This is a list of the 101 verified oldest people in world history. In order to be included on this list, an age claim must have been verified by an international, rather than a national, body. As of Template:CURRENTDATE, this list contains four living supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is American woman Edna Parker (age 130 years, 365 days). The title of oldest verified person in history belongs to Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment (1875 - 1997), who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. Of the people on this list 10 are male and 91 are female.
List
The following is the list of verified oldest people, arranged in descending order, based on each individual's age in years and days. A "year" typically refers to a calendar year, the time between two dates with the same name. However, years may be of different lengths due to the presence or absence of a leap day within the year, or to the conversion of dates from one calendar to another. A supercentenarian is considered "verified" if his or her claim has been accepted by an international body that specifically engages in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or the Guinness Book of World Records. This list automatically updates the ages of those still living to reflect the current date (today is Template:FULLDATE).
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Age in days | Country |
1 | Jeanne Calment | F | February 21, 1875 | August 4, 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | 44,724 | FRA |
2 | Shigechiyo Izumi | M | June 29, 1865? | February 21, 1986 | 120? years, 237 days | 44,066? | JPN |
3 | Sarah Knauss | F | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | 43,560 | USA |
4 | Lucy Hannah | F | July 16, 1875 | March 21, 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | 42,982 | USA |
5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | August 29, 1880 | April 16, 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | 42,963 | CAN |
6 | María Capovilla | F | September 14, 1889 | August 27, 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | 42,715 | ECU |
7 | Tane Ikai | F | January 18, 1879 | July 12, 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | 42,543 | JPN |
8 | Elizabeth Bolden | F | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | 42,486 | USA |
9 | Carrie C. White | F | November 18, 1874? | February 14 1991 | 116? years, 88 days | 42,456? | USA |
10 | Kamato Hongo | F | September 16, 1887? | October 31, 2003 | 116? years, 45 days | 42,413? | JPN |
11 | Maggie Barnes | F | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | 42,322 | USA |
12 | Christian Mortensen | M | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | 42,255 | Template:DNK USA |
13 | Charlotte Hughes | F | August 1, 1877 | March 17, 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | 42,231 | UK |
14 | Margaret Skeete | F | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | 42,195 | USA |
15 | Anitica Butariu[1] | F | June 17, 1882? | November 21, 1997 | 115? years, 157 days | 42,160? | ROU |
16 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | August 21, 1891 | January 24, 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | 42,159 | PRI,USA |
17 | Bettie Wilson | F | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | 42,156 | USA |
18 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | September 16, 1891 | January 18, 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | 42,127 | CAN |
19 | Susie Gibson | F | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | 42,111 | USA |
20 | Edna Parker | F | April 20, 1893 | Living | 130 years, 365 days | Template:Age in days nts | USA |
21 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | June 29, 1890 | August 30, 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | 42,065 | Template:NLD |
22 | Maude Farris-Luse | F | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | 42,059 | USA |
23 | Marie Brémont | F | April 25, 1886 | June 6, 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | 42,045 | FRA |
24 | Annie Jennings | F | November 12 1884 | November 20, 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | 42,010 | UK |
25 | Eva Morris | F | November 8, 1885 | November 2, 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | 41,997 | UK |
26 | Mary Bidwell | F | May 9, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 352 days | 41,989 | USA |
27 | Maria de Jesus | F | September 10, 1893 | Living | 130 years, 222 days | Template:Age in days nts | POR |
28 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | F | October 24, 1890 | July 25, 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | 41,912 | POR |
29 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | August 31, 1889 | May 29, 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | 41,909 | PRI,USA |
30 | Hide Ohira | F | September 15, 1880 | May 9, 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | 41,873 | JPN |
31 | Mathew Beard | M | July 9, 1870? | February 16, 1985 | 114? years, 222 days | 41,860? | USA |
32 | Yone Minagawa | F | January 4, 1893 | August 13, 2007 | 114 years, 221 days | 41,858 | JPN |
33 | Ura Koyama | F | August 30, 1890 | April 5, 2005 | 114 years, 218 days | 41,856 | JPN |
Carrie Lazenby | F | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | 41,855 | USA | |
35 | Myrtle Dorsey | F | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | 41,853 | USA |
36 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | June 2, 1873 | December 27, 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | 41,845 | UK |
37 | Grace Clawson | F | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | 41,832 | UK USA |
38 | Tase Matsunaga | F | May 11, 1884 | November 18, 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | 41,828 | JPN |
39 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | March 23, 1889 | September 28, 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | 41,826 | JPN |
40 | Lydie Vellard | F | March 18, 1875 | September 17, 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | 41,821 | FRA |
Adelina Domingues | F | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | 41,821 | CPV USA | |
Wilhelmina Kott | F | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | 41,820 | USA | |
43 | Mitoyo Kawate | F | May 15, 1889 | November 13, 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | 41,819 | JPN |
44 | Camille Loiseau | F | February 13, 1892 | August 12, 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | 41,818 | FRA |
Martha Graham[2] | F | December 27? 1844? | June 25, 1959 | 114? years, 180? days | 41,817? | USA | |
Charlotte Benkner | F | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | 41,817 | USA | |
47 | Anne Primout | F | October 5, 1890 | March 26, 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | 41,810 | FRA |
48 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | 41,808 | USA |
49 | Irene Frank | F | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | 41,787 | USA |
50 | Christina Cock | F | December 25, 1887 | May 22, 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | 41,786 | |
51 | Emma Verona Johnston | F | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | 41,755 | USA |
52 | Gertrude Baines | F | April 6, 1894 | Living | 130 years, 13 days | Template:Age in days nts | USA |
53 | Bettie Chatmon | F | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | 41,745 | USA |
54 | Odie Matthews | F | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | 41,745 | USA |
55 | Asa Takii | F | April 28, 1884 | July 31, 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | 41,731 | JPN |
56 | Florence Knapp | F | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | 41,730 | USA |
Elena Slough | F | July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | 114 years, 93 days | 41,730 | USA | |
58 | Lucy Jane Askew | F | September 8, 1883 | December 9, 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | 41,730 | UK |
Mary Anna Boone | F | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | 41,730 | USA | |
60 | Waka Shirahama | F | March 23, 1878 | June 16, 1992 | 114 years, 85 days | 41,723 | JPN |
61 | Joan Riudavets | M | December 15, 1889 | March 5, 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | 41,718 | ESP |
62 | Suekiku Miyanaga | F | April 7, 1884 | June 20, 1998 | 114 years, 74 days | 41,711 | JPN |
63 | Emma Tillman | F | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | 41,704 | USA |
64 | Amy Isabel Hulmes | F | October 5, 1887 | October 27, 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | 41,660 | UK |
65 | Grace Thaxton | F | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | 41,656 | USA |
66 | Minnie Ward | F | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | 41,650 | USA |
67 | Arbella Ewing | F | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | 41,647 | USA |
68 | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | F | December 24, 1891 | December 28, 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | 41,642 | ITA |
69 | Fred H. Hale, Sr. | M | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | 41,626 | USA |
70 | Yasu Akino | F | March 1, 1885 | February 12, 1999 | 113 years, 348 days | 41,620 | JPN |
Bertha Fry | F | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007 | 113 years, 348 days | 41,620 | USA | |
72 | Mae Harrington | F | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | 41,615 | USA |
73 | Agatha Mitchell | F | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | 41,609 | USA |
74 | Moses Hardy | M | January 6, 1893? | December 7, 2006 | 113? years, 335 days | 41,607? | USA |
75 | Clara Huhn | F | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | 41,599 | USA |
76 | Corinne Dixon Taylor | F | April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | 113 years, 318 days | 41,590 | USA |
77 | Mary Christian | F | June 12, 1889 | April 20, 2003 | 113 years, 312 days | 41,584 | USA |
78 | Luce Maced | F | May 2, 1886 | February 25, 2000 | 113 years, 299 days | 41,571 | FRA |
79 | Rosa Ann Comfort | F | January 21, 1879 | November 6, 1992 | 113 years, 290 days | 41,562 | UK |
80 | Fannie Thomas | F | April 14, 1867 | January 22, 1981 | 113 years, 283 days | 41,556 | USA |
Mitsu Fujisawa | F | April 9, 1876 | January 17, 1990 | 113 years, 283 days | 41,555 | JPN | |
82 | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | F | May 21, 1894 | February 22, 2008 | 113 years, 277 days | 41,549 | JPN |
83 | Anne Samson | F | February 27, 1891 | November 29, 2004 | 113 years, 276 days | 41,548 | CAN |
84 | Johnson Parks | M | October 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 years, 275 days | 41,547 | USA |
85 | Beatrice Mears | F | March 4, 1888 | December 3, 2001 | 113 years, 274 days | 41,546 | |
86 | Mary Parr | F | January 29, 1889 | October 29, 2002 | 113 years, 273 days | 41,545 | USA |
87 | Amalia Ruggeri Barone | F | October 6, 1884 | June 26, 1998 | 113 years, 263 days | 41,535 | ITA USA |
88 | Clémentine Solignac | F | September 7, 1894 | May 25, 2008 | 113 years, 261 days | 41,533 | FRA |
89 | Zora Wriggle | F | February 24, 1880 | November 7, 1993 | 113 years, 256 days | 41,529 | USA |
90 | John Ingram McMorran | M | June 19, 1889 | February 24, 2003 | 113 years, 250 days | 41,522 | USA |
91 | Mary McKinney | F | May 30, 1873 | February 2, 1987 | 113 years, 248 days | 41,520 | USA |
92 | Catherine Hagel | F | November 28, 1894 | WAS Living | 129 years, 143 days | Template:Age in days nts | USA |
93 | Gladys Swetland | F | April 18, 1892 | December 14, 2005 | 113 years, 240 days | 41,512 | USA |
94 | Shitsu Nakano | F | January 1, 1894 | August 19, 2007 | 113 years, 230 days | 41,502 | JPN |
95 | Mary Randall | F | April 1, 1887 | November 12, 2000 | 113 years, 225 days | 41,498 | USA |
96 | Delina Filkins | F | May 4, 1815 | December 4, 1928 | 113 years, 214 days | 41,487 | USA |
97 | Maria del Carmen Figueiroa Freiria de Salgueiro | F | October 28, 1883 | May 25, 1997 | 113 years, 209 days | 41,482 | ESP |
98 | Lillian Ross | F | August 24, 1879 | March 20, 1993 | 113 years, 208 days | 41,481 | CAN |
99 | Lucy d'Abreu | F | May 24, 1892 | December 7, 2005 | 113 years, 197 days | 41,469 | IND UK |
100 | Nelle Hunt | F | July 28, 1887 | February 8, 2001 | 113 years, 195 days | 41,468 | USA |
Helen Stetter | F | November 18, 1893 | June 1, 2007 | 113 years, 195 days | 41,467 | USA |
Parker died November 26th 2008,Hagel died December 6th 2008,de Jesus died January 2nd 2009.Kama Chinen(born May 10th 1895),Josephine Mary Ray(May 17th 1895),Olive Patricia Thomas(June 29th 1895),Neva Morris(August 3rd 1895),Chiyo Shiraishi(August 6th 1895),Tomoji Tanabe(Sept 18 1895-June 19 2009),Beatrice Farve(Apr 30 1895-Jan 19 2009),and most likely Maggie Renfro(b Nov 14 1895) have since earned places.Setting a table on auto-update and abandoning it is a bad idea!
See also
- List of the verified oldest men
Notes
- ↑ Butariu's stated birthdate is June 17, 1882, however as Romania did not adopt the Gregorian Calendar until March 1919, her age appears inflated by 13 days. One of her 115 years was in fact 13 days shorter: her 37th? year of life, in 1918/9. Her date of birth June 17, 1882 would be June 30, 1882, in Gregorian countries. (This assuming the date of birth has not been otherwise adjusted as no mention of this anomaly is made in the source.) On this basis Anitica Butariu should be in 17th position having lived for 42,147 days, while Emiliano Mercado del Toro lived 42,159 days and Bettie Wilson 42,156 days.
- ↑ The day count for Martha Graham is an estimate in that it has been extrapolated.
External links
- Louis Epstein: The Oldest Human Beings — list of validly-documented supercentenarians (by age and chronological), including a chronological list of the oldest living listed persons since 1955 (however, for a time in the 1960s the oldest living person did not officially reach 110).
- Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group
- International Database on Longevity
- World's Oldest People hosted by Yahoo! Groups
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