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

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
AlzonaEncarnacion Alzona	1895–2001	105	Filipino suffragette, historian and author[1]
AmateauAlbert Jean Amateau	1889–1996	106	Turkish American rabbi and social activist
AquinoMelchora Aquino	1812–1919	107	Filipino revolutionary
Astor Brooke Astor	1902–2007	105	American socialite and philanthropist
BoggsGrace Lee Boggs	1915–2015	100	American author and social activist[2]
Bower Hetty Bower	1905–2013	108	British political activist[3]
BoyntonAmelia Boynton Robinson	1911–2015	104	American civil rights activist[4]
RockefellerDavid Rockefeller	1915–	100	American philanthropist and last living grandchild of John D Rockefeller.
BramwellCatherine Bramwell-Booth	1883–1987	104	British Salvation Army officer[5]
CaradjaCatherine Caradja	1893–1993	100	Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist
CastilloMaría Teresa Castillo	1908–2012	103	Venezuelan activist and journalist[6]
ClarkMary T. Clark	1913–2014	100	American academic and civil rights advocate[7]
CohenLeonora Cohen	1873–1978	105	British suffragette
CooperAnnie Lee Cooper	1910–2010	100	African-American civil rights activist[8]
DavisKathryn Wasserman Davis	1907–2013	106	American philanthropist[9]
DobrevDobri Dobrev	1914–	101	Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist[10]
DuckworthMuriel Duckworth	1908–2009	100	Canadian pacifist, feminist and social activist[11]
DuguidCharles Duguid	1884–1986	102	Australian activist for Aboriginal rights
DunningMargaret Dunning	1910–2015	104	American philanthropist[12]
FordHallie Ford	1905–2007	102	American business woman and philanthropist[13]
FouereYann Fouéré	1910–2011	101	Breton nationalist[14]
FoxRuth May Fox	1853–1958	104	American women's rights activist
GiesMiep Gies	1909–2010	100	Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian[15]
GrevilleHenrietta Greville	1861–1964	103	Australian labour organiser[16]
RosaAracy de Carvalho	1908–2011	102	Brazilian humanitarian[17]
HaagLina Haag	1907–2012	105	German World War II resistance fighter[18]
HaddockDoris Haddock	1910–2010	100	American political activist[19]
HamptonJohn Hampton	1907–2010	103	American co-founder of Toys for Tots[20]
HamiltonAlice Hamilton	1869–1970	101	American toxicologist
HauensteinRalph Hauenstein	1912–2016	103	American philanthropist[21]
HolmesMargaret Holmes	1909–2009	100	Australian peace activist[22]
KatoShidzue Katō	1897–2001	104	Japanese feminist and politician
Kennedy Rose Kennedy	1890–1995	104	American mother of John F. Kennedy
LettEvelyn Lett	1896–1999	102	Canadian woman's rights pioneer
LimbertPaul Moyer Limbert	1897–1998	101	American former YMCA Secretary General
MacmillanEnolia McMillan	1904–2006	102	American former NAACP president
MurdochElisabeth Murdoch	1909–2012	103	Australian philanthropist[23]
MurieMargaret Murie	1902–2003	101	American conservationist
NearingScott Nearing	1883–1983	100	American radical economist[24]
NilsonAnton Nilson	1887–1989	101	Swedish political activist[25]
NosakaSanzo Nosaka	1892–1993	101	Japanese politician
PakvasaPoornima Arvind Pakvasa	1913–2016	102	Indian social worker[26]
ParkerEverett Parker	1913–2015	102	American civil rights activist[27]
PeelAndrée Peel	1905–2010	105	French Resistance member during World War II[28]
RaiKayyar Kinhanna Rai	1915–2015	100	Indian independence activist[29]
RatnerGerald Ratner	1913–2014	100	American lawyer and philanthropist[30]
RauNittoor Srinivasa Rau	1903–2004	100	Indian independence activist and jurist
RogovinMilton Rogovin	1909–2011	101	American documentary photographer[31]
RoundtreeDovey Johnson Roundtree	1914–	102	American civil rights activist[32]
SchlinkFrederick J. Schlink	1891–1995	103	American co-founder of Consumers Research
SchmoeFloyd Schmoe	1895–2001	105	American peace activist and naturalist
SchutteMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky	1897–2000	102	Austrian architect and political activist
ShapiroCarl J. Shapiro	1913–	103	American philanthropist and entrepreneur[33]
Swamiji Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji	1907–	109	Indian humanitarian
TannenbaumBernice Tannenbaum	1913–2015	101	American Zionist and feminist[34]
TuElsie Tu	1913–2015	102	British-born Hong Kong social activist[35]
TurnerThomas Wyatt Turner	1877–1978	101	American civil rights activist, biologist and educator
WadleyMarie Wadley	1906–2009	102	Native American activist and historian[36]
WaltonRachel Mellon Walton	1899–2006	107	American philanthropist
WarburgMary Warburg	1908–2009	100	American philanthropist[37]
WayburnEdgar Wayburn	1906–2010	103	American environmentalist[38]
WestheimerIrvin F. Westheimer	1879–1980	101	American businessman, banker and philanthropist
WintonNicholas Winton	1909–2015	106	British humanitarian[39]
WolfHazel Wolf	1898–2000	101	American environmental activist and civil-rights campaigner

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