Oldest Living Person

Juan Filloy (1894–2000) was an Argentine writer. He was a polyglot, speaking seven languages. Most of his life was spent in Rio Cuarto where he served as a magistrate. He was honored in a Famous Argentinians series stamp issued in 2005.

Barbosa Lima Sobrinho (1897-2000) was a Brazilian lawyer, writer, and politician. He appeared in the Guinness World Records as the oldest active journalist in the world at the end of the 1990s. He is honored in a stamp issued by Correios in 2001.

Evalds Valters (1894-1994) was a Latvian actor known for Vella kalpi (1970), Melna veza spiles (1976) and Liekam but (1976). Latvia Post issued a stamp celebrating his 100th birthday (April 2, 1994), and he passed away on September 26 in the same year.

Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) was an Italian biologist. She was awarded the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her work in neurobiology. On April 22, 2009 she became the first Nobel laureate ever to reach the age of 100. She is honored in a stamp issued by Poste italiane in 2013.

Germany
Distinguished Germans
August 8, 2002
Josef Felder (1900–2000) was a German politician. He was one of the 94 Social Democratic members of the Reichstag who voted against the Nazi Enabling Act of 1933. He passed away two months after his 100th birthday.

Lebanon
Prominent Women
May 22, 2014
Anissa Najjar (1913–2016) was a Lebanese women's rights activist. She was a co-founder and longtime leader of the Village Welfare Society for advancing literacy and economic opportunities for rural women in Lebanon. She was a frequent delegate to international conferences on women. She passed away at the age of 102.

Tunisia
Famous Tunisians
October 16, 2012
Tawhida Ben Cheikh (1909–2010) was the first modern Muslim woman in North Africa to become a physician. She was a pioneer in gynecology and a supporter of family planning in Tunisia.

Spain
Famous People
October 8, 2010
Francisco Ayala García-Duarte (1906–2009) was a Spanish writer who excelled in all literary genres except poetry. He was the author of short stories and novels, essayist, translator and collaborator in the press. He passed away in Madrid at the age of 103.

Bangladesh
Mohammad Nasiruddin
May 21, 2002
Mohammad Nasiruddin (1888–1994) was a Bangladeshi journalist. He received several awards from the Government of Bangladesh and served as the first chairman of the trustee board of Nazrul Institute. He passed away in 1994 at the age of 105.

Rodolfo Tálice (1899–1999) was a Uruguayan scholar, physician and writer. He was dean of the School of Humanities and Sciences, University of the Republic in the 1960s. He published more than two hundred articles and thirty books, He was honored with a stamp issued by Correo Uruguayo in 2001.

Halldora Bjarnadottir (1873-1981) was a pioneering woman for the promotion of the textile industry in Iceland. She also held a few public service positions including school principal and mayor. She also wrote poems for children. She passed away at the age of 108.

Austria
Austrian Inventions
January 20, 2021
This stamp honors Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897-2000), an Austrian architect who is mostly remembered for designing what is known as the Frankfurt kitchen. She passed away at the age of 103.

Moldova
Valentina Rusu Ciobanu
December 29, 2021
The stamp commemorates Valentina Rusu Ciobanu (1920-2021), a well-known Moldovan artist. She passed away shortly after her 101st birthday.

Denmark
Prominent Danish Women
May 19, 2022
Inge Lehmann (1888-1993) was a Danish seismologist and geophysicist. In 1936, she discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core inside a molten outer core. She was also one of the longest-lived scientists, having lived for over 104 years.

Here is Captain Sir Thomas Moore (30 April 1920 – 2 February 2021), more popularly known as Captain Tom. Celebrated here among COVID heroes in a 2022 UK issue.

Earlier, while still living, he had the distinction of a UK postmark celebrating his 100th birthday back in 2020 as noted in this Evening Standard article: https://www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/...4424526.html

This stamp came about through a large competition for a set of COVID heroes and was designed by a student, Shachow Ali. See coverage at https://www.deeside.com/designs-by-...competition/ Prince Charles apparently was the final judge.

Anyway - here's the stamp as issued in March 2022 by the UK....




It turns out this was not Cap't Tom's first philatelic appearance. Chad beat the UK with these 2021 issues focusing on his knighthood honors.