List of centenarians (activists, nonprofit leaders and philanthropists)

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

Name Lifespan Age Reason for NotabilityThérèse Adloff 1904–2005 101 French Resistance activist and humanitarianProfile: Thérèse Adloff, ville-badonviller.fr. Accessed 4 March 2025.Janie Allan 1868–1968 100 Scottish women's rights activist and suffragette Encarnación Alzona 1895–2001 105 Filipino suffragette, historian and authorAlbert Jean Amateau 1889–1996 106 Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activistA Finding Aid to the Albert J. Amateau Papers (1937–1995)Ruth Apilado 1908–2021 113 American civil rights activist, newspaper editor and novelist, founder of America's Intercultural MagazineRuth Moselle ApiladoMelchora Aquino 1812–1919 107 Filipino revolutionaryNettie Craig Asberry 1865–1968 103 African-American activist, co-founder of the Tacoma, Washington NAACPBrooke Astor 1902–2007 105 American socialite and philanthropistBrooke Astor, The New York Times, 14 August 2007.Annie Ball 1869–1970 100 English social reformerEdith Ballantyne 1922–2025 102 Czech-Canadian activistGeorge Barasch 1910–2013 102 American labor union leaderManuel G. Batshaw 1915–2016 101 Canadian social workerWilliam Sperry Beinecke 1914–2018 103 American philanthropistHerman Benson 1915–2020 104 American union, founder he Association for Union DemocracyTimuel Black 1918–2021 102 American civil rights activistTimuel Black, historian, civil rights activist, dies at 102Grace Lee Boggs 1915–2015 100 American author and social activistHetty Bower 1905–2013 108 British political activistAmelia Boynton Robinson 1905–2015 110 American civil rights activistCatherine Bramwell-Booth 1883–1987 104 British Salvation Army officer"Booth, Catherine Bramwell – (1883–1987)", review Oxford Dictionary of National Biographies, Oxford University Press, 2004, accessed 4 July 2010Sybil Brand 1899/1902–2004 104 or 101 American philanthropist and activistObituary: Sybil Brand, latimes.com. Accessed May 11, 2022.Elza Brandeisz 1907–2018 110 Hungarian humanitarian, Righteous Among the NationsDorothy Burnham 1915– American civil rights activist and educatorDame Edith Burnside 1889–1992 102 or 103 Australian charity worker and philanthropistAnne Buydens 1919–2021 102 German-born Belgian-American philanthropist; widow of Kirk DouglasCatherine Caradja 1893–1993 100 Romanian aristocrat and philanthropistTSHA: CARADJA, CATHERINE OLYMPIA profileFannie Cobb Carter 1872–1973 100 American integration activistAracy de Carvalho 1908–2011 102 Brazilian humanitarianMaría Teresa Castillo 1908–2012 103 Venezuelan activist and journalistNaseem Mirza Changezi 1910–2018 108 Indian independence activistCity Obituary – Old Delhi's Living Encyclopedia, Naseem Mirza Changezi, dies at 108, 1910–2018Clara Charf 1925–2025 100 Brazilian political activistObituary: Clara Charf, oglobo.globo.com. Accessed 6 November 2025.Guy Charmot 1914–2019 104 French military doctor and resistance member during World War IIGuy Charmot, doyen des compagnons de la Libération, est mort à 104 ans Alfred H. Chesser 1914–2016 102 American labor union leaderLeonora Cohen 1873–1978 105 British suffragetteWhen Leeds’ Leonora took on the establishment to help win the voteAnnie Lee Cooper 1910–2010 100 African-American civil rights activistJohn Craighead 1916–2016 100 American conservationistSir Naim Dangoor 1914–2015 101 Iraqi-born British philanthropistKathryn Wasserman Davis 1907–2013 106 American philanthropistDobri Dobrev 1914–2018 103 Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropistH. S. Doreswamy 1918–2021 103 Indian independence activist, freedom fighter, and journalistMarjory Stoneman Douglas 1890–1998 108 American women's suffrage advocate, conservationist, journalist and authorBill DuBois Sr. 1916–2017 100 American farmer and philanthropistWilliam DuBois, 100, El Centro, PressReader, 13 April 2017Muriel Duckworth 1908–2009 100 Canadian pacifist, feminist and social activistCharles Duguid 1884–1986 102 Australian activist for Aboriginal rightsSA History Hub: Charles Duguid, OBEMargaret Dunning 1910–2015 104 American philanthropistHilda Eisen 1917–2017 100 Polish-American business woman, philanthropist and Holocaust survivorHallie Ford 1905–2007 102 American business woman and philanthropistYann Fouéré 1910–2011 101 Breton nationalistRuth May Fox 1853–1958 104 American women's rights activistFrankie Muse Freeman 1916–2018 101 American civil rights attorneyVictor Fuentealba 1922–2024 101 American labor union leaderMarian Fuks 1914–2022 108 Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical InstituteZmarł profesor Marian Fuks Margaret Gardiner 1904–2005 100 British art collector and political activistAndrée Geulen 1921–2022 100 Belgian Jewish rights and activistMiep Gies 1909–2010 100 Austrian-born Dutch humanitarianAnnie Glenn 1920–2020 100 American disability rights activistHenrietta Greville 1861–1964 102 Australian labour organiserLina Haag 1907–2012 105 German World War II resistance fighter and anti-Fascist activistDoris Haddock 1910–2010 100 American political activistJohn Hampton 1907–2010 103 American co-founder of Toys for TotsObituary, eastbaytimes.com. July 7, 2010. Accessed April 2, 2024.Alice Seeley Harris 1870–1970 100 British activist and photographerRalph Hauenstein 1912–2016 103 American philanthropistFumiko Hayashida 1911–2014 103 American activistDrue Heinz 1915–2018 103 British-born American actress, arts patron and philanthropistJudith Hemmendinger 1923–2024 100 German-born Israeli researcherMargaret Holmes 1909–2009 100 Australian peace activistRobert R. Holt 1917–2024 106 American psychologistPsychologist and Peace Activist Robert Holt Dies at 106, provincetownindependent.org. Accessed April 19, 2024.Lucy Somerville Howorth 1895–1997 102 American feminist activistTeresa Hsu 1898–2011 113 Chinese-born Singaporean social worker‘Mother Teresa’ dies aged 113 years old Johnnie Jones 1919–2022 102 American WWII veteran, civil rights activist and politicianNotice of death of Johnnie Jones at age 102, wafb.com. Accessed April 25, 2022.Shidzue Katō 1897–2001 104 Japanese feminist and politicianOxford Reference: Katō Shidzue in The Oxford Encyclopedia of Women in World HistoryRose Kennedy 1890–1995 104 American socialite, philanthropist and the matriarch of the Kennedy familyRose Fitzgerald KennedyIda B. Kinney 1904–2009 104 American civil rights activistJeannette Laot 1925–2025 100 French trade unionist (CFDT), women's rights activist (MLF) and presidential advisor (to François Mitterrand)Obituary: Jeannette Laot, lemonde.fr. Accessed 19 May 2025.Erik Sture Larre 1914–2014 100 Norwegian resistance member during World War IIBob Le Sueur 1920–2022 102 British humanitarianOccupation hero Bob Le Sueur dies aged 102, jerseyeveningpost.com. Accessed 14 November 2022.Evelyn Lett 1896–1999 102 Canadian women's rights pioneerMax Levitas 1915–2018 103 Irish-born Scottish communist and labour activistMax Levitas obituaryJessie Lichauco 1912–2021 109 Cuban-born American-Filipino philanthropist and charity workerJessie Coe LichaucoPaul Moyer Limbert 1897–1998 101 American Secretary General of the YMCASpringfield College: Paul Moyer LimbertGeorges Loinger 1910–2018 108 French resistance member during World War IILe grand résistant Georges Loinger, né à Strasbourg, s’est éteint à l’âge de 108 ans K. Madhavan 1915–2016 101 Indian independence activistMahlagha Mallah 1917–2021 104 Iranian environmentalist and librarian, founder of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution“Mother of Iran’s environment” dies at 104Lambert Mascarenhas 1914–2021 106 Indian independence activist, journalist (The Navhind Times, Goa Today), and writerRenowned journalist and Padma Shri Lambert Mascarenhas no moreEnolia McMillan 1904–2006 102 American educator, community leader and civil rights activist, president of NAACPRachel Lambert Mellon 1910–2014 103 American philanthropist, art collector and horticulturalistMeda Mládková 1919–2022 102 Czech philanthropist and art collector Captain Tom Moore 1920–2021 100 British army officer and fundraiserBritain's captain Tom Moore, NHS fundraiser, dies at 100Mary Morello 1923–2026 102 American free speech activistDame Elisabeth Murdoch 1909–2012 103 Australian philanthropistMargaret Murie 1902–2003 101 American conservationistJosefina Napravilová 1914–2014 100 Czech humanitarian activistScott Nearing 1883–1983 100 American radical economistAnton Nilson 1887–1989 101 Swedish political activistSanzō Nosaka 1892–1993 101 Japanese politicianSanzo Nosaka Independent obituaryPoornima Arvind Pakvasa 1913–2016 102 Indian social workerMargaret Papandreou 1923–2026 102 American-Greek women's rights activist, writer, and ex-wife of former prime minister of Greece Andreas PapandreouEverett Parker 1913–2015 102 American civil rights activistAndrée Peel 1905–2010 105 French Resistance member during World War IIÁngeles Flórez Peón 1918–2024 105 Spanish activist and writerÁngeles Flórez Peón, Spanish Civil War’s Last Militiawoman, Dies at 105, nytimes.com. Accessed 26 August 2026.Wanda Półtawska 1921–2023 101 Polish Holocaust survivor and activistÈ morta Wanda Półtawska, “sorella” di Karol Wojtyła tra orrori e speranze del '900, vaticannews.va. Accessed 13 November 2023.Veikko Porkkala 1908–2009 100 Finnish trade union leader and communist activistKayyar Kinhanna Rai 1915–2015 100 Indian independence activistGerald Ratner 1913–2014 100 American lawyer and philanthropistNittoor Srinivasa Rau 1903–2004 100 Indian independence activist and juristNittoor Srinivasa Rau dead, The Hindu, 13 August 2004Naomi Sewell Richardson 1892–1993 100 American educator and suffragistJeanne Robert 1914–2017 103 French Resistance leaderMilton Rogovin 1909–2011 101 American documentary photographerIsabel Rosado 1907–2015 107 Puerto Rican independence activist and social workerDovey Johnson Roundtree 1914–2018 104 American civil rights activistFrederick J. Schlink 1891–1995 103 American co-founder of Consumers' ResearchFrederick J. Schlink, Writer and Pioneer In Consumerism, 103, The New York Times, 20 January 1995Floyd Schmoe 1895–2001 105 American peace activist and naturalistQuakers in the World: Floyd SchmoeMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky 1897–2000 102 Austrian architect and political activistMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky (1897–2000)Camille Senon 1925–2025 100 French resistance fighter and trade unionistHenri Simon 1922–2024 102 French Marxist militantHenri Simon biography. Accessed 20 December 2024. (in French)Bernice Tannenbaum 1913–2015 101 American Zionist and feministRosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit 1919–2025 106 Argentine human rights activistLucille Times 1921–2021 100 American civil rights activistElsie Tu 1913–2015 102 British-born Hong Kong social activistThomas Wyatt Turner 1877–1978 101 American civil rights activist, biologist and educatorNathaniel Turner.com: Thomas Wyatt Turner profileMillie Dunn Veasey 1918–2018 100 American civil rights activistPioneering WWII veteran who turned 100 last month diesMarie Wadley 1906–2009 102 Native American activist and historianRachel Mellon Walton 1899–2006 107 American philanthropist and donorRachel Mellon Walton obituaryMary Warburg 1908–2009 100 American philanthropistEdgar Wayburn 1906–2010 103 American environmentalistMathias Wenda1920–2025104West Papuan separatist and activistIrvin F. Westheimer 1879–1980 101 American businessman, banker and philanthropist"Irvin F. Westheimer, 101, Founder of Big Brothers at Start of Century", The New York Times, 1 January 1981Jamye Coleman Williams 1918–2022 103 American activistSir Nicholas Winton 1909–2015 106 British humanitarianHazel Wolf 1898–2000 101 American environmental activist and civil rights campaignerRose Wolfe 1916–2016 100 Canadian social worker and philanthropist

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