List of centenarians (miscellaneous)

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The following is a list of centenarians known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
NameLifespanAgeNotability
1745–1849104American shoemaker, veteran of the American Revolution, and centenarian, who may be the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive although several other contenders are known (including Conrad Heyer, see below). [1]
1914–2017102English marine surveyor [2]
1892/1894–1996102/104Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife [3] [4]
1906–2008102British spy [5]
1917–2020103American chef [6]
1908–2017109American landscape and garden designer [7]
1907–2007100German pilot [8]
1912–2017104Jamaican heiress [9]
1918–2018100Israeli photographer [10]
1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor [11]
1915–2015100Australian farmer [12]
1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal [13]
1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist [14]
1913–2018104Canadian photographer [15]
1909–2012103American pilot [16]
1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher [17]
1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot [18]
1912–2013101British therapist and youth worker [19]
1920–2025105French author, spy and Holocaust survivor [20]
1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica [21]
1916–2018102French costume designer [22]
1920–2021101Italian gardener and conservationist [23]
1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist [24]
1905–2007101British military firefighter [25]
1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer [26]
1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer [27]
1916–2018102American photojournalist [28]
1918–2021102American airline captain [29]
1917–2018101British ferry pilot [30]
1910–2011101American mobster [31]
1917–2020103American mobster [32]
1912–2014101German architect [33]
1918–2022103American-British dance notator [34]
1749/1753–1856102 or 106American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian who is often credited as being the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive although several other contenders are known (including John Adams, see above). [35]
1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod [36]
1906–2017110Chinese spy [37]
1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor [38]
1907–2010102English socialite [39]
1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer [40]
1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector [41]
1844–1944100English criminal [42]
1908–2012103First British woman to be given equal pay [43]
1916–2018101French librarian [44]
1917–2019101American furniture designer [45]
1903–2003100American fashion pioneer [46]
1921–2023102South African-born British spy and Legion of Honour recipient [47]
1909–2011101American voice trainer [48]
1910–2017106American aviation pioneer [49]
1923–2024101American modernist architect [50]
1892–1993101Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician [51]
1910–2011100British art collector and historian [52]
1893–1993100British-born American attorney and psychologist. [53]
1911–2018107Indian internet chef [54]
1912–2020108American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain [55]
1915–2015100American spy [56]
1920–2021100English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser [57]
1907–2008101Russian spy [58]
1911–2017106American numismatist [59]
1889–1992103Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo [60]
1913–2013100Italian assassin [61]
1925–2025100American professional motorcycle racer and businessman [62]
1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster [63]
1915–2016100American intelligence agent [64]
1922–2025102Indonesian. Latest surviving member of Central Indonesian National Committee. Daughters of Sam Ratulangi [65]
1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer [66]
1905–2009104American typographer [67]
1911–2018106Canadian pilot [68]
1890–1991100Canadian weatherman [69]
1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician [70]
1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player [71]
1913–2020106American puppeteer [72]
1913–2019105American fashion editor who worked at Vogue [73]
1709–1810101American ferry operator [74]
1917–2018101American spy [75]
1920–2022102Australian fashion designer [76]
1916–2018102Hong Kong photographer [77]
Terentia 103 Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero [78]
1900–2004103British motorcycle builder [79]
1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect [80]
1893–1995101English co-operator and writer [81]
1875–1976100American confidence man [82]
1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush [83]
1912–2018105Hong Kong architect [84]

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