List of centenarians (jurists and practitioners of law)
The following is a list of centenarians – specifically, people who became famous as jurists and practitioners of law – known for reasons other than their longevity. For more lists, see lists of centenarians.
Living
Name | Lifespan | Age | Notability |
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Smilja Avramov | 1918–2018 | 100 | Serbian academic, authority and educator in international law[1] |
Sampson Salter Blowers | 1742–1842 | 100 | Canadian defence attorney representing the soldiers accused after the Boston Massacre[2] |
William Augustus Bootle | 1902–2005 | 102 | American attorney and District Judge of the Middle District of Georgia[3] |
Marie-Thérèse Bourquin | 1916–2018 | 102 | Belgian lawyer[4] |
Wesley E. Brown | 1907–2012 | 104 | American district court judge[5] |
Joseph Burke | 1888–1990 | 101 | American judge[6] |
Melville Henry Cane | 1879–1980 | 100 | American lawyer and poet[7] |
Jean Murrell Capers | 1913–2017 | 104 | American educator, judge and politician[8] |
Frank Chuman | 1917– | 107 | American lawyer and author[9] |
Arnold Wilson Cowen | 1905–2007 | 101 | American lawyer and judge[10] |
Thomas Simpson Crawford | 1875–1976 | 100 | Australian lawyer and politician[11] |
Tom Denning, Baron Denning | 1899–1999 | 100 | English Master of the Rolls[12] |
Edgar Fay | 1908–2009 | 101 | British judge[13] |
Ben Ferencz | 1920–2023 | 103 | Hungarian-Romanian-born American lawyer and last Nuremberg War Crimes tribunal prosecutor[14] |
Werner Flume | 1908–2009 | 100 | German jurist, legal historian, and professor[15] |
John Gabbert | 1909–2013 | 104 | American judge[16] |
Maurice Gaffney | 1916–2016 | 100 | Irish barrister[17] |
William George | 1865–1967 | 101 | Welsh lawyer[18] |
Samuel Hazard Gillespie Jr. | 1910–2011 | 100 | American counsel[19] |
I. Leo Glasser | 1924– | 100 | American judge[20] |
Nico Gunzburg | 1882–1984 | 101 | Belgian lawyer and criminologist[21] |
Trevor Henry | 1902–2007 | 105 | New Zealand justice on the Supreme Court of New Zealand[22] |
Oliver Hill | 1907–2007 | 100 | American lawyer and civil rights activist[23] |
Henry Hu | 1920– | 104 | Hong Kong barrister[24] |
V. R. Krishna Iyer | 1914–2014 | 100 | Indian judge and minister[25] |
Charles Wycliffe Joiner | 1916–2017 | 101 | American judge[26] |
Irving Kanarek | 1920–2020 | 100 | American defence attorney representing Charles Manson and "The Onion Field" killer[27] |
Alan King-Hamilton | 1904–2010 | 105 | British judge[28] |
George N. Leighton | 1912–2018 | 105 | American judge[29] |
Rush Limbaugh Sr. | 1891–1996 | 104 | American lawyer and grandfather of Rush Limbaugh[30] |
Wilmer W. MacElree | 1859–1960 | 100 | American lawyer and author[31] |
Ludwig Martin | 1909–2010 | 100 | German lawyer and Attorney General[32] |
Harold Medina | 1888–1990 | 102 | American lawyer, teacher and judge[33] |
Frederick M. Nicholas | 1920– | 104 | American lawyer[34] |
L. Welch Pogue | 1899–2003 | 103 | American aviation attorney[35] |
Jack Pope | 1913–2017 | 103 | American judge, attorney, author and legal scholar; Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of Texas[36] |
Carlos P. Scovil | 1804–1904 | 100 | American assemblyman, New York state senator and county judge[37] |
Donald Seawell | 1912–2015 | 103 | American lawyer[38] |
Sir Hartley Shawcross | 1902–2003 | 101 | British barrister and politician; lead British prosecutor at the Nuremberg Trials[39] |
Randolph W. Thrower | 1913–2014 | 100 | American attorney[40] |
Arthur L. Thurlow | 1913–2020 | 107 | Canadian judge and politician[41] |
Lawrence Walsh | 1912–2014 | 102 | American lawyer; 4th United States Deputy Attorney General[42] |
Marion Yorck von Wartenburg | 1904–2007 | 102 | German lawyer, jurist, judge, World War II resistance fighter and author[43] |
Roland Weyl | 1919–2021 | 102 | French lawyer and French Resistance militant[44] |
Samuel Williston | 1861–1963 | 101 | American lawyer and law professor[45] |
Joseph William Woodrough | 1873–1977 | 104 | American judge[46] |
Knut Söderwall | 1874–1980 | 105 | Justice of the Supreme Administrative Court of Sweden (1923–1943).[47] |
Alice Yotopoulos-Marangopoulos | 1917–2018 | 101 | Greek lawyer and criminologist[48] |
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- ^ Dictionary of Canadian Biography: BLOWERS, SAMPSON SALTER
- ^ The New York Times: William A. Bootle, Judge in Desegregation Case, Dies at 102
- ^ Marie-Thérèse Bourquin
- ^ "Federal judge Wesley Brown dies at age 104 in Wichita". The Wichita Eagle. 2012-01-24. Retrieved 2012-01-24.
- ^ Heise, Kenan (1990-02-01). "Judge Joseph Burke; spent 54 years on bench". Chicago Tribune.
- ^ American National Biography: Cane, Melville Henry (1879-1980), lawyer and poet
- ^ E. F. Boyd: Honorable Judge Jean Murrell Capers obituary
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- ^ Federal Judicial Center: Cowen, Arnold Wilson
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- ^ Lord Denning, OM Telegraph obituary
- ^ "His Honour Edgar Fay". The Daily Telegraph. 2009-11-23. Retrieved 2009-12-15.
- ^ McFadden, Robert D. (2023-04-08). "Benjamin B. Ferencz, Last Surviving Nuremberg Prosecutor, Dies at 103". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2023-05-12.
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- ^ "Ireland's oldest practicing barrister has passed away at 100 years of age". Independent.ie. 4 November 2016. Retrieved 2017-07-23.
- ^ "George, William (1865 - 1967), solicitor and public figure". Dictionary of Welsh Biography. National Library of Wales. Retrieved 20 June 2023.
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- ^ "Celebrating Hon. I. Leo Glasser '48 at 100 with a Special Video". Brooklyn Law School. 8 April 2024. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
- ^ VUB: NICO GUNZBURG (1882-1984)
- ^ NZ Herald obituary: Sir Trevor Henry
- ^ The New York Times: Oliver W. Hill, 100, Civil Rights Lawyer, Is Dead
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- ^ Benson, Jocelyn (2016-02-16). "Interview with former Wayne Law Dean Charles Joiner, 100". Wayne State University. Retrieved 2016-07-28.
- ^ Irving Kanarek, Lawyer Who Defended Charles Manson, Dies at 100
- ^ "His Honour Alan King-Hamilton". The Daily Telegraph. 2010-03-24. Retrieved 2010-03-28.
- ^ Manson, Patricia (2012-10-22). "Leighton reaches the century mark". Chicago Daily Law Bulletin. Archived from the original on 2013-01-02. Retrieved 2012-10-31.
- ^ St. Louis Post Dispatch: Rush H. Limbaugh Sr., 104; Oldest Practicing Lawyer in U.S.
- ^ "Obituary for Wilmer W. MacElree". The Morning Call. 1960-01-18. p. 7. Retrieved 2024-04-03.
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- ^ The New York Times: Harold Medina, U.S. Judge, Dies at 102
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- ^ The Washington Post: L. Welch Pogue Dies
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- ^ "Oldest Ex-Assemblyman Dead" (PDF). The New York Times. 1904-04-28. Retrieved 2012-03-03.
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- ^ Telegraph obituary: Lord Shawcross
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- ^ "Grapevine: Arthur Louis Thurlow 100th birthday". Hearsay Magazine (2013–2014). Halifax, Nova Scotia: Dalhousie University: 56. 2014. Retrieved 2015-05-21.
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- ^ Telegraph obituary: Marion Yorck von Wartenburg
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- ^ The Harvard Crimson: Samuel Williston, Foremost Legal Scholar, Dies at 101
- ^ "Woodrough, Joseph William". Federal Judicial Center. January 2012. Retrieved 2012-01-17.
- ^ Vem är det: Svensk biografisk handbok. Stockholm: P. A. Norstedt & Söners förlag. 1945. p. 1075.
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