List of oldest people by year of death
Below is a list of the verified, to the standards of the Gerontology Research Group, Guinness World Records, or both; of the oldest people by year of death. Further information can be found on individuals without direct links in the "Records" and "Supercentenarians" sections under "Longevity" below. When possible, an entry has been provided for both the oldest man and the oldest woman of a particular year.
Oldest people by year of death
Year | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Place of birth | Place of death |
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1899 | Geert Adriaans Boomgaard | M | 21 September 1788 | 3 February 1899 | 110 years, 135 days | Netherlands | Netherlands |
1903 | Margaret Ann Neve | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 April 1903 | 110 years, 321 days | Guernsey | Guernsey |
1917 | Ann Pouder | F | 8 April 1807 | 10 July 1917 | 110 years, 93 days | United Kingdom | United States |
1926 | Louisa Thiers | F | 2 October 1814 | 17 February 1926 | 111 years, 138 days | United States | United States |
1928 | Delina Filkins | F | 4 May 1815 | 4 December 1928 | 113 years, 214 days | United States | United States |
1932 | Katherine Plunket | F | 22 November 1820 | 14 October 1932 | 111 years, 327 days | Ireland | Ireland |
1953 | Velgjer Svien | F | 10 October 1842 | 23 January 1953 | 110 years, 105 days | Norway | United States |
1955 | Betsy Baker | F | 20 August 1842 | 24 October 1955 | 113 years, 65 days | United Kingdom | United States |
1959 | Christina Karnebeek-Backs | F | 2 October 1849 | 7 October 1959 | 110 years, 5 days | Netherlands | Netherlands |
1962 | Ella Ille Rentel | F | 19 May 1852 | 19 September 1962 | 110 years, 123 days | Lithuania | Germany |
Sylvester Melvin | M | 29 November 1851 | 12 March 1962 | 110 years, 103 days | United States | United States | |
1964 | Mary Kelly | F | 7 June 1851 | 30 December 1964 | 113 years, 206 days | United States | United States |
1965 | William Fullingim | M | 7 July 1855 | 6 August 1965 | 110 years, 30 days | United States | United States |
1966 | Yoshigiku Ito | M | 3 August 1856 | 26 November 1966 | 110 years, 115 days | Japan | Japan |
Hannah Smith | F | 7 January 1856 | 10 January 1966 | 110 years, 3 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | |
1968 | John Mosely Turner | M | 15 June 1856 | 21 March 1968 | 111 years, 280 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Johanna Booyson | F | 17 January 1857 | 16 June 1968 | 111 years, 151 days | South Africa | South Africa | |
1969 | Marie Bernátková | F | 22 October 1857 | 4 May 1969 | 111 years, 194 days | Czechoslovakia | Czechoslovakia |
1970 | Ada Roe | F | 6 February 1858 | 11 January 1970 | 111 years, 339 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
1971 | Vincenza Pannuti | F | 16 September 1860 | 23 June 1971 | 110 years, 280 days | Italy | Italy |
1972 | Mary Ann Cragie | F | 12 October 1862 | 17 December 1972 | 110 years, 66 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
1973 | Josefa Salas | F | 14 July 1860 | 27 February 1973 | 112 years, 228 days | Spain | Spain |
Friedrich Wedeking | M | 10 October 1862 | 5 May 1973 | 110 years, 207 days | Germany | Germany | |
1974 | Clarida Roy | F | 19 October 1863 | 18 May 1974 | 110 years, 211 days | Canada | United States |
Frederick Butterfield | M | 28 February 1864 | 9 March 1974 | 110 years, 9 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | |
1975 | Mito Umeta | F | 27 March 1863 | 31 May 1975 | 112 years, 65 days | Japan | Japan |
1976 | Niwa Kawamoto | F | 5 August 1863 | 16 November 1976 | 113 years, 103 days | Japan | Japan |
1977 | Sophia DeMuth | F | 30 June 1866 | 2 December 1977 | 111 years, 155 days | United States | United States |
Jean Teillet | M | 6 November 1866 | 17 March 1977 | 110 years, 131 days | France | France | |
1978 | Marie-Virginie Duhem | F | 2 August 1866 | 25 April 1978 | 111 years, 266 days | France | France |
Charlie Nelson | M | 21 September 1867 | 20 August 1978 | 110 years, 333 days | United States | United States | |
1979 | Katharina Braun | F | 23 September 1867 | 5 February 1979 | 111 years, 135 days | Germany | Germany |
1980 | Hattie Stone | F | 17 August 1867 | 13 January 1980 | 112 years, 149 days | United States | United States |
Charlie Phillips | M | 5 May 1870 | 5 September 1980 | 110 years, 123 days | United States | United States | |
1981 | Fannie Thomas | F | 14 April 1867 | 22 January 1981 | 113 years, 283 days | United States | United States |
1982 | Nellie Spencer | F | 24 August 1869 | 13 November 1982 | 113 years, 81 days | United States | United States |
Zachariah Blackistone | M | 16 February 1871 | 18 April 1982 | 111 years, 61 days | United States | United States | |
1983 | Emma Wilson | F | 12 May 1870 | 13 October 1983 | 113 years, 154 days | United States | United States |
Gregory Pandazes | M | 15 January 1873 | 22 December 1983 | 110 years, 341 days | Greece | United States | |
1984 | Linnie Jones | F | 22 March 1872 | 11 February 1984 | 111 years, 326 days | United States | United States |
Andrei Kuznetsoff | M | 17 October 1873 | 31 January 1984 | 110 years, 106 days | Russia | Finland | |
1985 | Mathew Beard | M | 9 July 1870 | 16 February 1985 | 114 years, 222 days | United States | United States |
Ollie Bay | F | 11 November 1872 | 31 December 1985 | 113 years, 50 days | United States | United States | |
1986 | Augusta Holtz | F | 3 August 1871 | 21 October 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Germany | United States |
Joe Thomas | M | 1 May 1875 | 14 December 1986 | 111 years, 227 days | United States | United States | |
1987 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Herman Smith-Johannsen | M | 15 June 1875 | 5 January 1987 | 111 years, 204 days | Norway | Norway | |
1988 | Florence Knapp | F | 10 October 1873 | 11 January 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | United States | United States |
Alphaeus Philemon Cole | M | 12 July 1876 | 25 November 1988 | 112 years, 136 days | United States | United States | |
1989 | Lydie Vellard | F | 18 March 1875 | 17 September 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | France | France |
Aurelio Diaz | M | 16 October 1878 | 13 June 1989 | 110 years, 240 days | Spain | Spain | |
1990 | John Evans | M | 19 August 1877 | 10 June 1990 | 112 years, 295 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Claire Dunning | F | 20 August 1878 | 27 September 1990 | 112 years, 38 days | United States | United States | |
1991 | Alice Sjöquist | F | 25 October 1878 | 7 November 1991 | 113 years, 13 days | United Kingdom | Canada |
James Wiggins | M | 15 October 1879 | 16 October 1991 | 112 years, 1 day | United States | United States | |
1992 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | 8 September 1877 | 26 February 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | United States | United States |
Henry Pfeiffer | M | 22 March 1881 | 23 May 1992 | 111 years, 62 days | United States | United States | |
1993 | Lucy Hannah | F | 16 July 1875 | 21 March 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | United States | United States |
Frederick Frazier | M | 27 January 1880 | 14 June 1993 | 113 years, 138 days | United States | United States | |
1994 | Margaret Skeete | F | 27 October 1878 | 7 May 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | United States | United States |
Josep Armengol | M | 23 July 1881 | 20 January 1994 | 112 years, 181 days | Spain | Spain | |
1995 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | Japan | Japan |
Luther Goding | M | 1 July 1884 | 5 December 1995 | 111 years, 157 days | United States | United States | |
1996 | Mary Bidwell | F | 19 May 1881 | 25 April 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | United States | United States |
Bernard Delhom | M | 9 July 1885 | 7 February 1996 | 110 years, 213 days | France | France | |
1997 | Jeanne Calment | F | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | France | France |
Gengan Tonaki | M | 30 October 1884 | 24 January 1997 | 112 years, 86 days | Japan | Japan | |
1998 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | Canada | Canada |
Christian Mortensen | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | United States | |
1999 | Sarah Knauss | F | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | United States | United States |
Denzo Ishizaki | M | 20 October 1886 | 29 April 1999 | 112 years, 191 days | Japan | Japan | |
2000 | Eva Morris | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom |
Benjamin Harrison Holcomb | M | 3 July 1889 | 2 December 2000 | 111 years, 152 days | United States | United States | |
2001 | Marie Brémont | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France | France |
John Painter | M | 20 September 1888 | 1 March 2001 | 112 years, 162 days | United States | United States | |
2002 | Maude Farris-Luse | F | 21 January 1887 | 18 March 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | United States | United States |
Antonio Todde | M | 22 January 1889 | 3 January 2002 | 112 years, 346 days | Italy | Italy | |
2003 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | Japan | Japan |
Mitoyo Kawate | F | 15 May 1889 | 13 November 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | Japan | Japan | |
2004 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 August 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico |
Joan Riudavets | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Spain | Spain | |
2005 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands | Netherlands |
Hermann Dörnemann | M | 27 May 1893 | 2 March 2005 | 111 years, 279 days | Germany | Germany | |
2006 | María Capovilla | F | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | Ecuador | Ecuador |
Moses Hardy | M | 6 January 1894 | 7 December 2006 | 112 years, 335 days | United States | United States | |
2007 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico |
Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Canada | Canada | |
2008 | Edna Parker | F | 20 April 1893 | 26 November 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | United States | United States |
George Francis | M | 6 June 1896 | 27 December 2008 | 112 years, 204 days | United States | United States | |
2009 | Gertrude Baines | F | 6 April 1894 | 11 September 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | United States | United States |
Tomoji Tanabe | M | 18 September 1895 | 19 June 2009 | 113 years, 274 days | Japan | Japan | |
2010 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | Japan | Japan |
Stanley Lucas | M | 15 January 1900 | 21 June 2010 | 110 years, 157 days | United Kingdom | United Kingdom | |
2011 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 November 1896 | 2 December 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | Japan | Japan |
Walter Breuning | M | 21 September 1896 | 14 April 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | United States | United States | |
2012 | Besse Cooper | F | 26 August 1896 | 4 December 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | United States | United States |
Jan Goossenaerts | M | 30 October 1900 | 21 March 2012 | 111 years, 143 days | Belgium | Belgium | |
2013 | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 19 April 1897 | 12 June 2013 | 116 years, 54 days | Japan | Japan |
Koto Okubo | F | 24 December 1897 | 12 January 2013 | 115 years, 19 days | Japan | Japan | |
2014 | Anna Henderson | F | 5 March 1900 | 1 July 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | United States | United States |
Arturo Licata | M | 2 May 1902 | 24 April 2014 | 111 years, 357 days | Italy | Italy | |
2015 | Misao Okawa | F | 5 March 1898 | 1 April 2015 | 117 years, 27 days | Japan | Japan |