List of centenarians (military commanders)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as military commanders – known for reasons other than their longevity. Living individuals are listed bolded and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Notability
AhnSusan Ahn Cuddy 1915–2015 100 American Naval Officer[1]
AlavikiaHassan Alavikia 1910–2013 102 Iranian Army General[2]
AlvarezMariano Álvarez 1818–1924 106 Filipino General and President of the Magdiwang[3]
Kurt Andersen 1898–2003 104 German Luftwaffe General[4]
AndersonWalter Stratton Anderson 1881–1981 100 American Vice Admiral of the Navy[5]
ArcherStuart Archer 1915–2015 100 British Army Officer; recipient of the George Cross[6]
BankAaron Bank 1902–2004 101 American Army Officer; founder of the Special Forces
BirdSir Clarence Bird 1885–1986 101 British Army General
BellBill Bell 1912–2012 100 British Army Officer[7]
BourgeoisAubrey J. Bourgeois 1907–2011 103 American Navy Officer[8]
CardosoWaldemar Levy Cardoso 1900–2009 108 Last surviving Brazilian Field Marshal[9]
CarterRobert Carter 1910–2012 102 British Royal Air Force Officer[10]
ChristisonSir Philip Christison 1893–1993 100 British Army General
CombsLewis Combs 1895–1996 101 American Navy Admiral; known as "the uncle of the Seabees"
CrawfordMichael Lindsay Coulton Crawford 1917–2017 100 British Royal Navy Captain[11]
DaggettAaron S. Daggett 1837–1938 100 Last surviving Union Army General of the American Civil War
ZijinDai Zijin 1916–2017 101 Chinese Air Force Major[12]
ElyWilliam J. Ely 1911– 105 American Army Officer[13]
EnmarkWilliam A. Enemark 1913–2016 102 American Army Officer[14]
FancourtHenry St John Fancourt 1900–2004 103 British Royal Navy Officer
FinnJohn William Finn 1909–2010 100 American Navy Officer[15]
FlintJames Flint 1913–2013 100 British Royal Air Force Officer and businessman[16]
FultonRobert B. Fulton 1910–2015 104 American Navy Officer[8]
GoldsworthyHarry E. Goldsworthy 1914– 103 American Air Force Officer[17]
GuilletAmedeo Guillet 1909–2010 101 Italian Army Officer[18]
HardegenReinhard Hardegen 1913– 104 German U-boat commander[19]
HaskardSir Cosmo Haskard 1916–2017 100 British Army Officer
HerronCharles D. Herron 1877–1977 100 American Army Lieutenant-General[20]
HigginsonSir George Higginson 1826–1927 100 British Army General
HillAir Commodore Dame Felicity Hill 1915– 101 British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966-69)[21]
HinesJohn L. Hines 1868–1968 100 American General and Chief of Staff of the United States Army
IrvingFrederick Augustus Irving 1894–1995 101 American Army General and West Point Military Academy Superintendent
IrzykAlbin F. Irzyk 1917– 100 American Brigadier General[22]
JacksonRichard H. Jackson 1866–1971 105 American Navy Admiral
JedrzejewiczWacław Jędrzejewicz 1893–1993 100 Polish Land Forces Officer; also diplomat and college professor
KeatsEd Keats 1915– 102 American Navy Officer[23]
KettHedley Kett 1913–2014 100 British Royal Navy Officer[24]
KettlewellDame Marion Kettlewell 1914–2016 102 British Naval Officer; Director of the Wrens (1966–1970)[25]
KingBill King 1910–2012 102 British Navy Officer, yachtsman and author.[26]
KornickiFranciszek Kornicki 1916– 100 Polish fighter pilot.[27]
KuhlHermann von Kuhl 1856–1958 102 German Army General[28]
KvaalReidar Kvaal 1916–2016 100 Norwegian Army Officer[29]
LuLü Zhengcao 1905–2009 104 Chinese Army General[30]
MaczekStanisław Maczek 1892–1994 102 Polish Army General
MatsumotoRoy Matsumoto 1913–2014 101 American Army Officer[31]
MayhewKenneth Mayhew 1917– 100 British Army Officer; recipient of the Military William Order[32]
McKeeSeth J. McKee 1916–2016 100 American Air Force Officer[33]
NiimiMasaichi Niimi 1887–1993 106 Japanese Navy Admiral
NorbyPaul R. Norby 1913–2015 102 American Navy Officer[34]
OliverSir Henry Oliver 1865–1965 100 British Admiral of the Fleet
PattakosStylianos Pattakos 1912–2016 103 Greek military officer and politician[35]
PayneFrederick R. Payne Jr. 1911–2015 104 American Marine Corps Officer[8][36]
PriebkeErich Priebke1913–2013100German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[37]
PundakYitzhak Pundak 1913– 104 Israeli General (also diplomat and politician)[38]
RasmusonMary Louise Rasmuson 1911–2012 101 American Army Officer; director, Women's Army Corps[39]
RichardsonDavid C. Richardson 1914–2015 101 American Navy Officer[40]
RoylePaul Royle 1914–2015 101 Australian Royal Air Force pilot[41]
RuhlHeinrich Ruhl 1915–2015 100 German Army Officer[42]
RundleMary Rundle 1907–2010 103 English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[43]
RunshengDu Runsheng 1913–2015 102 Chinese military officer and agricultural reformer[44]
SchlomerHelmuth Schlömer 1893–1995 102 German General[45]
SchwerdfegerJohann Schwerdfeger 1914–2015 101 German soldier[46]
SmithRalph C. Smith 1893–1998 104 American Major-General[47]
SokolovSergey Leonidovich Sokolov 1911–2012 101 Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[48]
StrattonDorothy C. Stratton 1899–2006 107 American SPARS director
StraussElliott B. Strauss 1903–2003 100 American Navy Rear Admiral.[49]
Sun Yuanliang 1904–2007 103 Chinese National Revolutionary Army General
SuzukiTeiichi Suzuki 1888–1989 100 Japanese Lieutenant General[50]
Ścibor-RylskiZbigniew Ścibor-Rylski 1917– 100 Polish Brigadier General[51]
ThodeConnell Thode 1911–2014 103 New Zealand Naval Officer[52]
Van FleetJames Van Fleet 1892–1992 100 American Army General
Van SickleNeil D. Van Sickle 1915– 102 American Air Force general[53]
VargasTelmo Vargas 1912–2013 100 Ecuadorian General (Chief of Staff)[54]
VielleEugene Vielle 1913–2015 101 British Royal Air Force Officer[55]
VoVo Nguyen Giap 1911–2013 102 Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence[56]
WallisSir Provo Wallis 1791–1892 100 British Admiral of the Fleet
WigramNeville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram 1915–2017 102 British Army Major[57]
WildishD. B. H. Wildish 1914–2017 102 British Royal Navy officer[58]
WinckelGus Winckel 1912–2013 100 Dutch military officer and pilot[59]
XiaoXiao Ke 1907–2008 101 Chinese General[60]
XueXue Yue 1896–1998 101 Chinese General
YermiyaDov Yermiya 1914–2016 101 Israeli lieutenant-colonel in the Israeli Defence Forces[61]
ZhangZhang Xueliang 1901–2001 100 Chinese General
ZhangZhang Zhen 1914–2015 100 Chinese General[62]
ZhuganNikolai Zhugan 1917–2017 100 Soviet Air Force Major General[63]

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