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]
Blanche Blackwell1912–2017104Jamaican heiress[5]
Werner Braun1918–2018100Israeli photographer[6]
Helen Brockman1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor[7]
Sam Burston1915–2015100Australian farmer[8]
Ethel Bush1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[9]
Paco Cano1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist[10]
Cynthia Chalk1913–2018104Canadian photographer[11]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain1909–2012103American pilot[12]
Jim Charlton1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[13]
Otis Clark1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[14]
Marthe Cohn1920–100French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[15]
Ivy Cooke1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[16]
Paulette Coquatrix1916–2018102French costume designer[17]
Glen Dawson1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist[18]
Cyril Demarne1905–2007101British military firefighter[19]
Max Desfor1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[20]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer[21]
David Douglas Duncan1916–2018102American photojournalist[22]
Mary Ellis1917–2018101British ferry pilot[23]
Albert Facchiano1910–2011101American mobster[24]
John Franzese1917–2020103American mobster[25]
Hans Gericke1912–2014101German architect[26]
Esther Hoffe1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[27]
Huang Mulan1906–2017110Chinese spy[28]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor[29]
Teresa Jungman1907–2010102English socialite[30]
Ata Kandó1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[31]
Thorleif Karlsen1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector[32]
Constance Kent1844–1944100English criminal whose trial raised issues concerning priest–penitent privilege in the UK[33]
Thérèse Kleindienst1916–2018101French librarian[34]
Florence Knoll1917–2019103American furniture designer[35]
Eleanor Lambert1903–2003100American fashion pioneer[36]
Arthur Lessac1909–2011101American voice trainer[37]
Doris Lockness1910–2017106American aviation pioneer[38]
Tom Maguire1892–1993101Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[39]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston1893–1993100British-born American attorney and psychologist. Credited as the inspiration for the comic book heroine Wonder Woman.[40]
Karre Mastanamma1911–2018107Indian internet chef[41]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh1915–2015100American spy[42]
Mikhail Mukasei1907–2008101Russian spy[43]
Eric P. Newman1911–2017106American numismatist[44]
Maria Pasquinelli1913–2013100Italian assassin[45]
Brunhilde Pomsel1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster[46]
Stephanie Rader1915–2016100American intelligence agent[47]
Jens Risom1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer[48]
Edward Rondthaler1905–2009104American typographer[49]
Dorothy Rungeling1911–2018106Canadian pilot[50]
Ed Russenholt1890–1991100Canadian weatherman[51]
Zoltan Sarosy1906–2017110Hungarian-Canadian chess master[52]
Joseph W. Schmitt1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[53]
Aron Schvartzman1908–2013104Argentine chess master[54]
Go Seigen1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player[55]
Babs Simpson1913–2019105American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[56]
Mollie Sneden1709–1810101American ferry operator[57]
Morton Sobell1917–2018101American spy[58]
Tchan Fou-li1916–2018102Hong Kong photographer[59]
Terentia98 BC–6 AD103Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[60]
Len Vale-Onslow1900–2004103British motorcycle builder[61]
Wang Da-hong1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[62]
Joseph Weil1875–1976100American confidence man[63]
Black Mike Winage1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[64]
Michael Wright1912–2018105Hong Kong architect[65]

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