The following is a list of centenarians known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Edward Allcard | 1914–2017 | 102 | English marine surveyor [1] |
Loretta Alvarez | 1892–1996 | 103/104 | Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife [2] [3] |
Carl Aschan | 1906–2008 | 102 | British spy [4] |
Eliza Jane Ashley | 1917–2020 | 103 | American chef [5] |
Ruth Bancroft | 1908–2017 | 109 | American landscape and garden designer [6] |
Elly Beinhorn | 1907–2007 | 100 | German pilot [7] |
Blanche Blackwell | 1912–2017 | 104 | Jamaican heiress [8] |
Werner Braun | 1918–2018 | 100 | Israeli photographer [9] |
Helen Brockman | 1902–2008 | 105 | American fashion designer, author and professor [10] |
Sam Burston | 1915–2015 | 100 | Australian farmer [11] |
Ethel Bush | 1916–2016 | 100 | British police officer, recipient of the George Medal [12] |
Paco Cano | 1912–2016 | 103 | Spanish photojournalist [13] |
Cynthia Chalk | 1913–2018 | 104 | Canadian photographer [14] |
Pearl Laska Chamberlain | 1909–2012 | 103 | American pilot [15] |
Jim Charlton | 1911–2013 | 102 | Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher [16] |
Otis Clark | 1903–2012 | 109 | Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot [17] |
Molly Clutton-Brock | 1912–2013 | 101 | British therapist and youth worker [18] |
Marthe Cohn | 1920– | 104 | French author, spy and Holocaust survivor [19] |
Lady Ivy Cooke | 1916–2017 | 100 | Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica [20] |
Paulette Coquatrix | 1916–2018 | 102 | French costume designer [21] |
Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda | 1920–2021 | 101 | Italian gardener and conservationist [22] |
Glen Dawson | 1912–2016 | 103 | American rock climber and environmentalist [23] |
Cyril Demarne | 1905–2007 | 101 | British military firefighter [24] |
Max Desfor | 1913–2018 | 104 | American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer [25] |
Luigi Caccia Dominioni | 1913–2016 | 102 | Italian architect and furniture designer [26] |
David Douglas Duncan | 1916–2018 | 102 | American photojournalist [27] |
Guy Eby | 1918–2021 | 102 | American airline captain [28] [29] |
Mary Ellis | 1917–2018 | 101 | British ferry pilot [30] |
Albert Facchiano | 1910–2011 | 101 | American mobster [31] |
John Franzese | 1917–2020 | 103 | American mobster [32] |
Hans Gericke | 1912–2014 | 101 | German architect [33] |
Ann Hutchinson Guest | 1918–2022 | 103 | American-British dance notator [34] |
Esther Hoffe | 1906–2007 | 101 | Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod [35] |
Huang Mulan | 1906–2017 | 110 | Chinese spy [36] |
Evelyn Bryan Johnson | 1909–2012 | 102 | American pilot and flight instructor [37] |
Teresa Jungman | 1907–2010 | 102 | English socialite [38] |
Ata Kandó | 1913–2017 | 103 | Hungarian-born Dutch photographer [39] |
Thorleif Karlsen | 1909–2010 | 100 | Norwegian police inspector [40] |
Constance Kent | 1844–1944 | 100 | English criminal [41] |
Edith Kent | 1908–2012 | 103 | First British woman to be given equal pay [42] [43] |
Thérèse Kleindienst | 1916–2018 | 101 | French librarian [44] |
Florence Knoll | 1917–2019 | 101 | American furniture designer [45] |
Eleanor Lambert | 1903–2003 | 100 | American fashion pioneer [46] |
Phyllis Latour | 1921–2023 | 102 | South African-born British spy and Legion of Honour recipient [47] |
Arthur Lessac | 1909–2011 | 101 | American voice trainer [48] |
Doris Lockness | 1910–2017 | 106 | American aviation pioneer [49] |
Tom Maguire | 1892–1993 | 101 | Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician [50] |
Sir Denis Mahon | 1910–2011 | 100 | British art collector and historian [51] |
Elizabeth Holloway Marston | 1893–1993 | 100 | British-born American attorney and psychologist. [52] |
Karre Mastanamma | 1911–2018 | 107 | Indian internet chef [53] |
Roberta McCain | 1912–2020 | 108 | American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain [54] |
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh | 1915–2015 | 100 | American spy [55] |
Captain Sir Tom Moore | 1920–2021 | 100 | English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser [56] |
Mikhail Mukasei | 1907–2008 | 101 | Russian spy [57] |
Eric P. Newman | 1911–2017 | 106 | American numismatist [58] |
Oei Hui-lan | 1889–1992 | 103 | Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo [59] |
Maria Pasquinelli | 1913–2013 | 100 | Italian assassin [60] |
Brunhilde Pomsel | 1911–2017 | 106 | German secretary and broadcaster [61] |
Stephanie Rader | 1915–2016 | 100 | American intelligence agent [62] |
Jens Risom | 1916–2016 | 100 | Danish-born American furniture designer [63] |
Edward Rondthaler | 1905–2009 | 104 | American typographer [64] |
Dorothy Rungeling | 1911–2018 | 106 | Canadian pilot [65] |
Ed Russenholt | 1890–1991 | 100 | Canadian weatherman [66] |
Joseph W. Schmitt | 1916–2017 | 101 | American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician [67] |
Go Seigen | 1914–2014 | 100 | Chinese-Japanese Go player [68] |
Babs Simpson | 1913–2019 | 105 | American fashion editor who worked at Vogue [69] |
Mollie Sneden | 1709–1810 | 101 | American ferry operator [70] |
Morton Sobell | 1917–2018 | 101 | American spy [71] |
Paula Stafford | 1920–2022 | 102 | Australian fashion designer [72] |
Tchan Fou-li | 1916–2018 | 102 | Hong Kong photographer [73] |
Terentia | 98 BC–6 AD | 103 | Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero [74] |
Len Vale-Onslow | 1900–2004 | 103 | British motorcycle builder [75] |
Wang Da-hong | 1917–2018 | 100 | Chinese-born Taiwanese architect [76] |
W. P. Watkins | 1893–1995 | 101 | English co-operator and writer [77] |
Joseph Weil | 1875–1976 | 100 | American confidence man [78] |
Black Mike Winage | 1870–1977 | 107 | One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush [79] |
Michael Wright | 1912–2018 | 105 | Hong Kong architect [80] |
A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100, the term is invariably associated with longevity. The United Nations estimated that there were 316,600 living centenarians worldwide in 2012, and 573,000 in 2020, almost quadruple the 2000 estimate of 151,000.
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