Celebrities That Lived to Be 100 or Older

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Jeanne Calment 1875-1997. Oldest living person ever

119

Kane Tanaka 1903-2022. 2nd oldest person ever 

Sarah Knauss 1880-1999. 3rd oldest person ever 

118

Sister Andre (Lucile Randon) 1904-2023 French Nun

114

Leila Denmark 1898-2012.  American Pediatrician who invented the vaccine for pertussis (whooping cough).  She didn't retire from her practice until she was 103.  

112

Alphaeus Philemon Cole 1876-1988. American artist 

Sasha Krasny 1882-1995. Russian poet 


111

Theresa Bernstein 1890-2002. Artist 

Frederica Sagor 1900-1912. Screenwriter.

Ruthie Tompson: 1910-2021. Disney animator 

109

Colm de Bhailis 1796-1906. Irish Writer 

Sarah Louise Delany 1889-1999. Writer.

Helen Reichert 1901-2011. Fashion advisor and teacher at NYU (subject of genetic testing, google her)


108

Johannes Heesters 1903-2011. Actor and Singer

Trude Hollander 1910-2018. German-American gynecologist 

Roberta McCain 1912-2020. oil heiress and politician John McCain's mother  

Gladys O'Connor 1903-2012. actress from "Billy Madison" 


107

George Abbott. 1887-1995. American playwright, Director, and producer.

Red Hoff 1891-1998. Baseball pitcher 

Roy Neuberger 1903-2010. American financier and art collector. 

106

S. Prestley Blake 1914-2021. Co-founder of Friendly's ice cream Co. 

Julie Gibson 1913-2019. Actress from "The Contender"

Norman Lloyd 1914-2021. Actor from "The Dead Poet's Society" 

Lincoln Maazel 1903-2009. American stage actor 

Lupita Tovar 1910-2016. actress in the 1930's and 1940's 

Doris Eaton Travis 1904-2010.  An actress from "Man on the Moon".

Sir Nicholas Winton 1909-2015. British man who saved 669 children during the holocaust

Tyrus Wong 1910-2016. movie set designer from "Rebel Without a Cause"

105

Brooke Astor 1902-2007. American writer and philanthropist

Mary Ellis 1897-2003. American Actress from "All the King's Horses" 

Ruth Gruber 1911-2016. American writer 

Clare Hollingworth 1911-2017. British journalist and war correspondent

Huey Long 1904-2009.  American Musician, Member of the "Ink Spots". 

Don Lusk 1913-2018. American animator for Disney

Soong Mei-ling (Madame Chiang Kai-shek) 1898-2003. First Lady of the Republic of China 

Connie Sawyer born 1912-2018 Actress from "When Harry Met Sally"


104

Margaret Booth 1898-2002. Fim editor e.g. "Mutiny on the Bounty" and "Annie".

Amelia Boynton 1911-2015: Leader of Civil Rights 

Sybil Brand 1899-2004: American activist for Women's prisons reform 

Mary Carlisle 1912-2018.  Actress from "Dance, Girl, Dance".

Huguette Clark 1906-2011. American heiress and philanthropist

Beverly Cleary 1916-2021:  American children's author

Olivia de Havilland 1916-2020 actress from "Gone With the Wind"

Annie Elizabeth Delany 1891-1995. Writer.

Jean Erdman 1916-2020. American choreography

Arthur Gardner 1910-2014. movie producer 

Yvonne Howell 1905-2010 actress from the silent film era 

Marsha Hunt 1917-1922. actress from "Johnny Got His Gun"

Rose Kennedy 1890-1995.  Philanthropist and mother of nine children including John F. Kennedy, Robert Kennedy, and Ted Kennedy.

Carla Laemmle 1909-2014. actress from "A Broadway Melody" 

Audrey Munson 1891-1996. American's first "super model" 

Luise Rainer 1910-2014. actress from "The Great Ziegfeld" and "The Good Earth".

Louise Tobin born 1918-2022. jazz singer 

103

Gisele Casadesus 1914-2017. actress from "Sarah's Key" 

Wally Cassell 1912-2015. actor from "The Postman Always Rings Twice" 

Mino Doro 1903-2006. Actor from "8 1/2" 

Kirk Douglas 1916-2020. actor from "Spartacus" 

Louise "Teddy" Getty 1913-2017. fifth and final wife of J. Paul Getty 

Jane Perry Gunther 1916-2020. editor and second wife of writer John Gunther 

Kathleen Harrison 1892-1995. Actress from 1951's "A Christmas Carol" 

Kilian Hennessy 1907-2010.  Heir to the Hennessy Cognac Company.

Barbara Kent 1907-2011. Actress from the 20s and 30s.

Joe Krush 1918- 2022. Illustrator for the "Borrowers" children's books

Yvette Lebron 1910-2014. French actress

Vera Lynn 1917-2020. British singer

Rachel Lambert Mellon 1910-2014. American horticulturist 

Patricia Morison 1915-2018: actress from "Dressed to Kill" 

Ethel Owen 1893-1997. actress from the tv series "The Honeymooners"

Miriam Seegar 1907-2011. Actress in the 20s and 30s.

Douglas Slocombe 1913-2016. Cinematographer, known for "Indiana Jones" films 

Arnold Spielberg 1917-2020.  electrical engineer and inventor  (Steven Spielberg's dad)

Senor Wences 1896-1999. Ventriloquist best known for his work on "The Jack Benny Show" and "The Ed Sullivan Show".

Herman Wouk 1915-2019.  American writer

Dorothy Young 1907-2011. Harry Houdini's stage assistant.

Adolf Zukor 1873-1976. President of Paramount Pictures

102

Princess Alice 1901-2004, Duchess of Gloucester (UK) 

Curtis Blake 1917-2019, Co-founder of Friendly's ice cream Co. 

John Calvert 1911-2013.  American magician.

Earl Cameron 1917-2020. actor from "Doctor Who"

William Coors 1916-2018, co-owner of Coors Brewing Company 

Irwin Corey 1914-2017. American comedian 

Eve Curie 1904-2007. journalist/writer (Marie Curie's daughter) 

Dorothy Dickson 1893-1995. a Ziegfeld folly 

Anne Douglas 1919-2021. film producer and wife of Kirk Douglas 

Carl Esmond 1902-2004. actor from "The Man From U.N.C.L.E" series 

Peggy Gilbert 1905-2007. American Jazz musician 

Albert Hoffman 1906-2008.  Invented L.S.D.

Dolores Hope 1909-2011 Bob Hope's wife. 

A.E. Hotcher 1917-2020 co-founder (with Paul Newman) of the food company "Newman's Own" 

Shep Houghton: 1914-2016: actor from "Gone With the Wind" and "Wizard of Oz"

Iris Apfel: 1921-2024: interior designer for the White House

Al Jaffee 1921-2023. American cartoonist  

Mae Laborde 1909-2012. actress from "Pineapple Express" 

Charles Lane 1905-2007. Best known for his roles in "It's a Wonderful Life" and "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington". 

Nehemiah Persoff 1919-2022. actor from "Some Like It Hot" 

I.M. Pei born 1917-2019. architect

Zohra Segal  1912-2014.  Actress from "Bend it Like Beckham".

Emory Williams 1911-2014. Former CEO of Sears and Roebuck.

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Roger Angell 1920-2022. writer

Diana Athill 1917-2019. Novelist. 

Charles D. Barney 1844-1945. Founder of "Smith and Barney" stockbrokers 

Bion Barnett: 1857-1958: Founder of "Barnett Bank" 

Dorothy Barrett: 1917-2018: actress from "Gone With the Wind" and "Wizard of Oz"

Carl Bennett: 1920-2021: founder of the discount store "Caldor" 

Irving Berlin 1888-1989.  Songwriter for the Silver Screen. Won an Oscar for "Holiday Inn".

Harry Bernstein 1910 - 2011: writer known for his biography "The Inviable Wall" 

Ivy Bethune 1918-2019. actress from "Back to the Future" 

Helen Burns 1916-2018. actress from "The Changeling" 

Diana Serra Cary 1918-2020. silent film actress known as "Baby Peggy"

Marge Champion 1919-2020. dancer and actress from "Showboat"  

Librado Chavez 1881-1982: father of Cesar Chavez 

Angela Clarke: 1909-2010: actress from "St. Elsewhere" 

Muriel Cleese 1899-2000. actor John Cleese's mother 

Norman Corwin 1910-2011. American writer/ screenwriter. 

Ellen Albertini Dow 1913-2015. Screen actress. Best Known from "The Wedding Singer" and "The Wedding Crashers". 

Lawrence Ferlinghetti 1919-2021. Poet and publisher 

Francoise Gilot 1921-2023. French painter 

Joseph "Jack" Holder 1921-2023. Last surviving solider from the Pearl Harbor attack

Katherine Johnson: 1918-2020. Mathematician and NASA scientist 

Norman Lear: 1922-2023. Created "All in the Family" and many other sitcoms. 

Walter Mirisch 1921-2023. American film producer  

Peter Mondavi 1914-2016. American winemaker 

Grandma Moses 1860-1861. Famous Artist.

Meg Mundy 1915-2016. actress from "Ordinary People" 

Fern Persons 1910-2012. actress from "Field of Dreams" 

Mary Pratt 1918-2020. member of the "All-American Girls Professional Baseball League"

Willis Pyle 1914-2016. American animator for Disney

Harry Redmond 1909-2011. special effects artist 

Leni Riefenstahl 1902-2003. Screen actress.

David Rockefeller 1915-2017. Banker

Alfie Scopp born 1919-2021. voice actor from "Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" 

Carl J. Shapiro born 1913-2021. founder of Vanity Fair undergarment Co. 

Shep Shepherd 1917-2018. jazz musician 

Jane Sherman 1908-2010. a Rockette

Nancy Sinatra Sr. 1917-2018. first wife of Frank Sinatra and mother of singer Nancy Jr. 

Dorothy Stickney 1896-1998.  Best known for her roles in "The Uninvited" and "The Homecoming".

Wayne Thiebaud born 1920, artist 

Charles E. Toberman 1880-1981. Hollywood real estate developer. 

Mabel Trunnelle 1879-1981. silent film actress 

Queen Elizabeth: Queen Mother 1900-2002. Mother of Queen Elizabeth II and wife of King George VI who predeceased her by 50 years.

Estelle Winwood 1883-1984. Screen Actress.  Best Known from "The Producers" and "Darby O'Gill and the Little People".

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Carl Apfel 1914-2015. textile designer and husband of fashion icon Iris Apfel

Bruce Bennett 1906-2007. Actor known from "Tarzan"

Robert F. Boyle 1909-2010. Hollywood film art director.  Oscar winner.

Mona Bruns 1899-2000. actress from "Little House on the Prairie"

George Burns 1896-1996. Known for the show he did with his beloved wife Gracie Allen, who predeceased him by 32 years. Also known for the films "Oh, God" and "The Sunshine Boys" which he won an Oscar for.

Geoffrey Chater 1921-2021 actor from "Gandhi" and "Barry Lyndon". 

Jacinto Convit 1913-2014 Venezuelan scientist 

Louise Currie 1913-2013. Was the last cast member from "Citizen Kane" to pass. 

Danielle Darrieux 1917-2017. French actress

Jacqueline de Rothschild 1911-2012. French philanthropist 

Claire Du Brey 1892-1993. actress from over 200 films from the early era. 

Lucy Esposito 2/12/1913 - 1/17/2014. My friend 

Jolie Gabor 1896-1997. socialite and mother of the three Gabor sisters. 

Homer Gere 1922-2023. Richard Gere's father 

Annie Glenn 1920-2020, American activist for People with Speech Disabilities and widow of astronaut, John Glenn

Marian Heiskell 1918-2019. philanthropist and creator with her husband Andrew of "People" magazine 

Louise Henry 1911-2011. Best known for her roles in the "Charlie Chan" movies.

Bob Hope 1903-2003. Best known from the self titled show "The Bob Hope Show", radio, preformed endless times for the GI's overseas, and hosted the Oscars a record breaking18 times.  Received an honorary Oscar.

Clementine Hunter 1887-1988, American painter

Helen Hughes 1918-2018, actress from "Billy Madison" 

Herb Jeffries 1913-2014, Jazz musician 

Glynis Johns 1923-2024, actress from "Mary Poppins"

Bernard Kalb: 1922-2023: American journalist 

Henry Kissinger 1923-2023. American Politician.  Former Secretary of State 

Steve Kordek 1911-2012. Inventor of the "Pinball Machine" 

Francis Lederer 1899-2000. actor from "The Bridge of San Luis Rey".

Elizabeth Holloway Marston 1893-1993.  Co-Creater of comic "Wonder Woman".

Margery Mason 1913-2014. Actress from "The Princess Bride".

Louis Maurer 1832-1932. artist 

Fay McKenzie 1918-2019. actress from "The Party" 

Doris Merrick 1919-2019. actress from "The Big Noise" 

Grim Natwick 1890-1990. American animator of "Betty Boop" 

Vesey O'Davoren 1888-1989. Irish actor from "A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court" 

Marc Platt 1913-2014. American dancer. "Oklahoma" 

Hal Roach 1892-1992. He was a writer, producer, actor and director. Best known for his work on "The Little Rascals".

Jean Rouverol: 1916-2017: actress from "Stage Door" 

Olga Rudge: 1895-1996: mother of Ezra Pound's daughter, Mary. 

Helen Shaw 1897-1997, actress know from "Parenthood"

Gloria Stuart 1910-2010. Best known as her role as "Elderly Rose" from 1997's Blockbuster hit "Titanic".

Frank M. Thomas 1889-1989. actor from "Mr. Smith Goes to Washington" 

Strom Thurmond 1902-2003, Republican Senator 

Charles Rudolph Walgreen Jr. 1906-2007. Former CEO of Walgreens Drug Stores.

Murray Westgate 1918-2018. Canadian actor from "Blue City Slammers" 

Chuck Williams 1915-2015. founder of Williams-Sonoma 

Don Williams: 1922-2023: member of the "Williams Brothers" band 

Still counting....100 and over... 

Ray Anthony 1922. Last surviving member of the Glenn Miller Band 

Caren Marsh 1919. actress from "Gone With the Wind" 

Walter Orthmann 1922. Guinness book record for longest time holding a job at same company 

Janis Paige 1922. Actress from "Silk Stockings" 

Micheline Presle 1922.  Actress from "The Prize" 

Jack Rader 1921. actor from "Dallas"  

Pretty Damn Close.....90 and Up... 

     

Eva Marie Saint born 1924 

Priscilla Pointer born 1924  

President Jimmy Carter born 1924  

Ted Hartley born 1924

Maria Riva born 1924 

Dick Van Dyke born 1925 

June Lockhart born 1925

Alan Bergman born 1925 

Selma Archerd born 1925

Lee Grant born 1925 

Bill Hayes born 1925

Phyllis Dalton born 1925

Terry Kilburn born 1926

Gene Shalit born 1926

Mel Brooks born 1926

David Attenborough born 1926 

Jil Jarmyn born 1926  

Shecky Greene born 1926 

Mina Kolb born 1926

Peter Marshall born 1926 

William Smithers born 1927 

Ann Blyth born 1927 

Helene Langevin-Joliot born 1927

William Daniels born 1927    

Estelle Parsons born 1927 

Thomas Noguchi born 1927 

Peter Walker born 1927 

Cora Sue Collins 1927

Rosemary Harris born 1927 

H.M. Wynant born 1927  

Jack McDermott born 1927  

Patrick Hemingway 1928 

James Ivory born 1928 

Dr. Ruth Westheimer born 1928

Ann Blyth born 1928 

James Lovell born 1928  

Cynthia Ozick born 1928 

Johnny Gilbert born 1928

Marion Ross born 1928 

Ethel Kennedy born 1928 

Noam Chomsky born 1928   

Earl Holliman born 1928  

David Sheiner born 1928     

David Ketchum born 1928   

Allan Miller born 1929 

Alice Hirson born 1929 

Bob Newhart born 1929 

Terry Moore born 1929 

Harry Benson born 1929 

Bonnie Bartlett born 1929 

Berry Gordy Jr. born 1929 

June Squibb born 1929 

James Hong born 1929  

Don Murray born 1929

Vera Miles born 1929 

Michael Forest born 1929 

Jean Allison born 1929  

Jerry Hardin born 1929 

Rebecca Schull born 1929 

Lensey Namioka born 1929

Charles Bateman born 1930

Gene Ross born 1930

Tippi Hedren born 1930

Joanne Woodward born 1930 

Al Ruddy born 1930

Robert Wagner born 1930 

Gene Hackman born 1930

Frank Price born 1930 

Clint Eastwood born 1930

Buzz Aldrin born 1930

John Astin born 1930

Gene Rowlands born 1930

Lois Smith born 1930

Richard McKenzie born 1930

James McEachin born 1930

Nita Talbot born 1930 

Alan Oppenheimer born 1930  

Leona McDowell born 1930 

Mario Adorf born 1930 

Cindy Adams born 1930 

Edna O'Brien born 1930

Angie Dickinson born 1931

Rita Moreno born 1931

Robert Duvall born 1931 

William Shatner born 1931

James Earl Jones born 1931

Mamie Van Doren born 1931 

Ellen Burstyn born 1932 

Dabney Coleman born 1932

John Williams born 1932

Joel Grey born 1932 

Michael Caine born 1933

Willie Nelson born 1933 

Tom Skerritt born 1933

Kim Novak born 1933 

Roman Polanski born 1933

Joan Collins born 1933 

Quincy Jones born 1933 

Shani Wallis born 1933

Tsai Chin born 1933

Nicholas Pileggi born 1933

Carol Burnett born 1933

Yoko Ono born 1933