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 Kamuza 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)
• Richard Eberhart (1904-Living)
• Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-Living)
• Luis A. Ferré (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)
• Sebastian S. Kresge (1867-1966)
• Eve Curie LaBouisse (1904-Living)
• Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995)
• 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)
• Sewall Wright (1889-1988)
• Jack Yellen (1892-1991)