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The following is a list of centenarians known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Edward Allcard 1914–2017 102 English marine surveyor[1]
Loretta Alvarez 1892–1996 103/104 Mexican-American Pascua Yaqui midwife[2][3]
Carl Aschan 1906–2008 102 British spy[4]
Eliza Jane Ashley 1917–2020 103 American chef[5]
Ruth Bancroft 1908–2017 109 American landscape and garden designer[6]
Elly Beinhorn 1907–2007 100 German pilot[7]
Blanche Blackwell 1912–2017 104 Jamaican heiress[8]
Werner Braun 1918–2018 100 Israeli photographer[9]
Helen Brockman 1902–2008 105 American fashion designer, author and professor[10]
Sam Burston 1915–2015 100 Australian farmer[11]
Ethel Bush 1916–2016 100 British police officer, recipient of the George Medal[12]
Paco Cano 1912–2016 103 Spanish photojournalist[13]
Cynthia Chalk 1913–2018 104 Canadian photographer[14]
Pearl Laska Chamberlain 1909–2012 103 American pilot[15]
Jim Charlton 1911–2013 102 Canadian coin dealer and numismatic publisher[16]
Otis Clark 1903–2012 109 Hollywood butler and survivor of the Tulsa race riot[17]
Molly Clutton-Brock 1912–2013 101 British therapist and youth worker[18]
Marthe Cohn 1920– 104 French author, spy and Holocaust survivor[19]
Lady Ivy Cooke 1916–2017 100 Wife of the Governor-General of Jamaica[20]
Paulette Coquatrix 1916–2018 102 French costume designer[21]
Desideria Pasolini Dall'Onda 1920–2021 101 Italian gardener and conservationist[22]
Glen Dawson 1912–2016 103 American rock climber and environmentalist[23]
Cyril Demarne 1905–2007 101 British military firefighter[24]
Max Desfor 1913–2018 104 American Pulitzer Prize-winning photographer[25]
Luigi Caccia Dominioni 1913–2016 102 Italian architect and furniture designer[26]
David Douglas Duncan 1916–2018 102 American photojournalist[27]
Guy Eby 1918–2021 102 American airline captain[28][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]
Esther Hoffe 1906–2007 101 Czech-Israeli secretary and alleged mistress of Max Brod[35]
Huang Mulan 1906–2017 110 Chinese spy[36]
Evelyn Bryan Johnson 1909–2012 102 American pilot and flight instructor[37]
Teresa Jungman 1907–2010 102 English socialite[38]
Ata Kandó 1913–2017 103 Hungarian-born Dutch photographer[39]
Thorleif Karlsen 1909–2010 100 Norwegian police inspector[40]
Constance Kent 1844–1944 100 English criminal[41]
Edith Kent 1908–2012 103 First British woman to be given equal pay[42][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[60]
Maria Pasquinelli 1913–2013 100 Italian assassin[61]
Brunhilde Pomsel 1911–2017 106 German secretary and broadcaster[62]
Stephanie Rader 1915–2016 100 American intelligence agent[63]
Jens Risom 1916–2016 100 Danish-born American furniture designer[64]
Edward Rondthaler 1905–2009 104 American typographer[65]
Dorothy Rungeling 1911–2018 106 Canadian pilot[66]
Ed Russenholt 1890–1991 100 Canadian weatherman[67]
Joseph W. Schmitt 1916–2017 101 American aircraft mechanic and spacesuit technician[68]
Go Seigen 1914–2014 100 Chinese-Japanese Go player[69]
Babs Simpson 1913–2019 105 American fashion editor who worked at Vogue[70]
Mollie Sneden 1709–1810 101 American ferry operator[71]
Morton Sobell 1917–2018 101 American spy[72]
Paula Stafford 1920–2022 102 Australian fashion designer[73]
Tchan Fou-li 1916–2018 102 Hong Kong photographer[74]
Terentia 98 BC–6 AD 103 Ancient Rome: wife of Cicero[75]
Len Vale-Onslow 1900–2004 103 British motorcycle builder[76]
Wang Da-hong 1917–2018 100 Chinese-born Taiwanese architect[77]
W. P. Watkins 1893–1995 101 English co-operator and writer[78]
Joseph Weil 1875–1976 100 American confidence man[79]
Black Mike Winage 1870–1977 107 One of the original settlers in the Yukon during the Klondike Gold Rush[80]
Michael Wright 1912–2018 105 Hong Kong architect[81]

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