Centenarian

A centenarian is a person who has lived to be at least 100. Because people normally die before this age, the word centenarian is usually linked to longevity. The United States has the most centenarians, while Japan is second.

Actor, comedian, and entertainer Bob Hope, who died shortly after he turned 100, was one of the most well known people to become a centenarian.

Pre-19th Century Centenarian Sarah Baird of New Jersey pictured on her 100th birthday in 1880.

Jack Eaton, the oldest living Tomb Sentinel, sits in the Tomb Quarters at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington.

Much more rare is a supercentenarian, who is a person that has lived to be at least 110. Famous supercentenarians have included Harry Patch, who was the last surviving British soldier of the First World War trenches. He died on 25 July 2009 (aged 111). For the last seven days of his life he was Britain's oldest man. Henry Allingham, another First World War veteran, had died a week earlier (aged 113).

Other websites

• Centenarians’ Road Archived 2007-06-24 at the Wayback Machine
• The Okinawa Centenarian Study
• New England Centenarian Study Archived 2008-05-03 at the Wayback Machine
• Salt of the Red Earth: Wit, wisdom and portraits of 100 Oklahoma centenarians
• Living to 100 and Beyond: Search for Predictors of Exceptional Human Longevity Archived 2007-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
• Mortality of Centenarians Archived 2006-02-16 at the Wayback Machine
• Purple Medical Blog Predictors of Reaching 100 Years Old..How To Live A Long Life.. A Quiz Archived 2008-05-21 at the Wayback Machine
• U.S. politicians who lived the longest Archived 2009-01-11 at the Wayback Machine
• Noted Nonagenarians and Centenarians
• Centenarian research & celebration
• Table of numbers of centenarians for select nations, 1960 and 1990