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
Edward Allcard1914–2017102English marine surveyor[1]
Carl Aschan1906–2008102British spy[2]
Ruth Bancroft1908–2017109American landscape and garden designer[3]
Elly Beinhorn1907–2007100German pilot[4]
Edward Bernays1891–1995103Austrian-born American publicist[5]
Helen Brockman1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor[6]
Sam Burston1915–2015100Australian farmer[7]
Ethel Bush1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[8]
Paco Cano1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist[9]
Cynthia Chalk1913–2018104Canadian photographer[10]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain1909–2012103American pilot[11]
Jim Charlton1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[12]
Otis Clark1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[13]
Ivy Cooke1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[14]
Paulette Coquatrix1916–2018102French costume designer[15]
Glen Dawson1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist[16]
Cyril Demarne1905–2007101British military firefighter[17]
Max Desfor1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[18]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer[19]
David Douglas Duncan1916–2018102American photojournalist[20]
Albert Facchiano1910–2011101American mobster[21]
Hans Gericke1912–2014101German architect[22]
Esther Hoffe1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[23]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor[24]
Ralph S. Johnson1906–2010103American aviation pioneer and politician[25]
Teresa Jungman1907–2010102English socialite[26]
Ata Kandó1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[27]
Thorleif Karlsen1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector[28]
Constance Kent1844–1944100English criminal whose trial raised issues concerning priest-penitent privilege in the UK[29]
Florence Knoll1917–101American furniture designer[30]
Eleanor Lambert1903–2003100American fashion pioneer[31]
Arthur Lessac1909–2011101American voice trainer[32]
Doris Lockness1910–2017106American aviation pioneer[33]
Tom Maguire1892–1993101Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[34]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston1893–1993100British-born American attorney and psychologist. Credited as the inspiration for the comic book heroine Wonder Woman.[35]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh1915–2015100American spy[36]
John Godfrey Morris1916–2017100American author, photojournalist and picture editor
Mikhail Mukasei1907–2008101Russian spy[37]
Eric P. Newman1911–2017107American numismatist[38]
Maria Pasquinelli1913–2013100Italian assassin[39]
Brunhilde Pomsel1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster[40]
Stephanie Rader1915–2016100American intelligence agent[41]
Jens Risom1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer[42]
Edward Rondthaler1905–2009104American typographer[43]
Ed Russenholt1890–1991100Canadian weatherman[44]
Zoltan Sarosy1906–2017110Hungarian-Canadian chess master[45]
Joseph W. Schmitt1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[46]
Aron Schvartzman1908–2013104Argentine chess master[47]
Go Seigen1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player[48]
Mollie Sneden1709–1810101American ferry operator[49]
Terentia98 BC–4 AD103Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[50]
Len Vale-Onslow1900–2004103British motorcycle builder[51]
Wang Da-hong1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[52]
Joseph Weil1875–1976100American confidence man[53]
Black Mike Winage1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[54]

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