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by s
till
in t
he w
omb,
we
pres
ent
a se
lect
ion
of G
WR
’s y
oung
est
reco
rd-b
reak
ers…
< 18
yea
rs
“Lit
tle”
Ste
vie
Won
der
(U
SA
, b. 1
3 M
ay 1
950
) w
as ju
st 1
3 ye
ars
old
wh
en R
ecor
ded
Li
ve: T
he
12 Y
ear
Old
Gen
ius
(196
3) t
opp
ed
the
US
ch
art.
Wim
ble
don
co
mp
etit
or13
yea
rs
Mit
a K
lima
(AU
T, b
. 18
93)
was
rep
ute
dly
13
year
s ol
d w
hen
sh
e co
mp
eted
in t
he
190
7 si
ng
les
com
pet
itio
n.
Sol
o ar
tist
at
No.
1
on t
he
US
alb
um
s ch
art
13 y
ears
10
3 d
ays
< 13
yea
rs
< 6
yea
rs
Dow
nlo
ad t
his
post
er: g
uinn
essw
orld
reco
rds.
com
/20
18
Ind
ivid
ual
Oly
mp
ic g
old
med
allis
t13
yea
rs 2
68
day
s
Mar
jori
e G
estr
ing
(US
A, b
. 18
Nov
19
22)
too
k th
e sp
rin
gb
oard
div
ing
titl
e ag
ed 1
3 ye
ars
at
the
Oly
mp
ic G
ames
in B
erlin
on
12 A
ug
193
6.
O
n 13
Au
g 19
32
, ag
ed 1
4 ye
ars
30
9 d
ays,
Ku
suo
Kit
amu
ra (
JP
N, b
. 9 O
ct 1
917
) won
th
e 1,
50
0 m
fr
eest
yle
swim
min
g ev
ent
at t
he
Su
mm
er
Oly
mp
ic G
ames
, mak
ing
him
th
e yo
un
ges
t in
div
idu
al O
lym
pic
gol
d m
edal
list
(mal
e).
Nob
el P
eace
Pri
ze w
inn
er17
yea
rs 9
0 d
ays
On
8 N
ov 1
996
, on
e-h
our-
old
Ch
eyen
ne
Pyl
e (U
SA
) bec
ame
the
you
ng
est
ever
pat
ien
t to
un
der
go
a tr
ansp
lan
t w
hen
sh
e re
ceiv
ed a
don
or
hea
rt a
t J
acks
on C
hild
ren’
s H
osp
ital
in
Mia
mi,
Flor
ida,
US
A.
On
26 D
ec 2
00
5, a
ged
th
ree
year
s ol
d,
Cra
nst
on C
hip
per
field
(U
K) b
ecam
e th
e yo
un
ges
t p
erso
n to
tak
e th
e st
age
as m
aste
r of
ce
rem
onie
s, a
t th
e C
ircu
s R
oyal
e in
Str
ath
clyd
e C
oun
try
Par
k in
Lan
arks
hir
e, U
K. H
e is
th
e ei
gh
th g
ener
atio
n of
rin
gm
aste
rs in
th
e C
hip
per
field
fam
ily.
On
10 A
pr
1912
, Mill
vin
a D
ean
(UK
, b. 2
Feb
19
12),
h
er p
aren
ts a
nd
18-m
onth
-old
bro
ther
set
off
on
th
e m
aid
en v
oyag
e of
th
e R
MS
Tit
anic
cru
ise
liner
. Th
ey w
ere
trav
ellin
g th
ird
clas
s. M
illvi
na,
al
ong
wit
h h
er m
oth
er a
nd
bro
ther
, su
rviv
ed w
hen
th
e “u
nsi
nka
ble
” sh
ip h
it a
n ic
eber
g on
14
Ap
r 19
12
and
beg
an t
o si
nk.
Her
fat
her
, B
ert,
was
am
ong
the
1,51
7 p
asse
ng
ers
wh
o p
eris
hed
.
Dru
mm
er4
yea
rs 3
19 d
ays
Fou
r-ye
ar-o
ld J
ulia
n P
avon
e (U
SA
, b. 1
4 M
ay 2
00
4)
per
form
ed in
his
20
th c
once
rt
(th
e m
inim
um
cou
nt
that
GW
R
gu
idel
ines
sti
pu
late
for
th
is
reco
rd) o
n 2
9 M
ar 2
00
9.
Hea
rt-t
ran
spla
nt
reci
pie
nt
1 h
rC
ircu
s ri
ng
mas
ter
3 y
ears
Su
rviv
or o
f th
e Ti
tan
ic72
day
s
Tuck
er R
ouss
in (
US
A, b
. 9 M
ay
2013
) had
op
en-h
eart
su
rger
y w
hile
sti
ll in
th
e w
omb
, at
just
24
wee
ks’ g
esta
tion
. Th
e op
erat
ion
took
pla
ce in
P
hila
del
ph
ia, P
enn
sylv
ania
, US
A,
in F
eb 2
013
.
Op
en-h
eart
-su
rger
y p
atie
nt
24
wee
ks (a
nte
nat
al)
< 11
0 y
ears
Gre
at-g
reat
-gre
at-g
reat
-g
ran
dm
oth
er10
9 ye
ars
100
day
s
On
21
Jan
198
9, A
ug
ust
a B
un
ge
(US
A, b
. 13
Oct
18
79) l
earn
ed t
hat
sh
e h
ad b
ecom
e a
gre
at-g
reat
-gre
at-
gre
at-g
ran
dm
oth
er a
t th
e ag
e of
10
9 ye
ars,
w
hen
her
gre
at-g
reat
-g
reat
-gra
nd
dau
gh
ter
gav
e b
irth
to
a so
n,
Ch
rist
oph
er J
ohn
Bol
lig.
Ch
ief
Sco
ut
34
yea
rs 3
34
day
s
Edw
ard
“Bea
r” G
rylls
(U
K, b
. 7 J
un 1
974)
was
3
4 ye
ars
old
wh
en h
is
app
oint
men
t as
Ch
ief
Sco
ut w
as c
onfir
med
. Th
e an
nou
nce
men
t by
th
e C
oun
cil
of t
he
Sco
ut
Mov
emen
t to
ok
pla
ce in
Lon
don
, U
K, o
n 17
May
20
09.
Pre
viou
sly,
th
e yo
un
ges
t C
hie
f S
cou
t h
ad b
een
Ch
arle
s M
acle
an
(UK
), w
ho
was
43
wh
en
he
took
th
e ro
le in
195
9.
US
pre
sid
ent
42
yea
rs 3
22
day
s
Theo
dor
e R
oose
velt
(b
. 27
Oct
18
58)
su
ccee
ded
to
th
e U
S p
resi
den
cy
on 1
4 S
ep 1
901,
wit
h th
e as
sass
inat
ion
of h
is p
red
eces
sor,
Will
iam
McK
inle
y.
The
you
ng
est
elec
ted
US
pre
sid
ent
was
Joh
n F
Ken
ned
y (b
. 29
May
19
17),
wh
o w
as 4
3 ye
ars
236
day
s ol
d at
his
inau
gu
rati
on
on 2
0 J
an 1
961.
Ch
arlie
Du
ke
(US
A, b
. 3 O
ct
193
5) b
ecam
e th
e yo
un
ges
t p
erso
n to
lan
d on
th
e M
oon
, ag
ed 3
6 ye
ars
old
, wh
en
he
tou
ched
dow
n on
21
Ap
r 19
72
du
rin
g th
e A
pol
lo
16 m
issi
on.
Moo
n w
alke
r3
6 y
ears
20
1 d
ays
Sau
gat
Bis
ta (N
PL,
b. 6
Jan
20
07)
is t
he
you
ng
est
dir
ecto
r of
a p
rofe
ssio
nal
ly
mad
e fil
m. H
e w
as 7
yea
rs
old
wh
en L
ove
You
Bab
a (N
PL,
20
14)
was
rel
ease
d in
cin
emas
on
12 D
ec 2
014
.
Mov
ie d
irec
tor
7 ye
ars
34
0 d
ays
“Lit
tle
Mis
s M
irac
le”
Sh
irle
y Te
mp
le (
US
A,
b. 2
3 A
pr
1928
) won
a
spec
ial J
uve
nile
Aw
ard
“in
gra
tefu
l rec
ogn
itio
n of
her
ou
tsta
nd
ing
con
trib
uti
on t
o sc
reen
en
tert
ain
men
t d
uri
ng
the
year
193
4” o
n 27
Feb
193
5,
aged
6 y
ears
.
Osc
ar w
inn
er6
yea
rs 3
10 d
ays
Ag
ed ju
st 9
ye
ars
old
, Sam
uel
Ke
plin
ger
(DEU
, b
. 27
Ap
r 19
98)
offici
ated
du
rin
g a
0–0
dra
w b
etw
een
SS
V B
obin
gen
an
d S
V R
ein
har
tsh
ause
n in
Bob
ing
en,
Bav
aria
, Ger
man
y,
on 2
4 Fe
b 20
08
. Th
e g
ame
was
par
t of
a
tou
rnam
ent
for
U7
boys
’ tea
ms.
Jag
ger
Eat
on (
US
A, b
. 21
Feb
200
1) w
as 1
1 ye
ars
old
wh
en
he
deb
ute
d at
X G
ames
18
, st
aged
fro
m 2
8 J
un
to
1 J
ul 2
012
in L
os A
ng
eles
, C
alif
orn
ia, U
SA
. He
com
pet
ed
in t
he
Ska
teb
oard
Big
Air
ev
ent,
fin
ish
ing
12th
.
X G
ames
ath
lete
11 y
ears
12
9 d
ays
Soc
cer
refe
ree
9 ye
ars
30
3 d
ays
The
you
ng
est
pir
ate
for
wh
om t
her
e is
doc
um
enta
ry p
roof
is J
ohn
Kin
g.
On
9 N
ov 1
716
, th
e n
otor
iou
s p
irat
e “B
lack
Sam
”, a
ka S
amu
el B
ella
my
(UK
), c
aptu
red
a p
asse
ng
er s
hip
, th
e B
onet
ta. K
ing
(th
en a
ged
b
etw
een
eig
ht
and
11 y
ears
old
) an
d h
is m
oth
er w
ere
bot
h p
asse
ng
ers.
A
ccor
din
g to
a s
tate
men
t by
Ab
ijah
Sav
age
(th
e ca
pta
in o
f th
e B
onet
ta)
dat
ed 3
0 N
ov 1
716
, Kin
g in
sist
ed o
n jo
inin
g th
e p
irat
e cr
ew, t
hre
aten
ing
to
kill
him
self
or
hu
rt h
is m
oth
er if
his
w
ish
was
not
gra
nte
d. E
ven
tual
ly
“Bla
ck S
am”
allo
wed
him
to
do
so.
Pir
ate
8–1
1 ye
ars
An
dre
w B
ynu
m
(US
A, b
. 27
Oct
19
87)
bec
ame
the
you
ng
est
ind
ivid
ual
to
pla
y in
an
NB
A g
ame
wh
en
he
feat
ure
d fo
r th
e Lo
s A
ng
eles
Lak
ers
agai
nst
th
e D
enve
r N
ug
get
s (b
oth
US
A) o
n
2 N
ov 2
00
5.
NB
A p
laye
r18
yea
rs 6
day
s
Pro
fess
ion
al
bu
ll ri
der
18 y
ears
12
5 d
ays
Bill
ion
aire
(cu
rren
t)19
yea
rs 2
36
day
s
As
of 1
6 M
ar 2
016
, N
orw
ay’s
Ale
xan
dra
A
nd
rese
n (b
. 23
Ju
l 19
96)
was
ag
ed 1
9 ye
ars
old
and
had
an
esti
mat
ed
wea
lth
of $
1,18
0,0
00
,00
0
(£8
29,
80
0,0
00
; €
1,0
62
,620
,00
0) a
ccor
din
g to
For
bes
. Sh
e co
mp
etes
in
dre
ssag
e p
rofe
ssio
nal
ly.
Her
fam
ily’s
for
tun
e co
mes
fr
om t
he
tob
acco
ind
ust
ry.
Bri
an C
ante
r (U
SA
, b
. 25
Ju
n 19
87)
was
18
yea
rs o
ld w
hen
he
app
eare
d in
th
e 20
05
Pro
fess
ion
al B
ull
Rid
ers
(PB
R) W
orld
Fi
nal
s. H
e fin
ish
ed in
th
e to
p 5
0 t
hat
yea
r, an
d w
as e
igh
th in
th
e ra
nki
ng
s fo
r 20
06
.
Cal
lum
Gat
her
cole
(U
K, b
. 15
May
19
95)
was
20
yea
rs o
ld w
hen
he
bega
n ro
win
g th
e A
tlan
tic
Oce
an e
ast t
o w
est,
fro
m
La G
omer
a to
An
tig
ua,
in h
is b
oat
Sm
all a
nd
Mig
hty
. Th
e ro
w la
sted
5
8 d
ays
15 h
r 15
min
, fro
m 2
0 D
ec 2
015
to
16
Feb
2016
. In
keep
ing
wit
h th
e ru
les
of t
he
Oce
an R
owin
g S
ocie
ty,
GW
R d
ates
oce
an r
owin
g re
cord
s fr
om t
he
hol
der’
s ag
e at
dep
artu
re.
Per
son
to r
ow a
ny o
cean
sol
o2
0 y
ears
219
day
sH
ead
of s
tate
(cu
rren
t)c.
27
year
s
Kim
Jon
g-u
n b
ecam
e le
ader
of
Nor
th K
orea
on
17
Dec
20
11, f
ollo
win
g th
e d
eath
of
his
fa
ther
, Kim
Jon
g-il.
Kim
Jon
g-u
n’s
exac
t ag
e h
as n
ever
bee
n offi
cial
ly c
onfir
med
, b
ut
it is
sp
ecu
late
d th
at h
e w
as
27 y
ears
old
up
on
succ
eed
ing
his
fat
her
–
alth
oug
h h
is d
ate
of b
irth
has
bee
n lis
ted
as 8
Jan
198
2 or
th
e sa
me
dat
e in
19
83
or 1
984
.
Max
Ver
stap
pen
(NLD
, b. 3
0 S
ep 1
997
) was
17
year
s ol
d w
hen
he
finis
hed
in s
even
th p
lace
in t
he
Mal
aysi
an G
ran
d P
rix
on
29
Mar
20
15.
On
10 O
ct 2
014
, Mal
ala
You
safz
ai (P
AK
, b.
12 J
ul 1
997
) was
join
tly
awar
ded
th
e N
obel
P
eace
Pri
ze w
ith
Ind
ian
rig
hts
act
ivis
t K
aila
sh S
atya
rth
i.
Dri
ver
to c
laim
a F
orm
ula
On
e
Wor
ld C
ham
pio
nsh
ip p
oin
t 17
yea
rs 1
80
day
s
Hol
der
of
the
“old
est
livin
g p
erso
n”
reco
rd10
7 ye
ars
32
7 d
ays
Wh
en t
he
wor
ld’s
old
est
per
son
Jen
nie
Ho
wel
l (U
SA
) d
ied
on 1
6 D
ec 1
956
, An
ne
Mar
ie C
arst
erso
n (
US
A,
b. 2
4 J
an 1
849
) bec
ame
not
on
ly t
he
old
est
per
son
aliv
e, b
ut
also
th
e yo
un
ges
t p
erso
n to
hol
d th
at t
itle
– a
re
cord
sti
ll u
nb
eate
n as
of
20
Mar
20
17.