Famous Names aged 83 Page 3

First Lady

Age :83 (deceased)

Frances Folsom Cleveland was the youngest First Lady of the United States and the first woman to marry a president in the White House.

Fiction Writer

Age :83

One interesting fact about Samuel R. Delany is that his novels Babel-17 and The Einstein Intersection won the Nebula Award for Best Novel in 1966 and 1967, respectively.

Entrepreneur

Age :83

Barry Diller is a renowned media executive and entrepreneur who has overseen the development of film and television content at major companies and is the Senior Executive and Chairman of IAC/InterActiveCorp.

Business Figure

Age :83

Michael Eisner is an American businessman who served as the chairman and CEO of The Walt Disney Company, where he successfully grew the company's market value.

Emperor

Age :83 (deceased)

Haile Selassie was the Emperor of Ethiopia from 1930 to 1974 and played a key role in modernizing his country.

Poet

Age :83 (deceased)

Victor Hugo was a celebrated French Romantic author known for his poetry and novels.

Poet

Age :83 (deceased)

Omar Khayyam was an 11th-century Persian poet, astronomer, and mathematician known for his diverse range of contributions.

Columnist

Age :83 (deceased)

Ann Landers, also known as Esther Pauline Lederer, was the most widely read and syndicated advice columnist of all time, reaching 90 million readers and providing guidance on a wide range of issues for 47 years.

Senator

Age :83

Joe Lieberman is a former United States senator from Connecticut and was the Democratic Party's nominee for vice president in the 2000 U.S. presidential election.

Inventor

Age :83 (deceased)

Louis Lumiére, along with his brother Auguste Lumière, invented the Cinématographe motion picture system and produced short films between 1895 and 1905.

Aviator

Age :83 (deceased)

Beryl Markham was a British-Kenyan aviator, writer, and horse trainer, best known for being the first woman to fly non-stop across the Atlantic Ocean from east to west.

Illustrator

Age :83

Allen Say is a Japanese-American writer and illustrator best known for his children's picture book Grandfather's Journey.

Religious Leader

Age :83

Angelo Scola is an Italian Cardinal of the Catholic Church, philosopher, and theologian. He was Archbishop of Milan from 2011 to 2017 and gained international recognition as a possible successor to Pope John Paul II in 2005.

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Radio Personality

Age :83 (deceased)

Gordon Sinclair was a legendary journalist, author, and radio commentator known for his famous radio editorial 'The Americans' in 1973.

Religious Leader

Age :83 (deceased)

Cardinal Dionigi Tettamanzi, former Archbishop of Milan, championed social justice and interfaith dialogue, leaving a lasting impact on religious harmony.

Political Figure

Age :83

Chok Tong Goh was Singapore's second prime minister, serving from 1990 to 2004.

Jurist

Age :83 (deceased)

Earl Warren was an American attorney, politician, and jurist who served as the 14th Chief Justice of the United States from 1953 to 1969. He presided over a major shift in American constitutional jurisprudence.

Inventor

Age :83 (deceased)

James Watt was a Scottish inventor, mechanical engineer, and chemist who improved on Thomas Newcomen's steam engine with his Watt steam engine, which was fundamental to the changes brought by the Industrial Revolution.

Stage Actor

Age :83 (deceased)

Bernard Miles, an English actor, director, and producer, gained fame for his portrayal of ordinary working-class characters in British films and TV during the mid-20th century.

Music Producer

Age :83 (deceased)

Turkish-American music industry executive who co-founded Atlantic Records, shaping popular music.

Poet

Age :83 (deceased)

Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson, was an English poet and the Poet Laureate during Queen Victoria's reign. He gained recognition for winning the Chancellor's Gold Medal at Cambridge for his poem 'Timbuktu'.

Chef

Age :83

Delia Smith is an English cook and television presenter known for teaching basic cookery skills in a no-nonsense style.

Business Figure

Age :83 (deceased)

Marmaduke Hussey was the chairman of the BBC and a key figure in the British royal household.

Painter

Age :83 (deceased)

Edgar Degas, a French Impressionist painter and sculptor, is best known for his depictions of dancers, with his famous painting 'The Star' capturing a lone ballerina on stage.