Oldest people

This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

 is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group

Gerontology Research Group

The Gerontology Research Group was started in 1990, and is a global eGroup of researchers in gerontology, some of who also meet monthly at UCLA in Los Angeles, California. The primary function of the group is to further gerontology research, with the objective of reversing or retarding aging...

 (GRG) or Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records

Guinness World Records, known until 2000 as The Guinness Book of Records , is a reference book published annually, containing a collection of world records, both human achievements and the extremes of the natural world...

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The longest unambiguously documented human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...

 of France

France

The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (1875–1997), who died at age 122 years, 164 days. She met Vincent van Gogh

Vincent van Gogh

Vincent Willem van Gogh , and used Brabant dialect in his writing; it is therefore likely that he himself pronounced his name with a Brabant accent: , with a voiced V and palatalized G and gh. In France, where much of his work was produced, it is...

 at age 12 or 13. This led to news media attention in 1985, after Calment turned 110. Subsequent investigation found documentation for Calment's age, beyond any reasonable question, in the records of her native city, Arles

Arles

Arles is a city and commune in the south of France, in the Bouches-du-Rhône department, of which it is a subprefecture, in the former province of Provence....

, France.

More evidence of Calment's lifespan has been produced than for any other supercentenarian; her case serves as an archetype in the methodology for verifying the ages of the world's oldest people. The oldest undisputed lifespan for a male supercentenarian is that of Christian Mortensen

Christian Mortensen

Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen , known as an adult as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian. At the time of his death he was 115 years and 252 days old—the longest fully authenticated lifespan of any male in history...

, who lived for 115 years and 252 days.

Since the death of Maria Gomes Valentim

Maria Gomes Valentim

Maria Gomes Valentim was a Brazilian supercentenarian who died at the age of 114 years 347 days. She was the oldest verified living person in the world from the time her age was validated on 18 May 2011 until her death a little more than a month later...

 of Brazil

Brazil

Brazil , officially the Federative Republic of Brazil , is the largest country in South America. It is the world's fifth largest country, both by geographical area and by population with over 192 million people...

, on 21 June 2011, the oldest living person in the world whose age can be documented is -year-old Besse Cooper

Besse Cooper

Besse Berry Cooper is an American supercentenarian. After the death of the Brazilian supercentenarian Maria Gomes Valentim on June 21, 2011, Cooper became the world's oldest living person...

, of the United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

, born 26 August 1896. The oldest living man since the death of Walter Breuning

Walter Breuning

Walter Breuning 1896 2011) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1896. Breuning is the oldest undisputed American-born man on record. He was the last verified American man born in the 19th Century. At the time of his death, Breuning was the third...

 on 14 April 2011 is -year-old Jiroemon Kimura

Jiroemon Kimura

Jiroemon Kimura is a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the age of , is currently the world's oldest living man, since the death of Walter Breuning on 14 April 2011. Being 113 years 361 days at the succession , Kimura is the oldest man ever to gain the title of oldest living man...

 of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

. He was born on 19 April 1897.

Oldest people ever

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practised in recent decades. Of the ten oldest people whose age has at some time been verified, two cases are now disputed.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death
1	Jeanne Calment Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...	F	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days	France
2	Sarah Knauss Sarah Knauss Sarah DeRemer Knauss was an American supercentenarian considered the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998, the date of the death of 117-year-old Canadian Marie-Louise Meilleur, until her own death...	F	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
3	Lucy Hannah Lucy Hannah Lucy Hannah née Terrell was an American supercentenarian. Hannah is the third-oldest person ever and the oldest black person ever, as well as the oldest living American at the time of her death...	F	16 July 1875	21 March 1993	117 years, 248 days	United States
4	Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Meilleur Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian who, upon the death of Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, became the oldest recognized living person. Meilleur is still the oldest validated Canadian ever.-Biography:...	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada Canada Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
5	María Capovilla María Capovilla María Esther Heredia de Capovilla was an Ecuadorian supercentenarian, and, at the time of her death at age 116 years 347 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining person born in the 1880s...	F	14 September 1889	27 August 2006	116 years, 347 days	Ecuador Ecuador Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
6	Tane Ikai Tane Ikai holds the record as the oldest undisputed person ever from Japan. She was also the oldest undisputed person ever from Asia.Ikai became Japan's oldest person at age 113 in 1992 following the death of 114-year-old Waka Shirahama. She outlived her daughter and three sons. Ikai moved to a retirement...	F	18 January 1879	12 July 1995	116 years, 175 days	Japan
7	Elizabeth Bolden Elizabeth Bolden Elizabeth "Lizzie" Bolden was an American supercentenarian woman who, at the time of her death at age 116 years and 118 days, was recognized by Guinness World Records as the then world's oldest living person. She was the last remaining documented person born in 1890. Bolden was the seventh...	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	United States
9	Kamato Hongo Kamato Hongo was a Japanese supercentenarian and apparently the world's oldest recognized living person from March 2002 until her death. Aged 116 years 45 days at the time of her death, she was the last remaining documented person born before 1889.-Biography:...	F	16 September 1887	31 October 2003	116 years, 45 days	Japan
10	Maggie Barnes	F	6 March 1882	19 January 1998	115 years, 319 days	United States

Addendum

Two claims among the first ten are disputed; accordingly, an addendum with the next two proven claims is listed here.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death
11	Christian Mortensen	M	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States
12	Charlotte Hughes	F	1 August 1877	17 March 1993	115 years, 228 days	United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages...

a Mortensen was a native of Denmark

Denmark

Denmark is a Scandinavian country in Northern Europe. The countries of Denmark and Greenland, as well as the Faroe Islands, constitute the Kingdom of Denmark . It is the southernmost of the Nordic countries, southwest of Sweden and south of Norway, and bordered to the south by Germany. Denmark...

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Ten verified oldest people living

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of	Place of residence
1	Besse Cooper Besse Cooper Besse Berry Cooper is an American supercentenarian. After the death of the Brazilian supercentenarian Maria Gomes Valentim on June 21, 2011, Cooper became the world's oldest living person...	F	26 August 1896		United States
2	Chiyono Hasegawa Chiyono Hasegawa is a Japanese supercentenarian. Aged , she is the oldest verified person in Japan since the death of Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010, and the oldest person in Asia. She is currently the 2nd oldest verified living person in the world behind American Besse Cooper. On 22 August 2011, Hasegawa became the...	F	20 November 1896		Japan
3	Dina Manfredini	F	4 April 1897		United States
4	Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura is a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the age of , is currently the world's oldest living man, since the death of Walter Breuning on 14 April 2011. Being 113 years 361 days at the succession , Kimura is the oldest man ever to gain the title of oldest living man...	M	19 April 1897		Japan
5	Delma Kollar	F	31 October 1897		United States
6	Leila Denmark Leila Denmark Leila Alice Denmark is an American pediatrician. She was once the oldest practicing pediatrician in the world, until she retired in May 2001 at the age of 103. She is one of the rare supercentenarians known for reasons other than longevity...	F	1 February 1898		United States
7	Misawo Okawa	F	5 March 1898		Japan
8	Kame Nakamura	F	8 March 1898		Japan
9	Marcelle Narbonne Marcelle Narbonne Marcelle Narbonne is the oldest living person in France and in Europe. She is also the 9th-oldest person in the world. She and Marie-Thérèse Bardet are the last 2 verified living French people born before 1900.-Biography:...	F	25 March 1898		France
10	Marie-Thérèse Bardet	F	2 June 1898		France

a Manfredini is a native of Italy

Italy

Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...

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b Narbonne is a native of French Algeria

French Algeria

French Algeria lasted from 1830 to 1962, under a variety of governmental systems. From 1848 until independence, the whole Mediterranean region of Algeria was administered as an integral part of France, much like Corsica and Réunion are to this day. The vast arid interior of Algeria, like the rest...

; presently Algeria

Algeria

Algeria , officially the People's Democratic Republic of Algeria , also formally referred to as the Democratic and Popular Republic of Algeria, is a country in the Maghreb region of Northwest Africa with Algiers as its capital.In terms of land area, it is the largest country in Africa and the Arab...

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Ten verified oldest men ever

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death or residence
1	Christian Mortensen Christian Mortensen Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen , known as an adult as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish supercentenarian. At the time of his death he was 115 years and 252 days old—the longest fully authenticated lifespan of any male in history...	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States
2	Emiliano Mercado del Toro Emiliano Mercado del Toro Emiliano Mercado del Toro was, at age 115, the world's oldest person for six weeks, and the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004 until his own death on January 24, 2007. He is the oldest verified military veteran ever...	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico Puerto Rico Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...
3	Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura is a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the age of , is currently the world's oldest living man, since the death of Walter Breuning on 14 April 2011. Being 113 years 361 days at the succession , Kimura is the oldest man ever to gain the title of oldest living man...	19 April 1897	Living		Japan
4	Mathew Beard	9 July 1870	16 February 1985	114 years, 222 days	United States
5	Walter Breuning Walter Breuning Walter Breuning 1896 2011) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1896. Breuning is the oldest undisputed American-born man on record. He was the last verified American man born in the 19th Century. At the time of his death, Breuning was the third...	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
6	Yukichi Chuganji Yukichi Chuganji was a Japanese supercentenarian and "...was recognised by Guinness World Records as the oldest man..." in Japan until his death at age 114 years 189 days....	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
7	Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Moll was a Spanish supercentenarian and at the time of his death, was believed to be the oldest verified person ever in the history of Spain. However, subsequent research by the International Database on Longevity has revealed that there were two anonymous women who were older than...	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain Spain Spain , officially the Kingdom of Spain languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Spain's official name is as follows:;;;;;;), is a country and member state of the European Union located in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula...
8	Fred Hale	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
9	Moses Hardy Moses Hardy Moses Hardy was, at age 112 or 113, the last black veteran of World War I and one of the last surviving American veterans of that war. The son of former slaves, Hardy was born in either 1893 or 1894 and lived a religious and farming life until he signed up to serve overseas in World War I in July...	6 January 1893	7 December 2006	113 years, 335 days	United States
10	Johnson Parks	15 October 1884	17 July 1998	113 years, 275 days	United States

a Mortensen was a native of Denmark.

Addendum

Two claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included.

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death
11	Tomoji Tanabe	18 September 1895	19 June 2009	113 years, 274 days	Japan
12	John Ingram McMorran John Ingram McMorran John Ingram McMorran was an American supercentenarian and is one of the recognized oldest people in the world, living to the age of 113 years and 250 days. He was born in Goodland Township, Michigan, the oldest child of George McMorran and Lydia Ingram...	19 June 1889	24 February 2003	113 years, 250 days	United States

Verified oldest living men (over 110 years)

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of	Place of residence
1	Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura Jiroemon Kimura is a Japanese supercentenarian who, at the age of , is currently the world's oldest living man, since the death of Walter Breuning on 14 April 2011. Being 113 years 361 days at the succession , Kimura is the oldest man ever to gain the title of oldest living man...	19 April 1897		Japan
2	James Sisnett James Sisnett James Emmanuel Sisnett is the oldest verified living man in North America. He is currently the world's second-oldest living man, behind Jiroemon Kimura. Sisnett is one of the last three men verfiably born in the 19th century...	22 February 1900		Barbados Barbados Barbados is an island country in the Lesser Antilles. It is in length and as much as in width, amounting to . It is situated in the western area of the North Atlantic and 100 kilometres east of the Windward Islands and the Caribbean Sea; therein, it is about east of the islands of Saint...
3	Jan Goossenaerts Jan Goossenaerts Joannes "Jan" Aloïsius Goossenaerts is a Belgian supercentenarian. Since the death of Stanley Lucas of the United Kingdom he has been the oldest living man in Europe. He is currently the world's third-oldest living man. The Gerontology Research Group lists him as the fifty-six oldest living...	30 October 1900		Belgium Belgium Belgium , officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a federal state in Western Europe. It is a founding member of the European Union and hosts the EU's headquarters, and those of several other major international organisations such as NATO.Belgium is also a member of, or affiliated to, many...
4	Giovanni Ligato	18 February 1901		Italy
5	Shelby Harris Shelby Harris Shelby Harris is an American supercentenarian. At , he is currently the oldest living resident of Illinois and the oldest man in the United States. The record for Illinois' oldest person is held by 114 year old Wilhelmina Kott. On 24 October 2011, aged 110 years 207 days he became one of 100...	31 March 1901		United States

Chronological list of the verified oldest living person since 1955

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
?	24 October 1955	Betsy Baker Betsy Baker (supercentenarian) Betsy Russell Baker was the first listed supercentenarian in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's then-oldest person...	F	? – 113	20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days	Nebraska Nebraska Nebraska is a state on the Great Plains of the Midwestern United States. The state's capital is Lincoln and its largest city is Omaha, on the Missouri River.... , United States
24 October 1955	25 June 1959 (3 years, 244 days)	Martha Graham	F	110 – 114	December 1844 – 25 June 1959 114 years, ca. 180 days	North Carolina North Carolina North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte... , United States
25 June 1959	10 February 1961	James Henry Brett, Jr.	M	109 – 111	25 July 1849 – 10 February 1961 111 years, 200 days	Texas, United States
10 February 1961	30 December 1964	Mary Kelly	F	109 – 113	7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964 113 years, 206 days	California California California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area... , United States
30 December 1964	6 March 1965 (66 days)	Elizabeth Kensley	F	109	12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965	England England England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental... , United Kingdom
6 March 1965	24 July 1965 (141 days)	Auguste Pahl	F	109	23 November 1855 – 24 July 1965	Germany Germany Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
24 July 1965	10 January 1966 (170 days)	Hannah Smith Hannah Smith (supercentenarian) Hannah Smith was born in Salford, England and lived to become a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person in the world....	F	109 – 110	7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966	England, United Kingdom
10 January 1966	21 March 1968	John Turner John Mosely Turner John Mosely Turner was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person for more than two years...	M	109 – 111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days	England, United Kingdom
21 March 1968	16 June 1968 ( days)	Johanna Booyson	F	111	17 January 1857 – 16 June 1968 111 years, 151 days	Transvaal Transvaal Province Transvaal Province was a province of the Union of South Africa from 1910 to 1961, and of its successor, the Republic of South Africa, from 1961 until the end of apartheid in 1994 when a new constitution subdivided it.-History:... , South Africa South Africa The Republic of South Africa is a country in southern Africa. Located at the southern tip of Africa, it is divided into nine provinces, with of coastline on the Atlantic and Indian oceans...
16 June 1968	fl Floruit Floruit , abbreviated fl. , is a Latin verb meaning "flourished", denoting the period of time during which something was active... . October 1968	Marie Bernátková	F	110 – 111?	22 October 1857 – fl. October 1968 111 years, 0 days+	Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...  (now located in the Czech Republic Czech Republic The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest.... )
fl. October 1968	11 January 1970	Ada Roe Ada Roe Ada Roe, née Giddings was a British supercentenarian. She was born in Islington, England, and moved to Lowestoft over 60 years before her death with her husband, who died shortly afterwards. Roe was the oldest recognised living person between c. October 1968 and her death aged 111 years 339 days...	F	110? – 111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days	England, United Kingdom
11 January 1970	27 February 1973	Josefa Salas	F	109 – 112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days	Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages... , Spain
27 February 1973	18 August 1973 ( days)	Alice Stevenson Alice Stevenson Alice Stevenson was born at Piccadilly, England and became a British supercentenarian. She was the oldest recognised living person in the world between the death of 112-year-old Josefa Salas Mateo on 27 February 1973 and Stevenson's own death, aged 112 years 39 days when she died at Sutton,...	F	111 – 112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days	England, United Kingdom
18 August 1973	31 October 1973 ( days)	Elizabeth Watkins	F	110	10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days	Northern Ireland Northern Ireland Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west... , United Kingdom
31 October 1973	31 May 1975	Mito Umeta	F	110 – 112	27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975 112 years, 65 days	Kyūshū Kyushu is the third largest island of Japan and most southwesterly of its four main islands. Its alternate ancient names include , , and . The historical regional name is referred to Kyushu and its surrounding islands.... , Japan
31 May 1975	16 November 1976	Niwa Kawamoto	F	111 – 113	5 August 1863 – 16 November 1976 113 years, 105 days	Kansai Kansai The or the lies in the southern-central region of Japan's main island Honshū. The region includes the prefectures of Mie, Nara, Wakayama, Kyoto, Osaka, Hyōgo, and Shiga. Depending on who makes the distinction, Fukui, Tokushima and even Tottori Prefecture are also included... , Japan
16 November 1976	2 December 1977	Sophia DeMuth	F	110 – 111	30 June 1866 – 2 December 1977 111 years, 155 days	Nebraska, United States
2 December 1977	22 January 1981	Fannie Thomas	F	110 – 113	14 April 1867 – 22 January 1981 113 years, 283 days	California, United States
22 January 1981	8 March 1981 ( days)	Augustine Tessier	F	112	2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981 112 years, 65 days	Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon Languedoc-Roussillon is one of the 27 regions of France. It comprises five departments, and borders the other French regions of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Auvergne, Midi-Pyrénées on the one side, and Spain, Andorra and the Mediterranean sea on the other side.-Geography:The region is... , France
8 March 1981	13 November 1982	Nellie Spencer	F	111 – 113	24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982 113 years, 81 days	New Jersey New Jersey New Jersey is a state in the Northeastern and Middle Atlantic regions of the United States. , its population was 8,791,894. It is bordered on the north and east by the state of New York, on the southeast and south by the Atlantic Ocean, on the west by Pennsylvania and on the southwest by Delaware... , United States
13 November 1982	13 October 1983 ( days)	Emma Wilson	F	112 – 113	12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983 113 years, 154 days	Missouri Missouri Missouri is a US state located in the Midwestern United States, bordered by Iowa, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Kansas and Nebraska. With a 2010 population of 5,988,927, Missouri is the 18th most populous state in the nation and the fifth most populous in the Midwest. It... , United States
13 October 1983	16 February 1985	Mathew Beard	M	113 – 114	9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days	Florida Florida Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it... , United States
16 February 1985	31 December 1985 ( days)	Ollie Bay	F	112 – 113	11 November 1872 – 31 December 1985 113 years, c. 50 days	Illinois Illinois Illinois is the fifth-most populous state of the United States of America, and is often noted for being a microcosm of the entire country. With Chicago in the northeast, small industrial cities and great agricultural productivity in central and northern Illinois, and natural resources like coal,... , United States
31 December 1985	20 September 1986 ( days)	Mamie Eva Keith Mamie Eva Keith Mamie Eva Walter Keith was an American supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from February 21, 1986 until her death seven months later in the Winchester House nursing home, Libertyville, Illinois...	F	112 – 113	22 March 1873 – 20 September 1986 113 years, 182 days	Illinois, United States
20 September 1986	2 February 1987 ( days)	Mary McKinney	F	113	30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987 113 years, 248 days	California, United States
2 February 1987	27 December 1987 ( days)	Anna Eliza Williams Anna Eliza Williams Anna Eliza Williams was a British supercentenarian and the oldest person in the world during 1987....	F	113 – 114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days	Wales Wales Wales is a country that is part of the United Kingdom and the island of Great Britain, bordered by England to its east and the Atlantic Ocean and Irish Sea to its west. It has a population of three million, and a total area of 20,779 km²... , United Kingdom
27 December 1987	11 January 1988 ( days)	Florence Knapp	F	114	10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988 114 years, 93 days	Pennsylvania Pennsylvania The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is a U.S. state that is located in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. The state borders Delaware and Maryland to the south, West Virginia to the southwest, Ohio to the west, New York and Ontario, Canada, to the north, and New Jersey to... , United States
11 January 1988	14 February 1991	Carrie C. White	F	113 – 116	18 November 1874 – 14 February 1991 116 years, 88 days	Florida, United States
14 February 1991	4 August 1997	Jeanne Calment Jeanne Calment Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who had the longest confirmed human life span in history, living to the age of . She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, and outlived both her daughter and grandson. She became especially well known from the age of 113, when the...	F	115 – 122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days	Provence Provence Provence ; Provençal: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm) is a region of south eastern France on the Mediterranean adjacent to Italy. It is part of the administrative région of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur... , France
4 August 1997	16 April 1998 ( days)	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	116 – 117	29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days	Ontario Ontario Ontario is a province of Canada, located in east-central Canada. It is Canada's most populous province and second largest in total area. It is home to the nation's most populous city, Toronto, and the nation's capital, Ottawa.... , Canada
16 April 1998	30 December 1999	Sarah Knauss	F	117 – 119	24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days	Pennsylvania, United States
30 December 1999	2 November 2000 ( days)	Eva Morris Eva Morris Eva Morris née Sharpe was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records, from December 1999 until November 2000...	F	114	8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days	England, United Kingdom
2 November 2000	6 June 2001 ( days)	Marie Brémont Marie Brémont Marie Marthe Augustine Lemaitre Brémont was a French supercentenarian and the oldest recognized person in the world from November 2000 until her death. This means she was the oldest living person at the turn of the century, and the new millenium, and therefore the person with the earliest...	F	114 – 115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days	Anjou Anjou Anjou is a former county , duchy and province centred on the city of Angers in the lower Loire Valley of western France. It corresponds largely to the present-day département of Maine-et-Loire... , France
6 June 2001	18 March 2002 ( days)	Maude Farris-Luse Maude Farris-Luse Maude Farris-Luse, , also known as Maud Luse, was an American supercentenarian. According to the Guinness Book of World Records, she was the oldest person in the world from June 2001 until her death nine months later, at age 115 years, 56 days.-Birth, marriage and family:Maude Farris-Luse was born...	F	114 – 115	21 January 1887 – 18 March 2002 115 years, 56 days	Michigan Michigan Michigan is a U.S. state located in the Great Lakes Region of the United States of America. The name Michigan is the French form of the Ojibwa word mishigamaa, meaning "large water" or "large lake".... , United States
18 March 2002	31 October 2003	Kamato Hongo	F	114 – 116	16 September 1887 – 31 October 2003 116 years, 45 days	Kagoshima, Japan
31 October 2003	13 November 2003 ( days)	Mitoyo Kawate Mitoyo Kawate was a Japanese supercentenarian and, at the age of 114 years 182 days, briefly the oldest recognized living person after the death of either Kamato Hongo or Yukichi Chuganji, both also from Japan....	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days	Hiroshima Hiroshima is the capital of Hiroshima Prefecture, and the largest city in the Chūgoku region of western Honshu, the largest island of Japan. It became best known as the first city in history to be destroyed by a nuclear weapon when the United States Army Air Forces dropped an atomic bomb on it at 8:15 A.M... , Japan
13 November 2003	29 May 2004 ( days)	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan de Soler was a Puerto Rican supercentenarian, and, according to documents compiled in March 2004, the oldest documented person in the world after the death of Japanese woman Mitoyo Kawate, although German American woman Charlotte Benkner, who was about 3½ months...	F	114	31 August 1889 – 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days	San Juan San Juan, Puerto Rico San Juan , officially Municipio de la Ciudad Capital San Juan Bautista , is the capital and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory of the United States. As of the 2010 census, it had a population of 395,326 making it the 46th-largest city under the jurisdiction of... , Puerto Rico
29 May 2004	27 August 2006	María Capovilla	F	114 – 116	14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days	Guayas Guayas Province Guayas is a coastal province in Ecuador. It is bordered to the west by Manabí, Santa Elena, and the Pacific Ocean ; to the east by Los Ríos, Bolívar, Chimborazo, Cañar, and Azuay; to the north by Los Ríos and Bolívar; and to the south by El Oro and the Pacific Ocean.With a population of over 3... , Ecuador
27 August 2006	11 December 2006 ( days)	Elizabeth Bolden	F	116	15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days	Tennessee Tennessee Tennessee is a U.S. state located in the Southeastern United States. It has a population of 6,346,105, making it the nation's 17th-largest state by population, and covers , making it the 36th-largest by total land area... , United States
11 December 2006	24 January 2007 ( days)	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Isabela Isabela, Puerto Rico Isabela is a municipality of Puerto Rico located in the north-western region of the island, north of San Sebastián; west of Quebradillas; and east of Aguadilla and Moca. Isabela is spread over 13 wards and Isabela Pueblo... , Puerto Rico
24 January 2007	28 January 2007 ( days)	Emma Tillman Emma Tillman Emmaline "Emma" Fanchon Tillman, was an American supercentenarian and, at age 114 years 67 days, the oldest validated living person from January 24, 2007 until her own death four days later. She was the last remaining documented person born in 1892....	F	114	22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007 114 years, 67 days	Connecticut Connecticut Connecticut is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, and the state of New York to the west and the south .Connecticut is named for the Connecticut River, the major U.S. river that approximately... , United States
29 January 2007	13 August 2007 ( days)	Yone Minagawa Yone Minagawa was a Japanese supercentenarian believed to have been the world's oldest living person from 29 January 2007 until her death of old age, aged 114 years 221 days...	F	114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days	Fukuoka Fukuoka Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on Kyūshū Island. The capital is the city of Fukuoka.- History :Fukuoka Prefecture includes the former provinces of Chikugo, Chikuzen, and Buzen.... , Japan
13 August 2007	26 November 2008	Edna Parker Edna Parker Edna Ruth Parker was an American supercentenarian and, until her death, was recognized as the oldest person in the world following the death of Yone Minagawa of Japan on August 13, 2007. She assumed the title at age 114 years 115 days...	F	114 – 115	20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days	Indiana Indiana Indiana is a US state, admitted to the United States as the 19th on December 11, 1816. It is located in the Midwestern United States and Great Lakes Region. With 6,483,802 residents, the state is ranked 15th in population and 16th in population density. Indiana is ranked 38th in land area and is... , United States
26 November 2008	2 January 2009 ( days)	Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus Maria de Jesus dos Santos was a Portuguese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest verified living person for 37 days, until her death at 115 years 114 days. She assumed this status after the 26 November 2008 death of American Edna Parker, who was 115 years 220 days old...	F	115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days	Tomar, Portugal Portugal Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
2 January 2009	11 September 2009 ( days)	Gertrude Baines Gertrude Baines Gertrude Baines was an American supercentenarian, who became the oldest recognized living person according to Guinness World Records on January 2, 2009, until her own death on September 11, 2009, at age 115 years 158 days...	F	114 – 115	6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days	California, United States
11 September 2009	2 May 2010 ( days)	Kama Chinen Kama Chinen was a Japanese supercentenarian, who at the age of 114 years 357 days, became the oldest validated living person when American supercentenarian Gertrude Baines died on 11 September 2009. At the age of 114 years 331 days, she became the last person born in 1895 when American supercentenarian Neva...	F	114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days	Okinawa Okinawa Prefecture is one of Japan's southern prefectures. It consists of hundreds of the Ryukyu Islands in a chain over long, which extends southwest from Kyūshū to Taiwan. Okinawa's capital, Naha, is located in the southern part of Okinawa Island... , Japan
2 May 2010	4 November 2010 ( days)	Eugénie Blanchard Eugénie Blanchard Anne Eugénie Blanchard was a French supercentenarian, who at the age of was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010...	F	114	16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days	Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy Saint Barthélemy , officially the Territorial collectivity of Saint Barthélemy , is an overseas collectivity of France. Often abbreviated to Saint-Barth in French, or St. Barts in English, the indigenous people called the island Ouanalao... , France
4 November 2010	21 June 2011 ( days)	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	114	9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days	Minas Gerais Minas Gerais Minas Gerais is one of the 26 states of Brazil, of which it is the second most populous, the third richest, and the fourth largest in area. Minas Gerais is the Brazilian state with the largest number of Presidents of Brazil, the current one, Dilma Rousseff, being one of them. The capital is the... , Brazil
21 June 2011	Present ( days)	Besse Cooper	F	114 – 115*	born 26 August 1896 age	Georgia Georgia (U.S. state) Georgia is a state located in the southeastern United States. It was established in 1732, the last of the original Thirteen Colonies. The state is named after King George II of Great Britain. Georgia was the fourth state to ratify the United States Constitution, on January 2, 1788... , United States

Chronological list of the verified oldest living man since 1961

From	To	Name	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
10 February 1961	16 March 1962	Joseph Saint-Amour	108 – 110	26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962 110 years, 18 days	Quebec Quebec Quebec or is a province in east-central Canada. It is the only Canadian province with a predominantly French-speaking population and the only one whose sole official language is French at the provincial level.... , Canada
16 March 1962	6 August 1965	William Fullingim	106 – 110	7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965 110 years, 30 days	Oklahoma Oklahoma Oklahoma is a state located in the South Central region of the United States of America. With an estimated 3,751,351 residents as of the 2010 census and a land area of 68,667 square miles , Oklahoma is the 28th most populous and 20th-largest state... , United States
6 August 1965	21 March 1968	John Turner	109 – 111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days	England, United Kingdom
21 March 1968	fl. August 1970	Khasako Dzugayev	107 – 110?	7 August 1860 – fl. August 1970 110 years, 0 days+	Ossetia Ossetia Ossetia Ossetic: Ир, Ирыстон Ir, Iryston; Russian: Осетия, Osetiya; Georgian: ოსეთი, Oset'i) is an ethnolinguistic region located on both sides of the Greater Caucasus Mountains, largely inhabited by the Ossetians. The Ossetian language is part of the Eastern Iranian branch of the Indo-European... , Soviet Union Soviet Union The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....  (now located in Russia Russia Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects... )
fl. August 1970	5 May 1973	Friedrich Wedeking Friedrich Wedeking Friedrich Wedeking was one of the first German supercentenarians. He was born in Blomberg and died in Dortmund...	110	10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days	North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia North Rhine-Westphalia is the most populous state of Germany, with four of the country's ten largest cities. The state was formed in 1946 as a merger of the northern Rhineland and Westphalia, both formerly part of Prussia. Its capital is Düsseldorf. The state is currently run by a coalition of the... , Germany
5 May 1973	9 March 1974 ( days)	Frederick Butterfield Frederick Butterfield Frederick Victor Butterfield of Harrogate, England became the world's oldest man on 5 May 1973 after the death of Friedrich Wedeking. He was succeeded by the now disputed case of Shigechiyo Izumi. Born at Thirsk, he qualified as a chemist in 1885 after training for five years...	109 – 110	28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days	England, United Kingdom
9 March 1974	17 March 1977	Jean Teillet	107 – 110	6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days	Île-de-France Île-de-France (région) Île-de-France is the wealthiest and most populated of the twenty-two administrative regions of France, composed mostly of the Paris metropolitan area.... , France
17 March 1977	5 September 1980	Charlie Phillips	106 – 110	5 May 1870 – 5 September 1980 110 years, 123 days	Mississippi Mississippi Mississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... , United States
5 September 1980	16 February 1985	Mathew Beard	110 – 114	9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days	Florida, United States
16 February 1985	14 December 1986 ( days)	Joe Thomas	110 – 111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days	Louisiana Louisiana Louisiana is a state located in the southern region of the United States of America. Its capital is Baton Rouge and largest city is New Orleans. Louisiana is the only state in the U.S. with political subdivisions termed parishes, which are local governments equivalent to counties... , United States
14 December 1986	5 January 1987 ( days)	Herman Smith-Johannsen Herman Smith-Johannsen Herman "Jackrabbit" Smith-Johannsen, CM was a Norwegian-Canadian supercentenarian who gained widespread recognition for being one of the first people to introduce the sport of cross-country skiing to Canada and North America...	111	15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days	Vestfold Vestfold is a county in Norway, bordering Buskerud and Telemark. The county administration is in Tønsberg.Vestfold is located west of the Oslofjord, as the name indicates. It includes many smaller, but well-known towns in Norway, such as Larvik, Sandefjord, Tønsberg and Horten. The river Numedalslågen runs... , Norway Norway Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...
5 January 1987	25 November 1988	Alphaeus Philemon Cole Alphaeus Philemon Cole Alphaeus Philemon Cole was an American artist, engraver and etcher. He was born in Jersey City, New Jersey and died in New York City. He was the son of noted engraver Timothy Cole...	110 – 112	12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988 112 years, 136 days	New Jersey, United States
25 November 1988	10 June 1990	John Evans John Evans (supercentenarian) John Evans of Fforestfach, Swansea was the longest-lived authenticated man ever from the United Kingdom from 27 May 1989 until 29 March 2009, when Henry Allingham broke his record...	111 – 112	19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days	Wales, United Kingdom
10 June 1990	18 June 1990 ( days)	Henri Pérignon	110	14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990	Normandy Normandy Normandy is a geographical region corresponding to the former Duchy of Normandy. It is in France.The continental territory covers 30,627 km² and forms the preponderant part of Normandy and roughly 5% of the territory of France. It is divided for administrative purposes into two régions:... , France
18 June 1990	16 October 1991	James Wiggins	110 – 112	15 October 1879 – 16 October 1991 112 years, 1 day	Arkansas Arkansas Arkansas is a state located in the southern region of the United States. Its name is an Algonquian name of the Quapaw Indians. Arkansas shares borders with six states , and its eastern border is largely defined by the Mississippi River... , United States
16 October 1991	14 June 1993	Frederick Frazier	111 – 113	27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days	Alabama Alabama Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland... , United States
14 June 1993	20 January 1994 ( days)	Josep Armengol	111 – 112	23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days	Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an... , Spain
20 January 1994	25 April 1998	Christian Mortensen	111 – 115	16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days	California, United States
25 April 1998	17 July 1998 (83 days)	Johnson Parks	113	15 October 1884 – 17 July 1998 113 years, 275 days	Florida, United States
17 July 1998	25 December 1998 ( days)	Walter Richardson Walter Richardson Walter C. Richardson 1885 1998) was an American supercentenarian. He was the last known surviving man who was born in 1885. He became the world's oldest verified man on 17 July 1998, upon the death of 113-year-old Johnson Parks at the age of 112 years, 252 days, until his own death on Christmas...	112 – 113	7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days	Illinois, United States
25 December 1998	29 April 1999 ( days)	Denzo Ishisaki	112	20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 191 days	Ibaraki Ibaraki, Ibaraki is a town located in Higashiibaraki District, Ibaraki, Japan.The town was set to merge with Mito, Ibaraki on December 8, 2007, but following the election of a new mayor in April 2007, these plans were abandoned.... , Japan
29 April 1999	15 November 1999 ( days)	Antonio Urrea	111	16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 111 years, 272 days	Catalonia, Spain
15 November 1999	1 March 2001	John Painter John Painter John George Painter was posthumously recognized as the world's oldest man and oldest American veteran, as a result of the United States's SSA supercentenarian study. Painter was also the last surviving American veteran of the First World War to be born in the 1880s. Only recently he was also...	111 – 112	20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days	Tennessee, United States
1 March 2001	3 January 2002 ( days)	Antonio Todde Antonio Todde Antonio Todde He was the oldest man in the world from the death of American John Painter until Todde's own death on January 3, 2002, at age 112 years, 346 days...	110 – 112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days	Sardinia Sardinia Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea . It is an autonomous region of Italy, and the nearest land masses are the French island of Corsica, the Italian Peninsula, Sicily, Tunisia and the Spanish Balearic Islands.The name Sardinia is from the pre-Roman noun *sard[],... , Italy
3 January 2002	28 September 2003	Yukichi Chuganji	112 – 114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Fukuoka, Japan
28 September 2003	5 March 2004 ( days)	Joan Riudavets	113 – 114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days	Balearic Islands Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital... , Spain
5 March 2004	19 November 2004 ( days)	Fred Hale	113	1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days	Maine Maine Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost... , United States
19 November 2004	24 January 2007	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	113 – 115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Isabela, Puerto Rico
24 January 2007	19 June 2009	Tomoji Tanabe	111 – 113	18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days	Miyazaki Miyazaki Prefecture is a prefecture of Japan located on the island of Kyushu. The capital is the city of Miyazaki.- History :Historically, after the Meiji Restoration, Hyūga Province was renamed Miyazaki Prefecture.... , Japan
19 June 2009	18 July 2009 ( days)	Henry Allingham Henry Allingham Henry William Allingham was a British supercentenarian, First World War veteran and, for one month, the verified oldest living man in the world...	113	6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days	England, United Kingdom
18 July 2009	14 April 2011	Walter Breuning	112 – 114	21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days	Montana Montana Montana is a state in the Western United States. The western third of Montana contains numerous mountain ranges. Smaller, "island ranges" are found in the central third of the state, for a total of 77 named ranges of the Rocky Mountains. This geographical fact is reflected in the state's name,... , United States
15 April 2011	Present ( days)	Jiroemon Kimura	113 – 114*	born 19 April 1897 age	Kyoto Kyoto is a city in the central part of the island of Honshū, Japan. It has a population close to 1.5 million. Formerly the imperial capital of Japan, it is now the capital of Kyoto Prefecture, as well as a major part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.-History:... , Japan

Verified supercentenarians who died before 1955

Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Place of death
Thomas Peters Thomas Peters (supercentenarian) Thomas Peters was a Dutch supercentenarian. He is the earliest recorded supercentarian accepted by Guinness World Records. Originally in a footnote, the Peters case was later promoted although subsequent questions were raised about documentation. Indeed, it appears that if the documentation ever...	M	6 April 1745	26 March 1857	111 years, 354 days	Gelderland Gelderland Gelderland is the largest province of the Netherlands, located in the central eastern part of the country. The capital city is Arnhem. The two other major cities, Nijmegen and Apeldoorn have more inhabitants. Other major regional centers in Gelderland are Ede, Doetinchem, Zutphen, Tiel, Wijchen,... , Netherlands Netherlands The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard Geert Adriaans Boomgaard Geert Adriaans Boomgaard is accepted by most demographic scholars as the first validated supercentenarian case on record...	M	21 September 1788	3 February 1899	110 years, 135 days	Groningen, Netherlands
Margaret Ann Neve Margaret Ann Neve Margaret Ann Neve, née Harvey of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, was the first recorded female supercentenarian, and the first supercentenarian of either sex in the 20th century. Neve was the only supercentenarian born in the 18th century who lived to the 20th century, and she was the first...	F	18 May 1792	4 April 1903	110 years, 321 days	Guernsey Guernsey Guernsey, officially the Bailiwick of Guernsey is a British Crown dependency in the English Channel off the coast of Normandy.The Bailiwick, as a governing entity, embraces not only all 10 parishes on the Island of Guernsey, but also the islands of Herm, Jethou, Burhou, and Lihou and their islet... , Channel Islands Channel Islands The Channel Islands are an archipelago of British Crown Dependencies in the English Channel, off the French coast of Normandy. They include two separate bailiwicks: the Bailiwick of Guernsey and the Bailiwick of Jersey...
Ann Pouder	F	8 April 1807	10 July 1917	110 years, 93 days	Nebraska, United States
Louisa Thiers	F	2 October 1814	17 February 1926	111 years, 138 days	Wisconsin Wisconsin Wisconsin is a U.S. state located in the north-central United States and is part of the Midwest. It is bordered by Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin's capital is... , United States
Miriam Bannister Miriam Bannister Miriam Sparks Banister née Voisey was one of the earliest supercentenarians. Born in Salcombe Regis, Devon, England to John and Hester Voisey, she married John Bodman Banister in 1850 at the age of 33. She later moved to the United States in 1854. She attributed her longevity to "simple foods,...	F	19 March 1817	9 April 1928	111 years, 21 days	Missouri, United States
Demetrius Philipovitch	M	9 March 1818	fl. August 1928	110 years, 150+ days	Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Yugoslavia refers to three political entities that existed successively on the western part of the Balkans during most of the 20th century....
Delina Filkins Delina Filkins Delina Filkins, née Ecker was an American supercentenarian who was the earliest verified person to reach the ages of 112 and 113, in 1927 and 1928, respectively. Filkins was the first verified person to surpass the longest confirmed lifespan by two years...	F	4 May 1815	4 December 1928	113 years, 214 days	New York New York New York is a state in the Northeastern region of the United States. It is the nation's third most populous state. New York is bordered by New Jersey and Pennsylvania to the south, and by Connecticut, Massachusetts and Vermont to the east... , United States
Katherine Plunket Katherine Plunket Katherine Plunket was an Irish aristocrat from County Louth, a prolific botanical artist and the oldest person in Irish history...	F	22 November 1820	14 October 1932	111 years, 327 days	Leinster Leinster Leinster is one of the Provinces of Ireland situated in the east of Ireland. It comprises the ancient Kingdoms of Mide, Osraige and Leinster. Following the Norman invasion of Ireland, the historic fifths of Leinster and Mide gradually merged, mainly due to the impact of the Pale, which straddled... , Ireland Ireland Ireland is an island to the northwest of continental Europe. It is the third-largest island in Europe and the twentieth-largest island on Earth...
Valgjer Svien	F	10 October 1842	23 January 1953	110 years, 105 days	Minnesota Minnesota Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state... , United States

Oldest verified person by nation

This article gives the recordholders for various countries to the extent that they have been established. These records are based on place of birth in current borders for simplicity. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity

Longevity

The word "longevity" is sometimes used as a synonym for "life expectancy" in demography or known as "long life", especially when it concerns someone or something lasting longer than expected ....

 research, such as the Gerontology Research Group.

Country	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age
France	Jeanne Calment	F	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days
United States	Sarah Knauss	F	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days
Canada	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days
Ecuador	María Capovilla	F	14 September 1889	27 August 2006	116 years, 347 days
Japan	Tane Ikai	F	18 January 1879	12 July 1995	116 years, 175 days
Denmark	Christian Mortensen	M	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days
United Kingdom	Charlotte Hughes	F	1 August 1877	17 March 1993	115 years, 228 days
Romania Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...	Aniţica Butariu	F	17 June 1882	21 November 1997	115 years, 157 days
	Elizabeth Stefan	F	13 May 1895	9 April 2008	112 years, 332 days
Portugal	Maria de Jesus	F	10 September 1893	2 January 2009	115 years, 114 days
Netherlands	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper was the oldest person ever in the history of the Netherlands , and from 29 May 2004 was thought to be the oldest recognized person in the world until her death Hendrikje "Henny" van Andel-Schipper (née Schipper) (29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005) was the...	F	29 June 1890	30 August 2005	115 years, 62 days
Brazil	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	9 July 1896	21 June 2011	114 years, 347 days
Italy	Venere Pizzinato-Papo	F	23 November 1896	2 August 2011	114 years, 252 days
Spain	M.A.C.C.	F	10 June 1881	16 January 1996	114 years, 220 days
Cape Verde Cape Verde The Republic of Cape Verde is an island country, spanning an archipelago of 10 islands located in the central Atlantic Ocean, 570 kilometres off the coast of Western Africa...	Adelina Domingues	F	19 February 1888	21 August 2002	114 years, 183 days
Germany	Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner Charlotte Benkner née Enterlein was an American supercentenarian and the oldest verified living person from November 2003 until sufficient documentation was found to validate the age of Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan of Puerto Rico in March 2004...	F	16 November 1889	14 May 2004	114 years, 180 days
Algeria	Anne Primout	F	5 October 1890	26 March 2005	114 years, 172 days
Australia	Christina Cock Christina Cock Christina Cock is recorded as the oldest verified supercentenarian in Australian history, aged when she died. She is one of the 60 oldest verified people of all time. For over a year, Cock was the oldest person ever of the Southern Hemisphere, until being surpassed by María Capovilla of Ecuador...	F	25 December 1887	22 May 2002	114 years, 148 days
India India India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...	Lucy d'Abreu Lucy d'Abreu Lucy Victoria d'Abreu née d'Souza was the oldest living person in the United Kingdom from April 2004 until her death...	F	24 May 1892	7 December 2005	113 years, 197 days
Sweden	Astrid Zachrison Astrid Zachrison Elin Astrid Sofia Zachrison was a Swedish supercentenarian. She became Sweden's oldest person ever on 6 October 2007, surpassing the age attained by Elsa Moberg. She is the second oldest Nordic person on record, after Christian Mortensen of Denmark.Zachrison was born in Åby in Fliseryd, west of...	F	15 May 1895	15 May 2008	113 years, 0 days
Poland Poland Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...	Rosa Rein Rosa Rein Rosa Rein was a Swiss supercentenarian, and the oldest living person in Switzerland since the 3 September 2006 death of 110-year-old Anna Ringier-Kieser, and as of 20 June 2008 their new longevity recordholder. She was one of the 15 verified oldest living people at the time of her death...	F	24 March 1897	14 February 2010	112 years, 327 days
Finland Finland Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...	Lempi Rothovius	F	2 October 1887	17 June 2000	112 years, 259 days
Belgium	Joanna Deroover	F	3 June 1890	6 December 2002	112 years, 186 days
Czech Republic	Maria Mika	F	23 May 1882	17 November 1994	112 years, 178 days
Mexico	Soledad Mexia Soledad Mexia Soledad Mexia is a supercentenarian now living in San Diego. She is the oldest verified living person born in Mexico and the oldest person in California....	F	13 August 1899	Living
Norway	Maren Bolette Torp	F	21 December 1876	20 February 1989	112 years, 61 days
Ireland	Katherine Plunket	F	20 November 1820	14 October 1932	111 years, 327 days
Morocco Morocco Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...	Consuelo Moreno	F	5 February 1893	13 November 2004	111 years, 282 days
Barbados	James Sisnett	M	22 February 1900	Living
Ukraine Ukraine Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...	Fannie Buten	F	13 April 1899	24 September 2010	111 years, 164 days
South Africa	Johanna Booyson	F	17 January 1857	16 June 1968	111 years, 151 days
Russia	Lillian Joelson	F	20 August 1896	30 December 2007	111 years, 132 days
Belarus Belarus Belarus , officially the Republic of Belarus, is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, bordered clockwise by Russia to the northeast, Ukraine to the south, Poland to the west, and Lithuania and Latvia to the northwest. Its capital is Minsk; other major cities include Brest, Grodno , Gomel ,...	Mollye Marcus	F	18 October 1899	18 February 2011	111 years, 123 days
Colombia Colombia Colombia, officially the Republic of Colombia , is a unitary constitutional republic comprising thirty-two departments. The country is located in northwestern South America, bordered to the east by Venezuela and Brazil; to the south by Ecuador and Peru; to the north by the Caribbean Sea; to the...	Daniel Guzmán-García	M	6 February 1897	21 May 2008	111 years, 105 days
Switzerland Switzerland Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....	Emma Duvoisin	F	5 July 1886	30 September 1997	111 years, 87 days
Greece Greece Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....	Gregory Pandazes	M	15 January 1873	22 December 1983	110 years, 341 days
Austria	Hermine Nistler	F	24 December 1900	Living
Slovenia Slovenia Slovenia , officially the Republic of Slovenia , is a country in Central and Southeastern Europe touching the Alps and bordering the Mediterranean. Slovenia borders Italy to the west, Croatia to the south and east, Hungary to the northeast, and Austria to the north, and also has a small portion of...	Katarina Marinič Katarina Marinič Katarina Marinič was a Slovenian supercentenarian. She was the oldest ever person from Slovenia.Marinič was the 9th of 10 children born to Anton and Marija Gabršček at Deskle, Austria-Hungary. In 1915 the family became refugees and moved elsewhere within Austria's kingdom, but returned to the...	F	30 October 1899	2 September 2010	110 years, 307 days
Saint Kitts and Nevis Saint Kitts and Nevis The Federation of Saint Kitts and Nevis , located in the Leeward Islands, is a federal two-island nation in the West Indies. It is the smallest sovereign state in the Americas, in both area and population....	Rosalind Hill	F	30 March 1899	18 January 2010	110 years, 294 days
Lithuania Lithuania Lithuania , officially the Republic of Lithuania is a country in Northern Europe, the biggest of the three Baltic states. It is situated along the southeastern shore of the Baltic Sea, whereby to the west lie Sweden and Denmark...	Ella Ille Rentel	F	19 May 1852	19 September 1962	110 years, 123 days
Croatia Croatia Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...	Hermina Dunz Hermina Dunz Hermina Dunz was an Austrian supercentenarian who was the oldest living person in the country of Austria at the time of her death in 2008 at the age of 110....	F	24 February 1898	14 June 2008	110 years, 111 days
Peru Peru Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....	Julia Dougherty	F	20 August 1893	4 December 2003	110 years, 106 days
New Zealand New Zealand New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...	Ethel Booth	F	25 December 1890	18 February 2001	110 years, 55 days
Iceland Iceland Iceland , described as the Republic of Iceland, is a Nordic and European island country in the North Atlantic Ocean, on the Mid-Atlantic Ridge. Iceland also refers to the main island of the country, which contains almost all the population and almost all the land area. The country has a population...	Guðrún Björnsdóttir	F	20 October 1888	26 August 1998	109 years, 310 days

a Stefan is a native of Siebenbürgen

Transylvania

Transylvania is a historical region in the central part of Romania. Bounded on the east and south by the Carpathian mountain range, historical Transylvania extended in the west to the Apuseni Mountains; however, the term sometimes encompasses not only Transylvania proper, but also the historical...

, which had then been a part of Hungary; it is presently located in Romania.

b Pizzinato-Papo is a native of Ala, which was then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Italy.

c Primout was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.

d d'Abreu is a native of Dharwar, which had then been a part of the British Raj

British Raj

British Raj was the British rule in the Indian subcontinent between 1858 and 1947; The term can also refer to the period of dominion...

; it is presently located in India.

e Rein is a native of Dziećkowice, near Mysłowice, which had then been a part of the German Empire

German Empire

The German Empire refers to Germany during the "Second Reich" period from the unification of Germany and proclamation of Wilhelm I as German Emperor on 18 January 1871, to 1918, when it became a federal republic after defeat in World War I and the abdication of the Emperor, Wilhelm II.The German...

; it is presently located in Poland.

f Mika is a native of Bohemia

Bohemia

Bohemia is a historical region in central Europe, occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague...

, which was then part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Czech Republic.

g Moreno was a native of Spanish Morocco

Spanish Morocco

The Spanish protectorate of Morocco was the area of Morocco under colonial rule by the Spanish Empire, established by the Treaty of Fez in 1912 and ending in 1956, when both France and Spain recognized Moroccan independence.-Territorial borders:...

, which had then been a part of the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

; it is presently Morocco.

h Buten is a native of Lvov, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in the Ukraine.

i Joelson was a native of the Russian Empire

Russian Empire

The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...

; it is presently Russia.

j Marcus is a native of Lechovitz, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Belarus.

k Marinič is a native of Deskle

Deskle

Deskle is a settlement on the left bank of the river Soča, opposite to Anhovo, in the Kanal municipality in the Littoral region of Slovenia.The Parish Church in the settlement is dedicated to Saint George and belongs to the Diocese of Koper.-External links:...

, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungaryl; it is presently located in Slovenia.

l Rentel is a native of Geldauschinken, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire; it is presently located in Lithuania.

m Dunz is a native of Zagreb

Zagreb

Zagreb is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Croatia. It is in the northwest of the country, along the Sava river, at the southern slopes of the Medvednica mountain. Zagreb lies at an elevation of approximately above sea level. According to the last official census, Zagreb's city...

, which had then been a part of Austria-Hungary; it is presently located in Croatia.

Territorial recordholders

Country	Territory	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age
Denmark	Faroe Islands Faroe Islands The Faroe Islands are an island group situated between the Norwegian Sea and the North Atlantic Ocean, approximately halfway between Scotland and Iceland. The Faroe Islands are a self-governing territory within the Kingdom of Denmark, along with Denmark proper and Greenland...	Jóhannes Tauser	M	23 February 1902	12 January 2008	105 years, 323 days
	Greenland Greenland Greenland is an autonomous country within the Kingdom of Denmark, located between the Arctic and Atlantic Oceans, east of the Canadian Arctic Archipelago. Though physiographically a part of the continent of North America, Greenland has been politically and culturally associated with Europe for...	Malene Lund	F	6 June 1877	27 January 1979	101 years, 235 days
France	Guadeloupe Guadeloupe Guadeloupe is an archipelago located in the Leeward Islands, in the Lesser Antilles, with a land area of 1,628 square kilometres and a population of 400,000. It is the first overseas region of France, consisting of a single overseas department. As with the other overseas departments, Guadeloupe...	Luce Maced	F	2 May 1886	25 February 2000	113 years, 299 days
	New Caledonia New Caledonia New Caledonia is a special collectivity of France located in the southwest Pacific Ocean, east of Australia and about from Metropolitan France. The archipelago, part of the Melanesia subregion, includes the main island of Grande Terre, the Loyalty Islands, the Belep archipelago, the Isle of...	Marie-Louise Lhuillier	F	26 June 1895	28 December 2007	112 years, 185 days
	Réunion Réunion Réunion is a French island with a population of about 800,000 located in the Indian Ocean, east of Madagascar, about south west of Mauritius, the nearest island.Administratively, Réunion is one of the overseas departments of France...	Julia Sinédia-Cazour Julia Sinédia-Cazour Marie-Julia Sinédia-Cazour was the oldest African supercentenarian, oldest person from the French possession of Réunion and is the tenth-oldest French person on record. She married in 1915. At the time of her death she was France's second-oldest person and the eleventh-oldest person in the world...	F	12 July 1892	6 October 2005	113 years, 86 days
	Saint Barthélemy	Eugénie Blanchard	F	16 February 1896	4 November 2010	114 years, 261 days
United States	Puerto Rico	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days