97 Years Old Males
The list of famous 97 year old males includes John D. Rockefeller, Pope Benedict XVI, 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)
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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: 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.
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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.
13
John Ashbery
(Poet, Writer, University teacher, Journalist)
Birthdate: July 28, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Rochester
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W. S. Merwin
(Poet, Writer, Translator)
Birthdate: September 30, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
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.
Birthdate: April 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: United States
Birthdate: July 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York, United States
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William Kennedy
(American writer)
Birthdate: January 16, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Albany, New York, United States
20
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)
Birthdate: June 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Carrington Village, Barbados
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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.
23
Bob Harrison
(Basketball Player)
Birthdate: August 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
24
Franciszek Pieczka
(Actor)
Birthdate: January 18, 1928
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Godów, Silesia, Poland
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Alvin Sargent
(Screenwriter)
Birthdate: April 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
Birthdate: March 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Wasserburg am Bodensee, Germany
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Kenneth Anger
(Film producer)
Birthdate: February 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
28
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.
29
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.
30
Frederick Vreeland
(Diplomat)
Birthdate: June 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Danbury
31
Red McCombs
(Businessperson)
Birthdate: October 19, 1927
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Spur, Texas Spur, Dickens County, Texas Dickens County Texas, US
32
David Ireland
(Author, Novelist)
Birthdate: August 24, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lakemba, Australia
33
William Labov
(American Linguist)
Birthdate: December 4, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Rutherford, New Jersey, U.S.
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
Parkash Singh Badal
(8th Chief Minister of Punjab)
Birthdate: December 8, 1927
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Abul Khurana, Punjab, india
36
Harry Whittington
(Lawyer)
Birthdate: March 3, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Henderson
37
John Hilary Smith
(Governor of the Gilbert and Ellice Islands)
Birthdate: 1928 AD
Birthplace: England
Birthdate: July 27, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: London, United Kingdom
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Júlio Duarte Langa
(Catholic priest)
Birthdate: October 27, 1927
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Xai-Xai, Mozambique
Birthdate: March 18, 1927
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Kansas City, Missouri, United States
Birthdate: August 26, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Pune
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Herbert Blomstedt
(Conductor)
Birthdate: July 11, 1927
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
43
Douglas Everett
(Lawyer, Politician)
Birthdate: August 12, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Vancouver
44
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam
(Composer, Music director)
Birthdate: February 18, 1927
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Rahon
Mohammed Zahur Khayyam was an Indian music director and background score composer. In a long career spanning four decades, he won several prestigious awards, including the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award in Creative Music and the Padma Bhushan. His music was rooted in Indian classical music with elements of ghazal. He was married to singer Jagjit Kaur.
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K. Alex Müller(Swiss Physicist and Winner of 1987 Nobel Prize for Physics)
Birthdate: April 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Basel, Switzerland
Nobel Prize-winning physicist K. Alex Müller was the son of a budding musician and was sent to an Evangelical college after his mother’s death. He later joined ETH Zurich and then continued his research at the IBM Research laboratory. He is best known for his joint discovery of superconductivity in ceramic material.
Birthdate: August 20, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: England
47
Ram Narayan
(Indian Musician and Composer)
Birthdate: December 25, 1927
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Udaipur, India
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Wilhelm Suhren
(Field hockey player)
Birthdate: August 2, 1927
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Germany
Birthdate: 1928 AD
Birthplace: Pyongyang, North Korea
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Carlos Germán Belli
(Peruvian Poet)
Birthdate: September 15, 1927
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Lima, Peru
Carlos Germán Belli is a Peruvian poet whose literary work earned him a nomination for the prestigious Nobel Prize in 2007. Apart from writing poems, Belli also translates American, Italian, Brazilian, and French poetry into Spanish. In 2006, Carlos Germán Belli was honored by Chile's National Council of Culture and the Arts with the Pablo Neruda Ibero-American Poetry Award.