List of centenarians (military commanders and soldiers)

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

Name Lifespan Age Reason for NotabilityYavar Abbas 1920– British Indian Army captainBenjamin H. Adams 1888–1989 100 American admiralHassan Alavikia 1910–2013 102 Iranian Army generalMariano Álvarez 1818–1924 106 Filipino general and President of the MagdiwangBud Anderson 1922–2024 102 American Air Force officer and World War II flying aceKurt Andersen 1898–2003 104 German Luftwaffe generalWalter Stratton Anderson 1881–1981 100 American vice admiral of the NavyStuart Archer 1915–2015 100 British Army officer; recipient of the George CrossMillie Bailey 1918–2022 104 American World War II veteranAaron Bank 1902–2004 101 American army officer; founder of the Special ForcesRussell Bannock 1919–2020 100 Canadian fighter pilotBill Bell 1912–2012 100 British army officerMélanie Berger-Volle1921–French resistance veteranMikhail Beregovoy 1918–2021 103 Soviet Air Defence Forces officerKakon Bibi 1915–2018 102/103 Bangladeshi spyBangladesh Liberation War hero Bir Pratik Kakon Bibi dies, bdnews24.com, 22 March 2018; accessed 22 March 2018.Sir Clarence Bird 1885–1986 101 British generalMustafa Şekip Birgöl 1903–2008 105 Turkish military officer and last veteran of the Turkish War of IndependenceWilliam Henry Bisbee 1840–1942 102 American generalStephen J. Bonner Jr. 1918–2021 103 American World War II flying ace Aleksey Botyan 1917–2020 103 Soviet colonel, spy, partisan and intelligence officerAubrey J. Bourgeois 1907–2011 103 American Navy officerHugo Broch 1922–2026 German World War II flying aceLady Martha Bruce 1921–2023 101 British prison governor, Women's Royal Army Corps officer, and aristocratColette Brull-Ulmann 1920–2021 101 French Resistance fighterRobert Cardenas 1920–2022 102 American Air Force generalWaldemar Levy Cardoso 1900–2009 108 Last surviving Brazilian field marshalRobert Carter 1910–2012 102 British Royal Air Force officerDean Caswell 1922–2022 100 American World War II flying aceKenneth O. Chilstrom 1921–2022 101 American air force colonel and test pilotSir Philip Christison 1893–1993 100 British generalIlie Ciocan 1913–2026 112 Romanian World War II veteranRichard E. Cole 1915–2019 103 American Air Force officer and last living participant of the Doolittle RaidLewis Combs 1895–1996 101 American Navy admiralDaniel Cordier 1920–2020 100 French Resistance fighter ()Michael Lindsay Coulton Crawford 1917–2017 100 British Royal Navy officer and submarinerSusan Ahn Cuddy 1915–2015 100 American Navy officer; first female gunnery officer in U.S. NavyDonald L. Custis 1917–2021 103 American Navy vice admiralAaron Daggett 1837–1938 100 Union Army general of the American Civil WarPerry J. Dahl 1923–2024 101 Canadian-born American Air Force officer and World War II flying acePhilippe de Gaulle 1921–2024 102 French Navy admiralUdey Chand Dubey 1909–2009 100 Indian Army generalDai Zijin 1916–2017 101 Chinese Air Force majorEmma Didlake 1904–2015 111 American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)Oldest known U.S. veteran Emma Didlake dies, cnn.com; accessed March 2, 2018.James W. Downing 1913–2018 104 American Navy lieutenantLeo J. Dulacki 1918–2019 100 American Marine Corps lieutenant generalJames Francis Edwards 1921–2022 100 Canadian fighter pilotWilliam J. Ely 1911–2017 105 American Army officerWilliam A. Enemark 1913–2016 102 American Army officerHenry St John Fancourt 1900–2004 103 British Royal Navy officerFang Huai 1917–2019 101 Chinese Army major generalHubert Faure 1914–2021 106 French soldier, Grand Croix of the Legion of Honour recipientEdward L. Feightner 1919–2020 100 American admiralJohn William Finn 1909–2010 100 American Navy officer; Medal of Honor recipientMario Fiorentini 1918–2022 103 Italian partisan, spy and mathematicianJames Flint 1913–2013 100 British Royal Air Force officer and businessmanJames Clayton Flowers 1915– American Tuskegee AirmanDorothy Frooks 1896–1997 101 American author, publisher, military officer, and military lawyerRobert B. Fulton 1910–2015 104 American Navy officerJohn F. Gonge 1921– American Air Force officerEdward Greer 1924–2025 100 American army officerHarry E. Goldsworthy 1914–2022 107 American Air Force officerAmedeo Guillet 1909–2010 101 Italian Army officerGail Halvorsen 1920–2022 101 American Berlin Airlift pilotJulia E. Hamblet 1916–2017 100 American military officerObituary: Colonel Julia E. Hamblet, washingtonpost.com; accessed 26 September 2017.Monique Hanotte 1920–2022 101 Belgian World War II resistance fighterReinhard Hardegen 1913–2018 105 German U-boat commanderJames H. Harvey 1923– American Air Force pilotSir Cosmo Haskard 1916–2017 100 British Army officerBernice Falk Haydu 1920–2021 100 American aviator and member of the Women Airforce Service PilotsCharles D. Herron 1877–1977 100 American Army generalSir George Higginson 1826–1927 100 British generalDame Felicity Hill 1915–2019 103 British Royal Air Force officer; Director of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF; 1966–69)John L. Hines 1868–1968 100 American general and Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyMad Mike Hoare 1919–2020 100 Irish soldier and mercenary Henry Clay Hodges 1860–1963 103 American Army major general Hsu Li-nung 1919–2025 106 Taiwanese military officer, politician and unification activist Republished as: James D. Hughes 1922–2024 101 American Air Force generalFrederick Augustus Irving 1894–1995 101 American Army general and West Point Military Academy SuperintendentAlbin F. Irzyk 1917–2018 101 American brigadier generalGeorgy Vasilyevich Ivanov 1901–2001 100 Soviet Army major generalRichard H. Jackson 1866–1971 105 American Navy admiralWacław Jędrzejewicz 1893–1993 100 Polish Land Forces officer, diplomat and college professorJohnny Johnson 1921–2022 101 British Royal Air Force officer and last surviving original member of No. 617 Squadron RAF and of Operation Chastise, the "Dambusters" raid of 1943Ernst Jünger 1895–1998 102 German Army officer and notable authorEd Keats 1915–2019 104 American Navy officerOrris E. Kelly 1926–2026 100 American army officer, chief of chaplains (1975–1979)Hedley Kett 1913–2014 100 British Royal Navy officerDame Marion Kettlewell 1914–2016 102 British Naval officer; director of the Wrens (1966–1970)Bill King 1910–2012 102 British Navy officer, yachtsman and authorNikolai Kirtok 1920–2022 101 Ukrainian-born Russian Red Army pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1945)Norman Kleiss 1916–2016 100 American World War II Navy dive-bomber pilotRoy L. Kline 1914–2020 105 American Marine brigadier general, served as Military Secretary to the Commandant of the Marine CorpsFranciszek Kornicki 1916–2017 100 Polish fighter pilotZmarł Franciszek Kornicki, weteran walk powietrznych w Wielkiej Brytanii, wprost.pl; accessed 2 March 2018.Hermann von Kuhl 1856–1958 102 German Army generalReidar Kvaal 1916–2016 100 Norwegian Army officerTraute Lafrenz 1919–2023 103 German-American resistance fighter (White Rose)Dean S. Laird 1921–2022 101 American World War II flying aceGeoffrey Langlands 1917–2019 101 British Army officer; educatorPhyllis Latour 1921–2023 102 South African-born New Zealand intelligence officer (SOE)Decorated WWII special ops agent has died in West Auckland, aged 102, stuff.co.nz. Accessed 12 November 2023.Li Guang 1914–2020 106 Chinese Army major generalLiu Zhonghua 1917–2018 101 Chinese Navy admiralGeorges Loinger 1910–2018 108 French soldier during World War IISonomyn Luvsangombo 1924– Mongolian Army colonel general and politicianLü Zhengcao 1905–2009 104 Chinese Army generalIan Lyall Grant 1915–2020 104 British Army generalStanisław Maczek 1892–1994 102 Polish Army generalBranko Mamula 1921–2021 100 Yugoslav army officer and politicianJohn Manners 1914–2020 105 British Royal Navy officer and first-class cricketerLeroy J. Manor 1921–2021 100 American American Air Force lieutenant general, joint commander of Operation Ivory CoastIvan Martynushkin 1924– Soviet Army soldier, Auschwitz concentration camp liberatorMiloslav Masopust 1924–2026 101 Czechoslovak Army generalRoy Matsumoto 1913–2014 101 American Army officerKenneth Mayhew 1917–2021 104 British Army officer; recipient of the Military Order of WilliamWilliam V. McBride 1922–2022 100 American Air Force generalCharles McGee 1919–2022 102 American fighter pilot and Tuskegee AirmanSeth J. McKee 1916–2016 100 American Air Force generalDonald M. McPherson 1922–2025 103 American World War II flying ace James Megellas 1917–2020 103 American Army officerJohn H. Miller 1925–2025 100 American Marine Corps lieutenant generalSanford K. Moats 1921–2023 102 American Air Force officer and WWII flying aceMasaichi Niimi 1887–1993 106 Japanese Navy admiralPaul R. Norby 1913–2015 102 American Navy officerLouis M. Nuttman 1874–1978 104 American brigadier generalFrancis W. Nye 1918–2019 100 American Air Force major generalSir Henry Oliver 1865–1965 100 British Admiral of the FleetKate Orchard 1923–2025 102 Veteran of the Women's Auxiliary Corps in IndiaPhon Paradraksa 1923–2026 103 Thai general and police officer.Stylianos Pattakos 1912–2016 103 Greek military officer and politician, member of the Greek juntaFrederick R. Payne Jr. 1911–2015 104 American Marine Corps officerThomas Pearson 1914–2019 105 British Army generalRaymond E. Peet 1921–2021 100 American Navy vice admiral Paul D. Phillips 1918–2023 105 American army generalErich Priebke 1913–2013 100 German Nazi SS captain and war criminal"E' morto Eric Priebke, ex ufficiale SS naziste:fu condannato per strage Fosse Ardeatine", La Repubblica, October 11, 2013.Yitzhak Pundak 1913–2017 104 Israeli generalJohn C. Raaen Jr. 1922– American major generalMary Louise Rasmuson 1911–2012 101 American army officer; director, Women's Army CorpsVasily Reshetnikov 1919–2023 103 Soviet colonel-general of aviation, Hero of the Soviet UnionDavid C. Richardson 1914–2015 101 American Navy officerGuillermo Rodríguez 1923– Ecuadorian general and politician, acting president (1972–1976)Richard Rohmer 1924– Royal Canadian Air Force reconnaissance pilot, D-Day, Battles of Normandy, Belgium and the NetherlandsEdward Rowny 1917–2017 100 American Army officerPaul Royle 1914–2015 101 Australian Royal Air Force pilotPaul Royle profile, warhistoryonline.com. Accessed 27 April 2022.Heinrich Ruhl 1915–2015 100 German Army officerMary Rundle 1907–2010 103 English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval ServiceDu Runsheng 1913–2015 102 Chinese military officer and agricultural reformerMike Sadler 1920–2023 103 British Army officer, last original member of the Special Air ServiceMiguel Ángel Sanz Bocos 1918–2018 100 Spanish Army officer and aviatorHelmuth Schlömer 1893–1995 102 German Army generalWilliam Seach 1877–1978 101 American Medal of Honor recipient from the Boxer RebellionDeWitt Searles 1920–2021 100 American Air Force major generalDave Severance 1919–2021 102 American Marine Corps colonel, who led the company responsible for raising the flag on Iwo JimaDawn Seymour 1917–2017 100 American Women Airforce Service Pilot and activistSurindra Nath Sharma 1923– Indian Army generalCharles Norman Shay 1924–2025 101 American World War II veteranJohn K. Singlaub 1921–2022 100 American generalRalph C. Smith 1893–1998 104 American major general William W. Snavely 1920–2020 100 American Air Force lieutenant general Sergei Sokolov 1911–2012 101 Marshal of the Soviet Union, Hero of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of DefenceDeryck Stapleton 1918–2018 100 British Royal Air Force Air MarshalGuy Stern 1922–2023 101 German-American decorated member of the Ritchie BoysHerbert I. Stern 1918– American Army field artillerist and last surviving pre-war graduate of the United States Military AcademyDorothy C. Stratton 1899–2006 107 American SPARS directorElliott B. Strauss 1903–2003 100 American Navy rear admiralSun Yuanliang 1904–20