New Seniors

Ever wonder who some of the better-known pre-boomer are?  Take a look at the abbreviated list of famous American’s below.

1930: Clint Eastwood (actor/director), Jimmy Breslin (columnist), Neil Armstrong (astronaut), Ross Perot (businessman/presidential candidate), Steve McQueen (actor), Stephen Sondheim (songwriter), Warren Buffett (businessman).

1931: Jackie Mason (comedian), James Dean (actor), William Shatner (actor), Mickey Mantle (baseball player), Robert Duvall (actor), Tom Wolfe (writer).

1932: Johnny Cash (musician),  Don King (boxing promoter), Little Richard (musician), Jayne Mansfield (movie star), Donald Rumsfeld (Secretary of Defense), Elizabeth Taylor (actress), Gay Talese (writer), Halston (designer),John Updike ( writer).

1933: Carol Burnett (actress), Larry King (TV personality), Philip Roth (novelist), Quincy Jones (composer/musician/ producer), Shirley Jones (singer/actress).

1934: Hank Aaron (baseball player), Shirley MacLaine (actress), Kate Millett (feminist),
Ralph Nader (consumer protectionist), Carl Sagon (scientist), Gloria Steinem (journalist).

1935: Woody Allen, (actor/director), Sony Bono (singer/politician), Jack Kemp (football player/politician), Brenda Lee (singer), Elvis Presley (the king), Bobby Vinton (singer).

1936: Abbie Hoffman (activist), Alan Alda (actor), Burt Reynolds (actor), Jim Henson (Muppet inventor), Tom Robbins (novelist), Marion Barry (politician).

1937: Bill Cosby (comedian), Dustin Hoffman (actor), Colin Powell (general/Secretary of State), Gail Sheehy (writer), Jack Nicholson (actor), Jackie Collins (author), Jane Fonda (actress), Madeleine Albright (Secretary of State), Mary Tyler Moore (actress), Morgan Freeman (actor), Robert Redford (actor/director), Warren Beatty (actor).

1938: Ted turner (Businessman), Pat Buchanan (political writer), Natalie Wood (actress), Alan Dershowitz (attorney/professor), Judy Blume (author), Jon Voight (actor).

1939: Marvin Gaye (singer), Lily Tomlin (comedian), Peter Bagdanovich (director), Ralph Lauren (designer), Tina Turner (singer), Gary U.S. Bonds (singer), Francis Ford Coppola (director), Mary Ann Mobley (Miss America), Cale Yarborough (race driver).

1940: Al Pacino (actor), Tom Brokaw (journalist), Jack Nicklaus (golfer), Bruce Lee (actor), Nancy Sinatra (Frank’s daughter), Herbie Hancock (musician, Richard Pryor (comedian).

1941: Bob Dylan (singer/composer), Dick Cheney (Vice President), Joan Baez (folk singer), Jesse Jackson (activist), Neil Diamond (singer/composer).

1942: Barbara Streisand (singer/actress0, Calvin Klein (fashion designer), Erica Jong (author/poet), Harrison Ford (actor), Jerry Garcia (singer), Jimi Hendrix (musician), John Irving (novelist) Larry Flynt (publisher), Martin Scorsese (director), Muhammad Ali (boxer), Newt Gingrich (Speaker of the House), Jim Morrison (singer/poet), Janis Joplin (singer), Joe Namath (football player), John Denver (singer/composer), Arthur Ashe (tennis player), William Bennett (author).

1944:  Angela Davis (activist), Barry White (singer), Ben Stein (actor), Diana Ross (singer), George Lucas (director), Michael Douglas (actor), Patti LaBelle (singer), Rudy Giuliani (Mayor of NYC).

1945:  Bet Midler (singer/actress), Diane Sawyer (TV journalist), Goldie Hawn (actress), Pat Reilly (basketball coach), Priscilla Presley (actress), Steve Martin (comedian/actor).

Obviously this is list represents but a few of the pre-boomers who have made their presence known over the years.  If there is someone you believe deserves to be included, please respond with their name(s) and area of accomplishment.

Don Potter: Editor-in-Chief

Don Potter, a veteran of the ad agency business, is a Philadelphia native currently living in Los Angeles. He is the author of an acclaimed marketing book, The 50+ Boomer: Your Key to 76 Million Consumers. In retirement, Potter has written two novels, hundreds of articles and is a frequent lecturer. A leading advocate for those 65+, he is a founder of NewSeniors.com.

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