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
1914–2017102English marine surveyor [1]
1892–1996103/104Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife [2] [3]
1906–2008102British spy [4]
1917–2020103American chef [5]
1908–2017109American landscape and garden designer [6]
1907–2007100German pilot [7]
1912–2017104Jamaican heiress [8]
1918–2018100Israeli photographer [9]
1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor [10]
1915–2015100Australian farmer [11]
1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal [12]
1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist [13]
1913–2018104Canadian photographer [14]
1909–2012103American pilot [15]
1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher [16]
1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot [17]
1912–2013101British therapist and youth worker [18]
1920–104French author, spy and Holocaust survivor [19]
1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica [20]
1916–2018102French costume designer [21]
1920–2021101Italian gardener and conservationist [22]
1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist [23]
1905–2007101British military firefighter [24]
1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer [25]
1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer [26]
1916–2018102American photojournalist [27]
1918–2021102American airline captain [28] [29]
1917–2018101British ferry pilot [30]
1910–2011101American mobster [31]
1917–2020103American mobster [32]
1912–2014101German architect [33]
1918–2022103American-British dance notator [34]
1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod [35]
1906–2017110Chinese spy [36]
1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor [37]
1907–2010102English socialite [38]
1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer [39]
1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector [40]
1844–1944100English criminal [41]
1908–2012103First British woman to be given equal pay [42] [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]
1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster [62]
1915–2016100American intelligence agent [63]
1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer [64]
1905–2009104American typographer [65]
1911–2018106Canadian pilot [66]
1890–1991100Canadian weatherman [67]
1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician [68]
1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player [69]
1913–2019105American fashion editor who worked at Vogue [70]
1709–1810101American ferry operator [71]
1917–2018101American spy [72]
1920–2022102Australian fashion designer [73]
1916–2018102Hong Kong photographer [74]
Terentia 103 Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero [75]
1900–2004103British motorcycle builder [76]
1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect [77]
1893–1995101English co-operator and writer [78]
1875–1976100American confidence man [79]
1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush [80]
1912–2018105Hong Kong architect [81]

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