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The oldest living astronauts

The oldest living astronauts, with the longest-running careers in the field.

Buzz Aldrin tops this list. Age: 96, ahead of Vance D. Brand at 95.

  1. Buzz AldrinAstronautsUnited States

    96born 1930

    born 1930

  2. Vance D. BrandAstronautsUnited States

    95born 1931

    born 1931

  3. Joseph P. KerwinAstronautsUnited States

    94born 1932

    born 1932

The rest of the list

#PersonCountryCategoryAge, How we know
4thFred HaiseAstronauts · born 1933United StatesAstronauts92born 1933
5thAleksei YeliseyevAstronauts · born 1934RussiaAstronauts92born 1934
6thBoris VolynovAstronauts · born 1934RussiaAstronauts91born 1934
7thHarrison SchmittAstronauts · born 1935United StatesAstronauts91born 1935
8thCharles DukeAstronauts · born 1935United StatesAstronauts91born 1935
9thRusty SchweickartAstronauts · born 1935United StatesAstronauts91born 1935
10thJack R. LousmaAstronauts · born 1936United StatesAstronauts90born 1936
11thLoren ActonAstronauts · born 1936United StatesAstronauts90born 1936
12thEdward G. GibsonAstronauts · born 1936United StatesAstronauts89born 1936
13thRobert A. ParkerAstronauts · born 1936United StatesAstronauts89born 1936
14thValentina TereshkovaAstronauts · born 1937RussiaAstronauts89born 1937
15thVitaly ZholobovAstronauts · born 1937UkraineAstronauts89born 1937
16thJoseph P. AllenAstronauts · born 1937United StatesAstronauts89born 1937
17thIrina SolovyovaAstronauts · born 1937RussiaAstronauts89born 1937
18thRobert CrippenAstronauts · born 1937United StatesAstronauts89born 1937
19thZenon JankowskiAstronauts · born 1937PolandAstronauts88born 1937
20thJean-Loup ChrétienAstronauts · born 1938United StatesAstronauts88born 1938
21stWally FunkAstronauts · born 1939United StatesAstronauts87born 1939
22ndDonald HolmquestAstronauts · born 1939United StatesAstronauts87born 1939
23rdEberhard KöllnerAstronauts · born 1939GermanyAstronauts87born 1939
24thViktor SavinykhAstronauts · born 1940RussiaAstronauts86born 1940
25thDennis TitoAstronauts · born 1940United StatesAstronauts86born 1940
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