List of Famous people who are 70

Amy Hempel is an American short story writer and journalist. She teaches creative writing at Stony Brook Southampton.

August Satria Purnama or better known as August Melasz is an Indonesian actor of mixed ethnic Dutch and Javanese descent.

Eva Rueber-Staier is an Austrian actress, TV Host, model and beauty queen who won Miss World 1969.

Geoffrey Charles Ryman is a Canadian writer of science fiction, fantasy, slipstream and historical fiction.

Nikola Poplašen is a former Bosnian Serb politician and Chetnik Vojvoda. He was the president of Republika Srpska from late 1998 to 1999. He was removed by the High Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Carlos Westendorp, on 5 March 1999. The removal was enforced on 2 September 1999.

Nathan S. Netanyahu is an Israeli computer scientist, a professor of computer science at Bar-Ilan University.

Daniel Pearl, A.S.C. is an American cinematographer who has worked on many feature films, over 400 music videos and more than 250 commercials. He is known for his cinematography work on various horror films, including The Texas Chain Saw Massacre (1974) and its 2003 remake, Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem (2007), Friday the 13th (2009), The Boy (2016) and Mom and Dad (2017).

Banryūyama Takaharu is a former sumo wrestler from Tatsuno, Hyōgo, Japan. He made his professional debut in November 1966, and reached the top division in March 1975. His highest rank was komusubi. He retired in November 1984 and became an elder of the Japan Sumo Association under the name Matsuchiyama. He worked as a coach at Mihogaseki stable until its closure in 2013, whereupon he moved to Kasugano stable. Upon reaching the mandatory retirement age of 65 in May 2016 he was re-hired as a consultant for five more years. He left the Sumo Association upon turning 70 in May 2021.