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

Philanthropy

Philanthropy etymologically means "the love of humanity"—love in the sense of caring for, nourishing, developing, or enhancing; humanity in the sense of "what it is to be human," or "human potential." In modern practical terms, it is "private initiatives for public good, focusing on quality of...

– known for reasons other than their longevity
Longevity
The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....

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Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Encarnacion Alzona Encarnacion Alzona Encarnacion A. Alzona was a pioneering Filipino historian, educator and suffragette. The first Filipino woman to obtain a Ph.D., she was conferred in 1985 the rank and title of National Scientist of the Philippines....	1895–2001	105	Filipino suffragette Suffragette "Suffragette" is a term coined by the Daily Mail newspaper as a derogatory label for members of the late 19th and early 20th century movement for women's suffrage in the United Kingdom, in particular members of the Women's Social and Political Union... , historian Historian A historian is a person who studies and writes about the past and is regarded as an authority on it. Historians are concerned with the continuous, methodical narrative and research of past events as relating to the human race; as well as the study of all history in time. If the individual is... and author
Albert Jean Amateau	1889–1996	106	Turkish-born American rabbi Rabbi In Judaism, a rabbi is a teacher of Torah. This title derives from the Hebrew word רבי , meaning "My Master" , which is the way a student would address a master of Torah... and social activist
Melchora Aquino Melchora Aquino Melchora Aquino de Ramos was a Filipina revolutionary who became known as "Tandang Sora" in the history of the Philippines because of her age when the Philippine Revolution broke out in 1896...	1812–1919	107	Filipino revolutionary Revolutionary A revolutionary is a person who either actively participates in, or advocates revolution. Also, when used as an adjective, the term revolutionary refers to something that has a major, sudden impact on society or on some aspect of human endeavor.-Definition:...
Brooke Astor Brooke Astor Roberta Brooke Astor was an American philanthropist and socialite who was the chairwoman of the Vincent Astor Foundation, which had been established by her third husband, Vincent Astor, son of John Jacob Astor IV and great-great grandson of America's first multi-millionaire, John Jacob...	1902–2007	105	American socialite Socialite A socialite is a person who participates in social activities and spends a significant amount of time entertaining and being entertained at fashionable upper-class events.... and philanthropist
Amelia Boynton Robinson Amelia Boynton Robinson Amelia Platts Boynton Robinson was a leader of the American Civil Rights Movement in Selma, Alabama. A key figure in the 1965 march that became known as Bloody Sunday, she later became vice-president of the Schiller Institute affiliated with Lyndon LaRouche. She was awarded the Martin Luther King,...	1911–		American civil rights activist
Catherine Bramwell-Booth Catherine Bramwell-Booth Commissioner Catherine Bramwell-Booth CBE, OF, born Catherine Booth Booth , Salvation Army officer, was one of seven children born to General Bramwell Booth and Florence Eleanor Soper, and was the granddaughter of the Salvation Army's Founder, General William Booth and his wife Catherine Mumford,...	1883–1987	104	British Salvation Army The Salvation Army The Salvation Army is a Protestant Christian church known for its thrift stores and charity work. It is an international movement that currently works in over a hundred countries.... officer Officer in The Salvation Army An Officer in The Salvation Army is a Salvationist who is in essence a minister of the Christian faith, but who fulfills many other roles not usually fulfilled by clergy of other denominations...
Catherine Caradja Catherine Caradja Princess Catherine Olympia Caradja was a celebrated Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist. Born in Bucharest, she grew up in England and France, and lived in Romania from 1908 to 1952, when she escaped from the communist regime on a Danube boat...	1893–1993	100	Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist
Leonora Cohen Leonora Cohen Leonora Cohen OBE was a British suffragette.She was known for smashing the case of the Crown Jewels in the Tower of London. She survived a hunger strike in Armley Jail in Leeds....	1873–1978	105	British suffragette
Kathryn Wasserman Davis Kathryn Wasserman Davis Kathryn Wasserman Davis is an American philanthropist and the widow of businessman Shelby Cullom Davis, who was the United States Ambassador to Switzerland from 1969-74. Her husband died in 1994...	1907–		American philanthropist
Muriel Duckworth Muriel Duckworth Muriel Helen Duckworth née Ball, CM, ONS was a Canadian pacifist, feminist and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintained that war with its systematic violence against women and children is a major obstacle...	1908–2009	100	Canadian pacifist Pacifism Pacifism is the opposition to war and violence. The term "pacifism" was coined by the French peace campaignerÉmile Arnaud and adopted by other peace activists at the tenth Universal Peace Congress inGlasgow in 1901.- Definition :... , feminist Feminism Feminism is a collection of movements aimed at defining, establishing, and defending equal political, economic, and social rights and equal opportunities for women. Its concepts overlap with those of women's rights... and social activist
Charles Duguid Charles Duguid Charles Duguid was a Scottish-born medical practitioner and Aboriginal rights campaigner who recorded his experience working among the Australian Aborigines in a number of books.-Early career:...	1884–1986	102	Australian activist for Aboriginal Indigenous Australians Indigenous Australians are the original inhabitants of the Australian continent and nearby islands. The Aboriginal Indigenous Australians migrated from the Indian continent around 75,000 to 100,000 years ago.... rights
Margaret Dunning Margaret Dunning Margaret Isabel Dunning is a philanthropist and benefactor of the Plymouth Historical Museum. She was born in Redford, Wayne County, Michigan.-Personal life:...	1910 –		American philanthropist
Hallie Ford Hallie Ford Hallie Brown Ford was an American business person and philanthropist. A native of Oklahoma, she acquired her wealth in Oregon through the timber industry. As a philanthropist she made donations to many institutions in Oklahoma and Oregon to support education and the arts...	1905–2007	102	American business woman and philanthropist
Yann Fouéré Yann Fouéré Yann Fouéré was a Breton nationalist and an European federalist. He was born as Jean-Adolphe Fouéré in Aignan, Gers....	1910–2011	100	Breton Breton people The Bretons are an ethnic group located in the region of Brittany in France. They trace much of their heritage to groups of Brythonic speakers who emigrated from southwestern Great Britain in waves from the 3rd to 6th century into the Armorican peninsula, subsequently named Brittany after them.The... nationalist Nationalism Nationalism is a political ideology that involves a strong identification of a group of individuals with a political entity defined in national terms, i.e. a nation. In the 'modernist' image of the nation, it is nationalism that creates national identity. There are various definitions for what...
Ruth May Fox Ruth May Fox Ruth May Fox was a nineteenth century English-born women's rights activist in the Territory of Utah. Fox was a poet, hymn writer, and a leader of youth in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ....	1853–1958	104	American women's rights Women's rights Women's rights are entitlements and freedoms claimed for women and girls of all ages in many societies.In some places these rights are institutionalized or supported by law, local custom, and behaviour, whereas in others they may be ignored or suppressed... activist
Miep Gies Miep Gies Miep Gies was one of the Dutch citizens who hid Anne Frank, her family and several family friends in an attic annex above Anne's father's place of business from the Nazis during World War II...	1909–2010	100	Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian
Henrietta Greville Henrietta Greville Henrietta Greville MBE, née Wyse was an Australian labour organiser and one of the first women to run for the Australian Parliament with major party endorsement....	1861–1964	103	Australian labour organiser
Aracy de Carvalho Aracy de Carvalho Guimarães Rosa Aracy de Carvalho Guimarães Rosa, née Aracy Moebius de Carvalho, was a Brazilian diplomatic clerk who has been recognized with the title of Righteous Among the Nations.-Early life:...	1908–2011	102	Brazilian humanitarian
Lina Haag Lina Haag Lina Haag née Jäger is a former member of the Youth movement of the Communist Party of Germany in the small Württemberg town of Schwäbisch Gmünd in the 1920s. In 1927, she married fellow Communist Alfred Haag. Alfred was a member of the regional Parliament for the KPD until Hitler's rise to...	1907–		German World War II World War II World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis... resistance fighter
Doris Haddock	1910–2010	100	American political activist
John Hampton John Hampton (philanthropist) John Hampton was an American retired Marine Lieutenant Colonel and former journalist. Hampton is credited with co-founding Toys for Tots with Major William L. Hendricks and other U.S. Marines during the late 1940s....	1907–2010	103	American co-founder of Toys for Tots Toys for Tots Toys for Tots is a program run by the United States Marine Corps Reserve which donates toys to children whose parents cannot afford to buy them gifts for Christmas. The program was founded in 1947 by reservist Major William L...
Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton Alice Hamilton was the first woman appointed to the faculty of Harvard University and was a leading expert in the field of occupational health...	1869–1970	101	American toxicologist Toxicology Toxicology is a branch of biology, chemistry, and medicine concerned with the study of the adverse effects of chemicals on living organisms...
Margaret Holmes Margaret Holmes Margaret Joan Holmes , AM was an Australian peace activist, particularly during the Vietnam War and as part of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship...	1909–2009	100	Australian peace activist
Shidzue Katō	1897–2001	104	Japanese feminist and politician
Rose Kennedy	1890–1995	104	American mother of John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy John Fitzgerald "Jack" Kennedy , often referred to by his initials JFK, was the 35th President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in 1963....
Evelyn Lett Evelyn Lett Evelyn Lett, was a Canadian women's rights pioneer.Born Evelyn Story in Wawanesa, Manitoba, she moved with her family to Vancouver, British Columbia in 1910. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1917 from the University of British Columbia , one of first female graduates...	1896–1999	102	Canadian woman's rights pioneer
Paul Moyer Limbert Paul Moyer Limbert Paul Moyer Limbert was a clergyman, educator and Secretary General of the World Alliance of YMCAs.Born in Pennsylvania, Limbert earned a divinity degree at the Theological Seminary in Lancaster, Pennsylvania...	1897–1998	101	American former YMCA YMCA The Young Men's Christian Association is a worldwide organization of more than 45 million members from 125 national federations affiliated through the World Alliance of YMCAs... Secretary General
Enolia McMillan Enolia McMillan Enolia Pettigen McMillan was the first female national president of the NAACP.Born Enolia Virginia Pettigen in Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, the daughter of Elizabeth Fortune Pettigen and John Pettigen, Enolia Pettigen attended Frederick Douglass High School and later Howard University with the help...	1904–2006	102	American former NAACP National Association for the Advancement of Colored People The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, usually abbreviated as NAACP, is an African-American civil rights organization in the United States, formed in 1909. Its mission is "to ensure the political, educational, social, and economic equality of rights of all persons and to... president
Elisabeth Murdoch	1909–		Australian philanthropist
Margaret Murie Margaret Murie Margaret Thomas "Mardy" Murie was a naturalist, author, adventurer, and conservationist. Dubbed the "Grandmother of the Conservation Movement" by both the Sierra Club and the Wilderness Society, she helped in the passage of the Wilderness Act, and was instrumental in creating the Arctic...	1902–2003	101	American conservationist Conservation movement The conservation movement, also known as nature conservation, is a political, environmental and a social movement that seeks to protect natural resources including animal, fungus and plant species as well as their habitat for the future....
Scott Nearing Scott Nearing Scott Nearing was an American radical economist, educator, writer, political activist, and advocate of simple living.-The early years:...	1883–1983	100	American conservationist
Sanzo Nosaka Sanzo Nosaka was the co-founder of the Japanese Communist Party in 1922. He co-founded the party in 1922 but was much later expelled from it after being indicted on charges of being an informant for the Soviets...	1892–1993	101	Japanese politician
Andrée Peel Andrée Peel Andrée Peel was one of a couple of women known as Agent Rose .She worked against the German occupation of France as a member of the French Resistance during the Second World War....	1905–2010	105	French Resistance French Resistance The French Resistance is the name used to denote the collection of French resistance movements that fought against the Nazi German occupation of France and against the collaborationist Vichy régime during World War II... member during World War II
Nittoor Srinivasa Rau Nittoor Srinivasa Rau Nittoor Srinivasa Rao or Nittur Srinivasa Rao was a Gandhian who participated in the Indian independence movement. He was the Chief Justice of the High Court of Mysore State and also the first chief of the Central Vigilance Commission of India...	1903–2004	100	Indian independence activist and jurist Jurist A jurist or jurisconsult is a professional who studies, develops, applies, or otherwise deals with the law. The term is widely used in American English, but in the United Kingdom and many Commonwealth countries it has only historical and specialist usage...
Milton Rogovin Milton Rogovin Milton Rogovin was a documentary photographer who has been compared to great social documentary photographers of the 19th and 20th centuries, such as Lewis Hine and Jacob Riis. His photographs are in the Library of Congress, the J...	1909–2011	101	American documentary photographer
Frederick J. Schlink	1891–1995	103	American co-founder of Consumers Research Consumers Research Consumers' Research is a defunct non-profit organization established in 1929 by Stuart Chase and F.J. Schlink , after the success of their book Your Money's Worth: a study in the waste of the Consumer's Dollar galvanized interest in testing products on behalf of consumers...
Floyd Schmoe Floyd Schmoe Floyd W. Schmoe was a Quaker, pacifist and author living in the Seattle, Washington area for most of his life.- Early life :...	1895–2001	105	American peace activist Peace activist This list of peace activists includes people who proactively advocate diplomatic, non-military resolution of political disputes, usually through nonviolent means.A peace activist is an activist of the peace movement.Jane AddamsMartti Ahtisaari... and naturalist Natural history Natural history is the scientific research of plants or animals, leaning more towards observational rather than experimental methods of study, and encompasses more research published in magazines than in academic journals. Grouped among the natural sciences, natural history is the systematic study...
Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky was the first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement. She is mostly remembered today for designing the so-called Frankfurt Kitchen.-Training:...	1897–2000	102	Austrian architect Architect An architect is a person trained in the planning, design and oversight of the construction of buildings. To practice architecture means to offer or render services in connection with the design and construction of a building, or group of buildings and the space within the site surrounding the... and political activist
Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji Dr. Sree Sree Sree Shivakumara Swamiji is the present head of Sree Siddaganga Mutt in Tumkur District, South India and founder of the Sree Siddaganga Education Society. He was initiated into viraktashram order in 1930. Swamiji was born in Veerapura near Magadi Taluk. He studied English in college...	1907–		Indian humanitarian
Thomas Wyatt Turner Thomas Wyatt Turner Thomas Wyatt Turner was an American civil rights activist, biologist and educator. Born in Hughesville, Maryland, Turner attended Episcopal local schools after Catholic schools refused to admit him because of his race....	1877–1978	101	American civil rights Civil rights Civil and political rights are a class of rights that protect individuals' freedom from unwarranted infringement by governments and private organizations, and ensure one's ability to participate in the civil and political life of the state without discrimination or repression.Civil rights include... activist, biologist Biologist A biologist is a scientist devoted to and producing results in biology through the study of life. Typically biologists study organisms and their relationship to their environment. Biologists involved in basic research attempt to discover underlying mechanisms that govern how organisms work... and educator
Marie Wadley Marie Wadley Marie L. Wadley was an American co-founder of the Five Civilized Tribes Museum in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Wadley became the museum's first president after its opening.-Early life:...	1906–2009	102	Native American Indigenous peoples of the Americas The indigenous peoples of the Americas are the pre-Columbian inhabitants of North and South America, their descendants and other ethnic groups who are identified with those peoples. Indigenous peoples are known in Canada as Aboriginal peoples, and in the United States as Native Americans... activist and historian
Rachel Mellon Walton Rachel Mellon Walton Rachel Mellon Walton was an American philanthropist.-Life:Walton was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania the daughter of William Larimer Mellon , of the banking family, and himself a founder of Gulf Oil. Her mother was Mary "May" Taylor Mellon. Walton was educated at the Dobbs Ferry School in Dobbs...	1899–2006	107	American philanthropist
Mary Warburg Mary Warburg Mary Whelan Prue Warburg was a philanthropist and member of the Warburg banking family....	1908–2009	100	American philanthropist
Edgar Wayburn Edgar Wayburn Edgar Wayburn was an environmentalist who was elected president of the Sierra Club five times in the 1960s. One of America's legendary wilderness champions, Dr...	1906–2010	103	American environmentalist Environmentalism Environmentalism is a broad philosophy, ideology and social movement regarding concerns for environmental conservation and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks to incorporate the concerns of non-human elements...
Irvin F. Westheimer Irvin F. Westheimer Irvin Ferdinand Westheimer is best remembered for being the founder of the Big Brothers Big Sisters of America....	1879–1980	101	American businessman, banker and philanthropist
Nicholas Winton Nicholas Winton Sir Nicholas George Winton, MBE is a British humanitarian who organised the rescue of 669 mostly Jewish children from German-occupied Czechoslovakia on the eve of the Second World War in an operation later known as the Czech Kindertransport. Winton found homes for them and arranged for their safe...	1909–		British humanitarian
Hazel Wolf Hazel Wolf Hazel Wolf was an activist and environmentalist who lived in the Seattle area for most of her life. Born in 1898 to an American mother and a Canadian father, she lived to see three centuries before her death at 101 years of age on January 19, 2000...	1898–2000	101	American environmental activist and civil-rights campaigner

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