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BORN PRE-1911

Turning 102+ in 2012

		Besse Cooper American supercentenarian, world's oldest validated woman 08/26/1896
		Jiroemon Kimura Japanese supercentenarian, world's oldest validated man 04/19/1897
		Leila Denmark American pediatrician, medical researcher, and validated supercentenarian 02/01/1898
		Alice Herz-Sommer Czech-born concert pianist and Holocaust survivor, "The Pianist of Theresienstadt" 11/26/1903
		Sergey Nikolsky Russian mathematician 04/30/1905
		Leopold Engleitner Austrian Holocaust survivor and lecturer 07/23/1905
		Irving Kahn American financial analyst and investor 12/19/1905
		Antôn Nguyễn Văn Thiện Vietnamese bishop 03/13/1906
		Lina Haag German World War II resistance fighter 01/18/1907
		Kathryn Wasserman Davis American philanthropist 02/25/1907
		Walter Walsh American FBI agent and Olympic shooter 05/04/1907
		Miguel Morayta Spanish-born Mexican film director and screenwriter, "The Martyr of Calvary" 08/15/1907
		Bruno Giacometti Swiss architect 08/24/1907
		Run Run Shaw Hong Kong media mogul 10/04/1907
		Draga Matković Croatian-born German concert pianist 11/04/1907
		Ruth Patrick American limnologist and environmentalist 11/26/1907
		Jacques Barzun French-born American historian and cultural critic 11/30/1907
		Roy Douglas British composer and arranger 12/12/1907
		Oscar Niemeyer Brazilian architect 12/15/1907
		Elliot Carter American classical music composer 12/11/1908
		Manoel de Oliveira Portuguese film director, "Aniki-Bóbó", "Belle Toujours" 12/11/1908
		George Beverly Shea Canadian-born American gospel singer and songwriter 02/01/1909
		Silvio Zavala Mexican historian 02/07/1909
		Elisabeth Murdoch Australian philanthropist 02/08/1909
		Hans Erni Swiss painter and sculptor 02/21/1909
		Rita Levi-Montalcini Italian-born Nobel Prize-winning neurologist (Holds dual Italian/American citizenship) 04/22/1909
		Nicholas Winton British humanitarian, saved the lives of 669 Czech children during the Holocaust 05/19/1909
		Yutaka Katayama Japanese automobile executive, "Father of the Z Car" 09/15/1909
		Carla Laemmle American actress, 1925's "The Phantom of the Opera", 1931's "Dracula" 10/20/1909
		Evelyn Bryan Johnson American aviator, female pilot with the most logged flight time 11/04/1909
		Luise Rainer German-born Oscar-winning actress, "The Great Ziegfeld", "The Good Earth" 01/12/1910
		Magda Olivero Italian opera singer 03/25/1910
		Arthur Gardner American actor, "All Quiet on the Western Front", and film producer, "McQ", "Brannigan" 06/07/1910
		H. Owen Reed American composer 06/17/1910
		James Coyne Canadian government official, Governor of the Bank of Canada (1955-1961) 07/17/1910
		Lupita Tovar Mexican actress, 1931's Spanish-language "Dracula" 07/27/1910
		Yvette Lebon French actress, "Zouzou" 08/14/1910
		Walter Haefner Swiss billionaire and horse breeder 09/13/1910
		Tyrus Wong Chinese-born American animator, "Bambi" 10/25/1910
		Errie Ball Welsh-born American golfer 11/14/1910
		Ronald Coase British Nobel Prize-winning economist 12/29/1910