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 383 veterans are listed.

A

15 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Abdullah CD	(1923-10-02) October 2, 1923	Chairman and General Secretary of the Communist Party of Malaya	Malayan Peoples' Anti-Japanese Army	Federated Malay States
S. Daniel Abraham	(1924-08-15) August 15, 1924	Businessman, philanthropist	US Army	United States
Valdas Adamkus	(1926-11-03) November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania
Lee Adams	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States
Hans Albert	(1921-02-08) February 8, 1921	Philosopher	Heer	Germany
Marshall Allen	(1924-05-25) May 25, 1924	Musician	US Army	United States
Wolfgang Altenburg	(1928-06-24) June 24, 1928	General	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Walter Althammer	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Politician	Heer	Germany
Aksel Andersen	1924/1925 (age 96–97)	Accused of War Crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany
Bud Anderson	(1922-01-13) January 13, 1922	Fighter pilot	US Army Air Forces	United States
Valérie André	(1922-04-21) April 21, 1922	General, neurosurgeon, aviator	French Resistance	Free France
Ray Anthony	(1922-01-20) January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	US Navy	United States
George Ariyoshi	(1926-03-12) March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986)	US Army	United States
Stanisław Aronson	(1925-05-06) May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
Austin Asche	(1925-11-28) November 28, 1925	Administrator of the Northern Territory, judge	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia

B

47 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Peter Badie	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Jazz bass guitarist	US Navy	United States
Dave Bailey	(1926-02-22) February 22, 1926	Musician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Walter Balderson	(1926-09-19) September 19, 1926	Television pioneer	US NavyThomas W. Horton deceased	United States
Vincent Ball	(1923-12-04) December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Bernhard Banaschewski	(1926-03-22) March 22, 1926	Mathematician	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Bob Barker	(1923-12-12) December 12, 1923	Game show host	US Navy	United States
Phil Batt	(1927-03-04) March 4, 1927	29th Governor of Idaho	US Army Air Forces	United States
Karlheinz Bauer	(1928-04-24) April 24, 1928	Former head of Bauer Group	Heer	Germany
William J. Bauer	(1926-09-15) September 15, 1926	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Julius W. Becton Jr.	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	American military officer, former FEMA director	US Army Air Corps	United States
Harry Belafonte	(1927-03-01) March 1, 1927	American singer	US Navy	United States
V. J. Bella	(1927-07-29) July 29, 1927	American politician	US Marine Corps	United States
Pope Benedict XVI	(1927-04-16) April 16, 1927	Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Tony Bennett	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	Singer	US Army	United States
Paul Berg	(1926-06-30) June 30, 1926	Chemist	US Navy	United States
Alan Bergman	(1925-09-11) September 11, 1925	Songwriter	US Army	United States
Rasammah Bhupalan	(1927-05-01) May 1, 1927	Social activist	Indian National Army	Azad Hind
Walter Bingham	1924 (age 97–98)	Journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Benjamin B. Blackburn	(1927-02-14) February 14, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Robert J. Blackwell	(1925-02-26) February 26, 1925	Government official	US Navy	United States
Eric Blackwood	(1921-12-07) December 7, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom
Harry Blank	(1925-05-24) May 24, 1925	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Hans Blum	(1928-05-23) May 23, 1928	Singer and Songwriter (Henry Valentino)	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Ronald Blythe	(1922-11-06) November 6, 1922	Author	British Army	United Kingdom
Emil Boček	(1923-02-25) February 25, 1923	Last surviving Czech RAF Pilot	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Daoud Bokhary	(1920-01-15) January 15, 1920	Businessman	British Indian Army	British India
Dave Bolen	(1923-12-23) December 23, 1923	Olympic runner and ambassador	US Army Air Forces	United States
Jacques Borker	(1922-09-29) September 29, 1922	Artist	French Resistance	Free France
Robert William Bradford	(1923-12-17) December 17, 1923	Artist	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Lewis M. Branscomb	(1926-08-17) August 17, 1926	Scientist	US Navy	United States
Denis Brian	(1923-12-11) December 11, 1923	Journalist, author	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugo Broch	(1922-01-06) January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Victor Brombert	(1923-11-11) November 11, 1923	Professor	US Army	United States
Mel Brooks	(1926-06-28) June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	US Army, Battle of the Bulge	United States
Geoff Brown	(1924-04-04) April 4, 1924	Tennis player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Mervyn Brown	(1923-09-24) September 24, 1923	Diplomat, historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Stephen Brown	(1924-10-03) October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Walt Brown	(1926-07-28) July 28, 1926	Politician	US Navy	United States
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin	(1924-02-17) February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Michael Brudenell-Bruce, 8th Marquess of Ailesbury	(1926-03-31) March 31, 1926	British peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom
Arthur E. Bryson	(1925-10-07) October 7, 1925	Control theorist	US Navy	United States
James L. Buckley	(1923-03-09) March 9, 1923	Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)	US Navy	United States
Veljko Bulajić	(1928-03-22) March 22, 1928	Film director	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Jack Burke Jr.	(1923-01-29) January 29, 1923	PGA professional golfer	US Marine Corps	United States
Peter Burns	1924 (age 97–98)	Architect	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Charles Burrell	(1920-10-04) October 4, 1920	Musician	US Navy	United States
Julian J. Bussgang	(1925-03-26) March 26, 1925	Mathematician, author	Polish Armed Forces in the West British Army	Poland United Kingdom

C

20 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Lou Carnesecca	(1925-01-05) January 5, 1925	Basketball coach	US Coast Guard	United States
Gerard Caris	(1925-03-20) March 20, 1925	Artist	US Marine Corps	United States
Jimmy Carter	(1924-10-01) October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	US Navy	United States
Jean-Gabriel Castel	(1925-06-21) June 21, 1925	Law professor	French Resistance	Free France
Patrick Skene Catling	(1925-02-14) February 14, 1925	Journalist, author	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Nadia Cattouse	(1924-11-02) November 2, 1924	Actress, singer, songwriter	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Friedrich Cerha	(1926-02-17) February 17, 1926	Composer	Luftwaffe	Germany
Robert A. Chase	(1923-01-06) January 6, 1923	Surgeon, professor	US Army	United States
Tony Christopher, Baron Christopher	(1925-04-25) April 25, 1925	Businessman, trade unionist, tax official	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John B. Cobb	(1925-02-09) February 9, 1925	Theologian, philosopher, environmentalist	US Army	United States
Marthe Cohn	(1920-04-13) April 13, 1920	Author, spy	French Army	France
Ena Collymore-Woodstock	(1917-09-10) September 10, 1917	Solicitor, magistrate	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Leon Comber	(1921-09-20) September 20, 1921	Author	British Indian Army	British India
Harry Connick Sr.	(1926-03-27) March 27, 1926	Attorney	US Navy	United States
Jerome Coopersmith	(1925-08-11) August 11, 1925	Dramatist	US Army	United States
Tom Copeland	(1924-04-17) April 17, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States
John Thomas Copenhaver Jr.	(1925-09-29) September 29, 1925	Federal judge	US Army	United States
Roger Corman	(1926-04-05) April 5, 1926	Filmmaker, actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
John Cruickshank	(1920-05-20) May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	British Army Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Iris Cummings	(1920-12-21) December 21, 1920	Olympic swimmer, Aviator	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States

D

16 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Phyllis Dalton	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925	Costume designer	Women's Royal Naval Service	United States
Ernest L. Daman	(1923-03-14) March 14, 1923	Mechanical engineer, businessman, inventor	US Army	United States
Louis Danziger	(1923-11-17) November 17, 1923	Graphic designer, professor	US Army	United States
Bob Dawson	(1921-01-03) January 3, 1921	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Gene Derricotte	(1926-06-14) June 14, 1926	American football player, Tuskegee Airmen	US Army	United States
Klaus von Dohnanyi	(1928-06-23) June 23, 1928	Politician, First Mayor of Hamburg	Volkssturm	Germany
Charles Dolan	(1926-10-16) October 16, 1926	Businessman, Philanthropist	US Army Air Force	United States
Lou Donaldson	(1926-11-01) November 1, 1926	Musician	US Navy	United States
William I. Donnermeyer Sr.	(1924-09-19) September 19, 1924	Politician	US Navy	United States
Bruce L. Douglas	(1925-07-14) July 14, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
Karl-Heinz Drews	(1929-12-22) December 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm Wehrmacht	Germany
Roy Drinkard	(1920-07-12) July 12, 1920	Businessman	US Marine Corps	United States
Charles C. Droz	(1924-07-08) July 8, 1924	Politician	US Army	United States
Patrick Duffy	(1920-06-17) June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom
Roland Dumas	(1922-08-23) August 23, 1922	Politician, lawyer	French Resistance	Free France
Winfield Dunn	(1927-07-01) July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	US Navy	United States

E

7 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Eberhard Eimler	(1930-11-30) November 30, 1930	General	Volkssturm	Germany
Alfred Einwag	(1928-03-18) March 18, 1928	Lawyer	Heer	Germany
Billy Emerson	(1925-12-21) December 21, 1925	Singer, songwriter	US Navy	United States
Juan Ponce Enrile	(1924-02-14) February 14, 1924	Lawyer	Philippine Navy	Philippines
Carl Erskine	(1926-12-13) December 13, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Daniel J. Evans	(1925-10-16) October 16, 1925	Politician; 16th Governor of Washington (1965–1977)	US Navy	United States
Anthony Eyton	(1923-05-17) May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army	United Kingdom

F

18 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Josef-Gerhard Farkas	(1929-07-13) July 13, 1929	Hungariologist	Volkssturm	Germany
Ben Ferencz	(1920-03-11) March 11, 1920	Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials	US Army	United States
David Ferry	(1924-03-05) March 5, 1924	Poet, professor	US Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Field	(1924-06-07) June 7, 1924	Poet, author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Field	(1923-03-30) March 30, 1923	Meteorologist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Nathaniel Fiennes, 21st Baron Saye and Sele	(1920-09-22) September 22, 1920	British hereditary peer, businessman	British Army	United Kingdom
Heinrich Fischler Graf von Treuberg	(1919-05-09) May 9, 1919	General	Heer	Germany
Leonard Everett Fisher	(1924-06-24) June 24, 1924	Children's writer, illustrator	US Army	United States
Sergio Flamigni	(1925-10-22) October 22, 1925	Politician, writer	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Samuel C. Florman	(1925-01-19) January 19, 1925	Civil engineer, author	US Navy	United States
James Clayton Flowers	(1915-12-25) December 25, 1915	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Loretta Ford	(1920-12-28) December 28, 1920	Nurse, Academic	US Army Air Forces	United States
Wieland Förster	(1930-02-12) February 12, 1930	Painter, writer	Volkssturm	Germany
John S. Foster Jr.	(1922-09-18) September 18, 1922	Physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Paul Fox	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Television executive	British Army	United Kingdom
J. Keith Fraser	(1922-02-18) February 18, 1922	Physical geographer	Royal Canadian Air Force Royal Air Force	Canada United Kingdom
Russell Freeburg	(1923-03-04) March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	US Army	United States
Daniel Fuller	(1925-08-28) August 28, 1925	Theologian	US Navy	United States

G

24 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Arnald Gabriel	(1925-05-31) May 31, 1925	Conductor of the US Air Force Band	US Army	United States
Samuel Rhea Gammon III	(1924-01-22) January 22, 1924	Ambassador	US Army	United States
Bernard Garfield	(1924-05-27) May 27, 1924	Bassoonist	US Army	United States
Stanley Michael Gartler	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Biologist, geneticist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Philippe de Gaulle	(1921-12-28) December 28, 1921	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	Free French Naval Forces	Free France
Léon Gautier	(1922-10-27) October 27, 1922	Legion of Honour recipient, last living member of Commando Kieffer	Free French Naval Forces	Free France
Eddie Germano	(1924-11-15) November 15, 1924	Cartoonist	US Army	United States
Roy Gibson	(1924-07-04) July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
I. Leo Glasser	(1924-04-06) April 6, 1924	Judge	US Army	United States
Howard Golden	1925 (age 96–97)	Politician	US Navy	United States
John B. Goodenough	(1922-07-25) July 25, 1922	Physicist, 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry	US Army	United States
Alfred Goodwin	(1923-06-29) June 29, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)	US Army	United States
Bert I. Gordon	(1922-09-24) September 24, 1922	Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants	US Army Air Corps	United States
René Henry Gracida	(1923-06-09) June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States
Friedrich Grade	(1916-03-29) March 29, 1916	Engineer and naval officer	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Bud Grant	(1927-05-20) May 20, 1927	Athlete	US Navy	United States
Bill Grayden	(1920-08-05) August 5, 1920	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Bill Greason	(1924-09-03) September 3, 1924	Baseball player	US Marine Corps	United States
Peter Green	(1924-12-22) December 22, 1924	Historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Russell H. Greenan	(1925-09-17) September 17, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States
Maurice R. Greenberg	(1925-05-04) May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	US Army	United States
Shecky Greene	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Comedian	US Navy	United States
Stu Griffing	(1926-11-09) November 9, 1926	Olympic rower	US Army	United States
Frank Joseph Guarini	(1924-08-20) August 20, 1924	Politician; New Jersey Representative (1979–1990)	US Navy	United States

H

24 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Jürgen Habermas	(1929-06-18) June 18, 1929	Philosopher; sociologist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Walter Hanel	(1930-09-14) September 14, 1930	Political caricaturist	Volkssturm	Germany
G. Homer Harding	(1925-12-07) December 7, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
George Hardy	(1925-06-08) June 8, 1925	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Harlow	(1923-11-19) November 19, 1923	Writer, academic	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Sheldon Harnick	(1924-04-30) April 30, 1924	Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof)	US Army	United States
Ted Hartley	(1924-11-06) November 6, 1924	Pilot, banker, actor, film producer	US Navy	United States
Chris Haughey	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Helmut Hauptmann	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Writer	Heer	Germany
Bill Hayes	(1925-06-05) June 5, 1925	Actor	US Naval Air Corps	United States
Eric Heath	(1923-11-28) November 28, 1923	Artist	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
Robert Hébras	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor	French Resistance	Free France
John Hemingway	(1919-07-17) July 17, 1919	Pilot, last surviving member of "The Few" from the Battle of Britain	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Józef Hen	(1923-11-08) November 8, 1923	Writer	Polish People's Army	Poland
James Hennessy	(1923-09-26) September 26, 1923	Diplomat, prison official	British Army	United Kingdom
Werner Henninger	(1929-04-07) April 7, 1929	Admiral	Volkssturm	Germany
Laurin L. Henry	(1921-05-23) May 23, 1921	Researcher	US Navy	United States
Elwood Hillis	(1926-03-06) March 6, 1926	Indiana congressman (1971–1987)	US Army	United States
Cyril Hilsum	(1925-05-17) May 17, 1925	Physicist, academic	Royal Navy	United Kingdom}
Stuart Hodes	(1924-11-27) November 27, 1924	Dancer, choreographer, writer	US Army Air Corps	United States
Earl Holliman	(1928-09-11) September 11, 1928	Actor	US Navy	United States
Tom Hughes	(1923-11-26) November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Evan Hultman	(1925-07-15) July 15, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Harold Hyman	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	American Civil War historian	US Marine Corps	United States

I

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Ignatius	(1920-11-11) November 11, 1920	Government official	US Navy	United States

J

10 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Al Jaffee	(1921-03-13) March 13, 1921	Cartoonist	United States Armed Forces	United States
Stephen A. Jarislowsky	(1925-09-09) September 9, 1925	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States
Karl Jetter	(1929-06-02) June 2, 1929	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Norman Jewison	(1926-07-21) July 21, 1926	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
David Johnson	(1926-08-03) August 3, 1926	Photographer	US Navy	United States
Johnny Johnson	(1921-11-25) November 25, 1921	Last surviving British member of the Dambuster Raids	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Dub Jones	(1924-12-29) December 29, 1924	American football player	US Navy	United States
Lawrence W. Jones	1925 (age 96–97)	Physicist, professor	US Army	United States
George Joseph	(1921-09-11) September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	US Army	United States
George Judge	(1925-05-02) May 2, 1925	Professor, econometrician	US Army Air Forces	United States

K

9 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bernard Kalb	(1922-02-04) February 4, 1922	Journalist	US Army	United States
Adolfo Kaminsky	(1925-10-01) October 1, 1925	French resistance fighter, Forged documents that helped save 14,000 Jews from Holocaust	French Resistance French Army	Free France
Sydney Kentridge	(1922-11-05) November 5, 1922	Lawyer, judge	South African Army	South Africa
Elisabeth Kirkby	(1921-01-26) January 26, 1921	Actress, writer, broadcaster	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Henry Kissinger	(1923-05-27) May 27, 1923	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), Nobel Peace Prize recipient	US Army	United States
Helma Kissner	(1923-12-23) December 23, 1923	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany
Kazimierz Klimczak	(1914-02-15) February 15, 1914	Colonel, Oldest surviving participant of Warsaw Uprising	Polish Army Home Army	Poland
Ted Knap	(1920-05-19) May 19, 1920	Journalist	US Army	United States
Werner Krolikowski	(1928-03-12) March 12, 1928	Politician	Kriegsmarine	Germany

L

16 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Traute Lafrenz	(1919-05-03) May 3, 1919	Member of the White Rose	German resistance	Germany
Horst Langes	(1928-12-02) December 2, 1928	Member of state parliament of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Phyllis Latour	(1921-04-08) April 8, 1921	Legion of Honour recipient, member of the Special Operations Executive	Women's Auxiliary Air Force Special Operations Executive French Resistance	United Kingdom Free France
Peter Lax	(1926-05-01) May 1, 1926	Mathematician	US Navy	United States
Norman Lear	(1922-07-27) July 27, 1922	Film and television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	US Army Air Forces	United States
Jean Lee	(1924-07-26) July 26, 1924	Only woman of Chinese-Canadian descent to serve in RCAF	Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division	Canada
James Lees	(1924-02-14) February 14, 1924	Maritime expert, curator	Royal Navy British Merchant Navy	United Kingdom
Ted Lerner	(1925-10-15) October 15, 1925	Real estate developer, principal owner of the Washington Nationals	US Army	United States
Marv Levy	(1925-08-03) August 3, 1925	Football coach	US Army Air Corps	United States
Guenter Lewy	(1923-08-22) August 22, 1923	Author, professor	British Army	United Kingdom
Nina Lobkovskaya	(1925-03-08) March 8, 1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Ernst Löschner	(1929-06-20) June 20, 1929	Conductor	Wehrmacht	Germany
Dick Lucas	(1925-09-10) September 10, 1925	Anglican minister	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	(1922-03-01) March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	US Navy	United States
Johnny Lujack	(1925-01-04) January 4, 1925	Football player	US Navy	United States
Bernt H. Lund	(1924-08-14) August 14, 1924	Civil servant, diplomat, politician	Norwegian resistance movement	Norway

M

48 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Josip Manolić	(1920-03-22) March 22, 1920	Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia
Steve Marsh	(1924-09-12) September 12, 1924	Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Peter Marshall	(1926-03-30) March 30, 1926	TV personality, actor	US Army	United States
Ray Marshall	(1928-08-22) August 22, 1928	US Secretary of Labor (1977-1981)	US Navy	United States
Gordon Eugene Martin	(1925-08-22) August 22, 1925	Physicist, author	US Navy	United States
Angel Martín Taboas	(1918-06-18) June 18, 1918	Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of Puerto Rico	US Armed Forces	United States
Ivan Martynushkin	(1923-12-23) December 23, 1923	Last surviving liberator of the Auschwitz concentration camp	Red Army	Soviet Union
Anthony Mason	(1925-04-21) April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Miloslav Masopust	(1924-09-26) September 26, 1924	General	1st Czechoslovak Army Corps in the USSR	Czechoslovakia
Joseph Matarazzo	(1925-11-12) November 12, 1925	Psychologist	US Navy	United States
Robert D. Maurer	(1924-07-20) July 20, 1924	Physicist	US Army	United States
Charlie Maxwell	(1927-04-08) April 8, 1927	Baseball Player	US Army	United States
Otto Mayrhofer	(1920-11-02) November 2, 1920	Anaesthetist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow	(1921-03-20) March 20, 1921	Director-general of UNESCO (1974–1987)	French Army Free French Army French Air Force	France Free France
Robert McGinnis	(1926-02-03) February 3, 1926	Artist, illustrator	US Merchant Marine	United States
Art McNally	(1925-07-01) July 1, 1925	American football referee	US Marine Corps	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	(1927-11-02) November 2, 1927	Diplomat	US Navy	United States
Henry R. McPhee Jr.	(1925-01-11) January 11, 1925	Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower	US Navy	United States
Kirke Mechem	(1925-08-16) August 16, 1925	Composer	US Army	United States
Hellmut Mehnert	(1928-02-22) February 22, 1928	Physician, professor	Volkssturm	Germany
Bill Mercer	(1926-02-13) February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, author	US Navy	United States
Manfred Messerschmidt	(1926-10-01) October 1, 1926	Historian	Luftwaffe	Germany
Harald Metzkes	(1929-01-23) January 23, 1929	Painter	Heer	Germany
Ed Mickelson	(1926-09-09) September 9, 1926	Baseball player	US Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf	(1924-09-22) September 22, 1924	Diplomat, politician	US Navy	United States
Larry Miggins	(1925-08-20) August 20, 1925	Baseball player	US Merchant Marine	United States
Jim Miller	(1919-05-30) May 30, 1919	Australian rules football player	Australian Army Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
John H. Miller	(1925-04-16) April 16, 1925	General	US Marine Corps	United States
Newton N. Minow	(1926-01-17) January 17, 1926	FCC chairman (1961–1963)	US Army	United States
Sanford K. Moats	(1921-12-04) December 4, 1921	General	US Army Air Forces	United States
David O. Moberg	(1922-02-13) February 13, 1922	Sociologist	US Army	United States
Hans Modrow	(1928-01-27) January 27, 1928	Prime Minister of East Germany	Heer	Germany
Gerhard Moehring	(1921-03-28) March 28, 1921	Educationist	Heer	Germany
Gwen Moffat	(1924-07-03) July 3, 1924	Climber, writer	Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Jürgen Moltmann	(1926-04-08) April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany
Henry Moore	(1923-11-02) November 2, 1923	Bishop of Cyprus and The Gulf	British Army British Indian Army	United Kingdom British India
Bobby Morgan	(1926-06-29) June 29, 1926	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Shigehiro Mori	(1928-01-07) 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	(1921-07-08) July 8, 1921	Philosopher, sociologist	French Resistance	Free France
Addold Mossin	(1919-12-12) December 12, 1919	Neopagan priest	Finnish Army	Finland
Georg Müller	(1930-10-01) October 1, 1930	Mineralogist	Hitlerjugend	Germany
Charlie Munger	(1924-01-01) January 1, 1924	Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway	US Army Air Corps	United States
Sumio Murai	(1925-02-01) February 1, 1925	General; Chief of the Joint Staff of the JSDF (1983–1984), Chief of Staff, JGSDF (1981–1983)	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Tomiichi Murayama	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Japanese Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
David H. Murdock	(1923-04-11) April 11, 1923	Businessman, billionaire	US Army	United States
Austin Murphy	(1927-06-17) June 17, 1927	Member of U.S. House of Representatives from Pennsylvania	US Marine Corps	United States
Tony Murray	(1920-02-08) February 8, 1920	Businessman, billionaire	Free French Army Royal Air Force	Free France United Kingdom
David Musuguri	(1920-01-04) January 4, 1920	Chief of the Tanzania People's Defence Force(1980-1988)	British Army	United Kingdom

N

10 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bill Nankivell	(1923-09-07) September 7, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Giorgio Napolitano	(1925-06-29) June 29, 1925	11th President of Italy (2006–2015)	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Lucien Nedzi	(1925-05-28) May 28, 1925	Politician	US Army	United States
Joe Negri	(1926-06-10) June 10, 1926	Musician, educator	US Army	United States
Joan Neiman	(1920-09-09) September 9, 1920	Senator	Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)	Canada
Yakov Neishtadt	(1923-10-06) October 6, 1923	Chess player	Red Army	Soviet Union
Nerio Nesi	(1925-06-16) June 16, 1925	Politician, businessman, banker	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Frederick M. Nicholas	(1920-05-30) May 30, 1920	Lawyer	US Army	United States
George Nigh	(1927-06-09) June 9, 1927	Politician; 17th and 22nd governor of Oklahoma (1963, 1979–1987)	US Navy	United States
Peter L. Nissen	(1924-01-08) January 8, 1924	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway

O

6 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Makoto Ogawa	(1917-02-01) February 1, 1917	Pilot	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan
David Ogilvy, 13th Earl of Airlie	(1926-05-17) May 17, 1926	Scottish peer, Lord Chamberlain of the Household	British Army	United Kingdom
Jiro Ono	(1925-10-27) October 27, 1925	Sushi Chef	Japanese Imperial Army	Japan
David Oreck	(1923-09-17) September 17, 1923	Entrepreneur	US Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Ormondroyd	(1925-10-08) October 8, 1925	Author	US Navy	United States
Donald Owens	(1926-09-12) September 12, 1926	General Superintendent of the Church of the Nazarene	US Army	United States

P

11 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rudolph Pariser	(1923-12-08) December 8, 1923	Physicist, polymer chemist	US Army	United States
Victor Parsonnet	(1924-08-29) August 29, 1924	Surgeon	US Navy Reserve	United States
Johnny Pate	(1923-12-05) December 5, 1923	Bass player, arranger	US Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States
Philip Pearlstein	(1924-05-24) May 24, 1924	Modern Realist painter	US Army	United States
John Peoples	(1926-08-26) August 26, 1926	President of Jackson State University	US Marine Corps	United States
Solomon Perel	(1925-04-21) April 21, 1925	Holocaust survivor, author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Jack Petchey	(1925-07-19) July 19, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Helmut Peters	(1930-07-23) July 23, 1930	Sinologist, Marxist	Volkssturm	Germany
Wanda Półtawska	(1921-11-02) November 2, 1921	Subject of medical experiments in Ravensbrück concentration camp, author	Polish Resistance	Poland
Aris Poulianos	(1924-07-24) July 24, 1924	Anthropologist, archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army	Greece
Ralph Puckett	(1926-12-08) December 8, 1926	Medal of Honor recipient	US Army Reserve	United States

Q

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Al Quie	(1923-09-18) September 18, 1923	Governor of Minnesota (1979–1983)	US Navy	United States

R

16 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Helmut Rasbol	1925 (age 96–97)	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Wehrmacht	Germany
Arthur Ravenel Jr.	(1927-03-29) March 29, 1927	Politician	US Marine Corps	United States
Dennis V. Razis	(1923-05-30) May 30, 1923	Oncologist	Greek Resistance	Greece
Vasily Reshetnikov	(1919-12-23) December 23, 1919	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force	Soviet Air Forces	Soviet Union
Madeleine Riffaud	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, war correspondent	French Resistance	Free France
Basil Rigg	(1926-08-12) August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Fred Risser	(1927-05-05) May 5, 1927	Politician	US Navy	United States
Edward L. Rissien	(1924-10-20) October 20, 1924	Film producer and executive	US Army Air Forces	United States
John Roberts	(1924-04-04) April 4, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Arthur Rock	(1926-08-19) August 19, 1926	Businessman, investor	US Army	United States
Maria Lisa Cinciari Rodano	(1921-01-21) January 21, 1921	Politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Alan Rogers	(1924-12-31) December 31, 1924	Football manager	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard Rohmer	(1924-01-24) January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Roy Roper	(1923-08-11) August 11, 1923	Rugby union player	Royal New Zealand Navy	New Zealand
Philip Ruppe	(1926-09-29) September 29, 1926	United States Congressman	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
William Russell	(1924-11-19) November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom

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41 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Howard F. Sachs	(1925-09-13) September 13, 1925	Judge	US Navy	United States
Agadadash Samedov	(1924-03-10) March 10, 1924	Order of Glory recipient	Red Army	Soviet Union
Sydney Samuelson	(1925-12-07) December 7, 1925	Film commissioner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Frank Saucier	(1926-05-28) May 28, 1926	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Norman Scarth	1925 (age 96–97)	Blogger, political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Art Schallock	(1924-04-25) April 25, 1924	Baseball player	US Navy	United States
Harold Zvi Schiffrin	(1922-09-26) September 26, 1922	Professor	US Army	United States
Rolf Schimpf	(1924-11-14) November 14, 1924	German television actor	Heer	Germany
Walter Franz Schleser	(1930-10-25) October 25, 1930	Representative of the Vereinigung Heimatvertriebener Deutscher Studenten	Volkssturm	Germany
Helmut Schlesinger	(1924-09-04) September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank	Heer	Germany
Friedrich-Wilhelm Schlomann	(1928-09-05) September 5, 1928	Journalist	Wehrmacht	Germany
Arnold Schulman	(1925-08-11) August 11, 1925	Writer	US Navy	United States
Harry D. Schultz	(1923-09-11) September 11, 1923	Financial adviser, author	US Army	United States
Wolfgang Schumann	(1929-06-05) June 5, 1929	Member of Landtag of Rhineland-Palatinate	Wehrmacht	Germany
Bernard L. Schwartz	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)	US Army Air Corps	United States
Ted Schwinden	(1925-08-31) August 31, 1925	Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)	US Army	United States
Simone Segouin	(1925-10-03) October 3, 1925	Resistance member	French Resistance	Free France
Bruno Segre	(1918-09-04) September 4, 1918	Journalist	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Sergio Camillo Segre	(1926-09-15) September 15, 1926	Politician, journalist	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Vic Seixas	(1923-08-30) August 30, 1923	Tennis player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Sen Sōshitsu XV	(1923-04-19) April 19, 1923	Hereditary master of the Urasenke chanoyu school	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Ralph Senensky	(1923-05-01) May 1, 1923	TV director, writer	US Army	United States
Doc Severinsen	(1927-07-07) July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	US Army	United States
Frank J. Shakespeare	(1925-04-09) April 9, 1925	Diplomat, president of CBS	US Navy	United States
Bobby Shantz	(1925-09-26) September 26, 1925	Baseball player	US Army	United States
Charles Norman Shay	(1924-06-27) June 27, 1924	Penobscot tribal elder, writer	US Army	United States
Jack Sheedy	(1926-09-28) September 28, 1926	Australian rules footballer	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Robert G. Shulman	(1924-03-03) March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	US Navy	United States
Władysław Siemaszko	(1919-06-08) June 8, 1919	Author, Lawyer	Home Army	Poland
Edward H. Sims	(1923-05-29) May 29, 1923	Author	US Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Solow	(1924-08-23) August 23, 1924	Economist	US Army	United States
Mihai Șora	(1916-11-07) November 7, 1916	Philosopher, writer	French Resistance	Free France
Bill Spence	(1923-04-20) April 20, 1923	Writer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Richard T. Spooner	(1926-09-10) September 10, 1926	Author	US Marine Corps	United States
Irena Stankiewicz	(1925-02-28) February 28, 1925	Graphic artist	Home Army	Poland
Colin Stannard	(1924-02-08) February 8, 1924	Archdeacon of Carlisle	British Army	United Kingdom
Willis H. Stephens	(1925-06-07) June 7, 1925	Politician	US Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Stern	(1922-01-14) January 14, 1922	Literary scholar	US Army	United States
Heinz Stöcker	(1929-01-22) January 22, 1929	General	Volkssturm	Germany
Fritz Streletz	(1926-09-28) September 28, 1926	General	Wehrmacht	Germany
Lyle Elmer Strom	(1925-01-06) January 6, 1925	Judge	US Naval Reserve	United States

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8 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sulev Tailo	(1920-12-02) December 2, 1920	Poet, artist	Finnish Army	Finland
Jiro Tanaka	(1917-01-16) January 16, 1917	Aircraft and automotive engineer	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Maurice Taylor	(1926-05-05) May 5, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
John Thorn	(1925-04-28) April 28, 1925	Headmaster, writer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Dan Tolkowsky	(1921-01-17) January 17, 1921	Commander of the Israeli Air Force	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Aldo Tortorella	(1926-07-10) July 10, 1926	Journalist, politician	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Krastyu Trichkov	(1923-04-12) April 12, 1923	Politician	Bulgarian Resistance	Bulgaria
James Wesley Turpin	(1927-12-18) December 18, 1927	Founder of Project Concern International, physician, activist	US Navy	United States

U

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	(1920-04-01) April 1, 1920	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, engineer	US Army	United States

V

5 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tony Vaccaro	(1922-12-20) December 20, 1922	Photographer	US Army	United States
Jaakko Valtanen	(1925-02-09) February 9, 1925	General	Finnish Defence Forces	Finland
Dick Van Dyke	(1925-12-13) December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	US Army Air Corps	United States
Enrico Vanzini	(1922-11-18) November 18, 1922	Holocaust survivor; last Italian sonderkommando	Royal Italian Army	Italy
Thomas Franklin Vaughns	(1920-07-07) July 7, 1920	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Force	United States

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19 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Angel Wagenstein	(1922-10-17) October 17, 1922	Film director, author	Bulgarian Resistance	Bulgaria
Herbert Wahler	(1921-12-10) December 10, 1921	Accused of war crimes by SWC	Einsatzgruppe	Germany
Joe Wallach	(1923-09-10) September 10, 1923	Businessman	US Army	United States
Martin Walser	(1927-03-24) March 24, 1927	Writer	Heer	Germany
Wan Haifeng	(1920-09-25) September 25, 1920	General	Red Army	Republic of China
Stan Waterman	(1923-04-05) April 5, 1923	Cinematographer	US Navy	United States
Josser Watling	(1925-05-11) May 11, 1925	Association football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William H. Webster	(1924-03-06) 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
Jimmy Weldon	(1923-09-23) September 23, 1923	Voice actor, ventriloquist	US Army Air Corps	United States
G. William Whitehurst	(1925-03-12) March 12, 1925	Politician	US Navy	United States
G. I. Williamson	(1925-05-19) May 19, 1925	Theologian, pastor, author	US Army	United States
Oscar Lawton Wilkerson	(1926-02-09) February 9, 1926	Pilot with the Tuskegee Airmen	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edwin Wilson	(1923-02-01) February 1, 1923	Professor	US Navy	United States
Charley Winner	(1924-07-02) July 2, 1924	Football player	US Army Air Forces	United States
Graham Winteringham	(1923-03-02) March 2, 1923	Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Louis Witten	(1921-04-13) April 13, 1921	Theoretical physicist	US Army Air Forces	United States
Woody Woodbury	(1924-02-09) February 9, 1924	Comedian, actor	US Marine Corps	United States
Francesca Laura Fabbri Wronowski	(1924-01-01) January 1, 1924	Partisan, Journalist	Italian Resistance	Italian Resistance
Oscar Wyatt	(1924-07-11) July 11, 1924	Businessman	US Army Air Corps	United States

X

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alex Xydias	(1922-03-22) March 22, 1922	Auto racing driver	US Army Air Forces	United States

Y

3 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Barbara Yeaman	(1924-12-16) December 16, 1924	Conservationist	Women Airforce Service Pilots	United States
Robert M. Young	(1924-11-22) November 22, 1924	Director, screenwriter, cinematographer, producer	US Navy	United States
Ihor Yukhnovskyi	(1925-09-01) September 1, 1925	Physicist, politician	Red Army	Soviet Union

Z

6 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rolf Zick	(1921-04-16) April 16, 1921	Journalist	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Heinz Zickler	(1920-03-25) March 25, 1920	Musician	Heer	Germany
Franklin B. Zimmerman	(1923-06-20) June 20, 1923	Musicologist, conductor	US Army	United States
Zou Jiahua	(1926-10-01) October 1, 1926	Politician	National Revolutionary Army	Republic of China
Leszek Żukowski	(1929-02-11) February 11, 1929	President of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland
Stanisław Żurakowski	(1920-07-24) July 24, 1920	Polish lieutenant colonel	Polish Army Anders' Army Polish Armed Forces in the West	Poland