The following is a list of centenarians known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability | |
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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 Franzese | 1917–2020 | 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 Mulan | 1906–2017 | 110 | Chinese spy[36] | |
Evelyn Bryan Johnson | 1909–2012 | 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 | ||
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] |