List of centenarians (activists, non-profit leaders and philanthropists)

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The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as activists, non-profit leaders, and philanthropists – therefore known for reasons other than just their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
Encarnacion Alzona 1895–2001 105 Filipino suffragette, historian and author[1]
Albert Jean Amateau 1889–1996 106 Turkish American rabbi and social activist
Melchora Aquino 1812–1919 107 Filipino revolutionary
Brooke Astor 1902–2007 105 American socialite and philanthropist
Grace Lee Boggs 1915–2015 100 American author and social activist[2]
Hetty Bower 1905–2013 108 British political activist[3]
Amelia Boynton Robinson 1905–2015 110 American civil rights activist[4]
David Rockefeller 1915– 100 American philanthropist and last living grandchild of John D Rockefeller.
Catherine Bramwell-Booth 1883–1987 104 British Salvation Army officer[5]
Catherine Caradja 1893–1993 100 Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist
María Teresa Castillo 1908–2012 103 Venezuelan activist and journalist[6]
Mary T. Clark 1913–2014 100 American academic and civil rights advocate[7]
Leonora Cohen 1873–1978 105 British suffragette
Annie Lee Cooper 1910–2010 100 African-American civil rights activist[8]
Kathryn Wasserman Davis 1907–2013 106 American philanthropist[9]
Dobri Dobrev 1914– 109 Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist[10]
Muriel Duckworth 1908–2009 100 Canadian pacifist, feminist and social activist[11]
Charles Duguid 1884–1986 102 Australian activist for Aboriginal rights
Margaret Dunning 1910–2015 104 American philanthropist[12]
Hallie Ford 1905–2007 102 American business woman and philanthropist[13]
Yann Fouéré 1910–2011 101 Breton nationalist[14]
Ruth May Fox 1853–1958 104 American women's rights activist
Miep Gies 1909–2010 100 Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian[15]
Henrietta Greville 1861–1964 103 Australian labour organiser[16]
Aracy de Carvalho 1908–2011 102 Brazilian humanitarian[17]
Lina Haag 1907–2012 105 German World War II resistance fighter[18]
Doris Haddock 1910–2010 100 American political activist[19]
John Hampton 1907–2010 103 American co-founder of Toys for Tots[20]
Alice Hamilton 1869–1970 101 American toxicologist
Ralph Hauenstein 1912–2016 103 American philantropist[21]
Margaret Holmes 1909–2009 100 Australian peace activist[22]
Shidzue Katō 1897–2001 104 Japanese feminist and politician
Rose Kennedy 1890–1995 104 American mother of John F. Kennedy
Evelyn Lett 1896–1999 102 Canadian woman's rights pioneer
Paul Moyer Limbert 1897–1998 101 American former YMCA Secretary General
Enolia McMillan 1904–2006 102 American former NAACP president
Elisabeth Murdoch 1909–2012 103 Australian philanthropist[23]
Margaret Murie 1902–2003 101 American conservationist
Scott Nearing 1883–1983 100 American radical economist[24]
Anton Nilson 1887–1989 101 Swedish political activist[25]
Sanzo Nosaka 1892–1993 101 Japanese politician
Poornima Arvind Pakvasa 1913– 110 Indian social worker[26]
Everett Parker 1913–2015 102 American civil rights activist[27]
Andrée Peel 1905–2010 105 French Resistance member during World War II[28]
Kayyar Kinhanna Rai 1915–2015 100 Indian independence activist[29]
Gerald Ratner 1913–2014 100 American lawyer and philanthropist[30]
Nittoor Srinivasa Rau 1903–2004 100 Indian independence activist and jurist
Milton Rogovin 1909–2011 101 American documentary photographer[31]
Dovey Johnson Roundtree 1914– 110 American civil rights activist[32]
Frederick J. Schlink 1891–1995 103 American co-founder of Consumers Research
Floyd Schmoe 1895–2001 105 American peace activist and naturalist
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1897–2000 102 Austrian architect and political activist
Carl J. Shapiro 1913– 111 American philanthropist and entrepreneur[33]
Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji 1907– 117 Indian humanitarian
Bernice Tannenbaum 1913–2015 101 American Zionist and feminist[34]
Elsie Tu 1913–2015 102 British-born Hong Kong social activist[35]
Thomas Wyatt Turner 1877–1978 101 American civil rights activist, biologist and educator
Marie Wadley 1906–2009 102 Native American activist and historian[36]
Rachel Mellon Walton 1899–2006 107 American philanthropist
Mary Warburg 1908–2009 100 American philanthropist[37]
Edgar Wayburn 1906–2010 103 American environmentalist[38]
Irvin F. Westheimer 1879–1980 101 American businessman, banker and philanthropist
Nicholas Winton 1909–2015 106 British humanitarian[39]
Hazel Wolf 1898–2000 101 American environmental activist and civil-rights campaigner

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