List of last survivors of historical events

Pre-1700

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Aristodemus of Sparta	c.479 BC (c. 49)	Last Spartan of the Battle of Thermopylae Battle of Thermopylae The Battle of Thermopylae was fought between an alliance of Greek city-states, led by King Leonidas of Sparta, and the Persian Empire of Xerxes I over the course of three days, during the second Persian invasion of Greece. It took place simultaneously with the naval battle at Artemisium, in August...	August or September 480 BC
John the Apostle John the Apostle John the Apostle, John the Apostle, John the Apostle, (Aramaic Yoħanna, (c. 6 - c. 100) was one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus. He was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and brother of James, another of the Twelve Apostles...	c.100 AD (c.94)	Last Disciple and witness to the Crucifixion of Jesus Christ Crucifixion of Jesus The crucifixion of Jesus and his ensuing death is an event that occurred during the 1st century AD. Jesus, who Christians believe is the Son of God as well as the Messiah, was arrested, tried, and sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally executed on a cross...	c. 33 AD
Mary Allerton Mary Allerton Mary Allerton Cushman was the last surviving passenger of the Mayflower. She arrived at Plymouth on the Mayflower when she was about four years old and lived there her entire life; she died aged 83....		Last passenger of the Mayflower Mayflower The Mayflower was the ship that transported the English Separatists, better known as the Pilgrims, from a site near the Mayflower Steps in Plymouth, England, to Plymouth, Massachusetts, , in 1620...	September 6 to November 11, 1620
John Alden John Alden John Alden is said to be the first person from the Mayflower to set foot on Plymouth Rock in 1620. He was a ship-carpenter by trade and a cooper for Mayflower, which was usually docked at Southampton. He was also one of the founders of Plymouth Colony and the seventh signer of the Mayflower Compact...		Last living signer of the Mayflower Compact Mayflower Compact The Mayflower Compact was the first governing document of Plymouth Colony. It was written by the colonists, later together known to history as the Pilgrims, who crossed the Atlantic aboard the Mayflower...	November 11, 1620
Frederick Fraske Frederick Fraske Frederick W. Fraske was the last surviving veteran of the Indian Wars at the time of his death.-Biography:...		Last veteran of the American Indian Wars Indian Wars American Indian Wars is the name used in the United States to describe a series of conflicts between American settlers or the federal government and the native peoples of North America before and after the American Revolutionary War. The wars resulted from the arrival of European colonizers who...	1622 to 1923
Richard Bellingham Richard Bellingham Richard Bellingham was a colonial magistrate, lawyer, and several-time governor of the Massachusetts Bay Colony, and the last surviving signatory of the colonial charter at his death...		Last signer of the Massachusetts Colonial Charter Massachusetts Bay Colony The Massachusetts Bay Colony was an English settlement on the east coast of North America in the 17th century, in New England, situated around the present-day cities of Salem and Boston. The territory administered by the colony included much of present-day central New England, including portions...	1629

1700-1800

Name	Historical Event	Date of Event
William Greer	Last individual to live in the 1700s	January 1, 1700 to December 25, 1799
David Kinnison	Last participant of the Boston Tea party Boston Tea Party The Boston Tea Party was a direct action by colonists in Boston, a town in the British colony of Massachusetts, against the British government and the monopolistic East India Company that controlled all the tea imported into the colonies...	December 16, 1773
Paine Wingate Paine Wingate Paine Wingate was an American preacher, farmer, and statesman from Stratham, New Hampshire. He served New Hampshire in the Continental Congress and both the United States Senate and House of Representatives....	Last delegate of the Continental Congress Continental Congress The Continental Congress was a convention of delegates called together from the Thirteen Colonies that became the governing body of the United States during the American Revolution.... and last member of the First U.S Senate	1774 to 1789
Levi Preston	Last Concord veteran of the Battle of Lexington and Concord	April 19, 1775
Jonathan Harrington	Last Lexington veteran of the Battle of Lexington and Concord	April 19, 1775
Daniel F. Bakeman Daniel F. Bakeman Daniel Frederick Bakeman may have been the last surviving veteran of the War for American Independence . He is buried in Sandusky Cemetery, Freedom, New York....	Last veteran of the American Revolutionary War American Revolutionary War The American Revolutionary War , the American War of Independence, or simply the Revolutionary War, began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European great powers.The war was the result of the...	April 19, 1775 to September 3, 1783
Ralph Farnham	Last known survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill Battle of Bunker Hill The Battle of Bunker Hill took place on June 17, 1775, mostly on and around Breed's Hill, during the Siege of Boston early in the American Revolutionary War...	June 17, 1775
Charles Carroll Charles Carroll of Carrollton Charles Carroll of Carrollton was a wealthy Maryland planter and an early advocate of independence from Great Britain. He served as a delegate to the Continental Congress and later as United States Senator for Maryland...	Last signer of the Declaration of Independence Declaration of independence A declaration of independence is an assertion of the independence of an aspiring state or states. Such places are usually declared from part or all of the territory of another nation or failed nation, or are breakaway territories from within the larger state...	July 4, 1776
John Gray John Gray (American Revolutionary War) John Gray was one of the candidates for last surviving U.S. veteran of the American Revolutionary War. He was advertised as such by journalist James Dazell and as of 1876 was believed by the Pension Office of the U.S...	Last veteran of the Battle of Yorktown	September 28 to October 19, 1781
Nicolas Savin Nicolas Savin Jean-Baptiste Nicolas Savin was a French soldier and supercentenarian. He was the last survivor of the French Revolutionary Wars of 1792-1802 and the last French officer of the Napoleonic Wars.-Military career:...	Last veteran of the French Revolution French Revolution The French Revolution , sometimes distinguished as the 'Great French Revolution' , was a period of radical social and political upheaval in France and Europe. The absolute monarchy that had ruled France for centuries collapsed in three years... and the French Revolutionary Wars French Revolutionary Wars The French Revolutionary Wars were a series of major conflicts, from 1792 until 1802, fought between the French Revolutionary government and several European states...	1789 to 1799, 1792 to 1802
John Adams John Adams (mutineer) John Adams was the last survivor of the Bounty mutineers who settled on Pitcairn Island in January 1790, the year after the mutiny. His real name was John Adams; He used the name Alexander Smith until he was discovered in 1808 by Captain Mayhew Folger of the ship Topaz...	Last mutineer of the HMS Bounty Mutiny on the Bounty The mutiny on the Bounty was a mutiny that occurred aboard the British Royal Navy ship HMS Bounty on 28 April 1789, and has been commemorated by several books, films, and popular songs, many of which take considerable liberties with the facts. The mutiny was led by Fletcher Christian against the...	April 28, 1789

1800-1850

Name	Historical Event	Date of Event
Albert Gallatin Albert Gallatin Abraham Alfonse Albert Gallatin was a Swiss-American ethnologist, linguist, politician, diplomat, congressman, and the longest-serving United States Secretary of the Treasury. In 1831, he founded the University of the City of New York...	Last member of President Jefferson's Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson was the principal author of the United States Declaration of Independence and the Statute of Virginia for Religious Freedom , the third President of the United States and founder of the University of Virginia... Cabinet and last senator from the 18th century	March 4, 1801 to March 4, 1809
Vincent Markiewicz	Last veteran of the Napoleonic Wars Napoleonic Wars The Napoleonic Wars were a series of wars declared against Napoleon's French Empire by opposing coalitions that ran from 1803 to 1815. As a continuation of the wars sparked by the French Revolution of 1789, they revolutionised European armies and played out on an unprecedented scale, mainly due to...	1803 to 1815
Patrick Gass Patrick Gass Patrick Gass served as sergeant in the Lewis and Clark Expedition . He was important to the expedition because of his service as carpenter and he published the first journal of the expedition in 1807, seven years before the first publication based on Lewis and Clark's journals.-Early life:Gass...	Last member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition Lewis and Clark Expedition The Lewis and Clark Expedition, or ″Corps of Discovery Expedition" was the first transcontinental expedition to the Pacific Coast by the United States. Commissioned by President Thomas Jefferson and led by two Virginia-born veterans of Indian wars in the Ohio Valley, Meriwether Lewis and William...	May 14, 1804 to March 23, 1806
Pedro Antonio Martinez Zia	Last veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar Battle of Trafalgar The Battle of Trafalgar was a sea battle fought between the British Royal Navy and the combined fleets of the French Navy and Spanish Navy, during the War of the Third Coalition of the Napoleonic Wars ....	October 21, 1805
Hiram Cronk Hiram Cronk Hiram Cronk was the last surviving veteran of the War of 1812 at the time of his death.Born in Frankfort, New York, Cronk enlisted with his father and two brothers on August 4, 1814. He served with the New York Volunteers in the defense of Sackett's Harbor, and was discharged November 16, 1814....	Last veteran of the War of 1812 War of 1812 The War of 1812 was a military conflict fought between the forces of the United States of America and those of the British Empire. The Americans declared war in 1812 for several reasons, including trade restrictions because of Britain's ongoing war with France, impressment of American merchant...	June 18, 1812 to February 18, 1815
Elizabeth Watkins	Last surviving witness of the Battle of Waterloo Battle of Waterloo The Battle of Waterloo was fought on Sunday 18 June 1815 near Waterloo in present-day Belgium, then part of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands...	June 18, 1815
Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin	Last survivor of the Trail of Tears Trail of Tears The Trail of Tears is a name given to the forced relocation and movement of Native American nations from southeastern parts of the United States following the Indian Removal Act of 1830...	1830 to 1837
Yves Prigent	Last veteran of the Crimean War Crimean War The Crimean War was a conflict fought between the Russian Empire and an alliance of the French Empire, the British Empire, the Ottoman Empire, and the Kingdom of Sardinia. The war was part of a long-running contest between the major European powers for influence over territories of the declining...	October 1835 to February 1856
William Physick Zuber	Last veteran of the Texas Revolution Texas Revolution The Texas Revolution or Texas War of Independence was an armed conflict between Mexico and settlers in the Texas portion of the Mexican state Coahuila y Tejas. The war lasted from October 2, 1835 to April 21, 1836...	October 2, 1835 to April 25, 1836
Alijo Perez Jr	Last witness at the Battle of the Alamo Battle of the Alamo The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar . All but two of the Texian defenders were killed...	February 23 to March 6, 1836
William Carroll Crawford	Last signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence Texas Declaration of Independence The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of Texas from Mexico in the Texas Revolution. It was adopted at the Convention of 1836 at Washington-on-the-Brazos on March 2, 1836, and formally signed the following day after errors were noted in the...	March 2, 1836
Alfonso Steele Alfonso Steele Alfonso Steele was the last remaining survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto during the Texas Revolution.-Life:...	Last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto Battle of San Jacinto The Battle of San Jacinto, fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen...	April 21, 1836
Nelson Traux	Last survivor of the Battle of the Windmill Battle of the Windmill The Battle of the Windmill was a battle fought in November 1838 in the aftermath of the Upper Canada Rebellion. Loyalist forces of the Upper Canadian government defeated an invasion attempt by Hunter Patriot insurgents based in the United States.-Background:...	November 12 to 16, 1838
François X. Matthieu François X. Matthieu François X. Matthieu was a French Canadian settler of the Oregon Country who was one of the people involved in forming the provisional government of what would become the U.S. state of Oregon...	Last participant at the Champoeg Meetings Champoeg Meetings The Champoeg Meetings in Oregon Country were the first attempts at governing in the Pacific Northwest by United States European-American pioneers. Prior to this, the closest entity to a government was the Hudson's Bay Company, mainly through Dr...	1841 to 1843
William Brydon William Brydon William Brydon CB was an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War and is famous for being the only member of an army of 4,500 men to reach safety in Jalalabad at the end of the long retreat from Kabul.He was born in London of Scottish descent...	Last survivor of the long retreat Massacre of Elphinstone's Army The Massacre of Elphinstone's Army was the destruction by Afghan forces, led by Akbar Khan, the son of Dost Mohammad Khan, of a combined British and Indian force of the British East India Company, led by Major General William Elphinstone, in January 1842.... from Kabul Kabul Kabul , spelt Caubul in some classic literatures, is the capital and largest city of Afghanistan. It is also the capital of the Kabul Province, located in the eastern section of Afghanistan... to Jalalabad Jalalabad Jalalabad , formerly called Adinapour, as documented by the 7th century Hsüan-tsang, is a city in eastern Afghanistan. Located at the junction of the Kabul River and Kunar River near the Laghman valley, Jalalabad is the capital of Nangarhar province. It is linked by approximately of highway with...	January 6 to 13, 1842
Milvern Harrell	Last survivor of the Dawson Massacre Dawson Massacre The Dawson Massacre, also called the Dawson Expedition, was an incident during the Mexican Invasions of Texas, in which thirty-six Texan militiamen were killed by Mexican soldiers with artillery on September 17, 1842 near San Antonio de Bexar...	September 17, 1842
Eliza Moore Eliza Moore Eliza Moore was the last proven African-American slave. Eliza was said to have been born a slave in Montgomery County, Alabama in 1843. She died at the age of 105 on January 21, 1948 in Montgomery County, Alabama....	Last American to be born into slavery Slavery Slavery is a system under which people are treated as property to be bought and sold, and are forced to work. Slaves can be held against their will from the time of their capture, purchase or birth, and deprived of the right to leave, to refuse to work, or to demand compensation... in the United States	1843
Isabella Breen McMahon	Last survivor of the Donner Party Donner Party The Donner Party was a group of American pioneers who set out for California in a wagon train. Delayed by a series of mishaps, they spent the winter of 1846–47 snowbound in the Sierra Nevada...	April 1846 to June 1847
Owen Thomas Edgar Owen Thomas Edgar Owen Thomas Edgar was, according to data from the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, the longest surviving U.S. veteran of the Mexican-American War....	Last American veteran of the Mexican-American War	April 25, 1846 to February 2, 1848

1850-1900

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Ernest Smith Ernest Smith Ernest Alvia Smith, VC, CM, OBC, CD was a Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces...		Last Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross	1856 to 1993
Robert Collinson d'Esterre Spottiswoode		Last veteran of the Indian Mutiny	May 10, 1857 to 1859
Teodolfo Mertel Teodolfo Mertel Teodolfo Mertel was a lawyer and a cardinal of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the last lay cardinal.Pope Pius IX made him a Cardinal-Deacon of S. Eustachio on 15 March 1858. Two months later on May 16, Pope Pius IX ordained him as a deacon...		Last non-priest cardinal Lay cardinal In the Roman Catholic Church, a "lay cardinal" was a cardinal who had never been given major orders, i.e. who had never been ordained a deacon, priest, or bishop....	March 15, 1858
Cudjoe Lewis Cudjoe Lewis Cudjoe Kazoola Lewis is considered the last person born on African soil to have been enslaved in the United States when slavery was still lawful.-Life:...		Last passenger of the Clotilde Clotilde (slave ship) The schooner Clotilde was the last known U.S. slave ship to bring slaves from Africa to the United States, arriving at Mobile Bay in autumn 1859 , with 110-160 slaves. The ship was a two-masted schooner, 86 ft long by 23 ft , and it was burned and scuttled at Mobile Bay, soon after...	1859
Owen Brown Owen Brown (abolitionist) Owen Brown was the third son of abolitionist John Brown. Owen fought with his father in Kansas and participated in John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry in 1859, escaping capture and then later serving as an officer in the Union Army in the American Civil War.He narrates Russell Banks' novel about...		Last abolitionist present at John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry John Brown's raid on Harpers Ferry was an attempt by white abolitionist John Brown to start an armed slave revolt by seizing a United States Arsenal at Harpers Ferry in Virginia in 1859...	October 16 to 18, 1859
William Campbell		Last rider of The Pony Express Pony Express The Pony Express was a fast mail service crossing the Great Plains, the Rocky Mountains, and the High Sierra from St. Joseph, Missouri, to Sacramento, California, from April 3, 1860 to October 1861...	April 3, 1860 to October 1861
Albert Woolson Albert Woolson Albert Henry Woolson , was the last surviving member of the Union Army, which fought in the American Civil War. He was also the last surviving Civil War veteran on either side whose status is currently undisputed...		Last member of the Union Army Union Army The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army...	April 12, 1861 to April 9, 1865
James Marion Lurvey		Last verified veteran of the Battle of Gettysburg Battle of Gettysburg The Battle of Gettysburg , was fought July 1–3, 1863, in and around the town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. The battle with the largest number of casualties in the American Civil War, it is often described as the war's turning point. Union Maj. Gen. George Gordon Meade's Army of the Potomac...	July 1 to 3, 1863
Frank W. Nelson		Last soldier to participate in Pickett's Charge Pickett's Charge Pickett's Charge was an infantry assault ordered by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee against Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union positions on Cemetery Ridge on July 3, 1863, the last day of the Battle of Gettysburg during the American Civil War. Its futility was predicted by the charge's commander,...	July 3, 1863
Eli G. Biddle		Last member of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry The 54th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that saw extensive service in the Union Army during the American Civil War. The regiment was one of the first official black units in the United States during the Civil War... that assaulted Fort Wagner Fort Wagner Fort Wagner was a beachhead fortification on Morris Island, South Carolina, that covered the southern approach to Charleston harbor...	July 18, 1863
Thomas Stewart Armistead		Last surviving soldier of the Immortal 600	1864
George Wilsman		Last living prisoner of the Andersonville Prison Camp	1864
Pleasant Crump Pleasant Crump Pleasant Riggs Crump is the last verifiable veteran who fought for the Confederacy soldier during the American Civil War. Although he was survived by several other claimants in the 1950s, such as Thomas Riddle, William Lundy, John B. Salling and Walter Williams), historical research has...		Last Confederate Confederate States of America The Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S... veteran of the Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25... and last witness of General Lee's Surrender	April 9, 1865
Samuel Seymour		Last witness present at Ford's Theater during the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and...	April 14, 1865
William J. Ferguson		Last cast member of Our American Cousin	April 14, 1865
John Henry Coghill	Unknown	Last surviving witness to the capture and death of John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth John Wilkes Booth was an American stage actor who assassinated President Abraham Lincoln at Ford's Theatre, in Washington, D.C., on April 14, 1865. Booth was a member of the prominent 19th century Booth theatrical family from Maryland and, by the 1860s, was a well-known actor...	April 26, 1865
Tokugawa Yoshinobu Tokugawa Yoshinobu was the 15th and last shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan. He was part of a movement which aimed to reform the aging shogunate, but was ultimately unsuccessful...		Last Shogun Shogun A was one of the hereditary military dictators of Japan from 1192 to 1867. In this period, the shoguns, or their shikken regents , were the de facto rulers of Japan though they were nominally appointed by the emperor... of Japan	1866
James Robert Cummins James Robert Cummins James Robert Cummins or Cummings, aka: "Windy Jim" was an American criminal.Cummins lived near Kearney, Missouri and rode with Quantrill's Raiders during the Civil War, most often assigned to follow “Bloody” Bill Anderson...		Last member of the infamous James-Younger Gang James-Younger gang The James-Younger Gang was a notable 19th-century gang of American outlaws that included Jesse James.The gang was centered in the state of Missouri. Membership fluctuated from robbery to robbery, as the outlaws' raids were usually separated by many months...	1866 to 1876
Phillip Fred Sullivan		Last driver of the Cheyenne-Deadwood Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route and Rawhide Buttes and Running Water Stage Stations The Rawhide Buttes Stage Station, the Running Water Stage Station and the Cheyenne-Black Hills Stage Route comprise a historic district that commemorates the stage coach route between Cheyenne, Wyoming and Deadwood, South Dakota... stagecoach lines	1876 to 1887
Charles Windolph Charles Windolph Charles Windolph was a soldier in Company H of the George Armstrong Custer's Seventh U. S. Cavalry who survived the Battle of the Little Bighorn and was the recipient of the Medal of Honor.-Biography:...		Last U.S soldier from the Battle of the Little Bighorn Battle of the Little Bighorn The Battle of the Little Bighorn, also known as Custer's Last Stand and, by the Indians involved, as the Battle of the Greasy Grass, was an armed engagement between combined forces of Lakota, Northern Cheyenne and Arapaho people against the 7th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army...	June 25 to June 26, 1876
Dugald McPhail		Last survivor of the battle of Battle of Isandhlwana	January 22, 1879
Frank Bourne Frank Bourne Lieutenant-Colonel Frank Edward Bourne OBE DCM was a decorated British soldier who participated in the defence of Rorke's Drift during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War. He was also the last known survivor of the battle.-Early life:...		Last survivor of the defense of Rorke's Drift Rorke's Drift The Battle of Rorke's Drift, also known as the Defence of Rorke's Drift, was a battle in the Anglo-Zulu War. The defence of the mission station of Rorke's Drift, under the command of Lieutenant John Chard of the Royal Engineers, immediately followed the British Army's defeat at the Battle of... during the Anglo-Zulu War Anglo-Zulu War The Anglo-Zulu War was fought in 1879 between the British Empire and the Zulu Kingdom.Following the imperialist scheme by which Lord Carnarvon had successfully brought about federation in Canada, it was thought that a similar plan might succeed with the various African kingdoms, tribal areas and...	January 22 to 23, 1879
George Frederick Ives George Frederick Ives -External links:*...		Last veteran of the Boer Wars	1880 to 1902
Robert Todd Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln Robert Todd Lincoln was an American lawyer and Secretary of War, and the first son of President Abraham Lincoln and Mary Todd Lincoln...		Last member of Presidents' James Garfield James Garfield James Abram Garfield served as the 20th President of the United States, after completing nine consecutive terms in the U.S. House of Representatives. Garfield's accomplishments as President included a controversial resurgence of Presidential authority above Senatorial courtesy in executive... and Chester Arthur's cabinet	March 4, 1881 to March 4, 1885
Frank Shomo		Last survivor of the Johnstown Flood Johnstown Flood The Johnstown Flood occurred on May 31, 1889. It was the result of the catastrophic failure of the South Fork Dam situated upstream of the town of Johnstown, Pennsylvania, USA, made worse by several days of extremely heavy rainfall...	May 31, 1889
Alessandro Moreschi Alessandro Moreschi Alessandro Moreschi was the most famous castrato singer of the late 19th century, and the only castrato of the classic bel canto tradition to make solo sound recordings.-Life:...		Last Sistine castrato Castrato A castrato is a man with a singing voice equivalent to that of a soprano, mezzo-soprano, or contralto voice produced either by castration of the singer before puberty or one who, because of an endocrinological condition, never reaches sexual maturity.Castration before puberty prevents a boy's... singer	1891
Jesse Langdon		Last member of the Rough Riders Rough Riders The Rough Riders is the name bestowed on the 1st United States Volunteer Cavalry, one of three such regiments raised in 1898 for the Spanish-American War and the only one of the three to see action. The United States Army was weakened and left with little manpower after the American Civil War...	1898
John Henry Turpin John Henry Turpin John Henry "Dick" Turpin was a sailor in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Turpin was one of the first African American Chief Petty Officers in the U.S. Navy. He is also notable for surviving the catastrophic explosions of two U.S...		Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Maine USS Maine (ACR-1) USS Maine was the United States Navy's second commissioned pre-dreadnought battleship, although she was originally classified as an armored cruiser. She is best known for her catastrophic loss in Havana harbor. Maine had been sent to Havana, Cuba to protect U.S. interests during the Cuban revolt...	February 15, 1898
Jones Morgan Jones Morgan Jones Morgan is said to be an African-American soldier who served in the U.S. Army during the Spanish-American War. He ran away from home and sneaked into the army at age 15. The ostensible last surviving US veteran of the war, Morgan served as a cook and a horse wrangler in the 10th Regiment...		Last surviving veteran of the Spanish-American War Spanish-American War The Spanish–American War was a conflict in 1898 between Spain and the United States, effectively the result of American intervention in the ongoing Cuban War of Independence...	April 25 to August 12, 1898
Ralph Waldo Taylor		Last survivor of the Battle of San Juan Hill Battle of San Juan Hill The Battle of San Juan Hill , also known as the battle for the San Juan Heights, was a decisive battle of the Spanish-American War. The San Juan heights was a north-south running elevation about two kilometers east of Santiago de Cuba. The names San Juan Hill and Kettle Hill were names given by the...	July 1, 1898
William Seach William Seach William Seach was an American sailor serving in the United States Navy during the Boxer Rebellion who received the Medal of Honor for bravery.-Biography:...		Last surviving U.S veteran of the Boxer Rebellion Boxer Rebellion The Boxer Rebellion, also called the Boxer Uprising by some historians or the Righteous Harmony Society Movement in northern China, was a proto-nationalist movement by the "Righteous Harmony Society" , or "Righteous Fists of Harmony" or "Society of Righteous and Harmonious Fists" , in China between...	October 1899 to September 7, 1901

1900-1915

Name	Historical Event	Date of Event
Marc Chagall Marc Chagall Marc Chagall Art critic Robert Hughes referred to Chagall as "the quintessential Jewish artist of the twentieth century."According to art historian Michael J...	Last representative of the modern School of Paris School of Paris School of Paris refers to two distinct groups of artists — a group of medieval manuscript illuminators, and a group of non-French artists working in Paris before World War I...	1900 to 1914
Chet Hoff Chet Hoff Chester Cornelius Hoff was an American left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball.-Biography:Born in Ossining, New York, he pitched for the New York Highlanders from 1911–1913 and for the St. Louis Browns in 1915.Hoff made his major league debut on September 6, 1911...	Last living baseball player during the Dead-ball era Dead-ball era The dead-ball era is a baseball term used to describe the period between 1900 and the emergence of Babe Ruth as a power hitter in 1919. In 1919, Ruth hit a then league record 29 home runs, a spectacular feat at that time.This era was characterized by low-scoring games and a lack of home runs...	1900 to 1919
Claude LaRowe	Last employee of the Auburn Automobile Auburn Automobile Auburn was a brand name of American automobiles produced from 1900 through 1936.-Corporate history:The Auburn Automobile Company grew out of the Eckhart Carriage Company, founded in Auburn, Indiana, in 1875 by Charles Eckhart... company	1900 to 1936
Maude Conic	Last survivor of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 Galveston Hurricane of 1900 The Hurricane of 1900 made landfall on the city of Galveston in the U.S. state of Texas, on September 8, 1900.It had estimated winds of at landfall, making it a Category 4 storm on the Saffir-Simpson Hurricane Scale...	August 27 to September 12, 1900
Laura Bullion Laura Bullion Laura Bullion was a female outlaw of the Old West. Most sources indicate that Bullion was born of German and Native American heritage in Knickerbocker, near Mertzon in Irion County, Texas; the exact day of her birth is unclear...	Last member of the Wild Bunch gang Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch Butch Cassidy's Wild Bunch was one of the loosely organized outlaw gangs operating out of the Hole-in-the-Wall in Wyoming during the Old West era in the United States. It was popularized by the 1969 movie, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, and took its name from the original Wild Bunch...	1901
Fleetwood Lindley	Last person to view Lincoln's Abraham Lincoln Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States, serving from March 1861 until his assassination in April 1865. He successfully led his country through a great constitutional, military and moral crisis – the American Civil War – preserving the Union, while ending slavery, and... remains	September 26, 1901
Michael Barne Michael Barne Michael Barne was an officer of the 1901-04 Discovery Expedition and was the last survivor of the expedition.-Early life:...	Last survivor of the Discovery Expedition Discovery Expedition The British National Antarctic Expedition, 1901–04, generally known as the Discovery Expedition, was the first official British exploration of the Antarctic regions since James Clark Ross's voyage sixty years earlier...	1901 to 1904
Léon Compère-Léandre Léon Compere-Léandre Léon Compère-Léandre was a shoemaker in Saint-Pierre on the French Caribbean island of Martinique when Mount Pelée erupted on May 8, 1902 and destroyed the town. He is one of only 2 known survivors....	Last survivor on shore during the eruption of Mount Pelée Mount Pelée Mount Pelée is an active volcano at the northern end of the island and French overseas department of Martinique in the Lesser Antilles island arc of the Caribbean. Its volcanic cone is composed of layers of volcanic ash and hardened lava....	May 8, 1902
Broncho Billy Anderson Broncho Billy Anderson Gilbert M. "Broncho Billy" Anderson was an American actor, writer, film director, and film producer, who is best known as the first star of the Western film genre.-Early life:...	Last cast member of the The Great Train Robbery	1903
Gladys Ennis	Last survivor of the Frank Slide Frank Slide The Frank Slide is a natural landslide feature in the southern Rocky Mountains of Canada, and a significant historical event in western Canada.Frank, Alberta is a coal mining town in the Crowsnest Pass, Alberta...	April 29, 1903
Johnny Thomas Moore	Last witness of the Wright Flyer Wright Flyer The Wright Flyer was the first powered aircraft, designed and built by the Wright brothers. They flew it four times on December 17, 1903 near the Kill Devil Hills, about four miles south of Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, U.S.The U.S... at Kitty Hawk Kitty Hawk, North Carolina Kitty Hawk is a town in Dare County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 3,000 at the 2000 census. It was established in the early 18th century as Chickahawk....	December 17, 1903
Eto Mamoru	Last surviving veteran of the Russo-Japanese War Russo-Japanese War The Russo-Japanese War was "the first great war of the 20th century." It grew out of rival imperial ambitions of the Russian Empire and Japanese Empire over Manchuria and Korea...	February 8, 1904 to September 5, 1905
Alexander Bernard Heron	Last worker involved in the construction of the Panama Canal Panama Canal The Panama Canal is a ship canal in Panama that joins the Atlantic Ocean and the Pacific Ocean and is a key conduit for international maritime trade. Built from 1904 to 1914, the canal has seen annual traffic rise from about 1,000 ships early on to 14,702 vessels measuring a total of 309.6...	May 4, 1904
Adella Wotherspoon Adella Wotherspoon Adella Liebenow Wotherspoon was the youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of June 15, 1904.-Birth and siblings:...	Last and youngest survivor of the General Slocum General Slocum The PS General Slocum was a passenger steamboat built at Brooklyn, New York, in 1891. The General Slocum was named for Civil War officer and New York Congressman Henry Warner Slocum. She operated in the New York City area as an excursion steamer for the next thirteen years under the same ownership... Disaster	June 15, 1904
Ivan Beshoff	Last sailor of the Potemkin Mutiny Russian battleship Potemkin The Potemkin was a pre-dreadnought battleship of the Imperial Russian Navy's Black Sea Fleet. The ship was made famous by the Battleship Potemkin uprising, a rebellion of the crew against their oppressive officers in June 1905... of 1905	June 23 to July 8, 1905
Burke Everett Bodwell	Last survivor of the explosion of the USS Bennington USS Bennington (PG-4) USS Bennington was a member of the of steel-hulled, twin-screw gunboats in the United States Navy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. She was the first U.S. Navy ship named in honor of the town of Bennington, Vermont, site of the Battle of Bennington in the American Revolutionary War.The...	July 21, 1905
Frances Partridge Frances Partridge Frances Catherine Partridge CBE was a long-lived member of the Bloomsbury Group and a writer, probably best known for the publication of her diaries...	Last member of the Bloomsbury Group Bloomsbury Group The Bloomsbury Group or Bloomsbury Set was a group of writers, intellectuals, philosophers and artists who held informal discussions in Bloomsbury throughout the 20th century. This English collective of friends and relatives lived, worked or studied near Bloomsbury in London during the first half...	1906 to 1930s
Nathan Gery	Last surviving sailor of the Great White Fleet Great White Fleet The Great White Fleet was the popular nickname for the United States Navy battle fleet that completed a circumnavigation of the globe from 16 December 1907 to 22 February 1909 by order of U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt. It consisted of 16 battleships divided into two squadrons, along with...	December 16, 1907 to February 22, 1909
William J. Cunningham	Last member of the original Harvard Business School Harvard Business School Harvard Business School is the graduate business school of Harvard University in Boston, Massachusetts, United States and is widely recognized as one of the top business schools in the world. The school offers the world's largest full-time MBA program, doctoral programs, and many executive... faculty	1908
Rose Freedman	Last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire The Triangle Shirtwaist Factory fire in New York City on March 25, 1911, was the deadliest industrial disaster in the history of the city of New York and resulted in the fourth highest loss of life from an industrial accident in U.S. history...	March 25, 1911
Robert Cox	Last member of the Keystone Kops Keystone Kops The Keystone Kops were incompetent fictional policemen, featured in silent film comedies in the early 20th century. The movies were produced by Mack Sennett for his Keystone Film Company between 1912 and 1917. The idea came from Hank Mann who also played police chief Tehiezel in the first film...	1912 to 1917
Sid Daniels Sid Daniels Sidney Edward Daniels, or also known as Sid Daniels was a British merchant marine worker and the last surviving RMS Titanic crewmember. Daniels, who was only 18 when the Titanic struck an iceberg and sank on April 15, 1912, survived by clinging onto an upturned collapsible boat and was rescued by...	Last surviving crew member of the RMS Titanic	April 10 to 15, 1912
Millvina Dean Millvina Dean Elizabeth Gladys Millvina Dean was the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic, which occurred on 15 April 1912. At 2 months and 13 days of age, she was also the youngest passenger on board the ship....	Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic	April 14, 1912
William Young William Young (veteran) William Alexander Smillie Young, also known as Sandy Young, was, at age 107, one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War...	Last member of the Royal Flying Corps Royal Flying Corps The Royal Flying Corps was the over-land air arm of the British military during most of the First World War. During the early part of the war, the RFC's responsibilities were centred on support of the British Army, via artillery co-operation and photographic reconnaissance...	May 13, 1912 to April 1, 1918
A. J. Casson A. J. Casson Alfred Joseph Casson, OC was a member of the Canadian group of painters known as the Group of Seven. He joined the group in 1926 at the invitation of Franklin Carmichael...	Youngest and last painter of the Group of Seven Group of Seven (artists) The Group of Seven, sometimes known as the Algonquin school, were a group of Canadian landscape painters from 1920-1933, originally consisting of Franklin Carmichael , Lawren Harris , A. Y. Jackson , Franz Johnston , Arthur Lismer , J. E. H. MacDonald , and Frederick Varley...	1913
Bhagat Singh Bilga	Last member of the Ghadar Party Ghadar Party The Ghadar Party was an organization founded by Punjabi Indians, in the United States and Canada with the aim to liberate India from British rule...	1913 to 1919
Jack Davis Jack Davis (veteran) John Edward 'Jack' Davis was one of the last surviving British veterans of the First World War and the last of the Kitchener's Volunteers. He died aged 108 after briefly holding the title of Britain's oldest man....	Last member of Kitchener's Army Kitchener's Army The New Army, often referred to as Kitchener's Army or, disparagingly, Kitchener's Mob, was an all-volunteer army formed in the United Kingdom following the outbreak of hostilities in the First World War...	1914
Grace Hannagan Martyn	Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland RMS Empress of Ireland RMS Empress of Ireland was an ocean liner built in 1905 by Fairfield Shipbuilding and Engineering at Govan on the Clyde in Scotland for Canadian Pacific Steamships...	May 29, 1914
Vaso Čubrilović Vaso Cubrilovic Vaso Čubrilović was a student in Sarajevo, when Danilo Ilić recruited him and his friend, Cvjetko Popović, to help assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria...	Last participant involved in the conspiracy to murder Archduke Franz Ferdinand Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria Franz Ferdinand was an Archduke of Austria-Este, Austro-Hungarian and Royal Prince of Hungary and of Bohemia, and from 1889 until his death, heir presumptive to the Austro-Hungarian throne. His assassination in Sarajevo precipitated Austria-Hungary's declaration of war against Serbia...	June 28, 1914
Billy Werber Billy Werber William Murray Werber was a third baseman in Major League Baseball who played for the New York Yankees , Boston Red Sox , Philadelphia Athletics , Cincinnati Reds and New York Giants...	Last teammate and opponent of Babe Ruth Babe Ruth George Herman Ruth, Jr. , best known as "Babe" Ruth and nicknamed "the Bambino" and "the Sultan of Swat", was an American Major League baseball player from 1914–1935...	July 11, 1914 to May 30, 1935
John Campbell Ross John Campbell Ross John Campbell Ross was at the time of his death Australia's oldest man and the last Australian veteran of the First World War ....	Last Australian veteran of World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...	July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
Henry Botterell Henry Botterell Henry John Lawrence Botterell was a Canadian fighter pilot who served in the Royal Naval Air Service and then in the Royal Air Force during World War I...	Last pilot to participate in World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...	July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
John Babcock John Babcock John Henry Foster "Jack" Babcock was, at age 109, the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War and, after the death of Harry Patch, was the conflict's oldest surviving veteran...	Last veteran of the Canadian military to have served in World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...	July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
Frank Buckles Frank Buckles Frank Woodruff Buckles was the last surviving American veteran of World War I. He enlisted in the United States Army in 1917 and served with a detachment from Fort Riley, driving ambulances and motorcycles near the front lines in Europe.During World War II, he was captured by Japanese forces...	Last American veteran of World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...	July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
Mikhail Krichevsky	Last veteran to fight for the Russian Army during World War I World War I World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...	July 28, 1914 to November 11, 1918
Albert Edward Dye	Last surviving veteran of the African theatre of World War I African theatre of World War I The African Theatre of World War I comprises geographically distinct campaigns around the German colonies of Kamerun, the Volta Region of Ghana, Togo, South-West Africa, and German East Africa.-Overview:...	August 3, 1914 to November 14, 1918
Richard W. Richards Richard W. Richards Richard Walter Richards, GC often referred to as Dick Richards, born at Bendigo, Victoria in 1893, was an Australian science teacher who joined Sir Ernest Shackleton's Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition in December 1914 as a physicist with the Ross Sea Party under Captain Aeneas Mackintosh...	Last surviving member of the British Trans-Antarctic Expedition	August 8, 1914 to May 29, 1917
Peter Casserly Peter Casserly Peter Casserly was, at age 107, the last surviving member of the 1st AIF serving in France in the First World War. At the time of the death, he was believed to be the oldest living Australian male, and his marriage to Monica Delgrado was also believed to be Australia's longest.-Early years...	Last member of the First Australian Imperial Force First Australian Imperial Force The First Australian Imperial Force was the main expeditionary force of the Australian Army during World War I. It was formed from 15 August 1914, following Britain's declaration of war on Germany. Generally known at the time as the AIF, it is today referred to as the 1st AIF to distinguish from... and veteran of the Battle of Amiens	August 15, 1914 to September, 1917, August 8 to 11, 1918
James Alfred Hudson	Last veteran of Battle of Mons Battle of Mons The Battle of Mons was the first major action of the British Expeditionary Force in the First World War. It was a subsidiary action of the Battle of the Frontiers, in which the Allies clashed with Germany on the French borders. At Mons, the British army attempted to hold the line of the...	August 23, 1914
Alfred Anderson Alfred Anderson Alfred Anderson was a Scottish joiner and veteran of the First World War. He was the last known holder of the 1914 Star , the last known combatant to participate in the 1914 World War I Christmas truce, Scotland's last known World War I veteran, and Scotland's oldest man for more than a year.In...	Last Scottish World War I veteran and last participant in the Christmas Truce Christmas truce Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas of 1914, during the First World War...	December 24, 1914

1915-1930

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Alec Campbell Alec Campbell Alexander William Campbell was the final surviving Australian participant of the Gallipoli campaign during the First World War. His death broke the last living link of Australians with the Gallipoli story....		Last veteran of the Gallipoli campaign	April 25, 1915 to January 9, 1916
Audrey Pearl Audrey Pearl Audrey Lawson-Johnston, née Audrey Warren Pearl was the last survivor of the sinking of the on May 7, 1915....		Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania RMS Lusitania RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner designed by Leonard Peskett and built by John Brown and Company of Clydebank, Scotland. The ship entered passenger service with the Cunard Line on 26 August 1907 and continued on the line's heavily-traveled passenger service between Liverpool, England and New...	May 7, 1915
Erich Kästner Erich Kästner (World War I veteran) Dr. Erich Kästner was the last documented World War I veteran who fought for the German Empire and the last who was born in Germany. Consequently he was the last Central Powers combatant of the Western Front. He was also the second oldest man in Germany...		Last veteran who served under the German Empire German Empire The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German... in World War I	May 23, 1915 to November 4, 1918
Emiliano Mercado del Toro Emiliano Mercado del Toro Emiliano Mercado del Toro was, at age 115, the world's oldest person for six weeks, and the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004 until his own death on January 24, 2007. He is the oldest verified military veteran ever...		Last Puerto Rican veteran of WWI and oldest veteran of any conflict	May 23, 1915 to November 4, 1918
Delfino Borroni		Last Italian veteran and of the Alpine Front in World War I	May 23, 1915 to November 4, 1918
Albert Marshall Albert Marshall Albert Elliot "Smiler" Marshall was a British veteran of the First World War and the last surviving British cavalryman to have seen battle on the Western Front....		Last veteran of the Battle of Loos Battle of Loos The Battle of Loos was one of the major British offensives mounted on the Western Front in 1915 during World War I. It marked the first time the British used poison gas during the war, and is also famous for the fact that it witnessed the first large-scale use of 'new' or Kitchener's Army... and The Battle of the Somme	September 25 to October 14, 1915, July 1 to November 18, 1916
Bertie Felstead Bertie Felstead Bertie Felstead was a British soldier, World War I veteran and centenarian who gained fame at the end of his life as to be the last surviving soldier to have taken part in the Christmas truce of 1915.Felstead, who was born in London in October 1894, was called to action earlier in 1915 and went...		Last soldier present at the Christmas Truce Christmas truce Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires that took place along the Western Front around Christmas of 1914, during the First World War...	December 24, 1915
René Marie-Martial Moreau		Last veteran of The Battle of Verdun	February 21 to December 18, 1916
Henry Allingham Henry Allingham Henry William Allingham was a British supercentenarian, First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world...		Last and oldest member of any of the British Armed Forces British Armed Forces The British Armed Forces are the armed forces of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.Also known as Her Majesty's Armed Forces and sometimes legally the Armed Forces of the Crown, the British Armed Forces encompasses three professional uniformed services, the Royal Navy, the... , last member of the RNAS, last founding member of the Royal Air Force Royal Air Force The Royal Air Force is the aerial warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Formed on 1 April 1918, it is the oldest independent air force in the world... , and last veteran of Jutland	May 31 to June 1, 1916
Marcel Caux Marcel Caux Marcel Caux, born Harold Katte , was an Australian First World War veteran and the last known survivor of the Battle of Pozières....		Last survivor of the Battle of Pozières Battle of Pozières The Battle of Pozières was a two week struggle for the French village of Pozières and the ridge on which it stands, during the middle stages of the 1916 Battle of the Somme. Though British divisions were involved in most phases of the fighting, Pozières is primarily remembered as an Australian battle...	July 23 to August 7, 1916
George Perman		Last survivor of the sinking of the HMHS Britannic HMHS Britannic HMHS Britannic was the third and largest of the White Star Line. She was the sister ship of and , and was intended to enter service as a transatlantic passenger liner. She was launched just before the start of the First World War and was laid up at her builders in Belfast for many months before...	November 21, 1916
Mae Keane	Living	Last Radium Girl Radium Girls The Radium Girls were female factory workers who contracted radiation poisoning from painting watch dials with glow-in-the-dark paint at the United States Radium factory in Orange, New Jersey around 1917....	1917 to 1926
Yakup Satar Yakup Satar Yakup Satar was, at 110, believed to have been the last Turkish veteran of the First World War. He died at age 110....		Last Turkish veteran of WWI and of the Second Battle of Kut Second Battle of Kut The Second Battle of Kut was fought on February 23, 1917, between British and Ottoman forces at Kut, Mesopotamia .The battle was part of the British advance to Baghdad begun in December 1916 by a 50,000-man British force organized in two army corps.The British, led by Frederick Stanley Maude,...	February 23, 1917
Charles Reaper		Last veteran of the Battle of Vimy Ridge Battle of Vimy Ridge The Battle of Vimy Ridge was a military engagement fought primarily as part of the Battle of Arras, in the Nord-Pas-de-Calais region of France, during the First World War. The main combatants were the Canadian Corps, of four divisions, against three divisions of the German Sixth Army...	April 9 to 12, 1917
Arthur Barraclough		Last veteran of the Battle of Arras Battle of Arras (1917) The Battle of Arras was a British offensive during the First World War. From 9 April to 16 May 1917, British, Canadian, New Zealand, Newfoundland, and Australian troops attacked German trenches near the French city of Arras on the Western Front.... and Battle of Cambrai	April 9 to May 16, 1917 and November 20 to December 8, 1917
Louis De Cazenave Louis de Cazenave Louis de Cazenave was, at the time of his death, the oldest surviving French veteran of World War I.De Cazenave became the oldest poilu following the death of 111-year-old Maurice Floquet on November 10, 2006...		Last veteran of the Battle of Chemin des Dames Second Battle of the Aisne The Second Battle of the Aisne , was the massive main assault of the French military's Nivelle Offensive or Chemin des Dames Offensive in 1917 during World War I....	April 16 to May 9 and October 9, 1917
Lúcia Santos Lúcia Santos Lúcia de Jesus dos Santos – Sister Mary Lucy of Jesus and of the Immaculate Heart, better known as Sister Lúcia of Fátima – was a Roman Catholic Discalced Carmelite nun from Portugal...		Last individual who claimed to have spoken to Virgin Mary Our Lady of Fatima Our Lady of Fátima is a famous title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary as she appeared in apparitions reported by three shepherd children at Fátima in Portugal. These occurred on the 13th day of six consecutive months in 1917, starting on May 13...	May 13 to October 13, 1917
Secondo Roffinella		Last veteran of the Battle of Caporetto Battle of Caporetto The Battle of Caporetto , took place from 24 October to 19 November 1917, near the town of Kobarid , on the Austro-Italian front of World War I...	October 24 to November 19, 1917
Edward Smout		Last witness to the death of the Red Baron and veteran of the Battle of Messines Battle of Messines The Battle of Messines was a battle of the Western front of the First World War. It began on 7 June 1917 when the British Second Army under the command of General Herbert Plumer launched an offensive near the village of Mesen in West Flanders, Belgium...	June 7 to 14, 1917 and April 21, 1918
Alois Vocásek		Last Czechoslovakian veteran of WW1 and of the Battle of Zborov Battle of Zborov (1917) Battle of Zborov was a small part of the Kerensky Offensive...	July 1 to 2, 1917
Harry Patch Harry Patch Henry John "Harry" Patch , known in his latter years as "the Last Fighting Tommy", was a British supercentenarian, briefly the oldest man in Europe, and the last surviving soldier to have fought in the trenches of the First World War...		Last British Tommy Tommy Atkins Tommy Atkins is a term for a common soldier in the British Army that was already well established in the 19th century, but is particularly associated with World War I. It can be used as a term of reference, or as a form of address. German soldiers would call out to "Tommy" across no man's land if... and last veteran of Passchendaele	July to November 1917
Boris Gudz Boris Gudz Boris Gudz was the last survivor of the October Revolution, veteran of the Russian Civil War and OGPU security agent member.-Biography:...		Last survivor of the October Revolution October Revolution The October Revolution , also known as the Great October Socialist Revolution , Red October, the October Uprising or the Bolshevik Revolution, was a political revolution and a part of the Russian Revolution of 1917...	November 7 to 8, 1917
Antonio Todde Antonio Todde Antonio Todde He was the oldest man in the world from the death of American John Painter until Todde's own death on January 3, 2002, at age 112 years, 346 days...		Last veteran of the Battle of Mount Grappa Battle of Mount Grappa During World War I a series of battles were fought between the armies of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Kingdom of Italy for control of the Monte Grappa massif, as it covered the left flank of the Italian Piave front....	November 11 to December 23, 1917
Donald Crowdis Donald Crowdis Donald Crowdis iwas a retired museum curator, broadcaster, and one of the world's oldest bloggers. Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia on December 24, 1913, he became curator and later director of the Nova Scotia Museum in 1940, succeeding Harry Piers. He served at the museum for 25 years focusing on the...	Living	Last survivor of the Halifax Explosion Halifax Explosion The Halifax Explosion occurred on Thursday, December 6, 1917, when the city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, was devastated by the huge detonation of the SS Mont-Blanc, a French cargo ship, fully loaded with wartime explosives, which accidentally collided with the Norwegian SS Imo in "The Narrows"...	December 6, 1917
Florence Green Florence Green Florence Beatrice Green is the last known living veteran of the First World War. She was a member of the Women's Royal Air Force.-Biography:...	Living	Last participant of World War I and last member of the original WRAF Women's Royal Air Force The Women's Royal Air Force was a women's branch of the Royal Air Force which existed in two separate incarnations.The first WRAF was an auxiliary organization of the Royal Air Force which was founded in 1918. The original intent of the WRAF was to provide female mechanics in order to free up men...	1918
Doris Eaton Travis Doris Eaton Travis Doris Eaton Travis was a Broadway and film performer, dance instructor, and author. She was also the last surviving Ziegfeld girl.Travis began performing onstage as a young child, and made her Broadway debut at the age of 13...		Last member of the Ziegfeld Girls Ziegfeld girl Ziegfeld Girls were the chorus girls from Florenz Ziegfeld's theatrical spectaculars known as the Ziegfeld Follies , which were based on the Folies Bergère of Paris....	1918
Henry Townsend Henry Townsend (musician) Henry 'Mule' Townsend was an American blues singer, guitarist and pianist.-Career:Townsend was born in Shelby, Mississippi and grew up in Cairo, Illinois. He left home at the age of nine because of an abusive father and hoboed his way to St. Louis, Missouri...		Last Paramount blues Paramount Records Paramount Records was an American record label, best known for its recordings of African-American jazz and blues in the 1920s and early 1930s, including such artists as Ma Rainey and Blind Lemon Jefferson.-Early years:... recording artist	1918 to 1935
Albert Wagner Albert Wagner (veteran) Albert Frederick 'Jud' Wagner was, at age 107, the last surviving Marine American veteran of the First World War.-Biography:...		Last veteran of the Battle of Belleau Wood Battle of Belleau Wood The Battle of Belleau Wood occurred during the German 1918 Spring Offensive in World War I, near the Marne River in France. The battle was fought between the U.S...	June 1 to 26, 1918
Domenico De Cristofaro		Last veteran of the Battle of the Piave River Battle of the Piave River The Battle of the Piave River , known in Italy as Battaglia del Solstizio , Battaglia di Mezzo Giugno , or Seconda Battaglia del Piave , was a decisive victory for the Italian Army during World War...	June 15 to 23, 1918
Thomas A. Pope Thomas A. Pope Thomas A. Pope was a soldier in the United States Army who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the World War I.-Biography:...		Last US Army United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services... WWI Medal of Honor winner	July 4, 1918
Jean Grelaud Jean Grelaud Jean Grelaud was, at age 108, one of the last three "poilus" or official French veterans of the First World War. He died at the age of 108 years and 122 days.-Life:...		Last veteran of the Second Battle of the Marne Second Battle of the Marne The Second Battle of the Marne , or Battle of Reims was the last major German Spring Offensive on the Western Front during the First World War. The German attack failed when an Allied counterattack led by France overwhelmed the Germans, inflicting severe casualties...	July 15 to August 6, 1918
Mark Matthews Mark Matthews Mark Matthews was an American veteran of the Second World War and a Buffalo Soldier. Born in Alabama and growing up in Ohio, Matthews joined the 10th Cavalry Regiment when he was only 15 years old, after having been recruited at a Lexington, Kentucky racetrack and having documents forged so that...		Oldest and last surviving Buffalo Soldier Buffalo Soldier Buffalo Soldiers originally were members of the U.S. 10th Cavalry Regiment of the United States Army, formed on September 21, 1866 at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.... before WWII	August 1918
Maurice Guilloteau		Last soldier to be gassed during WWI	October 1918
Battista Serioli Battista Serioli Battista Serioli was one of the last four Italian veterans of the First World War, although excluded from Italian government lists as it only counts those with more than six months of service. Born in Brescia, Serioli signed up in May 1918. He did his training in Verona and Padova, and fought in...		Last veteran of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto Battle of Vittorio Veneto The Battle of Vittorio Veneto was fought between 24 October and 3 November 1918, near Vittorio Veneto, during the Italian Campaign of World War I...	October 24 to November 3, 1918
Harold Gunnes		Last member of the Polar Bear Expedition Polar Bear Expedition The Polar Bear Expedition was a contingent of about 5,000 U.S...	September 4, 1918 to July 1919
Antonio Pierro Antonio Pierro Antonio "Tony" Pierro was, at age 110, recognized as the oldest living man in the U.S. and the world's oldest living WWI veteran . He was one of the last surviving veterans of World War I...		Last veteran of the Battle of Saint-Mihiel Battle of Saint-Mihiel The Battle of Saint-Mihiel was a World War I battle fought between September 12–15, 1918, involving the American Expeditionary Force and 48,000 French troops under the command of U.S. general John J. Pershing against German positions... and Meuse-Argonne Offensive Meuse-Argonne Offensive The Meuse-Argonne Offensive, or Maas-Argonne Offensive, also called the Battle of the Argonne Forest, was a part of the final Allied offensive of World War I that stretched along the entire western front.-Overview:...	September 12 to 19, 1918 September 26 to November 11, 1918
Dorothy West Dorothy West Dorothy West was a novelist and short story writer who was part of the Harlem Renaissance. She is best known for her novel The Living Is Easy, about the life of an upper-class black family.-Early years:...		Last member of the Harlem Renaissance Harlem Renaissance The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural movement that spanned the 1920s and 1930s. At the time, it was known as the "New Negro Movement", named after the 1925 anthology by Alain Locke...	1919 to 1930s
Wilhelm Meisel Wilhelm Meisel (Silesian Uprisings veteran) Wilhelm Meisel was the last veteran of the Silesian Uprisings, He joined up to the Polish Army in 1919 at the age of 15 and served during the Silesian Uprisings from 1919 until it ended in 1921...		Last veteran of the Silesian Uprisings Silesian Uprisings The Silesian Uprisings were a series of three armed uprisings of the Poles and Polish Silesians of Upper Silesia, from 1919–1921, against German rule; the resistance hoped to break away from Germany in order to join the Second Polish Republic, which had been established in the wake of World War I...	1919 to 1921
Dan Keating Dan Keating Daniel "Dan" Keating was a life-long Irish republican and patron of Republican Sinn Féin. At the time of death he was Ireland's oldest man and the last surviving veteran of the Irish War of Independence.-Early life:...		Last veteran of the Irish War of Independence Irish War of Independence The Irish War of Independence , Anglo-Irish War, Black and Tan War, or Tan War was a guerrilla war mounted by the Irish Republican Army against the British government and its forces in Ireland. It began in January 1919, following the Irish Republic's declaration of independence. Both sides agreed...	January 21, 1919 to July 11, 1921
Józef Kowalski Józef Kowalski Józef Kowalski is, at age 111, thought to be Poland's oldest living man. He is thought to be the oldest verified military veteran in the world, following the death of Gertrude Noone. He is also the only living verified veteran of the 1919-1921 Polish-Soviet War. Kowalski served in the 22nd Uhlan...	Living	Last veteran of the Polish-Soviet War Polish-Soviet War The Polish–Soviet War was an armed conflict between Soviet Russia and Soviet Ukraine and the Second Polish Republic and the Ukrainian People's Republic—four states in post–World War I Europe...	February 1919 to March 1921
Shingara Singh		Last witness of the Amritsar Massacre	April 13, 1919
Mustafa Şekip Birgöl Mustafa Sekip Birgöl Mustafa Şekip Birgöl , a retired Turkish colonel, was the last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence .-Biography:...		Last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence Turkish War of Independence The Turkish War of Independence was a war of independence waged by Turkish nationalists against the Allies, after the country was partitioned by the Allies following the Ottoman Empire's defeat in World War I...	May 19, 1919 to October 11, 1922
Claude Choules Claude Choules Claude Stanley Choules was the last World War I combat veteran, and was the last military witness to the scuttling of the German fleet in Scapa Flow. He was also the last veteran to have served in both world wars, and the last seaman from the First World War...		Last combatant of World War I and last witness to the scuttling of the German Fleet in Scapa Flow Scapa Flow right\|thumb\|Scapa Flow viewed from its eastern endScapa Flow is a body of water in the Orkney Islands, Scotland, United Kingdom, sheltered by the islands of Mainland, Graemsay, Burray, South Ronaldsay and Hoy. It is about...	June 21, 1919
Raul Fernandes		Last surviving signer of the Treaty of Versailles Treaty of Versailles The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. It ended the state of war between Germany and the Allied Powers. It was signed on 28 June 1919, exactly five years after the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. The other Central Powers on the German side of...	June 28, 1919
Edd Roush Edd Roush Edd J. Roush was a Major League Baseball player who was elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1962. He played the majority of his career in center field....		Last player of the 1919 World Series 1919 World Series The 1919 World Series matched the American League champion Chicago White Sox against the National League champion Cincinnati Reds. Although most World Series have been of the best-of-seven format, the 1919 World Series was a best-of-nine series...	October 1 to 9, 1919
Bob Motley	Living	Last umpire of the Negro Leagues Negro league baseball The Negro leagues were United States professional baseball leagues comprising teams predominantly made up of African Americans. The term may be used broadly to include professional black teams outside the leagues and it may be used narrowly for the seven relatively successful leagues beginning in...	1920 to 1960
Veysel Turan Veysel Turan Veysel Turan was one of the last Turkish veterans of the Turkish War of Independence .Taking his horse cart with from his village in Konya Province, he volunteerly joined Kuvayi Milliye under the leadership of Mustafa Kemal to fight against the Allies partitioning the Ottoman Empire after it was...		Last veteran of the Battle of Dumlupınar Battle of Dumlupinar The Battle of Dumlupınar Muharebesi or Başkumandanlık Meydan Muharebesi; literally "All-out battle of Supreme military commands") was the last battle in the Greco-Turkish War... , Battle of Sakarya Battle of Sakarya The Battle of Sakarya , also known as the Battle of the Sangarios , was an important engagement in the Greco-Turkish War and Turkish War of Independence.... and Second Battle of İnönü Second Battle of Inönü The Second Battle of İnönü was fought between 26 and 31 March 1921 near İnönü in present-day Eskişehir Province, Turkey during the Greco-Turkish War , part of Turkish War of Independence...	March 26 to 31, 1921, August 23 to September, 1921, August 26 to 30, 1922
Ertuğrul Osman		Last royal member of the Ottoman Empire Ottoman Empire The Ottoman EmpireIt was usually referred to as the "Ottoman Empire", the "Turkish Empire", the "Ottoman Caliphate" or more commonly "Turkey" by its contemporaries...	1922
Hussein Abd El Rassuhl		Last member of Howard Carter Howard Carter Howard Carter may refer to:* Howard Carter , English archaeologist who discovered Tutankhamun's tomb* Howard Carter , American basketball player... 's team which discovered the Tomb of Tutankhamun Tutankhamun Tutankhamun , Egyptian , ; approx. 1341 BC – 1323 BC) was an Egyptian pharaoh of the 18th dynasty , during the period of Egyptian history known as the New Kingdom...	November 4, 1922
Francisco Ayala Francisco Ayala (novelist) Francisco Ayala García-Duarte was a Spanish writer, the last representative of the Generation of '27.- Biography :...		Last poet and representative of Generation of '27 Generation of '27 The Generation of '27 was an influential group of poets that arose in Spanish literary circles between 1923 and 1927, essentially out of a shared desire to experience and work with avant-garde forms of art and poetry. Their first formal meeting took place in Seville in 1927 to mark the 300th...	1923 to 1927
John Lust		Last "Sky Sailor" of the U.S Navy's Rigid Airship Rigid airship A rigid airship is a type of airship in which the envelope retained its shape by the use of an internal structural framework rather than by being forced into shape by the pressure of the lifting gas within the envelope as used in blimps and semi-rigid airships.Rigid airships were produced and... program	1923 to 1931
Robie Morton		Last surviving witness of the Rosewood massacre	January 1923
Gene Bruce		Last surviving sailor of the Honda Point Disaster Honda Point Disaster The Honda Point Disaster was the largest peacetime loss of U.S. Navy ships. On the evening of September 8, 1923, seven destroyers, while traveling at 20 knots , ran aground at Honda Point, a few miles from the northern side of the Santa Barbara Channel off Point Arguello on the coast in Santa...	September 8, 1923
Bob Mitchell Robert Mitchell (organist) Robert Mitchell was an American organist and choir director whose career spanned 85 years, from 1924 to 2009. He was one of the last original silent film accompanists, having accompanied films from 1924 to 1928. Mitchell revived the art from 1992 until his death in 2009, usually to wild...		Last silent film Silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards... organist	1924 to 1928
Bill Hoffman		Last member of the Frankford Yellow Jackets Frankford Yellow Jackets The Frankford Yellow Jackets were a professional American football team, part of the National Football League from 1924 to 1931, though its origin dates back to as early as 1899 with the Frankford Athletic Association. The Yellow Jackets won the NFL championship in 1926...	1924 to 1931
Emil Sitka Emil Sitka Emil Sitka was a veteran American actor who appeared in hundreds of movies, short films, and television shows, and is best known for his numerous appearances with the Three Stooges—nearly 40...		Last cast member of The Three Stooges	1925 to 1975
Patricia Marie "Patty" Andrews	Living	Last member of the Andrews Sisters	1925
Dorothy Young Dorothy Young Dorothy Lena Young was an American entertainer who worked as a stage assistant to magician Harry Houdini from 1925 to 1926. She left the act two months prior to his death on October 31, 1926...		Last assistant of Harry Houdini's Harry Houdini Harry Houdini was a Hungarian-born American magician and escapologist, stunt performer, actor and film producer noted for his sensational escape acts... performances	1925 to 1926
Edgar Nollner		Last living musher of the 1925 serum run to Nome 1925 serum run to Nome During the 1925 serum run to Nome, also known as the "Great Race of Mercy," 20 mushers and about 150 sled dogs relayed diphtheria antitoxin by dog sled across the U.S. territory of Alaska in a record-breaking five and a half days, saving the small city of Nome and the surrounding communities from...	January 7 to February 1, 1925
Carla Laemmle Carla Laemmle Rebecca Isabelle "Carla" Laemmle is an American actress and the niece of Universal Pictures founder Carl Laemmle. She was a movie actress in the 1920s and 1930s, and is, along with Lupita Tovar, one of the very few surviving actors of the silent film era.-Career:Laemmle entered films in 1925...	Living	Last cast member of The Phantom of the Opera The Phantom of the Opera (1925 film) The Phantom of the Opera is a 1925 American silent horror film adaptation of the Gaston Leroux novel of the same title directed by Rupert Julian. The film featured Lon Chaney in the title role as the deformed Phantom who haunts the Paris Opera House, causing murder and mayhem in an attempt to force...	November 25, 1925
Jean Darling Jean Darling Jean Darling is a former American child actress who was a regular in the Our Gang short subjects series from 1927 to 1929. She remains the last surviving cast member from the silent era.-Career:...	Living	Last Our Gang Our Gang Our Gang, also known as The Little Rascals or Hal Roach's Rascals, was a series of American comedy short films about a group of poor neighborhood children and the adventures they had together. Created by comedy producer Hal Roach, the series is noted for showing children behaving in a relatively... cast member from the silent era Silent film A silent film is a film with no synchronized recorded sound, especially with no spoken dialogue. In silent films for entertainment the dialogue is transmitted through muted gestures, pantomime and title cards...	1927 to 1929
Nick Clifford	Living	Last worker involved in the construction Construction of Mount Rushmore The construction of Mount Rushmore National Memorial took about 14 years, from 1927 to 1941.-Designing the monument:Doane Robinson of the South Dakota Historical Society wanted a monument to be built in South Dakota in order to help the economy of the state by attracting tourism... of Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore Mount Rushmore National Memorial is a sculpture carved into the granite face of Mount Rushmore near Keystone, South Dakota, in the United States...	1927 to 1941
Norman D. Vaughan Norman D. Vaughan Colonel Norman Dane Vaughan was an American dogsled driver and explorer whose first claim to fame was participating in Admiral Byrd's first expedition to the South Pole...		Last survivor of Richard Byrd's Richard Evelyn Byrd Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd, Jr., USN was a naval officer who specialized in feats of exploration. He was a pioneering American aviator, polar explorer, and organizer of polar logistics... 1928 expedition to Antartica Antártica The Chilean Antarctic Territory is the territory in Antarctica claimed by Chile. The Chilean Antarctic Territory ranges from 53°W to 90°W and from the South Pole to 60°S, partially overlapping Argentine and British Antarctic claims...	1928 to June 18, 1930
David "Honeyboy" Edwards		Last Delta blues Delta blues The Delta blues is one of the earliest styles of blues music. It originated in the Mississippi Delta, a region of the United States that stretches from Memphis, Tennessee in the north to Vicksburg, Mississippi in the south, Helena, Arkansas in the west to the Yazoo River on the east. The... performer	1928 to 1942
Nick Stewart Nick Stewart Nick Stewart was an American television and film actor. Stewart was best known for his role as Lightnin' on the Amos and Andy television series.-Acting Career:...		Last Amos 'n' Andy Amos 'n' Andy Amos 'n' Andy is a situation comedy set in the African-American community. It was very popular in the United States from the 1920s through the 1950s on both radio and television.... cast member	March 19, 1928 to November 25, 1960
Herb Jeffries	Living	Last member of the Earl Hines Earl Hines Earl Kenneth Hines, universally known as Earl "Fatha" Hines, was an American jazz pianist. Hines was one of the most influential figures in the development of modern jazz piano and, according to one source, is "one of a small number of pianists whose playing shaped the history of jazz".-Early... Orchestra	December 28, 1928 to December, 1940
Albert H. Wolff		Last member of the Untouchables	1929 to 1931
John Lundberg		Last steelworker to help construct the Empire State Building Empire State Building The Empire State Building is a 102-story landmark skyscraper and American cultural icon in New York City at the intersection of Fifth Avenue and West 34th Street. It has a roof height of 1,250 feet , and with its antenna spire included, it stands a total of 1,454 ft high. Its name is derived... and Chrysler Building Chrysler Building The Chrysler Building is an Art Deco style skyscraper in New York City, located on the east side of Manhattan in the Turtle Bay area at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. Standing at , it was the world's tallest building for 11 months before it was surpassed by the Empire State...	1929
Alf Howard Alf Howard Alf Howard was an Australian scientist, educator and explorer. He was most prominently known for being the last remaining member of the expedition to Antarctica, which was led by Sir Douglas Mawson on-board the RRS Discovery in 1929-1931...		Last member of the BANZARE British Australian and New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition The British Australian New Zealand Antarctic Research Expedition was a research expedition into Antarctica between 1929 and 1931, involving two voyages over consecutive Austral summers... expedition to Antarctica	1929 to 1931
Anita Page Anita Page Anita Evelyn Pomares , better known as Anita Page, was a Salvadoran-American film actress who reached stardom in the last years of the silent film era. She became a highly popular young star, reportedly at one point receiving the most fan mail of anyone on the MGM lot...		Last attendee of the first Academy Awards	May 16, 1929

1930-1945

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Deborah Mitford Deborah Cavendish, Duchess of Devonshire Deborah Vivien Cavendish, Dowager Duchess of Devonshire DCVO , née The Hon. Deborah Freeman-Mitford is the youngest and last surviving of the six noted Mitford sisters whose political affiliations and marriages were a prominent feature of English culture in the 1930s and 1940s...	Living	Last of the six Mitford sisters	1930's
Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney Mickey Rooney is an American film actor and entertainer whose film, television, and stage appearances span nearly his entire lifetime. He has won multiple awards, including an Honorary Academy Award, a Golden Globe and an Emmy Award...	Living	Last male star from 1930's Hollywood Classical Hollywood cinema Classical Hollywood cinema or the classical Hollywood narrative, are terms used in film history which designates both a visual and sound style for making motion pictures and a mode of production used in the American film industry between roughly the 1910s and the early 1960s.Classical style is...	1930's
Binod Bihari Chowdhury	Living	Last revolutionary of the Chittagong armoury raid Chittagong armoury raid The Chittagong armoury raid was an attempt on April 18, 1930 to raid the armoury of police and auxiliary forces from the Chittagong armoury in Bengal province of British India, by armed revolutionaries led by Surya Sen....	April 18, 1930
Francisco Varallo Francisco Varallo Francisco Antonio "Pancho" Varallo was an Argentine football forward. He played for the Argentine national team from 1930 to 1937. He was a member of Argentina's squad at the inaugural FIFA World Cup in 1930...		Last Player from the 1930 World Cup	July 13 to 30, 1930
James Cameron		Last individual to survive a lynching Lynching Lynching is an extrajudicial execution carried out by a mob, often by hanging, but also by burning at the stake or shooting, in order to punish an alleged transgressor, or to intimidate, control, or otherwise manipulate a population of people. It is related to other means of social control that... attempt	August 7, 1930
Huey Long Huey Long (singer) Huey Long was an African American singer and musician and was the last living member of the Ink Spots....		Last member of the Ink Spots	1931 to 1964
Tommy Nelson		Last worker to help construct the Hoover Dam Hoover Dam Hoover Dam, once known as Boulder Dam, is a concrete arch-gravity dam in the Black Canyon of the Colorado River, on the border between the US states of Arizona and Nevada. It was constructed between 1931 and 1936 during the Great Depression and was dedicated on September 30, 1935, by President...	1931 to 1936
Clarence Norris		Last Scottsboro Boy Scottsboro Boys The Scottsboro Boys were nine black teenage boys accused of rape in Alabama in 1931. The landmark set of legal cases from this incident dealt with racism and the right to a fair trial...	March 25, 1931
Willie Sue Smith Stewart		Last classmate of Ronald Reagan's at Eureka College Eureka College Eureka College is a liberal arts college in Eureka, Illinois related by covenant to the Christian Church and founded in 1855. It has a strong focus on the mutual development of intellect and character. Stated core values are learning, service and leadership...	1932
Edgar Tafel Edgar Tafel Edgar A. Tafel was an American architect, best known as a disciple of Frank Lloyd Wright.-Early life and career:Tafel was born in New York City to Russian Jewish immigrants, and moved to New Jersey with his...		Last member of the original Taliesin Fellowship that studied under Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright Frank Lloyd Wright was an American architect, interior designer, writer and educator, who designed more than 1,000 structures and completed 500 works. Wright believed in designing structures which were in harmony with humanity and its environment, a philosophy he called organic architecture...	1932
Mary Starke Harper		Last health care member associated with the Tuskegee Syphilis Study	1932 to 1972
Jonathan Williams Jonathan Williams (poet) Jonathan Williams was an American poet, publisher, essayist, and photographer. He is known as the founder of The Jargon Society, which has published poetry, experimental fiction, photography, and folk art for more than fifty years...		Last member of The Black Mountain poets Black Mountain poets The Black Mountain poets, sometimes called projectivist poets, were a group of mid 20th century American avant-garde or postmodern poets centered on Black Mountain College.-Background:...	1933 to 1956
Harry Fogle		Last worker who participated in the construction of the Golden Gate Bridge Golden Gate Bridge The Golden Gate Bridge is a suspension bridge spanning the Golden Gate, the opening of the San Francisco Bay into the Pacific Ocean. As part of both U.S. Route 101 and California State Route 1, the structure links the city of San Francisco, on the northern tip of the San Francisco Peninsula, to... and the Oakland Bay Bridge	January 5, 1933
Leon Ames Leon Ames (actor) Leon Ames was an American film and television actor. He is best remembered for playing fatherly figures in such films as Meet Me in St. Louis , as Judy Garland's father, and in Little Women ....		Last Screen Actors Guild Screen Actors Guild The Screen Actors Guild is an American labor union representing over 200,000 film and television principal performers and background performers worldwide... founder	March 1933
Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph Jennings Randolph was an American politician from West Virginia. He was a member of the Democratic Party and was the last surviving member of the United States Congress to have served during the first 100 days of Franklin D. Roosevelt's administration.-Early life and career:Randolph was born in...		Last Congressman to serve during FDR's first 100 days	March 4, 1933
Josef Felder Josef Felder Josef Felder was a German politician. He was one of the 94 Social Democratic members of the Reichstag who voted against the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933. He was also the last of the 94 who voted against this act....		Last individual to vote against the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933	March 23, 1933
Errie Ball Errie Ball Samuel Henry "Errie" Ball is a retired Welsh-American professional golfer who competed at the inaugural Augusta National golf tournament in 1934 . He is perhaps best known as the only player who competed in that tournament that is alive today.Ball was born in Bangor, Wales...	Living	Last participant of the First Masters Tournament	March 22, 1934
Edd L. Miller		Last gunman and witness to the shooting of Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie and Clyde Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow were well-known outlaws, robbers, and criminals who traveled the Central United States with their gang during the Great Depression. Their exploits captured the attention of the American public during the "public enemy era" between 1931 and 1934...	May 23, 1934
Thomas J. Conner		Last member of the FBI team that gunned down John Dillinger John Dillinger John Herbert Dillinger, Jr. was an American bank robber in Depression-era United States. He was charged with, but never convicted of, the murder of an East Chicago, Indiana police officer during a shoot-out. This was his only alleged homicide. His gang robbed two dozen banks and four police stations...	July 22, 1934
Jimmy Dunham		Last Indianapolis 500 1935 Indianapolis 500 The 1935 Indianapolis 500 held at Indianapolis on Thursday, May 30, 1935. Despite attempts to improve participant safety by requiring crash helmets and installing green and yellow lights around the track, the event that year would prove to be one of the worst in terms of fatalities.-Pre-race and... riding mechanic Riding mechanic A riding mechanic was a mechanic that rode along with a race car during the race who was tasked with maintaining, monitoring, and repairing the car during the race. They communicated with the pits and spotted from inside the car. Riding mechanics were used by most cars in the Indianapolis 500 from...	May 30, 1935
Anne Brown Anne Brown Anne Wiggins Brown was an African American soprano who created the role of "Bess" in the original production of George Gershwin's opera Porgy and Bess in 1935. She was also a radio and concert singer...		Last cast member of the original production of George Gershwin's George Gershwin George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist. Gershwin's compositions spanned both popular and classical genres, and his most popular melodies are widely known... opera Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess Porgy and Bess is an opera, first performed in 1935, with music by George Gershwin, libretto by DuBose Heyward, and lyrics by Ira Gershwin and DuBose Heyward. It was based on DuBose Heyward's novel Porgy and subsequent play of the same title, which he co-wrote with his wife Dorothy Heyward...	September 30, 1935
Louise Henry Louise Henry (actress) Louise Henry is a retired American film actress who worked in Hollywood during the 1930s.-Filmography:* Paris Interlude * Hide-Out * Forsaking All Others * One New York Night...	Living	Last cast member of Remember Last Night? Remember Last Night? Remember Last Night? is a 1935 American mystery comedy film directed by James Whale. The film, based on the novel The Hangover Murders, is about the investigation of the murder of one of a group of friends. The survivors are unable to recall the events of the night of the murder because they were...	November 4, 1935
Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian Rouben Mamoulian was an Armenian-American film and theatre director.-Biography:Born in Tbilisi, Georgia to an Armenian family, Rouben relocated to England and started directing plays in London in 1922...		Last founder of the Directors Guild Directors Guild of America Directors Guild of America is an entertainment labor union which represents the interests of film and television directors in the United States motion picture industry...	1936
Antonio García Barón Antonio García Barón Antonio García Barón was described by the BBC as the last surviving member of the Durruti Column, an anarchist militia in the Spanish Civil War....		Last member of the Durruti Column Durruti Column The Durruti Column was the largest anarchist column formed during the Spanish Civil War . During the first months of the war it has come to be the most recognized and popular military organisations fighting at the republican side... of the Spanish Civil War Spanish Civil War The Spanish Civil WarAlso known as The Crusade among Nationalists, the Fourth Carlist War among Carlists, and The Rebellion or Uprising among Republicans. was a major conflict fought in Spain from 17 July 1936 to 1 April 1939...	July 17, 1936 to April 1, 1939
Herbert Morris Herbert Morris Herbert Roger Morris was an American rower who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics.In 1936 he won the gold medal as member of the American boat in the eights competition.-External links:*...		Last member of the 1936 Olympic-gold 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin, Germany. Berlin won the bid to host the Games over Barcelona, Spain on April 26, 1931, at the 29th IOC Session in Barcelona... crew team Rowing (sport) Rowing is a sport in which athletes race against each other on rivers, on lakes or on the ocean, depending upon the type of race and the discipline. The boats are propelled by the reaction forces on the oar blades as they are pushed against the water...	August 1 to 16, 1936
Manuel Fraga Manuel Fraga Iribarne Manuel Fraga Iribarne is a Spanish People's Party politician. Fraga's career as one of the key political figures in Spain straddles both General Francisco Franco's dictatorial regime and the subsequent transition to democracy. He served as the President of the Xunta of Galicia from 1990 to 2005...	Living	Last member of Francisco Franco's Francisco Franco Francisco Franco y Bahamonde was a Spanish general, dictator and head of state of Spain from October 1936 , and de facto regent of the nominally restored Kingdom of Spain from 1947 until his death in November, 1975... fascist regime	October 1, 1936 to November 20, 1975
Lü Zhengcao Lü Zhengcao Lü Zhengcao was a Chinese military officer. He was one of the original Shang Jiang of the People's Liberation Army....		Last witness of the Xi'an Incident Xi'an Incident The Xi'an Incident of December 1936 is an important episode of Chinese modern history, taking place in the city of Xi'an during the Chinese Civil War between the ruling Kuomintang and the rebel Chinese Communist Party and just before the Second Sino-Japanese War...	December 1936
Walter Walsh Walter Walsh Colonel Walter Rudolph Walsh is a former FBI agent, USMC shooting instructor and Olympic shooter. Walsh joined the FBI in 1934, serving during the Public enemy era, and was involved in several high-profile FBI cases, including the capture of Arthur Barker and the killing of Al Brady...	Living	Last member of the FBI teams that captured Arthur Barker Arthur Barker Arthur R. "Doc" Barker was an American criminal, the son of Ma Barker and a member of the Barker-Karpis gang along with Alvin Karpis.... and killed Al Brady Al Brady Al Brady was an Indiana-born armed robber and murderer who became one of the FBI's "Public Enemies" in the 1930s. He and an accomplice were shot dead in an ambush by FBI agents in downtown Bangor, Maine, in 1937...	October 12, 1937
Fon Huffman Fon Huffman Fon Birdell Huffman was a United States Navy veteran who was believed to be the last survivor of 1937 attack on the USS Panay gunboat, which became known as the Panay incident. The United States and Japan were not at war at the time of the attack...		Last survivor of the Panay Incident Panay incident The USS Panay Incident was a Japanese attack on the American gunboat while she was anchored in the Yangtze River outside Nanking , China on December 12, 1937. Japan and the United States were not at war at the time. The Japanese claimed that they did not see the American flags painted on the deck...	December 12, 1937
Jiří Traxler Jiří Traxler Jiří "George" Traxler was a Czech Canadian jazz and swing pianist, composer, lyricist and arranger. He is considered a founder and co-creator of the swing music era in the Czechoslovakia. Traxler was the last surviving collaborator of the renowned Czech pre-war composer Jaroslav Ježek...		Last collaborator of Jaroslav Ježek	1938
Don Vodden	Living	Last charter member of the Gypsies Sturgis Motorcycle Rally The Sturgis Motorcycle Rally is an American motorcycle rally held annually in Sturgis, South Dakota, usually the first full week of August.-History:...	August 14, 1938
William Herz	Living	Last cast member of 1938 broadcast of Orson Welles Orson Welles George Orson Welles , best known as Orson Welles, was an American film director, actor, theatre director, screenwriter, and producer, who worked extensively in film, theatre, television and radio... ' adaptation of The War of the Worlds The War of the Worlds (radio) The War of the Worlds was an episode of the American radio drama anthology series Mercury Theatre on the Air. It was performed as a Halloween episode of the series on October 30, 1938, and aired over the Columbia Broadcasting System radio network. Directed and narrated by actor and future filmmaker...	October 30, 1938
John Archibald Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler John Archibald Wheeler was an American theoretical physicist who was largely responsible for reviving interest in general relativity in the United States after World War II. Wheeler also worked with Niels Bohr in explaining the basic principles behind nuclear fission...		Last collaborator of both Einstein Albert Einstein Albert Einstein was a German-born theoretical physicist who developed the theory of general relativity, effecting a revolution in physics. For this achievement, Einstein is often regarded as the father of modern physics and one of the most prolific intellects in human history... and Bohr Niels Bohr Niels Henrik David Bohr was a Danish physicist who made foundational contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum mechanics, for which he received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1922. Bohr mentored and collaborated with many of the top physicists of the century at his institute in...	1939
Meinhardt Raabe Meinhardt Raabe Meinhardt Frank Raabe was an American actor. He was one of the last surviving Munchkin-actors in The Wizard of Oz, and was also the last surviving cast member with any dialogue in the film...		Last cast member with dialogue in The Wizard of Oz The Wizard of Oz (1939 film) The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...	August 12, 1939
Charlies Joyce Chibitty		Last World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... Comanche Code Talker Code talker Code talkers was a term used to describe people who talk using a coded language. It is frequently used to describe 400 Native American Marines who served in the United States Marine Corps whose primary job was the transmission of secret tactical messages...	September 1, 1939 to September 2, 1945
Jim Kennedy		Last World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... deep sea diver	September 1, 1939 to 2 September 2, 1945
Emilio Ochoa Emilio Ochoa Emilio Ochoa was a Cuban politician and former Senator. He was believed to be the last living signatory of Cuba's 1940 Constitution at the time of his death in 2007....		Last signer of the Constitution of Cuba 1940 Constitution of Cuba The 1940 Constitution of Cuba, was implemented in 1940, during the presidency of Federico Laredo Brú. It was primarily influenced by the collectivist ideas that inspired the Cuban Revolution of 1933. Widely considered one of the most "progressive" constitutions in existence at the time, it provided...	1940
Moyer "Sonny" Bupp Sonny Bupp Sonny Bupp was an American child film actor and businessman.Born as Moyer MacClaren Bupp in New York City, "Sonny" Bupp appeared in over 60 films during his career, including two Our Gang comedies, 1935's Our Gang Follies of 1936 and 1938's Men in Fright.He appeared in Citizen Kane and was the...		Last cast member of Citizen Kane Citizen Kane Citizen Kane is a 1941 American drama film, directed by and starring Orson Welles. Many critics consider it the greatest American film of all time, especially for its innovative cinematography, music and narrative structure. Citizen Kane was Welles' first feature film...	1940 to 1941
Jānis Pīnups		Last known member of the Forest Brothers Forest Brothers The Forest Brothers were Estonian, Latvian, and Lithuanian partisans who waged a guerrilla war against Soviet rule during the Soviet invasion and occupation of the three Baltic states during, and after, World War II...	1940 to 1941, 1944 to 1956
Eddie Joost Eddie Joost Edwin David Joost was a shortstop and manager in American Major League Baseball. In 1954, Joost became the third and last manager in the 54-year history of the Philadelphia Athletics. Under Joost, the A's finished last in the American League and lost over 100 games...		Last member of the 1940 World Series 1940 World Series The 1940 World Series matched the Cincinnati Reds against the Detroit Tigers, with the Reds winning the Series in seven games for their second championship, their first since the scandal-tainted victory in... winning team 1940 Cincinnati Reds season The Cincinnati Reds season was a season in American baseball. The team finished first in the National League with a record of 100-53, winning the pennant by 12 games over the Brooklyn Dodgers...	October 2 to 8, 1940
Charles Lane Charles Lane (actor) Charles Gerstle Levison , better known as Charles Lane, was an American character actor seen in many movies and TV shows, and at the time of his death may have been the oldest living professional American actor. Lane appeared in many Frank Capra films, including You Can't Take It With You , Mr...		Last cast member of The Invisible Woman The Invisible Woman The Invisible Woman is a science fiction, comedy film that was released near the end of 1940 by Universal. It is the third film follow Invisible Man and The Invisible Man Returns which had been released earlier in the year. The comedic writers Robert Lees and Fred Rinaldo wrote the screenplay in...	December 27, 1940
Daniel Nevolt	Living	Last veteran of the Battle of Kufra Battle of Kufra (1941) The Battle of Kufra was part of the World War II Allies Western Desert Campaign in the colony of Italian Libya, in the Libyan Desert of present day southeastern Libya...	January 13 to March 1, 1941
Ted Briggs Ted Briggs Albert Edward Pryke "Ted" Briggs, MBE was a British seaman and the last survivor of the destruction of the battlecruiser HMS Hood...		Last survivor of the sinking of the HMS Hood HMS Hood Three ships of the Royal Navy have been named HMS Hood after several members of the Hood family, who were notable Navy officers: was a 91-gun second-rate ship of the line, originally laid down as HMS Edgar, but renamed in 1848 and launched in 1859. She was used for harbour service from 1872 and was...	May 24, 1941
Elisha Cook, Jr.		Last cast member of The Maltese Falcon The Maltese Falcon (1941 film) The Maltese Falcon is a 1941 Warner Bros. film based on the novel of the same name by Dashiell Hammett and a remake of the 1931 film of the same name...	October 3, 1941
John William Finn John William Finn John William Finn was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II...		Last Medal of Honor recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor Attack on Pearl Harbor The attack on Pearl Harbor was a surprise military strike conducted by the Imperial Japanese Navy against the United States naval base at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on the morning of December 7, 1941...	December 7, 1941
Simon Srebnik Simon Srebnik Simon Srebnik was a Polish Jew who was one of only two or three survivors of the Nazi death camp known as Chełmno extermination camp.-Camp life:...		Last living prisoner of the Chełmno extermination camp	December 8, 1941 to March 1943, June 1944 to January 18, 1945
Fay Helm		Last cast member of The Wolf Man	December 12, 1941
Lawrence H. Johnston	Living	Last scientist to work on the Manhattan Project Manhattan Project The Manhattan Project was a research and development program, led by the United States with participation from the United Kingdom and Canada, that produced the first atomic bomb during World War II. From 1942 to 1946, the project was under the direction of Major General Leslie Groves of the US Army...	1942 to 1946
Ed Walker Ed Walker (American veteran) Ed Walker was an American veteran of World War II, businessman, publisher and writer. Walker was the last surviving member of Castner's Cutthroats, a regiment consisting of just sixty-five men who performed reconnaissance missions in the Aleutian Islands during World War II...		Last member of Castner's Cutthroats Castner's Cutthroats Castner's Cutthroats was the unofficial name for the 1st Alaskan Combat Intelligence Platoon , also known as Alaskan Scouts. Castner's Cutthroats fought during World War II and were instrumental in defeating the Japanese during the Battle of the Aleutian Islands...	1942 to 1945
Gerard Zinser		Last surviving member of JFK's PT 109 crew Motor Torpedo Boat PT-109 PT-109 was a PT boat last commanded by Lieutenant, junior grade John F. Kennedy in the Pacific Theater during World War II...	1942 to August 2, 1943
Gerhard Klopfer Gerhard Klopfer Gerhard Klopfer was an official of the Nazi Party and assistant to Martin Bormann in the Office of the Party Chancellery....		Last individual to attend the Wannsee Conference Wannsee Conference The Wannsee Conference was a meeting of senior officials of the Nazi German regime, held in the Berlin suburb of Wannsee on 20 January 1942. The purpose of the conference was to inform administrative leaders of Departments responsible for various policies relating to Jews, that Reinhard Heydrich...	January 20, 1942
Rudolf Reder		Last survivor of the Bełżec extermination camp	March 17, 1942 to June 1943
Bill Bower Bill Bower William Marsh "Bill" Bower was an American aviator, U.S. Air Force Colonel and veteran of World War II. Bower was the last surviving pilot of the Doolittle Raid, the first air raid to target the Japanese Home Island of Honshu.A native of Ravenna, Ohio, Bower graduated from Ravenna High School in...		Last pilot of the Doolittle Raid Doolittle Raid The Doolittle Raid, on 18 April 1942, was the first air raid by the United States to strike the Japanese Home Islands during World War II. By demonstrating that Japan itself was vulnerable to American air attack, it provided a vital morale boost and opportunity for U.S. retaliation after the... in World War II	April 18, 1942
Miep Gies Miep Gies Miep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and several family friends in an attic annex above Anne's father's place of business from the Nazis during World War II...		Last member of the "Secret Annex" that hid Anne Frank Anne Frank Annelies Marie "Anne" Frank is one of the most renowned and most discussed Jewish victims of the Holocaust. Acknowledged for the quality of her writing, her diary has become one of the world's most widely read books, and has been the basis for several plays and films.Born in the city of Frankfurt... during WWII	July 6, 1942 to August 4, 1944
Rudolf Brazda Rudolf Brazda Rudolf Brazda was the last known concentration camp survivor deported by Nazi Germany on charges of homosexuality. Brazda spent nearly three years at the Buchenwald concentration camp, where his prisoner uniform was branded with the distinctive pink triangle that the Nazis used to mark men...		Last concentration camp survivor deported by Nazi Germany on charges of homosexuality	August 8, 1942
Frank Holmgren		Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Juneau USS Juneau (CL-52) The first USS Juneau was a United States Navy Atlanta-class light cruiser sunk at the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal in November 1942. In total 687 men, including the five Sullivan brothers, were killed in action as a result of its sinking....	November 13, 1942
Madeleine LeBeau Madeleine LeBeau Madeleine LeBeau is a French actress.-Early life:...	Living	Last credited cast member of Casablanca Casablanca (film) Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz, starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman and Paul Henreid, and featuring Claude Rains, Conrad Veidt, Sydney Greenstreet, Peter Lorre and Dooley Wilson. Set during World War II, it focuses on a man torn between, in...	November 26, 1942
Bill Sparks Bill Sparks William Edward "Bill" Sparks DSM was a British Royal Marine in World War II. He was the last survivor of the "Cockleshell Heroes", commandos who paddled 85 miles into German-occupied France to blow up merchant shipping in the Bay of Biscay port of Bordeaux.He was born in East Ham in the East End...		Last member of the Cockleshell Heroes	December 7 to 12, 1942
Hans Münch Hans Münch Hans-Wilhelm Münch was a German citizen and Nazi Party member who, during World War II, worked as a SS physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp in Nazi occupied Poland from 1943 to 1945. He was the only person acquitted of war crimes at the 1947 Auschwitz trials in Kraków...		Last Auschwitz Auschwitz concentration camp Concentration camp Auschwitz was a network of Nazi concentration and extermination camps built and operated by the Third Reich in Polish areas annexed by Nazi Germany during World War II... SS Schutzstaffel The Schutzstaffel \|Sig runes]]) was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party. Built upon the Nazi ideology, the SS under Heinrich Himmler's command was responsible for many of the crimes against humanity during World War II... physician	1943 to 1945
Marek Edelman Marek Edelman Marek Edelman was a Jewish-Polish political and social activist and cardiologist.Before World War II, he was a General Jewish Labour Bund activist. During the war he co-founded the Jewish Combat Organization. He took part in the 1943 Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, becoming its leader after the death of...		Last leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising Warsaw Ghetto Uprising The Warsaw Ghetto Uprising was the Jewish resistance that arose within the Warsaw Ghetto in German occupied Poland during World War II, and which opposed Nazi Germany's effort to transport the remaining ghetto population to Treblinka extermination camp....	April 19, 1943 to May 16, 1943
Les Munro Les Munro Squadron Leader John Leslie Munro CNZM, DSO, QSO, DFC, JP is the last surviving pilot of the Dambusters Raid of May 1943....	Living	Last pilot of Operation Chastise Operation Chastise Operation Chastise was an attack on German dams carried out on 16–17 May 1943 by Royal Air Force No. 617 Squadron, subsequently known as the "Dambusters", using a specially developed "bouncing bomb" invented and developed by Barnes Wallis... during WWII	May 16 to 17, 1943
Fritz Darges Fritz Darges Fritz Darges was an Obersturmbannführer in the Waffen SS during World War II who was awarded the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross...		Last member of Hitler's Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945... inner circle	1944
Frank Ellis Sublett		Last member of the Golden Thirteen Golden Thirteen The Golden Thirteen were the thirteen African American enlisted men who became the first African American commissioned and warrant officers in the United States Navy.-History:...	March 1944
David Wood David Wood (British Army officer) Colonel David Wood MBE was the last surviving officer of the coup de main operation by gliderborne troops on D Day, 6 June 1944, which was tasked with capturing two vital bridges before the main assault on the Normandy beaches.Early lifeDavid James Wood was born in Corsham, Wiltshire and educated...		Last officer of the Pegasus Bridge raid Operation Deadstick Operation Deadstick was the codename for an airborne forces operation by the British Army that took place on 6 June 1944 as part of the Normandy landings. The mission's objective was to capture intact two road bridges in Normandy across the River Orne and the Caen Canal providing the only exit... on D-Day	June 6, 1944
Ray Nance Ray Nance (veteran) Elisha Ray Nance was the last survivor of the Bedford Boys, soldiers from the Blue Ridge foothills whose heavy losses at Omaha Beach symbolized the sacrifices of all the Americans who fell at Normandy on D-Day....		Last survivor of the Bedford Boys Omaha Beach Omaha Beach is the code name for one of the five sectors of the Allied invasion of German-occupied France in the Normandy landings on 6 June 1944, during World War II...	June 6, 1944
Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin Ewald-Heinrich von Kleist-Schmenzin is a former German Army officer and publisher. A member of the von Kleist family, his parents were active in the German resistance against Adolf Hitler and participated in the July 20 Plot...	Living	Last participant of the Plot to assassinate Hitler Adolf Hitler Adolf Hitler was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the National Socialist German Workers Party , commonly referred to as the Nazi Party). He was Chancellor of Germany from 1933 to 1945, and head of state from 1934 to 1945...	July 20, 1944

1945-1960

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Charles W. Lindberg Charles W. Lindberg Charles W. "Chuck" Lindberg was a United States Marine who was part of the first raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima during the Battle of Iwo Jima in World War II...		Last Marine in the Iwo Jima Flag Raisings	February 23, 1945
Rochus Misch Rochus Misch Rochus Misch is a former Oberscharführer in the 1st SS Division Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler during World War II. He served as a courier, bodyguard and telephone operator for German leader Adolf Hitler from 1940 to 1945...	Living	Last survivor of the occupants of the 'Führerbunker Führerbunker The Führerbunker was located beneath Hitler's New Reich Chancellery in Berlin, Germany. It was part of a subterranean bunker complex which was constructed in two major phases, one part in 1936 and the other in 1943... ' in the Final Days of the War in Europe	April 1945
Albert Meserlin Albert Meserlin Albert B. Meserlin, Jr. was staff photographer to General Dwight D. Eisenhower. With the passing of British Staff Sergeant Susan Hibbert, Mr. Meserlin was believed to be the last surviving witness to the German surrender ceremony at the end of World War II.As staff photographer, he also caught...		Last witness of the German Surrender End of World War II in Europe The final battles of the European Theatre of World War II as well as the German surrender to the Western Allies and the Soviet Union took place in late April and early May 1945.-Timeline of surrenders and deaths:...	May 8, 1945
Theodore Van Kirk Theodore Van Kirk Theodore Van Kirk is a former United States Army Air Force navigator. He is famous as the navigator of the Enola Gay when it dropped the first atomic bomb on Hiroshima...	Living	Last crew member of the Enola Gay Enola Gay Enola Gay is a Boeing B-29 Superfortress bomber, named after Enola Gay Tibbets, mother of the pilot, then-Colonel Paul Tibbets. On August 6, 1945, during the final stages of World War II, it became the first aircraft to drop an atomic bomb as a weapon of war...	August 6, 1945
Benjamin Ferencz	Living	Last prosecutor during the Nuremberg Trials Nuremberg Trials The Nuremberg Trials were a series of military tribunals, held by the victorious Allied forces of World War II, most notable for the prosecution of prominent members of the political, military, and economic leadership of the defeated Nazi Germany....	November 20, 1945 to October 1, 1946
Ranbir Singh		Last member of India’s Constituent Assembly Constituent Assembly of India The Constituent Assembly of India was elected to write the Constitution of India, and following independence served as the nation's first Parliament.-Nature of the Assembly:...	December 9, 1946
Raymond Parks		Last member of the group that founded NASCAR NASCAR The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing is a family-owned and -operated business venture that sanctions and governs multiple auto racing sports events. It was founded by Bill France Sr. in 1947–48. As of 2009, the CEO for the company is Brian France, grandson of the late Bill France Sr...	1947
Patricia Neal Patricia Neal Patricia Neal was an American actress of stage and screen. She was best known for her film roles as World War II widow Helen Benson in The Day the Earth Stood Still , wealthy matron Emily Eustace Failenson in Breakfast at Tiffany's , middle-aged housekeeper Alma Brown in Hud , for which she won...		Last winner from the first Tony Awards ceremony 1st Tony Awards The First Tony Awards, more formally known as the Antoinette Perry Awards for Excellence in Theatre, were held on April 6, 1947, in the Grand Ballroom of the Waldorf-Astoria Hotel in New York City. Presented by the American Theatre Wing, they celebrated the best in live American theatre over the...	April 6, 1947
Knut Haugland Knut Haugland Knut Magne Haugland, DSO, MM, was a resistance fighter and noted explorer from Norway who accompanied Thor Heyerdahl on his famous 1947 Kon-Tiki expedition.-Early life and World War II:...		Last crew member on the Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki Kon-Tiki was the raft used by Norwegian explorer and writer Thor Heyerdahl in his 1947 expedition across the Pacific Ocean from South America to the Polynesian islands. It was named after the Inca sun god, Viracocha, for whom "Kon-Tiki" was said to be an old name... expedition	April 28, 1947
Ring Lardner, Jr.		Last member of The Hollywood Ten Hollywood blacklist The Hollywood blacklist—as the broader entertainment industry blacklist is generally known—was the mid-twentieth-century list of screenwriters, actors, directors, musicians, and other U.S. entertainment professionals who were denied employment in the field because of their political beliefs or...	November 25, 1947
Ross Barbour Ross Barbour (singer) Ross Edwin "Ross" Barbour was an American singer with the vocal quartet The Four Freshmen.The Four Freshmen originated in early 1948 when brothers Ross and Don Barbour, then at Butler University's Arthur Jordan Conservatory in Indianapolis, Indiana, formed a barbershop quartet called Hal's...		Last founding member of The Four Freshmen The Four Freshmen The Four Freshmen is a multiple Grammy-nominated American male vocal band quartet that blends open-harmony jazz arrangements with the big band vocal group sounds of The Modernaires , The Pied Pipers , and The Mel-Tones , founded in the barbershop tradition...	1948
Arieh Handler Arieh Handler Arieh Handler was a Zionist leader. He was most famous for the being one of the main founders of the Religious Zionist movement in the UK as well as being the last person alive to have been present at the declaration of the State of Israel.Arieh Handler was born in Bohemia and grew up in Germany...		Last witness to the signing of the Israeli Declaration of Independence	May 14, 1948
Margaret O'Brien Margaret O'Brien Margaret O'Brien is an American film and stage actress. Although her film career as a leading character was brief, she was one of the most popular child actors in cinema history...	Living	Last cast member of Little Women Little Women (1949 film) Little Women directed by Mervyn LeRoy is based on Louisa May Alcott's novel of the same name. The screenplay was written by Sally Benson, Victor Heerman, Sarah Y. Mason, and Andrew Solt...	March 10, 1949
Joey Bishop Joey Bishop Joey Bishop was an American entertainer who was perhaps best known for being a member of the "Rat Pack" with Frank Sinatra, Peter Lawford, Sammy Davis, Jr., and Dean Martin...		Last member of the Rat Pack Rat Pack The Rat Pack was a group of actors originally centered on Humphrey Bogart. In the mid-1960s it was the name used by the press and the general public to refer to a later variation of the group, after Bogart's death, that called itself "the summit" or "the clan," featuring Frank Sinatra, Dean...	1950s to 1960s
Tony Washington	Living	Last member of Junior Walker & The All Stars	1950s to 1980s
Paul Reed Paul Reed (artist) Paul Reed is an American artist most associated with the Washington Color School and Color Field Painting.Reed was born in Washington DC and currently resides in the Virginia suburbs outside of DC. He attended and graduated from both San Diego State College in San Diego, CA and the Corcoran...	Living	Last of the Washington Color School Washington Color School A visual-art movement of the late 1950s through the mid-1960s, the Washington Color School was originally a group of painters who showed works in the "Washington Color Painters" exhibit at the Washington Gallery of Modern Art in Washington, DC from June 25-September 5, 1965. The exhibition...	1950s to 1960s
Tony Terran Tony Terran Anthony Terran or Tony Terran is an American trumpet player and session musician.Regarded as one of the most versatile trumpet players in the music business, Terran had an impact on the Los Angeles music scene for more than four decades as a specialist of many musical styles...	Living	Last member of the Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz Desi Arnaz was a Cuban-born American musician, actor and television producer. While he gained international renown for leading a Latin music band, the Desi Arnaz Orchestra, he is probably best known for his role as Ricky Ricardo on the American TV series I Love Lucy, starring with Lucille Ball, to... Orchestra	October 15, 1951 to May 7, 1957
Theodore Bikel Theodore Bikel Theodore Meir Bikel is a character actor, folk singer and musician. He made his film debut in The African Queen and was nominated for an Academy award for his supporting role as Sheriff Max Muller in The Defiant Ones ....	Living	Last cast member of The African Queen	February 20, 1952
David Nelson David Nelson (actor) David Oswald Nelson was an American actor, director, producer. He was the elder son of bandleader/TV actor Ozzie Nelson and singer Harriet Hilliard and the older brother of singer Eric "Ricky" Nelson.-Career:...		Last Nelson tv sitcom The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet is an American sitcom, airing on ABC from October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966, starring the real life Nelson family. After a long run on radio, the show was brought to television where it continued its success, running on both radio and TV for a couple of years... family member	October 3, 1952 to September 3, 1966
Zelma Henderson Zelma Henderson Zelma Henderson was the last surviving plaintiff in the 1954 landmark federal school desegregation case, Brown v. Board of Education. The case outlawed segregation nationwide in all of the United States' public schools...		Last participant in the Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, 347 U.S. 483 , was a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court that declared state laws establishing separate public schools for black and white students unconstitutional. The decision overturned the Plessy v. Ferguson decision of 1896 which... case	December 9, 1952 to May 17, 1954
Abdul Fakir	Living	Last original member of the Four Tops Four Tops The Four Tops are an American vocal quartet, whose repertoire has included doo-wop, jazz, soul music, R&B, disco, adult contemporary, hard rock, and showtunes...	1953
William P. Rogers William P. Rogers William Pierce Rogers was an American politician, who served as a Cabinet officer in the administrations of two U.S. Presidents in the third quarter of the 20th century.-Early Life :...		Last member of the Eisenhower Administration	January 20, 1953 to January 20, 1961
Bill Pinkney Bill Pinkney Bill Pinkney was an American performer and singer. Pinkney was often said to be the last surviving original member of The Drifters, who achieved international fame with numerous hit records. He was chiefly responsible for its early sounds...		Last original member of The Drifters The Drifters The Drifters are a long-lived American doo-wop and R&B/soul vocal group with a peak in popularity from 1953 to 1963, though several splinter Drifters continue to perform today. They were originally formed to serve as Clyde McPhatter's backing group in 1953...	May 7, 1953
Marshall Grant Marshall Grant Marshall Garnett Grant was the upright bassist and electric bassist of singer Johnny Cash's original backing duo, the Tennessee Two, in which Grant and electric guitarist Luther Perkins played. The group became known as The Tennessee Three in 1960, with the addition of drummer W. S. Holland...		Last member of Johnny Cash’s original backing duo	1954 to 1980
Bernard Wilson Bernard Wilson (singer) Bernard Wilson was a second tenor and baritone R&B, funk and soul music vocalist, who was a member of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes, and thus helped to define the “Sound of Philadelphia” in the 1970s.-Early career:...		Last original member of Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes Harold Melvin & the Blue Notes were an American singing group, one of the most popular Philadelphia soul groups of the 1970s. The group's repertoire included soul, R&B, doo-wop, and disco...	1954 to 1996
William Clancy Liam Clancy William "Liam" Clancy was an Irish folk singer and actor from Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary. He was the youngest and last surviving member of performing group The Clancy Brothers. The group were regarded as Ireland's first pop stars...		Last member of The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers The Clancy Brothers were an influential Irish folk music singing group, most popular in the 1960s, they were famed for their woolly Aran jumpers and are widely credited with popularizing Irish traditional music in the United States. The brothers were Patrick "Paddy" Clancy, Tom Clancy, Bobby Clancy...	1955
Carl Gardner Carl Gardner Carl Edward Gardner was an American singer, best known as the foremost member and founder of The Coasters. Known for the 1958 song "Yakety Yak", which spent a week as number one on the Hot 100 pop list, he was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987.- Life and career :Gardner was born...		Last founding member of The Coasters The Coasters The Coasters are an American rhythm and blues/rock and roll vocal group that had a string of hits in the late 1950s. Beginning with "Searchin'" and "Young Blood", their most memorable songs were written by the songwriting and producing team of Leiber and Stoller...	October 1955
Joyce Randolph Joyce Randolph Joyce Randolph is an American actress, best known for playing Trixie Norton on The Honeymooners.-Early life and career:...	Living	Last member of the Honeymooners The Honeymooners The Honeymooners is an American situation comedy television show, based on a recurring 1951–'55 sketch of the same name. It originally aired on the DuMont network's Cavalcade of Stars and subsequently on the CBS network's The Jackie Gleason Show hosted by Jackie Gleason, and filmed before a live... quartet	October 1, 1955 to September 22, 1956
Corey Allen Corey Allen Corey Allen was an American film and television director, writer, producer, and actor. He began his career as an actor but eventually became a television director. He may be best known for playing the character Buzz Gunderson in Nicholas Ray's Rebel Without a Cause...		Last cast member of Rebel Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause Rebel Without a Cause is a 1955 American drama film about emotionally confused suburban, middle-class teenagers. Directed by Nicholas Ray, it offered both social commentary and an alternative to previous films depicting delinquents in urban slum environments...	October 27, 1955
Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis Jerry Lee Lewis is an American rock and roll and country music singer-songwriter and pianist. An early pioneer of rock and roll music, Lewis's career faltered after he married his young cousin, and he afterwards made a career extension to country and western music. He is known by the nickname 'The...	Living	Last participant in the Million Dollar Quartet Million Dollar Quartet "Million Dollar Quartet" is the name given to recordings made on Tuesday December 4, 1956 in the Sun Record Studios in Memphis, Tennessee. The recordings were of an impromptu jam session among Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis, Carl Perkins, and Johnny Cash. It was arguably the first...	December 4, 1956
Maurice Faure Maurice Faure Maurice Faure at Azerat, Dordogne is a former member of the French Resistance and a former minister in several French governments....	Living	Last signatory of the Treaty of Rome Treaty of Rome The Treaty of Rome, officially the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community, was an international agreement that led to the founding of the European Economic Community on 1 January 1958. It was signed on 25 March 1957 by Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany...	March 25, 1957
Peter Cope Peter Cope Peter Roland Cope was the last surviving test pilot from the Avro Arrow program.Born in Croydon, England, Cope signed up for the Royal Air Force in 1939 after graduating from Croydon College with a degree in science and applied mathematics.In August 1941 Cope was called up for training in the...		Last test pilot of the Avro Arrow Program	March 25, 1958 to 1959
Pernell Roberts Pernell Roberts Pernell Elvin Roberts, Jr. was an American stage, movie and television actor, as well as a singer. In addition to guest starring in over 60 television series, he was widely known for his roles as Ben Cartwright's eldest son, Adam Cartwright, on the western series Bonanza, a role he played from...		Last cast member of Bonanza Bonanza Bonanza is an American western television series that both ran on and was a production of NBC from September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973. Lasting 14 seasons and 430 episodes, it ranks as the second longest running western series and still continues to air in syndication. It centers on the...	September 12, 1959 to January 16, 1973

Post 1960

Name	Death	Historical Event	Date of Event
Otis Williams Otis Williams Otis Williams is an American baritone singer. Nicknamed "Big Daddy", he has also acted as a sporadic songwriter and record producer. Williams co-founded the Motown vocal group The Temptations in early 1960 as The Elgins, a group in which he continues to perform...	Living	Last original member of The Temptations The Temptations The Temptations is an American vocal group having achieved fame as one of the most successful acts to record for Motown Records. The group's repertoire has included, at various times during its five-decade career, R&B, doo-wop, funk, disco, soul, and adult contemporary music.Formed in Detroit,...	1960
John Stephenson John Stephenson (actor) John Stephenson is an American actor and voice actor. He has also been credited as John Stevenson...	Living	Last cast member of The Flintstones The Flintstones The Flintstones is an animated, prime-time American television sitcom that screened from September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966, on ABC. Produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions, The Flintstones was about a working class Stone Age man's life with his family and his next-door neighbor and best friend. It...	September 30, 1960 to April 1, 1966
W. Willard Wirtz W. Willard Wirtz William Willard Wirtz was a former U.S. administrator, cabinet officer, attorney, and law professor. He served as the Secretary of Labor between 1962 and 1969 under the administrations of Presidents John F. Kennedy and Lyndon B. Johnson. At the time of his death, he was the last living member of...		Last member of President Kennedy's John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963.... cabinet	January 20, 1961 to November 22, 1963
Janet Waldo Janet Waldo Janet Waldo is an American actress and voice artist with a career encompassing radio, television, animation and live-action films. She is best known in animation for voicing Judy Jetson, Penelope Pitstop and Josie McCoy in Josie and the Pussycats...	Living	Last main cast member of The Jetsons The Jetsons The Jetsons is a animated American sitcom that was produced by Hanna-Barbera, originally airing in prime-time from 1962–1963 and again from 1985–1987...	September 23, 1962 to March 3, 1963
Beverley Thorne	Living	Last case study Case Study Houses The Case Study Houses were experiments in American residential architecture sponsored by Arts & Architecture magazine, which commissioned major architects of the day, including Richard Neutra, Raphael Soriano, Craig Ellwood, Charles and Ray Eames, Pierre Koenig and Eero Saarinen, to design and... architect	January 1963
Clint Hill Clint Hill Clinton J. Hill is a former United States Secret Service agent who was in the presidential motorcade during the assassination of John F. Kennedy. After Kennedy was shot, Hill ran from the car immediately behind the presidential limousine and leapt onto the back of it, holding on while the car...	Living	Last passenger of the presidential limousine Assassination of John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy, the thirty-fifth President of the United States, was assassinated at 12:30 p.m. Central Standard Time on Friday, November 22, 1963, in Dealey Plaza, Dallas, Texas... which arrived at Parkland Parkland Memorial Hospital Parkland Memorial Hospital is a hospital located at 5201 Harry Hines Boulevard, just west of Oak Lawn in Dallas, Texas . It is the main hospital of the Dallas County Hospital District and serves as Dallas County's public hospital.- History :The original hospital opened in 1894 in a wooden...	November 22, 1963
Gerald Ford Gerald Ford Gerald Rudolph "Jerry" Ford, Jr. was the 38th President of the United States, serving from 1974 to 1977, and the 40th Vice President of the United States serving from 1973 to 1974...		Last member of the Warren Commission Warren Commission The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy, known unofficially as the Warren Commission, was established on November 27, 1963, by Lyndon B. Johnson to investigate the assassination of United States President John F. Kennedy on November 22, 1963...	November 29, 1963
Chawley P. Williams		Last member of Centre Ave. Poets' workshop Black Horizon Theater Black Horizon Theater was a community-based, Black Nationalist theater company co-founded in 1968 by August Wilson and Rob Penny in the Hill District of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States....	1965
Michelle Phillips Michelle Phillips Michelle Phillips is an American singer, songwriter, and actress. She gained fame as a member of the 1960s group The Mamas & the Papas, and is the last surviving original member of the group.-Early life:...	Living	Last member of the The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas The Mamas & the Papas were a Canadian/American vocal group of the 1960s . The group recorded and performed from 1965 to 1968 with a short reunion in 1971, releasing five albums and 11 Top 40 hit singles...	1965
Frances Reid Frances Reid Frances Reid was an American dramatic actress. Although she starred in many productions, she is best known for her portrayal of Alice Horton on the NBC daytime soap opera Days of our Lives from its debut in November 1965 until her death on February 3, 2010.-Biography:Born in Wichita Falls, Texas,...		Last original cast member of Days of our Lives Days of our Lives Days of our Lives is a long running daytime soap opera broadcast on the NBC television network. It is one of the longest-running scripted television programs in the world, airing nearly every weekday in the United States since November 8, 1965. It has since been syndicated to many countries around...	November 8, 1965 to today
Mitch Mitchell Mitch Mitchell John Ronald "Mitch" Mitchell was an English drummer, best known for his work in The Jimi Hendrix Experience.-Early life and the Jimi Hendrix Experience:...		Last member of The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Jimi Hendrix Experience The Jimi Hendrix Experience were an English-American psychedelic rock band that formed in London in October 1966. Comprising eponymous singer-songwriter and guitarist Jimi Hendrix, bassist and backing vocalist Noel Redding and drummer Mitch Mitchell, the band was active until June 1969, in which...	1966
Yao Wenyuan Yao Wenyuan Yao Wenyuan was a Chinese literary critic, a politician, and a member of the "Gang of Four" during China's Cultural Revolution.-Biography:...		Last member of China's Gang of Four Gang of Four The Gang of Four was the name given to a political faction composed of four Chinese Communist Party officials. They came to prominence during the Cultural Revolution and were subsequently charged with a series of treasonous crimes...	1966 to 1976
Bernard Nathanson Bernard Nathanson Bernard N. Nathanson was an American medical doctor from New York who helped to found the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, but later became a pro-life activist.-Early life and education:...		Last founding member of NARAL NARAL Pro-Choice America NARAL Pro-Choice America , formerly the National Association for the Repeal of Abortion Laws, then National Abortion Rights Action League, and later National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, is an organization in the United States that engages in political action to oppose...	February 14–16, 1969
Tommy Ramone Tommy Ramone Tommy Ramone, also known as Thomas Erdelyi , is a Hungarian American record producer and musician...	Living	Last original member of The Ramones Ramones The Ramones were an American rock band that formed in the New York City neighborhood of Forest Hills, Queens, in 1974. They are often cited as the first punk rock group...	March 30, 1974
Larry Newman Larry Newman (aviator) Larry Newman was an American pilot and balloonist.- Early life :Newman won the Congressional Gold Medal awarded by the United States Congress for his flight in the Double Eagle II with Ben Abruzzo and Maxie Anderson. The flight was the first manned balloon crossing of the Atlantic non-stop...		Last crew member of the Double Eagle II Double Eagle II Double Eagle II, piloted by Ben Abruzzo, Maxie Anderson, and Larry Newman, became the first balloon to cross the Atlantic Ocean when it landed 17 August 1978 in Miserey near Paris, 137 hours 6 minutes after leaving Presque Isle, Maine....	August 12 to 17, 1978
Luz Isabel Cuevas	Living	Last witness to the assassination of El Salvadorian bishop Bishop A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the... Óscar Romero Óscar Romero Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez was a bishop of the Catholic Church in El Salvador. He became the fourth Archbishop of San Salvador, succeeding Luis Chávez. He was assassinated on 24 March 1980....	March 24, 1980
Betty White Betty White Betty White Ludden , better known as Betty White, is an American actress, comedienne, singer, author, and former game show personality. With a career spanning seven decades since 1939, she is best known to modern audiences for her television roles as Sue Ann Nivens on The Mary Tyler Moore Show and...	Living	Last regular cast member of The Golden Girls The Golden Girls The Golden Girls is an American sitcom created by Susan Harris, which originally aired on NBC from September 14, 1985, to May 9, 1992. Starring Bea Arthur, Betty White, Rue McClanahan and Estelle Getty, the show centers on four older women sharing a home in Miami, Florida...	September 14, 1985 to May 9, 1992
Nur-Pashi Kulayev Nur-Pashi Kulayev Nur-Pashi Kulayev , a native of Engenoi, Chechnya, is thought to be the sole survivor of the 32 hostage-takers in the 2004 Beslan school hostage crisis, although Chechen warlord Shamil Basayev denied the claim, stating that one other escaped....	Living	Last surviving culprit of the Beslan school hostage crisis Beslan school hostage crisis The Beslan school hostage crisis of early September 2004 was a three-day hostage-taking of over 1,100 people which ended in the deaths of over 380...	September 1, 2004
Alexander Sizov	Living	Last survivor of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash The Lokomotiv Yaroslavl plane crash occurred at 16:05 MT on Wednesday, 7 September 2011, when a Yak-Service Yakovlev Yak-42, carrying the players and coaching staff of the Lokomotiv Yaroslavl professional ice hockey team, crashed near the Russian city of Yaroslavl...	September 7, 2011

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Marie-Thérèse-Charlotte		Last heir of Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette Marie Antoinette ; 2 November 1755 – 16 October 1793) was an Archduchess of Austria and the Queen of France and of Navarre. She was the fifteenth and penultimate child of Holy Roman Empress Maria Theresa and Holy Roman Emperor Francis I....	n/a
Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë Charlotte Brontë was an English novelist and poet, the eldest of the three Brontë sisters who survived into adulthood, whose novels are English literature standards...		Last member of the Brontë family	n/a
Jeanne Calment Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...		Last person to have met Vincent van Gogh Vincent van Gogh Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is... and last documented person born in the 1870s 1870s The 1870s continued the trends of the previous decade, as new empires, imperialism and militarism rose in Europe and Asia. America was recovering from the Civil War. Germany declared independence in 1871 and began its Second Reich. Labor unions and strikes occurred worldwide in the later part of...	n/a
Truganini		Last "full blood Half-caste Half-caste is a term used to describe people of mixed race or ethnicity. Caste comes from the Latin castus, meaning pure, and the derivative Portuguese and Spanish casta, meaning race... " Tasmanian Aborigine Tasmanian Aborigines The Tasmanian Aborigines were the indigenous people of the island state of Tasmania, Australia. Before British colonisation in 1803, there were an estimated 3,000–15,000 Parlevar. A number of historians point to introduced disease as the major cause of the destruction of the full-blooded...	n/a
Ishi Ishi Ishi was the last member of the Yahi, the last surviving group of the Yana people of the U.S. state of California. Ishi is believed to have been the last Native American in Northern California to have lived most of his life completely outside the European American culture...		Last member of the Yahi Yana people The Yana people were a group of Native Americans indigenous to Northern California in the central Sierra Nevada Mountains, on the western side of the range. The Yana-speaking people comprised four groups: the Northern Yana, the Central Yana, the Southern Yana, and the Yahi...	n/a
Arndt von Bohlen	1986	Last heir to the Krupp fortune Krupp The Krupp family , a prominent 400-year-old German dynasty from Essen, have become famous for their steel production and for their manufacture of ammunition and armaments. The family business, known as Friedrich Krupp AG Hoesch-Krupp, was the largest company in Europe at the beginning of the 20th...	n/a
Calvin Titus		Last American military flag bearer	n/a
Charlie Emig Charlie Emig Charles Henry Emig was a Major League Baseball pitcher. He played in one game for the Louisville Colonels of the National League in 1896.-External links:...		Last surviving Major League Baseball player from the 19th Century	n/a
Jean Kennedy Smith Jean Kennedy Smith Jean Ann Kennedy Smith is an American diplomat and a former United States Ambassador to Ireland. She is the eighth of nine children born to Joseph Patrick Kennedy, Sr. and Rose Elizabeth Fitzgerald and is their last surviving child. She is the sister of the 35th U.S. President, John F. Kennedy,...	Living	Last child of Joseph and Rose Kennedy	n/a
Tevfik Esenç Tevfik Esenç Tevfik Esenç was a Circassian exile in Turkey and the last known fully competent speaker of the Ubykh language.Esenç was raised by his Ubykh-speaking grandparents for a time in the village of Hacı Osman in Turkey, and he served a term as the muhtar of that village, before receiving a post in the...		Last person able to speak the Ubykh language Ubykh language Ubykh or Ubyx is an extinct language of the Northwestern Caucasian group, spoken by the Ubykh people...	n/a
Marie Smith Jones		Last speaker of the Eyak language Eyak language Eyak is an extinct Na-Dené language that was historically spoken by the Eyak people, indigenous to southcentral Alaska, near the mouth of the Copper River.The closest relatives of Eyak are the Athabaskan languages...	n/a
Boa Sr. Boa Sr. Boa Sr. was an Indian Great Andamanese elder. She was the last surviving person who remembered any Bo, a language of the Great Andamanese language family.She was born around 1925.Boa Sr...		Last member of the Bo people	n/a
Ollie Johnston Ollie Johnston Oliver Martin Johnston, Jr. was an American motion picture animator. He was one of Disney's Nine Old Men, and the last surviving at the time of his death. He was recognized by The Walt Disney Company with its Disney Legend Award in 1989...		Last of Disney's Nine Old Men Disney's Nine Old Men Disney's Nine Old Men were the core animators at The Walt Disney Company who created some of Disney's most famous works, from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs onward to The Rescuers. Walt Disney jokingly called this group of animators his "Nine Old Men," referring to Robert S...	n/a

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