List of Last survivors of Historical events - wikipedia List of Last survivors of Historical events The following is a list of last survivors of notable historical and cultural events, excluding wars, which are covered in separate lists that can be found in the See also section. Deceased Living Contents 1 Before 1701 2 1701 -- 1800 3 1801 -- 1850 4 1851 -- 1900 5 1901 -- 1915 6 1916 -- 1930 7 1931 -- 1945 8 1946 -- 1960 9 1961 -- 2000 10 See also 11 References Before 1701 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Aristodemus of Sparta c. 479 BC ( aged c. 49 ) Last Spartan of the Battle of Thermopylae August or September 480 BC John the Apostle Around 100 Last known witness to the crucifixion of Jesus, and last Apostle April 3, 33 Romulus Augustulus After 510 Last Western Roman Emperor 4 September 476 Sophia Palaiologina 7 April 1503 Last member of the Imperial Byzantine court. 29 May 1453 Don Mancio Serra de Leguízamo September 18, 1589 ( aged 78 ) Last known conquistador who participated in the capture of Atahualpa. November 16, 1532 Mary Allerton November 28, 1699 ( aged 83 ) Last passenger of the Mayflower November 11, 1620 John Alden September 12, 1687 ( aged 88 ) Last living signer of the Mayflower Compact November 11, 1620 Richard Bellingham December 7, 1672 ( aged 80 ) Last signer of the Massachusetts Colonial Charter 1629 1701 -- 1800 Name Death Historical event Date event ended George Gregory February 13, 1804 ( 1804 - 02 - 13 ) ( aged 108 -- 109 ) Last sailor who took part in George Anson 's voyage around the world 1744 Isaac Smith July 2, 1831 ( 1831 - 07 - 02 ) ( aged 78 -- 79 ) Last survivor of James Cook 's first voyage 1771 George Robert Twelves Hewes November 5, 1840 ( 1840 - 11 - 05 ) ( aged 98 ) Last survivor of the Boston Tea party and Boston Massacre March 5, 1770 and December 16, 1773 Ephraim Bowen September 2, 1841 ( 1841 - 09 - 02 ) ( aged 88 ) Last individual involved in the Gaspée Affair June 10, 1772 John Hatley December 12, 1832 ( 1832 - 12 - 12 ) ( aged 69 -- 70 ) Last survivor of James Cook 's second voyage 1775 Levi Preston January 5, 1850 ( 1850 - 01 - 05 ) ( aged 93 ) Last Concord veteran of the Battle of Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775 Jonathan Harrington March 26, 1854 ( 1854 - 03 - 26 ) ( aged 95 ) Last Lexington veteran of the Battle of Lexington and Concord April 19, 1775 Ralph Farnham December 26, 1860 ( 1860 - 12 - 26 ) ( aged 104 ) Last known survivor of the Battle of Bunker Hill June 17, 1775 Charles Carroll November 14, 1832 ( 1832 - 11 - 14 ) ( aged 95 ) Last signer of the Declaration of Independence July 4, 1776 Alexander Milliner March 15, 1865 ( 1865 - 03 - 15 ) ( aged 95 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Brandywine and Battles of Saratoga September 11, September 19, and October 7, 1777 Andrew Jackson June 8, 1845 ( 1845 - 06 - 08 ) ( aged 78 ) Last former President of the United States to have served in the American Revolution April 25, 1781 Elijah Churchill April 11, 1841 ( 1841 - 04 - 11 ) ( aged 85 ) Last recipient of the Badge of Military Merit October 2, 1781 John Gray March 29, 1868 ( 1868 - 03 - 29 ) ( aged 104 ) Last veteran of the Siege of Yorktown October 19, 1781 David Whitney March 24, 1867 ( 1867 - 03 - 24 ) ( aged 99 ) Last veteran of Shays ' Rebellion June 1787 James Madison June 28, 1836 ( 1836 - 06 - 28 ) ( aged 85 ) Last signer of The United States Constitution September 7, 1787 Barthélemy de Lesseps June 4, 1834 ( 1834 - 06 - 04 ) ( aged 68 ) Last survivor of the scientific expedition of Jean - François de Galaup, comte de Lapérouse 1788 John Adams March 5, 1829 ( 1829 - 03 - 05 ) ( aged 61 ) Last mutineer of HMS Bounty April 28, 1789 Arthur Dardenne September 8, 1872 ( 1872 - 09 - 08 ) ( aged 95 -- 96 ) Last surviving person to have taken part in the Storming of the Bastille July 14, 1789 Salome Sellers January 9, 1909 ( 1909 - 01 - 09 ) ( aged 109 ) Last known survivor from the 18th century December 31, 1800 1801 -- 1850 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Pedro Antonio Martinez Zia February 1, 1898 ( 1898 - 02 - 01 ) ( aged 108 -- 109 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Trafalgar October 21, 1805 Patrick Gass April 2, 1870 ( 1870 - 04 - 02 ) ( aged 98 ) Last member of the Lewis and Clark Expedition March 23, 1806 John Rice February 10, 1880 ( 1880 - 02 - 10 ) ( aged 90 -- 91 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Lake Erie September 10, 1813 James Madison June 28, 1836 ( 1836 - 06 - 28 ) ( aged 85 ) Last former President of the United States to lead American troops in battle August 24, 1814 James Buchanan June 1, 1868 ( 1868 - 06 - 01 ) ( aged 77 ) Last former President of the United States to have served in the War of 1812 September 14, 1814 Charles Booth March 2, 1896 ( 1896 - 03 - 02 ) ( aged 97 ) Last living rebel of the Pentrich rising June 10, 1817 John W. Stainer March 3, 1907 ( 1907 - 03 - 03 ) ( aged 99 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Navarino October 20, 1827 Philippe Demoulin February 14, 1912 ( 1912 - 02 - 14 ) ( aged 102 ) Last veteran of the Belgian Revolution July 14, 1831 William Carroll Crawford September 3, 1895 ( 1895 - 09 - 03 ) ( aged 90 ) Last signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence March 2, 1836 Alfonso Steele July 8, 1911 ( 1911 - 07 - 08 ) ( aged 94 ) Last survivor of the Battle of San Jacinto April 21, 1836 William Physick Zuber September 22, 1913 ( 1913 - 09 - 22 ) ( aged 93 ) Last veteran of the Texas Revolution April 25, 1836 Thomas Patrickson October 15, 1914 ( 1914 - 10 - 15 ) ( aged 85 -- 86 ) Last participant of the Second voyage of HMS Beagle October 2, 1836 Rebecca Tickaneesky Neugin July 15, 1932 ( 1932 - 07 - 15 ) ( aged 97 -- 98 ) Last survivor of the Trail of Tears 1837 Nelson Traux January 25, 1915 ( 1915 - 01 - 25 ) ( aged 96 ) Last survivor of the Battle of the Windmill November 16, 1838 Milvern Harrell August 10, 1910 ( 1910 - 08 - 10 ) ( aged 86 ) Last survivor of the Dawson Massacre September 17, 1842 François X. Matthieu February 4, 1914 ( 1914 - 02 - 04 ) ( aged 95 ) Last participant at the Champoeg Meetings 1843 Walter T. Avery June 10, 1904 ( 1904 - 06 - 10 ) ( aged 90 ) Last participant in the first official Baseball game June 19, 1846 Isabella Breen McMahon March 25, 1935 ( 1935 - 03 - 25 ) ( aged 89 ) Last survivor of the Donner Party June 1847 Ulysses S. Grant July 23, 1885 ( 1885 - 07 - 23 ) ( aged 63 ) Last former President of the United States to have served in the Mexican - American War February 3, 1848 Charlotte L. Woodward Peirce March 15, 1924 ( 1924 - 03 - 15 ) ( aged 94 ) Last surviving participant in the Seneca Falls Convention and last signer of the Declaration of Sentiments July 20, 1848 József Fischl March 1929 ( aged 102 ) Last Honvéd veteran of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 4 October 1849 1851 -- 1900 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Thomas Kelly April 14, 1932 ( 1932 - 04 - 14 ) ( aged 83 ) Last survivor of the Birkenhead disaster February 26, 1852 Horace F. Sisson March 10, 1942 ( 1942 - 03 - 10 ) ( aged 98 ) Last member of the Perry Expedition 1854 Edwin Hughes April 18, 1927 ( 1927 - 04 - 18 ) ( aged 96 ) Last participant in the Charge of the Light Brigade October 25, 1854 John Lishman Potter October 24, 1931 ( 1931 - 10 - 24 ) ( aged 97 ) Last veteran of the Eureka Rebellion December 3, 1854 John Winchell Cullen December 14, 1939 ( 1939 - 12 - 14 ) ( aged 101 ) Last veteran of the Yakima War 1858 Teodolfo Mertel July 11, 1899 ( 1899 - 07 - 11 ) ( aged 93 ) Last non-priest cardinal March 15, 1858 Robert Collinson d'Esterre Spottiswoode March 21, 1936 ( 1936 - 03 - 21 ) ( aged 94 ) Last veteran of the Indian Mutiny 1859 Pressley Corbin Hyman June 20, 1912 ( 1912 - 06 - 20 ) ( aged 81 ) Last witness to the Broderick -- Terry duel September 13, 1859 Cudjoe Lewis July 26, 1935 ( 1935 - 07 - 26 ) ( aged 95 ) Last passenger of the Clotilde 1859 Owen Brown January 8, 1889 ( 1889 - 01 - 08 ) ( aged 64 ) Last abolitionist present at John Brown 's raid on Harpers Ferry October 18, 1859 George Pilson April 22, 1916 ( 1916 - 04 - 22 ) ( aged 73 -- 74 ) Last witness at Harpers Ferry October 18, 1859 Hugo Josef Schiff September 8, 1915 ( 1915 - 09 - 08 ) ( aged 81 ) Last attendee of the Karlsruhe Congress September 5, 1860 Giovanni Battista Egisto Sivelli November 1, 1934 ( 1934 - 11 - 01 ) ( aged 90 ) Last member of the Expedition of the Thousand 1861 James Hard March 12, 1953 ( 1953 - 03 - 12 ) ( aged 109 ) Last veteran of the First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Antietam and Battle of Chancellorsville July 21, 1861 ; September 17, 1862 ; and May 6, 1863 John Ambrose Driscoll June 13, 1921 ( 1921 - 06 - 13 ) ( aged 82 ) Last crew member of the USS Monitor during its engagement with the CSS Virginia ( aka USS Merrimack ) March 9, 1862 James Marion Lurvey April 7, 1950 ( 1950 - 04 - 07 ) ( aged 102 ) Last verified veteran of the Battle of Gettysburg July 3, 1863 Otto Richard Gellette June 1, 1944 ( 1944 - 06 - 01 ) ( aged 98 ) Last soldier to participate in Pickett 's Charge July 3, 1863 Eli G. Biddle April 8, 1940 ( 1940 - 04 - 08 ) ( aged 93 -- 94 ) Last member of the 54th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry that assaulted Fort Wagner July 18, 1863 William Sickles September 26, 1938 ( 1938 - 09 - 26 ) ( aged 93 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Civil War March 31, 1865 Samuel J. Seymour April 12, 1956 ( 1956 - 04 - 12 ) ( aged 96 ) Last witness present at Ford 's Theater during the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln April 14, 1865 John Henry Coghill Possibly 1942 ( aged 90 ) Last surviving witness to the death of John Wilkes Booth April 26, 1865 Charles M. Eldridge September 8, 1941 ( 1941 - 09 - 08 ) ( aged 96 ) Last survivor of the Sultana disaster April 27, 1865 William McKinley September 14, 1901 ( 1901 - 09 - 14 ) ( aged 58 ) Last former President of the United States to have served in the Civil War May 9, 1865 Charles Tupper October 30, 1915 ( 1915 - 10 - 30 ) ( aged 94 ) Last Canadian father of Confederation July 1, 1867 Pedro Angleró October 16, 1931 ( 1931 - 10 - 16 ) ( aged 109 -- 110 ) Last participant of El Grito de Lares September 23, 1868 George H. Large August 15, 1939 ( 1939 - 08 - 15 ) ( aged 88 ) Last participant of the first American football game November 6, 1869 William F. Lukes December 13, 1923 ( 1923 - 12 - 13 ) ( aged 76 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Korean Expedition June 10, 1871 Reginald Courtenay Welch June 4, 1939 ( 1939 - 06 - 04 ) ( aged 87 ) Last participant of the first English FA Cup Final March 16, 1872 Charles Windolph March 11, 1950 ( 1950 - 03 - 11 ) ( aged 97 ) Last U.S soldier from the Battle of the Little Bighorn June 26, 1876 Dewey Beard November 2, 1955 ( 1955 - 11 - 02 ) ( aged 96 -- 97 ) Last Indian veteran of the Battle of the Little Bighorn June 26, 1876 Tom Garrett August 6, 1943 ( 1943 - 08 - 06 ) ( aged 85 ) Last player from first official cricket test match March 19, 1877 Frank Bourne May 8, 1945 ( 1945 - 05 - 08 ) ( aged 91 ) Last survivor of the defense of Rorke 's Drift during the Anglo - Zulu War January 23, 1879 Wyatt Earp January 13, 1929 ( 1929 - 01 - 13 ) ( aged 80 ) Last survivor of the Gunfight at the O.K. Corral October 26, 1881 Danny Ryan December 31, 1966 ( 1966 - 12 - 31 ) ( aged 96 ) Last survivor of the Tipperary hurling team that won the first All - Ireland Championship April 1, 1888 Frank Shomo March 20, 1997 ( 1997 - 03 - 20 ) ( aged 108 ) Last survivor of the Johnstown Flood May 31, 1889 Hugh McGinnis March 22, 1965 ( 1965 - 03 - 22 ) ( aged 94 ) Last U.S veteran and survivor of the Wounded Knee Massacre December 29, 1890 Raymond Pimlott Kaighn August 16, 1962 ( 1962 - 08 - 16 ) ( aged 92 ) Last living participant of the first basketball game ever played. December 21, 1891 Michael Shonsey August 5, 1954 ( 1954 - 08 - 05 ) ( aged 89 ) Last veteran of the Johnson County War 1892 Arthur Sherman Phillips March 18, 1941 ( 1941 - 03 - 18 ) ( aged 75 ) Last participant in Lizzie Borden 's murder trial June 20, 1893 Nawi November, 1979 ( aged 100 + ) Last of the Dahomey Amazons and last veteran of the Second Franco - Dahomean War January 15, 1894 Dimitrios Loundras February 15, 1971 ( 1971 - 02 - 15 ) ( aged 85 ) Last known living competitor at the 1896 Summer Olympics April 15, 1896 Manu Ruma December, 1961 ( aged 87 ) Last veteran of the Dog Tax War 1898 John Henry Turpin March 10, 1962 ( 1962 - 03 - 10 ) ( aged 85 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Maine February 15, 1898 John Davis June 9, 1970 ( 1970 - 06 - 09 ) ( aged 91 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Spanish - American War May 11, 1898 Ralph Waldo Taylor May 15, 1987 ( 1987 - 05 - 15 ) ( aged 105 ) Last survivor of the Battle of San Juan Hill July 1, 1898 Bruno A. Forsterer June 13, 1957 ( 1957 - 06 - 13 ) ( aged 87 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Second Samoan Civil War April 1, 1899 Emma Morano April 15, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 15 ) ( aged 117 ) Last verified living person born in the 1800s, last known survivor of the reign of king Umberto I December 31, 1899 and July 29, 1900 William Seach October 24, 1978 ( 1978 - 10 - 24 ) ( aged 101 ) Last living Medal of Honor recipient of the Boxer Rebellion June 22, 1900 Maude Conic November 14, 2004 ( 2004 - 11 - 14 ) ( aged 105 -- 106 ) Last survivor of the Galveston Hurricane of 1900 September 12, 1900 Lucien Démanet March 16, 1979 ( 1979 - 03 - 16 ) ( aged 104 ) Last participant in the 1900 Summer Olympics October 28, 1900 Nabi Tajima Living ( age 117 ) Last living person born in the 19th century December 31, 1900 1901 -- 1915 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Violet Brown September 15, 2017 ( 2017 - 09 - 15 ) ( aged 117 ) Last known surviving subject of Queen Victoria January 22, 1901 Fleetwood Lindley February 1, 1963 ( 1963 - 02 - 01 ) ( aged 75 ) Last person to view Abraham Lincoln 's remains September 26, 1901 Laura Bullion December 2, 1961 ( 1961 - 12 - 02 ) ( aged 85 ) Last member of the Wild Bunch gang 1901 Léon Compère - Léandre 1936 Last survivor on shore of Saint - Pierre during the eruption of Mount Pelée May 8, 1902 Irénise Moulonguet May 28, 2013 ( 2013 - 05 - 28 ) ( aged 112 ) Last surviving witness of the eruption of Mount Pelée May 8, 1902 Roscinda Nolasquez February 4, 1987 ( 1987 - 02 - 04 ) ( aged 94 ) Last speaker of Cupeño and last survivor of the removal of the Cupeño to Pala, California, the last of the Federal Indian Removals May 13, 1903 Gladys Ennis March 20, 1993 ( 1993 - 03 - 20 ) ( aged 92 ) Last survivor of the Frank Slide April 29, 1903 Jennings Dunlap September 20, 1964 ( 1964 - 09 - 20 ) ( aged 84 -- 85 ) Last survivor of the Wreck of the Old 97 September 23, 1903 Freddy Parent November 2, 1972 ( 1972 - 11 - 02 ) ( aged 96 ) Last living player of the 1903 World Series October 13, 1903 Johnny Moore February 28, 1952 ( 1952 - 02 - 28 ) ( aged 66 ) Last living witness of the Wright Brothers ' first heavier than air flight December 17, 1903 Verde Clark Graff July 3, 1989 ( 1989 - 07 - 03 ) ( aged 97 ) Last survivor of the Iroquois Theatre fire December 30, 1903 Michael Barne May 31, 1961 ( 1961 - 05 - 31 ) ( aged 83 ) Last survivor of the Discovery Expedition 1904 Alexander Bernard Heron January 24, 2000 ( 2000 - 01 - 24 ) ( aged 105 ) Last worker involved in the construction of the Panama Canal May 4, 1904 Adella Wotherspoon January 26, 2004 ( 2004 - 01 - 26 ) ( aged 100 ) Last and youngest survivor of the General Slocum Disaster June 15, 1904 Ivan Beshoff October 25, 1987 ( 1987 - 10 - 25 ) ( aged 104 -- 105 ) Last sailor of the Potemkin Mutiny of 1905 July 8, 1905 Ellen Adelaide Brandenborg July 22, 2017 ( 2017 - 07 - 22 ) ( aged 111 ) Last known surviving subject of Christian IX of Denmark January 29, 1906 Bill Del Monte January 11, 2016 ( 2016 - 01 - 11 ) ( aged 109 ) Last known survivor of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake April 18, 1906 Dorsie Williams Willis August 24, 1977 ( 1977 - 08 - 24 ) ( aged 91 ) Last living soldier accused in the Brownsville Affair August 13, 1906 Brian Evans - Lombe January 31, 1994 ( 1994 - 01 - 31 ) ( aged 100 ) Last surviving member of the Brownsea Island Scout camp, the founding event of the Scout movement August 8, 1907 Francesca Nato April 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 16 ) ( aged 110 ) Last known survivor of the 1908 Messina earthquake December 28, 1908 John T. Kennedy September 22, 1969 ( 1969 - 09 - 22 ) ( aged 84 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the Philippine -- American War July 4, 1909 Philip Brocklehurst January 28, 1975 ( 1975 - 01 - 28 ) ( aged 87 ) Last member of Shackleton 's Nimrod Expedition 1909 Rose Freedman February 15, 2001 ( 2001 - 02 - 15 ) ( aged 107 ) Last survivor of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire March 25, 1911 Sid Daniels May 25, 1983 ( 1983 - 05 - 25 ) ( aged 89 ) Last surviving crew member of the RMS Titanic April 15, 1912 Millvina Dean May 31, 2009 ( 2009 - 05 - 31 ) ( aged 97 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic April 15, 1912 Elma S. Damrell March 17, 2005 ( 2005 - 03 - 17 ) ( aged 95 ) Last survivor of the Italian Hall disaster December 24, 1913 Mary Benich - McCleary June 28, 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 28 ) ( aged 94 ) Last survivor of the Ludlow Massacre April 20, 1914 George M. Lowry September 25, 1981 ( 1981 - 09 - 25 ) ( aged 91 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the United States occupation of Veracruz April 21 -- 22, 1914 Grace Hanagan ( Martyn ) May 15, 1995 ( 1995 - 05 - 15 ) ( aged 87 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Empress of Ireland May 29, 1914 Vaso Čubrilović June 11, 1990 ( 1990 - 06 - 11 ) ( aged 93 ) Last participant in the conspiracy to assassinate Archduke Franz Ferdinand June 28, 1914 Paul Kley 1992 ( aged 99 ) Last German veteran of the Siege of Tsingtao November 7, 1914 Alfred Anderson November 21, 2005 ( 2005 - 11 - 21 ) ( aged 109 ) Last soldier who could remember the Christmas Truce of 1914 and last veteran of the battles of Neuve Chapelle and Loos December 24, 1914 ; March 13, 1915 ; and October 14, 1915 Audrey Warren Lawson - Johnston ( née Pearl ) January 11, 2011 ( 2011 - 01 - 11 ) ( aged 95 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania May 7, 1915 Marion Eichholz November 24, 2014 ( 2014 - 11 - 24 ) ( aged 102 ) Last survivor of the capsizing of the SS Eastland July 24, 1915 Smedley Butler June 21, 1940 ( 1940 - 06 - 21 ) ( aged 58 ) Last recipient to receive two Medals of Honor for two different actions November 17, 1915 1916 -- 1930 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Alec Campbell May 16, 2002 ( 2002 - 05 - 16 ) ( aged 103 ) Last veteran of the Gallipoli Campaign January 9, 1916 Lilly Kempson January 22, 1996 ( 1996 - 01 - 22 ) ( aged 99 ) Last Irish participant in the Easter Rising April 30, 1916 Henry Allingham July 18, 2009 ( 2009 - 07 - 18 ) ( aged 113 ) Oldest member of any of the British Armed Forces, last member of the RNAS, last founding member of the Royal Air Force, and last veteran of the Battle of Jutland June 1, 1916 Roswell Winans April 7, 1968 ( 1968 - 04 - 07 ) ( aged 80 ) Last survivng Medal of Honor recipient of the United States occupation of the Dominican Republic July 3, 1916 Marcel Caux August 22, 2004 ( 2004 - 08 - 22 ) ( aged 105 ) Last survivor of the Battle of Pozières August 7, 1916 Claude - Marie Boucaud May 17, 2005 ( 2005 - 05 - 17 ) ( aged 109 ) Last survivor of the Battle of the Somme November 18, 1916 George Perman May 24, 2000 ( 2000 - 05 - 24 ) ( aged 99 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the HMHS Britannic November 21, 1916 René Marie - Martial Moreau October 26, 2005 ( 2005 - 10 - 26 ) ( aged 108 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Verdun December 18, 1916 Mark Matthews September 6, 2005 ( 2005 - 09 - 06 ) ( aged 111 ) Oldest and last surviving pre-World War II Buffalo Soldier and last veteran of the Pancho Villa Expedition February 7, 1917 ; August 1918 Yakup Satar April 2, 2008 ( 2008 - 04 - 02 ) ( aged 110 ) Last veteran of the Second Battle of Kut February 23, 1917 Alfred Finnigan May 11, 2005 ( 2005 - 05 - 11 ) ( aged 108 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Vimy Ridge April 12, 1917 Louis de Cazenave January 20, 2008 ( 2008 - 01 - 20 ) ( aged 110 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Chemin des Dames May 9 and October 9, 1917 Albert Marshall May 16, 2005 ( 2005 - 05 - 16 ) ( aged 108 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Arras and the Battle of Cambrai May 16 and December 8, 1917 Richard W. Richards May 8, 1985 ( 1985 - 05 - 08 ) ( aged 91 ) Last surviving member of the British Trans - Antarctic Expedition May 29, 1917 Edward Smout June 22, 2004 ( 2004 - 06 - 22 ) ( aged 106 ) Last witness to the death of the Red Baron and veteran of the Battle of Messines June 14, 1917 ; April 21, 1918 Cecil Arthur Lewis January 27, 1997 ( 1997 - 01 - 27 ) ( aged 98 ) Last British flying ace of World War I June 1917 Alois Vocásek August 9, 2003 ( 2003 - 08 - 09 ) ( aged 107 ) Last Czechoslovakian veteran of World War I and of the Battle of Zborov July 2, 1917 Peter Casserly June 24, 2005 ( 2005 - 06 - 24 ) ( aged 107 ) Last member of the First Australian Imperial Force and veteran of the Battle of Amiens September 1917 ; August 11, 1918 Harry Patch July 25, 2009 ( 2009 - 07 - 25 ) ( aged 111 ) Last British Army veteran of World War I and last veteran of Passchendaele November 1917 Lazar Kaganovich July 25, 1991 ( 1991 - 07 - 25 ) ( aged 97 ) Last Old Bolshevik who took part in the Russian October Revolution November 8, 1917 Boris Gudz December 27, 2006 ( 2006 - 12 - 27 ) ( aged 103 -- 104 ) Last survivor of the October Revolution and of the Russian Civil War November 8, 1917 ; June 1923 Antonio Todde January 3, 2002 ( 2002 - 01 - 03 ) ( aged 112 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Mount Grappa December 23, 1917 Edouard Izac January 18, 1990 ( 1990 - 01 - 18 ) ( aged 98 ) Last World War I Medal of Honor recipient and World War I United States Navy recipient May 21, 1918 Domenico De Cristofaro September 21, 2006 ( 2006 - 09 - 21 ) ( aged 106 ) Last veteran of the Battle of the Piave River June 23, 1918 Albert Wagner January 20, 2007 ( 2007 - 01 - 20 ) ( aged 107 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Belleau Wood and last U.S. Marine of World War I June 26, 1918 Thomas A. Pope June 14, 1989 ( 1989 - 06 - 14 ) ( aged 94 ) Last United States Army World War I Medal of Honor recipient July 4, 1918 Jean Grelaud February 25, 2007 ( 2007 - 02 - 25 ) ( aged 108 ) Last veteran of the Second Battle of the Marne August 6, 1918 Antonio Pierro February 8, 2007 ( 2007 - 02 - 08 ) ( aged 110 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Saint - Mihiel and Meuse - Argonne Offensive September 19 and November 11, 1918 Eddie Rickenbacker July 23, 1973 ( 1973 - 07 - 23 ) ( aged 82 ) Last Air Service, United States Army Medal of Honor recipient and service 's last surviving World War I recipient September 25, 1918 John J. Kelly November 20, 1957 ( 1957 - 11 - 20 ) ( aged 59 ) Last recipient to be awarded two Medals of Honor October 3, 1918 Robert G. Robinson October 5, 1974 ( 1974 - 10 - 05 ) ( aged 78 ) Last United States Marine Corps World War I recipient of the Medal of Honor October 8, 1918 Gisbert - Wilhelm Groos 1997 ( aged 102 - 103 ) Last surviving member of Jasta 11 and possibly last surviving German flying ace of World War I. October 29, 1918 James William Pearson January 26, 1993 ( 1993 - 01 - 26 ) ( aged 97 ) Last American World War I flying ace, served with the Royal Air Force November 1, 1918 Francesco Domenico Chiarello June 27, 2008 ( 2008 - 06 - 27 ) ( aged 109 ) Last veteran of the Battle of Vittorio Veneto November 3, 1918 Arthur Raymond Brooks July 17, 1991 ( 1991 - 07 - 17 ) ( aged 95 ) Last Air Service, United States Army flying ace of World War I November 11, 1918 Alexander P. de Seversky August 24, 1974 ( 1974 - 08 - 24 ) ( aged 80 ) Last Russian Empire flying ace of World War I November 11, 1918 Alfred Pugh January 7, 2004 ( 2004 - 01 - 07 ) ( aged 108 ) Last U.S combat wounded veteran of World War I November 11, 1918 Florence Green 5 February 2012 ( 2012 - 02 - 05 ) ( aged 110 ) Last participant of World War I and last member of the original WRAF November 11, 1918 Harry Truman December 26, 1972 ( 1972 - 12 - 26 ) ( aged 88 ) Last former President of the United States to have served during World War I November 11, 1918 Harold Macmillan December 29, 1986 ( 1986 - 12 - 29 ) ( aged 92 ) Last former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom to have served during World War I November 11, 1918 Charles De Gaulle November 9, 1970 ( 1970 - 11 - 09 ) ( aged 79 ) Last former President of France to have served during World War I November 11, 1918 Ludwig Erhard May 5, 1977 ( 1977 - 05 - 05 ) ( aged 80 ) Last former Chancellor of Germany to have served during World War I November 11, 1918 Gustav Heinemann July 7, 1976 ( 1976 - 07 - 07 ) ( aged 76 ) Last former President of Germany to have served during World War I November 11, 1918 Otto von Habsburg July 4, 2011 ( 2011 - 07 - 04 ) ( aged 98 ) Last surviving member of the Imperial Habsburg Court November 11, 1918 Juan Filloy 15 July 2000 ( 2000 - 07 - 15 ) ( aged 105 ) Last student who took part in the Argentine university reform of 1918 1918 Harold Gunnes March 11, 2003 ( 2003 - 03 - 11 ) ( aged 104 ) Last member of the Polar Bear Expedition July 1919 Swede Risberg October 13, 1975 ( 1975 - 10 - 13 ) ( aged 81 ) Last person involved in the Black Sox Scandal October 1919 Raul Fernandes January 6, 1968 ( 1968 - 01 - 06 ) ( aged 90 ) Last surviving signer of the Treaty of Versailles June 28, 1919 Herman H. Hanneken August 23, 1986 ( 1986 - 08 - 23 ) ( aged 93 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the United States occupation of Haiti October 31 - November 1, 1919 Waldemar Levy Cardoso May 13, 2009 ( 2009 - 05 - 13 ) ( aged 108 ) Last veteran of the Tenente revolts 1922 ; 1927 Olivia Hooker Living ( age 102 ) Last survivor of the Tulsa race riot June 1, 1921 Vasco Bruttomesso January 2, 2009 ( 2009 - 01 - 02 ) ( aged 105 ) Last surviving veteran of the March on Rome October 29, 1922 Gene Bruce December 6, 2005 ( 2005 - 12 - 06 ) ( aged 98 ) Last surviving sailor of the Honda Point Disaster September 8, 1923 Emil Klein February 22, 2010 ( 2010 - 02 - 22 ) ( aged 104 ) Last surviving member of Adolf Hitler 's unsuccessful Beer Hall Putsch November 9, 1923 Ivo Pavelić February 22, 2011 ( 2011 - 02 - 22 ) ( aged 103 ) Last surviving participant in the 1924 Summer Olympics July 27, 1924 Edgar Nollner January 15, 1999 ( 1999 - 01 - 15 ) ( aged 94 ) Last living musher of the 1925 serum run to Nome February 1, 1925 Thomas J. Brewer August 16, 2003 ( 2003 - 08 - 16 ) ( aged 82 -- 83 ) Last surviving participant in the Scopes Trial July 21, 1925 Francisco Núñez Olivera Living ( age 112 ) Last veteran of the Rif War May 27, 1926 Louis de Broglie March 19, 1987 ( 1987 - 03 - 19 ) ( aged 94 ) Last attendee of the Fifth Solvay Conference October 1927 Carla Marangoni Living ( age 101 ) Last surviving participant in the 1928 Summer Olympics August 12, 1928 Tsien Tsuen - hsuin April 9, 2015 ( 2015 - 04 - 09 ) ( aged 105 ) Last participant of the Northern Expedition 1928 Binod Bihari Chowdhury April 10, 2013 ( 2013 - 04 - 10 ) ( aged 102 ) Last revolutionary of the Chittagong armoury raid April 18, 1930 Norman D. Vaughan December 23, 2005 ( 2005 - 12 - 23 ) ( aged 100 ) Last survivor of Richard Byrd 's 1928 expedition to Antarctica June 18, 1930 Francisco Varallo September 30, 2010 ( 2010 - 09 - 30 ) ( aged 100 ) Last surviving player from the 1930 FIFA World Cup in Uruguay July 1930 Rachel Johnson April 7, 2016 ( 2016 - 04 - 07 ) ( aged 93 ) Last St. Kildan August 29, 1930 Alfred Cook November 7, 1998 ( 1998 - 11 - 07 ) ( aged 91 ) Last known survivor of the R101 disaster October 5, 1930 1931 -- 1945 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Alf Howard July 4, 2010 ( 2010 - 07 - 04 ) ( aged 104 ) Last member of the BANZARE expedition to Antarctica 1931 Clarence Norris January 27, 1989 ( 1989 - 01 - 27 ) ( aged 75 -- 76 ) Last Scottsboro Boy March 25, 1931 Simone Schaller October 20, 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 20 ) ( aged 104 ) Last participant in the 1932 Summer Olympics August 14, 1932 Josef Felder October 28, 2000 ( 2000 - 10 - 28 ) ( aged 100 ) Last individual to vote against the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933 March 23, 1933 Moody E. Erwin October 20, 1989 ( 1989 - 10 - 20 ) ( aged 85 ) Last survivor of the USS Akron disaster April 3, 1933 Donald L. Truesdell September 23, 1993 ( 1993 - 09 - 23 ) ( aged 87 ) Last surviving Medal of Honor recipient of the United States occupation of Nicaragua April 24, 1934 Edd L. Miller September 18, 2000 ( 2000 - 09 - 18 ) ( aged 87 ) Last witness to the shooting of Bonnie and Clyde May 23, 1934 Thomas J. Conner April 14, 1997 ( 1997 - 04 - 14 ) ( aged 90 -- 91 ) Last member of the FBI team that gunned down John Dillinger July 22, 1934 Jerry Edgerton September 14, 2013 ( 2013 - 09 - 14 ) ( aged 99 ) Last survivor of the SS Morro Castle disaster September 8, 1934 Werner Franz August 13, 2014 ( 2014 - 08 - 13 ) ( aged 92 ) Last crew member to survive the Hindenburg disaster May 6, 1937 Werner Doehner Living ( age 88 ) Last passenger to survive the Hindenburg disaster May 6, 1937 Walter Walsh April 29, 2014 ( 2014 - 04 - 29 ) ( aged 106 ) Last member of the FBI teams that captured Arthur Barker and killed Al Brady October 12, 1937 Fon Huffman September 4, 2008 ( 2008 - 09 - 04 ) ( aged 95 ) Last survivor of the USS Panay incident December 12, 1937 Jules Paivio September 4, 2013 ( 2013 - 09 - 04 ) ( aged 97 ) Last member of the Mackenzie -- Papineau Battalion September 21, 1938 Con Shiels January 3, 2013 ( 2013 - 01 - 03 ) ( aged 96 ) Last participant in the Jarrow March October 31, 1938 Gunther Scholz October 24, 2014 ( 2014 - 10 - 24 ) ( aged 102 ) Last member of the Condor Legion March 1939 Delmer Berg February 28, 2016 ( 2016 - 02 - 28 ) ( aged 100 ) Last surviving member of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade April 1, 1939 Stan Hilton October 21, 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 21 ) ( aged 97 -- 98 ) Last surviving British Spanish Civil War veteran April 1, 1939 Antoine Piñol September 7, 2016 ( 2016 - 09 - 07 ) ( aged 101 ) Last French Spanish Civil War veteran April 1, 1939 Manuel Gallego - Nicasio Living ( age 101 ) Last surviving `` La quinta del biberón '' fighter 1939 Arthur Smith December 10, 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 10 ) ( aged 93 -- 94 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the HMS Royal Oak October 14, 1939 Emilio Ochoa June 27, 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 27 ) ( aged 99 ) Last signer of the Constitution of Cuba 1940 Donald `` Nick '' Clifford Living ( age 96 ) Last worker on the construction of Mount Rushmore 1941 Daniel Nevolt Living Last veteran of the Battle of Kufra March 1, 1941 Ted Briggs October 4, 2008 ( 2008 - 10 - 04 ) ( aged 85 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the HMS Hood May 24, 1941 Bernhard Heuer Living ( age 95 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the Bismarck May 27, 1941 Ed Vezey January 2, 2016 ( 2016 - 01 - 02 ) ( aged 95 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Oklahoma December 7, 1941 John William Finn May 27, 2010 ( 2010 - 05 - 27 ) ( aged 100 ) Last Medal of Honor recipient from the attack on Pearl Harbor and last United States Navy recipient of World War II December 7, 1941 Joseph Langdell February 4, 2015 ( 2015 - 02 - 04 ) ( aged 100 ) Last surviving commissioned officer of the USS Arizona December 7, 1941 Lamar Crawford Sr December 22, 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 22 ) ( aged 91 ) Last surviving United States Marine of USS Arizona Marine Corps detachment December 7, 1941 Gerhard Klopfer January 29, 1987 ( 1987 - 01 - 29 ) ( aged 81 ) Last individual to attend the Wannsee Conference January 20, 1942 David Stoliar May 1, 2014 ( 2014 - 05 - 01 ) ( aged 91 ) Last survivor of the Struma disaster February 24, 1942 Bill Bower January 10, 2011 ( 2011 - 01 - 10 ) ( aged 93 ) Last pilot of the Doolittle Raid in World War II April 18, 1942 Richard E. Cole Living ( age 102 ) Last participant of the Doolittle Raid in World War II April 18, 1942 Rudolf Brazda August 3, 2011 ( 2011 - 08 - 03 ) ( aged 98 ) Last concentration camp survivor deported by Nazi Germany on charges of homosexuality August 8, 1942 Tuomas Gerdt Living ( age 95 ) Last recipient of the Mannerheim Cross September 8, 1942 Orrel Cecil November 4, 2010 ( 2010 - 11 - 04 ) ( aged 90 ) Last survivor of the sinking of the USS Juneau November 13, 1942 Havala Laula Living ( age 92 ) Last known member of the Fuzzy Wuzzy Angels during the Kokoda Track campaign November 16, 1942 Bill Sparks December 1, 2002 ( 2002 - 12 - 01 ) ( aged 80 ) Last member of the Cockleshell Heroes December 12, 1942 Joachim Rønneberg Living ( age 98 ) Last officer of Operation Gunnerside February 16, 1943 Marek Edelman October 2, 2009 ( 2009 - 10 - 02 ) ( aged 86 -- 87 ) Last leader of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising May 16, 1943 Les Munro August 4, 2015 ( 2015 - 08 - 04 ) ( aged 96 ) Last pilot of World War II Operation Chastise May 17, 1943 Jay Zeamer Jr. March 22, 2007 ( 2007 - 03 - 22 ) ( aged 88 ) Last surviving Army Air Force Medal of Honor recipient and service 's last survivng World War II recipient June 16, 1943 Samuel Willenberg February 19, 2016 ( 2016 - 02 - 19 ) ( aged 93 ) Last participant in the revolt at the Treblinka extermination camp August 2, 1943 John Cruickshank Living ( age 97 ) Last Victoria Cross recipient for action in World War II September 1, 1944 Frank Ellis Sublett September 27, 2006 ( 2006 - 09 - 27 ) ( aged 86 ) Last member of the Golden Thirteen March 1944 Richard Sidney Albion Churchill Living ( age 97 ) Last surviving prisoner who took part in the Great Escape from Stalag Luft III March 25, 1944 Clifford Brewer April 29, 2017 ( 2017 - 04 - 29 ) ( aged 104 ) Last surviving surgeon of the Normandy landings June 6, 1944 Ewald - Heinrich von Kleist - Schmenzin March 8, 2013 ( 2013 - 03 - 08 ) ( aged 90 ) Last participant of the 20 July plot to assassinate Hitler July 20, 1944 Charles W. Lindberg June 24, 2007 ( 2007 - 06 - 24 ) ( aged 86 ) Last Marine in the Iwo Jima Flag Raisings February 23, 1945 Hershel W. Williams Living ( age 93 ) Last Medal of Honor recipient from the battle of Iwo Jima and last United States Marine Corps recipient of World War II March 26, 1945 Dr. Noel Jacob Wiener 2015 ( aged 99 -- 100 ) Last witness to the German Surrender ceremony May 7, 1945 Rudolf Hess August 17, 1987 ( 1987 - 08 - 17 ) ( aged 93 ) Last member of the cabinet of the Third Reich May 7, 1945 Reinhard Hardegen Living ( age 104 ) Last World War II U-Boat captain and last Kriegsmarine Knight 's Cross recipient May 7, 1945 Walter Scheel August 24, 2016 ( 2016 - 08 - 24 ) ( aged 97 ) Last former German president to have served in World War II May 8, 1945 Helmut Schmidt November 10, 2015 ( 2015 - 11 - 10 ) ( aged 96 ) Last former Chancellor of Germany to have served in World War II May 8, 1945 Theodore Van Kirk July 28, 2014 ( 2014 - 07 - 28 ) ( aged 93 ) Last crew member of the Enola Gay August 6, 1945 Russell Gackenbach Living ( age 93 ) Last crew member of Necessary Evil August 9, 1945 Claude Choules May 5, 2011 ( 2011 - 05 - 05 ) ( aged 110 ) Last veteran of both World War I and World War II September 2, 1945 Valéry Giscard d'Estaing Living ( age 91 ) Last former French President to have served in World War II September 2, 1945 Giorgio Napolitano Living ( age 92 ) Last former Italian President to have served in World War II September 2, 1945 George H.W. Bush Living ( age 93 ) Last former United States President to have served in World War II September 2, 1945 Edward Heath July 17, 2005 ( 2005 - 07 - 17 ) ( aged 89 ) Last former British Prime Minister to have served in World War II September 2, 1945 John Paul Stevens Living ( age 97 ) Last former United States Supreme Court Justice to have served in World War II September 2, 1945 Edward Shames Living ( age 95 ) Last surviving officer of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion in World War II November 30, 1945 Joe Medicine Crow April 3, 2016 ( 2016 - 04 - 03 ) ( aged 102 ) Last war chief of the Crow Nation 1945 1946 -- 1960 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Benjamin Ferencz Living ( age 97 ) Last prosecutor during the Nuremberg Trials October 1, 1946 Knut Haugland December 25, 2009 ( 2009 - 12 - 25 ) ( aged 92 ) Last crew member on the Kon - Tiki expedition April 28, 1947 Brajraj Mahapatra November 30, 2015 ( 2015 - 11 - 30 ) ( aged 94 ) Last royal to sign the merger agreement with the Indian state 1947 Maharaja Tej Singh Prabhakar February 15, 2009 ( 2009 - 02 - 15 ) ( aged 97 ) Last recipient of the Order of the Star of India 1947 Mayurdwajsinhji Meghrajji III August 1, 2010 ( 2010 - 08 - 01 ) ( aged 87 ) Last recipient of the Order of the Indian Empire 1947 Gopal Godse November 26, 2005 ( 2005 - 11 - 26 ) ( aged 86 ) Last conspirator involved in the assassination of Gandhi January 30, 1948 Tony Rolt February 6, 2008 ( 2008 - 02 - 06 ) ( aged 89 ) Last driver in the 1950 British Grand Prix the first World Championship Grand Prix May 13, 1950 Alcides Ghiggia July 16, 2015 ( 2015 - 07 - 16 ) ( aged 88 ) Last player in the Uruguay v Brazil ( 1950 FIFA World Cup ) July 16, 1950 Andor Lilienthal August 5, 2010 ( 2010 - 08 - 05 ) ( aged 99 ) Last of the original FIDE chess grandmasters 1950 Bill Speakman Living ( age 89 ) Last Korean War Victoria Cross recipient November 4, 1951 George Lowe March 20, 2013 ( 2013 - 03 - 20 ) ( aged 89 ) Last member of the 1953 British Everest Expedition May 29, 1953 Paik Sun - yup Living ( age 96 ) Last South Korean commander in the Korean War July 27, 1953 Rafael Cancel Miranda Living ( age 87 ) Last living perpetrator in the 1954 United States Capitol shooting incident March 1, 1954 Zelma Henderson May 20, 2008 ( 2008 - 05 - 20 ) ( aged 88 ) Last living plaintiff in the Brown v. Board of Education case May 17, 1954 Maurice Faure March 6, 2014 ( 2014 - 03 - 06 ) ( aged 92 ) Last signer of the Treaty of Rome March 25, 1957 Bill Hastie Living ( age 97 ) Last survivor of the Knox Mine Disaster January 22, 1959 Kurt Diemberger Living ( age 85 ) Last living person who has made the first ascents on two mountains over 8,000 metres May 25, 1960 1961 -- 2000 Name Death Historical event Date event ended Antonio Imbert Barrera May 31, 2016 ( 2016 - 05 - 31 ) ( aged 95 ) Last participant in the assassination of Rafael Trujillo May 30, 1961 John Glenn December 8, 2016 ( 2016 - 12 - 08 ) ( aged 95 ) Last astronaut from Project Mercury May 16, 1963 Franz König April 13, 2004 ( 2004 - 04 - 13 ) ( aged 98 ) Last cardinal created by Pope John XXIII and last participant in the conclave that elected Pope Paul VI June 21, 1963 Clint Hill Living ( age 85 ) Last passenger of the Kennedy presidential limousine which arrived at Parkland November 22, 1963 Gerald Ford December 26, 2006 ( 2006 - 12 - 26 ) ( aged 93 ) Last member of the committee of the Warren Commission November 29, 1963 Alexey Leonov Living ( age 83 ) Last member of the Voskhod programme March 19, 1965 Stylianos Pattakos October 8, 2016 ( 2016 - 10 - 08 ) ( aged 103 ) Last leader of the Coup d'état on April 21, 1967 April 21, 1967 John Lewis Living ( age 77 ) Last member of the Big Six 1968 Walter Cunningham Living ( age 85 ) Last crew member of Apollo 7 October 22, 1968 Keith Payne Living ( age 84 ) Last Vietnam War Victoria Cross recipient and last Australian to be awarded original medal September 19, 1969 Edgar Mitchell February 4, 2016 ( 2016 - 02 - 04 ) ( aged 85 ) Last crew member of Apollo 14 February 9, 1971 Harrison Schmitt Living ( age 82 ) Last crew member of Apollo 17 December 19, 1972 Nguyễn Văn Thiệu September 29, 2001 ( 2001 - 09 - 29 ) ( aged 78 ) Last former President of South Vietnam April 30, 1975 Khamtai Siphandon Living ( age 93 ) Last Pathet Lao leader in the Vietnam War April 30, 1975 Yao Wenyuan December 23, 2005 ( 2005 - 12 - 23 ) ( aged 74 ) Last member of China 's Gang of Four 1976 Larry Newman December 20, 2010 ( 2010 - 12 - 20 ) ( aged 63 ) Last crew member of the Double Eagle II August 17, 1978 Joseph Ratzinger Living ( age 90 ) Last cardinal created by Pope Paul VI and last participant in the conclaves that elected Popes John Paul I and Saint John Paul II August 26, 1978 and October 16, 1978 Luz Isabel Cuevas May 6, 2014 ( 2014 - 05 - 06 ) ( aged 91 ) Last witness to the assassination of El Salvadorian bishop Óscar Romero March 24, 1980 Stanisław Kania Living ( age 90 ) Last living leader of the Polish United Workers ' Party October 18, 1981 Egon Krenz Living ( age 80 ) Last living Chairman of the State Council of the German Democratic Republic ( East Germany ) April 5, 1990 Dmitri Yazov Living ( age 92 ) Last living Marshal of the Soviet Union April 1990 Helmut Kohl June 16, 2017 ( 2017 - 06 - 16 ) ( aged 87 ) Last Chancellor of West Germany October 3, 1990 Stanislav Hurenko April 14, 2013 ( 2013 - 04 - 14 ) ( aged 76 ) Last First Secretary of the Communist Party of the Ukrainian SSR September 1, 1991 Mikhail Gorbachev Living ( age 86 ) The last serving and last living former president of the Soviet Union December 25, 1991 Václav Havel December 18, 2011 ( 2011 - 12 - 18 ) ( aged 75 ) Last former President of Czechoslovakia December 31, 1992 Cornelius Botha February 6, 2014 ( 2014 - 02 - 06 ) ( aged 81 ) Last administrator of the Natal Province April 27, 1994 F.W. de Klerk Living ( age 81 ) Last State President of South Africa May 10, 1994 See also List of last surviving veterans of military insurgencies and wars Last European veterans by war Last surviving United States war veterans List of last known speakers of languages List of last living war veterans List of last surviving Canadian war veterans List of last surviving World War I veterans by country List of surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War References Jump up ^ Carlos Paz Soldán ( 1879 ). 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Question: when did the last person that survived the titanic die
Answer: May 31, 2009