List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)

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 and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Susan Ahn Cuddy1915–2015100American Navy Officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy[1]
Hassan Alavikia1910–2013102Iranian Army General[2]
Mariano Álvarez1818–1924106Filipino General and President of the Magdiwang[3]
Kurt Andersen1898–2003104German Luftwaffe General[4]
Walter Stratton Anderson1881–1981100American Vice Admiral of the Navy[5]
Stuart Archer1915–2015100British Army Officer; recipient of the George Cross[6]
Aaron Bank1902–2004101American Army Officer; founder of the Special Forces
Bill Bell1912–2012100British Army Officer[7]
Bir Protik Noorjahan Kakon Bibi1915–2018102/103Bangladeshi spy and freedom fighter.[8]
Sir Clarence Bird1885–1986101British Army General [9]
Aubrey J. Bourgeois1907–2011103American Navy Officer[10]
Waldemar Levy Cardoso1900–2009108Last surviving Brazilian Field Marshal[11]
Robert Carter1910–2012102British Royal Air Force Officer[12]
Sir Philip Christison1893–1993100British Army General
Lewis Combs1895–1996101American Navy Admiral; known as "the uncle of the Seabees"
Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford1917–2017100British Royal Navy officer and submariner[13]
Aaron S. Daggett1837–1938100Last surviving Union Army General of the American Civil War
Dai Zijin1916–2017101Chinese Air Force Major[14]
Emma Didlake1904–2015110United States soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[15]
William J. Ely1911–2017105American Army Officer[16]
William A. Enemark1913–2016102American Army Officer[17]
Henry St John Fancourt1900–2004103British Royal Navy Officer
John William Finn1909–2010100American Navy Officer[18]
James Flint1913–2013100British Royal Air Force Officer and businessman[19]
Dorothy Frooks1896–1997101American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyer[20]
Robert B. Fulton1910–2015104American Navy Officer[10]
Harry E. Goldsworthy1914–104American Air Force Officer[21]
Amedeo Guillet1909–2010101Italian Army Officer[22]
Julia E. Hamblet1916–2017100American military officer; Director of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve (1946–48) and Director of Women Marines (1953–59)[23]
Reinhard Hardegen1913–2018105German U-boat commander[24]
Sir Cosmo Haskard1916–2017100British Army Officer
Charles D. Herron1877–1977100American Army Lieutenant-General[25]
Sir George Higginson1826–1927100British Army General
Air Commodore Dame Felicity Hill1915–102British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966–69)[26]
John L. Hines1868–1968100American General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army [27]
Frederick Augustus Irving1894–1995101American Army General and West Point Military Academy Superintendent
Albin F. Irzyk1917–2018101American Brigadier General[28]
Richard H. Jackson1866–1971105American Navy Admiral
Wacław Jędrzejewicz1893–1993100Polish Land Forces Officer; also diplomat and college professor
Ed Keats1915–103American Navy Officer[29]
Hedley Kett1913–2014100British Royal Navy Officer[30]
Dame Marion Kettlewell1914–2016102British Naval Officer; Director of the Wrens (1966–1970)[31]
Bill King1910–2012102British Navy Officer, yachtsman and author[32]
Franciszek Kornicki1916–2017100Polish fighter pilot[33][34]
Hermann von Kuhl1856–1958102German Army General[35]
Reidar Kvaal1916–2016100Norwegian Army Officer[36]
Lu Zhengcao1905–2009104Chinese Army General[37]
Bill Lucas1917–2018101British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[38]
Stanisław Maczek1892–1994102Polish Army General
Roy Matsumoto1913–2014101American Army Officer[39]
Kenneth Mayhew1917–101British Army Officer; recipient of the Military William Order[40]
Seth J. McKee1916–2016100American Air Force Officer[41]
James Megellas1917–101American Army Officer
Masaichi Niimi1887–1993106Japanese Navy Admiral
Paul R. Norby1913–2015102American Navy Officer[42]
Sir Henry Oliver1865–1965100British Admiral of the Fleet
Stylianos Pattakos1912–2016103Greek military officer and politician[43]
Frederick R. Payne Jr.1911–2015104American Marine Corps Officer[10][44]
Erich Priebke1913–2013100German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[45]
Yitzhak Pundak1913–2017105Israeli General (also diplomat and politician)[46]
Mary Louise Rasmuson1911–2012101American Army Officer; director, Women's Army Corps[47]
David C. Richardson1914–2015101American Navy Officer[48]
Paul Royle1914–2015101Australian Royal Air Force pilot[49]
Heinrich Ruhl1915–2015100German Army Officer[50]
Mary Rundle1907–2010103English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[51]
Du Runsheng1913–2015102Chinese military officer and agricultural reformer[52]
Helmuth Schlömer1893–1995102German Army General[53]
Ralph C. Smith1893–1998104American Major-General[54]
Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov1911–2012101Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[55]
Deryck Stapleton1918–2018100British Royal Air Force air marshal[56]
Dorothy C. Stratton1899–2006107American SPARS director
Elliott B. Strauss1903–2003100American Navy Rear Admiral[57]
Sun Yuanliang1904–2007103Chinese National Revolutionary Army General
Teiichi Suzuki1888–1989100Japanese Lieutenant General[58]
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski1917–2018101Polish Brigadier General[59]
Connell Thode1911–2014103New Zealand Naval Officer[60]
James Van Fleet1892–1992100American Army General
Neil D. Van Sickle1915–103American Air Force general[61]
Telmo Vargas1912–2013100Ecuadorian General (Chief of Staff)[62]
Eugene Vielle1913–2015101British Royal Air Force Officer[63]
Vo Nguyen Giap1911–2013102Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence[64]
Sir Provo Wallis1791–1892100British Admiral of the Fleet
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram1915–2017101British Army Major[65]
D. B. H. Wildish1914–2017103British Royal Navy officer[66]
Gus Winckel1912–2013100Dutch military officer and pilot[67]
Xiao Ke1907–2008101Chinese General[68]
Xue Yue1896–1998101Chinese General
Dov Yermiya1914–2016101Israeli lieutenant-colonel in the Israeli Defence Forces[69]
Zhang Xueliang1901–2001100Chinese General
Zhang Zhen1914–2015100Chinese General[70]
Nikolai Zhugan1917–2017100Soviet Air Force Major General[71]

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