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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 the Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who died at the age of 122 years 164 days. For other validated supercentenarian cases listed below, the GRG list of validated supercentenarian cases can be used.^[1] There are six verified living supercentenarians on this list, including the oldest verified living person—the American woman Besse Cooper, age 128 years, 52 days.

100 verified oldest people

Deceased Living Age disputed

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age (as of 17 October 2024)	Place of death or residence
1	Jeanne Calment	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^[2]^[3]	United States
9	Kamato Hongo	F	16 September 1887	31 October 2003	116 years, 45 days^[2]^[4]	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	Mary Rhodes	F	12 August 1882	3 March 1998	115 years, 223 days	Canada
14	Edna Parker	F	20 April 1893	26 November 2008	115 years, 220 days	United States
15	Besse Cooper^[5]	F	26 August 1896	Living^[6]	128 years, 52 days	United States
16	Margaret Skeete	F	27 October 1878	7 May 1994	115 years, 192 days	United States
17	Gertrude Baines	F	6 April 1894	11 September 2009	115 years, 158 days	United States
18	Anițica Butariu	F	17 June 1882	21 November 1997	115 years, 157 days^[7]	Romania
19	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
20	Bettie Wilson	F	13 September 1890	13 February 2006	115 years, 153 days	United States
21	Julie Winnefred Bertrand	F	16 September 1891	18 January 2007	115 years, 124 days	Canada
22	Maria de Jesus	F	10 September 1893	2 January 2009	115 years, 114 days	Portugal
23	Susie Gibson	F	31 October 1890	16 February 2006	115 years, 108 days	United States
24	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	F	29 June 1890	30 August 2005	115 years, 62 days	Netherlands
25	Maude Farris-Luse	F	21 January 1887	18 March 2002	115 years, 56 days	United States
26	Marie Brémont	F	25 April 1886	6 June 2001	115 years, 42 days	France
27	Chiyono Hasegawa	F	20 November 1896	2 December 2011	115 years, 12 days	Japan
28	Annie Jennings	F	12 November 1884	20 November 1999	115 years, 8 days	United Kingdom
29	Eva Morris	F	8 November 1885	2 November 2000	114 years, 360 days	United Kingdom
30	Kama Chinen	F	10 May 1895	2 May 2010	114 years, 357 days	Japan
31	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	9 July 1896	21 June 2011	114 years, 347 days	Brazil
32	Mary Bidwell	F	19 May 1881	25 April 1996	114 years, 342 days	United States
33	Dina Manfredini^[5]	F	4 April 1897	Living^[6]	127 years, 196 days	United States^[b]
34	Jiroemon Kimura^[5]	M	19 April 1897	Living^[6]	127 years, 181 days	Japan
35	Mary Josephine Ray	F	17 May 1895	7 March 2010	114 years, 294 days	United States^[c]
36	Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes	F	24 October 1890	25 July 2005	114 years, 274 days	Portugal
37	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	31 August 1889	29 May 2004	114 years, 272 days	Puerto Rico
38	Eugénie Blanchard	F	16 February 1896	4 November 2010	114 years, 261 days	France
39	Venere Pizzinato	F	23 November 1896	2 August 2011	114 years, 252 days	Italy^[d]
40	Neva Morris	F	3 August 1895	6 April 2010	114 years, 246 days	United States
41	Hide Ohira	F	15 September 1880	9 May 1995	114 years, 236 days	Japan
42	Mathew Beard	M	9 July 1870	6 February 1985	114 years, 222 days^[8]	United States
43	Yone Minagawa	F	4 January 1893	13 August 2007	114 years, 221 days	Japan
44	M.A.C.C.^[9]	F	10 June 1881	16 January 1996	114 years, 220 days	Spain
45	Carrie Lazenby	F	9 February 1882	14 September 1996	114 years, 218 days	United States
45	Ura Koyama	F	30 August 1890	5 April 2005	114 years, 218 days	Japan
47	Myrtle Dorsey	F	22 November 1885	25 June 2000	114 years, 216 days	United States
48	Anna Eliza Williams	F	2 June 1873	27 December 1987	114 years, 208 days	United Kingdom
49	Walter Breuning	M	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
50	Eunice Sanborn	F	20 July 1896	31 January 2011	114 years, 195 days	United States
51	Grace Clawson	F	15 November 1887	28 May 2002	114 years, 194 days	United States^[e]
52	Tase Matsunaga	F	11 May 1884	18 November 1998	114 years, 191 days	Japan
53	Yukichi Chuganji	M	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
54	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^[f]
57	Mitoyo Kawate	F	15 May 1889	13 November 2003	114 years, 182 days	Japan
58	Martha Graham	F	December 1844	25 June 1959	114 years, ca. 180 days^[10]	United States
	Charlotte Benkner	F	16 November 1889	14 May 2004	114 years, 180 days	United States^[g]
	Camille Loiseau	F	13 February 1892	12 August 2006	114 years, 180 days	France
61	Anne Primout	F	5 October 1890	26 March 2005	114 years, 172 days	France^[h]
62	Ettie Mae Greene	F	8 September 1877	26 February 1992	114 years, 171 days	United States
63	Irene Frank	F	1 October 1881	28 February 1996	114 years, 150 days	United States
64	Christina Cock	F	25 December 1887	22 May 2002	114 years, 148 days	Australia
65	Olivia Patricia Thomas	F	29 June 1895	16 November 2009	114 years, 140 days	United States
66	Emma Verona Johnston	F	6 August 1890	1 December 2004	114 years, 117 days	United States
67	Bettie Chatmon	F	30 April 1884	16 August 1998	114 years, 108 days	United States
68	Odie Matthews	F	28 December 1878	14 April 1993	114 years, 107 days	United States
69	Chiyo Shiraishi	F	6 August 1895	19 November 2009	114 years, 105 days	Japan
70	Asa Takii	F	28 April 1884	31 July 1998	114 years, 94 days	Japan
71	Florence Knapp	F	10 October 1873	11 January 1988	114 years, 93 days	United States
71	Elena Slough	F	4 July 1889	5 October 2003	114 years, 93 days	United States
73	Lucy Jane Askew	F	8 September 1883	9 December 1997	114 years, 92 days	United Kingdom
73	Mary Anna Boone	F	10 February 1887	13 May 2001	114 years, 92 days	United States
75	M.C.L.L.^[9]	F	3 April 1883	3 July 1997	114 years, 91 days	Spain
76	Waka Shirahama	F	23 March 1878	16 June 1992	114 years, 85 days	Japan
76	Delma Kollar	F	31 October 1897	24 January 2012	114 years, 85 days	United States
78	Joan Riudavets	M	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
79	Suekiku Miyanaga	F	7 April 1884	20 June 1998	114 years, 74 days	Japan
80	Shige Hirooka	F	16 January 1897	29 March 2011	114 years, 72 days	Japan
81	Maggie Renfro	F	14 November 1895	22 January 2010	114 years, 69 days	United States
82	Emma Tillman	F	22 November 1892	28 January 2007	114 years, 67 days	United States
83	Florrie Baldwin	F	31 March 1896	8 May 2010	114 years, 38 days	United Kingdom
84	Leila Denmark^[5]	F	1 February 1898	Living^[6]	126 years, 259 days	United States
85	Amy Hulmes	F	5 October 1887	27 October 2001	114 years, 22 days	United Kingdom
86	Grace Thaxton	F	18 June 1891	6 July 2005	114 years, 18 days	United States
87	Minnie Ward	F	19 November 1885	2 December 1999	114 years, 13 days	United States
88	Arbella Ewing	F	13 March 1894	22 March 2008	114 years, 9 days	United States
89	Catherine Hagel	F	28 November 1894	6 December 2008	114 years, 8 days	United States
90	Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi	F	24 December 1891	28 December 2005	114 years, 4 days	Italy
90	Misawo Okawa^[5]	F	5 March 1898	Living^[6]	126 years, 226 days	Japan
92	Kame Nakamura^[5]	F	8 March 1898	Living^[6]	126 years, 223 days	Japan
93	Fred Hale	M	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
94	Miriam Carpelan	F	8 July 1882	22 June 1996	113 years, 350 days	United States^[i]
95	Yasu Akino	F	1 March 1885	12 February 1999	113 years, 348 days	Japan
95	Bertha Fry	F	1 December 1893	14 November 2007	113 years, 348 days	United States
97	Mae Harrington	F	20 January 1889	29 December 2002	113 years, 343 days	United States
98	Daisey Bailey	F	30 March 1896	7 March 2010	113 years, 342 days	United States
99	Agatha Mitchell	F	26 March 1887	25 February 2001	113 years, 336 days	United States
100	Moses Hardy	M	6 January 1893	7 December 2006	113 years, 335 days^[11]^[12]	United States

Addendum

Several claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of the next proven claims is included.^[1] Note that although Martha Graham's exact date of birth is not known, she has been proven to be born in December 1844. Hence, she belongs in the top 100 list, therefore no addendum is provided.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death
101	Clara Huhn	F	28 January 1887	20 December 2000	113 years, 327 days	United States
102	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	2 April 1893	14 February 2007	113 years, 318 days	United States
103	Mary Christian	F	12 June 1889	20 April 2003	113 years, 312 days	United States
104	Luce Maced	F	2 May 1886	25 February 2000	113 years, 299 days	France
105	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	21 January 1879	6 November 1992	113 years, 290 days	United Kingdom

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

References

^ ^a ^b "Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 17 May 2011.
^ ^a ^b "World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 25 September 2011.
^ Guinness World Records accepted White's claim, but subsequent research reveals she may have been 102 at death.
^ While there is some question as to whether Hongo was in fact 115 years old at death instead of 116, research by Michel Poulain suggests she may have been 110 at death.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Coles, L. Stephen (11 June 2003). "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Georntology Research Group.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group.
^ 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.
^ The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
^ ^a ^b Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain (PDF). Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
^ The day count for Graham is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.
^ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group.
^ The GRG considers the Moses Hardy claim as subject to doubt; he may have in fact been born one year later.

[TableBB1-1] "Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 17 May 2011.

[cccc-2] "World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 25 September 2011.

[White-3] Guinness World Records accepted White's claim, but subsequent research reveals she may have been 102 at death.

[Hongo-4] While there is some question as to whether Hongo was in fact 115 years old at death instead of 116, research by Michel Poulain suggests she may have been 110 at death.

[GRG-5] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Coles, L. Stephen (11 June 2003). "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Georntology Research Group.

[TableE-6] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group.

[Butariu-7] 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.

[Beard-8] The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.

[IDOL-9] Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain (PDF). Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)

[Leapday1-10] The day count for Graham is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.

[aa-11] Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group.

[12] The GRG considers the Moses Hardy claim as subject to doubt; he may have in fact been born one year later.

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