1907–2003
Katharine Hepburn
American actress
96years old at death
35,112days lived
98%of the people on this site died younger
Katharine Hepburn was born on 12 May 1907 and died on 29 June 2003, aged 96 years and 48 days. That is 35,112 days in all.
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- Louis NéelFrench physicist · 1904–200095 yrs
- Peter DruckerAmerican business consultant · 1909–200595 yrs
- Hal HolbrookAmerican actor · 1925–202195 yrs
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Slightly longer lives
- Joan FontaineBritish actress · 1917–201396 yrs
- Harry BelafonteAmerican singer, actor and civil rights activist · 1927–202396 yrs
- Freeman DysonTheoretical physicist and mathematician · 1923–202096 yrs
- Ivar GiæverNorwegian-American physicist · 1929–202596 yrs
Others who died at 96
- Elizabeth IIQueen of the United Kingdom from 1952 to 2022 · 1926–202296 yrs
- Helmut SchmidtChancellor of West Germany · 1918–201596 yrs
- Jiang ZeminFormer General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party · 1926–202296 yrs
- Vyacheslav MolotovSoviet politician, statesman and diplomat · 1890–198696 yrs
- Jean-Marie Le PenFrench politician · 1928–202596 yrs
- Ram NarayanIndian classical sarangi player · 1927–202496 yrs
- Habib BourguibaTunisian politician · 1903–200096 yrs
- Joan FontaineBritish actress · 1917–201396 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 96
Also born on 12 May
- Niccolò MachiavelliFlorentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist · 1469–152758 yrs
- Florence NightingaleEnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing · 1820–191090 yrs
- Justinian IEastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 · AD 482–56583 yrs
- Dorothy HodgkinBritish chemist · 1910–199484 yrs
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiIndian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer · 1895–198690 yrs
- George CarlinAmerican stand-up comedian · 1937–200871 yrs
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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