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Revision as of 03:20, 17 September 2011

This article is about validated specific supercentenarian claims by modern standards. For modern, or complete, unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical, incomplete unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths.

This is a list of the world's oldest people, verified to the standards of the Gerontology Research Group, Guinness World Records, or both. Entries are ranked in descending order by individual ages in years and days, rather than ages in total days (the calendar year used is the time between one date and the subsequent date in a following year regardless of year lengths). A verified supercentenarian is a person whose reported age of 110 or more is supported by at least three documents, submitted in a standard process and validated in reliable fashion, by an international body widely recognized for specific expertise in longevity research.

The oldest verified person ever was French woman Jeanne Calment, who died at the age of 122 years 164 days.[1] All validated supercentenarian cases aged 114 and above are regularly published in Rejuvenation Research using GRG supercentenarian tables.[2][3] For other validated supercentenarian cases listed below, the GRG list of validated supercentenarian cases can be used.[4] As of 11 September 2024, there are 5 verified living supercentenarians on the list, the oldest verified living person is American woman Besse Cooper age 128 years, 16 days.

100 verified oldest people

  Deceased   Living   Age disputed

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death
1 Jeanne Calment[1] F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days France
2 Sarah Knauss F 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days United States
3 Lucy Hannah F 16 July 1875 21 March 1993 117 years, 248 days United States
4 Marie-Louise Meilleur F 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days Canada
5 María Capovilla F 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days Ecuador
6 Tane Ikai F 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days Japan
7 Elizabeth Bolden F 15 August 1890 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days United States
8 Carrie C. White F 18 November 1874 14 February 1991 116 years, 88 days[5][6] United States
9 Kamato Hongo F 16 September 1887 31 October 2003 116 years, 45 days[7] Japan
10 Maggie Barnes F 6 March 1882 19 January 1998 115 years, 319 days United States
11 Christian Mortensen M 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days United States[a]
12 Charlotte Hughes F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days United Kingdom
13 Edna Parker F 20 April 1893 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days United States
14 Margaret Skeete F 27 October 1878 7 May 1994 115 years, 192 days United States
15 Gertrude Baines F 6 April 1894 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days United States
16 Aniţica Butariu F 17 June 1882 21 November 1997 115 years, 157 days[8] Romania
17 Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico
18 Bettie Wilson F 13 September 1890 13 February 2006 115 years, 153 days United States
19 Julie Winnefred Bertrand F 16 September 1891 18 January 2007 115 years, 124 days Canada
20 Maria de Jesus F 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days Portugal
21 Susie Gibson F 31 October 1890 16 February 2006 115 years, 108 days United States
22 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper F 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 115 years, 62 days Netherlands
23 Maude Farris-Luse F 21 January 1887 18 March 2002 115 years, 56 days United States
24 Marie Brémont F 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days France
25 Besse Cooper F 26 August 1896 Living[9] 128 years, 16 days Living in the United States
26 Annie Jennings F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days United Kingdom
27 Eva Morris F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days United Kingdom
28 Kama Chinen F 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days Japan
29 Maria Gomes Valentim F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days Brazil
30 Mary Bidwell F 19 May 1881 25 April 1996 114 years, 342 days United States
31 Chiyono Hasegawa F 20 November 1896 Living[9] 127 years, 296 days Living in Japan
32 Mary Josephine Ray F 17 May 1895 7 March 2010 114 years, 294 days United States[b]
33 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes F 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days Portugal
34 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 31 August 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days Puerto Rico
35 Eugénie Blanchard F 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days France
36 Venere Pizzinato F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days Italy[c]
37 Neva Morris F 3 August 1895 6 April 2010 114 years, 246 days United States
38 Hide Ohira F 15 September 1880 9 May 1995 114 years, 236 days Japan
39 Mathew Beard M 9 July 1870 6 February 1985 114 years, 222 days[10] United States
40 Yone Minagawa F 4 January 1893 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days Japan
41 M.A.C.C.[11] F 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days Spain
42 Carrie Lazenby F 9 February 1882 14 September 1996 114 years, 218 days United States
Ura Koyama F 30 August 1890 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days Japan
44 Myrtle Dorsey F 22 November 1885 25 June 2000 114 years, 216 days United States
45 Anna Eliza Williams F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days United Kingdom
46 Walter Breuning M 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days United States
47 Eunice Sanborn F 20 July 1896 31 January 2011 114 years, 195 days United States
48 Grace Clawson F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days United States[d]
49 Tase Matsunaga F 11 May 1884 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days Japan
50 Yukichi Chuganji M 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan
51 Lydie Vellard F 18 March 1875 17 September 1989 114 years, 183 days France
Wilhelmina Kott F 7 March 1880 6 September 1994 114 years, 183 days United States
Adelina Domingues F 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days United States[e]
54 Mitoyo Kawate F 15 May 1889 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days Japan
55 Martha Graham F December 1844 25 June 1959 114 years, c.180 days [12] United States
Charlotte Benkner F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days United States[f]
Camille Loiseau F 13 February 1892 12 August 2006 114 years, 180 days France
58 Anne Primout F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days France[g]
59 Ettie Mae Greene F 8 September 1877 26 February 1992 114 years, 171 days United States
60 Dina Manfredini F 4 April 1897 Living[9] 127 years, 160 days Living in the United States[h]
61
Jiroemon Kimura M 19 April 1897 Living[9] 127 years, 145 days Living in Japan
62 Irene Frank F 1 October 1881 28 February 1996 114 years, 150 days United States
63 Christina Cock F 25 December 1887 22 May 2002 114 years, 148 days Australia
64 Olivia Patricia Thomas F 29 June 1895 16 November 2009 114 years, 140 days United States
65 Emma Verona Johnston F 6 August 1890 1 December 2004 114 years, 117 days United States
66 Bettie Chatmon F 30 April 1884 16 August 1998 114 years, 108 days United States
67 Odie Matthews F 28 December 1878 14 April 1993 114 years, 107 days United States
68 Chiyo Shiraishi F 6 August 1895 19 November 2009 114 years, 105 days Japan
69 Asa Takii F 28 April 1884 31 July 1998 114 years, 94 days Japan
70 Florence Knapp F 10 October 1873 11 January 1988 114 years, 93 days United States
Elena Slough F 4 July 1889 5 October 2003 114 years, 93 days United States
72 Lucy Jane Askew F 8 September 1883 9 December 1997 114 years, 92 days United Kingdom
Mary Anna Boone F 10 February 1887 13 May 2001 114 years, 92 days United States
74 M.C.L.L.[11] F 3 April 1883 3 July 1997 114 years, 91 days Spain
75 Waka Shirahama F 23 March 1878 16 June 1992 114 years, 85 days Japan
76 Joan Riudavets M 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days Spain
77 Suekiku Miyanaga F 7 April 1884 20 June 1998 114 years, 74 days Japan
78 Shige Hirooka F 16 January 1897 29 March 2011 114 years, 72 days Japan
79 Maggie Renfro F 14 November 1895 22 January 2010 114 years, 69 days United States
80 Emma Tillman F 22 November 1892 28 January 2007 114 years, 67 days United States
81 Florrie Baldwin F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 114 years, 38 days United Kingdom
82 Amy Hulmes F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days United Kingdom
83 Grace Thaxton F 18 June 1891 6 July 2005 114 years, 18 days United States
84 Minnie Ward F 19 November 1885 2 December 1999 114 years, 13 days United States
85 Arbella Ewing F 13 March 1894 22 March 2008 114 years, 9 days United States
86 Catherine Hagel F 28 November 1894 6 December 2008 114 years, 8 days United States
87 Virginia Dighero F 24 December 1891 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days Italy
88 Fred Hale M 1 December 1890 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days United States
89 Miriam Carpelan F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 113 years, 350 days United States[i]
90 Yasu Akino F 1 March 1885 12 February 1999 113 years, 348 days Japan
Bertha Fry F 1 December 1893 14 November 2007 113 years, 348 days United States
92 Mae Harrington F 20 January 1889 29 December 2002 113 years, 343 days United States
93 Daisey Bailey F 30 March 1896 7 March 2010 113 years, 342 days United States
94 Agatha Mitchell F 26 March 1887 25 February 2001 113 years, 336 days United States
95 Moses Hardy M 6 January 1893 7 December 2006 113 years, 335 days[13] United States
96 Clara Huhn F 28 January 1887 20 December 2000 113 years, 327 days United States
97 Delma Kollar F 31 October 1897 Living[9] 126 years, 316 days Living in the United States
98 Corinne Dixon Taylor F 2 April 1893 14 February 2007 113 years, 318 days United States
99 Mary Christian F 12 June 1889 20 April 2003 113 years, 312 days United States
100 Luce Maced F 2 May 1886 25 February 2000 113 years, 299 days France

Addendum

Several claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included.[4]

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death
101 Rosa Ann Comfort F 21 January 1879 6 November 1992 113 years, 290 days United Kingdom
102 Mississippi Winn F 31 March 1897 14 January 2011 113 years, 289 days United States
103 Fannie Thomas F 14 April 1867 22 January 1981 113 years, 283 days United States
104 Tsuneyo Toyonaga F 21 May 1894 22 February 2008 113 years, 277 days Japan
105 Anne Samson F 27 February 1891 29 November 2004 113 years, 276 days Canada

a^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b^ Ray was born in Canada.
c^ Pizzinato was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.
d^ Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
e^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
f^ Benkner was born in Germany.
g^ Primout was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
h^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
i^ Carpelan was born in the United Kingdom.

References

  1. ^ a b "Oldest person". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 21 April 2011.
  2. ^ Young, Robert D.; Epstein, Louis; Coles, L. Stephen (2 January 2009). "Validated Supercentenarian Cases Aged 114 and Above". Rejuvenation Research. 11 (6). Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.: 1083–1085. doi:10.1089/rej.2008.0821.
  3. ^ Young, Robert D.; Epstein, Louis; Coles, L. Stephen (30 December 2009). "Validated Supercentenarian Cases Aged 114 and Above". Rejuvenation Research. 12 (6). Mary Ann Liebert, Inc.: 471–473. doi:10.1089/rej.2009.0998.
  4. ^ a b "Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List)". Gerontology Research Group. 8 June 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  5. ^ Guinness World Records accepted White's reported age.[citation needed]
  6. ^ Subsequent to Guinness' acceptance of Carrie White's reported age, GRG research cast doubt on it, reporting that she may have been only 102 years old at death. Similarly, there is some question as to whether Kamato Hongo was in fact 115 years old at death. Research by Michel Poulain suggests she may only have been 110. GRG World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955) (as of September 11, 2007) Retrieved 13 May 2011.
  7. ^ "Verified Supercentenarian Cases -- Japan". Gerontology Research Group. 10 April 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
  8. ^ Aniţica Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim.[citation needed]
  9. ^ a b c d e "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. 18 May 2011. Retrieved 20 May 2011.
  10. ^ The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.[citation needed]
  11. ^ a b These anonymous Spanish cases have been verified by the International Database on Longevity. International Database on Longevity - Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain
  12. ^ The day count for Graham is unknown as only her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.
  13. ^ "Table B, Ranked By Age". Gerontology Research Group. 17 February 2007. Retrieved 17 May 2011. Hardy is listed as being born on 6 January 1894 with the age of 112 years, 335 days at the time of his death. Here, the entry below Hardy's name indicates "some records say born 1893".

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