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

Name	Lifespan	Age	Notability
Mariano Álvarez	1818–1924	106	Filipino General
Kurt Andersen	1898–2003	104	German General
Walter Stratton Anderson	1881–1981	100	American Vice Admiral
Aaron Bank	1902–2004	101	American founder of the US Army Special Forces
Aubrey J. Bourgeois	1907–2011	103	American Navy officer
Waldemar Levy Cardoso	1900–2009	108	Last living Brazilian Field Marshal
Sir Philip Christison	1893–1993	100	British General
Lewis Combs	1895–1996	101	American Admiral
Aaron S. Daggett	1837–1938	100	Last surviving Union General of the American Civil War
William J. Ely	1911–	113	American Army officer
Henry Fancourt	1900–2004	103	British Royal Navy officer
John William Finn	1909–2010	100	American Navy officer
James Flint	1913–2013	100	British Royal Air Force officer and businessman
Robert B. Fulton	1910–2015	104	American Navy officer
Harry E. Goldsworthy	1914–	110	American Air Force officer
Amedeo Guillet	1909–2010	101	Italian army officer
Reinhard Hardegen	1913–	111	German U-boat commander
Charles D. Herron	1877–1977	100	American lieutenant general
Sir George Higginson	1826–1927	100	British General
John L. Hines	1868–1968	100	American general and Chief of Staff of the United States Army
Frederick Augustus Irving	1894–1995	101	American general, superintendent of West Point Military Academy
Richard H. Jackson	1866–1971	105	American admiral
Wacław Jędrzejewicz	1893–1993	100	Polish Land Forces officer, diplomat and college professor
Ed Keats	1915–	109	American Navy officer
Hedley Kett	1913–2014	100	British naval officer
Bill King	1910–2012	102	British naval officer
Hermann von Kuhl	1856–1958	102	German General
Lü Zhengcao	1905–2009	104	Chinese general
Stanisław Maczek	1892–1994	102	Polish general
Roy Matsumoto	1913–2014	101	American army officer
Masaichi Niimi	1887–1993	106	Japanese admiral
Paul R. Norby	1913–2015	102	American naval officer
Sir Henry Oliver	1865–1965	100	British Admiral of the Fleet
Stylianos Pattakos	1912–	112	Greek military officer and politician
Frederick R. Payne Jr.	1911–2015	104	American Marine Corps officer
Erich Priebke	1913–2013	100	German Nazi SS captain and war criminal
Yitzhak Pundak	1913–	111	Israeli general, diplomat, politician
Mary Louise Rasmuson	1911–2012	101	American director of the Women's Army Corps
David C. Richardson	1914–2015	101	American Navy officer
Heinrich Ruhl	1915–	109	German army officer
Mary Rundle	1907–2010	103	English superintendent of the Women's Royal Naval Service
Du Runsheng	1913–2015	102	Chinese military officer
Helmuth Schlömer	1893–1995	102	German General
Johann Schwerdfeger	1914–	110	German soldier
Ralph C. Smith	1893–1998	104	American major general
Sergey Leonidovich Sokolov	1911–2012	101	Russian Marshal of the Soviet Union and Soviet Minister of Defence
Dorothy C. Stratton	1899–2006	107	American director of the SPARS
Elliott B. Strauss	1903–2003	100	American Rear Admiral
Sun Yuanliang	1904–2007	103	Chinese General
Teiichi Suzuki	1888–1989	100	Japanese Lieutenant General
Connell Thode	1911–2014	103	New Zealand naval officer
Marcus Valerius Corvus	370 BC–270 BC	100	Ancient Roman General and consul
James Van Fleet	1892–1992	100	American Army General
Neil D. Van Sickle	1915–	109	American Air Force general
Telmo Vargas	1912–	112	Ecuadorian General (Chief of Staff)
Vo Nguyen Giap	1911–2013	102	Vietnamese General and Minister of Defence
Sir Provo Wallis	1791–1892	100	British Admiral of the Fleet
Neville Wigram, 2nd Baron Wigram	1915–	109	British peer and Army officer
D. B. H. Wildish	1914–	110	British Royal Navy officer
Xiao Ke	1907–2008	101	Chinese General
Xue Yue	1896–1998	101	Chinese General
Zhang Zhen	1914–2015	100	Chinese General