List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)
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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 |
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Susan Ahn Cuddy | 1915–2015 | 100 | American Navy Officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy[1] |
Hassan Alavikia | 1910–2013 | 102 | Iranian Army General[2] |
Mariano Álvarez | 1818–1924 | 106 | Filipino General and President of the Magdiwang[3] |
Kurt Andersen | 1898–2003 | 104 | German Luftwaffe General[4] |
Walter Stratton Anderson | 1881–1981 | 100 | American Vice Admiral of the Navy[5] |
Stuart Archer | 1915–2015 | 100 | British Army Officer; recipient of the George Cross[6] |
Aaron Bank | 1902–2004 | 101 | American Army Officer; founder of the Special Forces[7] |
Bill Bell | 1912–2012 | 100 | British Army Officer[8] |
Bir Protik Noorjahan Kakon Bibi | 1915–2018 | 102/103 | Bangladeshi spy and freedom fighter.[9] |
Sir Clarence Bird | 1885–1986 | 101 | British Army General [10] |
Aubrey J. Bourgeois | 1907–2011 | 103 | American Navy Officer[11] |
Waldemar Levy Cardoso | 1900–2009 | 108 | Last surviving Brazilian Field Marshal[12] |
Robert Carter | 1910–2012 | 102 | British Royal Air Force Officer[13] |
Sir Philip Christison | 1893–1993 | 100 | British Army General[14] |
Lewis Combs | 1895–1996 | 101 | American Navy Admiral[15] |
Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford | 1917–2017 | 100 | British Royal Navy officer and submariner[16] |
Aaron S. Daggett | 1837–1938 | 100 | Last surviving Union Army General of the American Civil War[17] |
Dai Zijin | 1916–2017 | 101 | Chinese Air Force Major[18] |
Emma Didlake | 1904–2015 | 111 | American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[19] |
James W. Downing | 1913–2018 | 104 | American Navy Lieutenant[20] |
Leo J. Dulacki | 1918–2019 | 100 | American Marine Corps lieutenant general[21] |
William J. Ely | 1911–2017 | 105 | American Army Officer[22] |
William A. Enemark | 1913–2016 | 102 | American Army Officer[23] |
Henry St John Fancourt | 1900–2004 | 103 | British Royal Navy Officer[24] |
John William Finn | 1909–2010 | 100 | American Navy Officer[25] |
James Flint | 1913–2013 | 100 | British Royal Air Force Officer and businessman[26] |
Dorothy Frooks | 1896–1997 | 101 | American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyer[27] |
Robert B. Fulton | 1910–2015 | 104 | American Navy Officer[11] |
Harry E. Goldsworthy | 1914– | 104 | American Air Force Officer[28] |
Amedeo Guillet | 1909–2010 | 101 | Italian Army Officer[29] |
Julia E. Hamblet | 1916–2017 | 100 | American military officer; Director of the Marine Corps Women's Reserve (1946–48) and Director of Women Marines (1953–59)[30] |
Reinhard Hardegen | 1913–2018 | 105 | German U-boat commander[31] |
Sir Cosmo Haskard | 1916–2017 | 100 | British Army Officer[32] |
Charles D. Herron | 1877–1977 | 100 | American Army Lieutenant-General[33] |
Sir George Higginson | 1826–1927 | 100 | British Army General[34] |
Dame Felicity Hill | 1915–2019 | 103 | British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966–69)[35] |
John L. Hines | 1868–1968 | 100 | American General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army [36] |
Olivia Hooker | 1915–2018 | 103 | American psychologist, professor, soldier (yeoman, first African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard) and the last known survivor of the Tulsa race riots of 1921.[37] |
Frederick Augustus Irving | 1894–1995 | 101 | American Army General and West Point Military Academy Superintendent[38] |
Albin F. Irzyk | 1917–2018 | 101 | American Brigadier General[39] |
Richard H. Jackson | 1866–1971 | 105 | American Navy Admiral[40] |
Wacław Jędrzejewicz | 1893–1993 | 100 | Polish Land Forces Officer, diplomat and college professor[41] |
Ed Keats | 1915– | 104 | American Navy Officer[42] |
Hedley Kett | 1913–2014 | 100 | British Royal Navy Officer[43] |
Dame Marion Kettlewell | 1914–2016 | 102 | British Naval Officer; Director of the Wrens (1966–1970)[44] |
Bill King | 1910–2012 | 102 | British Navy Officer, yachtsman and author[45] |
Franciszek Kornicki | 1916–2017 | 100 | Polish fighter pilot[46][47] |
Hermann von Kuhl | 1856–1958 | 102 | German Army General[48] |
Reidar Kvaal | 1916–2016 | 100 | Norwegian Army Officer[49] |
Geoffrey Langlands | 1917–2019 | 101 | British Army Officer; educator[50] |
Liu Zhonghua | 1917–2018 | 101 | Chinese Navy Admiral[51] |
Georges Loinger | 1910–2018 | 108 | French soldier during World War II[52] |
Lu Zhengcao | 1905–2009 | 104 | Chinese Army General[53] |
Bill Lucas | 1917–2018 | 101 | British RAF officer and Olympic long-distance runner (1948)[54] |
Stanisław Maczek | 1892–1994 | 102 | Polish Army General[55] |
Roy Matsumoto | 1913–2014 | 101 | American Army Officer[56] |
Kenneth Mayhew | 1917– | 102 | British Army Officer; recipient of the Military Order of William[57] |
Seth J. McKee | 1916–2016 | 100 | American Air Force Officer[58] |
James Megellas | 1917– | 101 | American Army Officer[59] |
Masaichi Niimi | 1887–1993 | 106 | Japanese Navy Admiral[60] |
Paul R. Norby | 1913–2015 | 102 | American Navy Officer[61] |
Francis W. Nye | 1918–2019 | 100 | American Air Force Major General[62] |
Sir Henry Oliver | 1865–1965 | 100 | British Admiral of the Fleet[63] |
Stylianos Pattakos | 1912–2016 | 103 | Greek military officer and politician[64] |
Frederick R. Payne Jr. | 1911–2015 | 104 | American Marine Corps Officer[11][65] |
Erich Priebke | 1913–2013 | 100 | German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[66] |
Yitzhak Pundak | 1913–2017 | 105 | Israeli General (also diplomat and politician)[67] |
Mary Louise Rasmuson | 1911–2012 | 101 | American Army Officer; director, Women's Army Corps[68] |
David C. Richardson | 1914–2015 | 101 | American Navy Officer[69] |
Edward Rowny | 1917–2017 | 100 | American Army officer[70] |
Paul Royle | 1914–2015 | 101 | Australian Royal Air Force pilot[71] |
Heinrich Ruhl | 1915–2015 | 100 | German Army Officer[72] |
Mary Rundle | 1907–2010 | 103 | English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[73] |
Du Runsheng | 1913–2015 | 102 | Chinese military officer and agricultural reformer[74] |
Miguel Ángel Sanz Bocos | 1918–2018 | 100 | Spanish Army officer and aviator[75] |
Helmuth Schlömer | 1893–1995 | 102 | German Army General[76] |
Dawn Seymour | 1917–2017 | 100 | American Women Airforce Service Pilot and activist[77] |
Ralph C. Smith | 1893–1998 | 104 | American Major-General[78] |
Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov | 1911–2012 | 101 | Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[79] |
Deryck Stapleton | 1918–2018 | 100 | British Royal Air Force Air Marshal[80] |
Dorothy C. Stratton | 1899–2006 | 107 | American SPARS director[81] |
Elliott B. Strauss | 1903–2003 | 100 | American Navy Rear Admiral[82] |
Sun Yuanliang | 1904–2007 | 103 | Chinese National Revolutionary Army General[83] |
Teiichi Suzuki | 1888–1989 | 100 | Japanese Lieutenant General[84] |
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski | 1917–2018 | 101 | Polish Brigadier General[85] |
Arsène Tchakarian | 1916–2018 | 101 | Armenian-born French resistance fighter (FTP-MOI) and historian[86] |
Connell Thode | 1911–2014 | 103 | New Zealand Naval Officer[87] |
James Van Fleet | 1892–1992 | 100 | American Army General[88] |
Neil D. Van Sickle | 1915– | 103 | American Air Force general[89] |
Telmo Vargas | 1912–2013 | 100 | Ecuadorian General (Chief of Staff)[90] |
Eugene Vielle | 1913–2015 | 101 | British Royal Air Force Officer[91] |
Võ Nguyên Giáp | 1911–2013 | 102 | Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence[92] |
Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet | 1916–2017 | 101 | British Army officer[93] |
Sir Provo Wallis | 1791–1892 | 100 | British Admiral of the Fleet[94] |
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram | 1915–2017 | 101 | British Army Major[95] |
D. B. H. Wildish | 1914–2017 | 104 | British Royal Navy officer[96] |
Gus Winckel | 1912–2013 | 100 | Dutch military officer and pilot[97] |
Xiao Ke | 1907–2008 | 101 | Chinese General[98] |
Xue Yue | 1896–1998 | 101 | Chinese General[99] |
Dov Yermiya | 1914–2016 | 101 | Israeli lieutenant-colonel in the Israeli Defence Forces[100] |
Zhang Xueliang | 1901–2001 | 100 | Chinese General[101] |
Zhang Zhen | 1914–2015 | 100 | Chinese General[102] |
Nikolai Zhugan | 1917–2017 | 100 | Soviet Air Force Major General[103] |
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