List of Famous people who died at 95

Nelson Mandela

Rolihlahla Mandela
First Name Nelson
Last Name Mandela
Born on July 18, 1918
Died on December 5, 2013 (aged 95)
Height 184 cm | 6'0

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary, political leader and philanthropist who served as President of South Africa from 1994 to 1999. He was the country's first black head of state and the first elected in a fully representative democratic election. His government focused on dismantling the legacy of apartheid by tackling institutionalised racism and fostering racial reconciliation. Ideologically an African nationalist and socialist, he served as the president of the African National Congress (ANC) party from 1991 to 1997.

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Stan Lee

Stanley Martin Lieber
First Name Stan
Last Name Lee
Born on December 28, 1922
Died on November 12, 2018 (aged 95)
Height 180 cm | 5'11

Stan Lee was an American comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer. He rose through the ranks of a family-run business to become Marvel Comics' primary creative leader for two decades, leading its expansion from a small division of a publishing house to a multimedia corporation that dominated the comics and movie industries.

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Gloria Vanderbilt

Gloria Laura Vanderbilt
First Name Gloria
Last Name Vanderbilt
Born on February 20, 1924
Died on June 17, 2019 (aged 95)

Gloria Laura Vanderbilt was an American artist, author, actress, fashion designer, heiress, and socialite. She was a member of the Vanderbilt family of New York and the mother of CNN television anchor Anderson Cooper.

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John Glenn

John Herschel Glenn
First Name John
Last Name Glenn
Born on July 18, 1921
Died on December 8, 2016 (aged 95)

John Herschel Glenn Jr. was a United States Marine Corps aviator, engineer, astronaut, businessman and politician. He was the third American in Space, and the first American to orbit the Earth, circling it three times in 1962. Following his retirement from NASA, he served from 1974 to 1999 as a Democratic United States Senator from Ohio; in 1998, he flew into space again at age 77.

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Robert Mugabe

Robert Gabriel Mugabe
First Name Robert
Last Name Mugabe
Born on February 21, 1924
Died on September 6, 2019 (aged 95)
Height 170 cm | 5'7

Robert Gabriel Mugabe was a Zimbabwean revolutionary and politician who served as Prime Minister of Zimbabwe from 1980 to 1987 and then as President from 1987 to 2017. He served as Leader of the Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) from 1975 to 1980 and led its successor political party, the ZANU – Patriotic Front (ZANU–PF), from 1980 to 2017. Ideologically an African nationalist, during the 1970s and 1980s he identified as a Marxist–Leninist, and as a socialist after the 1990s.

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Liz Smith

First Name Liz
Last Name Smith
Born on December 11, 1921
Died on December 24, 2016 (aged 95)

Betty Gleadle, known by the stage name Liz Smith, was an English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms, including as Annie Brandon in I Didn't Know You Cared (1975–1979), the sisters Bette and Belle in 2point4 Children (1991–1999), Letitia Cropley in The Vicar of Dibley (1994–1996) and Norma Speakman ("Nana") in The Royle Family. She also played Zillah in Lark Rise to Candleford (2008) and won the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role for the 1984 film A Private Function.

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Maureen O'Hara

Maureen FitzSimons
First Name Maureen
Born on August 17, 1920
Died on October 24, 2015 (aged 95)
Height 171 cm | 5'7

Maureen O'Hara was an Irish actress and singer. She was a famous redhead who was known for playing passionate, but sensible heroines, often in westerns and adventure films. On numerous occasions, she worked with director John Ford and longtime friend John Wayne.

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B. K. S. Iyengar

First Name B.
Last Name Iyengar
Born on December 14, 1918
Died on August 20, 2014 (aged 95)
Born in India

Bellur Krishnamachar Sundararaja Iyengar, better known as B.K.S. Iyengar, was the founder of the style of yoga as exercise known as "Iyengar Yoga" and was considered one of the foremost yoga teachers in the world. He was the author of many books on yoga practice and philosophy including Light on Yoga, Light on Pranayama, Light on the Yoga Sutras of Patanjali, and Light on Life. Iyengar was one of the earliest students of Tirumalai Krishnamacharya, who is often referred to as "the father of modern yoga". He has been credited with popularizing yoga, first in India and then around the world.

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Joan Lee

Joan Boocock
First Name Joan
Last Name Lee
Born on February 5, 1922
Died on July 6, 2017 (aged 95)

Joan Lieber was a British-American model and voice actress. She was the wife of comic book writer Stan Lee, whom she met in New York City in the 1940s while working as a hat model. In her later years, Lieber became a voice actress and appeared in the Spider-Man and Fantastic Four animated series in the 1990s. Kevin Smith referred to Joan as “Stan’s personal superhero” and “Marvel Muse”.

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Arthur Rubinstein

First Name Arthur
Last Name Rubinstein
Born on January 28, 1887
Died on December 20, 1982 (aged 95)

Arthur Rubinstein was a Polish-American classical pianist. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest pianists of all time. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time. He played in public for eight decades.

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Carrie P. Meek

First Name Carrie
Born on April 29, 1926
Died on November 28, 2021 (aged 95)

Carrie Mae Pittman Meek was an American politician from Florida. A member of the Democratic Party, she served from 1979 to 1982 as a representative to the Florida house of representatives, from 1982 to 1992 as a senator to the Florida senate, and, from 1993 to 2003, as a representative to the United States House of Representatives, representing Florida's 17th congressional district.

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Ernest Borgnine

Ermes Effron Borgnino
First Name Ernest
Last Name Borgnine
Born on January 24, 1917
Died on July 8, 2012 (aged 95)
Height 177 cm | 5'10

Ernest Borgnine was an American actor whose career spanned over six decades. He was noted for his gruff but calm voice and gap-toothed Cheshire Cat grin. A popular performer, he also appeared as a guest on numerous talk shows and as a panelist on several game shows.

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Maria Reich

First Name Maria
Last Name Reich
Born on May 15, 1903
Died on June 8, 1998 (aged 95)
Born in Germany, Saxony

Maria Reiche was a German-born Peruvian mathematician, archaeologist, and technical translator. She is known for her research into the Nazca Lines, which she first saw in 1941 together with American historian Paul Kosok. Known as the "Lady of the Lines", Reiche made the documentation, preservation and public dissemination of the Nazca Lines her life's work.

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Gene Deitch

Eugene Merril Deitch
First Name Gene
Last Name Deitch
Born on August 8, 1924
Died on April 16, 2020 (aged 95)

Eugene Merril Deitch was an American-Czech illustrator, animator, comics artist, and film director. Based in Prague after 1959, Deitch was known for creating animated cartoons such as Munro, Tom Terrific, and Nudnik, as well as his work on the Popeye and Tom and Jerry series.

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Mark Felt

First Name Mark
Last Name Felt
Born on August 17, 1913
Died on December 18, 2008 (aged 95)

William Mark Felt Sr. was an American law enforcement officer who worked for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from 1942 to 1973 and was known for his role in the Watergate scandal. Felt was an FBI special agent who eventually rose to the position of Associate Director, the Bureau's second-highest-ranking post. Felt worked in several FBI field offices prior to his promotion to the Bureau's headquarters. In 1980 he was convicted of having violated the civil rights of people thought to be associated with members of the Weather Underground, by ordering FBI agents to break into their homes and search the premises as part of an attempt to prevent bombings. He was ordered to pay a fine, but was pardoned by President Ronald Reagan during his appeal.

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Ilse Aichinger

First Name Ilse
Born on November 1, 1921
Died on November 11, 2016 (aged 95)
Born in Austria

Ilse Aichinger was an Austrian writer known for her accounts of her persecution by the Nazis because of her Jewish ancestry. She wrote poems, short stories and radio plays, and won multiple European literary prizes.

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Jake LaMotta

First Name Jake
Born on July 10, 1922
Died on September 19, 2017 (aged 95)
Height 173 cm | 5'8

Giacobbe "Jake" LaMotta was an American professional boxer, world middleweight champion, and stand-up comedian. Nicknamed "The Bronx Bull" or "Raging Bull", LaMotta was a rough fighter who was not a particularly big puncher, but he would subject his opponents to vicious beatings in the ring. With use of constant stalking, brawling and inside fighting, he developed the reputation for being a "bully"; he was what is often referred to today as a swarmer and a slugger.

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Oriol Bohigas

First Name Oriol
Last Name Bohigas
Born on December 20, 1925
Died on November 30, 2021 (aged 95)
Born in Spain, Catalonia

Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola was a Spanish architect and urban planner, known for his work in the modernization of Barcelona.

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Ram Jethmalani

First Name Ram
Last Name Jethmalani
Born on September 14, 1923
Died on September 8, 2019 (aged 95)
Born in Pakistan, Sindh

Ram Boolchand Jethmalani was an Indian lawyer and politician. He served as India's Union minister of law and justice, as chairman of the Indian Bar Council, and as the president of the Supreme Court Bar Association. He was noted in the Indian legal fraternity for his forte in criminal law and high-profile civil cases.

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Léopold Sédar Senghor

First Name Léopold
Last Name Senghor
Born on October 9, 1906
Died on December 20, 2001 (aged 95)

Léopold Sédar Senghor was a Senegalese poet, politician and cultural theorist who, for two decades, served as the first president of Senegal (1960–80). Ideologically an African socialist, he was the major theoretician of Négritude. Senghor was also the founder of the Senegalese Democratic Bloc party.

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