Aged 95
Famous people who died at 95
95 of the 11,867 best-known people in our data died aged 95, including Nelson Mandela, Benedict XVI and Robert Mugabe.
- Nelson MandelaPresident of South Africa and anti-apartheid activist · 1918–2013
- Benedict XVI265 th pope of the Catholic Church · 1927–2022
- Robert Mugabe2nd President of Zimbabwe from 1987 to 2017 · 1924–2019
- Halldór LaxnessIcelandic author · 1902–1998
- Stan LeeAmerican comic book writer, editor, publisher, and producer · 1922–2018
- Gina LollobrigidaItalian actress, photojournalist, and politician · 1927–2023
- Philippe PétainFrench military and political leader · 1856–1951
- Hal HolbrookAmerican actor · 1925–2021
- Léopold Sédar SenghorFirst president of Senegal, poet, and cultural theorist · 1906–2001
- Frederick SangerBritish biochemist · 1918–2013
- Gene HackmanAmerican actor and novelist · 1930–2025
- Ahmad ibn BillahPresident of Algeria from 1963 to 1965 · 1916–2012
- Edward TellerHungarian-American Jewish nuclear physicist · 1908–2003
- Adrian IPope from 772 to 795 · c. AD 700–795
- John GlennAmerican astronaut and politician · 1921–2016
- Norman BorlaugAmerican biologist · 1914–2009
- Billy WilderAustrian and American filmmaker · 1906–2002
- Carlo Azeglio CiampiPresident of Italy from 1999 to 2006 · 1920–2016
- Ernest BorgnineAmerican actor · 1917–2012
- Peter DruckerAmerican business consultant · 1909–2005
- Eric HobsbawmBritish academic historian and Marxist historiographer · 1917–2012
- W. E. B. Du BoisAmerican sociologist and activist · 1868–1963
- Kenneth ArrowAmerican economist · 1921–2017
- Louis NéelFrench physicist · 1904–2000
- Arthur RubinsteinPolish-American classical pianist · 1887–1982
- Ion IliescuPresident of Romania between 1990–1996 and 2000–2004 · 1930–2025
- John Howard NorthropAmerican biochemist · 1891–1987
- Ben Roy MottelsonDanish-American nuclear physicist · 1926–2022
- Karl Alexander MüllerSwiss physicist · 1927–2023
- Christian de DuveBelgian biochemist, cytologist · 1917–2013
- George E. Smith ↗Nobel prize winning American physicist · 1930–2025
- Henri Cartier-Bresson ↗French photographer · 1908–2004
- Herbert Kroemer ↗German-American physics · 1928–2024
- Phyllis Diller ↗American stand-up comedian, actress, author, musician, and visual artist · 1917–2012
- Thích Nhất Hạnh ↗Vietnamese Buddhist monk and activist · 1926–2022
- Karl von Frisch ↗German-Austrian ethologist · 1886–1982
- Thomas Schelling ↗American economist · 1921–2016
- Albert Bandura ↗Canadian psychologist · 1925–2021
- Daniel arap Moi ↗Kenyan President (2nd) · 1924–2020
- Frank Borman ↗American astronaut · 1928–2023
- George Emil Palade ↗Romanian cell biologist, physician and Nobel laureate · 1912–2008
- Theodore Schultz ↗American economist · 1902–1998
- Violeta Barrios de Chamorro ↗President of Nicaragua · 1929–2025
- Maureen O'Hara ↗Irish–American actress and singer · 1920–2015
- Sam Nujoma ↗President of Namibia from 1990 to 2005 · 1929–2025
- William P. Murphy ↗American scientist · 1892–1987
- William Standish Knowles ↗American chemist · 1917–2012
- Hermann Oberth ↗Austro-Hungarian-born German physicist and rocketry pioneer · 1894–1989
- Arvid Carlsson ↗Swedish neuroscientist · 1923–2018
- Joseph Barbera ↗American animator and cartoonist · 1911–2006
- Douglass North ↗American economist and Nobel laureate · 1920–2015
- Martin Gardner ↗American mathematics and science writer · 1914–2010
- Harry Markowitz ↗American economist · 1927–2023
- Natalie Clifford Barney ↗American writer who hosted a literary salon at her home in Paris · 1876–1972
- Charles Brenton Huggins ↗American physiologist · 1901–1997
- Henri Troyat ↗French Armenian writer · 1911–2007
- August von Mackensen ↗German field marshal · 1849–1945
- Celeste Holm ↗American actress · 1917–2012
- Masanobu Fukuoka ↗Japanese farmer and philosopher · 1913–2008
- Christopher Tolkien ↗Literary scholar, writer, and editor · 1924–2020
- Ichiji Otani ↗Japanese association football player · 1912–2007
- Joan Plowright ↗British actress · 1929–2025
- Mario Monicelli ↗Italian film director and screenwriter · 1915–2010
- Maurice Blanchot ↗French writer, philosopher, and literary theorist · 1907–2003
- Stéphane Hessel ↗French diplomat, ambassador, writer, concentration camp survivor · 1917–2013
- B. K. S. Iyengar ↗Indian yoga teacher and scholar · 1918–2014
- Bertha Benz ↗German automobile pioneer, with husband Karl Benz · 1849–1944
- Estée Lauder ↗American businesswoman · 1908–2004
- M. F. Husain ↗Indian artist · 1915–2011
- Ernesto Cardenal ↗Nicaraguan priest and politician · 1925–2020
- Hugo Gunckel Lüer ↗Chilean botanist · 1901–1997
- Robert Badinter ↗French lawyer, politician and author · 1928–2024
- Dawda Kairaba Jawara ↗1st President of the Gambia · 1924–2019
- Ilse Aichinger ↗Austrian writer · 1921–2016
- Leopold Stokowski ↗British-born American conductor · 1882–1977
- Setsuko Hara ↗Japanese actress · 1920–2015
- D. T. Suzuki ↗Japanese Buddhist scholar, Doctor of Letters · 1870–1966
- John Ambrose Fleming ↗English electrical engineer and physicist · 1849–1945
- Efrem Zimbalist Jr. ↗American actor · 1918–2014
- Herbert Lom ↗Czech actor · 1917–2012
- Isidore of Miletus ↗Byzantine Greek architect · c. AD 442–537
- Leonid Leonov ↗Russian writer · 1899–1994
- Robert Merle ↗French writer · 1908–2004
- Sixto Durán-Ballén ↗President of Ecuador · 1921–2016
- Compay Segundo ↗Cuban musician · 1907–2003
- Gian Carlo Menotti ↗Italian-American composer and librettist · 1911–2007
- Norman Vincent Peale ↗American writer and minister · 1898–1993
- Joaquín Balaguer ↗President of the Dominican Republic · 1906–2002
- Mrinal Sen ↗Indian film director · 1923–2018
- Pat Carroll ↗American actress · 1927–2022
- Belisario Betancur ↗Former President of Colombia · 1923–2018
- Fumihiko Maki ↗Japanese architect · 1928–2024
- Jake LaMotta ↗American boxer · 1922–2017
- Maria Reiche ↗Peruvian archaeologist, mathematician and technical translator · 1903–1998
- Hans Modrow ↗German politician · 1928–2023
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