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!Country | !Country | ||
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|Al Quie | |{{wp|Al Quie}} | ||
|September 18, 1923 (age | |September 18, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | |Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
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|Keith Rae | |{{wp|Keith Rae (footballer)}} | ||
|July 30, 1917 (age 104) | |July 30, 1917 (age 104) | ||
|Australian rules football player | |Australian rules football player | ||
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|Australia | |Australia | ||
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|Bhisadej Rajani | |{{wp|Bhisadej Rajani}} | ||
|January 20, 1922 (age 99) | |January 20, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Member of the Thai royal family | |Member of the Thai royal family | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | |{{wp|Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger}} | ||
|April 16, 1927 (age 94) | |April 16, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | |Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Helmut Rasbol | |[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Helmut_Rasbol Helmut Rasbol] | ||
|1925 (age 95) | |1925 (age 95-96) | ||
|Accused of war crimes by SWC | |Accused of war crimes by SWC | ||
|Wehrmacht | |Wehrmacht | ||
|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | |{{wp|Arthur Ravenel, Jr.}} | ||
|March 29, 1927 (age 94) | |March 29, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Dennis V. Razis | |{{wp|Dennis V. Razis}} | ||
|May 30, 1923 (age 98) | |May 30, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Oncologist | |Oncologist | ||
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|Greece | |Greece | ||
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|Vasily Reshetnikov | |{{wp|Vasily Reshetnikov}} | ||
|December 23, 1919 (age 101) | |December 23, 1919 (age 101) | ||
|Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | |Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | ||
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|Soviet Union | |Soviet Union | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ri Yong-suk | |{{wp|Ri Yong-suk}} | ||
|April 17, 1916 (age 105) | |April 17, 1916 (age 105) | ||
|North Korean politician | |North Korean politician | ||
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|Soviet Union | |Soviet Union | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Madeleine Riffaud | |{{wp|Madeleine Riffaud}} | ||
|August 23, 1924 (age 97) | |August 23, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | |Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | ||
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|Free France | |Free France | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Basil Rigg | |{{wp|Basil Rigg}} | ||
|August 12, 1926 (age 95) | |August 12, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Cricket player | |Cricket player | ||
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|Australia | |Australia | ||
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|Fred Risser | |{{wp|Fred Risser}} | ||
|May 5, 1927 (age 94) | |May 5, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Edward L. Rissien | |{{wp|Edward L. Rissien}} | ||
|October 1924 (age 96) | |October 1924 (age 96) | ||
|Film producer and executive | |Film producer and executive | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|John Roberts | |{{wp|John Roberts}} | ||
|April 4, 1924 (age 97) | |April 4, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Admiral | |Admiral | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano | |{{wp|Arthur Rock}} | ||
|August 19, 1926 (age 95) | |||
|Businessman, investor | |||
|US Army | |||
|United States | |||
|- | |||
|[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maria_Lisa_Cinciari_Rodano Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano] | |||
|January 21, 1921 (age 100) | |January 21, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
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| | |{{wp|Alan Rogers}} | ||
|Alan Rogers | |||
|December 31, 1924 (age 96) | |December 31, 1924 (age 96) | ||
|Football manager | |Football manager | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
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|Richard Rohmer | |{{wp|Richard Rohmer}} | ||
|January 24, 1924 (age 97) | |January 24, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Military writer; ''Ultimatum'' | |Military writer; ''Ultimatum'' | ||
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|Canada | |Canada | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Charles P. Roland | |{{wp|Charles P. Roland}} | ||
|April 8, 1918 (age 103) | |April 8, 1918 (age 103) | ||
|Historian, professor | |Historian, professor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Andrew Romanov | |{{wp|Andrew Romanov}} | ||
|January 21, 1923 (age 98) | |January 21, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Pretender to the Russian throne | |Pretender to the Russian throne | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Roy Roper | |{{wp|Roy Roper}} | ||
|September 11, 1923 (age 98) | |September 11, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Rugby union player | |Rugby union player | ||
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|New Zealand | |New Zealand | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Klaus Rose | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Klaus_Rose_(Volkswirt) Klaus Rose] | ||
|June 3, 1928 (age 93) | |June 3, 1928 (age 93) | ||
|Professor of economics | |Professor of economics | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Justus Rosenberg | |{{wp|Justus Rosenberg}} | ||
|January 23, 1921 (age 100) | |January 23, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Professor | |Professor | ||
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|Free France | |Free France | ||
|- | |- | ||
|J. Roy Rowland | |{{wp|J. Roy Rowland}} | ||
|February 3, 1926 (age 95) | |February 3, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Georgia congressman (1981–1995) | |Georgia congressman (1981–1995) | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Richard E. Rumble | |{{wp|Richard E. Rumble}} | ||
|October 26, 1922 (age | |October 26, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Admiral | |Admiral | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Philip Ruppe | |{{wp|Philip Ruppe}} | ||
|September 29, 1926 (age | |September 29, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|United States Congressman | |United States Congressman | ||
|V-12 Navy College Training Program | |V-12 Navy College Training Program | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|William Russell | |{{wp|William Russell}} | ||
|November 19, 1924 (age 96) | |November 19, 1924 (age 96) | ||
|Actor | |Actor | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|F. James Rutherford | |{{wp|F. James Rutherford}} | ||
|July | |July 11, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Science professor, radar officer | |Science professor, radar officer | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
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|Howard F. Sachs | |{{wp|Howard F. Sachs}} | ||
|September 13, 1925 (age 96) | |September 13, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Judge | |Judge | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Guy Sajer | |{{wp|Guy Sajer}} | ||
|January 13, 1927 (age 94) | |January 13, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Military writer | |Military writer | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Agadadash Samedov | |{{wp|Agadadash Samedov}} | ||
|March 10, 1924 (age 97) | |March 10, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Order of Glory recipient | |Order of Glory recipient | ||
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|Soviet Union | |Soviet Union | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Sydney Samuelson | |{{wp|Sydney Samuelson}} | ||
|December 7, 1925 (age 95) | |December 7, 1925 (age 95) | ||
|Film commissioner | |Film commissioner | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ashot Sarkisov | |{{wp|Ashot Sarkisov}} | ||
|January 30, 1924 (age 97) | |January 30, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Admiral, scientist | |Admiral, scientist | ||
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|Soviet Union | |Soviet Union | ||
|- | |- | ||
|S. H. Sarma | |{{wp|S. H. Sarma}} | ||
|December 1, 1922 (age 98) | |December 1, 1922 (age 98) | ||
|Admiral | |Admiral | ||
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|British India | |British India | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Frank Saucier | |{{wp|Frank Saucier}} | ||
|May 28, 1926 (age 95) | |May 28, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Laurie Sawle | |{{wp|Laurie Sawle}} | ||
|August 19, 1925 (age 96) | |August 19, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Cricket player | |Cricket player | ||
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|Australia | |Australia | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Norman Scarth | |{{wp|Norman Scarth}} | ||
|1925 (age 95–96) | |1925 (age 95–96) | ||
|Blogger & political candidate | |Blogger & political candidate | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
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|Art Schallock | |{{wp|Art Schallock}} | ||
|April 25, 1924 (age 97) | |April 25, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Harold Zvi Schiffrin | |{{wp|Harold Zvi Schiffrin}} | ||
|September 26, 1922 (age | |September 26, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Professor | |Professor | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Rolf Schimpf | |{{wp|Rolf Schimpf}} | ||
|November 14, 1924 (age 96) | |November 14, 1924 (age 96) | ||
|German television actor | |German television actor | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Walter Franz Schleser | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Franz_Schleser Walter Franz Schleser] | ||
|October 25, 1930 (age | |October 25, 1930 (age 91) | ||
|Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten | |Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten | ||
|Volkssturm | |Volkssturm | ||
|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Helmut Schlesinger | |{{wp|Helmut Schlesinger}} | ||
|September 4, 1924 (age 97) | |September 4, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | |President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich-Wilhelm_Schlomann Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann] | ||
|September 5, 1928 (age 93) | |September 5, 1928 (age 93) | ||
|Journalist | |Journalist | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Wolf Schneider | |{{wp|Wolf Schneider}} | ||
|May 7, 1925 (age 96) | |May 7, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Journalist | |Journalist | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Arnold Schulman | |{{wp|Arnold Schulman}} | ||
|August 11, 1925 (age 96) | |August 11, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Writer | |Writer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Harry D. Schultz | |{{wp|Harry D. Schultz}} | ||
|September 11, 1923 (age 98) | |September 11, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Financial adviser, author | |Financial adviser, author | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Wolfgang Schumann | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wolfgang_Schumann_(Politiker) Wolfgang Schumann] | ||
|June 5, 1929 (age 92) | |June 5, 1929 (age 92) | ||
|Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | |Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Bernard L. Schwartz | |{{wp|Bernard L. Schwartz}} | ||
|December 12, 1926 (age 94) | |December 12, 1926 (age 94) | ||
|CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006) | |CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006) | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ted Schwinden | |{{wp|Ted Schwinden}} | ||
|August 31, 1925 (age 96) | |August 31, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980) | |Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980) | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Vin Scully | |{{wp|Vin Scully}} | ||
|November 29, 1927 (age 93) | |November 29, 1927 (age 93) | ||
|Sportscaster | |Sportscaster | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Simone Segouin | |{{wp|Simone Segouin}} | ||
|October 3, 1925 (age | |October 3, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Resistance member | |Resistance member | ||
|French Resistance | |French Resistance | ||
|Free France | |Free France | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Bruno Segre | |[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_Segre Bruno Segre] | ||
|September 4, 1918 (age 103) | |September 4, 1918 (age 103) | ||
|Journalist | |Journalist | ||
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|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
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|Sergio Camillo Segre | |[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sergio_Camillo_Segre Sergio Camillo Segre] | ||
|September 15, 1926 (age | |September 15, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Politician, journalist | |Politician, journalist | ||
|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Vic Seixas | |{{wp|Vic Seixas}} | ||
|August 30, 1923 (age 98) | |August 30, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Tennis player | |Tennis player | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Sen Sōshitsu XV | |{{wp|Sen Sōshitsu XV}} | ||
|April 19, 1923 (age 98) | |April 19, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school | |Hereditary master of the ''Urasenke'' ''chanoyu'' school | ||
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|Japan | |Japan | ||
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|Ralph Senensky | |{{wp|Ralph Senensky}} | ||
|May 1, 1923 (age 98) | |May 1, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|TV director & writer | |TV director & writer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Doc Severinsen | |{{wp|Doc Severinsen}} | ||
|July 7, 1927 (age 94) | |July 7, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Trumpeter | |Trumpeter | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Frank Shakespeare | |{{wp|Frank Shakespeare}} | ||
|April 9, 1925 (age 96) | |April 9, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Diplomat, president of CBS | |Diplomat, president of CBS | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Edward Shames | |{{wp|Edward Shames}} | ||
|June 13, 1922 (age 99) | |June 13, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment | |Member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Bobby Shantz | |{{wp|Bobby Shantz}} | ||
|September 26, 1925 (age | |September 26, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples | |{{wp|Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples}} | ||
|February 11, 1923 (age 98) | |February 11, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|British peer | |British peer | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
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|Charles Norman Shay | |{{wp|Charles Norman Shay}} | ||
|June 27, 1924 (age 97) | |June 27, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Penobscot tribal elder, writer | |Penobscot tribal elder, writer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Jack Sheedy | |{{wp|Jack Sheedy}} | ||
|September 28, 1926 (age | |September 28, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Sportsman | |Sportsman | ||
|Royal Australian Navy | |Royal Australian Navy | ||
|Australia | |Australia | ||
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|Thomas D. Shepard | |{{wp|Thomas D. Shepard}} | ||
|c. 1925 | |c. 1925 (age 95-96) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|Robert G. Shulman | |{{wp|Robert G. Shulman}} | ||
|March 3, 1924 (age 97) | |March 3, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Biophysicist | |Biophysicist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Władysław Siemaszko | |{{wp|Władysław Siemaszko}} | ||
|June 8, 1919 (age 102) | |June 8, 1919 (age 102) | ||
|Author, Lawyer | |Author, Lawyer | ||
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|Poland | |Poland | ||
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|Leon Silver | |{{wp|Leon Silver}} | ||
|April 9, 1925 (age 96) | |April 9, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Geologist | |Geologist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Maria Simon | |{{wp|Maria Simon}} | ||
|August 6, 1918 (age 103) | |August 6, 1918 (age 103) | ||
|Sociologist | |Sociologist | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
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|Edward H. Sims | |{{wp|Edward H. Sims}} | ||
|May 29, 1923 (age 98) | |May 29, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Author | |Author | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|John K. Singlaub | |{{wp|John K. Singlaub}} | ||
|July 10, 1921 (age 100) | |July 10, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Army general | |Army general | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Neal Edward Smith | |{{wp|Neal Edward Smith}} | ||
|March 23, 1920 (age 101) | |March 23, 1920 (age 101) | ||
|Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995) | |Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995) | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Carlo Smuraglia | |{{wp|Carlo Smuraglia}} | ||
|August 12, 1923 (age 98) | |August 12, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017) | |Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017) | ||
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|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Robert M. Solow | |{{wp|Robert M. Solow}} | ||
|August 23, 1924 (age 97) | |August 23, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Economist | |Economist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
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|Mihai Șora | |{{wp|Mihai Șora}} | ||
|November 7, 1916 (age 104) | |November 7, 1916 (age 104) | ||
|Philosopher, writer | |Philosopher, writer | ||
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|Free France | |Free France | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Pierre Soulages | |{{wp|Pierre Soulages}} | ||
|December 24, 1919 (age 101) | |December 24, 1919 (age 101) | ||
|Painter and sculptor | |Painter and sculptor | ||
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|France | |France | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Larry South | |{{wp|Larry South}} | ||
|February 26, 1925 (age 96) | |February 26, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|Canada | |Canada | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Robert Hitchcock Spain | |{{wp|Robert Hitchcock Spain}} | ||
|October 26, 1925 (age | |October 26, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Bishop | |Bishop | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Bill Spence | |{{wp|Bill Spence}} | ||
|April 20, 1923 (age 98) | |April 20, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Writer | |Writer | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Peter Spoden | |{{wp|Peter Spoden}} | ||
|November 8, 1921 (age 99) | |November 8, 1921 (age 99) | ||
|Night fighter ace | |Night fighter ace | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
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|Richard T. Spooner | |{{wp|Richard T. Spooner}} | ||
|September 10, 1925 (age 96) | |September 10, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Author | |Author | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Jeremiah Stamler | |{{wp|Jeremiah Stamler}} | ||
|October 27, 1919 (age | |October 27, 1919 (age 102) | ||
|Cardiologist | |Cardiologist | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Irena Stankiewicz | |{{wp|Irena Stankiewicz}} | ||
|February 28, 1925 (age 96) | |February 28, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Graphic artist | |Graphic artist | ||
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|Poland | |Poland | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Colin Stannard | |{{wp|Colin Stannard}} | ||
|February 8, 1924 (age 97) | |February 8, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Archdeacon of Carlisle | |Archdeacon of Carlisle | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Epaminondas Stassinopoulos | |{{wp|Epaminondas Stassinopoulos}} | ||
|January 17, 1921 (age 100) | |January 17, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Astrophysicist | |Astrophysicist | ||
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|Greece | |Greece | ||
|- | |- | ||
|William L. Stearman | |{{wp|William L. Stearman}} | ||
|June 22, 1922 (age 99) | |June 22, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Government official, author | |Government official, author | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Willis H. Stephens, Sr. | |{{wp|Willis H. Stephens, Sr.}} | ||
|June 7, 1925 (age 96) | |June 7, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Guy Stern | |{{wp|Guy Stern}} | ||
|January 14, 1922 (age 99) | |January 14, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Literary scholar | |Literary scholar | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Heinz Stöcker | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Stöcker Heinz Stöcker] | ||
|January 22, 1929 (age 92) | |January 22, 1929 (age 92) | ||
|General | |General | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Larry Storch | |{{wp|Larry Storch}} | ||
|January 8, 1923 (age 98) | |January 8, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Comedian and Actor; TV's ''F Troop'' | |Comedian and Actor; TV's ''F Troop'' | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Fritz Streletz | |{{wp|Fritz Streletz}} | ||
|September 28, 1928 (age | |September 28, 1928 (age 93) | ||
|General | |General | ||
|Wehrmacht | |Wehrmacht | ||
|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Lyle Elmer Strom | |{{wp|Lyle Elmer Strom}} | ||
|January 6, 1925 (age 96) | |January 6, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Judge | |Judge | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Sulev Tailo | |[https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sulev_Tailo Sulev Tailo] | ||
|December 2, 1920 (age 100) | |December 2, 1920 (age 100) | ||
|Poet, artist | |Poet, artist | ||
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|Finland | |Finland | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Jiro Tanaka | |{{wp|Jiro Tanaka}} | ||
|January 16, 1917 (age 104) | |January 16, 1917 (age 104) | ||
|Aircraft & automotive engineer | |Aircraft & automotive engineer | ||
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|Japan | |Japan | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Maurice Taylor | |{{wp|Maurice Taylor}} | ||
|May 5, 1926 (age 95) | |May 5, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Bishop | |Bishop | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Wayne Thiebaud | |{{wp|Wayne Thiebaud}} | ||
|November 15, 1920 (age 100) | |November 15, 1920 (age 100) | ||
|Pop art painter | |Pop art painter | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Fletcher Thompson | |{{wp|Fletcher Thompson}} | ||
|February 5, 1925 (age 96) | |February 5, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Politician & lawyer | |Politician & lawyer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|John Thorn | |{{wp|John Thorn}} | ||
|April 28, 1925 (age 96) | |April 28, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Headmaster, writer | |Headmaster, writer | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Dan Tolkowsky | |{{wp|Dan Tolkowsky}} | ||
|January 17, 1921 (age 100) | |January 17, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Commander of the Israeli Air Force | |Commander of the Israeli Air Force | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Aldo Tortorella | |{{wp|Aldo Tortorella}} | ||
|July 10, 1926 (age 95) | |July 10, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Journalist & politician | |Journalist & politician | ||
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|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Simon Towneley | |{{wp|Simon Towneley}} | ||
|December 14, 1921 (age 99) | |December 14, 1921 (age 99) | ||
|Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | |Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Krastyu Trichkov | |{{wp|Krastyu Trichkov}} | ||
|April 12, 1923 (age 98) | |April 12, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|Bulgaria | |Bulgaria | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Charley Trippi | |{{wp|Charley Trippi}} | ||
|December 14, 1921 (age 99) | |December 14, 1921 (age 99) | ||
|Football player | |Football player | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ankica Tuđman | |{{wp|Ankica Tuđman}} | ||
|July 24, 1926 (age 95) | |July 24, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|First Lady of Croatia | |First Lady of Croatia | ||
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|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia | |Democratic Federal Yugoslavia | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Joe Turkel | |{{wp|Joe Turkel}} | ||
|July 15, 1927 (age 94) | |July 15, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Actor | |Actor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|James Wesley Turpin | |{{wp|James Wesley Turpin}} | ||
|December 18, 1928 (age 92) | |December 18, 1928 (age 92) | ||
|Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | |Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Yosh Uchida | |{{wp|Yosh Uchida}} | ||
|April 1, 1920 (age 101) | |April 1, 1920 (age 101) | ||
|Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | |Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Tony Vaccaro | |{{wp|Tony Vaccaro}} | ||
|December 20, 1922 (age 98) | |December 20, 1922 (age 98) | ||
|Photographer | |Photographer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Jaakko Valtanen | |{{wp|Jaakko Valtanen}} | ||
|February 9, 1925 (age 96) | |February 9, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|General | |General | ||
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|Finland | |Finland | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ronald R. Van Stockum | |{{wp|Ronald R. Van Stockum}} | ||
|July 8, 1916 (age 105) | |July 8, 1916 (age 105) | ||
|General | |General | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Dick Van Dyke | |{{wp|Dick Van Dyke}} | ||
|December 13, 1925 (age 95) | |December 13, 1925 (age 95) | ||
|Actor and comedian | |Actor and comedian | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Enrico Vanzini | |[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Enrico_Vanzini Enrico Vanzini] | ||
|November 18, 1922 (age 98) | |November 18, 1922 (age 98) | ||
|Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando | |Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando | ||
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|Italy | |Italy | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Thomas Franklin Vaughns | |{{wp|Thomas Franklin Vaughns}} | ||
|July 12, 1920 (age 100) | |July 12, 1920 (age 100) | ||
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | |Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Inez Voyce | |{{wp|Inez Voyce}} | ||
|August 16, 1924 (age 97) | |August 16, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Angel Wagenstein | |{{wp|Angel Wagenstein}} | ||
|October 17, 1922 (age | |October 17, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Film director, author | |Film director, author | ||
|Bulgarian Resistance | |Bulgarian Resistance | ||
|Bulgaria | |Bulgaria | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Herbert Wahler | |{{wp|Herbert Wahler}} | ||
|December 10, 1921 (age 99) | |December 10, 1921 (age 99) | ||
|Accused of war crimes by SWC | |Accused of war crimes by SWC | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Udo Walendy | |{{wp|Udo Walendy}} | ||
|January 21, 1927 (age 94) | |January 21, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Historian | |Historian | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Joe Wallach | |{{wp|Joe Wallach}} | ||
|September 10, 1923 (age 98) | |September 10, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Businessman | |Businessman | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Martin Walser | |{{wp|Martin Walser}} | ||
|March 24, 1927 (age 94) | |March 24, 1927 (age 94) | ||
|Writer | |Writer | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Wan Haifeng | |{{wp|Wan Haifeng}} | ||
|September 25, 1920 (age | |September 25, 1920 (age 101) | ||
|General | |General | ||
|Red Army | |Red Army | ||
|Republic of China | |Republic of China | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Stan Waterman | |{{wp|Stan Waterman}} | ||
|April 5, 1923 (age 98) | |April 5, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Cinematographer | |Cinematographer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Josser Watling | |{{wp|Josser Watling}} | ||
|May 11, 1925 (age 96) | |May 11, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Association football player | |Association football player | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Billy Watson | |{{wp|Billy Watson}} | ||
|December 25, 1923 (age 97) | |December 25, 1923 (age 97) | ||
|Child actor | |Child actor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Donald J. Watt | |{{wp|Donald J. Watt}} | ||
|August 10, 1918 (age 103) | |August 10, 1918 (age 103) | ||
|Author | |Author | ||
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|Australia | |Australia | ||
|- | |- | ||
|William H. Webster | |{{wp|William H. Webster}} | ||
|March 26, 1924 (age 97) | |March 26, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | |3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Jimmy Weldon | |{{wp|Jimmy Weldon}} | ||
|September 23, 1923 (age 97) | |September 23, 1923 (age 97) | ||
|Voice actor & ventriloquist | |Voice actor & ventriloquist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Lloyd F. Wheat | |{{wp|Lloyd F. Wheat}} | ||
|April 27, 1923 (age 98) | |April 27, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Lawyer, politician | |Lawyer, politician | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Alan White | |{{wp|Alan White}} | ||
|February 23, 1924 (age 97) | |February 23, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Writer | |Writer | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|John White | |{{wp|John White}} | ||
|October 4, 1924 (age | |October 4, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Art historian | |Art historian | ||
|Royal Air Force | |Royal Air Force | ||
|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|G. William Whitehurst | |{{wp|G. William Whitehurst}} | ||
|March 12, 1925 (age 96) | |March 12, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Leopold Wiel | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leopold_Wiel Leopold Wiel] | ||
|May 14, 1916 (age 105) | |May 14, 1916 (age 105) | ||
|Architect and professor | |Architect and professor | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|E. J. Williams | |{{wp|E. J. Williams}} | ||
|January 28, 1918 (age 103) | |January 28, 1918 (age 103) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
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|Canada | |Canada | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Hershel W. Williams | |{{wp|Hershel W. Williams}} | ||
|October 2, 1923 (age | |October 2, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Medal of Honor recipient | |Medal of Honor recipient | ||
|US Marine Corps | |US Marine Corps | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|G. I. Williamson | |{{wp|G. I. Williamson}} | ||
|May 19, 1925 (age 96) | |May 19, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Theologian, pastor, author | |Theologian, pastor, author | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Oscar Lawton Wilkerson | |{{wp|Oscar Lawton Wilkerson}} | ||
|February 9, 1926 (age 95) | |February 9, 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | |Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Dennis Wilson | |{{wp|Dennis Wilson}} | ||
|June 25, 1921 (age 100) | |June 25, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Poet | |Poet | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Edwin Wilson | |{{wp|Edwin Wilson}} | ||
|February 1, 1923 (age 98) | |February 1, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Professor | |Professor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Charley Winner | |{{wp|Charley Winner}} | ||
|July 2, 1924 (age 97) | |July 2, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Football player | |Football player | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Graham Winteringham | |{{wp|Graham Winteringham}} | ||
|March 2, 1923 (age 98) | |March 2, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Architect | |Architect | ||
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|United Kingdom | |United Kingdom | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Louis Witten | |{{wp|Louis Witten}} | ||
|April 13, 1921 (age 100) | |April 13, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Theoretical physicist | |Theoretical physicist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Woody Woodbury | |{{wp|Woody Woodbury}} | ||
|February 9, 1924 (age 97) | |February 9, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Comedian & actor | |Comedian & actor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski | |[https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francesca_Laura_Fabbri_Wronowski Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski] | ||
|January 1, 1924 (age 97) | |January 1, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Partisan, Journalist | |Partisan, Journalist | ||
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|Italian Resistance | |Italian Resistance | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Oscar Wyatt | |{{wp|Oscar Wyatt}} | ||
|July 11, 1924 (age 97) | |July 11, 1924 (age 97) | ||
|Businessman | |Businessman | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Alex Xydias | |{{wp|Alex Xydias}} | ||
|March 22, 1922 (age 99) | |March 22, 1922 (age 99) | ||
|Auto racing driver | |Auto racing driver | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Barbara Yeaman | |{{wp|Barbara Yeaman}} | ||
|December 16, 1924 (age 96) | |December 16, 1924 (age 96) | ||
|Conservationist | |Conservationist | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Robert M. Young | |{{wp|Robert M. Young}} | ||
|November 22, 1924 (age 96) | |November 22, 1924 (age 96) | ||
|Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer | |Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Ihor Yukhnovskyi | |{{wp|Ihor Yukhnovskyi}} | ||
|September 1, 1925 (age 96) | |September 1, 1925 (age 96) | ||
|Physicist, politician | |Physicist, politician | ||
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!Country | !Country | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Rolf Zick | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rolf_Zick Rolf Zick] | ||
|April 16, 1921 (age 100) | |April 16, 1921 (age 100) | ||
|Journalist | |Journalist | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Heinz Zickler | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinz_Zickler Heinz Zickler] | ||
|March 25, 1920 (age 101) | |March 25, 1920 (age 101) | ||
|Musician | |Musician | ||
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|Germany | |Germany | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Franklin B. Zimmerman | |{{wp|Franklin B. Zimmerman}} | ||
|June 20, 1923 (age 98) | |June 20, 1923 (age 98) | ||
|Musicologist, conductor | |Musicologist, conductor | ||
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|United States | |United States | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Zou Jiahua | |{{wp|Zou Jiahua}} | ||
|October 1926 (age | |October 1926 (age 95) | ||
|Politician | |Politician | ||
|National Revolutionary Army | |National Revolutionary Army | ||
|Republic of China | |Republic of China | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Leszek Żukowski | |[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leszek_Żukowski Leszek Żukowski] | ||
|February 11, 1929 (age 92) | |February 11, 1929 (age 92) | ||
|President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | |President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | ||
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|Poland | |Poland | ||
|- | |- | ||
|Stanisław Żurakowski | |[https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisław_Żurakowski_(podpułkownik) Stanisław Żurakowski] | ||
|July 24, 1920 (age 101) | |July 24, 1920 (age 101) | ||
|Polish lieutenant colonel | |Polish lieutenant colonel |
Revision as of 12:54, 29 October 2021
This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 571 veterans are listed.
A
22 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 (age 97) | Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army | Federated Malay States |
S. Daniel Abraham | August 15, 1924 (age 97) | Businessman, philanthropist | US Army | United States |
Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 (age 94) | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | Lithuania |
Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 (age 97) | Musician | US Army | United States |
Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 (age 100) | Philosopher | Heer | Germany |
Marshall Allen | May 25, 1924 (age 97) | Musician | US Army | United States |
Wolfgang Altenburg | June 24, 1928 (age 93) | General | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Walter Althammer | March 12, 1928 (age 93) | Politician | Heer | Germany |
Aksel Andersen [pl] | 1924/1925 (age 96–97) | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
James A. Andersen | September 21, 1924 (age 96) | Politician, judge | US Army | United States |
Bud Anderson | January 13, 1922 (age 99) | Fighter pilot | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Erwin Andrä [de] | May 20, 1921 (age 100) | Designer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Valérie André | April 21, 1922 (age 99) | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | Free France |
Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 (age 100) | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 (age 99) | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | United States |
Stefan Arczyński | July 31, 1916 (age 105) | Photographer | Luftwaffe
Heer |
Germany |
George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 (age 95) | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | United States |
Michael Arnold [de] | December 27, 1928 (age 92) | Professor | Heer | Germany |
Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 (age 96) | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army | Poland |
Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 (age 95) | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Helmut Ashley | September 17, 1919 (age 101) | Cinematographer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Vasily Astafyev [ru] | October 26, 1919 (age 101) | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
B
65 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Robert L. Backman | March 22, 1922 (age 99) | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
Peter Badie | May 17, 1925 (age 96) | Jazz bass guitarist | US Navy | United States |
Dave Bailey | February 22, 1926 (age 95) | Musician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Millie Bailey | February 3, 1918 (age 103) | Civil servant | Women's Army Corps | United States |
Walter Balderson | September 19, 1926 (age 94) | Television pioneer | US Navy | United States |
Vincent Ball | December 4, 1923 (age 97) | Actor | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
James Bama | April 28, 1926 (age 95) | Artist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Bernhard Banaschewski [de] | March 22, 1926 (age 95) | Mathematician | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Rudolf Barbarino [de] | March 19, 1920 (age 101) | Journalist | Heer | Germany |
Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 (age 97) | Game show host | US Navy | United States |
Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 (age 99) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 (age 94) | 29th Governor of Idaho | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Karlheinz Bauer [de] | April 24, 1928 (age 93) | Former head of Bauer Group | Heer | Germany |
William J. Bauer | September 15, 1926 (age 94) | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
Julius W. Becton, Jr. | June 29, 1926 (age 95) | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 (age 94) | American singer | US Navy | United States |
V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 (age 94) | American politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
Tony Bennett | August 3, 1926 (age 95) | Singer | US Army | United States |
Paul Berg | June 30, 1926 (age 95) | Chemist | US Navy | United States |
Alan Bergman | September 11, 1925 (age 96) | Songwriter | US Army | United States |
Rasammah Bhupalan | May 1, 1927 (age 94) | Social activist | Indian National Army | Azad Hind |
Ruth Bidgood | July 20, 1922 (age 99) | Poet, historian | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Max Bingham | March 18, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
Walter Bingham | 1924 (age 96–97) | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | April 2, 1924 (age 97) | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Robert J. Blackwell | February 26, 1925 (age 96) | Government official | US Navy | United States |
Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 (age 99) | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force |
Canada
United Kingdom |
Simon Bland | December 4, 1923 (age 97) | Courtier | British Army | United Kingdom |
Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Hans Blohm | November 12, 1927 (age 93) | Photographer and author | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Hans Blum | May 23, 1928 (age 93) | Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino) | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Robert Bly | December 23, 1926 (age 94) | Poet | US Navy | United States |
Ronald Blythe | November 6, 1922 (age 98) | Author | United Kingdom | |
Emil Boček [cs] | February 25, 1923 (age 98) | Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Daoud Bokhary | January 15, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman | British Indian Army | British India |
Dave Bolen | December 23, 1923 (age 97) | Olympic runner and ambassador | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Jacques Borker | 1922 (age 98–99) | Artist | French Resistance | Free France |
George Boscawen, 9th Viscount Falmouth | October 31, 1919 (age 101) | British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 (age 97) | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 (age 95) | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 (age 96) | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Denis Brian | December 11, 1923 (age 97) | Journalist, author | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Hugo Broch | January 6, 1922 (age 99) | World War II flying ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
Manuel Bromberg | March 6, 1917 (age 104) | Artist, professor | US Army | United States |
Victor Brombert | November 11, 1923 (age 97) | Professor | US Army | United States |
Lawrence Brooks | September 12, 1909 (age 112) | Oldest surviving American World War II veteran. | US Army | United States |
Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 (age 95) | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Battle of the Bulge | United States |
Bud Brown | June 18, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Geoff Brown | April 4, 1927 (age 94) | Tennis player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
June Brown | February 16, 1927 (age 94) | Actress | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Mervyn Brown | September 24, 1923 (age 97) | Diplomat, historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
Stephen Brown | October 3, 1924 (age 96) | Judge | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
Walt Brown | July 28, 1926 (age 95) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Andrew Bruce | February 17, 1924 (age 97) | 11th Earl of Elgin | British Army, Scots Guards | United Kingdom |
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury | March 31, 1926 (age 95) | British peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ashley Bryan | July 13, 1923 (age 98) | Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | US Army | United States |
Arthur E. Bryson | October 7, 1925 (age 95) | Control theorist | US Navy | United States |
James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 (age 98) | Politician; New York senator (1971–1977) | US Navy | United States |
Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 (age 95) | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | United States |
Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 (age 93) | Film director | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Jack Burke, Jr. | January 29, 1923 (age 98) | PGA professional golfer | US Marine Corps | United States |
Peter Burns | 1924 (age 96–97) | Architect | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Charles Burrell | October 4, 1920 (age 100) | Musician | US Navy | United States |
Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 (age 96) | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West
British Army |
Poland
United Kingdom |
C
32 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Józef Caban | August 28, 1915 (age 106) | Polish social activist | Polish Army
Home Army |
Poland |
Robert Cardenas | March 10, 1920 (age 101) | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Harry Carmean | August 5, 1922 (age 99) | Painter | US Army | United States |
Lou Carnesecca | May 1, 1925 (age 96) | Basketball coach | US Coast Guard | United States |
Gerard Caris | March 20, 1925 (age 96) | Artist | US Marine Corps | United States |
Jimmy Carter | October 1, 1924 (age 96) | 39th U.S. President | US Navy | United States |
Jean-Gabriel Castel | June 21, 1925 (age 96) | Law professor | French Resistance | Free France |
Patrick Skene Catling | February 14, 1925 (age 96) | Journalist, author | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Nadia Cattouse | November 2, 1924 (age 96) | Actress, singer, songwriter | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Friedrich Cerha | February 17, 1926 (age 95) | Composer | Luftwaffe | Germany |
Robert A. Chase | January 1, 1923 (age 98) | Surgeon, professor | US Army | United States |
Kenneth O. Chilstrom | April 20, 1921 (age 100) | Air force officer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Bob Chinn | March 2, 1923 (age 98) | Restaurateur | US Army | United States |
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher | April 25, 1925 (age 96) | Businessman, trade unionist, tax official | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Marc Clark | October 23, 1923 (age 97) | Sculptor | British Army | United Kingdom |
John B. Cobb | February 9, 1925 (age 96) | Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist | US Army | United States |
Eric Cockeram | July 4, 1924 (age 97) | Member of Parliament | British Army | United Kingdom |
Sterling R. Cockrill | April 7, 1925 (age 96) | Politician, artist | US Navy | United States |
Avern Cohn | July 23, 1924 (age 97) | Judge | US Army | United States |
Marthe Cohn | April 13, 1920 (age 101) | Author, spy | French Army | France |
Ena Collymore-Woodstock | September 10, 1917 (age 104) | Solicitor, magistrate | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Leon Comber | September 20, 1921 (age 99) | Author | British Indian Army | British India |
Fred Cone | June 21, 1926 (age 95) | American football player | US Army | United States |
Harry Connick Sr. | March 27, 1926 (age 95) | Attorney | US Navy | United States |
Jerome Coopersmith | August 11, 1925 (age 96) | Dramatist | US Army | United States |
Tom Copeland | April 17, 1924 (age 97) | Politician | US Army | United States |
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr. | September 29, 1925 (age 95) | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
Roger Corman | April 5, 1926 (age 95) | Filmmaker & actor | V-12 Navy College Training Program | United States |
John Cruickshank | May 20, 1920 (age 101) | Recipient of the Victoria Cross | British Army
Royal Air Force |
United Kingdom |
Charles Csuri | July 4, 1922 (age 99) | Artist | US Army | United States |
Iris Cummings | December 21, 1920 (age 100) | Olympic swimmer, Aviator | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
Peter Cundall | April 1, 1927 (age 94) | Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008) | British Army | United Kingdom |
D
23 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Phyllis Dalton | October 16, 1925 (age 95) | Costume designer | Women's Royal Naval Service | United States |
Ernest L. Daman | March 14, 1923 (age 98) | Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor | US Army | United States |
Henry Danton | March 30, 1919 (age 102) | Dancer, teacher | British Army | United Kingdom |
Louis Danziger | November 17, 1923 (age 97) | Graphic designer, professor | US Army | United States |
Bob Dawson | January 3, 1921 (age 100) | Football player | Australian Army | Australia |
Eddie Deerfield | August 24, 1923 (age 98) | Government official | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Vincent DeRosa | October 5, 1920 (age 100) | Musician | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Gene Derricotte | June 14, 1926 (age 95) | American football player, Tuskegee Airmen | US Army | United States |
Klaus von Dohnanyi | June 23, 1928 (age 93) | Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg | Volkssturm | Germany |
Charles Dolan | October 16, 1926 (age 94) | Businessman, Philanthropist | US Army Air Force | United States |
Bob Dole | July 22, 1923 (age 98) | US Senator (1969–1996); 1976 Republican vice-presidential nominee; 1996 Republican presidential nominee | US Army | United States |
Lou Donaldson | November 1, 1926 (age 94) | Musician | US Navy | United States |
William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | September 19, 1924 (age 96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Harry Dornbrand | November 10, 1922 (age 98) | Aerospace engineer | US Navy | United States |
Bruce L. Douglas | July 14, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Karl-Heinz Drews [de] | December 22, 1929 (age 91) | General | Volkssturm
Wehrmacht |
Germany |
Roy Drinkard | July 12, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman | US Marine Corps | United States |
Charles C. Droz | July 8, 1924 (age 97) | Politician | US Army | United States |
Richard L. Duchossois | October 7, 1921 (age 99) | Sports businessman | US Army | United States |
Patrick Duffy | June 17, 1920 (age 101) | President of the NATO Assembly | Fleet Air Arm | United Kingdom |
Roland Dumas | August 23, 1922 (age 99) | Politician, lawyer | French Resistance | Free France |
Charles Duncan, Jr. | September 9, 1926 (age 95) | Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Winfield Dunn | July 1, 1927 (age 94) | Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975) | US Navy | United States |
E
12 veterans
Birth | Notability | Service | Country | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Ray Edenton | November 3, 1926 (age 94) | Musician | US Army | United States |
James Francis Edwards | June 5, 1921 (age 100) | World War II flying ace | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
George Elder | March 10, 1921 (age 100) | Baseball player | US Marines | United States |
Eberhard Eimler | November 30, 1930 (age 90) | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
Alfred Einwag [de] | March 18, 1928 (age 93) | Lawyer | Heer | Germany |
Princess Elizabeth | April 21, 1926 (age 95) | Queen of the Commonwealth Realms | Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Billy Emerson | December 21, 1925 (age 95) | Singer, songwriter | US Navy | United States |
Juan Ponce Enrile | February 14, 1924 (age 97) | Lawyer | Philippine Navy | Philippines |
Carl Erskine | December 13, 1926 (age 94) | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Daniel J. Evans | October 16, 1925 (age 95) | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | United States |
Klas Ewert Everwyn [de] | March 10, 1930 (age 91) | Author | Volkssturm | Germany |
Anthony Eyton | May 17, 1923 (age 98) | Artist | British Army | United Kingdom |
F
21 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bob Falkenburg | January 29, 1926 (age 95) | Tennis player, entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Josef-Gerhard Farkas [de] | July 13, 1929 (age 92) | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Benjamin B. Ferencz | March 11, 1920 (age 101) | Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials | US Army | United States |
David Ferry | March 5, 1924 (age 97) | Poet & professor | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Edward Field | June 7, 1924 (age 97) | Poet & author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Frank Field | March 30, 1923 (age 98) | Meteorologist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Nathaniel Fiennes | September 22, 1920 (age 100) | British hereditary peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
Mario Fiorentini [it] | May 28, 1918 (age 103) | Partisan, mathematician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Leonard Everett Fisher | June 24, 1924 (age 97) | Children's writer & illustrator | US Army | United States |
Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg [de] | May 9, 1919 (age 102) | General | Heer | Germany |
Sergio Flamigni | October 22, 1925 (age 95) | Politician & writer | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Samuel C. Florman | January 19, 1925 (age 96) | Civil engineer, author | US Navy | United States |
Loretta Ford | December 28, 1920 (age 100) | Nurse, Academic | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Wieland Förster | February 12, 1930 (age 91) | Painter, writer | Volkssturm | Germany |
John S. Foster Jr. | September 18, 1922 (age 98) | Physicist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
James Clayton Flowers | December 25, 1915 (age 105) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Forces | United States |
Paul Fox | October 27, 1925 (age 95) | Television executive | British Army | United Kingdom |
J. Keith Fraser | February 18, 1922 (age 99) | Physical geographer | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force |
Canada
United Kingdom |
Russell Freeburg | March 4, 1923 (age 98) | Editor of the Chicago Tribune | US Army | United States |
Daniel Fuller | August 28, 1925 (age 96) | Theologian | US Navy | United States |
Andrew Fulton | January 23, 1927 (age 94) | Commander of Maritime Command (1980–1983) | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
G
36 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Arnald Gabriel | May 31, 1925 (age 96) | Conductor of the US Air Force Band | US Army | United States |
Samuel Rhea Gammon III | January 22, 1924 (age 97) | Ambassador | US Army | United States |
Norman Garbo | February 15, 1919 (age 102) | Author & lecturer | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Harold Garde | June 7, 1923 (age 98) | Artist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Bernard Garfield | March 27, 1924 (age 97) | Bassoonist | US Army | United States |
Stanley Michael Gartler | June 9, 1923 (age 98) | Biologist & geneticist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Philippe de Gaulle | December 28, 1921 (age 99) | Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
Léon Gautier [fr] | October 27, 1922 (age 98) | Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer | Free French Naval Forces | Free France |
Eddie Germano | November 15, 1924 (age 96) | Cartoonist | US Army | United States |
Harry Gesner | April 28, 1925 (age 96) | Architect | US Army | United States |
Andrée Geulen-Herscovici | September 6, 1921 (age 100) | Member of the Comité de Défense des Juifs, helped rescue almost one thousand Jewish children | Belgian Resistance | Belgium |
Roy Gibson | July 4, 1924 (age 97) | Aerospace engineer | British Army | United Kingdom |
I. Leo Glasser | April 6, 1924 (age 97) | Judge | US Army | United States |
Charles Godfrey | September 24, 1917 (age 103) | Physician, professor, politician | Canada | |
Howard Golden | 1925 (age 95–96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Harry E. Goldsworthy | April 3, 1914 (age 107) | Lieutenant General | US Army | United States |
U. L. Gooch | September 13, 1923 (age 98) | Politician | US Army | United States |
John B. Goodenough | July 25, 1922 (age 99) | Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry | US Army | United States |
Alfred T. Goodwin | June 29, 1923 (age 98) | Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991) | US Army | United States |
Bert I. Gordon | September 24, 1922 (age 98) | Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Noah Gordon | November 11, 1926 (age 94) | Novelist | US Army | United States |
René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 (age 98) | Bishop | Flying Tigers | United States |
Friedrich Grade [de] | March 29, 1916 (age 105) | Engineer and naval officer | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
David E. Grange, Jr. | April 9, 1925 (age 96) | General | US Army | United States |
Bud Grant | May 20, 1927 (age 94) | Athlete | US Navy | United States |
John R. Gray | May 14, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Army | United States |
Bill Grayden | August 5, 1920 (age 101) | Politician | Australian Army | Australia |
Bill Greason | September 3, 1924 (age 97) | Baseball player | US Marine Corps | United States |
Peter Green | December 22, 1924 (age 96) | Historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Russell H. Greenan | September 17, 1925 (age 95) | Author | US Navy | United States |
Maurice R. Greenberg | May 4, 1925 (age 96) | CEO of American International Group (1967–2005) | US Army | United States |
Shecky Greene | April 8, 1926 (age 95) | Comedian | US Navy | United States |
Stu Griffing | November 9, 1926 (age 94) | Olympic rower | US Army | United States |
Werner Grossmann | March 6, 1929 (age 92) | Former East German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security | Volkssturm | Germany |
Doris Grumbach | July 12, 1918 (age 103) | Writer | Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service | United States |
Frank Joseph Guarini | August 20, 1924 (age 97) | Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990) | US Navy | United States |
H
35 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Jürgen Habermas | June 18, 1929 (age 92) | Philosopher; sociologist | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Barbara Hall | February 3, 1923 (age 98) | Crossword puzzle editor | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Gail Halvorsen | October 10, 1920 (age 100) | US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber" | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Ian Hamilton | September 13, 1925 (age 96) | Lawyer, Scottish nationalist, participated in the removal of the Stone of Scone in 1950 | British Army | United Kingdom |
Walter Hanel [de] | September 30, 1930 (age 90) | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Arnold Hano | March 2, 1922 (age 99) | Writer | US Army | United States |
Monique Hanotte | August 10, 1920 (age 101) | Member of Belgian Resistance | Belgian Resistance | Belgium |
G. Homer Harding | December 7, 1925 (age 95) | Politician | US Army | United States |
George Hardy | June 8, 1925 (age 96) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert Harlow | November 19, 1923 (age 97) | Writer, academic | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Sheldon Harnick | April 30, 1924 (age 97) | Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof) | US Army | United States |
Ted Hartley | November 6, 1924 (age 96) | Pilot, banker, actor, film producer | US Navy | United States |
Chris Haughey | October 3, 1925 (age 95) | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Helmut Hauptmann | March 12, 1928 (age 93) | Writer | Heer | Germany |
Bill Hayes | June 5, 1925 (age 96) | Actor | US Naval Air Corps | United States |
Thomas B. Hayward | May 3, 1924 (age 97) | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Eric Heath | November 28, 1923 (age 97) | Artist | Royal New Zealand Air Force | New Zealand |
Robert Hébras | June 29, 1925 (age 96) | Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor | French Resistance | Free France |
John Hemingway | July 17, 1919 (age 102) | Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Józef Hen | November 8, 1923 (age 97) | Writer | Polish People's Army | Poland |
James Hennessy | September 26, 1923 (age 97) | Diplomat, prison official | British Army | United Kingdom |
Werner Henninger [de] | April 7, 1929 (age 92) | Admiral | Volkssturm | Germany |
Laurin L. Henry | May 23, 1921 (age 100) | Researcher | US Navy | United States |
Elwood Hillis | March 6, 1926 (age 95) | Indiana congressman (1971–1987) | US Army | United States |
Cyril Hilsum | May 17, 1925 (age 96) | Physicist, academic | Royal Navy | United Kingdom} |
Stuart Hodes | November 27, 1924 (age 96) | Dancer, choreographer, writer | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Earl Holliman | September 11, 1928 (age 93) | Actor | US Navy | United States |
Masao Horie [ja] | June 16, 1915 (age 106) | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Ted Horlick | September 28, 1925 (age 95) | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Thomas W. Horton | December 29, 1919 (age 101) | Pilot | Royal New Zealand Air Force | New Zealand |
Tom Hughes | November 26, 1923 (age 97) | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Evan Hultman | July 15, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Army | United States |
Edwin Hunt | March 20, 1920 (age 101) | Queen's Bargemaster | British Army | United Kingdom |
Francis Huré | October 5, 1916 (age 104) | Ambassador, writer | Free French Army | Free France |
Harold Hyman | July 24, 1924 (age 97) | American Civil War historian | US Marine Corps | United States |
I
1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Paul Robert Ignatius | November 11, 1920 (age 100) | Government official | US Navy | United States |
J
16 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Jaffee | March 13, 1921 (age 100) | Cartoonist | United States Armed Forces | United States |
Stephen A. Jarislowsky | September 9, 1925 (age 96) | Businessman, billionaire | US Army | United States |
Alexander Jefferson | November 15, 1921 (age 99) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Edward B. Jelks | September 10, 1922 (age 99) | Archaeologist | US Navy | United States |
William A. Jenkins | November 2, 1917 (age 103) | Admiral | US Coast Guard | United States |
Karl Jetter [de] | June 2, 1929 (age 92) | Journalist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Norman Jewison | July 21, 1926 (age 95) | Filmmaker | Royal Canadian Navy | Canada |
David Johnson | August 3, 1926 (age 95) | Photographer | US Navy | United States |
Johnny Johnson | November 25, 1921 (age 99) | Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Marilyn P. Johnson | June 19, 1922 (age 99) | Diplomat | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
Dub Jones | December 29, 1924 (age 96) | American football player | US Navy | United States |
Lawrence W. Jones | 1925 (age 95–96) | Physicist, professor | US Army | United States |
L. Q. Jones | August 19, 1927 (age 94) | Actor | United States Navy | United States |
Raymond Jones | July 18, 1925 (age 96) | Architect | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
George Joseph | September 11, 1921 (age 100) | Founder of Mercury Insurance Group | US Army | United States |
George Judge | May 2, 1925 (age 96) | Professor, econometrician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
K
16 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bernard Kalb | February 4, 1922 (age 99) | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Adolfo Kaminsky | October 1, 1925 (age 95) | French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust | French Resistance
French Army |
Free France |
Sydney Kentridge | November 5, 1922 (age 98) | Lawyer, judge | South African Army | South Africa |
John Keston | December 5, 1924 (age 96) | Actor, singer, runner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Elisabeth Kirkby | January 26, 1921 (age 100) | Actress, writer, broadcaster | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Henry Kissinger | May 27, 1923 (age 98) | Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient | US Army | United States |
Helma Kissner [ru] | December 23, 1923 (age 96) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Kazimierz Klimczak [pl] | February 15, 1914 (age 107) | Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising | Polish Army
Home Army |
Poland |
Ted Knap | May 26, 1920 (age 101) | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Jill Knight | July 9, 1923 (age 98) | Politician, life peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | United Kingdom |
Gert Kohlmann [de] | December 3, 1920 (age 100) | General | Heer | Germany |
Barbara Kremen | 1922 (age 98–99) | Writer | Women's Army Corps | United States |
Werner Krolikowski | March 12, 1928 (age 93) | Politician | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Herbert Kroker [de] | August 24, 1929 (age 92) | Politician | Volkssturm | Germany |
Hardy Krüger | April 12, 1928 (age 93) | German actor | Heer | Germany |
Eduard Kuuskor [et] | January 2, 1918 (age 103) | Radio operator | Estonian Army
Red Army Forest Brothers |
Estonia
Soviet Union |
L
29 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Traute Lafrenz | May 3, 1919 (age 102) | Member of the White Rose | Germany | |
Dean S. Laird | February 7, 1921 (age 100) | World War II flying ace | US Navy | United States |
Horst Langes [de] | December 2, 1928 (age 92) | Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Phyllis Latour | April 8, 1921 (age 100) | Legion of Honour recipient, member of the Special Operations Executive | Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Special Operations Executive French Resistance |
United Kingdom Free France |
Lothar Lauterbach [de] | June 3, 1929 (age 92) | Artist | Germany | |
Peter Lax | May 1, 1926 (age 95) | Mathematician | US Navy | United States |
Norman Lear | July 27, 1922 (age 99) | Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Nikolai Lebedev | December 15, 1921 (age 99) | Actor | Red Navy | Soviet Union |
Jean Lee | July 26, 1924 (age 97) | Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF | Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division | Canada |
James Lees | February 14, 1924 (age 97) | Maritime expert, curator | Royal Navy
British Merchant Navy |
United Kingdom |
Juhan Lepasaar [et] | May 13, 1921 (age 100) | Writer, journalist, former Gulag prisoner | Forest Brothers
Luftwaffenhelfer |
Estonia
Germany |
Ülo Lepik [et] | July 11, 1921 (age 100) | Mathematician, academician | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
Sergio Lepri [it] | September 24, 1919 (age 101) | Journalist, director of ANSA news agency (1961-1990) | Royal Italian Army
Italian Resistance |
Italy
Italian Resistance |
Ted Lerner | October 15, 1925 (age 95) | Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals | US Army | United States |
Sonny Lester | November 15, 1924 (age 96) | Music producer | US Army | United States |
Marv Levy | August 3, 1925 (age 96) | Football coach | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Guenter Lewy | August 22, 1923 (age 98) | Author, professor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Mark Litchman | April 14, 1925 (age 96) | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
Peter Lloyd | December 15, 1920 (age 100) | Aviator | Australian Army | Australia |
Nina Lobkovskaya | March 8, 1925 (age 96) | Sniper | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Mujeeb Ahmad Khan Lodhi | 1922 (age 98–99) | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
Elgen Long | August 12, 1927 (age 94) | Aviator, historian, author | US Navy | United States |
Ernst Löschner [de] | June 20, 1929 (age 92) | Conductor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
David Elliot Loye | April 26, 1925 (age 96) | Author, psychologist | US Navy | United States |
Dick Lucas | September 10, 1925 (age 96) | Anglican minister | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
William R. Lucas | March 1, 1922 (age 99) | Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center | US Navy | United States |
Johnny Lujack | January 4, 1925 (age 96) | Football player | US Navy | United States |
Bernt H. Lund | August 14, 1924 (age 97) | Civil servant, diplomat, politician | Norwegian resistance movement | Norway |
Ted Luscombe | November 10, 1924 (age 96) | Bishop, Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church (1985–1990) | British Indian Army
British Army |
British India
United Kingdom |
M
70 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Terence Macartney-Filgate | August 6, 1924 (age 97) | Film director | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Ian Verner Macdonald | January 19, 1925 (age 96) | Diplomat, entrepreneur | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy |
Canada
United Kingdom |
Maharram Mammadyarov | October 17, 1924 (age 96) | Chemist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Emil Mangelsdorff | April 11, 1925 (age 96) | Musician | Heer | Germany |
Marion Mann | March 29, 1920 (age 101) | Physician, pathologist | US Army | United States |
Josip Manolić | March 22, 1920 (age 101) | Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Steve Marsh | September 11, 1924 (age 97) | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Peter Marshall | March 30, 1926 (age 95) | TV personality & actor | US Army | United States |
Ray Marshall | August 22, 1928 (age 93) | US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) | US Navy | United States |
Gordon Eugene Martin | August 22, 1925 (age 96) | Physicist, author | US Navy | United States |
Knox Martin | February 12, 1923 (age 98) | Artist | US Coast Guard | United States |
Mac Martin | April 26, 1925 (age 96) | Bluegrass musician | US Navy | United States |
Angel Martín Taboas | June 18, 1918 (age 103) | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | US Armed Forces | United States |
Ivan Martynushkin | December 23, 1923 (age 97) | Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Anthony Mason | April 21, 1925 (age 96) | Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Miloslav Masopust | September 26, 1924 (age 96) | General | 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR | Czechoslovakia |
Joseph Matarazzo | November 12, 1925 (age 95) | Psychologist | US Navy | United States |
Robert D. Maurer | July 20, 1924 (age 97) | Physicist | US Army | United States |
Charlie Maxwell | April 8, 1927 (age 94) | Baseball Player | US Army | United States |
Otto Mayrhofer [de] | November 2, 1920 (age 100) | Anaesthetist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | March 20, 1921 (age 100) | Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | French Army
Free French Army French Air Force |
France
Free France |
William V. McBride | May 25, 1922 (age 99) | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Lloyd McCuiston | March 26, 1918 (age 103) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Charles McGee | December 7, 1919 (age 101) | Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert McGinnis | February 3, 1926 (age 95) | Artist, illustrator | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Fred McLafferty | May 11, 1923 (age 98) | Chemist | US Army | United States |
Art McNally | July 1, 1925 (age 96) | American football referee | US Marine Corps | United States |
Francis Terry McNamara | November 2, 1927 (age 93) | Diplomat | US Navy | United States |
Henry R. McPhee, Jr. | January 11, 1925 (age 96) | Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | US Navy | United States |
Kirke Mechem | August 16, 1925 (age 96) | Composer | US Army | United States |
Hellmut Mehnert [de] | February 22, 1928 (age 93) | Physician, professor | Volkssturm | Germany |
Bill Mercer | February 13, 1926 (age 95) | Sportscaster, educator, & author | US Navy | United States |
Manfred Messerschmidt | October 1, 1926 (age 94) | Historian | Luftwaffe | Germany |
A. L. Mestel | September 17, 1926 (age 94) | Pediatric surgeon | US Navy | United States |
Harald Metzkes | January 23, 1929 (age 92) | Painter | Heer | Germany |
Ed Mickelson | September 9, 1926 (age 95) | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
J. William Middendorf II | September 22, 1924 (age 96) | Diplomat & politician | US Navy | United States |
Larry Miggins | August 20, 1925 (age 96) | Baseball player | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Jim Miller | May 30, 1919 (age 102) | Australian rules football player | Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force |
Australia |
John H. Miller | April 16, 1925 (age 96) | General | US Marine Corps | United States |
Newton N. Minow | January 17, 1926 (age 95) | FCC chairman (1961–1963) | US Army | United States |
Maria Mirecka-Loryś | February 7, 1916 (age 105) | Lawyer, journalist | Home Army | Poland |
John Matthew Mitchell | March 22, 1925 (age 96) | Charity worker | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Hiroshi H. Miyamura | October 6, 1925 (age 95) | Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
Sanford K. Moats | December 4, 1921 (age 99) | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
David O. Moberg | February 13, 1922 (age 99) | Sociologist | US Army | United States |
Hans Modrow | January 27, 1928 (age 93) | Prime Minister of East Germany | Heer | Germany |
Gerhard Moehring [de] | March 28, 1921 (age 100) | Educationist | Heer | Germany |
Gwen Moffat | July 3, 1924 (age 97) | Climber, writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Jürgen Moltmann | April 8, 1926 (age 95) | Protestant theologian | Wehrmacht | Germany |
William Moncrief | March 27, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman, billionaire | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Henry Moore | November 2, 1923 (age 97) | Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | British Army
British Indian Army |
United Kingdom
British India |
Bobby Morgan | June 29, 1926 (age 95) | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Shigehiro Mori [ja] | January 7, 1928 (age 93) | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Edgar Morin | July 8, 1921 (age 100) | Philosopher & sociologist | French Resistance | Free France |
Joseph Wilson Morris | April 28, 1922 (age 99) | Lawyer & federal judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Addold Mossin | December 12, 1919 (age 101) | Neopagan priest | Finnish Army | Finland |
Ben R. Mottelson | July 9, 1926 (age 95) | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
Georg Müller [de] | October 1, 1930 (age 90) | Mineralogist | Hitlerjugend | Germany |
Henry J. Muller | April 7, 1917 (age 104) | General | US Army | United States |
Paul Muller | March 11, 1923 (age 98) | Actor | French Army | France |
Charlie Munger | January 1, 1924 (age 97) | Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Sumio Murai [ja] | February 1925 | General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Tomiichi Murayama | March 3, 1924 (age 97) | Japanese Prime Minister | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
David H. Murdock | April 11, 1923 (age 98) | Billionaire & businessman | US Army | United States |
Austin Murphy | June 17, 1927 (age 94) | Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | US Marine Corps | United States |
Thomas Murphy | May 31, 1925 (age 96) | Broadcasting executive | US Navy | United States |
Tony Murray | February 8, 1920 (age 101) | Businessman, billionaire | Free French Army
Royal Air Force |
Free France
United Kingdom |
David Musuguri | January 4, 1920 (age 101) | Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Gordon Mydland | May 12, 1922 (age 99) | Politician, lawyer | US Navy | United States |
N
13 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Nankivell | September 7, 1923 (age 98) | Politician | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Giorgio Napolitano | June 29, 1925 (age 96) | 11th President of Italy (2006–2015) | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Lucien N. Nedzi | May 28, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Army | United States |
Joe Negri | June 10, 1926 (age 95) | Musician, educator | US Army | United States |
Joan Neiman | September 9, 1920 (age 101) | Senator | Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service) | Canada |
Yakov Neishtadt | October 6, 1923 (age 97) | Chess player | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Nerio Nesi | June 16, 1925 (age 96) | Politician, businessman, banker | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Frederick M. Nicholas | May 30, 1920 (age 101) | Lawyer | US Army | United States |
George Nigh | June 9, 1927 (age 94) | Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987) | US Navy | United States |
Richard Nimmerrichter [de] | December 31, 1920 (age 100) | Journalist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Ian Nish | June 3, 1926 (age 95) | Academic; specialist in Japanese studies | British Army | United Kingdom |
Peter L. Nissen | January 8, 1924 (age 97) | Aviator and businessman | Norwegian resistance movement
Royal Norwegian Air Force |
Norway |
Abdizhamil Karimuly Nurpeisov | October 22, 1924 (age 96) | Writer | Red Army | Soviet Union |
O
7 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 (age 102) | Playwright & poet | French Army | France |
Makoto Ogawa | February 1917 (age 104) | Pilot | Japanese Imperial Army | Japan |
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie | May 17, 1926 (age 95) | Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household | British Army | United Kingdom |
Jiro Ono | October 27, 1925 (age 95) | Sushi Chef | Japanese Imperial Army | Japan |
David Oreck | September 17, 1923 (age 97) | Entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Edward Ormondroyd | October 8, 1925 (age 95) | Author | US Navy | United States |
Donald Owens | September 12, 1926 (age 95) | General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene | US Army | United States |
P
21 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Boris Pahor | August 26, 1913 (age 108) | Writer & publicist | Royal Italian Army
Slovene Partisans |
Italy
Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Karolos Papoulias | June 4, 1929 (age 92) | Former President of Greece | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
Rudolph Pariser | December 8, 1923 (age 97) | Physicist & polymer chemist | US Army | United States |
Deanie Parrish | 1922 (age 99) | Congressional Gold Medal recipient | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
Victor Parsonnet | August 29, 1924 (age 97) | Surgeon | US Navy Reserve | United States |
Johnny Pate | December 5, 1923 (age 97) | Bass player & arranger | US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band | United States |
Philip Pearlstein | May 24, 1924 (age 97) | Modern Realist painter | US Army | United States |
John Peoples | August 26, 1926 (age 95) | President of Jackson State University | US Marine Corps | United States |
Simon Perchik | December 24, 1923 (age 97) | Poet | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Solomon Perel | April 21, 1925 (age 96) | Holocaust survivor, author | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Nehemiah Persoff | August 2, 1919 (age 102) | Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl | US Army | United States |
Jack Petchey | July 19, 1925 (age 96) | Businessman | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Helmut Peters [de] | July 23, 1930 (age 91) | Sinologist, Marxist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Leslie Phillips | April 20, 1924 (age 97) | Actor | British Army | United Kingdom |
Muriel Phillips | January 12, 1921 (age 100) | Author | US Army (nurse) | United States |
Bill Pitman | February 12, 1920 (age 101) | Musician | US Armed Forces | United States |
Sidney Poitier | February 20, 1927 (age 94) | Actor | US Army | United States |
Wanda Półtawska | November 2, 1921 (age 99) | Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author | Polish Resistance | Poland |
Martin Pope | August 22, 1918 (age 103) | Physical chemist | US Armed Forces | United States |
Aris Poulianos | July 24, 1924 (age 97) | Anthropologist & archaeologist | Greek People's Liberation Army | Greece |
Ralph Puckett | December 8, 1926 (age 94) | Medal of Honor recipient | US Army Reserve | United States |
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1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Al Quie | September 18, 1923 (age 98) | Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983) | US Navy | United States |
R
27 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Keith Rae (footballer) | July 30, 1917 (age 104) | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
Bhisadej Rajani | January 20, 1922 (age 99) | Member of the Thai royal family | British Army | United Kingdom |
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger | April 16, 1927 (age 94) | Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Helmut Rasbol | 1925 (age 95-96) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Arthur Ravenel, Jr. | March 29, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
Dennis V. Razis | May 30, 1923 (age 98) | Oncologist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
Vasily Reshetnikov | December 23, 1919 (age 101) | Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force | Soviet Air Forces | Soviet Union |
Ri Yong-suk | April 17, 1916 (age 105) | North Korean politician | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Madeleine Riffaud | August 23, 1924 (age 97) | Poet, journalist, & war correspondent | French Resistance | Free France |
Basil Rigg | August 12, 1926 (age 95) | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
Fred Risser | May 5, 1927 (age 94) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Edward L. Rissien | October 1924 (age 96) | Film producer and executive | US Army Air Forces | United States |
John Roberts | April 4, 1924 (age 97) | Admiral | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Arthur Rock | August 19, 1926 (age 95) | Businessman, investor | US Army | United States |
Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano | January 21, 1921 (age 100) | Politician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Alan Rogers | December 31, 1924 (age 96) | Football manager | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Richard Rohmer | January 24, 1924 (age 97) | Military writer; Ultimatum | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Charles P. Roland | April 8, 1918 (age 103) | Historian, professor | US Army | United States |
Andrew Romanov | January 21, 1923 (age 98) | Pretender to the Russian throne | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Roy Roper | September 11, 1923 (age 98) | Rugby union player | Royal New Zealand Navy | New Zealand |
Klaus Rose | June 3, 1928 (age 93) | Professor of economics | Heer | Germany |
Justus Rosenberg | January 23, 1921 (age 100) | Professor | French Resistance | Free France |
J. Roy Rowland | February 3, 1926 (age 95) | Georgia congressman (1981–1995) | US Army | United States |
Richard E. Rumble | October 26, 1922 (age 99) | Admiral | US Navy | United States |
Philip Ruppe | September 29, 1926 (age 95) | United States Congressman | V-12 Navy College Training Program | United States |
William Russell | November 19, 1924 (age 96) | Actor | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
F. James Rutherford | July 11, 1924 (age 97) | Science professor, radar officer | US Navy | United States |
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63 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Howard F. Sachs | September 13, 1925 (age 96) | Judge | US Navy | United States |
Guy Sajer | January 13, 1927 (age 94) | Military writer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Agadadash Samedov | March 10, 1924 (age 97) | Order of Glory recipient | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Sydney Samuelson | December 7, 1925 (age 95) | Film commissioner | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Ashot Sarkisov | January 30, 1924 (age 97) | Admiral, scientist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
S. H. Sarma | December 1, 1922 (age 98) | Admiral | Royal Indian Navy | British India |
Frank Saucier | May 28, 1926 (age 95) | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Laurie Sawle | August 19, 1925 (age 96) | Cricket player | Australian Army | Australia |
Norman Scarth | 1925 (age 95–96) | Blogger & political candidate | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Art Schallock | April 25, 1924 (age 97) | Baseball player | US Navy | United States |
Harold Zvi Schiffrin | September 26, 1922 (age 99) | Professor | US Army | United States |
Rolf Schimpf | November 14, 1924 (age 96) | German television actor | Heer | Germany |
Walter Franz Schleser | October 25, 1930 (age 91) | Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten | Volkssturm | Germany |
Helmut Schlesinger | September 4, 1924 (age 97) | President of the Deutsche Bundesbank | Heer | Germany |
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann | September 5, 1928 (age 93) | Journalist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Wolf Schneider | May 7, 1925 (age 96) | Journalist | Luftwaffe | Germany |
Arnold Schulman | August 11, 1925 (age 96) | Writer | US Navy | United States |
Harry D. Schultz | September 11, 1923 (age 98) | Financial adviser, author | US Army | United States |
Wolfgang Schumann | June 5, 1929 (age 92) | Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Bernard L. Schwartz | December 12, 1926 (age 94) | CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006) | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Ted Schwinden | August 31, 1925 (age 96) | Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980) | US Army | United States |
Vin Scully | November 29, 1927 (age 93) | Sportscaster | US Navy | United States |
Simone Segouin | October 3, 1925 (age 96) | Resistance member | French Resistance | Free France |
Bruno Segre | September 4, 1918 (age 103) | Journalist | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Sergio Camillo Segre | September 15, 1926 (age 95) | Politician, journalist | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Vic Seixas | August 30, 1923 (age 98) | Tennis player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Sen Sōshitsu XV | April 19, 1923 (age 98) | Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school | Imperial Japanese Navy | Japan |
Ralph Senensky | May 1, 1923 (age 98) | TV director & writer | US Army | United States |
Doc Severinsen | July 7, 1927 (age 94) | Trumpeter | US Army | United States |
Frank Shakespeare | April 9, 1925 (age 96) | Diplomat, president of CBS | US Navy | United States |
Edward Shames | June 13, 1922 (age 99) | Member of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment | US Army | United States |
Bobby Shantz | September 26, 1925 (age 96) | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Pamela Sharples, Baroness Sharples | February 11, 1923 (age 98) | British peer | Women's Auxiliary Air Force | United Kingdom |
Charles Norman Shay | June 27, 1924 (age 97) | Penobscot tribal elder, writer | US Army | United States |
Jack Sheedy | September 28, 1926 (age 95) | Sportsman | Royal Australian Navy | Australia |
Thomas D. Shepard | c. 1925 (age 95-96) | Politician | US Army | United States |
Robert G. Shulman | March 3, 1924 (age 97) | Biophysicist | US Navy | United States |
Władysław Siemaszko | June 8, 1919 (age 102) | Author, Lawyer | Home Army | Poland |
Leon Silver | April 9, 1925 (age 96) | Geologist | US Navy | United States |
Maria Simon | August 6, 1918 (age 103) | Sociologist | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Edward H. Sims | May 29, 1923 (age 98) | Author | US Army Air Forces | United States |
John K. Singlaub | July 10, 1921 (age 100) | Army general | US Army | United States |
Neal Edward Smith | March 23, 1920 (age 101) | Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995) | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Carlo Smuraglia | August 12, 1923 (age 98) | Politician; National president of the A.N.P.I. association (2011-2017) | Italian Rersistance | Italian Resistance |
Robert M. Solow | August 23, 1924 (age 97) | Economist | US Army | United States |
Mihai Șora | November 7, 1916 (age 104) | Philosopher, writer | French Resistance | Free France |
Pierre Soulages | December 24, 1919 (age 101) | Painter and sculptor | France | |
Larry South | February 26, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Robert Hitchcock Spain | October 26, 1925 (age 96) | Bishop | US Navy | United States |
Bill Spence | April 20, 1923 (age 98) | Writer | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Peter Spoden | November 8, 1921 (age 99) | Night fighter ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
Richard T. Spooner | September 10, 1925 (age 96) | Author | US Marine Corps | United States |
Jeremiah Stamler | October 27, 1919 (age 102) | Cardiologist | US Army | United States |
Irena Stankiewicz | February 28, 1925 (age 96) | Graphic artist | Home Army | Poland |
Colin Stannard | February 8, 1924 (age 97) | Archdeacon of Carlisle | British Army | United Kingdom |
Epaminondas Stassinopoulos | January 17, 1921 (age 100) | Astrophysicist | Greek Resistance | Greece |
William L. Stearman | June 22, 1922 (age 99) | Government official, author | US Navy | United States |
Willis H. Stephens, Sr. | June 7, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Guy Stern | January 14, 1922 (age 99) | Literary scholar | US Army | United States |
Heinz Stöcker | January 22, 1929 (age 92) | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
Larry Storch | January 8, 1923 (age 98) | Comedian and Actor; TV's F Troop | US Navy | United States |
Fritz Streletz | September 28, 1928 (age 93) | General | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Lyle Elmer Strom | January 6, 1925 (age 96) | Judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
T
14 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Sulev Tailo | December 2, 1920 (age 100) | Poet, artist | Finnish Army | Finland |
Jiro Tanaka | January 16, 1917 (age 104) | Aircraft & automotive engineer | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
Maurice Taylor | May 5, 1926 (age 95) | Bishop | British Army | United Kingdom |
Wayne Thiebaud | November 15, 1920 (age 100) | Pop art painter | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Fletcher Thompson | February 5, 1925 (age 96) | Politician & lawyer | US Army Medical Corps & US Army Air Corps | United States |
John Thorn | April 28, 1925 (age 96) | Headmaster, writer | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Dan Tolkowsky | January 17, 1921 (age 100) | Commander of the Israeli Air Force | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Aldo Tortorella | July 10, 1926 (age 95) | Journalist & politician | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Simon Towneley | December 14, 1921 (age 99) | Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire (1976–1997) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Krastyu Trichkov | April 12, 1923 (age 98) | Politician | Bulgarian Resistance | Bulgaria |
Charley Trippi | December 14, 1921 (age 99) | Football player | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Ankica Tuđman | July 24, 1926 (age 95) | First Lady of Croatia | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Joe Turkel | July 15, 1927 (age 94) | Actor | US Army | United States |
James Wesley Turpin | December 18, 1928 (age 92) | Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist | US Navy | United States |
U
1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Yosh Uchida | April 1, 1920 (age 101) | Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer | US Army | United States |
V
7 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tony Vaccaro | December 20, 1922 (age 98) | Photographer | US Army | United States |
Jaakko Valtanen | February 9, 1925 (age 96) | General | Finnish Defence Forces | Finland |
Ronald R. Van Stockum | July 8, 1916 (age 105) | General | US Marine Corps | United States |
Dick Van Dyke | December 13, 1925 (age 95) | Actor and comedian | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Enrico Vanzini | November 18, 1922 (age 98) | Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando | Royal Italian Army | Italy |
Thomas Franklin Vaughns | July 12, 1920 (age 100) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Force | United States |
Inez Voyce | August 16, 1924 (age 97) | Baseball player | US Naval Reserve (Women's Reserve) | United States |
W
29 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Angel Wagenstein | October 17, 1922 (age 99) | Film director, author | Bulgarian Resistance | Bulgaria |
Herbert Wahler | December 10, 1921 (age 99) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Einsatzgruppe | Germany |
Udo Walendy | January 21, 1927 (age 94) | Historian | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Joe Wallach | September 10, 1923 (age 98) | Businessman | US Army | United States |
Martin Walser | March 24, 1927 (age 94) | Writer | Heer | Germany |
Wan Haifeng | September 25, 1920 (age 101) | General | Red Army | Republic of China |
Stan Waterman | April 5, 1923 (age 98) | Cinematographer | US Navy | United States |
Josser Watling | May 11, 1925 (age 96) | Association football player | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Billy Watson | December 25, 1923 (age 97) | Child actor | US Army | United States |
Donald J. Watt | August 10, 1918 (age 103) | Author | Australian Army | Australia |
William H. Webster | March 26, 1924 (age 97) | 3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council | US Navy | United States |
Jimmy Weldon | September 23, 1923 (age 97) | Voice actor & ventriloquist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Lloyd F. Wheat | April 27, 1923 (age 98) | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
Alan White | February 23, 1924 (age 97) | Writer | United Kingdom | |
John White | October 4, 1924 (age 97) | Art historian | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
G. William Whitehurst | March 12, 1925 (age 96) | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Leopold Wiel | May 14, 1916 (age 105) | Architect and professor | Wehrmacht | Germany |
E. J. Williams | January 28, 1918 (age 103) | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Hershel W. Williams | October 2, 1923 (age 98) | Medal of Honor recipient | US Marine Corps | United States |
G. I. Williamson | May 19, 1925 (age 96) | Theologian, pastor, author | US Army | United States |
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson | February 9, 1926 (age 95) | Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen | United States Army Air Forces | United States |
Dennis Wilson | June 25, 1921 (age 100) | Poet | British Army | United Kingdom |
Edwin Wilson | February 1, 1923 (age 98) | Professor | US Navy | United States |
Charley Winner | July 2, 1924 (age 97) | Football player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Graham Winteringham | March 2, 1923 (age 98) | Architect | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Louis Witten | April 13, 1921 (age 100) | Theoretical physicist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Woody Woodbury | February 9, 1924 (age 97) | Comedian & actor | US Marine Corps | United States |
Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski | January 1, 1924 (age 97) | Partisan, Journalist | Italian Resistance | Italian Resistance |
Oscar Wyatt | July 11, 1924 (age 97) | Businessman | US Army Air Corps | United States |
X
1 veteran
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Alex Xydias | March 22, 1922 (age 99) | Auto racing driver | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Y
3 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barbara Yeaman | December 16, 1924 (age 96) | Conservationist | Women Airforce Service Pilots | United States |
Robert M. Young | November 22, 1924 (age 96) | Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer | US Navy | United States |
Ihor Yukhnovskyi | September 1, 1925 (age 96) | Physicist, politician | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Z
6 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Rolf Zick | April 16, 1921 (age 100) | Journalist | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Heinz Zickler | March 25, 1920 (age 101) | Musician | Heer | Germany |
Franklin B. Zimmerman | June 20, 1923 (age 98) | Musicologist, conductor | US Army | United States |
Zou Jiahua | October 1926 (age 95) | Politician | National Revolutionary Army | Republic of China |
Leszek Żukowski | February 11, 1929 (age 92) | President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers | Gray Ranks | Poland |
Stanisław Żurakowski | July 24, 1920 (age 101) | Polish lieutenant colonel | Polish Army
Anders' Army Polish Armed Forces in the West |
Poland |