Formula to pick last name in column

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Malcolm torishi

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In column A. I have a list of names and in column B I have a list of dates. What I would like to do is say in cell C1 is pick the last name from the list in column A. Can anyone help please with a formula
 

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Assuming all the names have fewer than 100 characters:
Code: 
=LOOKUP(REPT("Z",100),A:A)
 
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