This list is outdated.See Oldest Validated supercentenarians All-Time for an updated list.
Jeanne Calment at age 119. Considered the oldest person ever, she died in 1997 aged 122.
This is a list of the 100 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 its creation, this list contained only two living supercentenarians, including the oldest of them, Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura. 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.
Currently the oldest verified living person is Japanese supercentenarian Jiroemon Kimura.
Of the people on this list 5 are male and 95 are female.See note below the list for updates/corrections!
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 19 April 2024).
Deceased Living
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age as of 19 Apr 2024 | Place of death or residence |
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| 1 | Jeanne Calment | F | 21 Feb 1875 | 4 Aug 1997 | 122 years, 164 days |  FRA
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| 2 | Sarah Knauss | F | 24 Sep 1880 | 30 Dec 1999 | 119 years, 97 days |  USA
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| 3 | Lucy Hannah | F | 16 Jul 1875 | 21 Mar 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | USA
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| 4 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 Aug 1880 | 16 Apr 1998 | 117 years, 230 days |  CAN
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| 5 | Emma Morano | F | 29 Nov 1899 | 15 Apr 2017 | 117 years, 137 days |  ITA
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| 6 | Misao Okawa | F | 5 Mar 1898 | 1 Apr 2015 | 117 years, 27 days |  JPN
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| 7 | Violet Brown | F | 10 Mar 1900 | Living | 124 years, 40 days |  JAM
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| 8 | María Capovilla | F | 14 Sep 1889 | 27 Aug 2006 | 116 years, 347 days |  ECU
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| 9 | Nabi Tajima | F | 4 Aug 1900 | Living | 123 years, 258 days | JPN
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| 10 | Susannah Mushatt Jones | F | 6 July 1899 | 12 May 2015 | 116 years, 311 days | USA
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| 11 | Gertrude Weaver | F | 4 July 1898 | 6 Apr 2015 | 116 years, 276 days | USA
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| 12 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 Jan 1879 | 12 Jul 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | JPN
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| 13 | Elizabeth Bolden | F | 15 Aug 1890 | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | USA
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| 14 | Besse Cooper | F | 26 Aug 1896 | 4 Dec 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | USA
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| 15 | Chiyo Miyako | F | 2 May 1901 | Living | 122 years, 352 days | JPN
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| 16 | Jiroemon Kimura [1] | M | 19 Apr 1897 | 12 Jun 2013 | 116 years, 54 days | JPN
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| 17 | Jeralean Talley | F | 23 May 1899 | 17 Jun 2015 | 116 years, 25 days | USA
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| 18 | Maggie Barnes | F | 6 Mar 1882 | 19 Jan 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | USA
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| 19 | Dina Manfredini [2] | F | 4 Apr 1897 | 17 Dec 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | ITA USA
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| 20 | Christian Mortensen | M | 16 Aug 1882 | 25 Apr 1998 | 115 years, 252 days |  DENUSA
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| 21 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 Aug 1877 | 17 Mar 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | United Kingdom |
| 22 | Edna Parker | F | 20 Apr 1893 | 26 Nov 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | United States |
| 23 | Mary Ann Rhodes | F | 12 Aug 1882 | 3 Mar 1998 | 115 years, 203 days | Canada |
| 24 | Anonymous (Tokyo) | F | 15 Mar 1900 | 27 Sep 2015 | 115 years, 196 days | JPN
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| 25 | Margaret Skeete | F | 27 Oct 1878 | 7 May 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | United States |
| 26 | Bernice Madigan | F | 24 Jul 1899 | 3 Jan 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | USA
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| 27 | Gertrude Baines | F | 6 Apr 1894 | 11 Sep 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | United States |
| 28 | Ana Vela-Rubio | F | 29 Oct 2901 | Living | 122 years, 172 days |  ESP
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| 29 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 Aug 1891 | 24 Jan 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | Puerto Rico |
| 30 | Bettie Wilson | F | 13 Sep 1890 | 13 Feb 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | United States |
| 31 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 16 Sep 1891 | 18 Jan 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | Canada |
| 32 | Maria de Jesus | F | 10 Sep 1893 | 2 Jan 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Portugal |
| 33 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette | F | 25 Mar 1902 | 13 Jul 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | USA ITA
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| 34 | Susie Gibson | F | 31 Oct 1890 | 16 Feb 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | United States |
| 35 | Augusta Holtz | F | 3 Aug 1871 | 21 Oct 1986 | 115 years, 79 days |  POLUSA
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| 36 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 Jun 1890 | 30 Aug 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands |
| 37 | Maud Farris-Luse | F | 21 Jan 1887 | 18 Mar 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | United States |
| 38 | Marie Bremont | F | 25 Apr 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France |
| 39 | Koto Okubo | F | 24 Dec 1897 | 12 Jan 2013 | 115 years, 19 days | Japan |
| 40 | Antonia Gerena Rivera | F | 19 May 1900 | 2 June 2015 | 115 years, 14 days |  PRI,USA
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| 41 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 Nov 1896 | 2 Dec 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | Japan |
| 42 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 Nov 1884 | 20 Nov 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | United Kingdom |
| 43 | Eva Morris | F | 8 Nov 1885 | 2 Nov 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom |
| 44 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | Japan |
| 45 | Maria Gomes Valentim | F | 9 July 1896 | 21 June 2011 | 114 years, 347 days | Brazil |
| 46 | Mary Bidwell | F | 19 May 1881 | 25 April 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | United States |
| 47 | Mary Josephine Ray | F | 17 May 1895 | 7 March 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | CANUSA
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| 48 | Goldie Steinberg | F | 30 Oct 1900 | 16 Aug 2015 | 114 years, 290 days |  MOLUSA
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| 49 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | F | 4 Mar 1901 | 5 Dec 2015 | 114 years, 276 days | JPN
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| 50 | Eudoxie Baboul | F | 1 Oct 1901 | 1 July 2016 | 114 years, 274 days |  GUF,FRA
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| Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | F | 24 Oct 1890 | 25 Jul 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Portugal | |
| 52 | Giuseppina Projetto-Frau | F | 30 May 1902 | Living | 121 years, 324 days | ITA
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| 53 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 August 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | Puerto Rico |
| 54 | Yukie Hino | F | 17 Apr 1902 | 13 Jan 2017 | 114 years, 271 days | JPN
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| 55 | Eugenie Blanchard | F | 16 February 1896 | 4 November 2010 | 114 years, 261 days | France |
| 56 | Venere Pizzinato-Papo | F | 23 Nov 1896 | 2 Aug 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | ITA
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| 57 | Neva Morris | F | 3 August 1895 | 6 April 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | United States |
| 58 | Hide Ohira | F | 15 September 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | Japan |
| 59 | Blanche Cobb | F | 8 Sep 1900 | 1 May 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | USA
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| 60 | Ethel Lang | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 Jan 2015 | 114 years, 233 days |  UK
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| 61 | Yone Minagawa | F | 4 January 1893 | 13 August 2007 | 114 years, 221 days | Japan |
| 62 | M.A.C.C. | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Spain |
| 63 | 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 | |
| 65 | Myrtle Dorsey | F | 22 November 1885 | 25 June 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | United States |
| 66 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | United Kingdom |
| 67 | Walter Breuning | M | 21 September 1896 | 14 April 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | United States |
| 68 | Eunice Sanborn | F | 20 July 1896 | 31 January 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | United States |
| 69 | Grace Clawson | F | 15 Nov 1887 | 28 May 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | UK USA
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| 70 | Mitsue Toyoda | F | 15 Feb 1902 | 25 Aug 2016 | 114 years, 192 days | JPN
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| 71 | Tase Matsunaga | F | 11 May 1884 | 18 November 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | Japan |
| 72 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | Japan |
| 73 | Kame Nakamura | F | 8 March 1898 | 12 September 2012 | 114 years, 188 days | Japan |
| 74 | 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 Feb 1888 | 21 Aug 2002 | 114 years, 183 days |  CPVUSA
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| 77 | Mitoyo Kawate | F | 15 May 1889 | 13 November 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | Japan |
| 78 | Charlotte Benkner | F | 16 Nov 1889 | 14 May 2004 | 114 years, 180 days |  GERUSA
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| Camille Loiseau | F | 13 February 1892 | 12 August 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | France | |
| 80 | Anne Primout | F | 5 Oct 1890 | 26 Mar 2005 | 114 years, 172 days |  ALGFRA
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| 81 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | 8 September 1877 | 26 February 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | United States |
| 82 | Dominga Velasco | F | 12 May 1901 | 11 Oct 2015 | 114 years, 152 days |  MEXUSA
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| 83 | Toshie Yorimitsu | F | 30 Sep 1901 | 28 Feb 2016 | 114 years, 151 days | JPN
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| 84 | Irene Frank | F | 1 October 1881 | 28 February 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | United States |
| 85 | Christina Cock | F | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | Australia |
| 86 | Olivia Patricia Thomas | F | 29 June 1895 | 16 November 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | United States |
| 87 | Anna Henderson | F | 5 Mar 1900 | 1 July 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | USA
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| 88 | Emma Verona Johnston | F | 6 August 1890 | 1 December 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | United States |
| Mamie Rearden | F | 7 September 1898 | 2 January 2013 | 114 years, 117 days | United States | |
| 90 | Bettie Chatmon | F | 30 April 1884 | 16 August 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | United States |
| 91 | Odie Matthews | F | 28 December 1878 | 14 April 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | United States |
| 92 | Chiyo Shiraishi | F | 6 August 1895 | 19 November 2009 | 114 years, 105 days | Japan |
| 93 | Asa Takii | F | 28 April 1884 | 31 July 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | Japan |
| 94 | 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 | |
| 96 | 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 | |
| 98 | M.C.L.L. | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Spain |
| 99 | 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 |
a^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
b^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
c^ Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is presently in Poland.
d^ Ray was born in Canada.
e^ Pizzinato-Papo was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Italy.
f^ Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
g^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, at that time a colony of Portugal.
h^ Benkner was born in Germany.
i^ Primout was born in French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
j^ Carpelan was born in the United Kingdom.
See also
- List of the verified oldest men
Notes
- ↑ "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM.
- ↑ "Iowan who was world's oldest person dies at 115". Desmoinesregister.com. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/viewart/20121217/NEWS/121217009/Iowan-who-was-world-s-oldest-person-dies-at-115. Retrieved 2012-12-17.
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