List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)

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. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

  Living
Name Lifespan Age Notability
Benjamin H. Adams 1888–1989 100 American admiral[1]
Hassan Alavikia 1910–2013 102 Iranian Army general[2]
Mariano Álvarez 1818–1924 106 Filipino general and President of the Magdiwang[3]
Bud Anderson 1922–2024 102 American Air Force officer and World War II flying ace[4]
Kurt Andersen 1898–2003 104 German Luftwaffe general[5]
Walter Stratton Anderson 1881–1981 100 American vice admiral of the Navy[6]
Stuart Archer 1915–2015 100 British Army officer; recipient of the George Cross[7]
Millie Bailey 1918–2022 104 American World War II veteran[8][9]
Aaron Bank 1902–2004 101 American army officer; founder of the Special Forces[10]
Russell Bannock 1919–2020 100 Canadian fighter pilot[11]
Bill Bell 1912–2012 100 British army officer[12]
Mikhail Beregovoy 1918–2021 103 Soviet Air Defence Forces officer[13]
Kakon Bibi 1915–2018 102/103 Bangladeshi spy[14]
Sir Clarence Bird 1885–1986 101 British general[15]
William Henry Bisbee 1840–1942 102 American general[16]
Stephen J. Bonner, Jr. 1918–2021 103 American World War II flying ace[17]
Aleksey Botyan 1917–2020 103 Soviet colonel, spy, partisan and intelligence officer[18]
Aubrey J. Bourgeois 1907–2011 103 American Navy officer[19]
Hugo Broch 1922– 103 German World War II flying ace[20]
Lady Martha Bruce 1921–2023 101 British prison governor, Women's Royal Army Corps officer, and aristocrat[21]
Colette Brull-Ulmann 1920–2021 101 French Resistance fighter[22]
Robert Cardenas 1920–2022 102 American Air Force general[23]
Waldemar Levy Cardoso 1900–2009 108 Last surviving Brazilian field marshal[24]
Robert Carter 1910–2012 102 British Royal Air Force officer[25]
Dean Caswell 1922–2022 100 American World War II flying ace[26]
Kenneth O. Chilstrom 1921–2022 101 American air force colonel and test pilot[27]
Sir Philip Christison 1893–1993 100 British general[28]
Richard E. Cole 1915–2019 103 American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle Raid[29]
Lewis Combs 1895–1996 101 American Navy admiral[30]
Daniel Cordier 1920–2020 100 French Resistance fighter (Compagnon de la Libération)[31]
Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford 1917–2017 100 British Royal Navy officer and submariner[32]
Susan Ahn Cuddy 1915–2015 100 American Navy officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. Navy[33]
Donald L. Custis 1917–2021 103 American Navy vice admiral[34]
Aaron S. Daggett 1837–1938 100 Union Army general of the American Civil War[35]
Perry J. Dahl 1923–2024 101 American Air Force officer and World War II flying ace[36]
Philippe de Gaulle 1921–2024 102 French Navy admiral[37]
Udey Chand Dubey 1909–2009 100 Indian Army general[38]
Dai Zijin 1916–2017 101 Chinese Air Force major[39]
Emma Didlake 1904–2015 111 American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[40]
James W. Downing 1913–2018 104 American Navy lieutenant[41]
Leo J. Dulacki 1918–2019 100 American Marine Corps lieutenant general[42]
James Francis Edwards 1921–2022 100 Canadian fighter pilot[43]
William J. Ely 1911–2017 105 American Army officer[44]
William A. Enemark 1913–2016 102 American Army officer[45]
Henry St John Fancourt 1900–2004 103 British Royal Navy officer[46]
Fang Huai 1917–2019 101 Chinese Army major general[47]
Hubert Faure 1914–2021 106 French soldier, Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour recipient[48][49][50]
Edward L. Feightner 1919–2020 100 American admiral[51]
John William Finn 1909–2010 100 American Navy officer; Medal of Honor recipient[52]
Mario Fiorentini 1918–2022 103 Italian partisan, spy and mathematician[53]
James Flint 1913–2013 100 British Royal Air Force officer and businessman[54]
Dorothy Frooks 1896–1997 101 American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyer[55]
Robert B. Fulton 1910–2015 104 American Navy officer[19]
John Gonge 1921– 103 American Air Force officer[56]
Harry E. Goldsworthy 1914–2022 107 American Air Force officer[57]
Amedeo Guillet 1909–2010 101 Italian Army officer[58]
Gail Halvorsen 1920–2022 101 American Berlin Airlift pilot.[59]
Julia E. Hamblet 1916–2017 100 American military officer[60]
Monique Hanotte 1920–2022 101 Belgian World War II resistance fighter[61]
Reinhard Hardegen 1913–2018 105 German U-boat commander[62]
James H. Harvey 1923– 101 American Air Force pilot[63]
Sir Cosmo Haskard 1916–2017 100 British Army officer[64]
Bernice Falk Haydu 1920–2021 100 American aviator and member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots[65]
Charles D. Herron 1877–1977 100 American Army general[66]
Sir George Higginson 1826–1927 100 British general[67]
Dame Felicity Hill 1915–2019 103 British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966–69)[68]
John L. Hines 1868–1968 100 American general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army[69]
Mad Mike Hoare 1919–2020 100 Irish soldier and mercenary[70]
James D. Hughes 1922–2024 101 American Air Force general[71]
Frederick Augustus Irving 1894–1995 101 American Army general and West Point Military Academy Superintendent[72]
Albin F. Irzyk 1917–2018 101 American brigadier general[73]
Georgy Vasilyevich Ivanov 1901–2001 100 Soviet Army major general[74]
Richard H. Jackson 1866–1971 105 American Navy admiral[75]
Wacław Jędrzejewicz 1893–1993 100 Polish Land Forces officer, diplomat and college professor[76]
Johnny Johnson 1921–2022 101 British Royal Air Force officer and last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943[77]
Ed Keats 1915–2019 104 American Navy officer[78][79]
Hedley Kett 1913–2014 100 British Royal Navy officer[80]
Dame Marion Kettlewell 1914–2016 102 British Naval officer; director of the Wrens (1966–1970)[81]
Bill King 1910–2012 102 British Navy officer, yachtsman and author[82]
Nikolai Kirtok 1921–2022 101 Ukrainian-born Russian Red Army pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)[83]
Norman Kleiss 1916–2016 100 American World War II Navy dive-bomber pilot[84]
Roy L. Kline 1914–2020 105 American Marine brigadier general, served as Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine Corps
Franciszek Kornicki 1916–2017 100 Polish fighter pilot[85][86]
Hermann von Kuhl 1856–1958 102 German Army general[87]
Reidar Kvaal 1916–2016 100 Norwegian Army officer[88]
Traute Lafrenz 1919–2023 103 German-American resistance fighter (White Rose)[89]
Dean S. Laird 1921–2022 101 American World War II flying ace[90]
Geoffrey Langlands 1917–2019 101 British Army officer; educator[91]
Phyllis Latour 1921–2023 102 South African-born New Zealand intelligence officer (SOE)[92]
Li Guang 1914–2020 106 Chinese Army major general[93]
Liu Zhonghua 1917–2018 101 Chinese Navy admiral[94]
Georges Loinger 1910–2018 108 French soldier during World War II[95]
Lu Zhengcao 1905–2009 104 Chinese Army general[96]
Ian Lyall Grant 1915–2020 104 British Army general[97]
Stanisław Maczek 1892–1994 102 Polish Army general[98]
Branko Mamula 1921–2021 100 Yugoslav army officer and politician[99]
John Manners 1914–2020 105 British Royal Navy officer and first-class cricketer[100]
Leroy J. Manor 1921–2021 100 American American Air Force lieutenant general, joint commander of Operation Ivory Coast[101]
Miloslav Masopust 1924– 100 Czechoslovak Army general[102]
Roy Matsumoto 1913–2014 101 American Army officer[103]
Kenneth Mayhew 1917–2021 104 British Army officer; recipient of the Military Order of William[104]
William V. McBride 1922–2022 100 American Air Force general[105]
Charles McGee 1919–2022 102 American fighter pilot and Tuskegee Airman[106]
Seth J. McKee 1916–2016 100 American Air Force general[107]
James Megellas 1917–2020 103 American Army officer[108]
Sanford K. Moats 1921–2023 102 American Air Force officer and WWII flying ace[109]
Masaichi Niimi 1887–1993 106 Japanese Navy admiral[110]
Paul R. Norby 1913–2015 102 American Navy officer[111]
Francis W. Nye 1918–2019 100 American Air Force major general[112]
Sir Henry Oliver 1865–1965 100 British Admiral of the Fleet[113]
Stylianos Pattakos 1912–2016 103 Greek military officer and politician, member of the Greek junta[114]
Frederick R. Payne Jr. 1911–2015 104 American Marine Corps officer[19][115][116]
Thomas Pearson 1914–2019 105 British Army general[116]
Paul D. Phillips 1918–2023 105 American army general[117][118]
Erich Priebke 1913–2013 100 German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[119]
Yitzhak Pundak 1913–2017 104 Israeli general[120]
John Carpenter Raaen Jr. 1922– 102 American major general[121][122][123]
Mary Louise Rasmuson 1911–2012 101 American army officer; director, Women's Army Corps[124]
Vasily Reshetnikov 1919–2023 103 Soviet colonel-general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet Union[125]
David C. Richardson 1914–2015 101 American Navy officer[126]
Edward Rowny 1917–2017 100 American Army officer[127]
Paul Royle 1914–2015 101 Australian Royal Air Force pilot[128]
Heinrich Ruhl 1915–2015 100 German Army officer[129]
Mary Rundle 1907–2010 103 English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[130]
Du Runsheng 1913–2015 102 Chinese military officer and agricultural reformer[131]
Mike Sadler 1920–2023 103 British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air Service[132]
Miguel Ángel Sanz Bocos 1918–2018 100 Spanish Army officer and aviator[133]
Helmuth Schlömer 1893–1995 102 German Army general[134]
William Seach 1877–1978 101 American Medal of Honor recipient from the Boxer Rebellion[135]
Dave Severance 1919–2021 102 American Marine Corps colonel, who led the company responsible for raising the flag on Iwo Jima[136]
Dawn Seymour 1917–2017 100 American Women Airforce Service Pilot and activist[137]
Surindra Nath Sharma 1923– 101 Indian Army general[138]
John K. Singlaub 1921–2022 100 American general[139]
Ralph C. Smith 1893–1998 104 American major general[140]
Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov 1911–2012 101 Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[141]
Deryck Stapleton 1918–2018 100 British Royal Air Force Air Marshal[142]
Guy Stern 1922–2023 101 German-American decorated member of the Ritchie Boys[143][144]
Dorothy C. Stratton 1899–2006 107 American SPARS director[145]
Elliott B. Strauss 1903–2003 100 American Navy rear admiral[citation needed]
Sun Yuanliang 1904–2007 103 Chinese National Revolutionary Army general[146]
Teiichi Suzuki 1888–1989 100 Japanese lieutenant general[147]
Josef Schütz 1920–2023 102 Lithuanian-born German Nazi concentration camp guard[148]
Zbigniew Ścibor-Rylski 1917–2018 101 Polish brigadier general[149]
Arsène Tchakarian 1916–2018 101 Armenian-born French resistance fighter (FTP-MOI) and historian[150]
Robert E. Thacker 1918–2020 102 American test pilot and bomber pilot of three wars[151]
Connell Thode 1911–2014 103 New Zealand Naval officer[152]
Andrey Titenko 1918–2022 103 Soviet soldier, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)[153]
Dan Tolkowsky 1921– 103 Israeli Air Force officer[154]
Necdet Üruğ 1921–2021 100 Turkish military officer[155]
Ivan Ustinov 1920–2020 100 Soviet lieutenant general[156]
James Van Fleet 1892–1992 100 American Army general[157]
Neil D. Van Sickle 1915–2019 104 American Air Force general[158]
Ronald R. Van Stockum 1916–2022 105 American Marine brigadier general, who commanded Marine Corps Reserve[159]
Telmo Vargas 1912–2013 100 Ecuadorian general (Chief of Staff)[160]
Zisis Verros 1880–1985 104 Greek chieftain of the Macedonian Struggle; recipient of the Black Emblem of the Macedonian Struggle[161]
Eugene Vielle 1913–2015 101 British Royal Air Force officer[162]
Võ Nguyên Giáp 1911–2013 102 Vietnamese general and Minister of Defence[163]
Herbert Wahler 1921–2023 101 German Einsatzgruppe C member.[164]
Sir Hereward Wake, 14th Baronet 1916–2017 101 British Army officer[165]
Sir Provo Wallis 1791–1892 100 British Admiral of the Fleet[166]
Wan Haifeng 1920–2023 102 Chinese general[167]
Ralph Weymouth 1917–2020 102 American Vice Admiral[168]
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram 1915–2017 101 British Army Major[169]
D. B. H. Wildish 1914–2017 102 British Royal Navy officer[170]
Gus Winckel 1912–2013 100 Dutch military officer and pilot[171]
Xiao Ke 1907–2008 101 Chinese general[172]
Xue Yue 1896–1998 101 Chinese general[173]
Yang Yongsong 1919–2022 103 Chinese military officer[174]
{Dov Yermiya 1914–2016 101 Israeli lieutenant-colonel in the Israeli Defence Forces[175]
Zhang Xueliang 1901–2001 100 Chinese general[176]
Zhang Zhen 1914–2015 100 Chinese general[177]
Nikolai Zhugan 1917–2017 100 Soviet Air Force major general[178]

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