As per our current Database, Ida Keeling is still alive (as per Wikipedia, Last update: May 10, 2020).
Currently, Ida Keeling is 109 years, 7 months and 7 days old. Ida Keeling will celebrate 110rd birthday on a Thursday 15th of May 2025. Below we countdown to Ida Keeling upcoming birthday.
| Popular As | Ida Keeling |
| Occupation | Runner |
| Age | 105 years old |
| Zodiac Sign | Taurus |
| Born | May 15, 1915 (Harlem, NY) |
| Birthday | May 15 |
| Town/City | Harlem, NY |
| Nationality | NY |
Ida Keeling’s zodiac sign is Taurus. According to astrologers, Taurus is practical and well-grounded, the sign harvests the fruits of labor. They feel the need to always be surrounded by love and beauty, turned to the material world, hedonism, and physical pleasures. People born with their Sun in Taurus are sensual and tactile, considering touch and taste the most important of all senses. Stable and conservative, this is one of the most reliable signs of the zodiac, ready to endure and stick to their choices until they reach the point of personal satisfaction.
Ida Keeling was born in the Year of the Rabbit. Those born under the Chinese Zodiac sign of the Rabbit enjoy being surrounded by family and friends. They’re popular, compassionate, sincere, and they like to avoid conflict and are sometimes seen as pushovers. Rabbits enjoy home and entertaining at home. Compatible with Goat or Pig.
American Runner who became a phenomenon at the age of 95 when she set an age group record with a sub-30 second 60-meter run. Five years later, she became the first woman to ever run a 100-meter dash at 100 years old.
She started running when she was 67, convinced to do it by her daughter, who was concerned about her mother's health at the time.
Her formative years were spent in the Great Depression, when she had to work various odd jobs as her family's grocery store was forced to close. She was active in the Civil Rights Movement in the 1960s.
She had four children with her husband, who died when he was 42. She lost two of her sons in what were supposedly drug-related killings, one in 1978 and the other a few years later.
She and Fauja Singh are both known for their age-defying run prowess.
