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]
Eliza Jane Ashley1917-2020103American chef[3]
Ruth Bancroft1908–2017109American landscape and garden designer[4]
Elly Beinhorn1907–2007100German pilot[5]
Blanche Blackwell1912–2017104Jamaican heiress[6]
Werner Braun1918–2018100Israeli photographer[7]
Helen Brockman1902–2008105American fashion designer, author and professor[8]
Sam Burston1915–2015100Australian farmer[9]
Ethel Bush1916–2016100British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[10]
Paco Cano1912–2016103Spanish photojournalist[11]
Cynthia Chalk1913–2018104Canadian photographer[12]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain1909–2012103American pilot[13]
Jim Charlton1911–2013102Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[14]
Otis Clark1903–2012109Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[15]
Marthe Cohn1920–100French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[16]
Lady Ivy Cooke1916–2017100Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[17]
Paulette Coquatrix1916–2018102French costume designer[18]
Glen Dawson1912–2016103American rock climber and environmentalist[19]
Cyril Demarne1905–2007101British military firefighter[20]
Max Desfor1913–2018104American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[21]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni1913–2016102Italian architect and furniture designer[22]
David Douglas Duncan1916–2018102American photojournalist[23]
Mary Ellis1917–2018101British ferry pilot[24]
Albert Facchiano1910–2011101American mobster[25]
John Franzese1917–2020103American mobster[26]
Hans Gericke1912–2014101German architect[27]
Esther Hoffe1906–2007101Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[28]
Huang Mulan1906–2017110Chinese spy[29]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson1909–2012102American pilot and flight instructor[30]
Teresa Jungman1907–2010102English socialite[31]
Ata Kandó1913–2017103Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[32]
Thorleif Karlsen1909–2010100Norwegian police inspector[33]
Constance Kent1844–1944100English criminal whose trial raised issues concerning priest–penitent privilege in the UK[34]
Thérèse Kleindienst1916–2018101French librarian[35]
Florence Knoll1917–2019101American furniture designer[36]
Eleanor Lambert1903–2003100American fashion pioneer[37]
Arthur Lessac1909–2011101American voice trainer[38]
Doris Lockness1910–2017106American aviation pioneer[39]
Tom Maguire1892–1993101Irish Republican Army activist, commander and politician[40]
Elizabeth Holloway Marston1893–1993100British-born American attorney and psychologist. Credited as the inspiration for the comic book heroine Wonder Woman.[41]
Karre Mastanamma1911–2018107Indian internet chef[42]
Roberta McCain1912–2020108American socialite and heiress[43]
Elizabeth Peet McIntosh1915–2015100American spy[44]
Mikhail Mukasei1907–2008101Russian spy[45]
Eric P. Newman1911–2017106American numismatist[46]
Maria Pasquinelli1913–2013100Italian assassin[47]
Brunhilde Pomsel1911–2017106German secretary and broadcaster[48]
Stephanie Rader1915–2016100American intelligence agent[49]
Jens Risom1916–2016100Danish-born American furniture designer[50]
Edward Rondthaler1905–2009104American typographer[51]
Dorothy Rungeling1911–2018106Canadian pilot[52]
Ed Russenholt1890–1991100Canadian weatherman[53]
Zoltan Sarosy1906–2017110Hungarian-Canadian chess master[54]
Joseph W. Schmitt1916–2017101American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[55]
Aron Schvartzman1908–2013104Argentine chess master[56]
Go Seigen1914–2014100Chinese-Japanese Go player[57]
Babs Simpson1913–2019105American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[58]
Mollie Sneden1709–1810101American ferry operator[59]
Morton Sobell1917–2018101American spy[60]
Jiro Tanaka1917–104Japanese aircraft and automotive engineer[61]
Tchan Fou-li1916–2018102Hong Kong photographer[62]
Terentia98 BC–6 AD103Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[63]
Len Vale-Onslow1900–2004103British motorcycle builder[64]
Wang Da-hong1917–2018100Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[65]
Joseph Weil1875–1976100American confidence man[66]
Black Mike Winage1870–1977107One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[67]
Michael Wright1912–2018105Hong Kong architect[68]

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