It is not definitively known whether the people in this category are currently living or not.

Maintenance: Moving articles about persons in and out of this category is governed by the following, per Category:Living people:

• Individuals of advanced age (over 90), for whom there has been no new documentation in the last decade, may be transferred to Category:Possibly living people
• Per WP:BDP, any individual born before 1909 (115 or more years ago) whose living status remains undetermined should be removed from this category and transferred to Category:Year of death missing (or possibly Category:Year of death unknown only if reliable sources confirm the death, but say that the person's year of death is unknown)

• Category:Living people (don't include there)
• Category:Missing people (don't include there)
• Category:Year of death missing
• Category:Dead people (don't include there)
• For known recent deaths, by year: 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020
• For known recent deaths in which the year is not known: 2020s, 2010s

• Category:Year of birth missing
• Category:Year of birth missing (living people)
• Category:Year of birth unknown
• Category:Date of birth missing
• Category:Date of birth missing (living people)
• Category:Date of birth unknown
• Category:Place of birth missing
• Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
• Category:Place of birth unknown
• Category:Year of death missing
• Category:Year of death unknown
• Category:Date of death unknown
• Category:Place of death missing
• Category:Place of death unknown
• Category:Missing middle or first names
• Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons (presume person still alive if born after 1909)
• List of premature obituaries