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· 82 milestones
By
79
, they had…
What 80 of the world’s most notable people had done by age 79. Every one links to their profile.
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Winston Churchill
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature
by 79 · 1953 · Politics
Shmuel Yosef Agnon
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature
by 79 · 1966 · Literature
Eugenio Montale
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature
by 79 · 1975 · Literature
Vicente Aleixandre
Won the Nobel Prize in Literature
by 79 · 1977 · Literature
Emily Greene Balch
Won the Nobel Peace Prize
by 79 · 1946 · Science
Frédéric Passy
Won the Nobel Peace Prize
by 79 · 1901 · Science
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Pope Francis
Founded Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life
at 79 · 2016 · Religion
Sōichirō Honda
Founded Acura
at 79 · 1986 · Business
Theodore von Kármán
Founded International Academy of Astronautics
at 79 · 1960 · Science
Avery Brundage
Founded Asian Art Museum of San Francisco
by 79 · 1966 · Politics
Took office
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Alexander VIII
Became Pope
at 79 · 1689 · Religion
Clement X
Became Pope
at 79 · 1670 · Religion
Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
Became King of Saudi Arabia
at 79 · 2015 · Royalty
Raúl Castro
Became First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba
at 79 · 2011 · Politics
Zillur Rahman
Became President of Bangladesh
at 79 · 2009 · Politics
Joseph Boakai
Became President of Liberia
at 79 · 2024 · Politics
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Woody Allen
Starred in Irrational Man
at 79 · 2015 · Cinema
Ridley Scott
Starred in Alien: Covenant
at 79 · 2017 · Cinema
Thomas Mann
Published Confessions of Felix Krull
by 79 · 1954 · Literature
John XXIII
Created Mater et Magistra
at 79 · 1961 · Religion
Arthur C. Clarke
Published 3001: The Final Odyssey
at 79 · 1997 · Literature
Margaret Atwood
Published The Testaments
at 79 · 2019 · Literature
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