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.

  All supercentenarians (above 110 years old)
  Living
Name Lifespan Age Reason for Notability
John Adams1745–1849104American 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]
Edward Allcard1914–2017102English marine surveyor[2]
Loretta Alvarez1892/1894–1996102/104Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife[3][4]
Carl Aschan1906–2008102British spy[5]
Eliza Jane Ashley1917–2020103American chef[6]
Ruth Bancroft1908–2017109American landscape and garden designer[7]
Elly Beinhorn1907–2007100German pilot[8]
Blanche Blackwell1912–2017104Jamaican heiress[9]
Werner Braun1918–2018100Israeli photographer[10]
Helen Brockman1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor[11]
Sam Burston1915–2015100Australian farmer[12]
Ethel Bush1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[13]
Paco Cano1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist[14]
Cynthia Chalk1913–2018104Canadian photographer[15]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain1909–2012103American pilot[16]
Jim Charlton1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[17]
Otis Clark1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race massacre[18]
Molly Clutton-Brock1912–2013101British therapist and youth worker[19]
Marthe Cohn1920–2025105French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[20]
Lady Ivy Cooke1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[21]
Paulette Coquatrix1916–2018102French costume designer[22]
Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda1920–2021101Italian gardener and conservationist[23]
Glen Dawson1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist[24]
Cyril Demarne1905–2007101British military firefighter[25]
Max Desfor1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[26]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer[27]
David Douglas Duncan1916–2018102American photojournalist[28]
Guy Eby1918–2021102American airline captain[29]
Mary Ellis1917–2018101British ferry pilot[30]
Albert Facchiano1910–2011101American mobster[31]
John Franzese1917–2020103American mobster[32]
Hans Gericke1912–2014101German architect[33]
Ann Hutchinson Guest1918–2022103American-British dance notator[34]
Conrad Heyer1749/1753–1856102 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]
Esther Hoffe1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[36]
Huang Mulan1906–2017110Chinese spy[37]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor[38]
Teresa Jungman1907–2010102English socialite[39]
Ata Kandó1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[40]
Thorleif Karlsen1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector[41]
Constance Kent1844–1944100English criminal[42]
Edith Kent1908–2012103First British woman to be given equal pay[43]
Thérèse Kleindienst1916–2018101French librarian[44]
Florence Knoll1917–2019101American furniture designer[45]
Eleanor Lambert1903–2003100American fashion pioneer[46]
Phyllis Latour1921–2023102South African-born British spy and Legion of Honour recipient[47]
Arthur Lessac1909–2011101American voice trainer[48]
Doris Lockness1910–2017106American aviation pioneer[49]
Victor A. Lundy1923–2024101American modernist architect[50]
Tom Maguire1892–1993101Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[51]
Sir Denis Mahon1910–2011100British art collector and historian[52]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston1893–1993100British-born American attorney and psychologist.[53]
Karre Mastanamma1911–2018107Indian internet chef[54]
Roberta McCain1912–2020108American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain[55]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh1915–2015100American spy[56]
Captain Sir Tom Moore1920–2021100English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser[57]
Mikhail Mukasei1907–2008101Russian spy[58]
Eric P. Newman1911–2017106American numismatist[59]
Oei Hui-lan1889–1992103Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo
Maria Pasquinelli1913–2013100Italian assassin[60]
John Penton1925–2025100American professional motorcycle racer and businessman[61]
Brunhilde Pomsel1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster[62]
Stephanie Rader1915–2016100American intelligence agent[63]
Zus Ratulangi1922–2025102Indonesian. Latest surviving member of Central Indonesian National Committee. Daughter of Sam Ratulangi[64]
Jens Risom1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer[65]
Edward Rondthaler1905–2009104American typographer[66]
Dorothy Rungeling1911–2018106Canadian pilot[67]
Ed Russenholt1890–1991100Canadian weatherman[68]
Joseph W. Schmitt1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[69]
Go Seigen1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player[70]
Bernice Silver1913–2020106American puppeteer[71]
Babs Simpson1913–2019105American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[72]
Mollie Sneden1709–1810101American ferry operator[73]
Morton Sobell1917–2018101American spy[74]
Paula Stafford1920–2022102Australian fashion designer[75]
Tchan Fou-li1916–2018102Hong Kong photographer[76]
Terentia98 BC–6 AD103Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[77]
Len Vale-Onslow1900–2004103British motorcycle builder[78]
Wang Da-hong1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[79]
W. P. Watkins1893–1995101English co-operator and writer[80]
Joseph Weil1875–1976100American confidence man[81]
Black Mike Winage1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[82]
Michael Wright1912–2018105Hong Kong architect[83]

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