Oldest people
The following tables list only the verified oldest people in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. A supercentenarian is considered "verified" if their claim has been accepted by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or the Guinness Book of World Records. The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who died at age 122 years and 164 days. She met Vincent van Gogh at age 14.[1] This led to her being noticed by the media in 1988, at age 113.[citation needed] Subsequent investigation found that her life was documented in the records of her native city of Arles beyond reasonable question.[citation needed] More evidence for the Calment case has been produced than for any other supercentenarian case, which makes her case a standard among the oldest people recordholders.[citation needed] This is contrasted with the now-disputed claim of age 120 for the oldest man ever, Shigechiyo Izumi. While this case is currently still recognized by Guinness World Records,[2] the Japanese authorities have hinted that his age was not certain.[3] Since the death of Maria de Jesus on 2 January 2009, the oldest living person is 114 year-old Gertrude Baines of the USA, who was born on 6 April 1894. She is the only verified surviving person who was born in 1894.[4] The oldest living man is 113 year-old Tomoji Tanabe of Japan, born on 18 September 1895.
Chronology of oldest living people (since 1955)
The following is a list of the people who have held the title of oldest recognized person in the world since 1955 (the year Guinness Records began recording). The list does not recount the originally published lists, but the corrected chronology. For example, the age of Betsy Baker was not independently verified until the 2000s.
From | To | Name | Age when oldest | Lived | Sex | Country |
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Title began in 1955 | 24 October 1955 |
Betsy Baker | ?-113 | 20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955, 113 years, 65 days |
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24 October 1955 | 25 June 1959 (1,340 days) |
Martha Graham | 110-114 | December 1844[5] – 25 June 1959, 114 years, c.180 days |
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25 June 1959 | 10 February 1961 (596 days) |
James Brett, Jr. | 110-111? | 25 June 1849 – 10 February 1961, 111 years, 230 days |
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10 February 1961 | 16 March 1962 (399 days) |
Joseph Saint-Amour | 108-110 | 26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962, 110 years, 18 days |
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16 March 1962 | 17 February 1963 (338 days) |
Lovisa Svensson | 108-109 | 20 November 1853 – 17 February 1963, 109 years, 89 days |
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17 February 1963 | 8 October 1963 (233 days) |
Ellen Dart[6] | 108 | 1 November 1854 – 8 October 1963, 108 years, 341 days |
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8 October 1963 | 6 March 1965 (515 days) |
Elizabeth Kensley | 108-109 | 12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965, 109 years, 298 days |
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6 March 1965 | 24 July 1965 (140 days) |
Auguste Pahl | 109 | 23 November 1855 – 24 July 1965, 109 years, 243 days |
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24 July 1965 | 10 January 1966 (170 days) |
Hannah Smith | 109-110 | 7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966, 110 years, 3 days |
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10 January 1966 | 21 March 1968 (801 days) |
John Turner | 109-111 | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968, 111 years, 280 days |
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21 March 1968 | 16 June 1968 (87 days) |
Johanna Booyson | 111 | 17 January 1857 – 16 June 1968, 111 years, 151 days |
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16 June 1968 | October? 1968 c. (137 days) |
Marie Bernátková[7] | 110-111 | 22 October 1857 – fl. October 1968, 111 years, 0+ days |
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October? 1968 | 11 January 1970 c. (437 days) |
Ada Roe | 110-111 | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970, 111 years, 339 days |
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11 January 1970 | 27 February 1973 (1,143 days) |
Josefa Salas Mateo | 109-112 | 14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973, 112 years, 228 days |
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27 February 1973 | 18 August 1973 (172 days) |
Alice Stevenson | 111-112 | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973, 112 years, 39 days |
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18 August 1973 | 31 October 1973 (74 days) |
Elizabeth Watkins | 110 | 10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973, 110 years, 235 days |
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31 October 1973 | 31 May 1975 (577 days) |
Mito Umeta | 110-112 | 27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975, 112 years, 65 days |
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31 May 1975 | 16 November 1976 (535 days) |
Niwa Kawamoto | 111-113 | 5 August 1863 – 16 November 1976, 113 years, 103 days |
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16 November 1976 | 21 February 1986 (3,384 days) |
Shigechiyo Izumi | 111-120? | 29 June 1865? – 21 February 1986, 120? years, 237 days |
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20 February 1986 | 20 September 1986 (212 days) |
Mamie Eva Keith | 112-113 | 22 March 1873 – 20 September 1986, 113 years, 182 days |
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20 September 1986 | 2 February 1987 (135 days) |
Mary McKinney | 113 | 30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987, 113 years, 248 days |
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2 February 1987 | 27 December 1987 (328 days) |
Anna Eliza Williams | 113-114 | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987, 114 years, 208 days |
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27 December 1987 | 11 January 1988 (15 days) |
Florence Knapp | 114 | 10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988, 114 years, 93 days |
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11 January 1988 | 14 February 1991 (1,130 days) |
Carrie C. White | 113-116? | 18 November 1874? – 14 February 1991, 116 years, 88 days? |
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14 February 1991 | 4 August 1997 (2,363 days) |
Jeanne Calment | 115-122 | 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997, 122 years, 164 days |
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4 August 1997 | 16 April 1998 (255 days) |
Marie-Louise Meilleur | 116-117 | 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998, 117 years, 230 days |
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16 April 1998 | 30 December 1999 (623 days) |
Sarah Knauss | 117-119 | 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999, 119 years, 97 days |
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30 December 1999 | 2 November 2000 (308 days) |
Eva Morris | 114 | 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000, 114 years, 360 days |
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2 November 2000 | 6 June 2001 (216 days) |
Marie Brémont | 114-115 | 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001, 115 years, 42 days |
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5 June 2001 | 18 March 2002 (286 days) |
Maude Farris-Luse | 114-115 | 21 January 1887 – 18 March 2002, 115 years, 56 days |
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19 March 2002 | 31 October 2003 (591 days) |
Kamato Hongo | 114-116? | 16 September 1887? – 31 October 2003, 116 years, 45 days? |
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31 October 2003 | 13 November 2003 (13 days) |
Mitoyo Kawate | 114 | 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003, 114 years, 182 days |
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13 November 2003 | 29 May 2004 (198 days) |
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | 114 | 31 August 1889 – 29 May 2004, 114 years, 272 days |
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29 May 2004 | 27 August 2006 (820 days) |
María Capovilla | 114-116 | 14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006, 116 years, 347 days |
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27 August 2006 | 11 December 2006 (106 days) |
Elizabeth Bolden | 116 | 15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006, 116 years, 118 days |
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11 December 2006 | 24 January 2007 (44 days) |
Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 115 | 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007, 115 years, 156 days |
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24 January 2007 | 28 January 2007 (4 days) |
Emma Tillman | 114 | 22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007, 114 years, 67 days |
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29 January 2007 | 13 August 2007 (196 days) |
Yone Minagawa | 114 | 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007, 114 years, 221 days |
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13 August 2007 | 26 November 2008 (471 days) |
Edna Parker | 114-115 | 20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008, 115 years, 220 days |
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26 November 2008 | 2 January 2009 (37 days) |
Maria de Jesus | 115 | 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009, 115 years, 114 days |
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2 January 2009 | Present (5676 days) |
Gertrude Baines | 114* | Born 6 April 1894 age 130 years, 103 days |
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Chronology of oldest living men (since 1961)
Guinness World Records has maintained the category of oldest living man intermittently over the years, only establishing it as a permanent feature in the year 2000. Persons listed prior to 2000 are based on an historical reconstruction by reliable bodies specializing in gerontology.
From | To | Name | Age when oldest | Lived | Country |
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10 February 1961 | 16 March 1962 (399 days) |
Joseph Saint-Amour | 108-110 | 26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962, 110 years, 18 days |
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16 March 1962 | 21 March 1968 (2,197 days) |
John Turner | 105-111 | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968, 111 years, 280 days |
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21 March 1968 | August? 1970 c. (893 days) |
Khasako Dzugayev | 107-110 | 7 August 1860 – fl. August 1970, 110 years, 0+ days[8] |
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August? 1970 | 5 May 1973 c. (978 days) |
Friedrich Wedeking | 107-110 | 10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973, 110 years, 207 days |
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5 May 1973 | 9 March 1974 (308 days) |
Frederick Butterfield | 109-110 | 28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974, 110 years, 9 days |
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9 March 1974 | 21 February 1986 (4,367 days) |
Shigechiyo Izumi | 108-120? | 29 June 1865? – 21 February 1986, 120? years, 237 days |
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20 February 1986 | 14 December 1986 (297 days) |
Joe Thomas | 110-111 | 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986, 111 years, 227 days |
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14 December 1986 | 5 January 1987 (22 days) |
Herman Smith-Johannsen | 111 | 15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987, 111 years, 204 days |
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5 January 1987 | 25 November 1988 (690 days) |
Alphaeus Philemon Cole | 110-112 | 12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988, 112 years, 136 days |
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25 November 1988 | 10 June 1990 (562 days) |
John Evans | 111-112 | 19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990, 112 years, 295 days |
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10 June 1990 | 18 June 1990 (8 days) |
Henri Pérignon | 110 | 14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990, 110 years, 247 days |
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18 June 1990 | 16 October 1991 (485 days) |
James Wiggins | 110-112 | 15 October 1879 – 16 October 1991, 112 years, 1 day |
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16 October 1991 | 14 June 1993 (607 days) |
Frederick L. Frazier | 111-113 | 27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993, 113 years, 138 days |
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14 June 1993 | 20 January 1994 (220 days) |
Josep Armengol Jover | 111-112 | 23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994, 112 years, 181 days |
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20 January 1994 | 25 April 1998 (1,556 days) |
Christian Mortensen | 111-115 | 16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998, 115 years, 252 days |
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25 April 1998 | 17 July 1998 (83 days) |
Johnson Parks | 113 | 15 October 1884 – 17 July 1998, 113 years, 275 days |
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17 July 1998 | 25 December 1998 (161 days) |
Walter Richardson | 112-113 | 7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998, 113 years, 48 days |
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25 December 1998 | 29 April 1999 (125 days) |
Denzo Ishisaki | 112 | 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999, 112 years, 191 days |
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29 April 1999 | 15 November 1999 (200 days) |
Antonio Urrea-Hernández | 111 | 16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999, 111 years, 272 days |
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15 November 1999 | 1 March 2001 (472 days) |
John Painter | 111-112 | 20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001, 112 years, 162 days |
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1 March 2001 | 3 January 2002 (308 days) |
Antonio Todde | 112 | 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002, 112 years, 346 days |
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3 January 2002 | 28 September 2003 (633 days) |
Yukichi Chuganji | 112-114 | 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003, 114 years, 189 days |
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28 September 2003 | 5 March 2004 (159 days) |
Joan Riudavets | 113-114 | 15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004, 114 years, 81 days |
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5 March 2004 | 19 November 2004 (259 days) |
Fred H. Hale, Sr. | 113 | 1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004, 113 years, 354 days |
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19 November 2004 | 24 January 2007 (796 days) |
Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 113-115 | 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007, 115 years, 156 days |
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24 January 2007 | Present (6385 days) |
Tomoji Tanabe | 111-113* | Born 18 September 1895 age 128 years, 304 days |
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Oldest verified people ever (top 10)
Three claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included.
Rank | Name | Age | Born | Died | Sex | Notes |
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1 | Jeanne Calment | 122 years, 164 days | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | F | ![]() |
2 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 120? years, 237 days | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986 | M | ![]() |
3 | Sarah Knauss | 119 years, 97 days | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | F | ![]() |
4 | Lucy Hannah | 117 years, 248 days | 16 July 1875 | 21 March 1993 | F | ![]() |
5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 117 years, 230 days | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | F | ![]() |
6 | María Capovilla | 116 years, 347 days | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | F | ![]() |
7 | Tane Ikai | 116 years, 175 days | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | F | ![]() |
8 | Elizabeth Bolden | 116 years, 118 days | 15 August 1890 | 11 December 2006 | F | ![]() |
9 | Carrie White | 116? years, 88 days | 18 November 1874? | 14 February 1991 | F | ![]() |
10 | Kamato Hongo | 116? years, 45 days | 16 September 1887? | 31 October 2003 | F | ![]() |
Addendum
Name | Age | Born | Died | Sex | Notes |
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Maggie Barnes | 115 years, 319 days | 6 March 1882 | 19 January 1998 | F | ![]() |
Christian Mortensen | 115 years, 252 days | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | M | ![]() ![]() |
Charlotte Hughes | 115 years, 228 days | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | F | ![]() |
Oldest verified men ever (top 10)
Three claims are disputed, accordingly an addendum of proven claims is included.
Rank | Name | Age | Born | Died | Notes |
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1 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 120? years, 237 days | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986 | ![]() |
2 | Christian Mortensen | 115 years, 252 days | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | ![]() ![]() |
3 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 115 years, 156 days | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | ![]() |
4 | Mathew Beard | 114? years, 222 days | 9 July 1870 | 16 February 1985 | ![]() |
5 | Yukichi Chuganji | 114 years, 189 days | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | ![]() |
6 | Joan Riudavets | 114 years, 81 days | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | ![]() |
7 | Fred H. Hale, Sr. | 113 years, 354 days | 1 December 1890 | 19 November 2004 | ![]() |
8 | Moses Hardy | 113? years, 335 days | 6 January 1893? | 7 December 2006 | ![]() |
9 | Johnson Parks | 113 years, 275 days | 15 October 1884 | 17 July 1998 | ![]() |
10 | John Ingram McMorran | 113 years, 250 days | 19 June 1889 | 24 February 2003 | ![]() |
Addendum
Name | Age | Born | Died | Notes |
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Tomoji Tanabe | 128 years, 304 days | 18 September 1895 | Living | ![]() |
Frederick L. Frazier | 113 years, 138 days | 27 January 1880 | 14 June 1993 | ![]() |
Walter Richardson | 113 years, 48 days | 7 November 1885 | 25 December 1998 | ![]() |
Oldest validated people currently living (top 10)
Rank | Name | Age as of 18 July 2024 | Sex | Born | Residence |
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1 | Gertrude Baines | 130 years, 103 days | F | 6 April 1894 | Oldest person in the world (since 2 January 2009).![]() |
2 | Kama Chinen | 129 years, 69 days | F | 10 May 1895 | ![]() |
3 | Mary Josephine Ray | 129 years, 62 days | F | 17 May 1895 | ![]() |
4 | Olivia Patricia Thomas | 129 years, 19 days | F | 29 June 1895 | ![]() |
5 | Neva Morris | 128 years, 350 days | F | 3 August 1895 | ![]() |
6 | Chiyo Shiraishi | 128 years, 347 days | F | 6 August 1895 | ![]() |
7 | Tomoji Tanabe | 128 years, 304 days | M | 18 September 1895 | ![]() |
8 | Maggie Renfro | 128 years, 247 days | F | 14 November 1895 | ![]() |
9 | Eugénie Blanchard | 128 years, 153 days | F | 16 February 1896 | ![]() |
10 | Lucia Lauria | 128 years, 136 days | F | 4 March 1896 | ![]() |
Oldest men currently living (aged over 110 years)
Rank | Name | Age as of 18 July 2024 | Born | Residence |
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1 | Tomoji Tanabe | 128 years, 304 days | 18 September 1895 | Oldest man in the world (since 24 January 2007).![]() |
2 | Henry Allingham | 128 years, 42 days | 6 June 1896 | ![]() |
3 | Walter Breuning | 127 years, 301 days | 21 September 1896 | ![]() |
4 | Augusto de Oliveira | 127 years, 286 days | 6 October 1896 | ![]() |
5 | Jiroemon Kimura | 127 years, 90 days | 19 April 1897 | ![]() |
6 | Kiyoshi Igarashi | 126 years, 351 days | 2 August 1897 | ![]() |
7 | Antonio Fernandes de Castro | 126 years, 194 days | 6 January 1898 | ![]() |
8 | Harry Patch | 126 years, 31 days | 17 June 1898 | ![]() |
9 | Garland Adair | 125 years, 354 days | 30 July 1898 | ![]() |
Supercentenarians who died before 1955
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Name | Born | Died | Age | Sex | Notes |
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Thomas Peters | 1745 | 1857 | 111 years 354 days | M | ![]() |
Geert Boomgaard | 1788 | 1899 | 110 years 135 days | M | ![]() |
Margaret Neve | 1792 | 1903 | 110 years 321 days | F | ![]() |
Ann Pouder | 1807 | 1917 | 110 years 93 days | F | ![]() ![]() |
Louisa Thiers | 1814 | 1926 | 111 years 138 days | F | ![]() |
Delina Filkins | 1815 | 1928 | 113 years 214 days | F | ![]() |
Miriam Bannister | 1817 | 1928 | 111 years 21 days | F | ![]() ![]() |
Demetrius Philipovitch | 1818 | 1928 | 110 years 150+ days | M | ![]() |
Katherine Plunket | 1820 | 1932 | 111 years 327 days | F | ![]() |
Valgjer Svien | 1842 | 1953 | 110 years 105 days | F | ![]() ![]() |
National longevity recordholders
Nation of death (oldest first)
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122 years 164 days | F | Jeanne Calment | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 |
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120? years 237 days | M | Shigechiyo Izumi | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986 |
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119 years 97 days | F | Sarah Knauss | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 |
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117 years 230 days | F | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 |
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116 years 347 days | F | María Capovilla | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 |
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115 years 228 days | F | Charlotte Hughes | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 |
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115? years 157 days | F | Aniţica Butariu | 17 June 1882? | 21 November 1997 |
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115 years, 156 days | M | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 |
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115 years 114 days | F | Maria de Jesus | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 |
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115 years 62 days | F | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 |
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114 years 148 days | F | Christina Cock | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002 |
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114 years 81 days | M | Joan Riudavets | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 |
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114 years 4 days | F | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005 |
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113 years 109 days | F | Florence Finch | 22 December 1893 | 10 April 2007 |
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113 years 0 days | F | Astrid Zachrison | 15 May 1895 | 15 May 2008 |
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112 years 362 days | F | Maria Laqua | 12 February 1889 | 9 February 2002 |
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112 years 259 days | F | Lempi Maria Rothovius | 2 October 1887 | 17 June 2000 |
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112 years 186 days | F | Joanna Deroover | 3 June 1890 | 6 December 2002 |
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112 years 178 days | F | Maria Mika | 23 May 1882 | 17 November 1994 |
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112 years 61 days | F | Maren Bolette Torp | 21 December 1876 | 20 February 1989 |
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111 years 327 days | F | Katherine Plunket | 22 November 1820 | 14 October 1932 |
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111 years 151 days | F | Johanna Booyson | 17 January 1857 | 16 June 1968 |
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111 years 114 days | F | Anne Matthiesen | 26 November 1884 | 19 March 1996 |
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111 years 107 days | F | Manolita Pina | 24 February 1883 | 11 June 1994 |
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111 years 105 days | M | Daniel Guzmán-García | 6 February 1897 | 21 May 2008 |
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111 years 87 days | F | Emma Duvoisin | 5 July 1886 | 30 September 1997 |
Emigrant records (oldest first)
Note: listed for countries where an emigrant lived longer than any lifelong resident
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115 years 252 days | M | Christian Mortensen | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | ![]() |
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114 years 183 days | F | Adelina Domingues | 19 February 1888 | 21 August 2002 | ![]() |
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114 years 180 days | F | Charlotte Benkner | 16 November 1889 | 14 May 2004 | ![]() |
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114 years 172 days | F | Anne Primout | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | ![]() |
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113 years 197 days | F | Lucy d'Abreu | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | ![]() |
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112 years 332 days | F | Elizabeth Stefan | 13 May 1895 | 9 April 2008 | ![]() |
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111 years 282 days | F | Consuelo Moreno-López | 5 February 1893 | 13 November 2004 | ![]() |
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110 years 341 days | M | Gregory Pandazes | 15 January 1873 | 22 December 1983 | ![]() |
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110 years 106 days | F | Julia Dougherty | 20 August 1893 | 4 December 2003 | ![]() |
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110 years 33 days | F | Helen Czechowicz | 1 January 1896 | 3 February 2006 | ![]() |
Gerontology and the verification of age claims
Gerontology involves the tracking of the longest-lived proven individuals as the bio-markers of the human life span. The study of gerontology is usually credited to Michel Eugène Chevreul, a French chemist who died in 1889, aged 102. In the early years of the twenty first century gerontology is benefiting from the improvements in record-keeping in the industrialized world from the latter part of the nineteenth century. As a result, verification standards have evolved and multiple independent documentary confirmations of birth-date are now required to substantiate a claim, rather than evidence deriving only from the claimant. For claims that have not been satisfactorily confirmed by Guinness World Records, considered the authority, see longevity claims.
Current trends in the lifespans of the oldest humans
The population and lifespans of the world's oldest people are continually increasing due to improvements in health care and lifestyle during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the increasing world population. Additionally, better record-keeping, both 100+ years ago and today, is increasing the percentage of the world's population whose age can be tracked and verified. This increase has been matched by efforts to harness these data. While in 1837 the oldest verified person was aged 108 years, it is now no longer unheard of for individuals, especially females, to have lived 110 years and more; the term supercentenarian has been coined to describe this emerging population group.
References
- ^ Craig R. Whitney (1997-08-05). "Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ^ Douglas Martin (2004-04-21). "Norris McWhirter, 78, Dies; A Matchless Record Keeper". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-03-02.
- ^ http://supercentenarian.com/oldest/izumi.html The Shigechiyo Izumi Case
- ^ Coles, Stephen (2008-08-07). "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Table E. Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 2008-08-10.
- ^ Graham's age at death is an estimate as her month of birth is known, but not her date of birth.
- ^ Research by Andrew Walton and others at the Gerontology Research Group validated her case in September 2007[citation needed]. The original birth and death documents were located for Dart, who never married. Her death was covered by local newspapers, including page 5 of the 9 October 1963 Herald Express and page 12 of the 12 October 1963 Paignton Observer.
- ^ Bernátková was first included in the 1970 Guinness Book of Records. She was reportedly alive in October 1968, but the exact date of her death is not known.
- ^ His grandson claims he lived until 115. See Dzugayev, K.G. (2006). "Южная Осетия в контексте российско-грузинских отношений (South Ossetia in the context of Russian-Georgian relations)". Bulletin of the Vladivkaz Institute of Management (in Russian) (19).
До 115 лет дожил и наш дед Хасако Дзугаев, также рассказывавший немало интересного и, как правило, поддающегося проверке исторической наукой.
- ^ Hardy may have been born in 1894 and aged 112 at the time of his death.
- ^ Hoffman, Lisa (2006-11-15). "Meet the remaining WWI vets". ScrippsNews. Retrieved 2007-12-13.
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).
- World's Oldest People Discussion group regarding claims to age 108+.
- Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group
- International Database on Longevity