Aged 90
Famous people who died at 90
182 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 90, including Winston Churchill, Sophocles and Fidel Castro. Here are the 100 best known.
- Winston ChurchillBritish statesman, soldier and writer · 1874–1965
- SophoclesAncient Greek playwright · c. 496–406 BC
- Fidel CastroCuban politician, author and revolutionary · 1926–2016
- Marlene DietrichGerman and American actress and singer · 1901–1992
- John AdamsFounding Father, U.S. president from 1797 to 1801 · 1735–1826
- HippocratesAncient Greek physician · c. 460–370 BC
- Herbert HooverPresident of the United States from 1929 to 1933 · 1874–1964
- Florence NightingaleEnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing · 1820–1910
- Sean ConneryScottish actor · 1930–2020
- Arthur C. ClarkeBritish science fiction writer, inventor, and futurist · 1917–2008
- Nadine GordimerSouth African writer · 1923–2014
- Albert SchweitzerFrench-German physician, theologian, musician, and philosopher · 1875–1965
- Desmond TutuSouth African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner · 1931–2021
- Abdullah of Saudi ArabiaKing of Saudi Arabia from 2005 to 2015 · 1924–2015
- Antonie van LeeuwenhoekDutch scientist known as "the Father of Microbiology", and one of the first microscopists · 1632–1723
- Dario FoItalian actor, playwright, comedian, singer-songwriter, theater director, painter, and political activist · 1926–2016
- Alfred Russel WallaceBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist · 1823–1913
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiIndian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer · 1895–1986
- Joan MiróSpanish painter, sculptor, and ceramicist · 1893–1983
- Ramesses IIEgyptian third pharaoh of the Nineteenth Dynasty · c. 1303–1213 BC
- Chuck BerryAmerican musician · 1926–2017
- Barbara McClintockAmerican scientist and cytogeneticist · 1902–1992
- Wilhelm I19th-century German Emperor and King of Prussia · 1797–1888
- Charles Thomson Rees WilsonScottish physicist and meteorologist · 1869–1959
- Süleyman Demirel9th President of the Republic of Turkey · 1924–2015
- Syngman RheePresident of South Korea from 1948 to 1960 · 1875–1965
- Wojciech JaruzelskiPolish military and political official, leader of the Polish People's Republic from 1981 to 1989 · 1923–2014
- Michael CollinsAmerican astronaut · 1930–2021
- Christopher WrenEnglish architect · 1632–1723
- Gustave Le BonFrench psychologist · 1841–1931
- Arno Allan PenziasGerman-born American physicist · 1933–2024
- Andrzej WajdaPolish film director · 1926–2016
- John XXIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1316 to 1334 · c. 1244–1334
- Daniel KahnemanIsraeli-American psychologist and economist · 1934–2024
- Richard AttenboroughBritish actor · 1923–2014
- Enzo FerrariItalian racing driver and entrepreneur · 1898–1988
- Frédéric PassyFrench economist and statesman · 1822–1912
- Robert GravesEnglish poet and novelist · 1895–1985
- Don RicklesAmerican stand-up comedian · 1926–2017
- Carlos MenemArgentinean president between 1989 and 1999 · 1930–2021
- Leopold von RankeGerman historian and founder of modern source-based history · 1795–1886
- Helmuth von Moltke the ElderGerman Field Marshal · 1800–1891
- Upton SinclairAmerican writer · 1878–1968
- Max von SydowSwedish-French actor · 1929–2020
- Clyde TombaughAmerican astronomer · 1906–1997
- Asta NielsenDanish actress · 1881–1972
- Jane WymanAmerican actress · 1917–2007
- Jules BordetBelgian immunologist and microbiologist · 1870–1961
- Nevill Francis Mott ↗English physicist, Nobel prize winner · 1905–1996
- Nikolay Semyonov ↗Soviet physical chemist · 1896–1986
- Archibald Hill ↗English physiologist and biophysicist · 1886–1977
- Giorgio de Chirico ↗Italian artist · 1888–1978
- Jennifer Jones ↗American actress · 1919–2009
- Leonid Hurwicz ↗Polish-American economist and mathematician · 1917–2008
- Agnès Varda ↗French artist, film director, screenwriter and photographer · 1928–2019
- Chun Doo-hwan ↗11th and 12th President of the Republic of Korea · 1931–2021
- Gustaf VI Adolf of Sweden ↗King of Sweden (1950–1973); anthropologist, art historian, collector and archaeologist · 1882–1973
- Mwai Kibaki ↗3rd President of Kenya · 1931–2022
- Osamu Shimomura ↗Japanese organic chemist and marine biologist · 1928–2018
- Monica Vitti ↗Italian actress · 1931–2022
- Robert S. Mulliken ↗American physicist, chemist and botanical collector · 1896–1986
- Baruj Benacerraf ↗Venezuelan-American immunologist · 1920–2011
- Pierre Boulez ↗French composer, conductor and writer · 1925–2016
- Aaron Copland ↗American composer, composition teacher, writer, and conductor · 1900–1990
- Laura Ingalls Wilder ↗American children's writer, diarist, and journalist · 1867–1957
- Richard Chamberlain ↗American actor · 1934–2025
- Semyon Budyonny ↗Soviet marshal · 1883–1973
- Victor Vasarely ↗French-Hungarian painter and printmaker · 1906–1997
- Arthur Evans ↗British archaeologist and scholar · 1851–1941
- P. W. Botha ↗South African prime minister · 1916–2006
- Rebecca West ↗British writer, journalist, literary critic, and feminist · 1892–1983
- Jean Monnet ↗French political economist regarded by as a chief architect of European unity · 1888–1979
- Maurice Druon ↗French novelist · 1918–2009
- Pola Negri ↗Polish actress · 1897–1987
- Ragnar Granit ↗Finnish scientist · 1900–1991
- Émile Loubet ↗8th president of France · 1838–1929
- Li Peng ↗4th Premier of the People's Republic of China · 1928–2019
- Bill Anders ↗American astronaut and lunar explorer · 1933–2024
- E. H. Carr ↗British historian, journalist, diplomat and political scientist · 1892–1982
- George Wald ↗American biologist, biochemist, physiologist and Nobel laureate · 1906–1997
- Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit ↗Indian diplomat and politician · 1900–1990
- Ferdinand Buisson ↗French academic and politician · 1841–1932
- Georg Wittig ↗German chemist · 1897–1987
- Glenn Ford ↗Canadian-American actor · 1916–2006
- William Hanna ↗American animator · 1910–2001
- Alphonsus Maria de Liguori ↗Italian Catholic bishop and saint · 1696–1787
- George Biddell Airy ↗English mathematician and astronomer · 1801–1892
- George Martin ↗English record producer · 1926–2016
- Harland Sanders ↗American entrepreneur (1890-1980) who founded KFC · 1890–1980
- Jacques Le Goff ↗French historian · 1924–2014
- Jean Arthur ↗American actress · 1900–1991
- Jørn Utzon ↗Danish architect · 1918–2008
- Nobusuke Kishi ↗56th and 57th Prime Minister of Japan · 1896–1987
- Stephanie L. Kwolek ↗American chemist, inventor of Kevlar · 1923–2014
- Claire Trevor ↗American actress · 1910–2000
- Clara Barton ↗American Civil War nurse · 1821–1912
- Jacques Maritain ↗French philosopher · 1882–1973
- John Boyd Orr ↗Scottish nutritionist, Director-General of the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization · 1880–1971
- Konstantinos Stephanopoulos ↗Greek politician, former president of the Hellenic Republic · 1926–2016
- Lysippos ↗4th-century BC Greek sculptor · c. 390–300 BC
"c." means only the years are known, so the age could be a year out. Dates are from Wikidata (CC0), last updated 22 October 2026.
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