List of notable surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945). A total of 137 veterans are listed.

A

6 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Valdas Adamkus	November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania	98 years, 252 days
Lee Adams	August 14, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	100 years, 333 days
Marshall Allen	May 25, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States	101 years, 49 days
Ray Anthony	January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	US Navy	United States	103 years, 174 days
George Ariyoshi	March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)	US Army	United States	99 years, 123 days
Stanisław Aronson	May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland	100 years, 68 days

B

15 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Vincent Ball	December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	101 years, 221 days
Karlheinz Bauer	April 24, 1928	Former head of Bauer Group	Heer	Germany	97 years, 80 days
William J. Bauer	September 15, 1926	Federal judge	US Army	United States	98 years, 301 days
V. J. Bella	July 29, 1927	American politician	US Marine Corps	United States	97 years, 349 days
Alan Bergman	September 11, 1925	Songwriter	US Army	United States	99 years, 305 days
Walter Bingham	January 5, 1924	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom	101 years, 189 days
Harry Blank	May 24, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada	100 years, 50 days
Daoud Bokhary	January 15, 1920	Businessman	British Indian Army	British India	105 years, 179 days
Jacques Borker	September 29, 1922	Artist	French Resistance	Free France	102 years, 287 days
Hugo Broch	January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany	103 years, 188 days
Mel Brooks	June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	US Army, Battle of the Bulge	United States	99 years, 15 days
Stephen Brown	October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom	100 years, 283 days
Walt Brown	July 28, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States	98 years, 350 days
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom	101 years, 146 days
Arthur E. Bryson	October 7, 1925	Control theorist	US Navy	United States	99 years, 279 days

C

6 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Patrick Skene Catling	February 14, 1925	Journalist, author	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	100 years, 149 days
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	April 25, 1925	Businessman, trade unionist, tax official	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	100 years, 79 days
Ena Collymore-Woodstock	September 10, 1917	Solicitor, magistrate	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	107 years, 306 days
Tom Copeland	April 17, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	101 years, 87 days
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	September 29, 1925	Federal judge	US Army	United States	99 years, 287 days
John Cruickshank	May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	British Army Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	105 years, 54 days

D

7 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Louis Danziger	November 17, 1923	Graphic designer, professor	US Army	United States	101 years, 238 days
Klaus von Dohnanyi	June 23, 1928	Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg	Volkssturm	Germany	97 years, 20 days
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.	September 19, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States	100 years, 297 days
Karl-Heinz Drews	December 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm Wehrmacht	Germany	95 years, 203 days
Roy Drinkard	July 12, 1920	Businessman	US Marine Corps	United States	105 years, 1 day
Charles C. Droz	July 8, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States	101 years, 5 days
Patrick Duffy	June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom	105 years, 26 days

E

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Alfred Einwag	March 18, 1928	Lawyer	Heer	Germany	97 years, 117 days
Juan Ponce Enrile	February 14, 1924	Lawyer	Philippine Navy	Philippines	101 years, 149 days
Anthony Eyton	May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom	102 years, 57 days

F

7 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Josef-Gerhard Farkas	July 13, 1929	Hungariologist	Volkssturm	Germany	96 years, 0 days
Edward Field	June 7, 1924	Poet, author	US Army Air Forces	United States	101 years, 36 days
Sergio Flamigni	October 22, 1925	Politician, writer	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance	99 years, 264 days
James Clayton Flowers	December 25, 1915	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Forces	United States	109 years, 200 days
Wieland Förster	February 12, 1930	Painter, writer	Volkssturm	Germany	95 years, 151 days
J. Keith Fraser	February 18, 1922	Physical geographer	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom	103 years, 145 days
Russell Freeburg	March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	US Army	United States	102 years, 131 days

G

10 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Arnald Gabriel	May 31, 1925	Conductor of the US Air Force Band	US Army	United States	100 years, 43 days
Stanley Michael Gartler	June 9, 1923	Biologist, geneticist	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 34 days
Eddie Germano	November 15, 1924	Cartoonist	US Army	United States	100 years, 240 days
Roy Gibson	July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom	101 years, 9 days
I. Leo Glasser	April 6, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States	101 years, 98 days
René Henry Gracida	June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States	102 years, 34 days
Bill Grayden	August 5, 1920	Politician	Australian Army	Australia	104 years, 342 days
Bill Greason	September 3, 1924	Baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States	100 years, 313 days
Maurice R. Greenberg	May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	US Army	United States	100 years, 70 days
Frank J. Guarini	August 20, 1924	Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)	US Navy	United States	100 years, 327 days

H

10 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Jürgen Habermas	June 18, 1929	Philosopher; sociologist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany	96 years, 25 days
G. Homer Harding	December 7, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States	99 years, 218 days
George Hardy	June 8, 1925	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 35 days
Robert Harlow	November 19, 1923	Writer, academic	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	101 years, 236 days
Ted Hartley	November 6, 1924	Pilot, banker, actor, film producer	US Navy	United States	100 years, 249 days
Helmut Hauptmann	March 12, 1928	Writer	Heer	Germany	97 years, 123 days
Eric Heath	November 23, 1923	Artist	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand	101 years, 232 days
Józef Hen	November 8, 1923	Writer	Polish People's Army	Poland	101 years, 247 days
Werner Henninger	April 7, 1929	Admiral	Volkssturm	Germany	96 years, 97 days
Cyril Hilsum	May 17, 1925	Physicist, academic	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	100 years, 57 days

I

1 veteran

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Paul Ignatius	November 11, 1920	Government official	US Navy	United States	104 years, 244 days

J

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Stephen A. Jarislowsky	September 9, 1925	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States	99 years, 307 days
George Joseph	September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	US Army	United States	103 years, 305 days
George Judge	May 2, 1925	Professor, econometrician	US Army Air Forces	United States	100 years, 72 days

K

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Sydney Kentridge	November 5, 1922	Lawyer, judge	South African Army	South Africa	102 years, 250 days
Elisabeth Kirkby	January 26, 1921	Actress, writer, broadcaster	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	104 years, 168 days
Helma Kissner	December 23, 1923	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany	101 years, 202 days

L

9 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Horst Langes	December 2, 1928	Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany	96 years, 223 days
Jean Lee	July 26, 1924	Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division	Canada	100 years, 352 days
James Lees	February 14, 1924	Maritime expert, curator	Royal Navy British Merchant Navy	United Kingdom	101 years, 149 days
Marv Levy	August 3, 1925	Football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States	99 years, 344 days
Guenter Lewy	August 22, 1923	Author, professor	British Army	United Kingdom	101 years, 325 days
Nina Lobkovskaya	March 8, 1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union	100 years, 127 days
Ernst Löschner	June 20, 1929	Conductor	Wehrmacht	Germany	96 years, 23 days
Dick Lucas	September 10, 1925	Anglican minister	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	99 years, 306 days
Bernt H. Lund	August 14, 1924	Civil servant, diplomat, politician	Norwegian resistance movement	Norway	100 years, 333 days

M

19 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Ray Marshall	August 22, 1928	US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)	US Navy	United States	96 years, 325 days
Gordon Eugene Martin	August 22, 1925	Physicist, author	US Navy	United States	99 years, 325 days
Ivan Martynushkin	January 18, 1924	Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp	Red Army	Soviet Union	101 years, 176 days
Anthony Mason	April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	100 years, 83 days
Miloslav Masopust	September 26, 1924	General	1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR	Czechoslovakia	100 years, 290 days
Robert D. Maurer	July 20, 1924	Physicist	US Army	United States	100 years, 358 days
Francis Terry McNamara	November 2, 1927	Diplomat	US Navy	United States	97 years, 253 days
Kirke Mechem	August 16, 1925	Composer	US Army	United States	99 years, 331 days
Harald Metzkes	January 23, 1929	Painter	Heer	Germany	96 years, 171 days
J. William Middendorf	September 22, 1924	Diplomat, politician	US Navy	United States	100 years, 294 days
Jim Miller	May 30, 1919	Australian rules football player	Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force	Australia	106 years, 44 days
John H. Miller	April 16, 1925	General	US Marine Corps	United States	100 years, 88 days
Gwen Moffat	July 3, 1924	Climber, writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom	101 years, 10 days
Henry Moore	November 2, 1923	Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf	British Army British Indian Army	United Kingdom British India	101 years, 253 days
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	97 years, 187 days
Edgar Morin	July 8, 1921	Philosopher, sociologist	French Resistance	Free France	104 years, 5 days
Georg Müller	October 1, 1930	Mineralogist	Hitlerjugend	Germany	94 years, 285 days
Sumio Murai	February 24, 1925	General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan	100 years, 139 days
Tomiichi Murayama	March 3, 1924	Japanese Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan	101 years, 132 days

N

2 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Joe Negri	June 10, 1926	Musician, educator	US Army	United States	99 years, 33 days
George Nigh	June 9, 1927	Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)	US Navy	United States	98 years, 34 days

O

3 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Jiro Ono	October 27, 1925	Sushi Chef	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan	99 years, 259 days
Edward Ormondroyd	October 8, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States	99 years, 278 days
Donald Owens	September 12, 1926	General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene	US Army	United States	98 years, 304 days

P

2 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Johnny Pate	December 5, 1923	Bass player, arranger	US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States	101 years, 220 days
John Peoples	August 26, 1926	President of Jackson State University	US Marine Corps	United States	98 years, 321 days

R

5 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Fred Risser	May 5, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States	98 years, 69 days
John Roberts	April 4, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom	101 years, 100 days
Arthur Rock	August 19, 1926	Businessman, investor	US Army	United States	98 years, 328 days
Richard Rohmer	January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada	101 years, 170 days
Philip Ruppe	September 29, 1926	United States Congressman	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States	98 years, 287 days

S

14 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Howard F. Sachs	September 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States	99 years, 303 days
Walter Franz Schleser	October 25, 1930	Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten	Volkssturm	Germany	94 years, 261 days
Wolfgang Schumann	June 5, 1929	Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany	96 years, 38 days
Sen Sōshitsu XV	April 19, 1923	Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan	102 years, 85 days
Ralph Senensky	May 1, 1923	TV director, writer	US Army	United States	102 years, 73 days
Doc Severinsen	July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	US Army	United States	98 years, 6 days
Bobby Shantz	September 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States	99 years, 290 days
Charles Norman Shay	June 27, 1924	Penobscot tribal elder, writer	US Army	United States	101 years, 16 days
Robert G. Shulman	March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	US Navy	United States	101 years, 132 days
Władysław Siemaszko	June 8, 1919	Author, Lawyer	Home Army	Poland	106 years, 35 days
Edward H. Sims	May 29, 1923	Author	US Army Air Forces	United States	102 years, 45 days
Richard T. Spooner	September 10, 1926	Author	US Marine Corps	United States	98 years, 306 days
Irena Stankiewicz	February 28, 1925	Graphic artist	Home Army	Poland	100 years, 135 days
Heinz Stöcker	January 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm	Germany	96 years, 172 days

T

2 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Dan Tolkowsky	January 17, 1921	Commander of the Israeli Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom	104 years, 177 days
James Wesley Turpin	December 18, 1927	Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist	US Navy	United States	97 years, 207 days

V

2 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Dick Van Dyke	December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	US Army Air Corps	United States	99 years, 212 days
Thomas Franklin Vaughns	July 7, 1920	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Force	United States	105 years, 6 days

W

6 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Joe Wallach	September 10, 1923	Businessman	US Army	United States	101 years, 306 days
William H. Webster	March 6, 1924	3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council	US Navy	United States	101 years, 129 days
G. William Whitehurst	March 12, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States	100 years, 123 days
Louis Witten	April 13, 1921	Theoretical physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States	104 years, 91 days
Woody Woodbury	February 9, 1924	Comedian, actor	US Marine Corps	United States	101 years, 154 days
Oscar Wyatt	July 11, 1924	Businessman	US Army Air Corps	United States	101 years, 2 days

Z

2 veterans

Veteran	Born	Notability	Service	Country	Age
Franklin B. Zimmerman	June 20, 1923	Musicologist, conductor	US Army	United States	102 years, 23 days
Leszek Żukowski	February 11, 1929	President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland	96 years, 152 days