List of centenarians (miscellaneous)

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
John Adams	1745–1849	104	American shoemaker, veteran of the American Revolution, and centenarian, who may be the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive although several other contenders are known (including Conrad Heyer, see below).[1]
Edward Allcard	1914–2017	102	English marine surveyor[2]
Loretta Alvarez	1892/1894–1996	102/104	Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife[3][4]
Carl Aschan	1906–2008	102	British spy[5]
Eliza Jane Ashley	1917–2020	103	American chef[6]
Ruth Bancroft	1908–2017	109	American landscape and garden designer[7]
Elly Beinhorn	1907–2007	100	German pilot[8]
Blanche Blackwell	1912–2017	104	Jamaican heiress[9]
Werner Braun	1918–2018	100	Israeli photographer[10]
Helen Brockman	1902–2008	105	American fashion designer, author and professor[11]
Sam Burston	1915–2015	100	Australian farmer[12]
Ethel Bush	1916–2016	100	British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[13]
Paco Cano	1912–2016	103	Spanish photojournalist[14]
Cynthia Chalk	1913–2018	104	Canadian photographer[15]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain	1909–2012	103	American pilot[16]
Jim Charlton	1911–2013	102	Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[17]
Otis Clark	1903–2012	109	Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[18]
Molly Clutton-Brock	1912–2013	101	British therapist and youth worker[19]
Marthe Cohn	1920–2025	105	French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[20]
Lady Ivy Cooke	1916–2017	100	Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[21]
Paulette Coquatrix	1916–2018	102	French costume designer[22]
Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda	1920–2021	101	Italian gardener and conservationist[23]
Glen Dawson	1912–2016	103	American rock climber and environmentalist[24]
Cyril Demarne	1905–2007	101	British military firefighter[25]
Max Desfor	1913–2018	104	American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[26]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni	1913–2016	102	Italian architect and furniture designer[27]
David Douglas Duncan	1916–2018	102	American photojournalist[28]
Guy Eby	1918–2021	102	American airline captain[29]
Mary Ellis	1917–2018	101	British ferry pilot[30]
Albert Facchiano	1910–2011	101	American mobster[31]
John Franzese	1917–2020	103	American mobster[32]
Hans Gericke	1912–2014	101	German architect[33]
Ann Hutchinson Guest	1918–2022	103	American-British dance notator[34]
Conrad Heyer	1749/1753–1856	102 or 106	American farmer, veteran of the American Revolutionary War, and centenarian who is often credited as being the earliest-born person to have been photographed alive although several other contenders are known (including John Adams, see above).[35]
Esther Hoffe	1906–2007	101	Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[36]
Huang Mulan	1906–2017	110	Chinese spy[37]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson	1909–2012	102	American pilot and flight instructor[38]
Teresa Jungman	1907–2010	102	English socialite[39]
Ata Kandó	1913–2017	103	Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[40]
Thorleif Karlsen	1909–2010	100	Norwegian police inspector[41]
Constance Kent	1844–1944	100	English criminal[42]
Edith Kent	1908–2012	103	First British woman to be given equal pay[43]
Thérèse Kleindienst	1916–2018	101	French librarian[44]
Florence Knoll	1917–2019	101	American furniture designer[45]
Eleanor Lambert	1903–2003	100	American fashion pioneer[46]
Phyllis Latour	1921–2023	102	South African-born British spy and Legion of Honour recipient[47]
Arthur Lessac	1909–2011	101	American voice trainer[48]
Doris Lockness	1910–2017	106	American aviation pioneer[49]
Victor A. Lundy	1923–2024	101	American modernist architect[50]
Tom Maguire	1892–1993	101	Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[51]
Sir Denis Mahon	1910–2011	100	British art collector and historian[52]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston	1893–1993	100	British-born American attorney and psychologist.[53]
Karre Mastanamma	1911–2018	107	Indian internet chef[54]
Roberta McCain	1912–2020	108	American socialite, heiress, and mother of John McCain[55]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh	1915–2015	100	American spy[56]
Captain Sir Tom Moore	1920–2021	100	English army officer and COVID-19 fundraiser[57]
Mikhail Mukasei	1907–2008	101	Russian spy[58]
Eric P. Newman	1911–2017	106	American numismatist[59]
Oei Hui-lan	1889–1992	103	Indonesian socialite, style icon, and second wife of Wellington Koo
Maria Pasquinelli	1913–2013	100	Italian assassin[60]
John Penton	1925–2025	100	American professional motorcycle racer and businessman[61]
Brunhilde Pomsel	1911–2017	106	German secretary and broadcaster[62]
Stephanie Rader	1915–2016	100	American intelligence agent[63]
Zus Ratulangi	1922–2025	102	Indonesian. Latest surviving member of Central Indonesian National Committee. Daughter of Sam Ratulangi[64]
Jens Risom	1916–2016	100	Danish-born American furniture designer[65]
Edward Rondthaler	1905–2009	104	American typographer[66]
Dorothy Rungeling	1911–2018	106	Canadian pilot[67]
Ed Russenholt	1890–1991	100	Canadian weatherman[68]
Joseph W. Schmitt	1916–2017	101	American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[69]
Go Seigen	1914–2014	100	Chinese-Japanese Go player[70]
Bernice Silver	1913–2020	106	American puppeteer[71]
Babs Simpson	1913–2019	105	American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[72]
Mollie Sneden	1709–1810	101	American ferry operator[73]
Morton Sobell	1917–2018	101	American spy[74]
Paula Stafford	1920–2022	102	Australian fashion designer[75]
Tchan Fou-li	1916–2018	102	Hong Kong photographer[76]
Terentia	98 BC–6 AD	103	Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[77]
Len Vale-Onslow	1900–2004	103	British motorcycle builder[78]
Wang Da-hong	1917–2018	100	Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[79]
W. P. Watkins	1893–1995	101	English co-operator and writer[80]
Joseph Weil	1875–1976	100	American confidence man[81]
Black Mike Winage	1870–1977	107	One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[82]
Michael Wright	1912–2018	105	Hong Kong architect[83]