Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand) (b. 24 March 1990) was aged 13 years 309 days when she was nominated for the Best Actress award on 27 January 2004 for her role of Paikea ‘Pai’ Apirana in Whale Rider (NZ/Ger 2002). She was 11 when she made the film – her first acting role. Name Born Film Nominated Age Keisha Castle-Hughes (New Zealand) 24 March 1990 Whale Rider (NZ/Ger 2002) 27 January 2004 13 years 309 days Isabelle Adjani (France) 27 June 1955 L’ Histoire d’Adèle
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The youngest nobel prize winner was Professor Sir Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) who won the award for physics in 1915. Sir William Lawrence Bragg shared the award with his father for their work in establishing X-ray crystallography, the study of crystal structures with X-rays.
The youngest model to be listed on the Forbes Celebrity 100 list is Adriana Lima (Brazil, b.12 June 1981) who was aged 26 years 2 days when the list was published on forbes.com on 14 June 2007. Best-known for her modelling contracts with Maybelline and Victoria’s Secret (both USA), Lima was listed No. 99 with a wealth estimated at $4 million (£2 million).
The youngest mayor is High School student, Michael Sessions (USA, 22 September 1987), who was elected on 8 November 2005 and sworn in as Mayor of Hillsdale, Michigan, USA at the age of 18 years, 61 days, on 21 November 2005 – following his victory over the incumbent, Douglas Ingles (USA). Despite only being able to dedicate after-school hours to his office, the Mayor is commited to his four-year term. Mr Sessions still attends Hillsdale High School, and uses his bedroom as an office! In
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The youngest male Judoka to win a World Championship is Teddy Riner (France, b. 7 April 1989), aged 18 years and 192 days when he won the heavyweight championship at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007.
The youngest player to score a maximum score of 147 in a televised snooker match is Ding Junhui (China) at the Masters tournament at Wembley, UK, on 14 January 2007 aged 19 years and 288 days.
David Sandeman (UK) sailed across the Atlantic singlehandedly between Jersey, UK, and Newport, Rhode Island, USA, at the age of 17 years 176 days in the 10.67 m (35 ft) long Sea Raider in 1976. The voyage lasted 43 days. Record last published in 1976. ***Record re-instated as Guinness World Records does not endorse or sanction any attempts under the age of 16 for this category***
The youngest female to row the Indian Ocean solo is Sarah Outen (UK, b 26 May 1985) who rowed East to West between 1 April and 3 August 2009, aged 23 years 310 days at the start. Sarah’s journey began in Australia and ended 4,000 miles later in Mauritius. She rowed in her boat – Serendipity.
The youngest person to row across the Atlantic East to West solo is Sam Knight (UK, b. 19 June 1980) who rowed Pacific Pete TNT, leaving the Canary Islands on 20 January 2004 aged 23 years 214 days and arriving in Barbados on 19 March 2004.
On 14 March 2010, Katie Spotz (USA, b 18 April 1987) became the world’s youngest ocean rower when she completed her 70-day paddle across the Atlantic east to west from Dakar, Senegal, to Georgetown, Guyana. She had set off on 3 January 2010, aged just 22 years 260 days.