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
AlvarezMariano Álvarez	1818–1924	106	Filipino General[1]
Kurt Andersen	1898–2003	104	German General[2]
AndersonWalter Stratton Anderson	1881–1981	100	American Vice Admiral[3]
BankAaron Bank	1902–2004	101	American founder of the US Army Special Forces
BourgeoisAubrey J. Bourgeois	1907–2011	103	American Navy officer[4]
CardosoWaldemar Levy Cardoso	1900–2009	108	Last living Brazilian Field Marshal[5]
ChristisonSir Philip Christison	1893–1993	100	British General
CombsLewis Combs	1895–1996	101	American Admiral
DaggettAaron S. Daggett	1837–1938	100	Last surviving Union General of the American Civil War
ElyWilliam J. Ely	1911–	104	American Army officer[6]
FancourtHenry Fancourt	1900–2004	103	British Royal Navy officer
FinnJohn William Finn	1909–2010	100	American Navy officer[7]
FlintJames Flint	1913–2013	100	British Royal Air Force officer and businessman[8]
FultonRobert B. Fulton	1910–2015	104	American Navy officer[4]
GoldsworthyHarry E. Goldsworthy	1914–	102	American Air Force officer[9]
GuilletAmedeo Guillet	1909–2010	101	Italian army officer[10]
HardegenReinhard Hardegen	1913–	103	German U-boat commander[11]
HerronCharles D. Herron	1877–1977	100	American lieutenant general[12]
HigginsonSir George Higginson	1826–1927	100	British General
HinesJohn L. Hines	1868–1968	100	American general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army
IrvingFrederick Augustus Irving	1894–1995	101	American general, superintendent of West Point Military Academy
JacksonRichard H. Jackson	1866–1971	105	American admiral
JedrzejewiczWacław Jędrzejewicz	1893–1993	100	Polish Land Forces officer, diplomat and college professor
KeatsEd Keats	1915–	101	American Navy officer[13]
KettHedley Kett	1913–2014	100	British naval officer[14]
KingBill King	1910–2012	102	British naval officer[15]
KuhlHermann von Kuhl	1856–1958	102	German General[16]
LuLü Zhengcao	1905–2009	104	Chinese general[17]
MaczekStanisław Maczek	1892–1994	102	Polish general
MatsumotoRoy Matsumoto	1913–2014	101	American army officer[18]
NiimiMasaichi Niimi	1887–1993	106	Japanese admiral
NorbyPaul R. Norby	1913–2015	102	American naval officer[19]
OliverSir Henry Oliver	1865–1965	100	British Admiral of the Fleet
PattakosStylianos Pattakos	1912–	103	Greek military officer and politician[20]
PayneFrederick R. Payne Jr.	1911–2015	104	American Marine Corps officer[4]
PriebkeErich Priebke	1913–2013	100	German Nazi SS captain and war criminal[21]
PundakYitzhak Pundak	1913–	102	Israeli general, diplomat, politician[22]
RasmusonMary Louise Rasmuson	1911–2012	101	American director of the Women's Army Corps[23]
RichardsonDavid C. Richardson	1914–2015	101	American Navy officer[24]
RuhlHeinrich Ruhl	1915–	100	German army officer[25]
RundleMary Rundle	1907–2010	103	English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service[26]
RunshengDu Runsheng	1913–2015	102	Chinese military officer[27]
SchlomerHelmuth Schlömer	1893–1995	102	German General[28]
SchwerdfegerJohann Schwerdfeger	1914–2015	101	German soldier[29]
SmithRalph C. Smith	1893–1998	104	American major general[30]
SokolovSergey Leonidovich Sokolov	1911–2012	101	Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence[31]
StrattonDorothy C. Stratton	1899–2006	107	American director of the SPARS
StraussElliott B. Strauss	1903–2003	100	American Rear Admiral[32]
Sun Yuanliang	1904–2007	103	Chinese General
SuzukiTeiichi Suzuki	1888–1989	100	Japanese Lieutenant General[33]
ThodeConnell Thode	1911–2014	103	New Zealand naval officer[34]
ValeriusMarcus Valerius Corvus	-370 370 BC–270 BC	100	Ancient Roman General and consul
Van FleetJames Van Fleet	1892–1992	100	American Army General
Van SickleNeil D. Van Sickle	1915–	100	American Air Force general[35]
VargasTelmo Vargas	1912–2013	100	Ecuadorian General (Chief of Staff)[36]
VoVo Nguyen Giap	1911–2013	102	Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence[37]
WallisSir Provo Wallis	1791–1892	100	British Admiral of the Fleet
WigramNeville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram	1915–	100	British peer and Army officer[38]
WildishD. B. H. Wildish	1914–	101	British Royal Navy officer[39]
XiaoXiao Ke	1907–2008	101	Chinese General[40]
XueXue Yue	1896–1998	101	Chinese General
ZhangZhang Zhen	1914–2015	100	Chinese General[41]

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