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Angus MacAskill (1825 – 8 August 1863) was a Scottish-born Canadian giant. In its 1981 edition the Guinness Book of World Records stated he was the strongest man, the tallest non-pathological giant and the largest true giant in recorded history at 7 feet 9 inches (2.36 m), he also had the largest chest measurements of any non-obese man at 80 inches (203 cm).
James Pierson Beckwourth (April 26, 1798/1800 – October 20, 1866) was an American fur trapper, rancher, businessman, explorer, author and scout. Known as "Bloody Arm" because of his skill as a fighter, Beckwourth was of multiracial descent, being born into slavery in Frederick County, Virginia.
French actor; brother of fellow actress and centenarian Gisèle Casadesus [50] Gisèle Casadesus: 1914–2017: 103: French actress; sister of fellow actor and centenarian Christian Casadesus [51] Wally Cassell: 1912–2015: 103: Italian-born American character actor and businessman [52] Raymond Cauchetier: 1920–2021: 101: French photographer ...
Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother, pictured outside Dover Castle. The following is a list of lists of notable centenarians by categorized occupation (people who lived to be or are currently living at 100 years or more of age) that are therein known for reasons other than just longevity
103: Longest-lived English cricketer [124] Ulrich Inderbinen: 1900–2004: 103: Swiss mountain guide [125] Joaquim Duarte Gonçalves Isabelinha: 1908–2009: 100: Portuguese association football player and medical doctor [126] Fernand Jaccard: 1907–2008: 100: Swiss association football midfielder [127] Alberto Jammaron: 1915–2016: 101 ...
S. Allen Counter's book, North Pole Legacy: Black, White and Eskimo (1991), discusses the explorations, as well as Peary and Henson's "country wives" (Inuit women) and their part-Inuit descendants, and historical race relations. He made a film documentary by the same name, shown on the Monitor Channel in 1992.
Mills (or Miles) Darden was born on October 7, 1799, near Rich Square, North Carolina, United States, to John and Mary Darden. He was married at least once and had several children. His wife Mary died in 1837 aged about 40. [1] He died on January 23, 1857. He was buried in Lexington, Tennessee. [1]
Beyond these lived the one-eyed Arimaspians, further on the gold-guarding griffins, and beyond these the Hyperboreans. [13] Herodotus assumed that Hyperborea lay somewhere in Northeast Asia . Pindar , lyric poet from Thebes and a contemporary of Herodotus in the tenth Pythian Ode described the Hyperboreans and tells of Perseus ' journey to them.