The following is a list of living centenarians (living people who have attained the age of at least 100 years) known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more lists of centenarians, see lists of centenarians.
For living people known just for their longevity, see List of oldest living people.
Name | Sex | Born | Age | Nationality | Notability |
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Marita Camacho Quirós | F | March 10, 1911 | 113 years, 104 days | Costa Rican | First Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich [1] |
Shi Ping | M | November 1, 1911 | 112 years, 234 days | Chinese | Academic administrator and politician [2] |
Anita Mackey | F | January 1, 1914 | 110 years, 173 days | American | Social worker [3] |
Viola Fletcher | F | May 10, 1914 | 110 years, 43 days | American | Survivor of the Tulsa race massacre [4] |
Anne Baker | F | May 14, 1914 | 110 years, 39 days | British | Writer and fundraiser [5] |
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ | F | June 20, 1914 | 110 years, 2 days | Turkish | Archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist and writer [6] |
Edith Renfrow Smith | F | July 14, 1914 | 109 years, 344 days | American | Student [7] |
James C. Floyd | M | October 20, 1914 | 109 years, 246 days | British-Canadian | Aerospace engineer [8] |
Eileen Kramer | F | November 8, 1914 | 109 years, 227 days | Australian | Dancer and choreographer [9] |
Evelyn Hurley | F | March 17, 1915 | 109 years, 97 days | American | Nun and educator [10] |
James Clayton Flowers | M | December 25, 1915 | 108 years, 180 days | American | Tuskegee airman [11] |
Milton Thiago de Mello | M | February 5, 1916 | 108 years, 138 days | Brazilian | Primatologist [12] |
Geneviève Callerot | F | May 6, 1916 | 108 years, 47 days | French | Novelist and farmer [13] |
Eunice Parsons | F | August 4, 1916 | 107 years, 323 days | American | Modernist artist [14] |
Käthe Menzel-Jordan | F | September 7, 1916 | 107 years, 289 days | German | Architect [15] |
Ruth Johnson Colvin | F | December 16, 1916 | 107 years, 189 days | American | Reading skill advocate, founder of ProLiteracy [16] |
Frederico Fischer | M | January 6, 1917 | 107 years, 168 days | Brazilian | Athlete [17] [ self-published source? ] |
Whang-od | F | February 17, 1917 | 107 years, 126 days | Filipino | Mambabatok or tattoo artist [18] |
Song Ping | M | April 24, 1917 | 107 years, 59 days | Chinese | Politician [19] |
Frank Chuman | M | April 29, 1917 | 107 years, 54 days | Japanese-American | Attorney [20] |
Tadeusz Lutak | M | August 29, 1917 | 106 years, 298 days | Polish | Soldier [21] |
Ena Collymore-Woodstock | F | September 10, 1917 | 106 years, 286 days | Jamaican | Solicitor and magistrate [22] |
María Teresa Sesé | F | October 4, 1917 | 106 years, 262 days | Spanish | Writer [23] |
Yang You | M | October 17, 1917 | 106 years, 249 days | Chinese | Scientist [24] |
Jean Turco | M | December 19, 1917 | 106 years, 186 days | French | Politician [25] |
Sir Lloyd Geering | M | February 26, 1918 | 106 years, 117 days | New Zealand | Theologian [26] |
Elisabeth Waldo | F | June 18, 1918 | 106 years, 4 days | American | Violinist, composer, songwriter, conductor and ethnomusicologist [27] |
Brenda Milner | F | July 15, 1918 | 105 years, 343 days | British-Canadian | Neuropsychologist [28] |
Alfons Tomke | M | July 16, 1918 | 105 years, 342 days | Polish | Activist of the Union of Poles in Germany [29] |
Beatrice Lumpkin | F | August 3, 1918 | 105 years, 324 days | American | Political activist [30] |
Hortense McClinton | F | August 27, 1918 | 105 years, 300 days | American | Social worker [31] |
Paul Mwazha | M | October 25, 1918 | 105 years, 241 days | Zimbabwean | Clergyman [32] |
Gerd Göran | F | January 5, 1919 | 105 years, 169 days | Swedish | Artist [33] |
Maj-Britt Håkansson | F | March 29, 1919 | 105 years, 85 days | Swedish | Actress [34] |
Hsu Li-nong | M | April 4, 1919 | 105 years, 79 days | Taiwanese | General [35] |
Caren Marsh Doll | F | April 6, 1919 | 105 years, 77 days | American | Actress and dancer [36] |
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu | M | April 23, 1919 | 105 years, 60 days | Ghanaian | Islamic cleric [37] |
Jim Miller | M | May 30, 1919 | 105 years, 23 days | Australian | Australian rules footballer [38] |
Władysław Siemaszko | M | June 8, 1919 | 105 years, 14 days | Polish | Lawyer and publicist [39] |
Nancy Stratford | F | June 12, 1919 | 105 years, 10 days | American | Aviator [40] |
June Spencer | F | June 14, 1919 | 105 years, 8 days | British | Actress [41] |
Eileen Bennett | F | July 8, 1919 | 104 years, 350 days | British | Actress [42] |
John Hemingway | M | July 17, 1919 | 104 years, 341 days | Irish | Fighter pilot [43] |
Emogene Creque | F | July 22, 1919 | 104 years, 336 days | British Virgin Islands | Politician [44] |
Jehuda Widawski | M | July 26, 1919 | 104 years, 332 days | Polish | Textile entrepreneur [45] |
Marjorie Johnson | F | August 9, 1919 | 104 years, 318 days | American | Baker [46] |
Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit | F | August 15, 1919 | 104 years, 312 days | Argentine | Human rights activist [47] |
Frances Wessells | F | August 18, 1919 | 104 years, 309 days | American | Dancer and choreographer [48] |
Howard Bier | M | August 20, 1919 | 104 years, 307 days | American | Politician [49] |
Sister Jean | F | August 21, 1919 | 104 years, 306 days | American | Catholic nun, Chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team [50] |
Romay Davis | F | October 29, 1919 | 104 years, 237 days | American | World War II veteran [51] |
Maria Ehrenberg | F | November 4, 1919 | 104 years, 231 days | German | Botanist [52] |
Klaus Obermeyer | M | December 2, 1919 | 104 years, 203 days | German-born American | Inventor [53] |
Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn | F | December 9, 1919 | 104 years, 196 days | German | Noble [54] |
David Musuguri | M | January 4, 1920 | 104 years, 170 days | Tanzanian | Military officer [55] |
Henry Hu | M | January 20, 1920 | 104 years, 154 days | Hong Kong | Barrister [56] |
Nguyễn Đình Đầu | M | March 12, 1920 | 104 years, 102 days | Vietnamese | Historian [57] |
Graham Bailey | M | March 22, 1920 | 104 years, 92 days | British | Footballer [58] |
Yosh Uchida | M | April 1, 1920 | 104 years, 82 days | American | Judo coach, businessman, entrepreneur and educator [59] |
Ismet Elezi | M | April 5, 1920 | 104 years, 78 days | Albanian | Professor and World War II veteran [60] |
Marthe Cohn | F | April 13, 1920 | 104 years, 70 days | French | Author, spy and Holocaust survivor [61] |
Arnold Yarrow | M | April 17, 1920 | 104 years, 66 days | British | Actor [62] |
Kim Hyung-suk | M | April 23, 1920 | 104 years, 60 days | South Korean | Philosopher [63] |
John Cruickshank | M | May 20, 1920 | 104 years, 33 days | British | Victoria Cross recipient [64] |
Sonja de Lennart | F | May 21, 1920 | 104 years, 32 days | German | Fashion designer [65] [ self-published source? ] |
Mani Kumar Chetri | M | May 23, 1920 | 104 years, 30 days | Indian | Cardiologist [66] |
Frederick M. Nicholas | M | May 30, 1920 | 104 years, 23 days | American | Lawyer [67] |
Diana Armfield | F | June 11, 1920 | 104 years, 11 days | British | Painter [68] |
Sir Patrick Duffy | M | June 17, 1920 | 104 years, 5 days | British | Politician (Member of Parliament) and president of the NATO Assembly [69] |
Petar Matić Dule | M | July 6, 1920 | 103 years, 352 days | Serbian | General and politician [70] |
Thomas Franklin Vaughns | M | July 7, 1920 | 103 years, 351 days | American | Pilot [71] |
Roy Drinkard | M | July 12, 1920 | 103 years, 346 days | American | Businessman [72] |
Émile Idée | M | July 19, 1920 | 103 years, 339 days | French | Road bicycle racer [73] |
Christian Lamb | F | July 19, 1920 | 103 years, 339 days | British | World War II veteran [74] |
Bill Grayden | M | August 5, 1920 | 103 years, 322 days | Australian | Politician [75] |
Klaus Ruedenberg | M | August 25, 1920 | 103 years, 302 days | German-born American | Chemist [76] |
Thelma C. Davidson Adair | F | August 29, 1920 | 103 years, 298 days | American | Educator, church leader and human rights advocate [77] |
Olga Sippl | F | September 19, 1920 | 103 years, 277 days | German | Politician [78] |
Charles Burrell | M | October 4, 1920 | 103 years, 262 days | American | Jazz bassist [79] |
Leo Pearlstein | M | October 5, 1920 | 103 years, 261 days | American | Food author and entrepreneur [80] |
Li Dak-sum | M | October 9, 1920 | 103 years, 257 days | Hong Kong | Businessman [81] |
Zou Yu | M | October 10, 1920 | 103 years, 256 days | Chinese | Jurist and politician [82] |
Ivan Mišković | M | October 24, 1920 | 103 years, 242 days | Croatian | Army general [83] |
Otto Mayrhofer | M | November 2, 1920 | 103 years, 233 days | Austrian | Anesthetist [84] |
Paul Ignatius | M | November 11, 1920 | 103 years, 224 days | American | Government official [85] |
Jang Bahadur Singh | M | December 10, 1920 | 103 years, 195 days | Indian | Folk singer [86] |
Franca Pilla | F | December 19, 1920 | 103 years, 186 days | Italian | First Lady of Italy; widow of President of Italy, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi [87] |
Iris Cummings | F | December 21, 1920 | 103 years, 184 days | American | Olympic swimmer and aviator [88] |
Loretta Ford | F | December 28, 1920 | 103 years, 177 days | American | Nurse and academic [89] |
Hossein Wahid Khorasani | M | January 1, 1921 | 103 years, 173 days | Iranian | Author and Shia marja' [90] |
Ágnes Keleti | F | January 9, 1921 | 103 years, 165 days | Hungarian-Israeli | Olympic gold medal-winning gymnast and Holocaust survivor [91] |
Dan Tolkowsky | M | January 17, 1921 | 103 years, 157 days | Israeli | Air Force officer who served as a major general in the Israeli Air Force (IAF) from 1953 to 1958 [92] |
Rachel Dror | F | January 19, 1921 | 103 years, 155 days | German | Teacher and Holocaust survivor [93] |
Elisabeth Kirkby | F | January 26, 1921 | 103 years, 148 days | British-born Australian | Politician, actress and radio broadcaster [94] |
Betsy Jochum | F | February 8, 1921 | 103 years, 135 days | American | Baseball player [95] |
George Berci | M | March 14, 1921 | 103 years, 100 days | Hungarian | Surgeon [96] |
Marie Blommaart | F | March 18, 1921 | 103 years, 96 days | Dutch | Resistance fighter [97] |
Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow | M | March 20, 1921 | 103 years, 94 days | Senegalese | Educator who was the director-general of UNESCO from 1974 to 1987 [98] |
Wilma Iggers | F | March 23, 1921 | 103 years, 91 days | Czechoslovakian-born German-American | Cultural historian [99] |
Ray Lawler | M | May 23, 1921 | 103 years, 30 days | Australian | Actor, dramatist, producer and director [100] |
Nilüfer Gürsoy | F | June 1, 1921 | 103 years, 21 days | Turkish | Politician [101] |
João Felgueiras | M | June 9, 1921 | 103 years, 13 days | Portuguese | Jesuit priest and historian of East Timor [102] |
Jim Cullivan | M | June 10, 1921 | 103 years, 12 days | American | American football coach [103] |
Beulah Garrick | F | June 12, 1921 | 103 years, 10 days | British-American | Actress [104] |
Edmund W. Gordon | M | June 13, 1921 | 103 years, 9 days | American | Psychologist [105] |
Pierre Labric | M | June 30, 1921 | 102 years, 358 days | French | Organist and composer [106] |
Zeynep Korkmaz | F | July 5, 1921 | 102 years, 353 days | Turkish | Scholar and dialectologist [107] |
Patricia Wright | F | July 5, 1921 | 102 years, 353 days | American | Actress [108] |
Edgar Morin | M | July 8, 1921 | 102 years, 350 days | French | Philosopher and sociologist [109] |
Ed Iskenderian | M | July 10, 1921 | 102 years, 348 days | American | Hot rodder and entrepreneur [110] |
Ella Blumenthal | F | July 25, 1921 | 102 years, 333 days | Polish | Holocaust survivor [111] |
Wang Xiji | M | July 26, 1921 | 102 years, 332 days | Chinese | Aerospace engineer [112] |
Karl Ernst Tielebier-Langenscheidt | M | July 27, 1921 | 102 years, 331 days | German | Publisher [113] |
Joe Caroff | M | August 18, 1921 | 102 years, 309 days | American | Graphic designer [114] |
Eddy Goldfarb | M | September 5, 1921 | 102 years, 291 days | American | Toy inventor [115] |
Ernst Gerhardt | M | September 10, 1921 | 102 years, 286 days | German | Politician [116] |
George Joseph | M | September 11, 1921 | 102 years, 285 days | American | Insurer [117] |
Nermin Abadan Unat | F | September 18, 1921 | 102 years, 278 days | Turkish | Lawyer and professor [118] |
Betty Reid Soskin | F | September 22, 1921 | 102 years, 274 days | American | Park ranger [119] |
Natalya Vetoshnikova | F | September 26, 1921 | 102 years, 270 days | Russian | Tennis player [120] |
Lim Tze Peng | M | September 28, 1921 | 102 years, 268 days | Singaporean | Artist [121] |
Julia Dingwort-Nusseck | F | October 6, 1921 | 102 years, 260 days | German | Business journalist [122] |
Mélanie Berger-Volle | F | October 8, 1921 | 102 years, 258 days | Franco-Austrian | Seamstress [123] |
İlhan Usmanbaş | M | October 23, 1921 | 102 years, 243 days | Turkish | Composer [124] |
Ted Bassett | M | October 26, 1921 | 102 years, 240 days | American | Racehorse breeder [125] |
Margot Friedländer | F | November 5, 1921 | 102 years, 230 days | German | Holocaust survivor [126] |
John F. Gonge | M | November 5, 1921 | 102 years, 230 days | American | Military officer [127] |
Walther Weißauer | M | November 10, 1921 | 102 years, 225 days | German | Jurist [128] |
Georg Stefan Troller | M | December 10, 1921 | 102 years, 195 days | Austrian-American | Author and journalist [129] |
Herbert Wahler | M | December 10, 1921 | 102 years, 195 days | German | Einsatzgruppen member [130] |
José de Jesús Sahagún de la Parra | M | January 1, 1922 | 102 years, 173 days | Mexican | Roman Catholic bishop [131] |
Hugo Broch | M | January 6, 1922 | 102 years, 168 days | German | WWII flying ace and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross [132] |
Ray Anthony | M | January 20, 1922 | 102 years, 154 days | American | Bandleader, trumpeter and songwriter [133] |
Rhoda Wurtele | F | January 21, 1922 | 102 years, 153 days | Canadian | Olympic skier [134] |
Morton Mintz | M | January 26, 1922 | 102 years, 148 days | American | Investigative journalist [135] |
Jorge Tovar | M | February 1, 1922 | 102 years, 142 days | Mexican | Artist [136] |
Shmuel Agmon | M | February 2, 1922 | 102 years, 141 days | Israeli | Mathematician [137] |
Jan Ihnatík | M | March 1, 1922 | 102 years, 113 days | Czech | World War II veteran [138] |
William R. Lucas | M | March 1, 1922 | 102 years, 113 days | American | Director of the Marshall Space Flight Center [139] |
Thomas Rew | M | March 18, 1922 | 102 years, 96 days | American | Air Force major general [140] |
Alex Xydias | M | March 22, 1922 | 102 years, 92 days | American | Racing driver [141] |
Ingelene Rodewald | F | March 26, 1922 | 102 years, 88 days | German | Author [142] |
Stella Greka | F | April 1, 1922 | 102 years, 82 days | Greek | Singer and actress [143] |
Alexandra Myšková | F | April 4, 1922 | 102 years, 79 days | Czech | Actress [144] |
Ann Wylie | F | April 12, 1922 | 102 years, 71 days | New Zealand | Botanist [145] |
Valérie André | F | April 21, 1922 | 102 years, 62 days | French | Resistance fighter and neurosurgeon [146] |
Deborah Szekely | F | May 3, 1922 | 102 years, 50 days | American | Activist, philanthropist and writer [147] |
Wu Liangyong | M | May 7, 1922 | 102 years, 46 days | Chinese | Architect [148] |
Hans Paulsen | M | May 20, 1922 | 102 years, 33 days | German | Chemist [149] |
Gerald Holton | M | May 23, 1922 | 102 years, 30 days | German-born American | Physicist [150] |
Jean Cussac | M | May 31, 1922 | 102 years, 22 days | French | Baritone and music director [151] |
Selma van de Perre | F | June 7, 1922 | 102 years, 15 days | Dutch | Resistance fighter [152] |
Pavel Pavlovich Syutkin | M | June 19, 1922 | 102 years, 3 days | Russian | Military officer and recipient of the title Hero of the Russian Federation [153] |
Judy Hall | F | July 2, 1922 | 101 years, 356 days | Australian | Pianist [154] |
Phyllis Kinney | F | July 4, 1922 | 101 years, 354 days | American | Singer, collector and historian [155] |
Volodymyr Marchenko | M | July 7, 1922 | 101 years, 351 days | Ukrainian | Mathematician [156] |
Manos Zacharias | M | July 9, 1922 | 101 years, 349 days | Greek | Film director [157] |
Howard Tucker | M | July 10, 1922 | 101 years, 348 days | American | Neurologist [158] |
Annette Warren | F | July 11, 1922 | 101 years, 347 days | American | Vocalizer and singer [159] |
Rachel Robinson | F | July 19, 1922 | 101 years, 339 days | American | Professor and nurse [160] |
Roger Lebranchu | M | July 22, 1922 | 101 years, 336 days | French | Rower [161] |
Mildred T. Stahlman | F | July 31, 1922 | 101 years, 327 days | American | Neonatologist [162] |
Maria Helena Andrés | F | August 2, 1922 | 101 years, 325 days | Brazilian | Artist [163] |
Sara Luzita | F | August 11, 1922 | 101 years, 316 days | British | Dancer [164] |
Arch Jelley | M | August 13, 1922 | 101 years, 314 days | New Zealand | Athletics coach [165] |
William de Rham | M | August 22, 1922 | 101 years, 305 days | Swiss | Olympic equestrian [166] |
Roland Dumas | M | August 23, 1922 | 101 years, 304 days | French | Lawyer and politician, Minister of Foreign Affairs of France [167] |
Annabel Maule | F | September 8, 1922 | 101 years, 288 days | British | Actress [168] |
Mildred Pitts Walter | F | September 9, 1922 | 101 years, 287 days | American | Children's writer [169] |
Peter Sichel | M | September 12, 1922 | 101 years, 284 days | German-American | Wine merchant [170] |
John S. Foster Jr. | M | September 18, 1922 | 101 years, 278 days | American | Physicist [171] |
Harold Zvi Schiffrin | M | September 22, 1922 | 101 years, 274 days | American-Israeli | Sinologist [172] |
William Leuchtenburg | M | September 28, 1922 | 101 years, 268 days | American | Historian [173] |
Jacques Borker | M | September 29, 1922 | 101 years, 267 days | French | Artist [174] [ self-published source? ] |
Yang Chen-Ning | M | October 1, 1922 | 101 years, 265 days | Chinese | Chinese theoretical physicist and recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physics [175] |
Pauline Clayden | F | October 12, 1922 | 101 years, 254 days | British | Ballerina [176] |
Gaositwe Chiepe | F | October 20, 1922 | 101 years, 246 days | Botswana | Politician and diplomat [177] |
Aza Takho-Godi | F | October 26, 1922 | 101 years, 240 days | Russian | Classical philologist [178] |
Michael Loewe | M | November 2, 1922 | 101 years, 233 days | British | Sinologist [179] |
Sir Sydney Kentridge | M | November 5, 1922 | 101 years, 230 days | South African-born British | Lawyer and judge [180] |
María Isabel Rodríguez | F | November 5, 1922 | 101 years, 230 days | Salvadoran | Physician, academic and government official [181] |
Enrico Vanzini | M | November 18, 1922 | 101 years, 217 days | Italian | Soldier [182] |
James M. Houston | M | November 21, 1922 | 101 years, 214 days | British-born Canadian | Theologian and academic [183] |
Jacqueline White | F | November 27, 1922 | 101 years, 208 days | American | Actress [184] |
Albertine Baclet | F | December 1, 1922 | 101 years, 204 days | Guadeloupe | Politician [185] |
Edith Ballantyne | F | December 10, 1922 | 101 years, 195 days | Czech-Canadian | Activist [186] |
Steve Wochy | M | December 25, 1922 | 101 years, 180 days | Canadian | Ice hockey player [187] |
Octave Landuyt | M | December 26, 1922 | 101 years, 179 days | Belgian | Artist [188] |
Ilse Wolfrom | F | December 27, 1922 | 101 years, 178 days | German | Physician [189] |
Boris Kravtsov | M | December 28, 1922 | 101 years, 177 days | Russian | Jurist and politician [190] |
Virginia Halas McCaskey | F | January 5, 1923 | 101 years, 169 days | American | Football team owner [191] |
Heinz Rafoth | M | January 6, 1923 | 101 years, 168 days | German | Military officer and recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross [192] |
Zbigniew Rylski | M | January 23, 1923 | 101 years, 151 days | Polish | Military officer [193] |
Jacob Korevaar | M | January 25, 1923 | 101 years, 149 days | Dutch | Mathematician [194] |
Phan Wannamethee | M | January 30, 1923 | 101 years, 144 days | Thai | Diplomat [195] |
Victor A. Lundy | M | February 1, 1923 | 101 years, 142 days | American | Architect [196] |
Marshall Rauch | M | February 2, 1923 | 101 years, 141 days | American | Politician [197] |
Vija Vētra | F | February 6, 1923 | 101 years, 137 days | Latvian | Dancer and choreographer [198] |
Louis Scolnik | M | February 14, 1923 | 101 years, 129 days | American | Jurist [199] |
Perry J. Dahl | M | February 18, 1923 | 101 years, 125 days | Canadian-American | Air Force colonel and World War II flying ace [200] |
Kay Smith | F | February 27, 1923 | 101 years, 116 days | American | Painter and illustrator [201] |
Madeleine Arbour | F | March 3, 1923 | 101 years, 111 days | Canadian | Painter [202] |
Antonio Carattino | M | April 2, 1923 | 101 years, 81 days | Italian | Olympic sailor [203] |
Herbert Möller | M | April 7, 1923 | 101 years, 76 days | German | Politician [204] |
David H. Murdock | M | April 11, 1923 | 101 years, 72 days | American | Businessman [205] |
Sen Sōshitsu XV | M | April 19, 1923 | 101 years, 64 days | Japanese | Tea master [206] |
Sir Francis Graham-Smith | M | April 25, 1923 | 101 years, 58 days | British | Astronomer [207] |
Walter Deutsch | M | April 29, 1923 | 101 years, 54 days | Austrian | Musicologist [208] |
Otto Nawrocki | M | April 29, 1923 | 101 years, 54 days | German | Athlete [209] |
Ralph Senensky | M | May 1, 1923 | 101 years, 52 days | American | Television director and screenwriter [210] |
Paul Shooner | M | May 2, 1923 | 101 years, 51 days | Canadian | Politician [211] |
Francis Bellotti | M | May 3, 1923 | 101 years, 50 days | American | Lawyer and politician [212] |
Betty Webb | F | May 13, 1923 | 101 years, 40 days | British | Code breaker [213] |
Anthony Eyton | M | May 17, 1923 | 101 years, 36 days | British | Artist [214] |
Mohammad Ali Movahed | M | May 24, 1923 | 101 years, 29 days | Iranian | Historian [215] |
Yuriko, Princess Mikasa | F | June 4, 1923 | 101 years, 18 days | Japanese | Royal [216] |
René Henry Gracida | M | June 9, 1923 | 101 years, 13 days | American | Bishop [217] |
Françoise Sullivan | F | June 10, 1923 | 101 years, 12 days | Canadian | Painter, sculptor, dancer, choreographer and photographer [218] |
Kari Polanyi Levitt | F | June 14, 1923 | 101 years, 8 days | Austrian-born Canadian | Economist [219] |
Jonah Kinigstein | M | June 26, 1923 | 100 years, 362 days | American | Artist [220] |
Olav Thon | M | June 29, 1923 | 100 years, 359 days | Norwegian | Real estate developer [221] |
Herman Chernoff | M | July 1, 1923 | 100 years, 357 days | American | Mathematician, statistician, and physicist [222] |
Mitsuye Yamada | F | July 5, 1923 | 100 years, 353 days | Japanese-American | Poet, essayist, feminist and human rights activist [223] |
Josep Vallverdú | M | July 9, 1923 | 100 years, 349 days | Spanish | Poet, novelist, playwright, linguist and essayist [224] |
James H. Harvey | M | July 13, 1923 | 100 years, 345 days | American | Air Force pilot [225] |
Rudolph A. Marcus | M | July 21, 1923 | 100 years, 337 days | Canadian-born American | Chemist and recipient of the 1992 Nobel Prize in Chemistry [226] |
Fred Strachan | M | August 17, 1923 | 100 years, 310 days | New Zealand | Rowing coach [227] |
Leo Leandros | M | August 23, 1923 | 100 years, 304 days | Greek | Musician, singer, composer and record producer [228] |
Vic Seixas | M | August 30, 1923 | 100 years, 297 days | American | Tennis player [229] |
Aileen Adams | F | September 5, 1923 | 100 years, 291 days | British | Consultant anaesthetist [230] |
Joe Wallach | M | September 10, 1923 | 100 years, 286 days | American | Businessman, television broadcasting executive and author [231] |
Hilma Nerep-Mossin | F | September 18, 1923 | 100 years, 278 days | Swedish-Estonian | Pianist and conductor [232] |
Merlin Hulse | M | September 21, 1923 | 100 years, 275 days | American | Politician [233] |
Du Daozheng | M | September 22, 1923 | 100 years, 274 days | Chinese | Journalist [234] |
Socorro Ramos | F | September 23, 1923 | 100 years, 273 days | Filipino | Entrepreneur [235] |
Margaret Chant-Papandreou | F | September 30, 1923 | 100 years, 266 days | Greek-American | Former First Lady of Greece and women's rights activist [236] |
Mary Morello | F | October 1, 1923 | 100 years, 265 days | American | Free speech activist [237] |
Kim Yaroshevskaya | F | October 1, 1923 | 100 years, 265 days | Russian-born Canadian | Actress [238] |
Robert Kuok | M | October 6, 1923 | 100 years, 260 days | Malaysian | Businessman, investor and philanthropist [239] |
V. P. Appukutta Poduval | M | October 9, 1923 | 100 years, 257 days | Indian | Independence activist [240] |
Marianna Krasnodębska | F | October 10, 1923 | 100 years, 256 days | Polish | Activist [241] |
V. S. Achuthanandan | M | October 20, 1923 | 100 years, 246 days | Indian | Politician [242] |
Ida Vitale | F | November 2, 1923 | 100 years, 233 days | Uruguayan | Poet [243] |
Guillermo Rodríguez | M | November 4, 1923 | 100 years, 231 days | Ecuadorian | Politician and Acting President of Ecuador [244] |
Aiko Satō | F | November 5, 1923 | 100 years, 230 days | Japanese | Novelist [245] |
Nizoramo Zaripova | F | November 6, 1923 | 100 years, 229 days | Tajik | Politician [246] |
Józef Hen | M | November 8, 1923 | 100 years, 227 days | Polish | Writer [247] |
Victor Brombert | M | November 11, 1923 | 100 years, 224 days | German-born American | Professor [248] |
Louis Danziger | M | November 17, 1923 | 100 years, 218 days | American | Graphic designer and educator [249] |
Bentsion Fleishman | M | November 21, 1923 | 100 years, 212 days | Russian-American | Mathematician [250] |
Tom Hughes | M | November 26, 1923 | 100 years, 209 days | Australian | Politician and barrister [251] |
Vincent Ball | M | December 4, 1923 | 100 years, 201 days | Australian | Actor [252] |
Johnny Pate | M | December 5, 1923 | 100 years, 200 days | American | Jazz musician [253] |
Jacqueline Fleury | F | December 12, 1923 | 100 years, 193 days | French | Resistance fighter [254] |
Yvonne Choquet-Bruhat | F | December 29, 1923 | 100 years, 176 days | French | Mathematician and physicist [255] |
Lily Ebert | F | December 29, 1923 | 100 years, 176 days | Hungarian-born British | Holocaust survivor [256] |
Carl-Göran Ekerwald | M | December 30, 1923 | 100 years, 175 days | Swedish | Novelist, literary critic, forest worker and teacher [257] |
Grégoire Maertens | M | January 1, 1924 | 100 years, 173 days | Belgian | Esperanto speaker [258] |
Walter Bingham | M | January 5, 1924 | 100 years, 169 days | German-born British-Israeli | Journalist and Holocaust survivor [259] |
Anne Vernon | F | January 9, 1924 | 100 years, 165 days | French | Actress [260] |
Ivan Martynushkin | M | January 18, 1924 | 100 years, 156 days | Russian | World War II veteran [261] |
Michał Bałasz | M | January 22, 1924 | 100 years, 152 days | Polish | Architect [262] |
Richard Rohmer | M | January 24, 1924 | 100 years, 150 days | Canadian | Aviator, lawyer and historian [263] |
Bianca Maria Piccinino | F | January 29, 1924 | 100 years, 145 days | Italian | Broadcaster [264] |
Omchery N. N. Pillai | M | February 1, 1924 | 100 years, 142 days | Indian | Writer and poet [265] |
Vojo Stanić | M | February 3, 1924 | 100 years, 140 days | Montenegrin | Painter and sculptor [266] |
Charles Coste | M | February 8, 1924 | 100 years, 135 days | French | Cyclist [267] |
Khamtai Siphandone | M | February 8, 1924 | 100 years, 135 days | Laotian | Politician, President of Laos, Prime Minister of Laos and Chairman of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party [268] |
Wu Chengzhang | M | February 8, 1924 | 100 years, 135 days | Chinese | Olympic basketball player [269] |
Woody Woodbury | M | February 9, 1924 | 100 years, 134 days | American | Comedian [270] |
Juan Ponce Enrile | M | February 14, 1924 | 100 years, 129 days | Filipino | President of the Senate of the Philippines [271] |
Jose Petrick | F | February 14, 1924 | 100 years, 129 days | British-born Australian | Historian [272] |
Andrew Bruce, 11th Earl of Elgin | M | February 17, 1924 | 100 years, 126 days | British | Peer [273] |
Zheng Tuobin | M | February 24, 1924 | 100 years, 119 days | Chinese | Politician [274] |
Herwig Schopper | M | February 28, 1924 | 100 years, 115 days | Czechoslovakian-born German | Physicist [275] |
Ken Walker | M | February 28, 1924 | 100 years, 115 days | British-born Canadian | Physician, medical writer and columnist using pen name of Dr. W. Gifford-Jones [276] |
Tomiichi Murayama | M | March 3, 1924 | 100 years, 111 days | Japanese | Politician, Prime Minister of Japan [277] |
Robert G. Shulman | M | March 3, 1924 | 100 years, 111 days | American | Biophysicist and Sterling Professor [278] |
William H. Webster | M | March 6, 1924 | 100 years, 108 days | American | Attorney and Jurist [279] |
Edward Greer | M | March 8, 1924 | 100 years, 106 days | American | Major general [280] |
Albert Ganado | M | March 9, 1924 | 100 years, 105 days | Maltese | Lawyer and author [281] |
Sir Patrick Sergeant | M | March 17, 1924 | 100 years, 97 days | British | Journalist, investor and businessman[ citation needed ] |
Vojislav Simić | M | March 18, 1924 | 100 years, 96 days | Serbian | Composer and conductor [282] |
Birte Christoffersen | F | March 28, 1924 | 100 years, 86 days | Danish | Olympic diver [283] |
Pia Velsi | F | March 31, 1924 | 100 years, 83 days | Italian | Actress and singer [284] |
Budimir Lončar | M | April 1, 1924 | 100 years, 82 days | Croatian | Politician and diplomat, Minister of Foreign Affairs of SFR Yugoslavia [285] |
Richard Mayhew | M | April 3, 1924 | 100 years, 80 days | American | Landscape painter, illustrator and arts educator [286] |
John Roberts | M | April 4, 1924 | 100 years, 79 days | British | Royal Navy officer [287] |
I. Leo Glasser | M | April 6, 1924 | 100 years, 77 days | American | Judge [288] |
Maria Limanskaya | F | April 12, 1924 | 100 years, 71 days | Russian | Air traffic controller [289] |
Zoya Boguslavskaya | F | April 16, 1924 | 100 years, 67 days | Russian | Poet, novelist, essayist, critic, playwright and author [290] |
Seiji Fujishiro | M | April 17, 1924 | 100 years, 66 days | Japanese | Artist [291] |
Guy Rocher | M | April 20, 1924 | 100 years, 63 days | Canadian | Academic and sociologist [292] |
Bo Bjelfvenstam | M | April 24, 1924 | 100 years, 59 days | Swedish | Actor, film director and author [293] |
Joachim Lindner | M | April 25, 1924 | 100 years, 58 days | German | Writer [294] |
Art Schallock | M | April 25, 1924 | 100 years, 58 days | American | Baseball player [295] |
Jiří Pavel Kafka | M | May 2, 1924 | 100 years, 51 days | Czech | World War II veteran [296] |
Jane Morgan | F | May 3, 1924 | 100 years, 50 days | American | Singer [297] |
Betty Cooke | F | May 5, 1924 | 100 years, 48 days | American | Designer [298] |
Heinz Jaeger | M | May 8, 1924 | 100 years, 45 days | German | Philatelist [299] |
Settimio Todisco | M | May 10, 1924 | 100 years, 43 days | Italian | Bishop [300] |
Mario Carbone | M | May 12, 1924 | 100 years, 41 days | Italian | Cinematographer and photographer [301] |
Gerald Westheimer | M | May 13, 1924 | 100 years, 40 days | Australian | Scientist [302] |
Kaiti Grey | F | May 14, 1924 | 100 years, 39 days | Greek | Singer and actress [303] |
Sir Thomas Baird | M | May 17, 1924 | 100 years, 36 days | British | Admiral [304] |
Priscilla Pointer | F | May 18, 1924 | 100 years, 35 days | American | Actress [305] |
Clifford DeBaptiste | M | May 19, 1924 | 100 years, 34 days | American | Politician [306] |
Marshall Allen | M | May 25, 1924 | 100 years, 28 days | American | Jazz saxophonist [307] |
Walter Schultheiss | M | May 25, 1924 | 100 years, 28 days | German | Actor, author and painter [308] |
Bernard Garfield | M | May 27, 1924 | 100 years, 26 days | American | Bassoonist, composer, teacher and recording artist [309] |
Eric Neal | M | June 3, 1924 | 100 years, 19 days | British-Australian | Academic adviser, banker and manufacturing executive [310] |
Torsten Wiesel | M | June 3, 1924 | 100 years, 19 days | Swedish | Neurophysiologist and recipient of the 1981 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine [311] |
Edward Field | M | June 7, 1924 | 100 years, 15 days | American | Poet and author [312] |
Polly Allen Mellen | F | June 18, 1924 | 100 years, 4 days | American | Stylist and fashion editor [313] |
Mynever Shuteriqi | F | June 21, 1924 | 100 years, 1 day | Albanian | Writer and academician [314] |
David W. Torrance | M | June 22, 1924 | 100 years, 0 days | Scottish | Church minister [315] |
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