List of centenarians (military commanders)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as military commanders – 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 ....

. Living individuals are listed bolded and italicized. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Mariano Álvarez Mariano Álvarez Mariano Álvarez was a Filipino revolutionary and politician.-Pre-war life:Álvarez was born in Noveleta, Cavite. He received formal schooling at the San José College in Manila, and obtained a teacher's diploma. He returned to Cavite and worked as a schoolteacher in Naic and Maragondon. He was...	1818–1924	106	Filipino General
Aaron Bank Aaron Bank Colonel Aaron Bank was an officer of the United States Army, and the founder of the US Army Special Forces, commonly called "Green Berets". He is also famous for his exploits as an OSS officer during World War II, parachuting into France to coordinate and activate the French Resistance and...	1902–2004	101	American founder of the US Army Special Forces
Waldemar Levy Cardoso Waldemar Levy Cardoso Waldemar Levy Cardoso was the last living Field Marshal of the Brazilian Army. He was of Jewish Algerian-Moroccan descent and was born on Rua Evaristo da Veiga in Rio de Janeiro. Cardoso graduated from military college at the top of his class in late 1918, making him a World War I-era veteran...	1900–2009	108	Last living Brazilian Field Marshal Field Marshal Field Marshal is a military rank. Traditionally, it is the highest military rank in an army.-Etymology:The origin of the rank of field marshal dates to the early Middle Ages, originally meaning the keeper of the king's horses , from the time of the early Frankish kings.-Usage and hierarchical...
Sir Philip Christison Philip Christison General Sir Philip Christison, 4th Baronet GBE CB DSO MC was a British military commander of the Second World War.-Early life and career:...	1893–1993	100	British General
Lewis Combs Lewis Combs Lewis Combs , was a United States Admiral who helped found and direct the famed "Seabees" construction battalions in World War II. He died at age 101 in Red Hook, New York....	1895–1996	101	American Admiral Admiral (United States) In the United States Navy, the United States Coast Guard and the United States Public Health Service Commissioned Corps, admiral is a four-star flag officer rank, with the pay grade of O-10. Admiral ranks above vice admiral and below Fleet Admiral in the Navy; the Coast Guard and the Public Health...
Aaron S. Daggett Aaron S. Daggett - External links :*...	1837–1938	100	Last surviving Union Union Army The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army... General of the American Civil War American Civil War The American Civil War was a civil war fought in the United States of America. In response to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President of the United States, 11 southern slave states declared their secession from the United States and formed the Confederate States of America ; the other 25...
Henry Fancourt	1900–2004	103	British Royal Navy Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... officer
John William Finn John William Finn John William Finn was a sailor in the United States Navy who, as a chief petty officer, received the United States military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions during the attack on Pearl Harbor in World War II...	1909–2010	100	American Navy United States Navy The United States Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the United States Armed Forces and one of the seven uniformed services of the United States. The U.S. Navy is the largest in the world; its battle fleet tonnage is greater than that of the next 13 largest navies combined. The U.S... officer
Amedeo Guillet Amedeo Guillet Amedeo Guillet was an officer of the Italian Army. He was born in Piacenza. Descended from a noble family from Piedmont and Capua, he graduated from the Academy of Infantry and Cavalry of Modena in 1930 and began his career in the Italian Army. Dying at the age of 101, he was one of the last men...	1909–2010	101	Italian army Italian Army The Italian Army is the ground defence force of the Italian Armed Forces. It is all-volunteer force of active-duty personnel, numbering 108,355 in 2010. Its best-known combat vehicles are the Dardo infantry fighting vehicle, the Centauro tank destroyer and the Ariete tank, and among its aircraft... officer
Charles D. Herron Charles D. Herron Charles Douglas Herron was a general in the United States Army.-Early career:Herron was born in Crawfordsville, Indiana on March 13, 1877...	1877–1977	100	American lieutenant general
Sir George Higginson George Higginson General Sir George Wentworth Alexander Higginson, GCB, GCVO was a British general and Crimean War hero who served more than 30 years in the Grenadier Guards.-Military career:...	1826–1927	100	British General
John L. Hines John L. Hines John Leonard Hines was an American soldier who served as Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army from 1924 to 1926.-Biography:...	1868–1968	100	American general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army United States Army The United States Army is the main branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for land-based military operations. It is the largest and oldest established branch of the U.S. military, and is one of seven U.S. uniformed services...
Frederick Augustus Irving Frederick Augustus Irving Frederick Augustus Irving was an Army major general who served as superintendent of the United States Military Academy at West Point from 1951-1954. Irving was a West Point graduate of the class of 1917, and during the first World War he took part in the St. Mihiel offensive in France...	1894–1995	101	American General, Superintendent of West Point United States Military Academy The United States Military Academy at West Point is a four-year coeducational federal service academy located at West Point, New York. The academy sits on scenic high ground overlooking the Hudson River, north of New York City... Military Academy
Richard H. Jackson Richard H. Jackson Richard Harrison Jackson was a four-star admiral in the United States Navy. Originally cashiered from the Navy for poor grades at the U.S. Naval Academy, he was commissioned ensign by special act of Congress for his heroism during the 1889 Apia cyclone...	1866–1971	105	American Admiral
Wacław Jędrzejewicz	1893–1993	100	Polish Land Forces Polish Land Forces The Polish Land Forces are a branch of Poland's Armed Forces. They currently contain some 65,000 active personnel and form many components of EU and NATO deployments around the world.-History:... officer, diplomat and college professor
Bill King	1910 –		British naval Royal Navy The Royal Navy is the naval warfare service branch of the British Armed Forces. Founded in the 16th century, it is the oldest service branch and is known as the Senior Service... officer
Lü Zhengcao Lü Zhengcao Lü Zhengcao was a Chinese military officer. He was one of the original Shang Jiang of the People's Liberation Army....	1905–2009	104	Chinese General
Stanisław Maczek	1892–1994	102	Polish General
Masaichi Niimi Masaichi Niimi was an admiral in the Imperial Japanese Navy during the World War II.-Biography:Niimi was born in what is now Asakita Ward, Hiroshima city. Hiroshima prefecture, as the second son to a farming and soy sauce producing family. He was a graduate of the 36th class of the Imperial Japanese Naval Academy...	1887–1993	106	Japanese Admiral
Sir Henry Oliver Henry Oliver Admiral of the Fleet Sir Henry Francis Oliver, GCB, KCMG, MVO was a British naval officer.-Naval career:...	1865–1965	100	British Admiral of the Fleet Admiral of the Fleet An admiral of the fleet is a military naval officer of the highest rank. In many nations the rank is reserved for wartime or ceremonial appointments...
Mary Rundle	1907–2010	103	English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service Women's Royal Naval Service The Women's Royal Naval Service was the women's branch of the Royal Navy.Members included cooks, clerks, wireless telegraphists, radar plotters, weapons analysts, range assessors, electricians and air mechanics...
Ralph C. Smith Ralph C. Smith Ralph Corbett Smith was a highly decorated Major General of the United States Army. After receiving early training as a pilot from Orville Wright he served General John J. Pershing's army against Pancho Villa, became decorated for bravery in World War I and commanded an infantry division in combat...	1893–1998	104	American major general
Sergei Sokolov	1911–		Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union Marshal of the Soviet Union was the de facto highest military rank of the Soviet Union. .... and Soviet Minister of Defence
Dorothy C. Stratton Dorothy C. Stratton Dorothy Constance Stratton was the director of the SPARS, the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve during World War II. She is the namesake of the Coast Guard's third National Security Cutter, the USCGC Stratton .-Early life and Coast Guard career:Stratton was born in 1899 in Brookfield,...	1899–2006	107	American director of the SPARS SPARS SPARS was the United States Coast Guard Women's Reserve, created 23 November 1942 with the signing of Public Law 773 by President Franklin Delano Roosevelt. The name is a contraction of the Coast Guard motto: Semper Paratus and its English translation Always Ready...
Elliott B. Strauss Elliott B. Strauss Elliott Bowman Strauss was a Rear Admiral of the United States Navy, who served during World War II.-Biography:...	1903–2003	100	American Rear Admiral Rear admiral (United States) Rear admiral is a naval commissioned officer rank above that of a commodore and captain, and below that of a vice admiral. The uniformed services of the United States are unique in having two grades of rear admirals.- Rear admiral :...
Sun Yuanliang Sun Yuanliang Sun Yuanliang was a Chinese military general of the National Revolutionary Army of the Republic of China. Sun was the last surviving member of the first graduating class of the Whampoa Military Academy, as well as the last surviving army-level commander of the Second Sino-Japanese War...	1904–2007	103	Chinese General
Marcus Valerius Corvus Marcus Valerius Corvus Marcus Valerius Corvus was a Roman general of the 4th century BC, characterized as a farmer who lived to be one hundred.-Biography:...	370 BC–270 BC	100	Ancient Roman Ancient Rome Ancient Rome was a thriving civilization that grew on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 8th century BC. Located along the Mediterranean Sea and centered on the city of Rome, it expanded to one of the largest empires in the ancient world.... General and consul Roman consul A consul served in the highest elected political office of the Roman Republic.Each year, two consuls were elected together, to serve for a one-year term. Each consul was given veto power over his colleague and the officials would alternate each month...
James Van Fleet James Van Fleet James Alward Van Fleet was a U.S. Army officer during World War I, World War II and the Korean War. Van Fleet was a native of New Jersey, who was raised in Florida and graduated from the U.S. Military Academy. He served as a regimental, divisional and corps commander during World War II and as...	1892–1992	100	American General
Vo Nguyen Giap Vo Nguyen Giap Võ Nguyên Giáp is a retired Vietnamese officer in the Vietnam People’s Army and a politician. He was a principal commander in two wars: the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War...	1911–	100	Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) Ministry of Defence is the governmental ministry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that manages, coordinates and supervises military affairs, including all military units, paramilitary units, and similar agencies in the country. The major office of the Ministry of Defence is located within the...
Sir Provo Wallis Provo Wallis Admiral of the Fleet Sir Provo William Perry Wallis, GCB was a Royal Navy officer and naval war hero. He was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia and was 100 years old when he died....	1791–1892	100	British Admiral of the Fleet
Xiao Ke Xiao Ke Xiao Ke was a general in the People's Liberation Army of China, former vice chairman of the CPPCC, as well as principal of the University of Military and Politics.-Early life:Xiao was born in Jiahe County, Hunan Province of China....	1907–2008	101	Chinese General
Xue Yue Xue Yue Xue Yue was a Chinese Nationalist military general, nicknamed by Claire Lee Chennault of the Flying Tigers as the Patton of Asia.-Early Life and Career:...	1896–1998	101	Chinese General

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