List of centenarians (educators, school administrators, social scientists and linguists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as educators, school administrators, social scientists and linguists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name Lifespan Age Reason for NotabilityDaniel Aaron 1912–2016 103 American academic and authorVasily Abaev 1900–2001 100 Ossetian linguist and philologistOssetians – Abaev VasilySophie Aberle 1896–1996 100 American physician, anthropologist, and nutritionistThelma Davidson Adair 1920–2024 103 American educator, writer, activist, and Presbyterian church leaderProfile: Thelma C. Davidson Adair, amsterdamnews.com. Accessed May 12, 2022.Helen Adolf 1895–1998 102 Austrian-American linguist and literature scholarProfile, encyclopedia.com. Accessed October 24, 2022.Leoncio Afonso 1916–2017 100 Spanish academic, professor, and geographerLydia Kaʻonohiponiponiokalani Aholo 1878–1979 101 Hawai'ian educatorIdriz Ajeti 1917–2019 101 Albanologist, academic and researcherBiography of Idriz Ajeti, ashak.org, accessed 22 September 2017Lewis Akeley 1861–1961 100 American academicHenry Angus 1891–1991 100 Canadian educator, lawyer and administratorUBC Archives: Senate Memorial Tributes – "A"John Haden Badley 1865–1967 102 British educator and founder of the Bedales SchoolProfile, oxforddnb.com. Accessed 2 April 2024.Thomas Swain Barclay 1892–1993 101 American academic and Stanford University professorProfile, exhibits.stanford.edu. Accessed April 2, 2024.Henri Baruk 1897–1999 101 French neuropsychiatristRHPST: Fonds Henri Baruk (1897–1999) Jacques Barzun 1907–2012 104 American historianAnne Olivier Bell 1916–2018 102 British literary editor and art scholar, member of the Monuments Men BrigadeAnne Olivier Bell, Editor of Virginia Woolf Diaries, Dies at 102, The New York Times, 24 July 2018Ze'ev Ben-Haim 1907–2013 105 Israeli linguist and former president of the Academy of the Hebrew LanguageHelena Benitez 1914–2016 102 Filipina academic and administrator of the Philippine Women's UniversityMartin S. Bergmann 1913–2014 100 American clinical professor of psychologyRuthven Blackburn 1913–2016 102 Australian physician and professor of medicineProfessor Ruthven Blackburn - a life spent in service of medicine and his country, 27 May 2016, Sydnet Morning Herald. Giuliano Bonfante 1904–2005 101 Italian linguistics expertGiuliano Bonfante and Historical Linguistics, 1930–2000 (PDF)Louise Marion Bosworth 1881–1982 101 American social scientistSNAC: Louise Marion Bosworth, 1881–1982Harvie Branscomb 1894–1998 103 American chancellor of Vanderbilt UniversityAlice Braunlich 1888–1989 101 American classical philologistHella Brock 1919–2020 101 German educator and musicologistHallie Quinn Brown 1849–1949 100 African American educator and writerCivil War Women: Hallie Quinn BrownJerome Bruner 1915–2016 100 American psychologistJune Buchanan 1887–1988 100 American co-founder of Alice Lloyd CollegeAmbrose Burke 1895–1998 102 American President of Saint Ambrose UniversityElizabeth Campbell 1902–2004 101 American public broadcasting pioneer and educatorElizabeth Campbell, 1902–2004, Connection Newspapers, 14 January 2004Chen Han-seng 1897–2004 107 Chinese sociologist and economistChen Han-seng obituary, The Guardian, 1 April 2004Gabriel Chiramel 1914–2017 102 Indian educationist and Roman Catholic priestMary T. Clark 1913–2014 100 American academicThomas D. Clark 1903–2005 101 American historian Thomas Clark, 101, Chronicler of the History of Kentucky, Dies, The New York Times, 30 June 2005Ronald Coase 1910–2013 102 British economist (Nobel laureate)Stanwood Cobb 1881–1982 101 American Baháʼí educator and authorAnna J. Cooper 1858–1964 105 African-American educator and civil rights advocateShockley, Ann Allen, Afro-American Women Writers 1746–1933: An Anthology and Critical Guide, New Haven, Connecticut: Meridian Books, 1989. Leticia Cossettini 1904–2004 100 Argentine teacher and pedagogueIsabel Crook 1915–2023 107 Canadian-British anthropologistPioneering educator and researcher passes at 107, chinadaily.com, 20 August 2023. Accessed 12 November 2023.Richard N. Current 1912–2012 100 American historianNellie Dale 1865–1967 102 British educatorJulia Davis 1891–1993 101 African American educatorFrank A. DeMarco 1921–2023 102 Italian-born Canadian educator and administrator 1922–2024 101 Prague-born American scholarP. C. Devassia 1906–2006 100 Indian Sanskrit scholar and poetAaron Director 1901–2004 102 Ukrainian-American professorAaron Director, Economist, Dies at 102, The New York Times, 16 September 2004Neagu Djuvara 1916–2018 101 Romanian diplomat and historianRachel Dror 1921–2024 103 German-Israeli teacher Rachel Dror obituary, juedische-allgemeine.de. Accessed 17 December 2024. (in German)Isabella Dryden 1917–2024 106 Canadian educatorCBC: 'Teaching is a calling': Meet the 101-year-old teaching computers to seniorsGeorge Alexander Duncan 1902–2006 103 Irish economist and academicLaissez-faire economist was ahead of his time, The Irish TimesAlicia Dussán de Reichel 1920–2023 102 Colombian educatorMarianne Eckardt 1913–2018 105 German-born American psychoanalyst and editorHein Eersel 1922–2022 100 Surinamese academic administrator, chancellor of the University of Suriname (1968–1988) Murray Barnson Emeneau 1904–2005 101 American linguistIn Memoriam: Murray Barnson Emeneau, University of CaliforniaLeopold Engleitner 1905–2013 107 Austrian lecturer and Holocaust survivorLeopold Engleitner, oldest concentration camp survivor, dies, Reuters, 2 May 2013Fan Xuji 1914–2015 101 Chinese educator and President of Shanghai Jiao Tong UniversityD. J. Finney 1917–2018 101 British statisticianEilene Galloway 1906–2009 102 American space policy expertAlbert Ganado 1924–2025 101 Maltese historian, cartographer, and lawyerDr Ganado, our Founder, passes away, maltamapsociety.mt. Accessed 9 March 2026.Marie de Garis 1910–2010 100 Guernseyian lexicographerEdmund Gordon 1921– American psychologistJules Gros 1890–1992 102 Breton linguistJules Gros, BabelioLuther H. Gulick 1892–1993 100 American social scientistDr. Luther H. Gulick, 100, Dies; Adviser to Roosevelt and Mayors, The New York Times, 11 January 1993Daphne Lorraine Gum 1916–2017 101 Australian pioneer in cerebral palsy careTributes: Gum, Daphne Lorraine, oliverose.com.au. Accessed 12 November 2023.Bertrand Hallward 1901–2003 102 British first vice-chancellor of the University of NottinghamBertrand Hallward obituary, The Daily TelegraphJudith Hemmendinger 1923–2024 100 German-born Israeli researcher and author Laurin L. Henry 1921–2025 103 American academic and researcherFletcher Hodges Jr. 1905–2006 100 American expert on the music of Stephen FosterRobert R. Holt 1917–2024 106 American psychologist, scholar of psychoanalytic theoryOlivia Hooker 1915–2018 103 American psychologist, first African-American woman in the U.S. Coast Guard)Last survivor of Tulsa Race Riot passes awayEmily Howland 1827–1929 101 American philanthropist and educatorEmily Howland, 1827–1929, howlandstonestore.org. Accessed 12 November 2023.Halil İnalcık 1916–2016 100 Turkish historianRobert L. Kahn 1918–2019 100 American psychologist and social scientistRemembering Bob Kahn, isr.umich.edu. Accessed May 12, 2022.Janet Kalven 1913–2014 100 American educator and writer Hasan Karmi 1905–2007 101 Palestinian linguist, broadcaster and scholarHasan Karmi obituary, The Guardian, 7 May 2007Alison Kelly 1913–2016 102 English art historianAnvar Khamei 1917–2018 101 Iranian sociologist and economistانور خامه‌ای درگذشت Ferdinand Knobloch 1916–2018 101 Czech-Canadian psychiatristFerdinand Knobloch death notice, 11 April 2018 Dorothy Knowles 1906–2010 104 British academicJaroslav Kozlík 1907–2012 105 Czech reformer of physical educationEmmanuel Kriaras 1906–2014 107 Greek lexicographer and philologistHans Kurath 1891–1992 100 Austrian-American linguist< American National Biography: Kurath, HansErnest Kurnow 1912–2014 101 American business professorB. B. Lal 1921–2022 101 Indian archaeologist, director general of the ASI (1968–1972)Who was B B Lal, the Padma Vibhushan awardee behind excavation at Ramjanmabhoomi website, indianexpress.com. Accessed 12 November 2023.Karolina Lanckorońska 1898–2002 104 Polish art historian and writerCountess Karolina Lanckoronska obituary, The Daily Telegraph. Accessed 12 November 2023.Geoffrey Langlands 1917–2019 101 British-Pakistani educator and Army MajorPM Imran’s teacher Geoffrey Langlands passes away in LahoreMargaret Morgan Lawrence 1914–2019 105 American psychiatrist and psychoanalystHarold Lawton 1899–2005 106 British scholar of French literatureProfessor Harold Lawton obituary, The Daily Telegraph. Accessed 12 November 2023.Anthony Lazzaro 1921–2021 100 American academic administratorWolf Leslau 1906–2006 100 American leading scholar on Ethiopian languages and cultureIn Memoriam: Wolf Leslau, senate.universityofcalifornia.edu. Accessed 12 November 2023.William Leuchtenburg 1922–2025 102 American historianClaude Lévi-Strauss 1908–2009 100 Belgian-born French anthropologistBernard Lewis 1916–2018 101 British historian of the Middle EastGuenter Lewy 1923–2026 102 German-born American historianMaría Teresa Linares Savio 1920–2021 100 Cuban musicologistRinden tributo a María Teresa Linares en Villa Clara en su centenario (+ Fotos) Fallece en La Habana María Teresa LinaresCharles E. Lindblom 1917–2018 100 American academicIn memoriam: Charles Edward Lindblom, helped found ISPS at YaleLiu Xuyi 1913–2018 105 Chinese historian and scholarAdolph Lowe 1893–1995 102 German sociologist and economistAdolph Lowe, 102, Economist Who Fled Hitler, The New York Times, 14 June 1995Seymour Lubetzky 1898–2003 104 Belarusian-American librarianSeymour Lubetzky, 104, Librarian, Dies, The New York Times, 13 April 2003John Harding Lucas 1920–2025 104 African-American educator and academic administrator, president of Shaw University (1986–1987).Amadou-Mahtar M'Bow 1921–2024 103 Senegalese educatorEleanor Maccoby 1917–2018 101 American psychologistStanford psychologist Eleanor Maccoby dies at 101Ernest Manheim 1900–2002 102 American sociologist, anthropologist and composerLeo Marx 1919–2022 102 American historian Richard B. Mather 1913–2014 101 Chinese-born American sinologistHenry Evans Maude 1906–2006 100 British anthropologistE. Gerald Meyer 1919– American Emeritus professor of chemistryHow One Retiree Planned Well for a Long LifeBrenda Milner 1918– British-Canadian pioneer of neuropsychologyHiroshi Mizuta 1919–2023 103 Japanese economist and historian, member of the Japan Academy.名大名誉教授の水田洋さん死去　アダム・スミス研究の第一人者 David O. Moberg 1922–2023 101 American sociologistDavid Oscar Moberg obituary, jsonline.com. Accessed November 12, 2023.Eduardo Morales Miranda 1910–2012 102 Chilean founder of the Southern University of ChileJohn Morton-Finney 1889–1998 108 African American civil rights activist and lawyerBenzion Netanyahu 1910–2012 102 Polish-born Israeli historianDorothy Nyswander 1894–1998 104 American health educator and advocateDorothy Bird Nyswander, 104; Promoted Public Health Education, The New York Times, 29 December 1998Rodolfo Oroz 1895–1997 101 Chilean writer, professor and philologistMaria Isaura Pereira de Queiróz 1918–2018 100 Brazilian sociologistMorre a socióloga Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiroz Sybil Plumlee 1911–2012 100 American teacher and police officerZdeňka Pokorná 1905–2007 101 Czech teacherFrank Popper 1918–2020 102 Czech-born French-British historian of art and technology, professor and authorFrank Popper (1918–2020)Frank Popper—the historian at the forefront of art’s digital revolution—has died, aged 102Norman Porteous 1898–2003 104 British academic; Dean at the University of EdinburghNorman Porteous Scotsman obituaryEva Gabriele Reichmann 1897–1998 101 German historian and sociologistJewish Women's Archive: Eva Gabriele ReichmannLoren Reid 1905–2014 109 American educator and authorBarbara Reynolds 1914–2015 100 British scholar of Italian stu