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1887–1995. 107. American stage actor, director, playwright, screenwriter and producer [ 1] Rosa Albach-Retty. 1874–1980. 105. Austrian film and stage actress [ 2] Jenny Alpha. 1910–2010.
Adelina Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest person from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later. [ 41] Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
August 20, 1919: 104 years, 365 days: American: Politician [48] Sister Jean: F: August 21, 1919: 104 years, 364 days: American: Catholic nun, Chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team [49] E. Gerald Meyer: M: November 2, 1919: 104 years, 291 days: American: Emeritus professor of chemistry [50] Maria Ehrenberg F: November 4, 1919: ...
Shirley Anita Chisholm ( / ˈtʃɪzəm / CHIZ-əm; née St. Hill; November 30, 1924 – January 1, 2005) was an American politician who, in 1968, became the first black woman to be elected to the United States Congress. [ 1] Chisholm represented New York's 12th congressional district, a district centered in Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn [ a ...
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days. [ a] The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. [ b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of ...
Naomi Whitehead [ 2] F. 26 September 1910. 113 years, 329 days. United States. 12. Claudia Baccarini [ 2] F. 13 October 1910.
November 20 is the 324th day of the year (325th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar; 41 days remain until the end of the year.
Sojourner Truth ( / soʊˈdʒɜːrnər, ˈsoʊdʒɜːrnər /; [ 1] born Isabella Baumfree; c. 1797 – November 26, 1883) was an American abolitionist and activist for African-American civil rights, women's rights, and alcohol temperance. [ 2] Truth was born into slavery in Swartekill, New York, but escaped with her infant daughter to freedom ...