List of centenarians (miscellaneous) explained

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

NameLifespanAgeNotability
1914–2017 102 English marine surveyor[1]
1892–1996 103/104 Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife[2] [3]
1906–2008 102 British spy[4]
1917–2020 103 American chef[5]
1908–2017 109 American landscape and garden designer[6]
1907–2007 100 German pilot[7]
1912–2017 104 Jamaican heiress[8]
1918–2018 100 Israeli photographer[9]
1902–2008 105 American fashion designer, author and professor[10]
1915–2015 100 Australian farmer[11]
1916–2016 100 British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[12]
1912–2016 103 Spanish photojournalist[13]
1913–2018 104 Canadian photographer[14]
1909–2012 103 American pilot[15]
1911–2013 102 Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[16]
1903–2012 109 Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[17]
1912–2013 101 British therapist and youth worker[18]
Marthe Cohn 1920– French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[19]
1916–2017 100 Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[20]
1916–2018 102 French costume designer[21]
1920–2021 101 Italian gardener and conservationist[22]
1912–2016 103 American rock climber and environmentalist[23]
1905–2007 101 British military firefighter[24]
1913–2018 104 American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[25]
1913–2016 102 Italian architect and furniture designer[26]
1916–2018 102 American photojournalist[27]
1918–2021 102 American airline captain[28] [29]
1917–2018 101 British ferry pilot[30]
1910–2011 101 American mobster[31]
John Franzese1917–2020 103 American mobster[32]
1912–2014 101 German architect[33]
1918–2022 103 American-British dance notator[34]
1906–2007 101 Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[35]
Huang Mulan1906–2017 110 Chinese spy[36]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson1909–2012 102 American pilot and flight instructor[37]
1907–2010 102 English socialite[38]
1913–2017 103 Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[39]
1909–2010 100 Norwegian police inspector[40]
1844–1944 100 English criminal[41]
1908–2012 103 First British woman to be given equal pay[42] [43]
1916–2018 101 French librarian[44]
1917–2019 101 American furniture designer[45]
1903–2003 100 American fashion pioneer[46]
1921–2023 102 South African-born British spy and Legion of Honour recipient[47]
1909–2011 101 American voice trainer[48]
1910–2017 106 American aviation pioneer[49]
1892–1993 101 Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[50]
1910–2011 100 British art collector and historian[51]
1893–1993 100 British-born American attorney and psychologist.[52]
1911–2018 107 Indian internet chef[53]
1912–2020 108 American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain[54]
1915–2015 100 American spy[55]
1920–2021 100 English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser[56]
1907–2008 101 Russian spy[57]
1911–2017 106 American numismatist[58]
1889–1992 103 Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo[59]
1913–2013 100 Italian assassin[60]
1911–2017 106 German secretary and broadcaster[61]
1915–2016 100 American intelligence agent[62]
1916–2016 100 Danish-born American furniture designer[63]
1905–2009 104 American typographer[64]
1911–2018 106 Canadian pilot[65]
1890–1991 100 Canadian weatherman[66]
1916–2017 101 American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[67]
1914–2014 100 Chinese-Japanese Go player[68]
1913–2019 105 American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[69]
1709–1810 101 American ferry operator[70]
1917–2018 101 American spy[71]
1920–2022 102 Australian fashion designer[72]
1916–2018 102 Hong Kong photographer[73]
98 BC–6 AD 103 Ancient Rome

wife of Cicero[74]

1900–2004 103 British motorcycle builder[75]
1917–2018 100 Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[76]
1893–1995 101 English co-operator and writer[77]
1875–1976 100 American confidence man[78]
1870–1977 107 One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[79]
1912–2018 105 Hong Kong architect[80]

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