The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as activists, nonprofit leaders and philanthropists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1868–1968 | 100 | Scottish women's rights activist and suffragette [1] | ||
| 1895–2001 | 105 | Filipino suffragette, historian and author[2] | ||
| 1889–1996 | 106 | Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist[3] | ||
| 1908–2021 | 113 | American civil rights activist, newspaper editor and novelist, founder of America's Intercultural Magazine[4] | ||
| 1812–1919 | 107 | Filipino revolutionary[5] | ||
| 1865–1968 | 103 | African-American activist, co-founder of the Tacoma, Washington NAACP[6] | ||
| 1902–2007 | 105 | American socialite and philanthropist[7] | ||
| Edith Ballantyne | 1922– | Czech-Canadian activist[8] | ||
| 1910–2013 | 102 | American labor union leader[9] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian social worker[10] | ||
| 1914–2018 | 103 | American philanthropist[11] | ||
| 1915–2020 | 104 | American union, founder he Association for Union Democracy[12] | ||
| 1918–2021 | 102 | American civil rights activist[13] | ||
| 1915–2015 | 100 | American author and social activist[14] | ||
| 1905–2013 | 108 | British political activist[15] | ||
| 1905-2015 | 110 | American civil rights activist[16] | ||
| 1883–1987 | 104 | British Salvation Army officer[17] | ||
| 1899/1902–2004 | 104 or 101 | American philanthropist and activist[18] | ||
| 1907–2018 | 110 | Hungarian humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations[19] | ||
| 1889–1992 | 102 or 103 | Australian charity worker and philanthropist[20] | ||
| 1919–2021 | 102 | German-born Belgian-American philanthropist; widow of Kirk Douglas[21] | ||
| 1893–1993 | 100 | Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist[22] | ||
| 1872–1973 | 100 | American integration activist[23] | ||
| 1908–2011 | 102 | Brazilian humanitarian[24] | ||
| 1908–2012 | 103 | Venezuelan activist and journalist[25] | ||
| 1910–2018 | 108 | Indian independence activist[26] | ||
| Margaret Chant-Papandreou | 1923– | Greek-American women's rights activist and former First Lady of Greece[27] | ||
| 1914–2019 | 104 | French military doctor and resistance member during World War II[28] | ||
| 1914–2016 | 102 | American labor union leader[29] | ||
| 1873–1978 | 105 | British suffragette[30] | ||
| 1910–2010 | 100 | African-American civil rights activist[31] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | American conservationist[32] | ||
| 1914–2015 | 101 | Iraqi-born British philanthropist[33] | ||
| 1907–2013 | 106 | American philanthropist[34] | ||
| 1914–2018 | 103 | Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist[35] [36] | ||
| 1918–2021 | 103 | Indian independence activist, freedom fighter, and journalist[37] [38] | ||
| 1890–1998 | 108 | American women's suffrage advocate, conservationist, journalist and author[39] | ||
| 1916–2017 | 100 | American farmer and philanthropist[40] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 100 | Canadian pacifist, feminist and social activist[41] | ||
| 1884–1986 | 102 | Australian activist for Aboriginal rights[42] | ||
| 1910–2015 | 104 | American philanthropist[43] | ||
| 1917–2017 | 100 | Polish-American business woman, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor[44] | ||
| 1905–2007 | 102 | American business woman and philanthropist[45] | ||
| 1910–2011 | 101 | Breton nationalist[46] | ||
| 1853–1958 | 104 | American women's rights activist[47] | ||
| 1916–2018 | 101 | American civil rights attorney[48] | ||
| 1922–2024 | 101 | American labor union leader[49] | ||
| 1914–2022 | 108 | Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institute[50] | ||
| 1904–2005 | 100 | British art collector and political activist[51] | ||
| 1921–2022 | 100 | Belgian Jewish rights and activist[52] | ||
| 1909–2010 | 100 | Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian[53] | ||
| 1920–2020 | 100 | American disability rights activist[54] | ||
| 1861–1964 | 102 | Australian labour organiser[55] | ||
| 1907–2012 | 105 | German World War II resistance fighter and anti-Fascist activist[56] | ||
| 1910–2010 | 100 | American political activist[57] | ||
| 1907–2010 | 103 | American co-founder of Toys for Tots[58] | ||
| 1870–1970 | 100 | British activist and photographer[59] | ||
| 1912–2016 | 103 | American philanthropist[60] | ||
| 1911–2014 | 103 | American activist[61] | ||
| 1915–2018 | 103 | British-born American actress, arts patron and philanthropist[62] [63] [64] | ||
| 1923–2024 | 100 | German-born Israeli researcher[65] | ||
| 1909–2009 | 100 | Australian peace activist[66] | ||
| 1917–2024 | 106 | American psychologist[67] | ||
| 1895–1997 | 102 | American feminist activist[68] | ||
| 1898–2011 | 113 | Chinese-born Singaporean social worker[69] | ||
| 1919–2022 | 102 | American WWII veteran, civil rights activist and politician[70] | ||
| 1897–2001 | 104 | Japanese feminist and politician[71] | ||
| 1890–1995 | 104 | American socialite, philanthropist and the matriarch of the Kennedy family[72] | ||
| 1904–2009 | 104 | American civil rights activist[73] | ||
| 1914–2014 | 100 | Norwegian resistance member during World War II[74] | ||
| 1920–2022 | 102 | British humanitarian.[75] | ||
| 1896–1999 | 102 | Canadian women's rights pioneer[76] | ||
| 1915–2018 | 103 | Irish-born Scottish Communist and labour activist[77] | ||
| 1912–2021 | 109 | Cuban-born American-Filipino philanthropist and charity worker[78] | ||
| 1897–1998 | 101 | American Secretary General of the YMCA[79] | ||
| 1910–2018 | 108 | French resistance member during World War II[80] | ||
| 1915–2016 | 101 | Indian independence activist[81] | ||
| 1917–2021 | 104 | Iranian environmentalist and librarian, founder of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution[82] | ||
| 1914–2021 | 106 | Indian independence activist, journalist (The Navhind Times, Goa Today), and writer[83] | ||
| 1904–2006 | 102 | American educator, community leader and civil rights activist, president of NAACP[84] [85] | ||
| 1910–2014 | 103 | American philanthropist, art collector and horticulturalist[86] | ||
| 1919–2022 | 102 | Czech philanthropist and art collector[87] | ||
| 1920–2021 | 100 | British army officer and fundraiser[88] | ||
| Mary Morello | 1923– | American free speech activist[89] | ||
| 1909–2012 | 103 | Australian philanthropist[90] | ||
| 1902–2003 | 101 | American conservationist[91] | ||
| 1914–2014 | 100 | Czech humanitarian activist[92] | ||
| 1883–1983 | 100 | American radical economist[93] | ||
| 1887–1989 | 101 | Swedish political activist[94] | ||
| 1892–1993 | 101 | Japanese politician[95] | ||
| 1913–2016 | 102 | Indian social worker[96] | ||
| 1913–2015 | 102 | American civil rights activist[97] | ||
| 1905–2010 | 105 | French Resistance member during World War II[98] | ||
| 1921–2023 | 101 | Polish Holocaust survivor and activist[99] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 100 | Finnish trade union leader and communist activist[100] | ||
| 1915–2015 | 100 | Indian independence activist[101] | ||
| 1913–2014 | 100 | American lawyer and philanthropist[102] | ||
| 1903–2004 | 100 | Indian independence activist and jurist[103] | ||
| 1892–1993 | 100 | American educator and suffragist[104] | ||
| 1914–2017 | 103 | French Resistance leader[105] | ||
| 1909–2011 | 101 | American documentary photographer[106] | ||
| 1907–2015 | 107 | Puerto Rican independence activist and social worker[107] | ||
| 1914–2018 | 104 | American civil rights activist[108] | ||
| 1891–1995 | 103 | American co-founder of Consumers Research[109] | ||
| 1895–2001 | 105 | American peace activist and naturalist[110] | ||
| 1897–2000 | 102 | Austrian architect and political activist[111] | ||
| 1913–2020 | 106 | American activist and puppeteer[112] | ||
| 1913–2015 | 101 | American Zionist and feminist[113] | ||
| Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit | 1919– | Argentine human rights activist[114] | ||
| 1921–2021 | 100 | American civil rights activist[115] | ||
| 1913–2015 | 102 | British-born Hong Kong social activist[116] | ||
| 1877–1978 | 101 | American civil rights activist, biologist and educator[117] | ||
| 1918–2018 | 100 | American civil rights activist[118] | ||
| 1906–2009 | 102 | Native American activist and historian[119] | ||
| 1899–2006 | 107 | American philanthropist and donor[120] | ||
| 1908–2009 | 100 | American philanthropist[121] | ||
| 1906–2010 | 103 | American environmentalist[122] | ||
| 1879–1980 | 101 | American businessman, banker and philanthropist[123] | ||
| 1918–2022 | 103 | American activist[124] | ||
| 1909–2015 | 106 | British humanitarian[125] | ||
| 1898–2000 | 101 | American environmental activist and civil rights campaigner[126] | ||
| 1916–2016 | 100 | Canadian social worker and philanthropist[127] |