted of perjury and electoral fraud by the Dresden District Court after the conclusion of Communist rule in Germany. Since German reunification, Hans Modrow has been writing several books on his political experiences.
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William Labov
(American Linguist)
Birthdate: December 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
29
Bob Harrison
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: August 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
30
Martin E. Marty
(Historian of religion)
Birthdate: February 5, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: West Point, Nebraska, United States
31
Franciszek Pieczka
(Actor)
Birthdate: January 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Godów, Silesia, Poland
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
32
Frederick Vreeland
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: June 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Danbury
33
Ciriaco De Mita
(Politician)
Birthdate: February 2, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Nusco, Italy
34
Robert Orben
(Stage Magician, Writer)
Birthdate: March 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: United States of America
Robert Orben is an American comedy writer and magician. Over the years Orben has written several books on comedy as part of his popular newsletter Orben's Current Comedy. He has also written many books for magicians. A multi-talented personality, Robert Orben served as the head speechwriter to politician and then-Vice President Gerald R. Ford in 1973.
35
Red McCombs
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: October 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Spur, Texas Spur, Dickens County, Texas Dickens County Texas, US
36
Kim Yong-nam
(President of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, from 1998 until 2019)
Birthdate: February 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pyongyang, North Korea
37
Douglas Everett
(Lawyer, Politician)
Birthdate: August 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vancouver
38
Harry Whittington
(Lawyer)
Birthdate: March 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Henderson
Birthdate: March 18, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
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David Bennington Weatherhead
Birthdate: February 19, 1928
Sun Sign: Pisces
41
Parkash Singh Badal
(8th Chief Minister of Punjab)
Birthdate: December 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Abul Khurana, Punjab, india
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Herbert Blomstedt
(Conductor)
Birthdate: July 11, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Birthdate: March 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany
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Pierre Alechinsky
(Artist whose work is related to tachisme, abstract expressionism, and lyrical abstraction)
Birthdate: October 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Schaerbeek, Belgium
One of the founding members of the CoBrA art movement, Belgian abstract painter Pierre Alechinsky grew up with varied artistic interests, including folk art. Currently based in France, he works in a flexible painting style, embracing flaws and accidents in the final composition, incorporating the traditional processes of Japanese calligraphy into his paintings after a trip to that country.
Birthdate: August 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pune
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Mengesha Seyoum
(Ethiopian Imperial Family Member and Former Governor-General of Tigray (1960 - 1974))
Birthdate: December 7, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
A part of the imperial family of Ethiopia, Mengesha Seyoum had been the governor of Arsi and Sidamo and the governor-general of Tigray. An Ethiopian Democratic Union politician, he had also served as the minister of public works and communications. He went into exile after being ousted by the Derg.
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Emmanuel Bodjollé
(Chairman of the nine-member Insurrection Committee that overthrew the government of Togolese President Sylvanus Olympio)
Birthdate: February 4, 1928
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Not known
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Wilhelm Suhren
(Field hockey player)
Birthdate: August 2, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Germany
49
David Ireland
(Author, Novelist)
Birthdate: August 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lakemba, Australia
Birthdate: August 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: England