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Guides
Lists the corpus can answer because it knows when everyone was born and when they died. Nothing here is hand-maintained — each guide re-ranks itself as entries are added.
The Longest American Lives
Everyone on BriefPeople who lived past 90, oldest first.
Cut Short
Americans who mattered and died before 45 — assassination, illness, war, accident.
The Earliest Americans on Record
The corpus in order of birth, from the colonial period forward.
Still Living
The people on this site whose story is not finished — oldest first.
Presidents by Age at Death
Every president who has died, longest life first.
Born Elsewhere
Americans who were not born in America, in the order they arrived in the world. This site files people by where the work happened, not where it started. Countries shown are present-day — each entry keeps the birthplace as it was.
Died in Office
The eight presidents who did not live to the end of the term.