List of centenarians (miscellaneous)

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

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
John Adams 1745–1849 104 American 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]
Edward Allcard 1914–2017 102 English marine surveyor[2]
Loretta Alvarez 1892/1894–1996 102/104 Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife[3][4]
Carl Aschan 1906–2008 102 British spy[5]
Eliza Jane Ashley 1917–2020 103 American chef[6]
Ruth Bancroft 1908–2017 109 American landscape and garden designer[7]
Elly Beinhorn 1907–2007 100 German pilot[8]
Blanche Blackwell 1912–2017 104 Jamaican heiress[9]
Werner Braun 1918–2018 100 Israeli photographer[10]
Helen Brockman 1902–2008 105 American fashion designer, author and professor[11]
Sam Burston 1915–2015 100 Australian farmer[12]
Ethel Bush 1916–2016 100 British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[13]
Paco Cano 1912–2016 103 Spanish photojournalist[14]
Cynthia Chalk 1913–2018 104 Canadian photographer[15]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain 1909–2012 103 American pilot[16]
Jim Charlton 1911–2013 102 Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[17]
Otis Clark 1903–2012 109 Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[18]
Molly Clutton-Brock 1912–2013 101 British therapist and youth worker[19]
Marthe Cohn 1920–2025 105 French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[20]
Lady Ivy Cooke 1916–2017 100 Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[21]
Paulette Coquatrix 1916–2018 102 French costume designer[22]
Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda 1920–2021 101 Italian gardener and conservationist[23]
Glen Dawson 1912–2016 103 American rock climber and environmentalist[24]
Cyril Demarne 1905–2007 101 British military firefighter[25]
Max Desfor 1913–2018 104 American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[26]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni 1913–2016 102 Italian architect and furniture designer[27]
David Douglas Duncan 1916–2018 102 American photojournalist[28]
Guy Eby 1918–2021 102 American airline captain[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]
Conrad Heyer 1749/1753–1856 102 or 106 American 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]
Esther Hoffe 1906–2007 101 Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[36]
Huang Mulan 1906–2017 110 Chinese spy[37]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson 1909–2012 102 American pilot and flight instructor[38]
Teresa Jungman 1907–2010 102 English socialite[39]
Ata Kandó 1913–2017 103 Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[40]
Thorleif Karlsen 1909–2010 100 Norwegian police inspector[41]
Constance Kent 1844–1944 100 English criminal[42]
Edith Kent 1908–2012 103 First British woman to be given equal pay[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]
Victor A. Lundy 1923–2024 101 American modernist architect[50]
Tom Maguire 1892–1993 101 Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[51]
Sir Denis Mahon 1910–2011 100 British art collector and historian[52]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston 1893–1993 100 British-born American attorney and psychologist.[53]
Karre Mastanamma 1911–2018 107 Indian internet chef[54]
Roberta McCain 1912–2020 108 American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain[55]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh 1915–2015 100 American spy[56]
Captain Sir Tom Moore 1920–2021 100 English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser[57]
Mikhail Mukasei 1907–2008 101 Russian spy[58]
Eric P. Newman 1911–2017 106 American numismatist[59]
Oei Hui-lan 1889–1992 103 Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo
Maria Pasquinelli 1913–2013 100 Italian assassin[60]
John Penton 1925–2025 100 American professional motorcycle racer and businessman[61]
Brunhilde Pomsel 1911–2017 106 German secretary and broadcaster[62]
Stephanie Rader 1915–2016 100 American intelligence agent[63]
Zus Ratulangi 1922–2025 102 Indonesian. Latest surviving member of Central Indonesian National Committee. Daughters of Sam Ratulangi[64]
Jens Risom 1916–2016 100 Danish-born American furniture designer[65]
Edward Rondthaler 1905–2009 104 American typographer[66]
Dorothy Rungeling 1911–2018 106 Canadian pilot[67]
Ed Russenholt 1890–1991 100 Canadian weatherman[68]
Joseph W. Schmitt 1916–2017 101 American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[69]
Go Seigen 1914–2014 100 Chinese-Japanese Go player[70]
Bernice Silver 1913–2020 106 American puppeteer[71]
Babs Simpson 1913–2019 105 American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[72]
Mollie Sneden 1709–1810 101 American ferry operator[73]
Morton Sobell 1917–2018 101 American spy[74]
Paula Stafford 1920–2022 102 Australian fashion designer[75]
Tchan Fou-li 1916–2018 102 Hong Kong photographer[76]
Terentia 98 BC–6 AD 103 Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[77]
Len Vale-Onslow 1900–2004 103 British motorcycle builder[78]
Wang Da-hong 1917–2018 100 Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[79]
W. P. Watkins 1893–1995 101 English co-operator and writer[80]
Joseph Weil 1875–1976 100 American confidence man[81]
Black Mike Winage 1870–1977 107 One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[82]
Michael Wright 1912–2018 105 Hong Kong architect[83]

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