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The following is a list of the world's oldest surviving physical documents. Each entry is the most ancient of each language or civilization. For example, the Narmer Palette may be the most ancient from Egypt, but there are many other surviving written documents from Egypt later than the Narmer Palette but still more ancient than the Missal of Silos.
Name Lifespan Age Notability M. H. Abrams: 1912–2015: 102: American literary critic [1] Angelina Acuña: 1905–2006: 101: Guatemalan educator, writer and poet [2] Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) 1874–1974: 100: Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist [3] Nan Hayden Agle: 1905–2006: 100: American children's writer [4 ...
112 years, 163 days: French: Egyptologist [2] Viola Fletcher: F: May 10, 1914: 110 years, 237 days: American: Survivor of the Tulsa race massacre [3] Anne Baker: F: May 14, 1914: 110 years, 233 days: British: Writer and fundraiser [4] Edith Renfrow Smith: F: July 14, 1914: 110 years, 172 days: American: First African-American woman to graduate ...
Name Lifespan Age Notability Hans Albert: 1921–2023: 102: German philosopher [1] Ruth Nanda Anshen: 1900–2003: 103: American philosopher, author and editor [2] Harry Blamires: 1916–2017: 101: English Anglican theologian and literary critic [3] Mario Bunge: 1919–2020: 100: Argentinian-born Canadian philosopher of science: Konstantinos ...
The oldest person verified by modern standards, and the only person with evidence to have lived to be at least 120 years of age, is French woman Jeanne Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997), aged 122 years and 164 days. The oldest man verified by modern standards, and the only man with undisputed evidence to have lived to be over 115, is ...
Name Lifespan Age Notability Rafael Aburto: 1913–2014: 100: Spanish architect [1] Florence Akins: 1906–2012: 106: New Zealand artist [2] Julian Phelps Allan: 1892–1996: 103: British sculptor [3] Jim Allen: 1922–2023: 100: New Zealand visual artist [4] Topazia Alliata: 1913–2015: 102: Italian painter and art curator [5] Manuel Álvarez ...
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Hubert Blaine Wolfeschlegelsteinhausenbergerdorff Sr. (a.k.a. Hubert Wolfstern, [3] Hubert B. Wolfe + 666 Sr., [4] Hubert Blaine Wolfe+585 Sr., [5] and Hubert Blaine Wolfe+590 Sr., [6] among others, 4 August 1914 – 24 October 1997) was a German-born American typesetter who held the record for the longest personal name ever used.