List of surviving veterans of World War II

This is a list of notable surviving veterans of World War II (1939–1945).

Contents 

• A
• B
• C
• D
• E
• F
• G
• H
• I
• J
• K
• L
• M
• N
• O
• P
• Q
• R
• S
• T
• U
• V
• W
• X
• Y
• Z

• See also
• References
• External links

List

Total of 1010 veterans listed

A

40 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Fortunato Abat	June 10, 1925	Secretary of National Defense, Ambassador, & Commanding General of the Philippine Army	Philippine Commonwealth Army	Philippines
Henry Abraham	August 25, 1921	Judiciary scholar, author & university professor	United States Army	United States
S. Daniel Abraham[1]	August 15, 1924	Arab-Israeli peace activist, philanthropist, founder of Slim Fast, author, & billionaire	United States Army[2]	United States
Robert Adair	August 14, 1924	Physicist, university professor, baseball scholar, & author; The Physics of Baseball	United States Army	United States
Theo Adam	April 1, 1926	Bass-baritone	Wehrmacht	Germany
Valdas Adamkus	November 3, 1926	President of Lithuania (1998-2003, 2004-2009)	Lithuanian resistance	Lithuania
Dick Adams	April 8, 1920	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Lee Adams	August 14, 1924	American lyricist & songwriter; Bye Bye Birdie, co-writer Those Were the Days	United States Army	United States
Richard Adams	May 9, 1920	Author; Watership Down	British Army	United Kingdom
Bob Addis	November 6, 1925	American baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Ben Agajanian	August 28, 1919	American football player	United States Army	United States
Daniel Akaka	September 11, 1924	United States Senator (1990–2013)	United States Army	United States
Hans Albert	February 8, 1921	Philosopher	German Army	Germany
Giorgio Albertazzi	August 20, 1923	Actor and film director	Italian Social Republic Army	Italy
Brian Aldiss	August 18, 1925	Science fiction novelist & short story author	British Army	United Kingdom
David Alexander	November 28, 1926	British general, Director of the English-Speaking Union, & Commandant of the Scottish Police College	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Frank Allen	December 5, 1926	Australian rules football player	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Marshall Allen	May 25, 1924	Avant-garde & free jazz alto saxophone player	United States Army	United States
Marty Allen	March 23, 1922	Comic; half of the Allen and Rossi comedy duo	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Edward A. Allworth	December 1, 1920	Historian	United States Army	United States
Walter Althammer	March 12, 1928	Politician, Member of the Bundestag	German Army	Germany
Nicholas Amer	September 29, 1923	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bud Anderson	January 13, 1922	American World War II triple ace fighter pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John B. Anderson	February 15, 1922	United States Congressman (1961–1981), Independent Party presidential candidate (1980)	United States Army	United States
Michael Anderson	January 30, 1920	Film director; Around the World in 80 Days, Logan's Run	British Army	United Kingdom
Philip W. Anderson	December 13, 1923	Physicist, Nobel Laureate in Physics	United States Navy	United States
Richard Lloyd Anderson	1926 (age 89–90)	University professor	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Mark Andrews	May 19, 1926	United States Congressman (1963–1981), United States Senator (1981–1987)	United States Army	United States
Roger Angell	September 19, 1920	Sportswriter and editor; The New Yorker	United States Army	United States
Ray Anthony	January 20, 1922	Bandleader and trumpeter	United States Navy	United States
Karl-Otto Apel	March 15, 1922	Philosopher	German Army	Germany
Joe Arenas	December 12, 1925	Football player	United States Army	United States
Moshe Arens	December 27, 1925	Israeli Minister of Defense, Minister of Foreign Affairs, & member of the Knesset	United States Army	United States
George Ariyoshi	March 12, 1926	Governor of Hawaii (1974–1986), first American of Asian descent elected governor of a U.S. state	United States Army	United States
Stanisław Aronson	May 6, 1925	Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
Sark Arslanian	February 4, 1924	Football coach	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Horace Ashenfelter	January 23, 1923	Olympic gold medalist; 3,000-meter steeplechase	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Harold Atcherley	August 30, 1918	Businessman, public figure, & arts administrator	British Army	United Kingdom
Xavier Atencio	September 4, 1919	Disney animator & imagineer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Henry Atkinson	April 22, 1923	Preeminent Canadian fighter ace of World War II	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada

B

112 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sheldon Bach	May 18, 1925	Psychologist	European Theatre of Operations	United States
Charles Bachman	December 11, 1924	Computer scientist	U.S. Army	United States
Robert L. Backman	March 22, 1922	Lawyer, politician	U.S. Army	United States
Peter Badie	May 17, 1925	Jazz bass guitarist	United States Navy, 1942–45	United States
Joe Bailon	March 18, 1923	Car customizer; created the candy apple red paint color	U.S. Army[3]	United States
Thomas Baird	May 17, 1924	Royal Navy admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Zorawar Chand Bakhshi	October 21, 1921	Indian Army officer	British Indian Army	British India
Richard Baker	June 15, 1925	Broadcaster & radio personality	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Ronald James Baker	August 24, 1924	Academic administrator	Royal Air Force	Canada
Russell Baker	August 14, 1925	Author & columnist	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Walter Balderson	September 19, 1926	Television pioneer	United States Navy	United States
Alvin Baldus	April 27, 1926	Politician	United States Merchant Marine, 1944–1946	United States
Vincent Ball	December 4, 1923	Actor	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Russell Bannock	November 1, 1919	Aviator & test pilot	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Bob Barker	December 12, 1923	Game show host	United States Navy	United States
Doug Barnard, Jr.	March 20, 1922	American politician; Georgia representative (1977–1993)	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Vic Barnhart	September 1, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Dave Bartholomew	December 24, 1920	Musician, songwriter, & music producer	United States Army	United States
Michael Barthorp		Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Karl-Ludwig Barths	May 13, 1920	President of Volkswagen Canada Ltd.	Heer	Germany
Harry Basch	January 16, 1926	Actor & author	United States Army Air Corps[4]	United States
Yvonne Baseden	January 20, 1922	Special Operations Executives assistant	French Resistance & Women's Auxiliary Air Force	France
Weston Bate	September 24, 1924	Historian	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Phil Batt	March 4, 1927	29th Governor of Idaho	United States Army Air Forces, 1945–46	United States
Ludwig Bauer	February 16, 1923	Soldier; recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	German Army	Germany
Zygmunt Bauman	November 19, 1925	Social theorist	Polish Armed Forces in the East	Poland
Herbert Baumann	July 31, 1925	Composer	Heer	Germany
Geoffrey Bayldon	January 7, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugh Beach	May 20, 1923	Army general	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Beale	1920	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ed Bearss	June 26, 1923	American historian	United States Marine Corps	United States
Léonel Beaudoin	September 13, 1924	Politician & insurance agent	Canadian Army, 1943–1944	Canada
Beryl Beaurepaire	September 24, 1923	Feminist	Royal Australian Air Force (Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force)	Australia
Arthur Becker-Neetz	December 31, 1920	Recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	German Army	Germany
Julius W. Becton, Jr.	June 29, 1926	American military officer, former FEMA director	Army Air Corps, 1944–1946	United States
Harry Belafonte	March 1, 1927	American singer	United States Navy	United States
Wendell Bell	September 27, 1924	Futurist	United States Navy	United States
V.J. Bella	July 29, 1927	American politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Tony Bennett	August 3, 1926	American singer	United States Army	United States
Roy Bentley	May 17, 1924	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Paul Berg	June 30, 1926	Chemist	United States Navy	United States
John Berger	November 5, 1926	Novelist, critic	British Army	United Kingdom
Alan Bergman	September 11, 1925	Songwriter	United States Army, 1943–1945	United States
Shelley Berman	February 3, 1925	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Walter Bernstein	August 20, 1919	Screenwriter; The Front, Semi-Tough	United States Army	United States
Neil Berry	January 11, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Berkley Bedell	March 5, 1921	Politician; Iowa representative (1975–1987)	United States Army	United States
Heinz Billing	April 7, 1914	German physicist and computer scientist		Germany
Max Bingham	March 18, 1927	Deputy Premier and Opposition Leader of Tasmani	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Herbert Binkert	September 3, 1923	German football player	Heer	Germany
Benjamin B. Blackburn	February 14, 1927	Politician	United States Navy, 1944 to 1946	United States
George Blake	November 11, 1922	Spy	Dutch Resistance	United Kingdom
Henry W. Bloch	July 30, 1922	Businessman; co-founded H&R Block tax preparation company	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Hans Blohm	November 12, 1927	Photographer and author	German Navy	Germany
Robert Bly	December 23, 1926	Poet	United States Navy	United States
Philipp Bobkov	December 1, 1925	First deputy KGB chairman (1985–1991)	Red Army	Soviet Union
Vittore Bocchetta	November 15, 1918	Sculptor, painter, & academic	Italian Resistance	Italy
Paul Bocuse	February 11, 1926	Chef	French Army	France
Gottfried Böhm	January 23, 1920	German Architect	Heer	Germany
Vladimir Boltyansky	April 26, 1925	Mathematician & educator	Red Army	Soviet Union
Michael Bond	January 13, 1926	Author	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Yuri Bondarev	March 15, 1924	Writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
John Tyler Bonner	May 12, 1920	Educator	United States Army Air Corps, 1942–1946	United States
Clive Bossom	February 4, 1918	Politician	British Army	United Kingdom
Lyle Bouck	December 17, 1923	Military officer	United States Army; fought in the Battle of the Bulge	United States
Cliff Bourland	January 1, 1921	Olympic sprinter	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Bower	November 8, 1924	NHL hockey player	Canadian Army, 1940–43	Canada
Scotty Bowers	July 1, 1923	Author	United States Marine Corps	United States
Alan Stephenson Boyd	July 20, 1922	Government official; Secretary of Transportation (1967–1969)	United States Army Air Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Winnett Boyd	October 17, 1916	Engineer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Cloyd Boyer	September 1, 1927	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Günter Braake	April 10, 1921	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
Karl Dietrich Bracher	March 13, 1922	political scientist and historian	German Army	Germany
John Brademas	March 2, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Edwin Bramall	December 18, 1923	Field Marshal	British Army	United Kingdom
Oscar Brand	February 7, 1920	Folk singer	United States Army[5]	United States
Lewis M. Branscomb	August 17, 1926	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
T. Berry Brazelton	May 10, 1918	Pediatrician, columnist, and television host	United States Navy	United States
Larry Brink	September 12, 1923	Football player		United States
Tony Britton	June 9, 1924	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Ivor Broadis	December 18, 1922	Football player	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Hugo Broch	January 6, 1922	World War II flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Al Brodax	February 14, 1926	Film and television producer	United States Army	United States
William Broomfield	April 28, 1922	Politician; Michigan representative (1957–1993)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Chummy Broomhall	December 3, 1919	Cross country skier	United States Army	United States
Mel Brooks	June 28, 1926	Director, actor, producer	United States Army, Corporal, Battle of the Bulge	United States
Bobby Brown	March 19, 1923	Football player	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Bobby Brown	October 25, 1924	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Bud Brown	June 18, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Keith L. Brown	June 18, 1925	US ambassador to Denmark (1989–1992)	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Ronald Brown	August 7, 1926	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Roscoe Brown	March 9, 1922	Surviving member Tuskegee Airmen group	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Stephen Brown	October 3, 1924	Judge	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Andrew Bruce	February 17, 1924	11th Earl of Elgin	British Army, Scots Guards	United Kingdom
Jerome Bruner	October 1, 1915	Cognitive psychologist	Psychological Warfare Division	United States
Tim Bruxner	May 18, 1923	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force and Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Günter de Bruyn	November 1, 1926	German Author	Wehrmacht	Germany
Ashley Bryan	July 13, 1923	Children's book writer & illustrator; Beat the Story Drum, Pum-Pum	United States Army	United States
John Harland Bryant	March 8, 1925	Physician	United States Navy	United States
Arthur E. Bryson	October 7, 1925	Control theorist	United States Navy	United States
James L. Buckley	March 9, 1923	Politician; New York senator (1971–1977)	United States Navy, 1942–1946	United States
David P. Buckson	July 25, 1920	Politician; Delaware governor (1960–1961)	United States Army	United States
Carl Olaf Bue Jr.	March 27, 1922	Federal judge	United States Army, 1942–1946	United States
Veljko Bulajić	March 22, 1928	Film director	Partisans	Croatia
Branse Burbridge	February 4, 1921	Fighter pilot and flying ace	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Donald Burgett	April 5, 1925	Writer, paratrooper	United States Army, 101st Airborne Division	United States
Romus Burgin	August 13, 1922	Author	United States Marine Corps	United States
Jack Burke, Jr.	January 29, 1923	PGA professional golfer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wally Burr	June 2, 1924	Voice actor & director	United States Cavalry	United States
Alexander Butterfield	April 6, 1926	Military officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George H. W. Bush	June 12, 1924	41st U.S. President	United States Navy, Lieutenant, 1942–1945	United States
Brendan Byrne	April 1, 1924	Politician; governor of New Jersey (1974–1982)	United States Army Air Corps	United States

C

54 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Emil Cadkin	August 26, 1920	Film score composer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Fred Caligiuri	October 22, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Arnold Callin	August 25, 1924	Manx politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Joseph Campanella	November 21, 1927	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Edward du Cann	May 28, 1924	Politician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Mortimer Caplin	July 11, 1916	Tax attorney, educator, and IRS Commissioner (1961–1964)	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Cardin	July 2, 1922	Fashion designer	Red Cross	France
Eric Carle	June 25, 1929	Children's author & illustrator	Dug trenches on the Siegfried Line	United States
Arvid Carlsson	January 25, 1923	Nobel Prize-winning pharmacologist	Swedish Armed Forces	Sweden
Lou Carnesecca	May 1, 1925	Basketball coach	United States Coast Guard, 1943–1946	United States
Eddie Carnett	October 21, 1916	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
William Keir Carr	March 19, 1923	Aviator; Canadian Air Forces commander (1975–1978)	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Peter Carrington	June 6, 1919	Politician; Father of the House of Lords (2007–present)	Grenadier Guards	United Kingdom
Jimmy Carter	October 1, 1924	39th U.S. President	United States Navy	United States
William J. Castagna	June 25, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jean-Gabriel Castel	1925	Law professor	French Resistance	France
George Henry Vanderbilt Cecil	February 27, 1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United States
Robert Foster Chapman	April 24, 1926	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Tony Charmoli	June 11, 1922	Choreographer & TV dancer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Eugene Chelyshev	October 27, 1921	Indologist & academician	Red Army	Soviet Union
Don Cherry	January 11, 1924	Singer & golfer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jack T. Chick	April 13, 1924	Publisher, writer	Private, United States Army	United States
Kenneth O. Chilstrom	April 20, 1921	Air force officer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Carlo Azeglio Ciampi	December 9, 1920	Italian prime minister (1993–1994) and president (1999–2006)	Italian resistance movement	Italy
Edward Clark	May 6, 1926	Artist	United States Army Air Forces, stationed in Guam	United States
Ramsey Clark	December 18, 1927	66th United States Attorney General	United States Marine Corps	United States
Raymond F. Clevenger	June 6, 1926	Politician	United States Army Medical Corps	United States
Richard J. Coffee	February 14, 1925	Politician	Ensign in the United States Merchant Marine	United States
Dick Cole	May 6, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Richard E. Cole	September 7, 1915	Co-pilot on Doolittle Raid	Doolittle Raid	United States
Charles J. Colgan	September 25, 1926	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
John Collias	June 12, 1918	Painter & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Don Colo	January 5, 1925	American football player		United States
Forrest Compton[6]	September 15, 1925	Actor	United States Army	United States
Jim Conacher	May 5, 1921	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Clint Conatser	July 24, 1921	Baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Fred Cone	June 21, 1926	American football player	United States Army	United States
Mike Connors	August 15, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Samuel Conti	July 16, 1922	Federal judge	United States Army[7]	United States
Charles H. Coolidge	August 4, 1921	Soldier	United States Army (36th Infantry Division), Medal of Honor recipient.	United States
John Thomas Copenhaver, Jr.	September 29, 1925	Federal judge	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Parzival Copes	January 22, 1924	Economist	Dutch Resistance	Canada
Anton Coppola	March 21, 1917	Opera conductor & composer	Bandmaster in the United States Army	United States
Irwin Corey	July 29, 1914	Comedian & actor	United States Army	United States
Roger Corman	April 5, 1926	Filmmaker & actor	V-12 Navy College Training Program	United States
Jack Costanzo	September 24, 1919	Percussionist	United States Navy	United States
John J. Creedon	August 1, 1924	Former President and CEO of MetLife	United States Navy, USS Caliente (AO-53)	United States
Jack Crimian	February 17, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
John Cruickshank	May 20, 1920	Recipient of the Victoria Cross	Royal Air Force, 1939–1946	United Kingdom
Peter Cundall	April 1, 1927	Host of Gardening Australia (1969–2008)	British Army	Australia
Walter Curley	September 17, 1922	US Ambassador to France (1989–1993)	United States Marine Corps, 1943–1946	United States
Francis S. Currey	June 29, 1925	World War II Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army	United States
Jal Cursetji	May 20, 1919	Chief of Naval Staff, India (1976-79)	Royal Indian Navy	British India
John Thomas Curtin	August 24, 1921	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps	United States

D

44 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Kurt Dahlmann	March 4, 1918	Journalist, newspaper editor, & political activist	Luftwaffe	Germany
Dieter Damerius	April 17, 1924	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
Bill Dana	October 5, 1924	Actor, comedian, & screenwriter	United States Army	United States
Michael Dann	September 11, 1921	Television executive; CBS programming vice president (1963–1970)	United States Army[8]	United States
Jack Davis	December 2, 1924	Cartoonist	United States Navy	United States
Jackson B. Davis	March 27, 1918	Attorney, State Senator	United States Navy	United States
Philip J. Davis	January 2, 1923	Mathematician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bob Dawson	January 3, 1921	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Howard Dawson	October 23, 1922	Senior judge of the United States Tax Court	United States Army	United States
John Gunther Dean	February 24, 1926	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Ion Lazarevich Degen	June 4, 1925	Medical doctor & writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Hans Georg Dehmelt	September 9, 1922	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	German Army	Germany
Billy DeMars	August 26, 1925	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Frederick B. Dent	August 17, 1926	former United States Secretary of Commerce	United States Navy, 1943–1946	United States
Michel Déon	August 4, 1919	Writer	French Army	France
Gene Derricotte	June 14, 1926	American football player	United States Army	United States
Louis A. DeSimone	February 21, 1922	Bishop	United States Army	United States
Richard DeVos	March 4, 1926	Businessman, philanthropist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George Dickson	September 27, 1923	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harrison Dillard	July 8, 1923	Track and field athlete	United States Army	United States
John Dingell	July 8, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
David Dinkins	July 10, 1927	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
John William Ditter, Jr.	October 19, 1921	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Neagu Djuvara	August 18, 1916	Historian, essayist, philosopher, journalist, novelist and diplomat.	Romanian Land Forces	Romania
Bobby Doerr	April 7, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bob Dole	July 22, 1923	Politician, Kansas representative, senator, and 1996 Republican presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Vladimir Dolgikh	December 5, 1924	Political figure	Red Army	Soviet Union
Haddon Donald	March 20, 1917	Politician	New Zealand Army	New Zealand
J. P. Donleavy	April 23, 1926	Novelist, playwright	United States Navy	United States
Fred J. Doocy	May 5, 1913	Politician	United States Army[9]	United States
Gregor Dorfmeister	March 7, 1929	Journalist writer	Volkssturm	Germany
Bob Dorough	December 12, 1923	Jazz pianist, composer & singer	United States Army	United States
Tankred Dorst	December 19, 1925	Playwright and storyteller	German Army	Germany
Roy Dotrice	May 26, 1923	Actor (TV's Dickens of London, Beauty and the Beast)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Kirk Douglas	December 9, 1916	Oscar-nominated actor; Champion, Lust for Life	United States Navy	United States
Douglas Fitzgerald Dowd	December 7, 1919	Political economist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hugh Downs	February 14, 1921	Journalist and TV host; 20/20	United States Army	United States
Nick Drahos	December 6, 1918	American football player	United States Army[10]	United States
Richard L. Duchossois	October 7, 1921	Sports businessman	United States Army	United States
Patrick Duffy	June 17, 1920	President of the NATO Assembly	Fleet Air Arm	United Kingdom
Alene Duerk	March 29, 1920	Director of United Services Life Insurance Company	United States Navy	United States
Charles Duncan, Jr.	September 9, 1926	Entrepreneur, statesman, and administrator	United States Army Air Corps	United States
David Douglas Duncan	January 23, 1916	Photojournalist	United States Marine Corps	United States
Winfield Dunn	July 1, 1927	Politician; Governor of Tennessee (1971–1975)	United States Navy	United States

E

29 veterans

	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
George J. Eade	October 27, 1921	U.S. Air Force General	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jack Eames	December 22, 1922	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Donald B. Easum	August 27, 1923	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
James Eberle	May 31, 1927	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
John Eden	May 15, 1925	Conservative MP, Nephew of Anthony Eden	2nd Gurkha Rifles	United Kingdom
Edwin Edwards	August 7, 1927	Governor of Louisiana, 4 terms	United States Navy Air Corps	United States
James Francis Edwards	June 5, 1921	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Nate Edwards	August 24, 1922	Hardware architect & computer scientist	United States Naval Reserve, 1942–46	United States
Warren William Eginton	February 16, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army, 1943–46	United States
John Ehle	December 13, 1925	Writer	Rifleman in the United States Army	United States
Horst Ehmke	February 4, 1927	Law professor, former minister of Germany	German Army	Germany
Herbert Ehrenberg	December 21, 1926	German politician	German Army	Germany
Manfred Eigen	July 9, 1927	German biophysical chemist, Nobel prize laureate	Heer	Germany
Garnett Thomas Eisele	November 3, 1923	United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas	Private in United States Army (1942–1946)	United States
Princess Elizabeth	April 21, 1926	Queen of the Commonwealth Realms	Colonel-in-Chief, Grenadier Guards and Auxiliary Territorial Service	United Kingdom
Bump Elliott	January 30, 1925	American Football Player and Coach	United States Marines; served in China	United States
William J. Ely	December 29, 1911	Lieutenant general; Oldest living graduate of West Point	United States Army	United States
Bill Endicott	September 4, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Engman	1927	Sculptor	United States Navy	United States
Erhard Eppler	December 9, 1926	Politician	German Army	Germany
Jerald Ericksen	December 20, 1924	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Carl Erskine	December 13, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Vladimir Etush	May 6, 1922	Actor	Red Army	Soviet Union
David Evans	June 3, 1925	Writer and defense consultant	Royal Australian Air Force[11]	Australia
Daniel Evans	July 14, 1924	Military officer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Daniel J. Evans	October 16, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Charles Evers	September 11, 1922	Civil rights activist	United States Army	United States
Douglas Everett	August 12, 1927	Senator, lawyer, and automobile dealer	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Anthony Eyton	May 17, 1923	Artist	British Army, 1942–47	United Kingdom

F

40 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Falkenstien	April 9, 1924	Sports announcer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Paul Farnes	July 16, 1918	World War II flying ace; one of "The Few" surviving pilots of the Battle of Britain	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Edward L. Feightner	October 14, 1919	Rear Admiral	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Victor Feldbrill	April 4, 1924	Conductor & violinist	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Nicholas Felice	February 5, 1927	Politician	United States Army	United States
Charles Reis Felix	April 29, 1923	Writer	United States Army	United States
Benjamin B. Ferencz	March 11, 1920	Lawyer; last living prosecutor at Nuremberg Trials	United States Army	United States
Lawrence Ferlinghetti	March 24, 1919	Poet	United States Navy	United States
Robert H. Ferrell	May 8, 1921	Historian	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Ferriss	December 5, 1921	Baseball player for the Boston Red Sox (1945–1950)	Served, but was discharged early due to asthma	United States
David Ferry	March 5, 1924	Poet & professor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Field	June 7, 1924	Poet & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Frank Field	March 30, 1923	Meteorologist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Paul Findley	June 13, 1921	Politician; Illinois representative (1961–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Bernhard Fisch	August 22, 1926	German writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Leonard Everett Fisher	June 24, 1924	Children's writer & illustrator	United States Army	United States
Ed Fitz Gerald	May 21, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Jimmy Fitzmorris	November 15, 1921	Businessman, politician	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Sergio Flamigni	October 22, 1925	Politician & writer	Italian Resistance	Italy
Mitchell Flint	June 27, 1923	Lawyer; fighter pilot	United States Navy	United States
François Flohic	August 2, 1920	Admiral	Free French Naval Forces	France
Jim Forbes	December 16, 1923	Politician	Australian Army	Australia
Doug Ford	June 22, 1922	Golfer	United States Coast Guard	United States
Charles Foster	January 17, 1923	Publicist & writer	Royal Air Force	Canada
Bernard Fox	May 11, 1927	Actor	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Richard Kenneth Fox	October 22, 1925	US ambassador to Trinidad (1977–1979)	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Maurice Sanford Fox	October 11, 1924	Geneticist & molecular biologist	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Sonny Fox	June 17, 1925	Television host	United States Army	United States
William Frankland	March 19, 1912	Immunologist	British Army	United Kingdom
John Franzese	February 6, 1917	Underboss of the Colombo crime family	United States Army	United States
Donald M. Fraser	February 20, 1924	Mayor of Minneapolis (1980–1993)	United States Navy	United States
Jesse Freitas	February 7, 1921	Football player	United States Army[12]	United States
Louis Frémaux	August 13, 1921	Music conductor	French Resistance	France
Jacque Fresco	March 13, 1916	Futurologist	United States Army Air Force	United States
George Carr Frison	November 11, 1924	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Russell Freeburg	March 4, 1923	Editor of the Chicago Tribune	United States Army	United States
Warren Frost	May 25, 1925	Actor	United States Navy	United States
John P. Fullam	December 10, 1921	Judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Edward Simons Fulmer	April 16, 1919	Knight of the Military William Order	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Fulton	January 27, 1927	Mayor of Nashville (1975–1987)	United States Navy	United States

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55 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Billy Gabor	May 13, 1922	Basketball player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Cornelius Edward Gallagher	March 2, 1921	Politician; New Jersey representative (1959–1973)	United States Army	United States
Ziba Ganiyeva	August 20, 1923	Philologist & World War II sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Norman Garbo	February 15, 1919	Author & lecturer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Dave Garcia	September 15, 1920	Baseball player & coach	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Makhmut Gareev	June 23, 1923	Historian & military scientist	Red Army	Soviet Union
Bernard Garfield	March 27, 1924	Bassoonist	United States Army	United States
Leonard I. Garth	April 7, 1921	Judge	United States Army	United States
Stanley Michael Gartler	June 9, 1923	Biologist & geneticist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ned Garver	December 25, 1925	Baseball player	United States Armed Forces	United States
William H. Gass	July 30, 1924	Novelist, essayist	United States Navy	United States
William H. Gates, Sr.	November 30, 1925	Philanthropist and father of Bill Gates	United States Army	United States
Armand Gatti	January 26, 1924	Playwright, poet, journalist, & filmmmaker	French Resistance	France
Philippe de Gaulle	December 28, 1921	Inspector General, Senator and son of leader Charles De Gaulle	French Navy	Free France
Tuomas Gerdt	May 28, 1922	Last living recipient of the Mannerheim Cross	Finnish Army	Finland
Hubert Germain	August 6, 1920	Former minister (1972-1974); Compagnon de la Libération	Forces françaises libres	France
Hutton Gibson	August 26, 1918	Writer; father of Mel Gibson	United States Army Signal Corps	United States
Roy Gibson	July 4, 1924	Aerospace engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Lewis Gilbert	March 6, 1920	Film director	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Benjamin A. Gilman	December 6, 1922	Politician; New York representative (1973–2003)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Alastair Gillespie	May 1, 1922	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
John Gillespie	January 26, 1925	Farmer, Business Owner, Truck Driver	United States Navy	United States
Sam Glanzman	December 5, 1924	Comic-book artist	United States Navy	United States
I. Leo Glasser	April 6, 1924	Judge	United States Army	United States
Roy J. Glauber	September 1, 1925	Physicist	United States Army	United States
John Glenn	July 18, 1921	Astronaut and politician; Ohio senator (1974–1999)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Manolis Glezos	September 9, 1922	Politician & writer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Hans Goksøyr	February 10, 1923	Businessman	Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
Tony Golab	January 17, 1919	Football player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Bill Gold	January 3, 1921	Film poster designer; Yankee Doodle Dandy, Casablanca	United States Army	United States
Slavko Goldstein	August 22, 1928	Writer & publisher	Partisans	Croatia
Wiesław Gołas	October 9, 1930	Actor	Gray Ranks	Poland
Alfred T. Goodwin	June 29, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (1971–1991)	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States
Bert I. Gordon	September 24, 1922	Film director; Village of the Giants, Empire of the Ants	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Don Gordon	November 13, 1926	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Peter Gorski	November 7, 1921	Film director	German Army	Germany
Karl Otto Götz	February 22, 1914	Painter	Luftwaffe	Germany
Bernard F. Grabowski	June 11, 1923	Politician	United States Army	United States
René Henry Gracida	June 9, 1923	Bishop	Flying Tigers	United States
David E. Grange, Jr.	April 9, 1925	General	United States Army	United States
Daniil Granin	January 1, 1919	Writer	Red Army	Soviet Union
Henry Gray	January 19, 1925	Blues singer & pianist	United States Army	United States
Bill Greason	September 3, 1924	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Maurice R. Greenberg	May 4, 1925	CEO of American International Group (1967–2005)	United States Army, 1942–1945	United States
Shecky Greene	April 8, 1926	Comedian	United States Navy	United States
Paul Greengard	December 11, 1925	Scientist	United States Navy	United States
John Gridunov	October 6, 1926	Cosmonaut	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Stu Griffing	November 9, 1926	Olympic rower	United States Army	United States
Oskar Groning	June 10, 1921	Soldier & "the accountant of Auschwitz"	Waffen SS	Germany
Werner Grossmann	March 6, 1929	Former Eaast German deputy leader of the Ministry of State Security	Volkssturm	Germany
Johnny Groth	July 23, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Frank Joseph Guarini	August 20, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Junius Foy Guin, Jr.	February 2, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army	United States
James Gunn	July 12, 1923	Science fiction writer & editor	United States Navy	United States
John Gwilliam	February 28, 1923	Rugby player	British Army	United Kingdom

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68 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Bill Hachten	November 30, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Monty Hall	August 25, 1921	Game show host; Let's Make a Deal	Canadian Army	Canada
Ralph Hall	May 3, 1923	Politician; Texas representative (1981–2015)	United States Navy	United States
Günter Halm	August 27, 1922	Grenadier	Heer	Germany
Gail Halvorsen	October 10, 1920	US Air Force pilot; Berlin Airlift "Candy Bomber"	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Peter Hansen	December 5, 1921	Actor; When Worlds Collide, TV's General Hospital	United States Marine Corps	United States
Orval H. Hansen	August 3, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
William Harbison	March 11, 1921	Aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reinhard Hardegen	March 18, 1913	U-boat commander	Kriegsmarine	Germany
Robert Hardy	October 29, 1925	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John C. Harkness	November 30, 1916	Architect	United States Army[13]	United States
Chuck Harmon	April 23, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Sheldon Harnick	April 30, 1924	Lyricist (Fiddler on the Roof)	United States Army	United States
Louis Harris	January 6, 1921	Businessman & pollster	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Freddie Hart	December 21, 1926	Country musician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wolf C. Hartwig	September 8, 1919	Film Producer	Interpreter, Heer	Germany
R. James Harvey	July 4, 1922	Politician & jurist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Karl-Günther von Hase	December 15, 1917	German ambassador in London, 1970-1977	Heer	Germany
Don Hasenmayer	April 4, 1927	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Harry G. Haskell, Jr.	May 27, 1921	Politician	United States Coast Guard	United States
Bernhard Hassenstein	May 31, 1922	Behaviorist and biologist	German Army	Germany
Chris Haughey	October 3, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Helmut Hauptmann	March 12, 1928	Writer	German Army	Germany
Roy T. Haverkamp	December 10, 1924	U.S Ambassador to Grenada 1984-1986	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Hayes	June 5, 1925	Actor	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Robert Hébras	June 29, 1925	Oradour-sur Glane massacre survivor	French Resistance	France
Ken Hechler	September 20, 1914	Politician; West Virginia representative (1959–1977)	United States Army	United States
Eberhard Heder	June 30, 1918	Sturmbannführer	Waffen-SS	Germany
Hugh Hefner	April 9, 1926	American magazine publisher, founder and chief creative officer of Playboy Enterprises	United States Army	United States
Götz Heidelberg	March 1, 1923	Engineer and entrepreneur	Heer	Germany
Val Heim	November 4, 1920	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Henry Heimlich	February 3, 1920	Physician; originated anti-choking maneuver	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Anton Heinemann	January 29, 1921	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Bert Hellinger	December 16, 1925	Psychotherapist	German Armed Forces	Germany
Fritz Hellwig	August 3, 1912	Politician and European Commissioner	German Armed Forces	Germany
Paul Hellyer	August 6, 1923	Engineer and politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Jon Hendricks	September 16, 1921	Jazz singer and lyricist	United States Army	United States
Herbert Herz	1924	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Johnny Hetki	May 12, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
James Clinkscales Hill	January 8, 1924	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Steven Hill	February 24, 1922	Actor; Billy Bathgate, TV's Mission Impossible, Law & Order	United States Navy	United States
Arthur Hiller	November 22, 1923	Film director	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Elwood Hillis	March 6, 1926	Indiana congressman (1971–1987)	United States Army	United States
Andrew J. Hinshaw	August 4, 1923	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Deane R. Hinton	March 12, 1923	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
William Hoeveler	August 23, 1922	Lawyer & judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Philip H. Hoff	June 29, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Hilmar Hoffmann	August 25, 1925	Cultural worker	German Army	Germany
Hal Holbrook	February 17, 1925	Actor	United States Army	United States
Ernest Hollings	January 1, 1922	Politician; South Carolina governor (1959–1963) and senator (1966–2005)	United States Army	United States
Earl Holliman	September 11, 1928	Actor	United States Navy	United States
James L. Holloway III	February 21, 1922	Navy admiral	United States Navy	United States
Olivia Hooker	February 15, 1915	Psychologist	United States Coast Guard	United States
A. Linwood Holton, Jr.	September 21, 1923	Politician; governor of Virginia (1970–1974)	United States Army	United States
Bob Hoover	January 24, 1922	Test pilot and air show pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Amo Houghton	August 7, 1926	New York congressman (1987–2005)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Euan Howard	November 26, 1923	Politician; 4th Baron Strathcona and Mount Royal	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Lee Howard	November 11, 1923	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Michael Howard	November 29, 1922	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Walter Huddleston	April 15, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
Harry Hughes	November 13, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Tom Hughes	November 26, 1923	Politician	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Johan van Hulst	January 28, 1911	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
Hans-Joachim Hunger	March 8, 1921	Soldier, recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross	Heer	Germany
David Hurst	March 9, 1926	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Jeremy Hutchinson, Baron Hutchinson of Lullington	March 28, 1915	Lawyer	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Earl Hutto	May 12, 1926	Florida congressman (1979–1995)	United States Navy	United States
Harold Hyman	July 24, 1924	American Civil War historian	United States Marine Corps	United States

I

10 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Paul Robert Ignatius	November 11, 1920	Government official	United States Navy	United States
John Imbrie	July 4, 1925	Paleoceanographer	United States Army	United States
Robert F. Inger	September 10, 1920	Herpetologist	United States Army Corps of Engineers	United States
Edmund Ironside, 2nd Baron Ironside	September 21, 1924	British hereditary peer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Peter Isaacson	July 31, 1920	Newspaper publisher	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Daniel Ivin	April 16, 1932	Writer	Partisans	Croatia
Frederick Irving	May 2, 1921	Ambassador to Iceland (1972–1976)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
George S. Irving	November 1, 1922	Actor		United States
Masashi Itō	1921	Soldier, surrendered in 1960	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Nobuaki Iwatake	1923	Soldier & translator	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan

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17 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Arthur J. Jackson	October 18, 1924	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
Joe M. Jackson	March 14, 1923	Air Force Colonel; Vietnam War Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Clifton James	May 29, 1921	Actor; Live and Let Die, The Untouchables	United States Army	United States
Alina Janowska	April 16, 1923	Actress	Home Army	Poland
Jean, Grand Duke of Luxembourg	January 5, 1921	Luxembourgian ruler (1964–2000)	Irish Guards	Luxembourg
Edward B. Jelks	September 10, 1922	Archaeologist	United States Navy	United States
Lawrence Jenkins	January 29, 1924	Pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Norman Jewison	July 21, 1926	Filmmaker	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Merv Johnson	May 9, 1923	Politician	Canadian Army	Canada
Bill Johnston	January 2, 1925	Golfer	United States Navy	United States
Charles Wycliffe Joiner	February 14, 1916	Federal judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Raymond Jones	July 18, 1925	Architect	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Piet de Jong	April 3, 1915	Politician; Dutch prime minister (1967–1971)	Captain, Royal Netherlands Navy	Netherlands
George Joseph	September 11, 1921	Founder of Mercury Insurance Group	United States Army	United States
Howie Judson	February 16, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
James Jungius	November 15, 1923	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Alex Jupp	May 30, 1927	Politician	Canadian Army, 1944–46	Canada

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35 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Rajan Kadiragamar	1922	Admiral	Royal Ceylon Navy	Ceylon
Otto Kaiser	November 30, 1924	Old Testament scholar	Heer	Germany
Bernard Kalb	February 4, 1922	Journalist	United States Army	United States
Adolfo Kaminsky	October 1, 1925	French World War II resistance fighter	French Resistance	France
Hermann Kant	June 14, 1926	German Writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
James Karen	November 28, 1923	Actor	United States Army Air Corps[14]	United States
Walter Kaufmann	January 24, 1924	Writer	Australian Army	Australia
William J. Keating	March 30, 1927	Publisher & politician	United States Navy	United States
Donald Keene	June 18, 1922	Japanologist and translator	United States Navy	United States
Everett A. Kelly	September 2, 1926	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Heinz Kessler	January 26, 1920	East German Minister of Defence	Wehrmacht, Red Army	Germany,  Soviet Union
Asghar Khan	January 17, 1921	Aviator & military historian	Royal Air Force	British India
Adolph Kiefer	June 27, 1918	Olympic gold-medal swimmer	United States Navy	United States
Walther Leisler Kiep	January 5, 1926	Politician, former member of Bundestag	Wehrmacht	Germany
Andrew Killgore	November 7, 1919	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
Clive King	April 24, 1924	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Frederick King	June 1, 1923	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force, 1942–46	Canada
Henry Kissinger	May 27, 1923	Statesman, Secretary of State (1973–1977), and Nobel Peace Prize recipient	United States Army	United States
Johann-Alfred Klaus	September 4, 1918	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Wolfgang Klausewitz	July 20, 1922	zoologist	German Army	Germany
Patricia Knatchbull	February 14, 1924	Countess Mountbatten of Burma	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Siegfried Köhler	July 30, 1923	Conductor and composer	Heer	Germany
Mauno Koivisto	November 25, 1923	9th President of Finland	Winter War, Continuation War	Finland
Joseph P. Kolter	September 3, 1926	Politician	United States Army, 1944–1947	United States
Franciszek Kornicki	December 18, 1916	Air force officer	Royal Air Force & Polish Air Force	Poland
Väinö Koskela	March 31, 1921	Olympic long-distance runner		Finland
Sergei Kramarenko	April 23, 1923	Air Force officer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Ken Kranz	September 12, 1923	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Gerhard Krems	May 4, 1920	Soldier	Luftwaffe	Germany
Erwin Kreßmann	June 2, 1918	Served in Schwere Panzerjäger-Abteilung 519. Awarded with Knight's Cross.	Heer	Germany
Hardy Krüger	April 12, 1928	German actor	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
John Kundla	July 3, 1916	College and professional basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Bob Kuzava	May 28, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Kwong	June 17, 1923	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada

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37 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Max Labovitch	January 18, 1924	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Frederick Bernard Lacey	September 8, 1920	Federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Robert J. Lagomarsino	September 4, 1926	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1946	United States
Bruce Laingen	August 6, 1922	Diplomat & academic	United States Navy	United States
Melvin R. Laird	September 1, 1922	Politician; Wisconsin representative (1953–1969) and Secretary of Defense (1969–1973)	United States Navy	United States
Gilles Lamontagne	April 17, 1919	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Gérald Laniel	August 8, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Claude Lanzmann	October 27, 1925	Film director	French Resistance	France
Lyndon LaRouche	September 8, 1922	Economist & perennial presidential candidate	United States Army	United States
Del Latta	March 5, 1920	Politician; Ohio representative (1959–1989)	United States Army, 1938–1941 United States Marine Corps Reserve, 1942–1943	United States
Don C. Laubman	October 16, 1921	World War II flying ace	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Keith Lawrence	November 25, 1919	Royal Air Force Officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Paul Laxalt	August 2, 1922	American politician; Nevada governor (1967–1971) and senator (1974–1987)	United States Army	United States
Norman Lear	July 27, 1922	Film & television producer; All in the Family, Maude, The Jeffersons	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jim Leavelle	August 23, 1920	Police detective; Lee Harvey Oswald's escort when shot by Jack Ruby	United States Navy	United States
Peter Le Cheminant	June 17, 1920	Vice-Chief of the Defence Staff	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Leon M. Lederman	July 15, 1922	Nobel Prize-winning physicist	United States Army	United States
Stan Lee	December 28, 1922	Comic book writer; co-created Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, and X-Men	United States Army	United States
Hannie van Leeuwen	January 18, 1926	Politician	Dutch Resistance	Netherlands
George N. Leighton	October 22, 1912	Jurist	United States Army	United States
Hellmut von Leipzig	July 18, 1921	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
James F. Leonard	May 30, 1920	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Lawrence LeShan	September 8, 1920	Psychologist; pioneer of mind-body therapy	United States Army	United States
Anatoli Levitin	July 16, 1922	Painter & art educator	Red Army	Soviet Union
Marv Levy	August 3, 1925	Football coach	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Bernard Lewis	May 31, 1916	Islamic and Middle Eastern historian	Royal Armoured Corps and Intelligence Corps	United Kingdom
Peter Lichtner-Hoyer	December 28, 1925	Sportsman & Colonel		Austria
Hans Lipschis	November 7, 1919	Born in Lithuania. Former cook in a concentration camp, accused by SWC of war crimes	Waffen-SS	Germany
Nina Lobkovskaya	1925	Sniper	Red Army	Soviet Union
Frank LoVuolo	May 1, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Turk Lown	May 30, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Bill Lucas	January 16, 1917	Olympic long-distance runner	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
William R. Lucas	March 1, 1922	Fourth director of the Marshall Space Flight Center	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Lujack	January 4, 1925	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Tom Luken	July 9, 1925	Ohio congressman (1977–1991)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Reimar Lüst	March 25, 1923	Astrophysicist, director of ESA	Kriegsmarine	Germany
John Lysak	August 16, 1914	Olympic canoeist	United States Marine Corps	United States

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91 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Eddie Macon	March 7, 1927	Football player	United States Army	United States
Harry Macpherson	July 10, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Donald Malarkey	July 31, 1921	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Albert Mampre	May 25, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Branko Mamula	May 30, 1921	Army officer & politician	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Venero Mangano	September 7, 1921	Mobster	United States Army	United States
George Mandler	June 11, 1924	Psychologist	United States Army Military Intelligence Service	United States
Leroy J. Manor	February 21, 1921	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Robert Mann	July 19, 1920	Violinist; Juilliard String Quartet co-founder	United States Army	United States
Josip Manolić	March 22, 1920	Politician; prime minister of the Republic of Croatia (1990–1991)	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Dick Manville	December 25, 1925	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gino Marchetti	January 2, 1926	Football player	United States Army	United States
Marc L. Marks	February 12, 1927	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Karl Heinz Marquardt	November 9, 1927	Artist and author	German Army	Germany
John Otho Marsh, Jr.	August 7, 1926	Politician	United States Army	United States
Peter Marshall	March 30, 1926	TV personality & actor	United States Army[15]	United States
James D. Martin	September 1, 1918	Politician	United States Army	United States
Mac Martin	April 26, 1925	Bluegrass musician	United States Navy	United States
Leslie H. Martinson	January 16, 1915	TV & movie director; PT 109, Batman: The Movie	United States Army[16]	United States
Jaswant Singh Marwah	January 21, 1921	Journalist, author	British Indian Army	British India
Anthony Mason	April 21, 1925	Judge; ninth Chief Justice of the High Court of Australia	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
William S. Massey	August 23, 1920	Mathematician	United States Navy	United States
Joe Masteroff	December 11, 1919	Playwright	United States Army Air Forces	United States
David Mattingley	1923	Distinguished Flying Cross Recipient	Royal Australian Air Force	Australia
Robert D. Maxwell	October 26, 1920	Soldier, Medal of Honor recipient	United States Army	United States
Kenneth Mayhew	January 18, 1917	Knight of the Military William Order	British Army	United Kingdom
Windy McCall	July 18, 1925	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
James W. McCord, Jr.	January 26, 1924	American politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Mike McCormack	December 14, 1921	Politician; Washington representative (1971–1981)	United States Army	United States
Joe McCorquodale	December 2, 1920	Politician	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Charles McGee	December 7, 1919	Air Force officer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Seth J. McKee	November 6, 1916	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Edward Joseph McManus	February 9, 1920	Politician & federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Brockway McMillan	March 30, 1915	Government official & scientist	United States Navy	United States
Francis Terry McNamara	November 2, 1927	Diplomat	United States Navy	United States
William Hardy McNeill	October 31, 1917	Historian	United States Army	United States
Henry R. McPhee, Jr.	January 11, 1925	Special assistant to President Dwight Eisenhower	United States Navy	United States
Kirke Mechem	August 16, 1925	Composer	United States Army	United States
Howie Meeker	November 4, 1923	Hockey player, sports announcer, & politician	Canadian Army	Canada
James Megellas	March 11, 1917	Army officer	United States Army	United States
John Melcher	September 6, 1924	Politician; Montana representative	United States Army, 76th Infantry Division	United States
Sam Mele	January 21, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Walter Mengden	October 25, 1926	Lawyer & politician	United States Navy	United States
Bill Mercer	February 13, 1926	Sportscaster, educator, & author	United States Navy	United States
Jan Merlin	April 3, 1925	Actor & author	United States Navy	United States
A. L. Mestel	September 17, 1926	Pediatric surgeon	United States Navy	United States
Johann Baptist Metz	August 5, 1928	Theologian, Professor of Fundamental Theology	German Army	Germany
Harald Metzkes	January 23, 1929	German painter	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Michael I of Romania	October 25, 1921	King of Romania (1927–1930, 1940–1947)		Romania
Robert H. Michel	March 2, 1923	Politician; Illinois representative (1957–1995)	United States Army	United States
Ed Mickelson	September 2, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
J. William Middendorf II	September 22, 1924	Diplomat & politician	United States Navy	United States
Harry J. Middleton	October 24, 1921	Journalist; speechwriter for President Lyndon B. Johnson (1967–1969)	United States Army	United States
Ed Mierkowicz	March 6, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Larry Miggins	August 20, 1925	Baseball player	Merchant Navy	United States
Prince Mikasa	December 2, 1915	Japanese royal	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Ekaterina Mikhailova-Demina	December 22, 1925	Order of Lenin recipient	Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Abner J. Mikva	January 21, 1926	Politician & judge	United States Army Air Corps, 1944–1945	United States
R. Burnett Miller	September 2, 1923	Mayor of Sacramento, California	United States Army	United States
Bob Miller	June 16, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Frank Miller	July 29, 1918	Singer	United States Army	United States
William Milliken	March 26, 1922	Governor of Michigan (1969–1983)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Newton N. Minow	January 17, 1926	FCC chairman (1961–1963)	United States Army	United States
Wataru Misaka	December 21, 1923	Basketball player	United States Army	United States
Konstantinos Mitsotakis	October 18, 1918	Prime minister of Greece (1990–1993)	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Mixson	June 16, 1922	Politician; Florida governor (1987)	United States Navy	United States
Hiroshi H. Miyamura	October 6, 1925	Soldier	United States Army	United States
Hans Modrow	January 27, 1928	Prime Minister of East Germany	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
John Moffat	June 17, 1919	Aviator & Navy officer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Fenton Mole	June 14, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jürgen Moltmann	April 8, 1926	Protestant theologian	Wehrmacht	Germany
Thomas S. Monson	August 21, 1927	Religious leader, author and President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)	United States Navy	United States
Eric Moon	March 6, 1923	Librarian & editor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Fred Moore	April 8, 1920	Former representative; last chancellor of the Order of the Liberation	Free France	France
Roger Moore	October 14, 1927	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
Bobby Morgan	June 29, 1926	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Robert Burren Morgan	October 5, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Robert M. Morgenthau	July 31, 1919	Lawyer; New York County District Attorney (1975–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Edgar Morin	July 8, 1921	Philosopher & sociologist	French Resistance	France
Geno Morosi	July 7, 1920	Survived Pearl Harbor attack aboard same ship as brother, Albert	United States Navy	United States
Jan Morris	October 2, 1926	Historian	British Army	United Kingdom
Joseph Wilson Morris	April 28, 1922	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Naval Reserve	United States
Milton Morris	April 2, 1924	Politician	Royal Australian Navy	Australia
Ben R. Mottelson	July 9, 1926	Physicist	United States Navy, 1943–1945	Denmark
John Llewellyn Moxey	February 26, 1925	Film and TV director	British Armed Forces	Argentina
Charlie Munger	January 1, 1924	Business magnate; vice-chairman of Berkshire Hathaway	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Walter Munk	October 19, 1917	Oceanographer	United States Army	United States
Tomiichi Murayama	March 3, 1924	Prime Minister	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
David H. Murdock	April 11, 1923	Billionaire & businessman	United States Army	United States
Chet Murphy	November 15, 1917	Tennis player, coach, & author	United States Navy	United States
Jack Myers	October 8, 1924	American football player	United States Navy	United States

N

24 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Steve Nagy	May 28, 1919	American baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Yasuhiro Nakasone	May 27, 1918	Prime Minister of Japan from 1982 – 1987	Imperial Japanese Navy	Japan
Giorgio Napolitano	June 29, 1925	11th President of Italy (2006–2015)	Italian Resistance	Italy
Barbara Nawrocka-Dońska	October 17, 1924	author	Home Army	Poland
John Neale	September 21, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
William Joseph Nealon, Jr.	July 31, 1923	Federal judge	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wendell Nedderman	October 31, 1921	Engineering educator	United States Navy	United States
Lucien N. Nedzi	May 28, 1925	Politician	United States Army	United States
Tom Neil	July 14, 1920	World War II flying ace	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Joan Neiman	September 9, 1920	Senator	Royal Canadian Navy (Women's Royal Canadian Naval Service)	Canada
Ernst Neizvestny	April 9, 1925	Sculptor	Red Army	Soviet Union
Don Newcombe	June 14, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Kenneth Newman	August 15, 1926	Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police (1982–1987)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Lang Nichol	January 7, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Dick Nichols	April 29, 1926	Politician	United States Navy, 1944–1947	United States
Howard Nielson	September 12, 1924	Utah congressman (1983–1991)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Artturi Niemelä	August 23, 1923	Homesteader and politician	Finnish Army	Finland
George Nigh	June 9, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Ian Nish	June 3, 1926	Academic; specialist in Japanese studies	British Army	United Kingdom
Peter L. Nissen	January 8, 1924	Aviator and businessman	Norwegian resistance movement, Royal Norwegian Air Force	Norway
Weston Noble	November 30, 1922	Choral conductor	United States Army	United States
Irv Noren	November 29, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
James E. Nugent	June 24, 1922	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Francis W. Nye	June 29, 1918	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States

O

12 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
René de Obaldia	October 22, 1918	Playwright & poet	French Army	France
Helmut Oberlander	February 15, 1924	Ethnic German from Ukraine. Accused of war crimes by SWC	Heer	Germany
Hugh O'Brian	April 19, 1925	Actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Gerald O'Brien	December 2, 1924	Politician	Royal New Zealand Air Force	New Zealand
Edmund F. O'Connor	March 31, 1922	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Hunter Pitts O'Dell	August 11, 1923	Civil rights activist	United States Merchant Marines	United States
Teodor Oizerman	May 14, 1914	Philosopher & academician	Red Army	Soviet Union
Len Okrie	July 16, 1923	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Gene Olaff	September 23, 1920	Soccer player & goalkeeper	United States Navy	United States
Stanisław Oleksiak	1924	former president of World Association of Home Army Soldiers, Order of Polonia Restituta recipient	Home Army	Poland
David Oreck	September 17, 1923	Entrepreneur	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Arvine Overton	May 11, 1906	Oldest living US veteran of WW2	United States Army	United States

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54 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Frank D. Padgett	March 9, 1923	Judge	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Boris Pahor	August 26, 1913	Writer & publicist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Paik Sun-yup	November 23, 1920	First four-star general in the South Korean military	Manchukuo Imperial Army	Manchukuo
Geoffrey Palmer	June 4, 1927	Actor	Royal Marines	United Kingdom
Owen M. Panner	July 28, 1924	Attorney & jurist	United States Army	United States
Peter Paret	April 13, 1924	Historian	United States Army	United States
Rudolph Pariser	December 8, 1923	Physicist & polymer chemist	United States Army	United States
Douglas H. Parker	August 19, 1926	Law school professor	United States Navy	United States
Raymond Parkinson	March 22, 1922	Psychiatrist & politician	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Ara Parseghian	May 21, 1923	NFL football player	United States Navy	United States
Johnny Pate	December 5, 1923	Bass player & arranger	United States Army; played with the 218th AGF Army Band	United States
Alastair Craig Paterson	1924	Civil engineer	British Army	United Kingdom
Stylianos Pattakos	November 8, 1912	Principal in Greek military junta of 1967–1974	Commissioned officer	Greece
Harvey Patterson	September 12, 1924	Politician	Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders	Canada
John Malcolm Patterson	September 27, 1921	Governor of Alabama (1959–1963)	United States Army	United States
Charles C. Pattillo	June 3, 1924	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Art Paul	January 18, 1925	Graphics designer	United States Army	United States
Cyril Pavlov	September 8, 1919	Orthodox priest & Christian mystic		Soviet Union
"Sunshine" Sonny Payne	November 29, 1925	Radio presenter	United States Army, 1942–48	United States
Philip Pearlstein	May 24, 1924	Modern Realist painter	United States Army	United States
Thomas Pearson	July 1, 1914	Army general & officer	British Army	United Kingdom
Robert Newton Peck	February 17, 1928	Author	United States Army	United States
Hau Pei-tsun	July 13, 1919	Taiwanese premier (1990–1993)	Republic of China Army	Taiwan
Johnny Peirson	July 21, 1925	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
Roland Penner	July 30, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Artillery	Canada
Edwin Pepping	July 4, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Simon Perchik	December 24, 1923	Poet	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jimmy Perry	September 9, 1923	Scriptwriter	British Army	United Kingdom
Nehemiah Persoff	August 2, 1919	Actor; Some Like It Hot, Yentl	United States Army	United States
Jack Petchey	1925	Businessman	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Prince Phillip	June 10, 1921	Duke of Edinburgh	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
James Dickson Phillips, Jr.	September 23, 1922	Judge	United States Army	United States
Leslie Phillips	April 20, 1924	Actor	British Army	United Kingdom
William Phipps	February 4, 1922	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Kazimierz Piechowski	October 3, 1919	Holocaust survivor; escapee from Auschwitz		Poland
Lawrence W. Pierce	December 31, 1924	Lawyer & federal judge	United States Army	United States
Derek Piggott	December 27, 1922	Aviator & flight instructor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Charles J. Pilliod, Jr.	October 20, 1918	Businessman	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Jack Pimm	October 7, 1920	Football player	Australian Army	Australia
Richard Pipes	July 11, 1923	Historian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Joyce Pipkin	January 9, 1924	Football player	United States Army; served 18 months in the Pacific as an underwater demolition expert	United States
Steve Pisanos	November 10, 1919	Aviator & author	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Janko Pleterski	February 1, 1923	Politician, diplomat, & historian	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Jack Pope	April 18, 1913	Jurist; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas	United States Naval Reserve, 1944–1946	United States
Martin Pope	August 22, 1918	Physical chemist	United States Armed Forces, 1942–1945	United States
Freddie L. Poston	September 16, 1925	Air Force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Aris Poulianos	July 24, 1924	Anthropologist & archaeologist	Greek People's Liberation Army, 1942–43	Greece
Lasse Pöysti	January 24, 1927	Actor, director, theatre manager and writer	Finnish Army	Finland
Harry Pregerson	October 13, 1923	Judge; 9th Circuit Court of Appeals	United States Marine Corps	United States
Josef Preiß	June 24, 1922	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient	Wehrmacht	Germany
Donald Prell	July 7, 1924	Venture capitalist & futurist	United States Army	United States
Gabe Pressman	February 14, 1924	TV journalist	United States Navy	United States
Reg Pugh	July 28, 1917	Football player	British Army	United Kingdom
Alexander Pylcyn	November 18, 1923	World War II Order of the Red Banner recipient	Red Army	Soviet Union

Q

1 veteran

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

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62 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Marv Rackley	July 25, 1921	American baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Karl Radermacher	December 12, 1922	Soldier & Knight's Cross recipient	Heer	Germany
Alfred Radley	1924	Clothing manufacturer	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Georg Ratzinger	January 15, 1924	Catholic priest	Reichsarbeitsdienst & Luftwaffe	Germany
Joseph Aloisius Ratzinger	April 16, 1927	Pope Benedict XVI, the 265th Pope	Luftwaffenhelfer	Germany
Arthur Ravenel, Jr.	March 29, 1927	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Karl Ravens	June 29, 1927	German politician	Luftwaffe	Germany
Ronald C. Read	December 19, 1924	Graph theorist	Royal Navy	Canada
Manuel Real	January 27, 1924	Judge	United States Navy Reserve	United States
Thomas Morrow Reavley	June 21, 1921	Judge	United States Navy	United States
Hartman Rector, Jr.	August 20, 1924	Mormon missionary	United States Navy	United States
Lou Reda	1925	Documentary filmmaker	United States Navy	United States
Sumner Redstone	May 27, 1923	Chairman & CEO of Viacom	United States Army	United States
Douglas Reeman	October 15, 1924	Author	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ralph Regula	December 3, 1924	Ohio congressman (1973–2009)	United States Navy	United States
Ogden R. Reid	June 24, 1925	Politician & diplomat; New York Congressman (1963–1975)	United States Army	United States
Carl Reiner	March 20, 1922	Film director & actor; TV's Your Show of Shows, The Dick van Dyke Show	United States Army	United States
Edwin Reinecke	January 7, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Keith Remington	April 29, 1923	Politician	Second Australian Imperial Force	Australia
Willi Reschke	February 3, 1922	Luftwaffe ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Vasily Reshetnikov	December 23, 1919	Deputy Commander-in-Chief of the Air Force	Red Air Force	Soviet Union
Gene Reynolds[17]	April 4, 1923	Actor & TV writer, producer, & director	United States Navy	United States
Rudolf von Ribbentrop	May 11, 1921	Waffen-SS captain	Waffen-SS	Germany
Marc Riboud	June 24, 1923	Photographer	French Resistance	France
George Barclay Richardson	September 19, 1924	Economist	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Fred Richmond	November 15, 1923	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Al Richter	February 7, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Don Rickles	May 8, 1926	Comedian and actor	United States Navy	United States
Madeleine Riffaud	August 23, 1924	Poet, journalist, & war correspondent	French Resistance	France
Jim Riffey	December 14, 1923	Basketball player	United States Army	United States
John Rigas	November 14, 1924	CEO of Adelphia (1952–2002)	United States Army	United States
Basil Rigg	August 12, 1926	Cricket player	Australian Army	Australia
Jack Riley	June 15, 1919	Hockey player	Canadian Army, 1942–1944	Canada
Fred Risser	May 5, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Jim Rivera	July 22, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Brian Rix	January 27, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Owen W. Roberts	March 29, 1924	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Eddie Robinson	December 15, 1920	American baseball player, coach, and manager	United States Navy	United States
David Rockefeller	June 12, 1915	Banker & philanthropist	United States Army	United States
David H. Rodgers	August 10, 1923	Mayor of Spokane (1967–1978)	Communications officer	United States
Richard Dean Rogers	December 29, 1921	Judge	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Helmut Rohde	November 9, 1925	Politician, minister of education and science	German Armed Forces	Germany
Richard Rohmer	January 24, 1924	Military writer; Ultimatum	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Heinz Rökker	October 20, 1920	World War Ii flying ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Charles P. Roland	April 8, 1918	Historian	United States Army	United States
Fred B. Rooney	November 6, 1925	Politician	United States Army	United States
David Rose	November 22, 1924	Television producer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Wilburn K. Ross	May 12, 1922	World War II Medal of Honour recipient	United States Army	United States
Joachim Rønneberg	August 30, 1919	Broadcaster	1st Lt., Norwegian Independent Company 1	Norway
Thomas Round	October 18, 1915	Opera singer	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
J. Roy Rowland	February 3, 1926	Georgia congressman (1981–1995)	United States Army, 1944–1946	United States
Geoffrey Alexander Rowley-Conwy, 9th Baron Langford	March 8, 1912	Peer and Army Officer	Royal Artillery	United Kingdom
David Rubinger	June 24, 1924	Photographer	British Army	Israel
Erich Rudorffer	November 1, 1917	Luftwaffe fighter ace	Luftwaffe	Germany
Gerd Ruge	August 9, 1928	German journalist, author and filmmaker	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Tony Russel	November 23, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
George A. Russell	1921	Academic, former University President	United States Navy, 1940–1960	United States
John Russell	February 2, 1920	Olympic equestrian	United States Army	United States
William Russell	November 19, 1924	Actor	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
F. James Rutherford	July 10, 1924	Science professor	Radar teacher	United States
John Ruthven	November 12, 1924	Wildlife painter	United States Army	United States
Wayne Ryan		Medical researcher and professor	United States Navy	United States

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94 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alexander Sachal	November 15, 1924	Artist	Red Army & French Resistance	Soviet Union
John Safer	September 6, 1922	Sculptor	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Sajer	January 13, 1927	Military writer	Wehrmacht	Germany
Peter Sallis	February 1, 1921	Actor; the Wallace and Gromit film series, TV's Last of the Summer Wine	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Ed Samcoff	September 1, 1924	Baseball player	United States Marine Corps[18]	United States
Kurt Sametreiter	April 9, 1922	Oberscharführer	Waffen-SS	Germany
Sangharakshita	August 25, 1925	Buddhist teacher & writer	Royal Signal Corps	United Kingdom
Ugo Sansonetti	January 10, 1919	Cavalry officer, masters athlete	Italian Army	Italy
Frank Saucier	May 28, 1926	Baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Norman Scarth	1925	Blogger & political candidate	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
William Schallert	July 6, 1922	Actor	United States Army Air Corps[19]	United States
Art Schallock	April 25, 1924	Baseball player	United States Navy[20]	United States
Walter Scheel	July 8, 1919	German president (1974–1979)	Luftwaffe	Germany
Carl Scheib	January 1, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army[21]	United States
Richard Schifter	July 31, 1923	Lawyer	United States Army	United States
Bob Schiller	November 8, 1918	Screenwriter; TV's I Love Lucy, All in the Family	United States Army[22]	United States
Rolf Schimpf	November 14, 1924	German television actor		Germany
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski	March 10, 1917	Aviator	27th Home Army Infantry Division	Poland
Helmut Schlesinger	September 4, 1924	President of the Deutsche Bundesbank		Germany
John R. Schmidhauser	January 3, 1922	Politician	United States Navy, 1941–1945	United States
Milt Schmidt	March 5, 1918	NHL hockey player	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Wolf Schneider	May 7, 1925	Journalist	Luftwaffe	Germany
Red Schoendienst	February 2, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
George P. Schultz	December 13, 1920	60th U.S. Secretary of State	United States Marine Corps	United States
Horst Schulze	April 26, 1921	Actor and opera singer	German Army	Germany
Bernard L. Schwartz	December 12, 1926	CEO of Loral Corporation (1972–2006)		United States
Ted Schwinden	August 31, 1925	Politician; Governor of Montana (1976–1980)	United States Army	United States
Vin Scully	November 29, 1927	Sportscaster	United States Navy	United States
Vincent Scully	August 21, 1920	Architectural historian & critic	United States Army Air Corps[23]	United States
Cuthbert Sebastian	October 22, 1921	Governor General of Saint Kitts and Nevis (1996–2013)	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reginald Secondé	July 28, 1922	Diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
Vic Seixas	August 30, 1923	Tennis player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ralph Senensky[24]	May 1, 1923	TV director & writer	United States Army	United States
Doc Severinsen	July 7, 1927	Trumpeter	United States Army	United States
Whitney North Seymour, Jr.	July 7, 1923	Politician	United States Armed Forces	United States
Peter Shaffer	May 15, 1926	Playwright & screenwriter	Bevin Boy	United Kingdom
Robert H. Shaffer	September 13, 1915	Educator & academic	United States Army	United States
Bobby Shantz	September 26, 1925	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Kendall Shaw	1924	Painter	United States Navy	United States
Art Shay	March 31, 1922	Photojournalist	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Stanley Sheinbaum	June 12, 1920	Activist and publisher	United States Army	United States
Harry W. Shlaudeman	May 17, 1926	US ambassador to Nicaragua (1990–1992)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert G. Shulman	March 3, 1924	Biophysicist	United States Navy	United States
Charlie Silvera	October 13, 1924	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Gerhard Simons	February 5, 1921	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves recipient	Heer	Germany
Dudley Simpson	October 4, 1922	Composer	Australian Army	Australia
Thomas Joseph Simpson	November 6, 1921	Distinguished Service Medal recipient	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Arjan Singh	April 15, 1919	Indian Air Force officer	Indian Air Force	British India
John K. Singlaub	July 10, 1921	Army general	United States Army	United States
Joe Sinnott	October 16, 1926	Comic book artist	United States Navy	United States
Ljubo Sirc	April 19, 1920	Economist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Eric Smith	1919	Painter	Australian Army	Australia
Helen Smith	January 5, 1922	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
Lyle Smith	March 17, 1916	Football & basketball player	United States Navy	United States
Neal Edward Smith	March 23, 1920	Politician; Iowa representative (1959–1995)	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Warren Allen Smith	October 27, 1921	Gay rights activist		United States
Donald Snelgrove	April 21, 1925	Bishop	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Robert M. Solow	August 23, 1924	Economist	United States Army	United States
Gerhard Sommer	June 24, 1921	Soldier	Waffen-SS	Germany
Alexei Sorokin	March 28, 1922	Politician & admiral	Soviet Navy	Soviet Union
Cecil Souders	January 3, 1921	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Pierre Soulages	December 24, 1919	Painter and sculptor		France
Robert Hitchcock Spain	October 26, 1925	Bishop	United States Navy	United States
Alex Spanos	September 28, 1923	Real estate developer	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Marvin Speight	September 5, 1921	Basketball player & coach		United States
Frank Spellman	September 17, 1922	Weightlifter		United States
John Spellman	December 29, 1926	Governor of Washington (1981–1985)	United States Navy	United States
G. Spencer-Brown	April 2, 1923	Mathematician	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Ronald Spiers	July 9, 1925	Diplomat; US Ambassador to Pakistan (1981–1983)	United States Navy	United States
Richard T. Spooner	1925	Marine Corps officer	United States Marine Corps	United States
Wilfried Stallknecht	August 12, 1928	Architect and designer	German Army	Germany
Janez Stanovnik	August 4, 1922	Politician & economist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
Ralph Stanley	February 25, 1927	Musician	United States Army	United States
Harry Dean Stanton	July 14, 1926	Actor	United States Navy	United States
Dick Starr	March 2, 1921	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Monteagle Stearns	December 5, 1924	American ambassador to Greece (1981–1985)	United States Marine Corps	United States
Herb Stempel	December 19, 1926	Game show contestant	United States Army	United States
Ninian Stephen	June 15, 1923	Jurist	Australian Army	Australia
Willis H. Stephens, Sr.	June 7, 1925	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Guy Stern	January 14, 1922	Literary scholar	United States Army	United States
Chuck Stevens	July 10, 1918	Baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John Paul Stevens	April 20, 1920	U.S Supreme Court Justice	United States Navy	United States
Hans Stollnberger	April 10, 1919	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipient	Luftwaffe	Germany
William Stoltzfus	November 3, 1924	Diplomat	United States Naval Air Corps	United States
Larry Storch	January 8, 1923	Actor; TV's F Troop	United States Navy	United States
Karl Stotz	March 27, 1927	Austrian Soccer player	Wehrmacht	Austria
Roderick Strohl	June 24, 1922	Soldier, Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Paul Stuffel	March 22, 1927	Baseball player	United States Army	United States
John Hale Stutesman	December 16, 1920	U.S State Department Consul	United States Army	United States
Richard Summers	October 18, 1921	RAF officer; one of The Few	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Joe Sutter	March 21, 1921	Aeronautical engineer; led development of the 747 jetliner	United States Navy	United States
Seijun Suzuki	May 24, 1923	Filmmaker & actor	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Grigory Svirsky	September 29, 1921	Writer	Soviet Air Force	Soviet Union
Bohdan Szucki	1926	President (1990–2008) of Związek Żołnierzy Narodowych Sił Zbrojnych; toxicologist.	National Armed Forces	Poland

T

38 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Burt L. Talcott	February 22, 1920	Politician; California representative (1963–1977)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jiro Tanaka	January 16, 1917	Aircraft & automotive engineer	Imperial Japanese Army	Japan
Endel Taniloo	January 5, 1923	After the war survived a Soviet POW camp. Well-known sculptor	Estonian Legion	Estonia
Gordie Tapp	June 4, 1922	Singer & comedian; TV's Hee Haw	Canadian Army	Canada
Aleksander Tarnawski	January 8, 1921	cichociemny	Polish Armed Forces in the West	Poland
Hoyt Patrick Taylor, Jr.	April 1, 1924	Politician	United States Army	United States
Jack C. Taylor	April 14, 1922	Businessman	United States Navy	United States
Maurice Taylor	May 5, 1926	Bishop	British Army	United Kingdom
Nicholas Taylor	November 11, 1927	Politician, businessman, & geologist	Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve	Canada
Robert L. Taylor	1924	Founder & president of Antique Airplane Association	United States Navy	United States
Lee Teng-hui	January 15, 1923	Taiwanese president (1988–2000)	Imperial Japanese Army	Taiwan
Wayne Terwilliger	June 27, 1925	Major League baseball player	United States Marine Corps	United States
Robert E. Thacker	1918	Aviator & test pilot	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Mikis Theodorakis	July 29, 1925	Songwriter & composer	Greek Resistance	Greece
Wayne Thiebaud	November 15, 1920	Pop art painter	United States Army Air Corps	United States
E. Parry Thomas	June 29, 1921	Businessman	United States Army	United States
Lowell Thomas, Jr.	October 6, 1923	Film & TV producer	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Ward Thomas	August 11, 1923	TV executive	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Fletcher Thompson	February 5, 1925	Politician & lawyer	United States Army Medical Corps & United States Army Air Corps	United States
Tim Thompson	March 1, 1924	Major League baseball player	United States Army	United States
Charles Thone	January 4, 1924	Politician; governor or Nebraska 1979–1983	United States Army	United States
Gunnar Thoresen	July 21, 1920	Football player		Norway
Francis Thorne	June 23, 1922	Composer	Cricket player	United States
Georg von Tiesenhausen	May 18, 1914	Rocket scientist	Member of the "von Braun rocket group" at Peenemünde	Germany
John Tillard	May 26, 1924	Cricket player	British Army	United Kingdom
Tun Tin	October 2, 1920	Prime Minister of Burma (July – September 1988)	Burma Independence Army	British India
Grant Tinker	January 11, 1925	TV executive	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Edward Tipper	August 3, 1921	Soldier, member of Easy Company	United States Army	United States
Christopher Tolkien	November 21, 1924	Editor, novelist, and academic	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
Reidar Torp	July 7, 1922	Military Officer	Military Officer	Norway
Aldo Tortorella	July 10, 1926	Journalist & politician	Italian Resistance	Italy
Zollie Toth	January 26, 1924	American football player		United States[25]
Gilbert R. Tredway	October 11, 1922	Historian	United States Army	United States
Charley Trippi	December 14, 1921	Football player	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Katerina Traykova Nurdžieva	October 18, 1922	Activist	Partisans	Yugoslavia
John Treacher	September 23, 1924	Admiral	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Jerry Tucker	November 1, 1925	Child actor	United States Navy	United States
Joe Turkel	July 15, 1927	Actor	United States Army	United States

U

4 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Yosh Uchida	April 1, 1920	Sports businessman, entrepreneur, & engineer	United States Army	United States
Alistair Urquhart	September 8, 1919	Businessman & author	British Army	United Kingdom
Brian Urquhart	February 28, 1919	Soldier & diplomat	British Army	United Kingdom
W. J. Usery	December 21, 1923	US Secretary of Labor (1976–1977)	United States Naval Reserve, 1943–1946	United States

V

18 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Tony Vaccaro	December 20, 1922	Photographer	United States Army	United States
Jean Valentine	1924	Bombe operator	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Jaakko Valtanen	February 9, 1925	General	Finnish Defence Forces	Finland
Donald West VanArtsdalen	October 21, 1919	Federal judge	Canadian Army 1940–42 United States Army 1942–45	United States
Ebert Van Buren	December 6, 1924	Football player	United States Army	United States
Dick Van Dyke	December 13, 1925	Actor and comedian	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Harold Van Heuvelen	March 30, 1919	Composer	United States Army	United States
Neil D. Van Sickle	July 8, 1915	Air force general	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Ivan Varichev	January 15, 1924	Painter	Red Army	Soviet Union
Fritz Vehse	April 23, 1924	World War II Knight's Cross recipient	German Army	Germany
Henri Vernes	October 16, 1918	Action and science-fiction writer		Belgium
John William Vessey, Jr.	June 29, 1922	Army general, Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (1982–1985)	34th Infantry Division	United States
George S. Vest	December 25, 1918	Diplomat	United States Army	United States
Claude Vigée	January 3, 1921	Poet	French Resistance	France
Weston E. Vivian	October 25, 1924	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Hans-Jochen Vogel	February 3, 1926	Politician	Wehrmacht	Germany
Hans-Heinrich Voigt	April 18, 1921	Astronomer	German Army	Germany
Anton Vratuša	February 21, 1915	Prime Minister of Slovenia	Yugoslav Partisans	Democratic Federal Yugoslavia

W

50 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
John Waddy	June 17, 1920	Author & military advisor	British Army	United Kingdom
Jim Wade	February 14, 1926[26]	American football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Clint Walker	May 30, 1927	Actor	United States Merchant Marine	United States
Mort Walker	September 3, 1923	Comic strip writer & artist; Beetle Bailey	United States Army	United States
Murray Walker	October 10, 1923	Formula One motorsport commentator & journalist	British Army	United Kingdom
Martin Walser	March 24, 1927	German writer	German Army (Wehrmacht)	Germany
Joseph Wapner	November 15, 1919	Jurist & television personality	United States Army	United States
Maxwell "Max" William Ward	November 22, 1921	Aviator	Royal Canadian Air Force	Canada
Rose Warfman	October 4, 1916	French Resistance heroine	French Resistance	France
John Warner	February 18, 1927	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Billy Watson	December 25, 1923	Child actor	United States Army[27]	United States
W. Marvin Watson	June 6, 1924	Politician	United States Marine Corps	United States
Fritz Weaver	January 19, 1926	Actor	Conscientious Objector	United States
James H. Weaver	August 8, 1927	Politician; Oregon congressman (1975–1987)	United States Navy	United States
Chick Webster	November 3, 1920	Hockey player	Canadian Army	Canada
William H. Webster	March 26, 1924	3rd F.B.I. Director, 10th C.I.A. Director and Chairperson of the Homeland Security Advisory Council	United States Navy	United States
Ulrich Wegener	August 22, 1929	Police officer	Luftwaffe	Germany
Donald Weihs	September 7, 1922	Olympic biathlete	United States Army	United States
Jack B. Weinstein	August 10, 1921	Federal judge	United States Navy	United States
Jimmy Weldon	September 23, 1923	Voice actor & ventriloquist	United States Army Air Corps[28]	United States
Geoffrey Wellum	August 4, 1921	Author & aviator	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
John Wells	March 30, 1925	Politician	Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve	United Kingdom
Wally Westlake	November 8, 1920	Major League baseball player	United States Coast Guard	United States
Leonard Wexler	November 11, 1924	Federal Judge, Eastern District of New York	United States Army	United States
Chuck Weyant[29]	April 3, 1923	Racecar driver	United States Army	United States
Walter Wheeler	November 19, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Jack Whitaker	May 18, 1924	Sportscaster	United States Army	United States
John White	1924	Art historian	Royal Air Force	United Kingdom
George Wildman	July 31, 1927	Cartoonist	United States Navy	United States
G. William Whitehurst	March 12, 1925	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Richard Whittington-Egan	October 22, 1924	Writer & criminologist	British Army	United Kingdom
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram	August 2, 1915	Lieutenant Colonel	British Army	United Kingdom
Richard Wilbur	March 1, 1921	Poet	United States Army	United States
Hershel W. Williams	February 10, 1923	Marine	United States Marine Corps	United States
William Winegard	April 11, 1924	Politician	Royal Canadian Navy	Canada
Charley Winner	July 2, 1924	Football player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
William Winter	February 21, 1923	Politician; Mississippi governor (1980–1984)	United States Army	United States
Tex Winter	February 25, 1922	Basketball coach	United States Navy	United States
Graham Winteringham		Architect	Royal Navy	United Kingdom
Harris Wofford	April 9, 1926	Politician	United States Army Air Forces	United States
John S. Wold	August 31, 1916	Wyoming representative (1969–1971)	United States Navy	United States
Dale E. Wolf	September 6, 1924	Governor of Delaware (1992-1993)	United States Army	United States
Woody Woodbury	February 9, 1924	Comedian & actor	United States Marine Corps	United States
Bill Woodson	July 16, 1917	Actor & voice artist	United States Army[30]	United States
Morgan Woodward	September 16, 1925	Actor	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Peregrine Worsthorne	December 22, 1923	Journalist, writer, & broadcaster	British Army	United Kingdom
Herman Wouk	May 27, 1915	Author; The Caine Mutiny, The Winds of War	United States Navy	United States
Scott Olin Wright	January 15, 1923	Federal judge	United States Navy United States Marine Corps	United States
Tom Wright	September 22, 1923	Major League baseball player	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Richard Wurbs	August 26, 1920	Vice President of the Bundestag		Germany

X

1 veteran

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Alex Xydias	March 22, 1922	Auto racing driver	United States Army Air Forces	United States

Y

11 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Sol Yaged	December 8, 1922	Jazz clarinetist	United States Army	United States
Abraham Yakin	July 31, 1924	Artist	Royal Navy	Israel
George Yankowski	November 19, 1922	Major League baseball player	United States Navy	United States
Dmitry Yazov	November 8, 1924	Soviet Union Marshal	Red Army	Soviet Union
Chuck Yeager	February 13, 1923	Air Force officer & test pilot; first person to exceed the speed of sound in flight	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Bill Yoast	1924	High school football coach	United States Army Air Forces	United States
Tom York	November 30, 1924	TV personality	United States Navy	United States
Jim Youel	February 13, 1922	Football player	United States Navy	United States
Edward Lunn Young	September 7, 1920	Politician; South Carolina representative (1973–1975)	United States Army Air Corps	United States
Jimmy Young	September 21, 1921	Singer, DJ, & radio personality	British Army	United Kingdom
Samuel H. Young	December 26, 1922	Politician	United States Army, 1943–1946	United States

Z

9 veterans

Veteran	Birth	Notability	Service	Country
Władysław Zachariasiewicz	November 7, 1911	Polish American voluntary worker, Sovereign Military Order of Malta recipient	Polish Army	Poland
John Zacherle	September 26, 1918	Television horror film host	United States Army	United States
Franco Zeffirelli	February 12, 1923	Film director and producer; Romeo and Juliet, Jesus of Nazareth	British Army	Italy
Vladimir Zeldin	February 10, 1915	Actor; awarded the Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"	Red Army	Soviet Union
Charles Zentai	October 8, 1921	Warrant officer. Accused of war crimes by SWC	Royal Hungarian Army	Hungary
Roger H. Zion	September 17, 1921	Politician	United States Navy	United States
Ciril Zlobec	July 4, 1925	Poet, writer, & journalist	Partisans	Slovenia
Louis Zorich	February 12, 1924	Actor	United States Army	United States
Leszek Żukowski	February 11, 1929	president of World Association of Home Army Soldiers	Gray Ranks	Poland

See also

• List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars

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External links

• Baseball In Wartime
• Football and America: World War II
• Movie Stars that fought in World War II
• Society For International Hockey Research: Lest We Forget