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Title: List of Oldest Famous People Ever
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Futurist - December 11, 2011 06:55 AM (GMT)
1. Leila Denmark (1898-2012), age 114 (FEMALE), American doctor
2. Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876-1988), age 112 (MALE), American artist
3. Katherine Plunket (1820-1932), age 111 (FEMALE), Irish aristocrat and artist
4. Herman Smith-Johannsen (1875-1987), age 111 (MALE), Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier
5. Frederica Sagor Maas (1900-2012), age 111 (FEMALE), American script writer
6. Claire Cayot O'Rourke (1885-1996), age 111 (FEMALE), American politician
7. Sadayoshi Tanabe (1888-2000), age 111 (MALE), Japanese bibliographer
8. Leopold Vietoris (1891-2002), age 110 (MALE), Austrian mathematician
9. Galo Leoz (1879-1990), age 110 (MALE), Spanish doctor
10. Laura Scales (1879-1990), age 110 (FEMALE), American college Dean
11. Carla Porta Musa (1902-present), age 110 (FEMALE), Italian essayist and poet
12. Jane Ising (1902-2012), age 110 (FEMALE), American economics professor

Please let me know if I have any errors in this data. Thank you.

Mortality rates:
110: 4/11 = 36%
111: 5/7 = 71%
112: 1/2 = 50%
113: 0/1 = 0%
114: 1/1 = 100%

onewarmslime - December 11, 2011 09:14 AM (GMT)
What about Heesters? Even if number ten's age is true, he could still be older.

vic726 - December 11, 2011 02:36 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (onewarmslime @ Dec 11 2011, 04:14 AM)
What about Heesters? Even if number ten's age is true, he could still be older.

Heesters is just 108.0x years old , i think

AMZ1981 - December 11, 2011 06:13 PM (GMT)
Is there any chance you could possibly state the reason for notability?

onewarmslime - December 11, 2011 06:56 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (vic726 @ Dec 11 2011, 09:36 PM)
QUOTE (onewarmslime @ Dec 11 2011, 04:14 AM)
What about Heesters? Even if number ten's age is true, he could still be older.

Heesters is just 108.0x years old , i think

Number 10 isn't verified, and at any rate he could still be older.

Zagard - December 11, 2011 07:10 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Futurist @ Dec 11 2011, 07:55 AM)
1. Leila Denmark (1898-present), age 113 (FEMALE)
2. Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876-1988), age 112 (MALE)
3. Herman Smith-Johannsen (1875-1987), age 111 (MALE)
4. Frederica Sagor Maas (1900-present), age 111 (FEMALE)
5. Leopold Vietoris (1891-2002), age 110 (MALE)
6. Laura Scales (1879-1990), age 110 (FEMALE)
7. Ruth Hamilton (1898-2008), age 109 (FEMALE)
8. Alexander Imich (1903-present), age 108 (MALE)
9. Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), age 108 (FEMALE)
10. Boris Efimov (1900 (or 1899)-2008), age 108 (or 109) (MALE)

I only picked people who were either verified or whose ages had an extremely high chance of being true.

Please let me know if I have any errors in this data. Thank you.

When is a person famous and when not? I´ ve looked also and found some more. Here are the person who reached 108 or more years and "famous". The person who are not verified are cursive written:

1. Leila Denmark 113 (*February 1st 1898 - present), U.S. physician (FEMALE)
2. Alphaeus Philemon Cole 112 (July 12th 1876 - November 25th 1988 ), American artist and engraver (MALE)
3. Theresa Bernstein 111(March 1st 1890 – February 12th 2002), American artist (FEMALE)
4. Herman Smith-Johannsen 111 (June 15th 1875 – January 5th 1987), Norwegian cross-country skiers (MALE)
5. Frederica Sagor Maas 111 (July 6th 1900 - present), American writer (FEMALE)
6. Leopold Vietoris 110 (June 4th 1891 – April 9th 2002), Austrian mathematician (MALE)
7. Galo Leoz 110 (April 22th – January 23th 1990), Spanish ophthalmologist (MALE)
8. Laura Woolsey Lord Scales 110(November 13th 1879 – June 12th 1990), American educator, dean of Smith College (FEMALE)
9. Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prochorow 110 (January 22th 1894 – July 13th 2004), Russian recluse from Munich (MALE)
10. Zhang Xueliang 110 (June 3rd 1901 – October 15th 2001), Chinese warlord (W.-G. Chang Hsueh-liang) (MALE)
11. Zheng Ji 110 (May 6th 1900 – July 29th 2010), Chinese biochemist and nutritionist (MALE)
12. Jane Ising 109 (February 2nd 1902 - present), German-American economist (FEMALE)
13. Sadie Delany109 ( September 19th 1889 – January 25th 1999), American author / civil rights activist, sister of Bessie Delany (FEMALE)
14. Alexander Imich 108 (February 4th 1903 - present), Polish-American chemist and parapsychologist (MALE)
15. John Morton-Finney 108 (June 25th 1889 – January 28th 1998), American lawyer, educator and civil rights (MALE)
16. Gordon S. Fahrni 108 (April 13th 1887 – November 3rd 1995), Canadian physicians (MALE)
17. Pauline Benda 108 (April 3rd 1877 - October 17th 1985 ), French actress and writer (pseudonym of Madame Simone) (FEMALE)
18. Waldemar Levy Cardoso 108 (December 4th 1900 – May 13th 2009), Brazilian Field Marshal (MALE)
19. Hugues Cuénod 108 (June 26th 1902 – December 3rd 2010), Swiss tenor (MALE)
20. Marjory Stoneman Douglas 108 (April 7th 1890 – May 14th 1998), American environmentalist and writer (MALE)
21. Alice Herz-Sommer 108(November 26th 1903 - present), Czech pianist ("The Pianist of Theresienstadt") (FEMALE)
22. Johannes Heesters 108 (December 5th 1903 - present), Dutch-German actor and operetta star (MALE)
23. Boris Jefimow 108 (September 28th 1900 – October 1st 2008), Russian cartoonist (MALE)

Futurist - December 11, 2011 08:40 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Zagard @ Dec 11 2011, 02:10 PM)
QUOTE (Futurist @ Dec 11 2011, 07:55 AM)
1. Leila Denmark (1898-present), age 113 (FEMALE)
2. Alphaeus Philemon Cole (1876-1988), age 112 (MALE)
3. Herman Smith-Johannsen (1875-1987), age 111 (MALE)
4. Frederica Sagor Maas (1900-present), age 111 (FEMALE)
5. Leopold Vietoris (1891-2002), age 110 (MALE)
6. Laura Scales (1879-1990), age 110 (FEMALE)
7. Ruth Hamilton (1898-2008), age 109 (FEMALE)
8. Alexander Imich (1903-present), age 108 (MALE)
9. Marjory Stoneman Douglas (1890-1998), age 108 (FEMALE)
10. Boris Efimov (1900 (or 1899)-2008), age 108 (or 109) (MALE)

I only picked people who were either verified or whose ages had an extremely high chance of being true.

Please let me know if I have any errors in this data. Thank you.

When is a person famous and when not? I´ ve looked also and found some more. Here are the person who reached 108 or more years and "famous". The person who are not verified are cursive written:

1. Leila Denmark 113 (*February 1st 1898 - present), U.S. physician (FEMALE)
2. Pauline Benda 112 (April 3rd 1877 - October 17th 1985 ), French actress and writer (pseudonym of Madame Simone) (FEMALE)
4. Alphaeus Philemon Cole 112 (July 12th 1876 - November 25th 1988 ), American artist and engraver (MALE)
5. Theresa Bernstein 111(March 1st 1890 – February 12th 2002), American artist (FEMALE)
6. Herman Smith-Johannsen 111 (June 15th 1875 – January 5th 1987), Norwegian cross-country skiers (MALE)
7. Frederica Sagor Maas 111 (July 6th 1900 - present), American writer (FEMALE)
8. Leopold Vietoris 110 (June 4th 1891 – April 9th 2002), Austrian mathematician (MALE)
9. Galo Leoz 110 (April 22th – January 23th 1990), Spanish ophthalmologist (MALE)
10. Laura Woolsey Lord Scales 110(November 13th 1879 – June 12th 1990), American educator, dean of Smith College (FEMALE)
11. Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prochorow 110 (January 22th 1894 – July 13th 2004), Russian recluse from Munich (MALE)
12. Zhang Xueliang 110 (June 3rd 1901 – October 15th 2001), Chinese warlord (W.-G. Chang Hsueh-liang) (MALE)
13. Zheng Ji 110 (May 6th 1900 – July 29th 2010), Chinese biochemist and nutritionist (MALE)
14. Jane Ising 109 (February 2nd 1902 - present), German-American economist (FEMALE)
15. Sadie Delany109 ( September 19th 1889 – January 25th 1999), American author / civil rights activist, sister of Bessie Delany (FEMALE)
16. Alexander Imich 108 (February 4th 1903 - present), Polish-American chemist and parapsychologist (MALE)
17. John Morton-Finney 108 (June 25th 1889 – January 28th 1998), American lawyer, educator and civil rights (MALE)
18. Gordon S. Fahrni 108 (April 13th 1887 – November 3rd 1995), Canadian physicians (MALE)
19. Waldemar Levy Cardoso 108 (December 4th 1900 – May 13th 2009), Brazilian Field Marshal (MALE)
20. Hugues Cuénod 108 (June 26th 1902 – December 3rd 2010), Swiss tenor (MALE)
21. Marjory Stoneman Douglas 108 (April 7th 1890 – May 14th 1998), American environmentalist and writer (MALE)
22. Alice Herz-Sommer 108(November 26th 1903 - present), Czech pianist ("The Pianist of Theresienstadt") (FEMALE)
23. Johannes Heesters 108 (December 5th 1903 - present), Dutch-German actor and operetta star (MALE)
24. Boris Jefimow 108 (September 28th 1900 – October 1st 2008), Russian cartoonist (MALE)

Pauline Benda is 108, not 112. Also, Galo Leoz is verified. And thank you very much for adding more people to my list.

Zagard - December 11, 2011 09:04 PM (GMT)
Thank you Futurist, I fixed it.

Zagard - December 11, 2011 09:23 PM (GMT)
One more

Silas Joseph Simmons 108 or 111 (October 14th, 1895? or November 14th 1897 – October 29th, 2006) American semi-professional and professional baseball player (MALE)

This would place 14 or 6 in the list.[I]

Futurist - December 11, 2011 11:34 PM (GMT)
QUOTE (Zagard @ Dec 11 2011, 04:23 PM)
One more

Silas Joseph Simmons 108 or 111 (October 14th, 1895? or November 14th 1897 – October 29th, 2006) American semi-professional and professional baseball player (MALE)

This would place 14 or 6 in the list.[I]

Simmons was almost certainly 108 (based on what the 1900 Census said). Also, you forgot to put Galo Leoz's year of birth (1879). Xueliang was 100 at the time of his death, not 110. Marjory Stoneman Douglas is not a male.

hohho56oy - December 12, 2011 02:46 AM (GMT)
My Wiki User Page contains a list of Famous Supercentenarians. It can be found here. I trued compiling all of famous and "semi-famous" people that lived(or living) to 110 + on this page. Please note that this list (and my Last World War I Veterans by U.S. State) are incomplete simply because I don't have enough time to update and complete them.

Donovan - December 12, 2011 06:14 AM (GMT)
Zhang Xueliand at 10th place in yoour list, if lived 1901-2001 is only 100 years old, not 110.

Futurist - April 20, 2012 06:47 PM (GMT)
I fixed and updated my list.

Futurist - June 10, 2012 12:03 AM (GMT)
Some pics:

Leila Denmark:
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Alphaeus Cole:
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Katherine Plunket:
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Herman Smith-Johannssen:
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Frederica Sagor Maas:
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Claire Cayot O'Rourke:
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Sadayoshi Tanabe:
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Leopold Vietoris:
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Galo Leoz:
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Laura Scales:
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Carla Porta Musa:
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Jane Ising:
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clark kent - June 11, 2012 07:26 AM (GMT)
where did you get the younger picture of Leila Denmark? also of Galo Leoz, Porta Musa and Ising?

Futurist - June 11, 2012 09:03 AM (GMT)
QUOTE (clark kent @ Jun 11 2012, 02:26 AM)
where did you get the younger picture of Leila Denmark? also of Galo Leoz, Porta Musa and Ising?

Google search. :)




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