The list of famous 89 years old includes Maggie Smith, Judi Dench, Sophia Loren, Shirley MacLaine, Brigitte Bardot. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, actresses and journalists and from other domains of life. This list of 89 years old includes people from United States, England, Germany & India and many more countries.
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Maggie Smith(One of Britain's Most Recognizable & Prolific Actresses)
Birthdate: December 28, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Ilford, Essex, England
Veteran English actress, Maggie Smith, has an extensive career spanning almost seven decades. One of Britain's most recognizable actresses, she has appeared in more than 60 films and over 70 plays. Making her debut as a stage actress in the 1950s, she quickly moved on to TV and cinema. She has been honored with the Stratford Shakespeare Festival's Legacy Award.
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Jane Goodall(English Primatologist and Anthropologist Who is Considered World's Foremost Expert on Chimpanzees)
Birthdate: April 3, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: London, England, United Kingdom
Jane Goodall is an English anthropologist and primatologist. Goodall's research proved that chimpanzees could use toolslike stalks of grass to fish out termites from termite holes; this also challenged the long-held belief that chimpanzees were vegetarians. Goodall also discovered that chimpanzees are capable of emotionslike sorrow and joy. Goodall is also credited with founding the Jane Goodall Institute.
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Sophia Loren(One of the Greatest Female Stars of Classical Hollywood Cinema)
Birthdate: September 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Rome, Italy
Known as the quintessential “femme fatale” of the "Golden Age of Hollywood," Sophia Loren rose from participating in a beauty pageant as a teenager, to being the first actor to win the Academy Award for a foreign-language movie. The Italian bombshell is also known for her affair with Cary Grant.
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Judi Dench(English Actress Who is Regarded as One of the Britain's Best Actresses)
Birthdate: December 9, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Heworth, York, United Kingdom
Judi Dench is one of the most respected and decorated English actresses of all time. Counted among the most influential people in the United Kingdom, Dame Judi Dench is a patron of more than 180 charities, such as York Against Cancer. Since 1985, she has been serving as the president of Questors Theatre.
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Brigitte Bardot(French Actress and Singer Known for Her Films: ‘And God Created Woman’ and ‘Viva Maria!’)
Birthdate: September 28, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Paris, France
Brigitte Bardot is a French former singer and actress. One of the most popular sex symbols of the 1950s and 1960s, Bardot remains a major pop culture icon despite quitting the entertainment industry in 1973. Bardot is credited with popularizing the bikini. She also popularized the town of Armação dos Búzios and the city of St. Tropez in Brazil.
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Shirley MacLaine(American Actress Who is Known for Her Portrayals of Quirky, Strong-Willed and Eccentric Women)
Birthdate: April 24, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Shirley MacLaine is one of the most decorated American actresses of all time, having won several prestigious awards, such as the Academy Award. Identified as one of the last surviving actresses from Hollywood Golden Age, Shirley MacLaine has played a key role in popularizing New Age spirituality in the West. She also believes in concepts, such as reincarnation.
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Frankie Valli(Best Known for His Unusually Powerful Lead Falsetto Voice and Frontman of the Rock Band 'The Four Seasons')
Birthdate: May 3, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Newark, New Jersey, United States
Frankie Valli is an American singer who became famous as the lead singer of the band The Four Seasons, thanks to his powerful falsetto voice. Also known for his humanitarian efforts, Frankie Valli was honored with the Ellis Island Medal of Honor in May 2012.
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Gloria Steinem(American Feminist Journalist and Co-Founder of ‘Ms,' Magazine)
Birthdate: March 25, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Hailing from a humble background, Gloria Steinem went on to become a celebrated journalist and an iconic feminist. Founder of the New York magazine and Ms Magazine, her life has been dedicated to writing, talking and fighting for women’s rights, gender equality, legalisation of abortion, among other things. She brought issues like female genital mutilation to the forefront in America.
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Jamie Farr(Best Known for His Role of Cross-Dressing Corporal 'Maxwell Q. Klinger' in the Sitcom 'M*A*S*H')
Birthdate: July 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Toledo, Ohio, United States
Jamie Farr is an American actor and comedian best known for his portrayal of Maxwell Q. Klinger in the popular war comedy-drama TV series, M*A*S*H. In 1985, Jamie Farr was inducted into the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to the American entertainment industry.
Birthdate: February 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States
Tina Louise is an American actress who was in her prime during the late 1950s and 1960s. Since 1996, Tina Louise has also been volunteering at public schools in an attempt to improve child literacy. Also a published author, Louise's children's book When I Grow Up inspires children to believe in their goals.
Birthdate: January 26, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Shirley Jones(Actress Known for Her Role as 'Shirley Partridge' in the Television Sitcom 'The Partridge Family')
Birthdate: March 31, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Charleroi, Pennsylvania, United States
Shirley Jones is an American singer and actress whose portrayal of a prostitute named Lulu Bains in the 1960 film Elmer Gantry earned her an Oscar for Best Supporting Actress. Thanks to her skills as a singer, Jones has appeared in several musical films like Oklahoma, The Music Man, and Carousel. She has also been a long-time supporter of PETA.
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Richard Chamberlain(Actor and Singer Known for His TV Series: ‘Shōgun’ and ‘The Thorn Birds’)
Birthdate: March 31, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Beverly Hills, California, United States
With a career spanning over forty decades, Richard Chamberlain first rose to fame in the 1980s. He became a teen idol and also won a Golden Globe Award for his performance in Dr. Kildare. He gained prominence for his performances in The Bourne Identity, The Thorne Birds and Shogun.
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Pat Boone(Actor, Singer, Singer-songwriter, Composer)
Birthdate: June 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Jacksonville
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Eileen Atkins(Actress and Occasional Screenwriter Known for Her Film ‘Gosford Park’)
Birthdate: June 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Clapton, London, England
Eileen Atkins is best known for her BAFTA- and Emmy-winning performance in the miniseries Cranford. A talented Shakespearean theater actor, she has also won three Olivier Awards and four Drama Desk Awards. She is a breast cancer survivor and has received the honors CBE and DBE.
Birthdate: July 13, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Abeokuta
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright, poet, and essayist. In 1986, he became the first sub-Saharan African to be honored with the Nobel Prize in Literature. As a young man, he worked with the Royal Court Theatre in London. In Nigeria, he was actively involved in the country’s freedom struggle. He has taught at various international universities.
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Ralph Nader(American Lawyer and Politician Known for His Involvement in Consumer Protection and Environmentalism)
Birthdate: February 27, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Winsted, Connecticut, United States
Ralph Nader’s book Unsafe at Any Speed was his critique of the safety measures of U.S. automobile manufacturers. His activism has led to the passage of acts such as the Consumer Product Safety Act. One of Time’s 100 Most Influential Americans, he inspired the documentary An Unreasonable Man.
Birthdate: May 19, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Kasauli
Sahitya Akademi Award-winning children’s author Ruskin Bond is best known for creating the protagonist Rusty, modeled on his childhood in Dehradun and found in his books such as The Room on the Roof. Many of his books, such as The Blue Umbrella have been made into films.
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Barry Humphries(Actor, Author and Comedian Best Known for His Character ‘Dame Edna Everage’ on TV Show)
Birthdate: February 17, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kew, Australia
Australian comedian and satirist Barry Humphries is best known for his stage/TV alter egos Sir Les Patterson and Dame Edna Everage. He has also written plays for London's West End and also published an award-winning autobiography. Known for his Dadaist humor, he is also a skilled landscape painter.
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Louise Fletcher(Actress)
Birthdate: July 22, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Birmingham, Alabama, United States
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Elgin Baylor(American Professional Basketball Player)
Birthdate: September 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Height: 6'5" (196 cm)
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Bill Cobbs(Actor)
Birthdate: June 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Russ Tamblyn(Actor and Dancer Known for His Role as ‘Riff’ in the Film ‘West Side Story’)
Birthdate: December 30, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
Russ Tamblyn is an American actor and dancer who received an Academy Awardnomination for his work in the 1957 drama film, Peyton Place. Trained as a gymnast, Tamblyn's acrobatic skills were put to use in films, such as West Side Story. Apart from acting in films and TV series, Russ Tamblyn also worked as a choreographer during the 1980s.
Birthdate: February 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Blackheath, London, England
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Wendell Berry(American Novelist, Poet and the First Living Writer to Be Inducted Into the Kentucky Writers Hall of Fame)
Birthdate: August 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Henry County
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Daniel Kahneman(Winner of 2002 Nobel Prize in Economics for His Work on the Psychology of Judgment and Decision-Making)
Birthdate: March 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel
Daniel Kahneman is an Israeli economist and psychologist. He was honored with the 2002 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences for his work on behavioral economics. In 2011, Kahneman was named among the top global thinkers by Foreign Policy magazine. In 2015, Daniel Kahneman was ranked seventh in the most influential economist in the world list published by The Economist.
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George Chakiris(American Actor Best Known for His Role as ‘Bernardo Nuñez’ in the Film ‘West Side Story’)
Birthdate: September 16, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Norwood, Ohio, United States
George Chakiris is best known for his Academy Award- and Golden Globe-winning performance as Bernardo Nuñez in the musical drama film West Side Story. He has also been part of series such as Dallas, Superboy, Santa Barbara, and Murder, She Wrote. He owns a brand of handmade sterling silver jewelry.
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Fairuz(One of the Most Famous Singers in the History of the Arab world)
Birthdate: November 21, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Jabal Alarz, Lebanon
Lebanese singer-actor Nuhad al-Haddad, better known by her stage name Fairouz, began her career with Radio Lebanon. Now considered a cultural icon of Lebanon, she soared to fame with her collaborations with the Rahbani Brothers and was married to Assi El Rahbani. Itab remains her best-known hit.
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Alan Bennett(Actor, Screenwriter, Playwright, Diarist, Writer)
Birthdate: May 9, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Armley
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Joan Didion(Screenwriter, Novelist, Journalist, Writer, Essayist)
Birthdate: December 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States
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Jean Marsh(Actress)
Birthdate: July 1, 1934
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Stoke Newington, London, England, UK
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Annette Crosbie(Actor)
Birthdate: February 12, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Gorebridge
Height: 5'0" (152 cm)
Birthdate: March 22, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Lidingö, Lidingö, Sweden
May Britt is a Swedish retired actress who moved to the US in the late-1950s where she made headlines for marrying Sammy Davis Jr. at a time when interracial marriage was forbidden by law in the US. In the 1998 film, The Rat Pack, which narrates the circumstances surrounding May Britt's wedding to Davis, Britt was played by Megan Dodds.
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Empress Michiko(Empress Consort of Japan from 7 January 1989 to 30 April 2019)
Birthdate: October 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Tokyo City, Tokyo Prefecture, Japan
Birthdate: December 19, 1934
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Nadgaon, Maharashtra, India
Pratibha Patil served as the president of India from 2007 to 2012 and was the first and only woman to have held the position. The INC member had also been the governor of the Indian state of Rajasthan earlier. She had started her political career as an MLA from Jalgaon.
Birthdate: June 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Sacriston, County Durham, England
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
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Jim Inhofe(Politician)
Birthdate: November 17, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, U.S.
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Ken Rosewall(Australian Former World Top-Ranking Amateur and Professional Tennis Player)
Birthdate: November 2, 1934
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Throughout his 25-year illustrious career, Australian tennis legend Ken Rosewall has won 18 Grand Slams, including 8 singles titles. Known for his 5’7” lean frame, he was nicknamed Muscles by his teammates, apparently, for the lack of them. The son of a grocer, he had begun playing tennis at age 3.
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Timothy West(Actor)
Birthdate: October 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
Height: 5'9" (175 cm)
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Graham Kerr(Chef Known for His Television Cooking Show ‘The Galloping Gourmet')
Birthdate: January 22, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: London, England
Birthdate: August 18, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Dina, Punjab
Famed Indian lyricist, poet, author, screenwriter, and film director Gulzar has been a major figure in Bollywood for over six decades. He started doing odd jobs as a teenager and eventually entered films, where he made a name for himself as a lyricist and screenwriter. He soon started directing films as well. He is the recipient of numerous prestigious awards.
Birthdate: March 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: El Paso, Texas, United States
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Nancy Kissinger
Birthdate: April 13, 1934
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Manhattan
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Tom Baker(English Actor and Voice Actor )
Birthdate: January 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Liverpool, England
Height: 6'3" (190 cm)
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Paco Rabanne(Grand couturier, Fashion designer, Businessperson)
Birthdate: February 18, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Pasaia
Born to a seamstress in Basque Country, Francisco Rabaneda y Cuervo escaped to France to avoid the Spanish Civil War and took up the name Paco Rabanne. He later gained fame for his avant-garde accessories, his designer clothes made of material such as metal and plastic, and his signature chainmail dress.
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Don Cherry(Former Ice Hockey Player and Co-Host of the NHL Broadcast 'Coach's Corner')
Birthdate: February 5, 1934
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Kingston, Canada
If you’re an NHL fan, you must be knowing the name Don Cherry. He had a long hockey career, but he played only one NHL game -the majority of his games came at the AHL. He later gained fame as a co-host of CBS' Coach's Corner. Don Cherry is known for his outspoken opinions, and the knack for inviting controversies.
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Sonny Jurgensen(American football player)
Birthdate: August 23, 1934
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Wilmington, North Carolina, United States
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
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Armi Kuusela(Model)
Birthdate: August 20, 1934
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Muhos, Finland
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Jim Lehrer(Journalist)
Birthdate: May 19, 1934
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wichita, Kansas, United States
Birthdate: January 11, 1934
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Shawinigan, Canada
Jean Chrétien was the Canadian prime minister from 1993 to 2003. He has previously served in cabinet posts such as the minister of justice and the minister of finance. He has led the Liberal Party of Canada and helped in the passage of the Clarity Act.
