List of the verified oldest people

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 five verified living supercentenarians on this list, including the oldest verified living person—the American woman Besse Cooper, age &10000000000000115000000115 years, &10000000000000188000000188 days.

100 verified oldest people

      Deceased       Living       Age disputed

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age 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 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 Anițica Butariu F 17 June 1882 21 November 1997 115 years, 157 days[5] 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 Besse Cooper[6] F 26 August 1896 Living[7] &10000000000000115000000115 years, &10000000000000188000000188 days United States
20 Julie Winnefred Bertrand F 16 September 1891 18 January 2007 115 years, 124 days Canada
21 Maria de Jesus F 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days Portugal
22 Susie Gibson F 31 October 1890 16 February 2006 115 years, 108 days United States
23 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper F 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 115 years, 62 days Netherlands
24 Maude Farris-Luse F 21 January 1887 18 March 2002 115 years, 56 days United States
25 Marie Brémont F 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days France
26 Chiyono Hasegawa F 20 November 1896 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days Japan
27 Annie Jennings F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days United Kingdom
28 Eva Morris F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days United Kingdom
29 Kama Chinen F 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days Japan
30 Maria Gomes Valentim F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days Brazil
31 Mary Bidwell F 19 May 1881 25 April 1996 114 years, 342 days United States
32 Mary Josephine Ray F 17 May 1895 7 March 2010 114 years, 294 days United States[b]
33 Dina Manfredini[6] F 4 April 1897 Living[7] &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000332000000332 days United States[d]
34 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes F 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days Portugal
35 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 31 August 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days Puerto Rico
36 Eugénie Blanchard F 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days France
Jiroemon Kimura[6] M 19 April 1897 Living[7] &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000317000000317 days Japan
38 Venere Pizzinato F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days Italy[c]
39 Neva Morris F 3 August 1895 6 April 2010 114 years, 246 days United States
40 Hide Ohira F 15 September 1880 9 May 1995 114 years, 236 days Japan
41 Mathew Beard M 9 July 1870 6 February 1985 114 years, 222 days[8] United States
42 Yone Minagawa F 4 January 1893 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days Japan
43 M.A.C.C.[9] F 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days Spain
44 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
46 Myrtle Dorsey F 22 November 1885 25 June 2000 114 years, 216 days United States
47 Anna Eliza Williams F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days United Kingdom
48 Walter Breuning M 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days United States
49 Eunice Sanborn F 20 July 1896 31 January 2011 114 years, 195 days United States
50 Grace Clawson F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days United States[e]
51 Tase Matsunaga F 11 May 1884 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days Japan
52 Yukichi Chuganji M 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan
53 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]
56 Mitoyo Kawate F 15 May 1889 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days Japan
57 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
60 Anne Primout F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days France[h]
61 Ettie Mae Greene F 8 September 1877 26 February 1992 114 years, 171 days United States
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.[9] 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 Delma Kollar[6] F 31 October 1897 Living[7] &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000122000000122 days United States
82 Florrie Baldwin F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 114 years, 38 days United Kingdom
83 Amy Hulmes F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days United Kingdom
84 Grace Thaxton F 18 June 1891 6 July 2005 114 years, 18 days United States
85 Minnie Ward F 19 November 1885 2 December 1999 114 years, 13 days United States
86 Arbella Ewing F 13 March 1894 22 March 2008 114 years, 9 days United States
87 Catherine Hagel F 28 November 1894 6 December 2008 114 years, 8 days United States
88 Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi F 24 December 1891 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days Italy
89 Fred Hale M 1 December 1890 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days United States
90 Miriam Carpelan F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 113 years, 350 days United States[i]
91 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
93 Mae Harrington F 20 January 1889 29 December 2002 113 years, 343 days United States
94 Daisey Bailey F 30 March 1896 7 March 2010 113 years, 342 days United States
95 Leila Denmark[6] F 1 February 1898 Living[7] &10000000000000114000000114 years, &1000000000000002900000029 days United States
96 Agatha Mitchell F 26 March 1887 25 February 2001 113 years, 336 days United States
97 Moses Hardy M 6 January 1893 7 December 2006 113 years, 335 days[11][12] United States
98 Clara Huhn F 28 January 1887 20 December 2000 113 years, 327 days United States
99 Corinne Dixon Taylor F 2 April 1893 14 February 2007 113 years, 318 days United States
100 Mary Christian F 12 June 1889 20 April 2003 113 years, 312 days 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 residence or death
101 Misawo Okawa[6] F 5 March 1898 Living[7] &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000362000000362 days Japan
102 Kame Nakamura[6] F 8 March 1898 Living[7] &10000000000000113000000113 years, &10000000000000359000000359 days Japan
103 Luce Maced F 2 May 1886 25 February 2000 113 years, 299 days France
104 Rosa Ann Comfort F 21 January 1879 6 November 1992 113 years, 290 days United Kingdom
105 Mississippi Winn F 31 March 1897 14 January 2011 113 years, 289 days United States

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

References

  1. ^ a b "Validated Supercentenarian Cases (Public List)". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/BB1.HTM. Retrieved 17 May 2011. 
  2. ^ a b "World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/CCCC.HTM. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  3. ^ Guinness World Records accepted White's claim, but subsequent research reveals she may have been 102 at death.
  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.
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g Coles, L. Stephen (11 June 2003). "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Georntology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. 
  7. ^ a b c d e f g "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. 
  8. ^ The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
  9. ^ a b Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain. Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166. http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/007/2-7.pdf. 
  10. ^ The day count for Graham is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.
  11. ^ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/AA.HTM. 
  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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