BORN PRE-1926

Turning 101+ in 2026

		Jonathan Seychellois-hatched St. Helenian giant tortoise, world's oldest known living land animal c. 1832
		Ethel Caterham English supercentenarian, world's oldest validated living person 08/21/1909
		Naomi Whitehead American supercentenarian, world's second oldest validated living person 09/26/1910
		João Marinho Neto Brazilian supercentenarian, world's oldest validated living man 10/05/1912
		Lloyd Geering New Zealand theologian 02/26/1918
		Brenda Milner English-born Canadian clinical neuropsychologist 07/15/1918
		Edgar Morin French philosopher and sociologist 07/08/1921
		Ray Anthony American trumpeter and bandleader 01/20/1922
		Gerald Holton German-born American physicist and science historian 05/23/1922
		Rachel Robinson American activist and educator, widow of baseball player Jackie Robinson 07/19/1922
		Jacqueline White American actress, Crossfire, The Narrow Margin 11/27/1922
		Louis Graziano American WWII veteran, last known living witness to Germany's surrender 02/06/1923
		Vija Vētra Latvian-born dancer and choreographer 02/06/1923
		Rudolph A. Marcus Canadian-born American Nobel Prize-winning chemist 07/21/1923
		Ida Vitale Uruguayan poet and literary critic 11/02/1923
		Józef Hen Polish novelist, Nowolipie Street, and screenwriter, The Boxer and Death 11/08/1923
		Gloria Whelan American poet and children's writer, Homeless Bird 11/23/1923
		Anne Vernon French actress, Terror on a Train, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg 01/09/1924
		Woody Woodbury American comedian and talk show host 02/09/1924
		Marshall Allen American jazz saxophonist, member of the Sun Ra Arkestra 05/25/1924
		Torsten Wiesel Swedish Nobel Prize-winning neurophysiologist 06/03/1924
		Edward Field American poet, Stand Up, Friend, With Me, and novelist 06/07/1924
		Eva Marie Saint American Oscar-winning actress, On the Waterfront, North by Northwest 07/04/1924
		Lee Adams American lyricist, Broadway's Bye Bye Birdie, Applause 08/14/1924
		Bill Greason American baseball player 09/03/1924
		Terry Gibbs American jazz vibraphonist 10/13/1924
		Ruth Slenczynska American classical pianist 01/15/1925
		Hal Gurnee American television director, Late Night with David Letterman 01/25/1925
		Leo Esaki Japanese Nobel Prize-winning physicist 03/12/1925
		Mary de Rachewiltz Italian/American poet and translator 07/09/1925
		Mahathir Mohamad Malaysian prime minister (1981–2003, 2018–2020) 07/10/1925
		Anita Lasker-Wallfisch German-born Holocaust survivor, member of the Women's Orchestra of Auschwitz 07/17/1925
		Marv Levy American football coach 08/03/1925
		Bobby Shantz American baseball player 09/26/1925
		Jirō Ono Japanese restaurateur and sushi master 10/27/1925
		Lee Grant American Oscar-winning actress, Shampoo, and documentarian, Down and Out in America 10/31/1925 (Birth year sources vary)
		Alan Shayne American actor, casting director, and producer, The House Without a Christmas Tree 11/21/1925
		Dick Van Dyke American actor, Mary Poppins, TV's The Dick Van Dyke Show, Diagnosis: Murder 12/13/1925