List of last survivors of historical events
The following is a list of persons who were the last survivor of a notable historical event
- Frank Buckles (born 1 February 1901), the last living American veteran of World War I.
- Józef Kowalski (born 2 February 1900), the last surviving veteran of the Polish-Soviet War
- Audrey Pearl (5 February 1915 - 11 January 2011), the last living survivor of the sinking of the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915
- John Babcock (23 July 1900 – 18 February 2010), the last known surviving veteran of the Canadian military to have served in the First World War
- Lü Zhengcao (4 January 1904 - 13 October 2009), the last surviving witness of the Xi'an Incident.
- Henry Allingham (6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009), the oldest ever surviving member of any of the British Armed Forces and the oldest surviving veteran of the First World War
- John Campbell Ross (11 March 1899 – 3 June 2009), the last Australian veteran of the First World War.
- Millvina Dean (2 February 1912 – 31 May 2009), the last remaining survivor of the sinking of the RMS Titanic
- Wilhelm Meisel (1904 – 2009), the last surviving veteran of the Silesian Uprisings.
- Delfino Borroni (23 August 1898 – 26 October 2008), the last veteran of the Alpine Front in the First World War
- Ted Briggs (1 March 1923 – 4 October 2008), the last survivor of the destruction of the battlecruiser HMS Hood
- Erich Kästner (10 March 1900 – 1 January 2008), the last documented World War I veteran who fought for the German Empire
- Adella Wotherspoon (28 November 1903 – 26 January 2004), the youngest and last living survivor of the General Slocum ship disaster of 15 June 1904
- Albert Woolson (11 February 1850? – 2 August 1956), the last surviving member of the Union Army, which fought in the American Civil War
- Frank Bourne (April 1854 – 8 May 1945), last known survivor of the defence of Rorke's Drift during the 1879 Anglo-Zulu War
- Owen Thomas Edgar (17 June 1831 – 3 September 1929), the last surviving U.S. veteran of the Mexican-American War
- Hiram Cronk (29 April 1800 – 13 May 1905), the last veteran of the War of 1812