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Ruth Westheimer (1928–2024), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, Doctor of Education, Holocaust survivor, and former Haganah sniper. William the Silent (1533–1584), German-born main leader of the Dutch revolt against the Spanish Habsburgs [25] Johann Joachim Winckelmann (1717–1768), art historian and archaeologist
The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians .
German classical contralto singer [226] Connie Sawyer: 1912–2018: 105: American actress [227] Ivy Sawyer: 1898–1999: 101: American dancer, singer and actress [228] Hannes Schiel: 1914–2017: 103: Austrian actor [229] Rolf Schimpf: 1924– 100: German actor [230] Robert C. Schnitzer: 1906–2008: 101: American actor, producer, educator and ...
Angela Dorothea Merkel (German: ['aŋɡeːla doʁoˈteːa ˈmɛʁkl̩] ⓘ; [a] née Kasner; born 17 July 1954) is a German retired politician who served as Chancellor of Germany from 2005 to 2021. She is the first and only woman to have held the office.
Elisabeth Schneider (19 August 1901 – 9 February 2013) was the oldest living person in Germany from November 2011 to her death in February 2013, aged 111 years and 174 days. She was born in Bad Oeynhausen, today in North Rhine-Westphalia, and had two sisters. She married in 1923 and gave birth to a daughter two years later.
German-born American novelist and professor [102] Hans Keilson: 1909–2011: 101: German-Dutch novelist, poet, psychoanalyst and child psychologist [103] Hossein Wahid Khorasani: 1921– 103: Iranian author and ayatollah [104] Ted Knap: 1920–2023: 102: American journalist [105] Masajirō Kojima: 1894–1994: 100: Japanese novelist [106 ...
This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [ 1 ]
Stefanie Maria Graf (/ ɡ r ɑː f, ɡ r æ f / GRA(H)F, German: [ˈʃtɛfi ˈɡʁaːf] ⓘ; [4] [5] born 14 June 1969) is a German former professional tennis player. [a] She won 22 major singles titles, [7] the second-most in women's singles won since the start of the Open Era in 1968 and the third-most of all-time.