# List of centenarians (activists, nonprofit leaders and philanthropists)

The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as activists, nonprofit leaders and philanthropists – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
| Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
| Thérèse Adloff | 1904–2005 | 101 | French Resistance activist and humanitarian |
| Janie Allan | 1868–1968 | 100 | Scottish women's rights activist and suffragette |
| Encarnación Alzona | 1895–2001 | 105 | Filipino suffragette, historian and author |
| Albert Jean Amateau | 1889–1996 | 106 | Turkish rabbi, businessman, lawyer and social activist |
| Ruth Apilado | 1908–2021 | 113 | American civil rights activist, newspaper editor and novelist, founder of America's Intercultural Magazine |
| Melchora Aquino | 1812–1919 | 107 | Filipino revolutionary |
| Nettie Asberry | 1865–1968 | 103 | African-American activist, co-founder of the Tacoma, Washington NAACP |
| Brooke Astor | 1902–2007 | 105 | American socialite and philanthropist |
| Edith Ballantyne | 1922– | 102 | Czech-Canadian activist |
| George Barasch | 1910–2013 | 102 | American labor union leader |
| Manuel G. Batshaw | 1915–2016 | 101 | Canadian social worker |
| William Sperry Beinecke | 1914–2018 | 103 | American philanthropist |
| Herman Benson | 1915–2020 | 104 | American union, founder he Association for Union Democracy |
| Timuel Black | 1918–2021 | 102 | American civil rights activist |
| Grace Lee Boggs | 1915–2015 | 100 | American author and social activist |
| Hetty Bower | 1905–2013 | 108 | British political activist |
| Amelia Boynton Robinson | 1905-2015 | 110 | American civil rights activist |
| Catherine Bramwell-Booth | 1883–1987 | 104 | British Salvation Army officer |
| Sybil Brand | 1899/1902–2004 | 104 or 101 | American philanthropist and activist |
| Elza Brandeisz | 1907–2018 | 110 | Hungarian humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations |
| Dame Edith Burnside | 1889–1992 | 102 or 103 | Australian charity worker and philanthropist |
| Anne Buydens | 1919–2021 | 102 | German-born Belgian-American philanthropist; widow of Kirk Douglas |
| Catherine Caradja | 1893–1993 | 100 | Romanian aristocrat and philanthropist |
| Fannie Cobb Carter | 1872–1973 | 100 | American integration activist |
| Aracy de Carvalho | 1908–2011 | 102 | Brazilian humanitarian |
| María Teresa Castillo | 1908–2012 | 103 | Venezuelan activist and journalist |
| Naseem Mirza Changezi | 1910–2018 | 108 | Indian independence activist |
| Margaret Chant-Papandreou | 1923– | 101 | Greek-American women's rights activist, former First Lady of Greece and writer |
| Guy Charmot | 1914–2019 | 104 | French military doctor and resistance member during World War II |
| Al H. Chesser | 1914–2016 | 102 | American labor union leader |
| Leonora Cohen | 1873–1978 | 105 | British suffragette |
| Annie Lee Cooper | 1910–2010 | 100 | African-American civil rights activist |
| John Craighead | 1916–2016 | 100 | American conservationist |
| Sir Naim Dangoor | 1914–2015 | 101 | Iraqi-born British philanthropist |
| Kathryn Wasserman Davis | 1907–2013 | 106 | American philanthropist |
| Dobri Dobrev | 1914–2018 | 103 | Bulgarian ascetic and philanthropist |
| H. S. Doreswamy | 1918–2021 | 103 | Indian independence activist, freedom fighter, and journalist |
| Marjory Stoneman Douglas | 1890–1998 | 108 | American women's suffrage advocate, conservationist, journalist and author |
| Bill DuBois Sr. | 1916–2017 | 100 | American farmer and philanthropist |
| Muriel Duckworth | 1908–2009 | 100 | Canadian pacifist, feminist and social activist |
| Charles Duguid | 1884–1986 | 102 | Australian activist for Aboriginal rights |
| Margaret Dunning | 1910–2015 | 104 | American philanthropist |
| Hilda Eisen | 1917–2017 | 100 | Polish-American business woman, philanthropist and Holocaust survivor |
| Hallie Ford | 1905–2007 | 102 | American business woman and philanthropist |
| Yann Fouéré | 1910–2011 | 101 | Breton nationalist |
| Ruth May Fox | 1853–1958 | 104 | American women's rights activist |
| Frankie Muse Freeman | 1916–2018 | 101 | American civil rights attorney |
| Victor Fuentealba | 1922–2024 | 101 | American labor union leader |
| Marian Fuks | 1914–2022 | 108 | Polish historian, director of the Jewish Historical Institute |
| Margaret Gardiner | 1904–2005 | 100 | British art collector and political activist |
| Andrée Geulen | 1921–2022 | 100 | Belgian Jewish rights and activist |
| Miep Gies | 1909–2010 | 100 | Austrian-born Dutch humanitarian |
| Annie Glenn | 1920–2020 | 100 | American disability rights activist |
| Henrietta Greville | 1861–1964 | 102 | Australian labour organiser |
| Lina Haag | 1907–2012 | 105 | German World War II resistance fighter and anti-Fascist activist |
| Doris Haddock | 1910–2010 | 100 | American political activist |
| John Hampton | 1907–2010 | 103 | American co-founder of Toys for Tots |
| Alice Seeley Harris | 1870–1970 | 100 | British activist and photographer |
| Ralph Hauenstein | 1912–2016 | 103 | American philanthropist |
| Fumiko Hayashida | 1911–2014 | 103 | American activist |
| Drue Heinz | 1915–2018 | 103 | British-born American actress, arts patron and philanthropist |
| Judith Hemmendinger | 1923–2024 | 100 | German-born Israeli researcher |
| Margaret Holmes | 1909–2009 | 100 | Australian peace activist |
| Robert R. Holt | 1917–2024 | 106 | American psychologist |
| Lucy Somerville Howorth | 1895–1997 | 102 | American feminist activist |
| Teresa Hsu | 1898–2011 | 113 | Chinese-born Singaporean social worker |
| Johnnie Jones | 1919–2022 | 102 | American WWII veteran, civil rights activist and politician |
| Shidzue Katō | 1897–2001 | 104 | Japanese feminist and politician |
| Rose Kennedy | 1890–1995 | 104 | American socialite, philanthropist and the matriarch of the Kennedy family |
| Ida B. Kinney | 1904–2009 | 104 | American civil rights activist |
| Erik Sture Larre | 1914–2014 | 100 | Norwegian resistance member during World War II |
| Bob Le Sueur | 1920–2022 | 102 | British humanitarian. |
| Evelyn Lett | 1896–1999 | 102 | Canadian women's rights pioneer |
| Max Levitas | 1915–2018 | 103 | Irish-born Scottish Communist and labour activist |
| Jessie Lichauco | 1912–2021 | 109 | Cuban-born American-Filipino philanthropist and charity worker |
| Paul Moyer Limbert | 1897–1998 | 101 | American Secretary General of the YMCA |
| Georges Loinger | 1910–2018 | 108 | French resistance member during World War II |
| K. Madhavan | 1915–2016 | 101 | Indian independence activist |
| Mahlagha Mallah | 1917–2021 | 104 | Iranian environmentalist and librarian, founder of the Women's Society Against Environmental Pollution |
| Lambert Mascarenhas | 1914–2021 | 106 | Indian independence activist, journalist (The Navhind Times, Goa Today), and writer |
| Enolia McMillan | 1904–2006 | 102 | American educator, community leader and civil rights activist, president of NAACP |
| Rachel Lambert Mellon | 1910–2014 | 103 | American philanthropist, art collector and horticulturalist |
| Meda Mládková | 1919–2022 | 102 | Czech philanthropist and art collector |
| Captain Sir Tom Moore | 1920–2021 | 100 | British army officer and fundraiser |
| Mary Morello | 1923– | 101 | American free speech activist |
| Dame Elisabeth Murdoch | 1909–2012 | 103 | Australian philanthropist |
| Margaret Murie | 1902–2003 | 101 | American conservationist |
| Josefina Napravilová | 1914–2014 | 100 | Czech humanitarian activist |
| Scott Nearing | 1883–1983 | 100 | American radical economist |
| Anton Nilson | 1887–1989 | 101 | Swedish political activist |
| Sanzō Nosaka | 1892–1993 | 101 | Japanese politician |
| Poornima Arvind Pakvasa | 1913–2016 | 102 | Indian social worker |
| Everett Parker | 1913–2015 | 102 | American civil rights activist |
| Andrée Peel | 1905–2010 | 105 | French Resistance member during World War II |
| Wanda Półtawska | 1921–2023 | 101 | Polish Holocaust survivor and activist |
| Veikko Porkkala | 1908–2009 | 100 | Finnish trade union leader and communist activist |
| Kayyar Kinhanna Rai | 1915–2015 | 100 | Indian independence activist |
| Gerald Ratner | 1913–2014 | 100 | American lawyer and philanthropist |
| Nittoor Srinivasa Rau | 1903–2004 | 100 | Indian independence activist and jurist |
| Naomi Sewell Richardson | 1892–1993 | 100 | American educator and suffragist |
| Jeanne Robert | 1914–2017 | 103 | French Resistance leader |
| Milton Rogovin | 1909–2011 | 101 | American documentary photographer |
| Isabel Rosado | 1907–2015 | 107 | Puerto Rican independence activist and social worker |
| Dovey Johnson Roundtree | 1914–2018 | 104 | American civil rights activist |
| Frederick J. Schlink | 1891–1995 | 103 | American co-founder of Consumers' Research |
| Floyd Schmoe | 1895–2001 | 105 | American peace activist and naturalist |
| Margarete Schütte-Lihotzky | 1897–2000 | 102 | Austrian architect and political activist |
| Henri Simon | 1922–2024 | 102 | French Marxist militant |
| Bernice Tannenbaum | 1913–2015 | 101 | American Zionist and feminist |
| Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit | 1919– | 105 | Argentine human rights activist |
| Lucille Times | 1921–2021 | 100 | American civil rights activist |
| Elsie Tu | 1913–2015 | 102 | British-born Hong Kong social activist |
| Thomas Wyatt Turner | 1877–1978 | 101 | American civil rights activist, biologist and educator |
| Millie Dunn Veasey | 1918–2018 | 100 | American civil rights activist |
| Marie Wadley | 1906–2009 | 102 | Native American activist and historian |
| Rachel Mellon Walton | 1899–2006 | 107 | American philanthropist and donor |
| Mary Warburg | 1908–2009 | 100 | American philanthropist |
| Edgar Wayburn | 1906–2010 | 103 | American environmentalist |
| Irvin F. Westheimer | 1879–1980 | 101 | American businessman, banker and philanthropist |
| Jamye Coleman Williams | 1918–2022 | 103 | American activist |
| Sir Nicholas Winton | 1909–2015 | 106 | British humanitarian |
| Hazel Wolf | 1898–2000 | 101 | American environmental activist and civil rights campaigner |
| Rose Wolfe | 1916–2016 | 100 | Canadian social worker and philanthropist |