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Revision as of 19:49, 3 September 2012
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, American woman Besse Cooper, age 127 years, 337 days.
100 verified oldest people
Deceased Living Age disputed
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age (as of 28 July 2024) |
Place of death or residence |
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1 | Jeanne Calment | F | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | 122 years, 164 days This is suspect due to Genesis 6:3. She may have been mistaken for a sibling. |
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 | Besse Cooper[5] | F | 26 August 1896 | Living[6] | 127 years, 337 days | United States |
11 | Maggie Barnes | F | 6 March 1882 | 19 January 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | United States |
12 | Christian Mortensen | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | United States[a] |
13 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | United Kingdom |
14 | Edna Parker | F | 20 April 1893 | 26 November 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | United States |
15 | Mary Ann Rhodes | F | 12 August 1882 | 3 March 1998 | 115 years, 203 days | Canada |
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 | Dina Manfredini[5] | F | 4 April 1897 | Living[6] | 127 years, 115 days | United States[b] |
22 | Jiroemon Kimura[5] | M | 19 April 1897 | Living[6] | 127 years, 100 days | Japan |
23 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Canada |
24 | Maria de Jesus | F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Portugal |
25 | Susie Gibson | F | 31 October 1890 | 16 February 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | United States |
26 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands |
27 | Maude Farris-Luse | F | 21 January 1887 | 18 March 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | United States |
28 | Marie Brémont | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France |
29 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | Japan |
30 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | United Kingdom |
31 | Eva Morris | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom |
32 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | Japan |
33 | Maria Gomes Valentim | F | 9 July 1896 | 21 June 2011 | 114 years, 347 days | Brazil |
34 | Mary Bidwell | F | 19 May 1881 | 25 April 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | United States |
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-Papo | 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 | 16 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 |
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 |
Misawo Okawa[5] | F | 5 March 1898 | Living[6] | 126 years, 145 days | Japan | |
59 | 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 | |
62 | Kame Nakamura[5] | F | 8 March 1898 | Living[6] | 126 years, 142 days | Japan |
63 | Anne Primout | F | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | France[h] |
64 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | 8 September 1877 | 26 February 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | United States |
65 | Irene Frank | F | 1 October 1881 | 28 February 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | United States |
66 | Christina Cock | F | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | Australia |
67 | Olivia Patricia Thomas | F | 29 June 1895 | 16 November 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | United States |
68 | Emma Verona Johnston | F | 6 August 1890 | 1 December 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | United States |
69 | Bettie Chatmon | F | 30 April 1884 | 16 August 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | United States |
70 | Odie Matthews | F | 28 December 1878 | 14 April 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | United States |
71 | Chiyo Shiraishi | F | 6 August 1895 | 19 November 2009 | 114 years, 105 days | Japan |
72 | Asa Takii | F | 28 April 1884 | 31 July 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | Japan |
73 | 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 | |
75 | 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 | |
77 | M.C.L.L.[9] | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Spain |
78 | Waka Shirahama | F | 23 March 1878 | 16 June 1992 | 114 years, 85 days | Japan |
Delma Kollar | F | 31 October 1897 | 24 January 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | United States | |
80 | Joan Riudavets | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Spain |
81 | Suekiku Miyanaga | F | 7 April 1884 | 20 June 1998 | 114 years, 74 days | Japan |
82 | Shige Hirooka | F | 16 January 1897 | 29 March 2011 | 114 years, 72 days | Japan |
83 | Maggie Renfro | F | 14 November 1895 | 22 January 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | United States |
84 | Emma Tillman | F | 22 November 1892 | 28 January 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | United States |
85 | Leila Denmark | F | 1 February 1898 | 1 April 2012 | 114 years, 60 days | United States |
86 | Florrie Baldwin | F | 31 March 1896 | 8 May 2010 | 114 years, 38 days | United Kingdom |
87 | Amy Hulmes | F | 5 October 1887 | 27 October 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | United Kingdom |
88 | Grace Thaxton | F | 18 June 1891 | 6 July 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | United States |
89 | Minnie Ward | F | 19 November 1885 | 2 December 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | United States |
90 | Arbella Ewing | F | 13 March 1894 | 22 March 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | United States |
91 | Catherine Hagel | F | 28 November 1894 | 6 December 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | United States |
92 | Marie-Thérèse Bardet | F | 2 June 1898 | 8 June 2012 | 114 years, 6 days | France |
93 | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | F | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | Italy |
94 | Mamie Rearden[5] | F | 7 September 1898 | Living[6] | 125 years, 325 days | United States |
95 | Fred Hale | M | 1 December 1890 | 19 November 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | United States |
96 | Miriam Carpelan | F | 8 July 1882 | 22 June 1996 | 113 years, 350 days | United States[i] |
97 | 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 | |
99 | Mae Harrington | F | 20 January 1889 | 29 December 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | United States |
100 | Daisey Bailey | F | 30 March 1896 | 7 March 2010 | 113 years, 342 days | United States |
Addendum
Several entries above, although still verified, are now considered disputed; accordingly, an addendum of the next verified oldest people is included.[1] Note that Martha Graham's exact date of birth is not known and her case is also disputed, given that there is no proof of birth issued within 20 years of the birth event for this case.
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Place of death |
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101 | Agatha Mitchell | F | 26 March 1887 | 25 February 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | United States |
102 | Clara Huhn | F | 28 January 1887 | 20 December 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | United States |
103 | Corinne Dixon Taylor | F | 2 April 1893 | 14 February 2007 | 113 years, 318 days | United States |
104 | Mary Christian | F | 12 June 1889 | 20 April 2003 | 113 years, 312 days | United States |
a^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
c^ Ray was born in Canada.
d^ Pizzinato-Papo was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Italy.
e^ Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
f^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
g^ Benkner was born in Germany.
h^ Primout was born in French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
i^ Carpelan was born in 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". Gerontology 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.
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: 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.