List of centenarians (explorers)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as explorers – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Riccardo Cassin1909–2009100Italian mountaineer[1]
Marvin Creamer1916–2020104American sailor[2]
Hulda Crooks1896–1997101American mountaineer[3]
Alexandra David-Néel1868–1969100French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer[4]
Ardito Desio1897–2001104Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist and cartographer[5]
Alf Howard1906–2010104Australian explorer, scientist and educator[6]
Helge Ingstad1899–2001101Norwegian explorer[7]
Jean Malaurie1922–2024101French explorer and anthropologist[8]
Dame Freya Stark1893–1993100British explorer and travel writer[9]
Norman D. Vaughan1905–2005100American Arctic explorer[10]
Jean-Frédéric Waldeckc. 1766–1875109?French explorer[11]
Miroslav Zikmund1919–2021101Czech explorer and travel writer[12]

References

  1. ↑ "Riccardo Cassin". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-08-10. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  2. ↑ Queeney, Tim (2016-01-26). "Impressive circumnavigation remembered". Ocean Navigator. Retrieved 2016-01-29.
  3. ↑ "Hulda Crooks Passes Away at 101". Loma Linda University News. 1997-12-03. Archived from the original on 2010-12-12. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
  4. ↑ Buddhist Door: Who was Alexandra David-Neel? A Brief Story of a Buddhist Anarchist
  5. ↑ Biografia. arditodesio.it
  6. ↑ Courtney, Rebecca (2010-07-06). "Australian Antarctic explorer dies". Australian Geographic. Archived from the original on 2010-07-09. Retrieved 2010-07-18.
  7. ↑ Douglas Martin (March 30, 2001). "Helge Ingstad, Discoverer of Viking Site, Is Dead at 101". The New York Times. Retrieved January 1, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Obituary: Jean Malaurie". Liberation (in French). Retrieved 12 December 2024.
  9. ↑ Ruthven, Malise (11 May 1993). "Obituary: Dame Freya Stark". The Independent. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  10. ↑ Bryson, George (2005-12-24). "Col. Norman Vaughan dies at age 100". Anchorage Daily News. The McClatchy Company. Retrieved 2010-04-05.
  11. ↑ Project Muse: Jean-Frédéric Waldeck: Artist of Exotic Mexico review
  12. ↑ "Zemřel Miroslav Zikmund. Slavnému cestovateli bylo 102 let" [Miroslav Zigmund has died. The famous Czech traveller was 102 years old]. ČT24 (in Czech). 2 December 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2021.
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