List of notable supercentenarians explained

The following is a list of famous people who have attained the age of at least 110 years known for reasons other than just longevity. As such, this list does not include every person who has reached this age. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians. For living people known just for their longevity, see List of oldest living people.

NameSexBornDiedAgeNotability
F 1 February 1898 1 April 2012 American pediatrician who helped develop the pertussis vaccine[1]
F 12 March 1909 14 November 2022 American community volunteer, seamstress, manager of a laundry and farm worker[2]
  • Note: McLaurin’s birth date is disputed. Several sources have claimed she was 105 at the time of her death.
Marita Camacho QuirósF 10 March 1911 Living First Lady of Costa Rica
widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich[3]
F 7 July 1898 7 December 2011 Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, social worker, yoga teacher and nurse[4]
F 30 April 1908 15 August 2021 American newspaper editor, novelist, anti-racism campaigner for African American civil rights, magazine founder, and teacher[5] [6]
Shi PingM 1 November 1911 29 June 2024 Chinese academic administrator and politician[7]
M 12 July 1876 25 November 1988 American artist, engraver and etcher[8]
M 12 September 1909 5 January 2022 Longest-lived American World War II veteran[9]
Stanisław KowalskiM 14 April 1910 5 April 2022 Polish masters athlete[10]
F 1 March 1890 13 February 2002 Polish-born American artist and writer[11]
F 22 November 1820 14 October 1932 Anglo-Irish aristocrat, botanical illustrator and the oldest person ever to die in Ireland[12]
M 1 April 1907 21 January 2019 Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader and educator[13]
F 26 September 1905 24 May 2017 Chinese-American diplomat[14]
M 15 June 1875 5 January 1987 Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[15]
F 6 July 1900 5 January 2012 American dramatist, playwright, screenwriter, memoirist, and author[16]
M 19 February 1908 15 August 2019 Chinese engineer and scientist[17]
F 13 March 1904 16 August 2015 American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[18]
M 4 February 1903 8 June 2014 Polish chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer[19]
F 24 February 1883 11 June 1994 Painter; widow of Joaquín Torres García[20]
F 22 July 1910 10 October 2021 American camera technician and animation checker[21]
F 5 September 1908 22 November 2019 Italian composer, painter and teacher[22] [23]
M 29 December 1912 14 January 2024 Spanish painter[24]
M 14 October 1895 29 October 2006 Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[25]
M 13 January 1906 14 January 2017 Chinese economist, banker, linguist, sinologist, Esperantist, publisher and "father of Pinyin"[26]
M 15 January 1897 11 December 2007 Chinese Trappist priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation[27]
M 4 June 1891 9 April 2002 Austrian mathematician and World War I veteran[28]
M 23 August 1906 19 June 2017 Hungarian-Canadian chess master[29]
Anita MackeyF 1 January 1914 Living American social worker[30]
Huang MulanF 9 July 1906 7 February 2017 Chinese spy[31]
F 13 November 1879 12 June 1990 American educator; Smith College dean[32]
F 15 March 1902 10 October 2012 Italian essayist and poet[33]
M 11 January 1914 3 June 2024 American blogger, writer, and artist; oldest known active blogger in the world[34]
M 12 February 1889 26 June 1999 Cambodian-born Theravada monk and educator[35]
Zhang LixiongM 21 November 1913 2 April 2024 Chinese military officer and politician[36]
F 18 September 1907 6 January 2018 Hungarian teacher and artist; humanitarian for Righteous Among the Nations[37]
Viola Fletcher F 10 May 1914 Living American woman and longest-lived known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre[38]
Anne Baker F 14 May 1914 Living British writer and fundraiser[39]
F 26 November 1903 23 February 2014 Austro-Hungarian-born classic pianist, music teacher and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[40]
M 6 May 1900 29 July 2010 Chinese nutritionist and biochemist[41]
Muazzez İlmiye Çığ F 20 June 1914 Living Turkish archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist and writer[42]
Edith Renfrow Smith F 14 July 1914 Living American who was the first African-American woman to graduate from Grinnell College[43]
F 30 October 1911 3 December 2021 British cricketer and spy[44] [45]
M 13 April 1913 9 May 2023 Chinese-American avaiator and businessman; China National Aviation Corporation pilot[46]
M 11 March 1898 2 April 2008 Last surviving Turkish veteran of World War I[47]

See also

For people known just for their longevity,

Notes and References

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  2. News: Virginia McLaurin, DC's famous dancing centenarian, dies at 113. wtopnews.com. 15 November 2022. 15 November 2022.
  3. Web site: Ex primera dama doña Marita Camacho Quirós cumple 110 años de vida. 2021-03-20. 11 March 2021 . es-LA.
  4. http://www.herworldplus.com/lifestyle/women-now/lifestyle-women-now-singapore’s-‘mother-teresa’-dies-aged-113-years-old ‘Mother Teresa’ dies aged 113 years old
  5. Web site: Cygan: Citizens should voice resolutions for our new government. Sudbury Town Crier. January 16, 2009. November 30, 2019.
  6. Web site: Ruth Apilado, the oldest living Chicagoan, remains a beacon of hope at age 113. Chicago Sun-Times. June 3, 2021. June 6, 2021.
  7. Web site: 收到总书记的回信后,这位110岁的新四军老战士写下一行字 . 15 January 2024. Sohu. 1 November 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210605170723/https://www.sohu.com/a/451523642_260616 . 2021-06-05 . zh.
  8. https://www.nytimes.com/1988/11/26/obituaries/alphaeus-cole-a-portraitist-112.html Alphaeus Cole, a Portraitist, 112
  9. Web site: 2022-01-05. Nation's oldest living WWII veteran, Lawrence Brooks, dies at the age of 112. 2024-06-26. Fox32 Chicago. Associated Press.
  10. Web site: Stanisław Kowalski nie żyje. Najstarszy mężczyzna w Polsce za kilka dni skończyłby 112 lat . wroclaw.se.pl . 6 April 2022.
  11. News: Theresa Bernstein at 111; realist painter, author. https://web.archive.org/web/20140808044212/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P2-7695468.html. dead. 8 August 2014. Bailey. Michael. 1 February 2002. The Boston Globe. 9 April 2013.
  12. Web site: Biography of Centenarian Katherine Plunket. trivia-library.com. 2019-12-30.
  13. News: Bhuvaneshwari. S.. Siddaganga Mutt head Shivakumara Swamy passes away. 2019-01-21. The Hindu. 2020-03-10. en-IN. 0971-751X.
  14. News: Mimi Sheraton. 111-Year-Old's Secret Foie Gras Diet. The Daily Beast. 2016-12-10. 2017-04-27.
  15. Johannsen, Alice E.(1993). The Legendary Jackrabbit Johannsen. McGill-Queens University Press.
  16. News: 3rd oldest person in Calif dies at 111. The Sacramento Bee. 2012-01-06. 2012-01-06. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20120109085917/http://www.sacbee.com/2012/01/05/4167133/3rd-oldest-person-in-calif-dies.html. 2012-01-09.
  17. Web site: 110岁酒界泰斗秦含章:他用超过百年的精气神,仍然影响现在每一个中国酒业人. kuaibao.qq.com. 2018-03-06. 2018-06-20. Chinese.
  18. http://edition.cnn.com/2015/08/18/politics/veteran-dies-month-after-meeting-obama/index.html Oldest known U.S. veteran Emma Didlake dies
  19. http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Oldest-Man-in-the-World-Dies-at-111-262316451.html Oldest Man in the World Dies in New York at 111
  20. News: Manolita Piña, viuda del pintor Joaquín Torres. El País. 1994-06-13. 2023-04-16. es.
  21. Web site: "It Feels Like a War Zone": Inside the MPTF's Virus Battle . The Hollywood Reporter. Gary Baum. 2020-04-21. 2020-05-14.
  22. Web site: Auguri a domicilio per i 108 anni di Cecilia Seghizzi – Cronaca – Il Piccolo. 6 September 2016. Ilpiccolo.gelocal.it. 27 October 2018.
  23. Web site: Morta nella notte Cecilia Seghizzi: Aveva 111 anni. 22 November 2019.
  24. News: Muere a los 111 años el pintor vigués Luis Torras . 15 January 2024 . Faro de Vigo . 15 January 2024.
  25. News: Schwarz. Alan. Silas Simmons, 111, Veteran of Baseball's Negro Leagues, Is Dead. The New York Times. 1 November 2006. 10 December 2007.
  26. Web site: Father of pinyin. China Daily. 26 March 2009. 12 July 2009.
  27. News: zh:隱居大嶼山修道 最長壽的香港人 110歲人瑞逝世. Apple Daily. Hong Kong. zh. Next Media. 2007-12-12. http://www1.hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20071212&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=11866&art_id=10524876. 2010-07-24.
  28. https://www.ams.org/notices/200210/fea-vietoris.pdf "Leopold Vietoris (1891–2002)"
  29. Web site: Canadian Chess – Biographies. web.ncf.ca. 1 August 2017.
  30. News: Anita Mackey, A Former Social Worker, Turns 110. LongeviQuest. 2024-01-09. 2024-01-16.
  31. http://www.womenofchina.cn/womenofchina/html1/people/everyday/1702/1675-1.htm Woman Hailed as 'Encyclopedia of CPC' Passes Away at Age of 110
  32. http://asteria.fivecolleges.edu/findaids/smitharchives/manosca88_bioghist.html Laura Woolsey Lord Scales Papers, 1870-1990
  33. News: Novaga. Michele. Carla Porta Musa, un secolo di scrittura. swissinfo.ch. SRG SSR. 2010-05-17. 2011-09-25. it.
  34. Web site: Morrie Markoff – Gerontology Research Group . 2024-06-11. en.
  35. Bhante Dharmawara. Forest Sangha Newsletter. October 1999. 2008-09-13. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20070927033606/http://www.amaravati.org/fsn/pdf/FSNL_50.pdf. 2007-09-27.
  36. Web site: 今日头条 . 2024-01-15 . www.toutiao.com. zh.
  37. Web site: Molnár. Zoltán. Meghalt Soros Györgyék megmentője. 24.hu. 6 January 2018. 9 January 2018. Hungarian.
  38. Web site: Well wishes poor in for Race Massacre survivor ahead of birthday celebration. Abrams. Ben. Public Radio Tulsa. May 10, 2024. May 10, 2024.
  39. Web site: Wiltshire's oldest woman celebrates 110th birthday. Elkins. Jordan. Salisbury Journal. 14 May 2024. 14 May 2024.
  40. News: Duchen. Jessica. I played Chopin as they sent my family to their deaths. The Jewish Chronicle. 11 March 2010. 4 August 2010.
  41. News: World's oldest professor passes away. xinhuanet.com. 30 July 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100801233712/http://news.xinhuanet.com/edu/2010-07/30/c_12389597.htm. dead. August 1, 2010. 30 July 2010.
  42. Web site: Türkiye'nin ilk kadın sümerloğu 110 yaşinda. Odatv.com. 21 June 2024.
  43. Web site: 'Enjoy just being here' — At almost 110, she's still baking pie, with a little help. Chicago Sun-Times. 9 July 2024. 25 July 2024.
  44. Web site: 'Laughter and living in Norwich' is the secret to reaching 108 years old. Eastern Daily Press. 2019-10-30. 2019-11-18.
  45. https://www.ecb.co.uk/news/2392824/ecb-pays-tribute-to-eileen-ash-the-worlds-oldest-ever-test-cricketer Obituary: Eileen Ash, 1911-2021
  46. Web site: Moon Fun Chin. longeviquest. 2023-04-14. 2023-04-17. English.
  47. http://dersdesders.free.fr/bio_veterans/satar.html yakup satar, ultime vétéran de l'Empire Ottoman, dernier survivant turque de la première guerre mondiale