List of people who are nearly centenarians
In supplement to the centenarian page, this list is meant for the purpose of naming those individuals of achievement who have come close but have not officially attained 100 years of age. This is also intended to provide information for those who will be reaching the century mark relatively soon.
- Giorgio Abetti (1882-1982)
- Alexandra Adler (1901-2001)
- Israel Amir (1903-2002)
- Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898-1997)
- Carl Barks (1901-2000)
- Dave Beck (1894-1993)
- John Randolph Bray (1879-1978)
- Lord Fenner Brockway (1888-1988)
- Anton Burg (1904-2003)
- Henri Cartan (1904-Living)
- Burrill B. Crohn (1884-1983)
- Morarji Desai (1896-1995)
- Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905-2004)
- Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-Living)
- Luis A. FerrÃÂé (1904-2003)
- Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
- John N. Garner (1868-1967)
- Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
- Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966)
- Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
- Hanya Holm (1893-1992)
- Paul Henry Hopkins (1904-2004)
- William Ellsworth Hoy (1862-1961)
- William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)
- Abel Kiviat (1892-1991)
- Franz KÃÂönig (1905-2004)
- Sebastian S. Kresge (1867-1966)
- Eve Curie LaBouisse (1904-Living)
- Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995)
- Ernst Mayr (1904-Living)
- Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)
- Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
- Charles Poletti (1903-2002)
- Arthur Emmons Raymond (1899-1999)
- Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996)
- Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999)
- Max Schmeling (1905-Living)
- Michael Stasinopoulos (1903-2002)
- Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998)
- Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)
- Paine Wingate (1739-1838)
- Sewall Wright (1889-1988)
- Jack Yellen (1892-1991)