Oldest People on Titanic

Who was the oldest on board the Titanic

The oldest passenger on board the Titanic was Johan Svensson, who was 74 years old when the Titanic sailed.

The oldest crew member was Dr William O'Loughlin, the ship's surgeon, who was aged 63

The oldest woman on board was first class passenger Mary Eliza Compton, aged 64.

This page contains a list of the oldest people that travelled on the Titanic's maiden voyage.

See also Last Survivors to die, Children on the Titanic and centenarians and longest lived survivors.

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Name Age Class/Dept
74 3rd Class Passenger
Photograph of Johan Svensson
71 2nd Class Passenger
71 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Ramon Artagaveytia
71 1st Class Passenger
71 2nd Class Passenger
Photograph of Charles Leonard Kirkland
70 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Edward Gifford Crosby
69 3rd Class Passenger
67 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Isidor Straus
66 3rd Class Passenger
66 3rd Class Passenger
65 3rd Class Passenger
Photograph of Frank Dwan
65 2nd Class Passenger
65 1st Class Passenger
Cross Channel Passenger
65 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Francis Davis Millet
64 1st Class Passenger
64 1st Class Passenger
64 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Catherine Elizabeth Crosby
64 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Mark Fortune
64 3rd Class Passenger
64 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Engelhart Cornelius Østby
64 3rd Class Passenger
Photograph of Hedwig Turkula
63 2nd Class Passenger
Photograph of Thomas Francis Myles
63 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Rosalie Ida Straus
63 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Frank Manley Warren
63 Deck Crew
Photograph of William Francis Norman O'Loughlin
63 3rd Class Passenger
63 2nd Class Passenger
Photograph of Benjamin Howard
62 1st Class Passenger
62 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of William Thomas Stead
62 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of George Wright
62 Deck Crew
Titanic Officers
Photograph of Edward John Smith
62 2nd Class Passenger
62 3rd Class Passenger
Photograph of Marian Meanwell
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Martha Evelyn Stone
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Elizabeth Bonnell
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Frederick Sutton
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Wyckoff Van der hoef
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of John Weir
61 2nd Class Passenger
Photograph of Ellen Truelove Howard
61 2nd Class Passenger
61 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Arthur Larned Ryerson
60 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Anna Sophia Warren
60 3rd Class Passenger
60 Engineering Crew
(Delivery trip only)
60 2nd Class Passenger
Photograph of Thomas William Solomon Brown
60 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Mary Fortune
60 1st Class Passenger
Photograph of Maximilian Josef Frölicher-Stehli
60 Deck Crew
(Delivery trip only)
59 2nd Class Passenger
59 Engineering Crew
Photograph of Arthur William May

* Lifeboat placement tentative but supported by some documentary evidence, see each biography and Notes on the Lifeboat Lists.

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