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List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)

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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as military commanders or soldiers – known for reasons other than their longevity. Living people are listed bolded. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

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Name Lifespan Age Reason for Notability
Yavar Abbas1920–105British Indian Army captain[1]
Benjamin H. Adams1888–1989100American admiral[2]
Hassan Alavikia1910–2013102Iranian Army general[3]
Mariano Álvarez1818–1924106Filipino general and President of the Magdiwang[4]
Bud Anderson1922–2024102American Air Force officer and World War II flying ace[5]
Kurt Andersen1898–2003104German Luftwaffe general[6]
Walter Stratton Anderson1881–1981100American vice admiral of the Navy[7]
Stuart Archer1915–2015100British Army officer; recipient of the George Cross[8]
Millie Bailey1918–2022104American World War II veteran[9][10]
Aaron Bank1902–2004101American army officer; founder of the Special Forces[11]
Russell Bannock1919–2020100Canadian fighter pilot[12]
Bill Bell1912–2012100British army officer[13]
Mikhail Beregovoy1918–2021103Soviet Air Defence Forces officer[14]
Kakon Bibi1915–2018102/103Bangladeshi spy[15]
Sir Clarence Bird1885–1986101British general[16]
Mustafa Şekip Birgöl1903–2008105Turkish military officer and last veteran of the Turkish War of Independence[17]
William Henry Bisbee1840–1942102American general[18]
Stephen J. Bonner Jr.1918–2021103American World War II flying ace[19]
Aleksey Botyan1917–2020103Soviet colonel, spy, partisan and intelligence officer[20]
Aubrey J. Bourgeois1907–2011103American Navy officer[21]
Hugo Broch1922–2026104German World War II flying ace[22]
Lady Martha Bruce1921–2023101British prison governor, Women's Royal Army Corps officer, and aristocrat[23]
Colette Brull-Ulmann1920–2021101French Resistance fighter[24]
Robert Cardenas1920–2022102American Air Force general[25]
Waldemar Levy Cardoso1900–2009108Last surviving Brazilian field marshal[26]
Robert Carter1910–2012102British Royal Air Force officer[27]
Dean Caswell1922–2022100American World War II flying ace[28]
Kenneth O. Chilstrom1921–2022101American air force colonel and test pilot[29]
Sir Philip Christison1893–1993100British general[30]
Ilie Ciocan1913–2026112Romanian World War II veteran[31]
Richard E. Cole1915–2019103American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid[32]
Lewis Combs1895–1996101American Navy admiral[33]
Daniel Cordier1920–2020100French Resistance fighter (Compagnon de la Libération)[34]
Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford1917–2017100British Royal Navy officer and submariner[35]
Susan Ahn Cuddy1915–2015100American Navy officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy[36]
Donald L. Custis1917–2021103American Navy vice admiral[37]
Aaron Daggett1837–1938100Union Army general of the American Civil War[38]
Perry J. Dahl1923–2024101Canadian-born American Air Force officer and World War II flying ace[39]
Philippe de Gaulle1921–2024102French Navy admiral[40]
Udey Chand Dubey1909–2009100Indian Army general[41]
Dai Zijin1916–2017101Chinese Air Force major[42]
Emma Didlake1904–2015111American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[43]
James W. Downing1913–2018104American Navy lieutenant[44]
Leo J. Dulacki1918–2019100American Marine Corps lieutenant general[45]
James Francis Edwards1921–2022100Canadian fighter pilot[46]
William J. Ely1911–2017105American Army officer[47]
William A. Enemark1913–2016102American Army officer[48]
Henry St John Fancourt1900–2004103British Royal Navy officer[49]
Fang Huai1917–2019101Chinese Army major general[50]
Hubert Faure1914–2021106French soldier, Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour recipient[51][52][53]
Edward L. Feightner1919–2020100American admiral[54]
John William Finn1909–2010100American Navy officer; Medal of Honor recipient[55]
Mario Fiorentini1918–2022103Italian partisan, spy and mathematician[56]
James Flint1913–2013100British Royal Air Force officer and businessman[57]
James Clayton Flowers1915–110American Tuskegee Airman[58]
Dorothy Frooks1896–1997101American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyer[59]
Robert B. Fulton1910–2015104American Navy officer[21]
John F. Gonge1921–104American Air Force officer[60]
Edward Greer1924–2025100American army officer[61]
Harry E. Goldsworthy1914–2022107American Air Force officer[62]
Amedeo Guillet1909–2010101Italian Army officer[63]
Gail Halvorsen1920–2022101American Berlin Airlift pilot[64]
Julia E. Hamblet1916–2017100American military officer[65]
Monique Hanotte1920–2022101Belgian World War II resistance fighter[66]
Reinhard Hardegen1913–2018105German U-boat commander[67]
James H. Harvey1923–103American Air Force pilot[68]
Sir Cosmo Haskard1916–2017100British Army officer[69]
Bernice Falk Haydu1920–2021100American aviator and member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots[70]
Charles D. Herron1877–1977100American Army general[71]
Sir George Higginson1826–1927100British general[72]
Dame Felicity Hill1915–2019103British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966–69)[73]
John L. Hines1868–1968100American general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army[74]
Mad Mike Hoare1919–2020100Irish soldier and mercenary[75]
Henry Clay Hodges1860–1963103American Army major general [76]
Hsu Li-nung1919–2025106Taiwanese military officer, politician and unification activist[77]
James D. Hughes1922–2024101American Air Force general[78]
Frederick Augustus Irving1894–1995101American Army general and West Point Military Academy Superintendent[79]
Albin F. Irzyk1917–2018101American brigadier general[80]
Georgy Vasilyevich Ivanov1901–2001100Soviet Army major general[81]
Richard H. Jackson1866–1971105American Navy admiral[82]
Wacław Jędrzejewicz1893–1993100Polish Land Forces officer, diplomat and college professor[83]
Johnny Johnson1921–2022101British Royal Air Force officer and last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943[84]
Ernst Jünger1895–1998102German Army officer and notable author[85]
Ed Keats1915–2019104American Navy officer[86][87]
Orris E. Kelly1926–2026100American army officer, chief of chaplains (1975–1979)[88]
Hedley Kett1913–2014100British Royal Navy officer[89]
Dame Marion Kettlewell1914–2016102British Naval officer; director of the Wrens (1966–1970)[90]
Bill King1910–2012102British Navy officer, yachtsman and author[91]
Nikolai Kirtok1920–2022101Ukrainian-born Russian Red Army pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)[92]
Norman Kleiss1916–2016100American World War II Navy dive-bomber pilot[93]
Roy L. Kline1914–2020105American Marine brigadier general, served as Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
Franciszek Kornicki1916–2017100Polish fighter pilot[94][95]
Hermann von Kuhl1856–1958102German Army general[96]
Reidar Kvaal1916–2016100Norwegian Army officer[97]
Traute Lafrenz1919–2023103German-American resistance fighter (White Rose)[98]
Dean S. Laird1921–2022101American World War II flying ace[99]
Geoffrey Langlands1917–2019101British Army officer; educator[100]
Phyllis Latour1921–2023102South African-born New Zealand intelligence officer (SOE)[101]
Li Guang1914–2020106Chinese Army major general[102]
Liu Zhonghua1917–2018101Chinese Navy admiral[103]
Georges Loinger1910–2018108French soldier during World War II[104]
Lü Zhengcao1905–2009104Chinese Army general[105]
Ian Lyall Grant1915–2020104British Army general[106]
Stanisław Maczek1892–1994102Polish Army general[107]
Branko Mamula1921–2021100Yugoslav army officer and politician[108]
John Manners1914–2020105British Royal Navy officer and first-class cricketer[109]
Leroy J. Manor1921–2021100American American Air Force lieutenant general, joint commander of Operation Ivory Coast[110]
Ivan Martynushkin1924–102Soviet Army soldier, Auschwitz concentration camp liberator[111]
Miloslav Masopust1924–2026101Czechoslovak Army general[112]
Roy Matsumoto1913–2014101American Army officer[113]
Kenneth Mayhew1917–2021104British Army officer; recipient of the Military Order of William[114]
William V. McBride1922–2022100American Air Force general[115]
Charles McGee1919–2022102American fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman[116]
Seth J. McKee1916–2016100American Air Force general[117]
Donald M. McPherson1922–2025103American World War II flying ace[118]
James Megellas1917–2020103American Army officer[119]
John H. Miller1925–2025100American Marine Corps lieutenant general[120]
Sanford K. Moats1921–2023102American Air Force officer and WWII flying ace[121]
Masaichi Niimi1887–1993106Japanese Navy admiral[122]
Paul R. Norby1913–2015102American Navy officer[123]
Louis M. Nuttman1874–1978104American brigadier general[124]
Francis W. Nye1918–2019100American Air Force major general[125]
Sir Henry Oliver1865–1965100British Admiral of the Fleet[126]
Kate Orchard1923–2025102Veteran of the Women's Auxiliary Corps in India[127]
Phon Paradraksa1923–2026103Thai general and police officer.[128]
Stylianos Pattakos1912–2016103Greek military officer and politician, member of the Greek junta[129]
Frederick R. Payne Jr.1911–2015104American Marine Corps officer[21][130][131]
Thomas Pearson1914–2019105British Army general[131]
Raymond E. Peet1921–2021100American Navy vice admiral [132]
Paul D. Phillips1918–2023105American army general[133][134]
Erich Priebke1913–2013100German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[135]
Yitzhak Pundak1913–2017104Israeli general[136]
John C. Raaen Jr.1922–104American major general[137][138][139]
Mary Louise Rasmuson1911–2012101American army officer; director, Women's Army Corps[140]
Vasily Reshetnikov1919–2023103Soviet colonel-general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union[141]
David C. Richardson1914–2015101American Navy officer[142]
Guillermo Rodríguez1923–102Ecuadorian general and politician, acting president (1972–1976)[143]
Richard Rohmer1924–102Royal Canadian Air Force reconnaissance pilot, D-Day, Battles of Normandy, Belgium and the Netherlands[144]
Edward Rowny1917–2017100American Army officer[145]
Paul Royle1914–2015101Australian Royal Air Force pilot[146]
Heinrich Ruhl1915–2015100German Army officer[147]
Mary Rundle1907–2010103English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[148]
Du Runsheng1913–2015102Chinese military officer and agricultural reformer[149]
Mike Sadler1920–2023103British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air Service[150]
Miguel Ángel Sanz Bocos1918–2018100Spanish Army officer and aviator[151]
Helmuth Schlömer1893–1995102German Army general[152]
William Seach1877–1978101American Medal of Honor recipient from the Boxer Rebellion[153]
DeWitt Searles1920–2021100American Air Force major general[154]
Dave Severance1919–2021102American Marine Corps colonel, who led the company responsible for raising the flag on Iwo Jima[155]
Dawn Seymour1917–2017100American Women Airforce Service Pilot and activist[156]
Surindra Nath Sharma1923–102Indian Army general[157]
Charles Norman Shay1924–2025101American World War II veteran[158]
John K. Singlaub1921–2022100American general[159]
Ralph C. Smith1893–1998104American major general[160]
William W. Snavely1920–2020100American Air Force lieutenant general [161]
Sergei Sokolov1911–2012101Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[162]
Deryck Stapleton1918–2018100British Royal Air Force Air Marshal[163]
Guy Stern1922–2023101German-American decorated member of the Ritchie Boys[164][165]
Herbert I. Stern1918–107American Army field artillerist and last surviving pre-war graduate of the United States Military Academy[166]
Dorothy C. Stratton1899–2006107American SPARS director[167]
Elliott B. Strauss1903–2003100American Navy rear admiral[citation needed]
Sun Yuanliang1904–2007103Chinese National Revolutionary Army general[168]
Teiichi Suzuki1888–1989100Japanese lieutenant general[169]
Josef Schütz1920–2023102Lithuanian-born German Nazi concentration camp guard[170]
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski1917–2018101Polish brigadier general[171]
Arsène Tchakarian1916–2018101Armenian-born French resistance fighter (FTP-MOI) and historian[172]
Robert E. Thacker1918–2020102American test pilot and bomber pilot of three wars[173]
Radu Theodoru1924–2025101Romanian general[174]
Connell Thode1911–2014103New Zealand Naval officer[175]
Andrey Titenko1918–2022103Soviet soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)[176]
Dan Tolkowsky1921–2025104Israeli Air Force officer[177]
James L. Underhill1891–1991100American Marine Corps lieutenant general [178]
Necdet Üruğ1921–2021100Turkish military officer and 19th Chief of the Turkish General Staff[179]
Ivan Ustinov1920–2020100Soviet lieutenant general[180]
James Van Fleet1892–1992100American Army general[181]
Neil D. Van Sickle1915–2019104American Air Force general[182]
Ronald R. Van Stockum1916–2022105American Marine brigadier general, who commanded Marine Corps Reserve[183]
Telmo Vargas1912–2013100Ecuadorian general (Chief of Staff)[184]
Zisis Verros1880–1985104Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle; recipient of the Black Emblem of the Macedonian Struggle[185]
Eugene Vielle1913–2015101British Royal Air Force officer[186]
Võ Nguyên Giáp1911–2013102Vietnamese general and Minister of Defence[187]
Herbert Wahler1921–2023101German Einsatzgruppe C member.[188]
Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet1916–2017101British Army officer[189]
Sir Provo Wallis1791–1892100British Admiral of the Fleet[190]
Wan Haifeng1920–2023102Chinese general[191]
Ralph Weymouth1917–2020102American Vice Admiral[192]
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram1915–2017101British Army Major[193]
D. B. H. Wildish1914–2017102British Royal Navy officer[194]
Gus Winckel1912–2013100Dutch military officer and pilot[195]
Soerjo Wirjohadipoetro [id]1917–2022105Indonesian lieutenant general[196]
Xiao Ke1907–2008101Chinese general[197]
Xue Yue1896–1998101Chinese general[198]
Yang Yongsong1919–2022103Chinese military officer[199]
Dov Yermiya1914–2016101Israeli lieutenant-colonel in the Israel Defense Forces[200]
Zhang Xueliang1901–2001100Chinese general[201]
Zhang Zhen1914–2015100Chinese general[202]
Nikolai Zhugan1917–2017100Soviet Air Force major general[203]
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