AMAZING ELDERLY PEOPLE

OLDEST DOCTORATE

The oldest person to be awarded a doctorate is Emeritus Professor

Dr Heinz Wenderoth (Germany), who was awarded the degree of

Doctor of Science by the Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz University of

Hannover on 29 September 2008 at the age of 97. The subject of his

dissertation was “Cell Biological Studies in the Morphology and Physiology

of primitive marine Placozoons Trichoplax Adhaerens”.

OLDEST PERSON TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR BEST ACTOR

On Golden Pond brought Henry Fonda his only Oscar (for best actor)

but with that one Oscar he broke the record for oldest recipient of the

award at 76 years. It also earned him a Golden Globe Best Actor award.

Fonda was too ill to attend the ceremony, however, and his daughter

Jane accepted on his behalf.

OLDEST PERSON TO WIN AN OSCAR FOR BEST ACTRESS

At 80 years Jessica Tandy became the oldest actress to receive the

Academy Award for Best Actress for her role in Driving Miss Daisy

(1989), for which she also won a BAFTA and a Golden Globe.

OLDEST WOMAN TO CLIMB THE 7 SUMMITS

At 57 Jeanne Stawiecki became the oldest woman in the world to

successfully climb the highest mountain on each of the seven continents.

OLDEST MAN TO CLIMB THE 7 SUMMITS

Ramon Blanco holds the men’s age record for conquering the 7

summits at the age of 70.

OLDEST MAN TO ROW ACROSS ANY OCEAN SOLO

At 67 years old, Pavel Rezvoy, a geologist from Ukraine, became the

oldest rower in the history of ocean rowing when he crossed

3,000 miles of the Atlantic Ocean in 61 days.

OLDEST WOMAN TO ROW ACROSS ANY OCEAN SOLO

Scotswoman Diana Hoff also crossed the Atlantic to become the

oldest woman to row across an ocean solo at the age of 55.

OLDEST PERSON TO OBTAIN A PILOT’S LICENCE

Retired Lt. Col. James C. Warren is a former navigator of the Tuskegee

Airmen, the first African American military aviators in the United States

Armed Forces. At the age of 87 he became the oldest person in

the world to receive his pilot’s license.