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|{{wp|Terence Macartney-Filgate}} | |{{wp|Terence Macartney-Filgate}} | ||
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|Film director | |Film director | ||
|Royal Air Force | |Royal Air Force | ||
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|{{wp|Ian Verner Macdonald}} | |{{wp|Ian Verner Macdonald}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|1|19}} | ||
|Diplomat, entrepreneur | |Diplomat, entrepreneur | ||
|Royal Canadian Air Force | |Royal Canadian Air Force | ||
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|{{wp|Maharram Mammadyarov}} | |{{wp|Maharram Mammadyarov}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|10|17}} | ||
|Chemist | |Chemist | ||
|Red Army | |Red Army | ||
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|{{wp|Emil Mangelsdorff}} | |{{wp|Emil Mangelsdorff}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|4|11}} | ||
|Musician | |Musician | ||
|Heer | |Heer | ||
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|{{wp|Marion Mann}} | |{{wp|Marion Mann}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|3|29}} | ||
|Physician, pathologist | |Physician, pathologist | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Josip Manolić}} | |{{wp|Josip Manolić}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|3|22}} | ||
|Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | |Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | ||
|Yugoslav Partisans | |Yugoslav Partisans | ||
|Democratic Federal Yugoslavia | |Democratic Federal Yugoslavia | ||
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|{{wp|Steve Marsh}} | |{{wp|Steve Marsh (footballer)|Steve Marsh}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|9|12}} | ||
|Australian rules football player | |Australian rules football player | ||
|Royal Australian Air Force | |Royal Australian Air Force | ||
|Australia | |Australia | ||
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|{{wp|Peter Marshall}} | |{{wp|Peter Marshall (entertainer)|Peter Marshall}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|3|30}} | ||
|TV personality & actor | |TV personality & actor | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Ray Marshall}} | |{{wp|Ray Marshall}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1928|8|22}} | ||
|US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) | |US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}} | |{{wp|Gordon Eugene Martin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|8|22}} | ||
|Physicist, author | |Physicist, author | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Knox Martin}} | |{{wp|Knox Martin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1923|2|12}} | ||
|Artist | |Artist | ||
|US Coast Guard | |US Coast Guard | ||
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|{{wp|Mac Martin}} | |{{wp|Mac Martin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|4|26}} | ||
|Bluegrass musician | |Bluegrass musician | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Angel Martín Taboas}} | |{{wp|Angel Martín Taboas}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1918|6|18}} | ||
|Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | |Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | ||
|US Armed Forces | |US Armed Forces | ||
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|{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}} | |{{wp|Ivan Martynushkin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1923|12|23}} | ||
|Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp | |Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp | ||
|Red Army | |Red Army | ||
|Soviet Union | |Soviet Union | ||
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|{{wp|Anthony Mason}} | |{{wp|Anthony Mason (judge)|Anthony Mason}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|4|21}} | ||
|Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | |Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | ||
|Royal Australian Air Force | |Royal Australian Air Force | ||
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|{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}} | |{{wp|Miloslav Masopust}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|9|26}} | ||
|General | |General | ||
|1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR | |1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR | ||
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|{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}} | |{{wp|Joseph Matarazzo}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|11|12}} | ||
|Psychologist | |Psychologist | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}} | |{{wp|Robert D. Maurer}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|7|20}} | ||
|Physicist | |Physicist | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}} | |{{wp|Charlie Maxwell}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1927|4|8}} | ||
|Baseball Player | |Baseball Player | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer] | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Otto_Mayrhofer Otto Mayrhofer] | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|11|2}} | ||
|Anaesthetist | |Anaesthetist | ||
|Wehrmacht | |Wehrmacht | ||
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|{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}} | |{{wp|Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1921|3|20}} | ||
|Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | |Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | ||
|French Army | |French Army | ||
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|{{wp|William V. McBride}} | |{{wp|William V. McBride}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1922|5|25}} | ||
|General | |General | ||
|US Army Air Forces | |US Army Air Forces | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airman)}} | |{{wp|Charles McGee (Tuskegee Airman)|Charles McGee}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1919|12|7}} | ||
|Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman | |Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman | ||
|US Army Air Forces | |US Army Air Forces | ||
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|{{wp|Robert McGinnis}} | |{{wp|Robert McGinnis}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|2|3}} | ||
|Artist, illustrator | |Artist, illustrator | ||
|US Merchant Marine | |US Merchant Marine | ||
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|{{wp|Fred McLafferty}} | |{{wp|Fred McLafferty}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1923|5|11}} | ||
|Chemist | |Chemist | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Art McNally}} | |{{wp|Art McNally}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|7|1}} | ||
|American football referee | |American football referee | ||
|US Marine Corps | |US Marine Corps | ||
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|{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}} | |{{wp|Francis Terry McNamara}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1927|11|2}} | ||
|Diplomat | |Diplomat | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Henry R. McPhee, Jr.}} | |{{wp|Henry R. McPhee, Jr.}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|1|11}} | ||
|Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | |Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Kirke Mechem}} | |{{wp|Kirke Mechem}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|8|16}} | ||
|Composer | |Composer | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Mehnert Hellmut Mehnert] | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellmut_Mehnert Hellmut Mehnert] | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1928|2|22}} | ||
|Physician, professor | |Physician, professor | ||
|Volkssturm | |Volkssturm | ||
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|{{wp|Bill Mercer}} | |{{wp|Bill Mercer}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|2|13}} | ||
|Sportscaster, educator, & author | |Sportscaster, educator, & author | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Manfred Messerschmidt}} | |{{wp|Manfred Messerschmidt}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|10|1}} | ||
|Historian | |Historian | ||
|Luftwaffe | |Luftwaffe | ||
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|{{wp|A. L. Mestel}} | |{{wp|A. L. Mestel}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|9|17}} | ||
|Pediatric surgeon | |Pediatric surgeon | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Harald Metzkes}} | |{{wp|Harald Metzkes}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1929|1|23}} | ||
|Painter | |Painter | ||
|Heer | |Heer | ||
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|{{wp|Ed Mickelson}} | |{{wp|Ed Mickelson}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|9|9}} | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
|US Army Air Forces | |US Army Air Forces | ||
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|{{wp|J. William Middendorf II}} | |{{wp|J. William Middendorf II}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|9|22}} | ||
|Diplomat & politician | |Diplomat & politician | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Larry Miggins}} | |{{wp|Larry Miggins}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|8|20}} | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
|US Merchant Marine | |US Merchant Marine | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Jim Miller}} | |{{wp|Jim Miller (Australian footballer, born 1919)|Jim Miller}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1919|5|30}} | ||
|Australian rules football player | |Australian rules football player | ||
|Australian Army | |Australian Army | ||
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|{{wp|John H. Miller}} | |{{wp|John H. Miller}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|4|16}} | ||
|General | |General | ||
|US Marine Corps | |US Marine Corps | ||
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|{{wp|Newton N. Minow}} | |{{wp|Newton N. Minow}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|1|17}} | ||
|FCC chairman (1961–1963) | |FCC chairman (1961–1963) | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Maria Mirecka-Loryś}} | |{{wp|Maria Mirecka-Loryś}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1916|2|7}} | ||
|Lawyer, journalist | |Lawyer, journalist | ||
|Home Army | |Home Army | ||
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|{{wp|John Matthew Mitchell}} | |{{wp|John Matthew Mitchell}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|3|22}} | ||
|Charity worker | |Charity worker | ||
|Royal Navy | |Royal Navy | ||
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|{{wp|Hiroshi H. Miyamura}} | |{{wp|Hiroshi H. Miyamura}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|10|6}} | ||
|Medal of Honor recipient | |Medal of Honor recipient | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}} | |{{wp|Sanford K. Moats}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1921|12|4}} | ||
|General | |General | ||
|US Army Air Forces | |US Army Air Forces | ||
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|{{wp|David O. Moberg}} | |{{wp|David O. Moberg}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1922|2|13}} | ||
|Sociologist | |Sociologist | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Hans Modrow}} | |{{wp|Hans Modrow}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1928|1|27}} | ||
|Prime Minister of East Germany | |Prime Minister of East Germany | ||
|Heer | |Heer | ||
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|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Moehring Gerhard Moehring] | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerhard_Moehring Gerhard Moehring] | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1921|3|28}} | ||
|Educationist | |Educationist | ||
|Heer | |Heer | ||
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|{{wp|Gwen Moffat}} | |{{wp|Gwen Moffat}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|7|3}} | ||
|Climber, writer | |Climber, writer | ||
|Auxiliary Territorial Service | |Auxiliary Territorial Service | ||
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|{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}} | |{{wp|Jürgen Moltmann}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|4|8}} | ||
|Protestant theologian | |Protestant theologian | ||
|Wehrmacht | |Wehrmacht | ||
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|{{wp|William Moncrief}} | |{{wp|William Moncrief}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|3|27}} | ||
|Businessman, billionaire | |Businessman, billionaire | ||
|US Naval Reserve | |US Naval Reserve | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Henry Moore}} | |{{wp|Henry Moore (bishop)|Henry Moore}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1923|11|2}} | ||
|Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | |Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | ||
|British Army | |British Army | ||
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British India | British India | ||
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|{{wp|Bobby Morgan}} | |{{wp|Bobby Morgan (baseball)|Bobby Morgan}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|6|29}} | ||
|Baseball player | |Baseball player | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%BC%98 Shigehiro Mori] | |[https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A3%AE%E7%B9%81%E5%BC%98 Shigehiro Mori] | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1928|1|7}} | ||
|General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986) | |General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1986–1987), Chief of Staff, JASDF (1983–1986) | ||
|Imperial Japanese Army | |Imperial Japanese Army | ||
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|{{wp|Edgar Morin}} | |{{wp|Edgar Morin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1921|7|8}} | ||
|Philosopher & sociologist | |Philosopher & sociologist | ||
|French Resistance | |French Resistance | ||
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|{{wp|Joseph Wilson Morris}} | |{{wp|Joseph Wilson Morris}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1922|4|28}} | ||
|Lawyer & federal judge | |Lawyer & federal judge | ||
|US Naval Reserve | |US Naval Reserve | ||
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|{{wp|Addold Mossin}} | |{{wp|Addold Mossin}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1919|12|12}} | ||
|Neopagan priest | |Neopagan priest | ||
|Finnish Army | |Finnish Army | ||
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|{{wp|Ben R. Mottelson}} | |{{wp|Ben R. Mottelson}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1926|7|9}} | ||
|Physicist | |Physicist | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
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|[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller] | |[https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georg_Müller_(Mineraloge) Georg Müller] | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1930|10|1}} | ||
|Mineralogist | |Mineralogist | ||
|Hitlerjugend | |Hitlerjugend | ||
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|{{wp|Henry J. Muller}} | |{{wp|Henry J. Muller}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1917|4|7}} | ||
|General | |General | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Charlie Munger}} | |{{wp|Charlie Munger}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|1|1}} | ||
|Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | |Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | ||
|US Army Air Corps | |US Army Air Corps | ||
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|{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}} | |{{wp|Tomiichi Murayama}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1924|3|3}} | ||
|Japanese Prime Minister | |Japanese Prime Minister | ||
|Imperial Japanese Army | |Imperial Japanese Army | ||
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|{{wp|David H. Murdock}} | |{{wp|David H. Murdock}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1923|4|11}} | ||
|Billionaire & businessman | |Billionaire & businessman | ||
|US Army | |US Army | ||
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|{{wp|Austin Murphy}} | |{{wp|Austin Murphy}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1927|6|17}} | ||
|Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | |Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | ||
|US Marine Corps | |US Marine Corps | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Thomas Murphy}} | |{{wp|Thomas Murphy (broadcasting)|Thomas Murphy}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1925|5|31}} | ||
|Broadcasting executive | |Broadcasting executive | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy | ||
|United States | |United States | ||
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|{{wp|Tony Murray}} | |{{wp|Tony Murray (businessman)|Tony Murray}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|2|8}} | ||
|Businessman, billionaire | |Businessman, billionaire | ||
|Free French Army | |Free French Army | ||
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|{{wp|David Musuguri}} | |{{wp|David Musuguri}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1920|1|4}} | ||
|Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988) | |Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988) | ||
|British Army | |British Army | ||
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|{{wp|Gordon Mydland}} | |{{wp|Gordon Mydland}} | ||
| | |{{birth date and age|1922|5|12}} | ||
|Politician, lawyer | |Politician, lawyer | ||
|US Navy | |US Navy |
Revision as of 14:21, 17 December 2021
This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 553 veterans are listed.
A
21 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
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Abdullah CD | October 2, 1923 | Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya | Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army | Federated Malay States |
S. Daniel Abraham | August 15, 1924 | Businessman, philanthropist | US Army | United States |
Valdas Adamkus | November 3, 1926 | President of Lithuania | Lithuanian resistance | Lithuania |
Lee Adams | August 14, 1924 | Musician | US Army | United States |
Hans Albert | February 8, 1921 | Philosopher | Heer | Germany |
Marshall Allen | May 25, 1924 | Musician | US Army | United States |
Wolfgang Altenburg | June 24, 1928 | General | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Walter Althammer | March 12, 1928 | Politician | Heer | Germany |
Aksel Andersen | 1924/1925 (age 96–97) | Accused of War Crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
James A. Andersen | September 21, 1924 | Politician, judge | US Army | United States |
Bud Anderson | January 13, 1922 | Fighter pilot | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Erwin Andrä | May 20, 1921 | Designer | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Valérie André | April 21, 1922 | General, neurosurgeon, aviator | French Resistance | Free France |
Roger Angell | September 19, 1920 | Journalist | US Army | United States |
Ray Anthony | January 20, 1922 | Bandleader and trumpeter | US Navy | United States |
Stefan Arczyński | July 31, 1916 | Photographer | Luftwaffe
Heer |
Germany |
George Ariyoshi | March 12, 1926 | Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986) | US Army | United States |
Michael Arnold | December 27, 1928 | Professor | Heer | Germany |
Stanisław Aronson | May 6, 1925 | Order of Polonia Restituta recipient | Home Army | Poland |
Austin Asche | November 28, 1925 | Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Vasily Astafyev | October 26, 1919 | Soviet Army colonel; Hero of the Soviet Union | Red Army | Soviet Union |
B
64 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
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Robert L. Backman | March 22, 1922 | Lawyer, politician | US Army | United States |
Peter Badie | May 17, 1925 | Jazz bass guitarist | US Navy | United States |
Dave Bailey (musician) | February 22, 1926 | Musician | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Millie Bailey | February 3, 1918 | Civil servant | Women's Army Corps | United States |
Walter Balderson | September 19, 1926 | Television pioneer | US NavyThomas W. Horton deceased | United States |
Vincent Ball | December 4, 1923 | Actor | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
James Bama | April 28, 1926 | Artist | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Bernhard Banaschewski | March 22, 1926 | Mathematician | Luftwaffenhelfer | Germany |
Rudolf Barbarino | March 19, 1920 | Journalist | Heer | Germany |
Bob Barker | December 12, 1923 | Game show host | US Navy | United States |
Haven J. Barlow | January 4, 1922 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Phil Batt | March 4, 1927 | 29th Governor of Idaho | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Karlheinz Bauer | April 24, 1928 | Former head of Bauer Group | Heer | Germany |
William J. Bauer | September 15, 1926 | Federal judge | US Army | United States |
Julius W. Becton Jr. | June 29, 1926 | American military officer, former FEMA director | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Harry Belafonte | March 1, 1927 | American singer | US Navy | United States |
V.J. Bella | July 29, 1927 | American politician | US Marine Corps | United States |
Tony Bennett | August 3, 1926 | Singer | US Army | United States |
Paul Berg | June 30, 1926 | Chemist | US Navy | United States |
Alan Bergman | September 11, 1925 | Songwriter | US Army | United States |
Rasammah Bhupalan | May 1, 1927 | Social activist | Indian National Army | Azad Hind |
Ruth Bidgood | July 20, 1922 | Poet, historian | Women's Royal Naval Service | United Kingdom |
Walter Bingham (journalist) | 1924 (age 96–97) | Journalist | British Army | United Kingdom |
Bryan Harvey Bjarnason | April 2, 1924 | Politician | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Benjamin B. Blackburn | February 14, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Robert J. Blackwell | February 26, 1925 | Government official | US Navy | United States |
Eric Blackwood | December 7, 1921 | Aviator | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Air Force |
Canada
United Kingdom |
Simon Bland | December 4, 1923 | Courtier | British Army | United Kingdom |
Harry Blank | May 24, 1925 | Politician | Canadian Army | Canada |
Hans Blohm | November 12, 1927 | Photographer and author | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Hans Blum | May 23, 1928 | Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino) | Kriegsmarine | Germany |
Ronald Blythe | November 6, 1922 | Author | United Kingdom | |
Emil Boček | February 25, 1923 | Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Daoud Bokhary | January 15, 1920 | Businessman | British Indian Army | British India |
Dave Bolen | December 23, 1923 | 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 | British hereditary peer, Lord Lieutenant of Cornwall (1977–1994) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Robert William Bradford | December 17, 1923 | Artist | Royal Canadian Air Force | Canada |
Lewis M. Branscomb | August 17, 1926 | Scientist | US Navy | United States |
Egidius Braun | February 27, 1925 | President of the German Football Association | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Denis Brian | December 11, 1923 | Journalist, author | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Hugo Broch | January 6, 1922 | World War II flying ace | Luftwaffe | Germany |
Manuel Bromberg | March 6, 1917 | Artist, professor | US Army | United States |
Victor Brombert | November 11, 1923 | Professor | US Army | United States |
Lawrence Brooks | September 12, 1909 | Oldest surviving American World War II veteran. | US Army | United States |
Mel Brooks | June 28, 1926 | Director, actor, producer | US Army, Battle of the Bulge | United States |
Bud Brown (politician) | June 18, 1927 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Geoff Brown (tennis) | April 4, 1927 | Tennis player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
June Brown | February 16, 1927 | Actress | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Mervyn Brown | September 24, 1923 | Diplomat, historian | British Army | United Kingdom |
Stephen Brown (judge) | October 3, 1924 | Judge | Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve | United Kingdom |
Walt Brown | July 28, 1926 | Politician | US Navy | United States |
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin | February 17, 1924 | 11th Earl of Elgin | British Army, Scots Guards | United Kingdom |
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury | March 31, 1926 | British peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
Ashley Bryan | July 13, 1923 | Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum | US Army | United States |
Arthur E. Bryson | October 7, 1925 | Control theorist | US Navy | United States |
James L. Buckley | March 9, 1923 | Politician; New York senator (1971–1977) | US Navy | United States |
Frederick Buechner | July 11, 1926 | Christian author, minister, and theologian | US Army | United States |
Veljko Bulajić | March 22, 1928 | Film director | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Jack Burke, Jr. | January 29, 1923 | 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 | Musician | US Navy | United States |
Julian J. Bussgang | March 26, 1925 | Mathematician, author | Polish Armed Forces in the West
British Army |
Poland
United Kingdom |
David Butler | October 17, 1924 | Political scientist | British Army | United Kingdom |
C
31 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 97) | 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 |
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 100) | 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 96) | 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 |
D
22 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Phyllis Dalton | October 16, 1925 (age 96) | 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 101) | 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 95) | Businessman, Philanthropist | US Army Air Force | United States |
Lou Donaldson | November 1, 1926 (age 94) | Musician | US Navy | United States |
William I. Donnermeyer Sr. | September 19, 1924 (age 97) | 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 | 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 100) | Sports businessman | US Army | United States |
Patrick Duffy (British politician) | 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 |
Eberhard Eimler | November 30, 1930 (age 90) | General | Volkssturm | Germany |
Einwag Alfred Einwag | March 18, 1928 (age 93) | Lawyer | Heer | Germany |
George Elder (baseball) | March 10, 1921 (age 100) | Baseball player | US Marines | United States |
Elizabeth II | 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 96) | Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977) | US Navy | United States |
Klas Ewert Everwyn | 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 | July 13, 1929 (age 92) | Hungariologist | Volkssturm | Germany |
Ben 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 (meteorologist) | March 30, 1923 (age 98) | Meteorologist | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele | September 22, 1920 (age 101) | British hereditary peer, businessman | British Army | United Kingdom |
Mario Fiorentini | 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 | May 9, 1919 (age 102) | General | Heer | Germany |
Sergio Flamigni | October 22, 1925 (age 96) | 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 99) | 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 (television executive) | October 27, 1925 (age 96) | 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
34 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 | October 27, 1922 (age 99) | 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 104) | 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 |
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 99) | Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants | US Army Air Corps | United States |
René Henry Gracida | June 9, 1923 (age 98) | Bishop | Flying Tigers | United States |
Friedrich Grade | 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 |
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 96) | 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
31 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 101) | 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 | September 14, 1930 (age 91) | Political caricaturist | Volkssturm | Germany |
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 96) | 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 (RAF pilot) | 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 98) | Diplomat, prison official | British Army | United Kingdom |
Werner Henninger | 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 | June 16, 1915 (age 106) | Japan Ground Self-Defense Force general. Commander Western Army (1972–1973) | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
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 |
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 | 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 (RAF officer) | 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 (insurer) | 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 96) | 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 | December 23, 1923 (age 97) | Accused of war crimes by SWC | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Kazimierz Klimczak | 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 | December 3, 1919 (age 101) | 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 | August 24, 1929 (age 92) | Politician | Volkssturm | Germany |
Hardy Krüger | April 12, 1928 (age 93) | German actor | Heer | Germany |
Eduard Kuuskor | 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 | 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 | 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 | May 13, 1921 (age 100) | Writer, journalist, former Gulag prisoner | Forest Brothers
Luftwaffenhelfer |
Estonia
Germany |
Ülo Lepik | July 11, 1921 (age 100) | Mathematician, academician | Schutzstaffel | Germany |
Sergio Lepri | September 24, 1919 (age 102) | Journalist, director of ANSA news agency (1961-1990) | Royal Italian Army
Italian Resistance |
Italy
Italian Resistance |
Ted Lerner | October 15, 1925 (age 96) | 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 (aviator) | 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 | 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
69 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Terence Macartney-Filgate | August 6, 1924 | Film director | Royal Air Force | United Kingdom |
Ian Verner Macdonald | January 19, 1925 | Diplomat, entrepreneur | Royal Canadian Air Force
Royal Navy |
Canada
United Kingdom |
Maharram Mammadyarov | October 17, 1924 | Chemist | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Emil Mangelsdorff | April 11, 1925 | Musician | Heer | Germany |
Marion Mann | March 29, 1920 | Physician, pathologist | US Army | United States |
Josip Manolić | March 22, 1920 | Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991) | Yugoslav Partisans | Democratic Federal Yugoslavia |
Steve Marsh | September 12, 1924 | Australian rules football player | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Peter Marshall | March 30, 1926 | TV personality & actor | US Army | United States |
Ray Marshall | August 22, 1928 | US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981) | US Navy | United States |
Gordon Eugene Martin | August 22, 1925 | Physicist, author | US Navy | United States |
Knox Martin | February 12, 1923 | Artist | US Coast Guard | United States |
Mac Martin | April 26, 1925 | Bluegrass musician | US Navy | United States |
Angel Martín Taboas | June 18, 1918 | Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico | US Armed Forces | United States |
Ivan Martynushkin | December 23, 1923 | Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp | Red Army | Soviet Union |
Anthony Mason | April 21, 1925 | Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia | Royal Australian Air Force | Australia |
Miloslav Masopust | September 26, 1924 | General | 1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR | Czechoslovakia |
Joseph Matarazzo | November 12, 1925 | Psychologist | US Navy | United States |
Robert D. Maurer | July 20, 1924 | Physicist | US Army | United States |
Charlie Maxwell | April 8, 1927 | Baseball Player | US Army | United States |
Otto Mayrhofer | November 2, 1920 | Anaesthetist | Wehrmacht | Germany |
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | March 20, 1921 | Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987) | French Army
Free French Army French Air Force |
France
Free France |
William V. McBride | May 25, 1922 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Charles McGee | December 7, 1919 | Air Force officer, oldest living Tuskegee Airman | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Robert McGinnis | February 3, 1926 | Artist, illustrator | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Fred McLafferty | May 11, 1923 | Chemist | US Army | United States |
Art McNally | July 1, 1925 | American football referee | US Marine Corps | United States |
Francis Terry McNamara | November 2, 1927 | Diplomat | US Navy | United States |
Henry R. McPhee, Jr. | January 11, 1925 | Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower | US Navy | United States |
Kirke Mechem | August 16, 1925 | Composer | US Army | United States |
Hellmut Mehnert | February 22, 1928 | Physician, professor | Volkssturm | Germany |
Bill Mercer | February 13, 1926 | Sportscaster, educator, & author | US Navy | United States |
Manfred Messerschmidt | October 1, 1926 | Historian | Luftwaffe | Germany |
A. L. Mestel | September 17, 1926 | Pediatric surgeon | US Navy | United States |
Harald Metzkes | January 23, 1929 | Painter | Heer | Germany |
Ed Mickelson | September 9, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army Air Forces | United States |
J. William Middendorf II | September 22, 1924 | Diplomat & politician | US Navy | United States |
Larry Miggins | August 20, 1925 | Baseball player | US Merchant Marine | United States |
Jim Miller | May 30, 1919 | Australian rules football player | Australian Army
Royal Australian Air Force |
Australia |
John H. Miller | April 16, 1925 | General | US Marine Corps | United States |
Newton N. Minow | January 17, 1926 | FCC chairman (1961–1963) | US Army | United States |
Maria Mirecka-Loryś | February 7, 1916 | Lawyer, journalist | Home Army | Poland |
John Matthew Mitchell | March 22, 1925 | Charity worker | Royal Navy | United Kingdom |
Hiroshi H. Miyamura | October 6, 1925 | Medal of Honor recipient | US Army | United States |
Sanford K. Moats | December 4, 1921 | General | US Army Air Forces | United States |
David O. Moberg | February 13, 1922 | Sociologist | US Army | United States |
Hans Modrow | January 27, 1928 | Prime Minister of East Germany | Heer | Germany |
Gerhard Moehring | March 28, 1921 | Educationist | Heer | Germany |
Gwen Moffat | July 3, 1924 | Climber, writer | Auxiliary Territorial Service | United Kingdom |
Jürgen Moltmann | April 8, 1926 | Protestant theologian | Wehrmacht | Germany |
William Moncrief | March 27, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Henry Moore | November 2, 1923 | Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf | British Army
British Indian Army |
United Kingdom
British India |
Bobby Morgan | June 29, 1926 | Baseball player | US Army | United States |
Shigehiro Mori | January 7, 1928 | 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 | Philosopher & sociologist | French Resistance | Free France |
Joseph Wilson Morris | April 28, 1922 | Lawyer & federal judge | US Naval Reserve | United States |
Addold Mossin | December 12, 1919 | Neopagan priest | Finnish Army | Finland |
Ben R. Mottelson | July 9, 1926 | Physicist | US Navy | United States |
Georg Müller | October 1, 1930 | Mineralogist | Hitlerjugend | Germany |
Henry J. Muller | April 7, 1917 | General | US Army | United States |
Charlie Munger | January 1, 1924 | Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway | US Army Air Corps | United States |
Sumio Murai | February 1925 (age 96) | 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 | Japanese Prime Minister | Imperial Japanese Army | Japan |
David H. Murdock | April 11, 1923 | Billionaire & businessman | US Army | United States |
Austin Murphy | June 17, 1927 | Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania | US Marine Corps | United States |
Thomas Murphy | May 31, 1925 | Broadcasting executive | US Navy | United States |
Tony Murray | February 8, 1920 | Businessman, billionaire | Free French Army
Royal Air Force |
Free France
United Kingdom |
David Musuguri | January 4, 1920 | Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988) | British Army | United Kingdom |
Gordon Mydland | May 12, 1922 | 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 98) | 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 | 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 97) | Writer | Red Army | Soviet Union |
O
7 veterans
Veteran | Birth | Notability | Service | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|
René de Obaldia | October 22, 1918 (age 103) | 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 96) | Sushi Chef | Japanese Imperial Army | Japan |
David Oreck | September 17, 1923 (age 98) | Entrepreneur | US Army Air Forces | United States |
Edward Ormondroyd | October 8, 1925 (age 96) | 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 | 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
25 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 |
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 |
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 |
S
60 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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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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
27 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 | |
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 |
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 |
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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 |