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)
• Mortimer J. Adler (1902-2001)
• Israel Amir (1903-2002)
• Mulk Raj Anand (1905-2004)
• Robert Bacher (1905-2004)
• Hastings Kamuzu Banda (1898-1997)
• Carl Barks (1901-2000)
• Dave Beck (1894-1993)
• Hans Bethe (1906-2005)
• James Ware Bradbury (1802-1901)
• John Randolph Bray (1879-1978)
• Lord Fenner Brockway (1888-1988)
• Anton Burg (1904-2003)
• Burrill B. Crohn (1884-1983)
• Ettore Cunial (1905-Living)
• Morarji Desai (1896-1995)
• Adolf Ehrnrooth (1905-2004)
• Ellen Louks Fairclough (1905-2004)
• Luis A. Ferré (1904-2003)
• Bernard le Bovier de Fontenelle (1657-1757)
• Frederick W. Franz (1893-1992)
• John N. Garner (1868-1967)
• Lillian Gish (1893-1993)
• Theodore Francis Green (1867-1966)
• Sir Anthony Havelock-Allan (1904-2003)
• Anderl Heckmair (1906-2005)
• Hildegarde (1906-Living)
• Al Hirschfeld (1903-2003)
• Sir Julian Hodge (1904-2004)
• Albert Hofmann (1906-Living)
• Hanya Holm (1893-1992)
• Paul Henry Hopkins (1904-2004)
• William Ellsworth Hoy (1862-1961)
• William Henry Jackson (1843-1942)
• Philip Johnson (1906-2005)
• Abel Kiviat (1892-1991)
• Franz König (1905-2004)
• Ignatius Cardinal Kung (1901-2000)
• Stanley Kunitz (1905-Living)
• Sebastian S. Kresge (1867-1966)
• Jacob Rader Marcus (1896-1995)
• Dale Messick (1906-2005)
• Frank B. Morrison (1905-2004)
• Gulzarilal Nanda (1898-1998)
• Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986)
• James Martin Peebles (1822-1922)
• Rudolph A. Peterson (1904-2003)
• Charles Poletti (1903-2002)
• Glenn Presnell (1905-2004)
• Arthur Emmons Raymond (1899-1999)
• Tadeus Reichstein (1897-1996)
• Billy Rogell (1904-2003)
• Nathalie Sarraute (1900-1999)
• Max Schmeling (1905-2005)
• Vincent Sherman (1906-Living)
• Alexander Skutch (1904-2004)
• Michael Stasinopoulos (1903-2002)
• Shinichi Suzuki (1898-1998)
• James Swinnerton (1875-1974)
• Elbert Parr Tuttle (1897-1996)
• Elisabeth Welch (1904-2003)
• Paine Wingate (1739-1838)
• Sewall Wright (1889-1988)
• Jack Yellen (1892-1991)
• Michal Zymierski (1890-1989)