List of centenarians (explorers)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as explorers – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Riccardo Cassin	1909–2009	100	Italian mountaineer[1]
Marvin Creamer	1916–2020	104	American sailor[2]
Hulda Crooks	1896–1997	101	American mountaineer[3]
Alexandra David-Néel	1868–1969	100	French explorer, anarchist, spiritualist, Buddhist and writer[4]
Ardito Desio	1897–2001	104	Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist and cartographer[5]
Alf Howard	1906–2010	104	Australian explorer, scientist and educator[6]
Helge Ingstad	1899–2001	101	Norwegian explorer[7]
Jean Malaurie	1922–2024	101	French explorer and anthropologist[8]
Dame Freya Stark	1893–1993	100	British explorer and travel writer[9]
Norman D. Vaughan	1905–2005	100	American Arctic explorer[10]
Jean-Frédéric Waldeck	c. 1766–1875	109?	French explorer[11]
Miroslav Zikmund	1919–2021	101	Czech explorer and travel writer[12]