The list of famous 87 years old includes Pope Francis, Dyan Cannon, Kris Kristofferson, Charles Robert Redford Jr., Alan Alda. Famous personalities featured on this list, include political leaders, actors, actresses and novelists and from other domains of life. This list of 87 years old includes people from United States, England, Germany & Australia and many more countries.
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Birthdate: August 18, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Santa Monica, California, United States
Charles Robert Redford Jr. is a retired actor, activist, and director. He is credited with founding the Sundance Film Festival and was named in Time magazine's list of 100 most influential people in the world in 2014. For his contributions to arts, Charles Robert Redford Jr. was honored with the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2016.
Birthdate: June 22, 1936
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Brownsville, Texas, United States
Kris Kristofferson is a popular singer-songwriter and actor. Over the years, Kris has played a major role in the success of many famous singers, having contributed to their musical albums as a songwriter. For his achievements in the field of music, Kris Kristofferson was made a Country Music Hall of Fame inductee in 2004.
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Jim Brown(Football Player)
Birthdate: February 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: St. Simons, Georgia, United States
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Ursula Andress(Swis Actress Best Known for Her Role of Bond Girl 'Honey Ryder' in the Film 'Dr.No')
Birthdate: March 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Ostermundigen, Switzerland
Swiss actress, yesteryear model and sex symbol Ursula Andress gained attention playing Honey Ryder, widely regarded as the first Bond girl, in the first James Bond film titled Dr. No. In the ensuing years, she bolstered her career starring in films like The Southern Star, Clash of the Titans, and particularly as Vesper Lynd in spy parody film Casino Royale.
Birthdate: January 8, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tiger Bay, Cardiff, Wales
Shirley Bassey is one of the most popular Welsh singers of all time. Blessed with an expressive voice, Shirley Bassey is renowned for recording the theme songs of popular James Bond movies, such as Moonraker, Diamonds Are Forever, and Goldfinger. In 2000, she was appointed a DBE for services to performing arts.
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Alan Alda(Actor, Director and Screenwriter Best Known for His Role in the TV Series 'M*A*S*H')
Birthdate: January 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: New York, United States
Alan Alda is best known for his Emmy-winning roles of Hawkeye in M*A*S*H and Arnold Vinick in The West Wing. Fans also loved him in The Aviator. He has a keen interest in cosmology, serves on the boards of various science and technology institutes, and has received several honorary degrees.
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Bruce Dern(Actor)
Birthdate: June 4, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Hector Elizondo(Known for His Roles in Series: ‘Chicago Hope’, ‘Last Man Standing’ and Films: 'Pretty Woman', 'The Princess Diaries')
Birthdate: December 22, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: New York, New York, United States
Hector Elizondo is best known for his Emmy-winning role of Phillip Watters in Chicago Hope. He also earned a Golden Globe nomination for his supporting role in Pretty Woman and won an Obie Award for the play Steambath. He also voiced Bane in the film Batman: Mystery of the Batwoman.
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Lou Holtz( Former American Football Player, Coach, and Analyst)
Birthdate: January 6, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Follansbee, West Virginia, United States
Lou Holtz has been the head football coach of teams such as the New York Jets. He led Notre Dame to be the national champions. Holtz became the only coach to guide four programs to the final top 20. The College Football Hall of Famer later became an ESPN analyst.
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Dick Cavett(Comedian & Former Talk Show Host Notable for His Conversational Style and In-depth Discussions)
Birthdate: November 19, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Gibbon, Nebraska, United States
Dick Cavett is an American comedian, television personality, and former talk show host. For five decades, Cavett made frequent appearances on the United State's nationally broadcast television. In 2020, Stephen Colbert on his TV show, Late Show with Stephen Colbert, acknowledged that Dick Cavett had served as a major influence due to his conversational style.
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Louis Gossett Jr.(Actor)
Birthdate: May 27, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Height: 6'2" (188 cm)
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Dyan Cannon(First Woman to be nominated for Oscars Both in Front of and Behind the Camera)
Birthdate: January 4, 1937
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Tacoma, Washington, United States
Dyan Cannon is best known for her Academy Award-nominated roles in Bob & Carol & Ted & Alice and Heaven Can Wait. She has also written, directed, and produced the Academy Award-nominated film Number One. She has appeared in series such as Ally McBealand Three Sisters, too.
Birthdate: October 24, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Lewisham
Bill Wyman is known as the bassist for the iconic band The Rolling Stones. He later formed the band Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings. He is a skilled photographer who has exhibited his work. He has also written several books, including one on archaeology. He has also patented a metal detector.
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David Suzuki(Canadian Academic, Environmental Activist and Host of TV Program ‘The Nature of Things’)
Birthdate: March 24, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Best known for the CBC show The Nature of Things, Canadian environmental activist David Suzuki has also been a genetics and zoology professor. The UN Environment Programme Medal winner has been a major force against global warming and has written several books, such as An Introduction to Genetic Analysis.
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Buddy Guy(American Blues Musician Who Was a Prolific Performer from 1950s Until Well Into 21st Century)
Birthdate: July 30, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Lettsworth, Louisiana, United States
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Anthony Kennedy(Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States)
Birthdate: July 23, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Sacramento, California, United States
Anthony Kennedy has served as the judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit from 1975 to 1988 and as the associate justice of the Supreme Court of the U.S. from 1988 to 2018. Kennedy has been associated with Boumediene v. Bush and various gay rights cases.
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Walter Koenig(Actor who starred in the original Stark Trek TV series)
Birthdate: September 14, 1936
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Height: 5'6" (168 cm)
Birthdate: March 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Busdongo de Arbás, Spain
Former chairman and founder of Inditex fashion group, Amancio Ortega Gaona is renowned for it's chain Zara. He set the ball rolling for the fast fashion movement in the mid-70s. He first ventured into retail in his early teens,
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Pope Francis(Pope, Head of the Catholic church (Since 2013))
Birthdate: December 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Flores, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Pope Francis is the sovereign of the Vatican City and head of the Catholic Church. He is the first Jesuit pope and first non-European pope since Pope Gregory III. Often praised for having a comparatively less formal approach, Pope Francis is popular for his humility, international visibility, and concern for the poor.
Birthdate: December 25, 1936
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Belgravia, London, United Kingdom
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Joe Don Baker(Best Known for His Role as a Mafia Hitman in the Film ‘Charley Varrick’)
Birthdate: February 12, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Groesbeck, Texas, United States
Joe Don Baker is an American actor known for playing action-packed roles in films like Guns of the Magnificent Seven, Wild Rovers, Charley Varrick, and Walking Tall. For his performance in the TV series Edge of Darkness, Baker received a British Academy Television Award nomination. He has also played interesting roles in a couple of James Bond films.
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Frank Serpico(Police officer)
Birthdate: April 14, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Brooklyn, New York City, United States
Birthdate: October 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Mexborough, Yorkshire, England
Brian Blessed has voiced popular characters on shows such as Family Guy and Peppa Pig and in films such as Star Wars: Episode I. A talented stage actor, he has appeared in productions of Macbeth and Hamlet, and the original Cats. The OBE honoree is also an avid animal lover.
Birthdate: July 29, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Salisbury, North Carolina, United States
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Dick Vermeil(American Football coacher)
Birthdate: October 30, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Calistoga, California, USA
Birthdate: July 24, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Westerly, Rhode Island, United States
Height: 5'3" (160 cm)
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Mario Vargas Llosa(Latin America's Most Significant Novelist and Essayist and Winner of 2010 Nobel Prize in Literature)
Birthdate: March 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Arequipa, Peru
In March 2020, Chinese e-book platforms virtually banned Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author Mario Vargas Llosa after he suggested that China was largely responsible for the origin of the COVID-19 virus. One of Latin American’s most respected authors, he has penned bestsellers such as The Feast of the Goat.
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Margaret Hamilton(American Computer Scientist, Systems Engineer, and Business Owner)
Birthdate: August 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Paoli, Indiana, United States
Credited with coining the term software engineering, computer scientist and systems engineer, Margaret Heafield Hamilton served as the Director of the Software Engineering Division of the MIT Instrumentation Laboratory, overseeing the development of the on-board flight software for NASA's Apollo program. A prolific writer, she is also the founder of two software companies; Higher Order Software and Hamilton Technologies.
Birthdate: July 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bridgetown, Barbados
Sir Garfield Sobers is a former cricket player who represented the West Indies cricket team during the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s. Renowned for his all-round abilities, Sobers is regarded as the greatest all-rounder of all time. He is also considered one of the greatest cricketers ever. In 2009, he was inducted into the ICC Cricket Hall of Fame.
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Gary Hart(Politician)
Birthdate: November 28, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Ottawa, Kansas, United States
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Bobby Seale(Political Activist Who Co-founded the Black Panther Party)
Birthdate: October 22, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Liberty, Texas, United States
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Joan Bennett Kennedy(American Socialite)
Birthdate: September 2, 1936
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Manhattan, New York, United States
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Tom T. Hall(Singer)
Birthdate: May 25, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Olive Hill, Kentucky, USA
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James Dobson(One of America's Most Influential Evangelical Leaders Ever)
Birthdate: April 21, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Shreveport, Louisiana, United States
The founder of the Focus on the Family, Dr. James Dobson is a qualified psychologist and has also had long stints with a children’s hospital and as a professor of pediatrics. Known for his popular radio program Family Talk, he has penned countless books, such as the bestseller Bringing Up Girls.
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Pat Priest(Actress)
Birthdate: August 15, 1936
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bountiful, United States
Height: 5'5" (165 cm)
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Mickey Gilley(Singer)
Birthdate: March 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Natchitoches, Louisiana, USA
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Shirley Knight(Actress)
Birthdate: July 5, 1936
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Goessel, Kansas, USA
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Anthony Zerbe(Actor)
Birthdate: May 20, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, USA
Height: 5'10" (178 cm)
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Roger Whittaker(British Musician and Singer Known for His Trademark Whistling Ability, Baritone Singing Voice, and Guitar Skills)
Birthdate: March 22, 1936
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Nairobi, Kenya
Roger Whittaker is a British musician and singer-songwriter. Best known for his trademark whistling ability, baritone singing voice, and guitar skills, Whittaker is one of the best-selling artistes in the UK. Roger Whittaker forsook his teaching career to establish himself as a musician, a decision which he has never regretted.
Birthdate: November 11, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States
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Ken Mattingly(American Astronaut and One of the 24 People to Have Flown to the Moon)
Birthdate: March 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States
Ken Mattingly is a retired aviator, test pilot, aeronautical engineer, astronaut, and rear admiral in the US Navy. He was part of Apollo-16 and is one of 24 astronauts to have flown to the Moon. Mattingly is the recipient of numerous awards, including the NASA Distinguished Service Medal. In 1983, he was inducted into the International Space Hall of Fame.
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Walter Lewin(Astronomer, University teacher, Astrophysicist, Physicist)
Birthdate: January 29, 1936
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: The Hague
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Frank Caprio(Judge, Television presenter)
Birthdate: November 24, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Providence, Rhode Island, United States
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Keir Dullea(Actor)
Birthdate: May 30, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Height: 6'1" (185 cm)
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Steve Reich(Composer)
Birthdate: October 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City
Birthdate: May 15, 1936
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Wallasey, Merseyside, England
Height: 5'4" (163 cm)
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Tommy Steele(English Singer Who is Regarded as Britain's First Teen Idol and Rock and Roll Star)
Birthdate: December 17, 1936
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Bermondsey
Tommy Steele is an English singer, actor, sculptor, and writer. Widely regarded as an important entertainer, Steele is considered Britain's first rock and roll star and teen idol. His rise to stardom was dramatized in the 1957 film The Tommy Steele Story, where he appeared as himself. Tommy Steele remains an active performer to this day.
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James Darren(Known for His Roles in the Films: 'Gidget', 'The Gene Krupa Story' and 'The Guns of Navarone')
Birthdate: June 8, 1936
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
James Darren is an American actor, singer, and television director. He is well-known for his singing abilities; Darren's version of Goodbye Cruel World peaked at number three on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1961. He has also released several albums like This One's from the Heart and Because of You.
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Roy Emerson(Australian Former Tennis Player Who Won a Record 12 Grand Slam Singles Titles)
Birthdate: November 3, 1936
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Blackbutt, Australia
Roy Emerson is a former tennis player from Australia. A former world No. 1, Emerson won 16 Grand Slam doubles titles and 12 Grand Slam singles titles, which includes a career Grand Slam in both singles and doubles. Emerson went on to achieve another career Grand Slam, becoming the first man to complete a double career Grand Slam in singles.
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Richard Wilson(Scottish actor)
Birthdate: July 9, 1936
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Greenock, United Kingdom
Height: 5'11" (180 cm)
