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The following are tables of the oldest people in the world in Ordinal number. To avoid including Longevity claims, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group, LongeviQuest, or Guinness World Records, and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. As women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, who has lived . She was born on 21 August 1909. The oldest living verified man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who has lived . He was born on 5 October 1912.
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days. She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Calment's claim was investigated and authenticated by Jean-Marie Robine and Dr. Michel Allard for the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.
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Ten oldest verified people
Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced since the 1950s and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are female.
Oldest women
1 Jeanne Calment 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 France 2 Kane Tanaka 2 January 1903 19 April 2022 Japan 3 Sarah Knauss 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 United States 4 Lucile Randon 11 February 1904 17 January 2023 France 5 Nabi Tajima 4 August 1900 21 April 2018 Japan 6 Marie-Louise Meilleur 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 Canada 7 Violet Brown 10 March 1900 15 September 2017 Jamaica 8 Maria Branyas Morera 4 March 1907 19 August 2024 Spain 9 Emma Morano 29 November 1899 15 April 2017 Italy 10 Chiyo Miyako 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 Japan
Oldest men
1 Jiroemon Kimura 19 April 1897 12 June 2013 Japan 2 Christian Mortensen 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 United States 3 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 United States (Puerto Rico) 4 Juan Vicente Pérez 27 May 1909 2 April 2024 Venezuela 5 Horacio Celi Mendoza 3 January 1897 25 September 2011 Peru 6 Walter Breuning Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, dies in Montana at age 114 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 United States 7 Yukichi Chuganji 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 Japan 8 Tomás Pinales Figuereo 31 March 1906 24 September 2020 Dominican Republic 9 Joan Riudavets 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 Spain 10 Fred Harold Hale 1 December 1890 19 November 2004 United States
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Ten oldest living people
Oldest living women
1 Ethel Caterham 21 August 1909 United Kingdom 2 Marie-Rose Tessier 21 May 1910 France 3 Naomi Whitehead 26 September 1910 United States 4 Lucia Laura Sangenito 22 November 1910 Italy 5 Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo 13 January 1911 Brazil 6 Shigeko Kagawa 28 May 1911 Japan 7 Beatriz Ferreira Duarte 21 June 1911 Brazil 8 Bonita Gibson 4 July 1911 United States 9 Fuyo Kishimoto 20 December 1911 Japan 10 Ilse Meingast 14 March 1912 United States
Oldest living men
1 João Marinho Neto 5 October 1912 Brazil 2 Ilie Ciocan 10 June 1913 Romania 3 Ken Weeks 5 October 1913 Australia 4 Primo Olivieri 7 March 1914 Brazil 5 Kiyotaka Mizuno 14 March 1914 Japan 6 Vitantonio Lovallo 28 March 1914 Italy 7 Francisco Ernesto Filho 5 April 1914 Brazil 8 Hikaru Kato 2 May 1914 Japan 9 Virgilio Dávalos Rey 8 October 1914 Paraguay 10 Tokuji Tanigaki 8 November 1914 Japan
Chronological list of the oldest-known living people since 1951
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest-known living people from 1951 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records. Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women (thus the maximum life span is guided by the female numbers); a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.
Lucy Woodman N/A–109 3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951 United States Nancy Merriman 109–112 19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954 United States Betsy Baker 111–113 20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955 United States Jennie Howell 110–111 11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956 United States Mathias Hansen Saether 108 21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 Norway Catherine Waller 108–110 1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959 United States Christina Karnebeek-Backs 109–110 2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959 Netherlands Robert Early 109–111 8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 United States Nettie Minick 109 3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960 United States Mary Kelly 109–113 7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964 United States James King 110–112 15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967 United States Narcissa Rickman 111–113 13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968 United States Tome Horigome 111 22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968 Japan Marie Bernátková 111 22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969 Czechoslovakia Haruno Shimada 111–112 24 December 1857 – 31 December 1969 Japan Ada Roe 111 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 United Kingdom Kitty Harvey 109–112 12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972 United States Josefa Salas Mateo 111–112 14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 Spain Alice Stevenson 111–112 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 United Kingdom Ettie Crist 111 14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974 United States Laurence Entiope 111 9 December 1862 – 7 April 1974 France Mito Umeta 110–112 14 May 1863 – 31 May 1975 Japan Niwa Kawamoto 111–113 17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976 Japan Alice Coles 111–113 28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978 United States Eliza Underwood 112–114 15 March 1866 – 27 January 1981 United States Judia Ward 112–113 15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981 United States Nellie Spencer 112–113 24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982 United States Emma Wilson 112–113 12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983 United States Augusta Holtz 112–115 3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986 United States Mary McKinney 113 30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987 United States Anna Eliza Williams 113–114 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 United Kingdom Florence Knapp 114 10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988 United States Easter Wiggins 113–116 1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990 United States Jeanne Calment 115–122 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 France Marie-Louise Meilleur 116–117 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 Canada Sarah Knauss 117–119 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999 United States Ella Miller 115 6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000 United States Marie Brémont 114–115 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 France Maud Farris-Luse 114–115 21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002 United States Grace Clawson 114 15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002 United States Adelina Domingues 114 19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002 United States Mae Harrington 113 20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002 United States Yukichi Chuganji 113–114 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 Japan Mitoyo Kawate 114 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 Japan Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan 114 1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004 United States
(Puerto Rico) María Capovilla 114–116 14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006 Ecuador Elizabeth Bolden 116 15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006 United States Emiliano Mercado del Toro 115 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 United States
(Puerto Rico) Emma Tillman 114 22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007 United States Yone Minagawa 114 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 Japan Edna Parker 114–115 20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008 United States Maria de Jesus 115 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 Portugal Gertrude Baines 114–115 6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009 United States Kama Chinen 114 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 Japan Eugénie Blanchard 114 16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010 France
(Saint Barthélemy) Ana Nogueira de Luca 114 21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010 Brazil Maria Gomes Valentim 114 9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011 Brazil Besse Cooper 114–116 26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012 United States Dina Manfredini 115 4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012 United States Jiroemon Kimura 115–116 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 Japan Misao Okawa 115–117 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 Japan Gertrude Weaver 116 4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015 United States Jeralean Talley 115–116 23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015 United States Susannah Mushatt Jones 115–116 6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016 United States Emma Morano 116–117 29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017 Italy Violet Brown 117 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017 Jamaica Nabi Tajima 117 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018 Japan Chiyo Miyako 116–117 2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018 Japan Kane Tanaka 115–119 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022 Japan Lucile Randon 118 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023 France Maria Branyas Morera 115–117 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024 Spain Tomiko Itooka 116 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024 Japan Inah Canabarro Lucas 116 8 June 1908 – 30 April 2025 Brazil Ethel Caterham 115–116* born 21 August 1909 United Kingdom
Chronological list of the oldest living men since 1951
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present. Bold indicates people who were also the oldest living person.
James Smith N/A–108 10 July 1842 – 27 March 1951 United States James Hard 107–109 15 July 1843 – 12 March 1953 United States Karl Glöckner 107 29 December 1845 – 10 October 1953 West Germany Wayland Newell 107–108 15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954 United States Anders Johansson 106 24 March 1848 – 23 September 1954 Sweden Euclid Story 106 30 July 1848 – 3 December 1954 United States Daniel Cummings 106 25 September 1848 – 14 March 1955 United States Mathias Hansen Saether 106–108 21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 Norway Robert Early 107–111 8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 United States Willem Kostering 108–109 22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960 Netherlands Sylvester Melvin 109–110 29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962 United States Joseph Saint-Amour 110 26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962 Canada William Smith 108 28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962 United States James King 108–112 15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967 United States John Mosley Turner 110–111 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 United Kingdom Eli Lindsay 110 28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968 Canada John Chaney 109 12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968 United States William Lamb 109 24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969 United States John Johnson 108–109 27 May 1860 – 4 January 1970 United States Theophilus May 108–110 5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971 United States Friedrich Wedeking 109–110 10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973 West Germany Isaac Edwards 109–110 6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974 United States James Holt 108–111 25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977 United States Jean Teillet 110 6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977 France Charlie Nelson 109–110 21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978 United States Charlie Phillips 109–111 5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980 United States Zachariah Blackistone 109–111 16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982 United States James Nash 109–110 31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983 United States Walter Wilcox 110 1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983 United States Gregory Pandazes 110 15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983 United States Benjamin Garner 110 10 August 1873 – 25 June 1984 United States Randolph Davis 110–111 15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984 United States Joe Thomas 109–111 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 United States Herman Smith-Johannsen 111 15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987 Norway Alphaeus Philemon Cole 110–112 12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988 United States John Evans 111–112 19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990 United Kingdom Henri Pérignon 110 14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990 France Robert Freeman 110–111 22 December 1879 – 24 December 1990 United States Frederick Frazier 110–113 27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993 United States Josep Armengol Jover 111–112 23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994 Spain Park Fountain Heard 111–112 18 May 1882 – 18 August 1994 United States Christian Mortensen 112–115 16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998 United States Donald Butler 112–113 21 August 1885 – 27 December 1998 United States Denzō Ishizaki 112 2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 Japan Antonio Urrea Hernandez 111 18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 Spain John Painter 111–112 20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001 United States Antonio Todde 112 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 Italy Yukichi Chuganji 112–114 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 Japan Joan Riudavets 113–114 15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 Spain Fred Harold Hale 113 1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004 United States Emiliano Mercado del Toro 113–115 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 United States
(Puerto Rico) Tomoji Tanabe 111–113 18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009 Japan Henry Allingham 113 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 United Kingdom Walter Breuning 112–114 21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011 United States Horacio Celi Mendoza 114 3 January 1897 – 25 September 2011 Peru Jiroemon Kimura 114–116 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 Japan Salustiano Sanchez 112 8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013 United States Ernest Peronneau 111–112 7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014 United States Arturo Licata 111 2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014 Italy Alexander Imich 111 4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014 United States Sakari Momoi 111–112 5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015 Japan Yasutaro Koide 112 13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016 Japan Israel Kristal 112–113 15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017 Israel Francisco Núñez Olivera 112–113 13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018 Spain Masazo Nonaka 112–113 25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019 Japan Tomás Pinales Figuereo 112–114 31 March 1906 – 24 September 2020 Dominican Republic Emilio Flores Márquez 112–113 8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021 United States
(Puerto Rico) Saturnino de la Fuente García 112 11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022 Spain Juan Vicente Pérez 112–114 27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024 Venezuela Shi Ping 112 1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024 China John Tinniswood 111–112 26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024 United Kingdom João Marinho Neto 112–113* born 5 October 1912 Brazil
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