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This page is about the oldest verified people of all time. For the list, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest currently living people, see List of the oldest living people. For the main article, see Supercentenarian. For modern, or complete, unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims.

This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, 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 (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), 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 age 122 years and 164 days. She claimed to have met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13. 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 GRG. Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.

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 age 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 120-year-old Lucile Randon of France, born 11 February 1904. The world's oldest known living man is 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez Mora of Venezuela, born 27 May 1909.

Academics have hypothesized the existence of a number of blue zones around the world where people live longer than average.

Ten oldest verified people ever

Main page: List of the verified oldest people

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced in recent decades and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are women.

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      Deceased       Living

Oldest people

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country of death
or residence
1 Jeanne Calment F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days France
2 Kane Tanaka F 2 January 1903 19 April 2022 119 years, 107 days Japan
3 Sarah Knauss F 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days United States
4 Lucile Randon F 11 February 1904 Living 120 years, 74 days France
5 Nabi Tajima F 4 August 1900 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days Japan
6 Marie-Louise Meilleur F 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days Canada
7 Violet Brown F 10 March 1900 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days Jamaica
8 Emma Morano F 29 November 1899 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days Italy
9 Chiyo Miyako F 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days Japan
10 Misao Okawa F 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days Japan

Oldest men

Rank Name Birth date Death date Age Country of death
or residence
1 Jiroemon Kimura 19 April 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days Japan
2 Christian Mortensen 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days United States
3 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico
4 Mathew Beard 9 July 1870 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days United States
5 Walter Breuning 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days United States
6 Yukichi Chuganji 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan
7 Joan Riudavets 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days Spain
8 Gustav Gerneth 15 October 1905 21 October 2019 114 years, 6 days Germany
9 Fred H. Hale, Sr. 1 December 1890 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days United States
10 Yisrael Kristal 15 September 1903 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days Israel

a Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b Gerneth was born in Stettin, then part of the German Empire, now in Poland and renamed Szczecin.
c Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.

Ten oldest living people

Main page: List of the oldest living people

Oldest living people

All of the world's ten oldest known living people are women.

Rank Name Sex Birth date Age as of
25 April 2024		 Country of
residence
1 Lucile Randon F 11 February 1904 120 years, 74 days France
2 Maria Branyas Morera F 4 March 1907 117 years, 52 days Spain
3 Fusa Tatsumi F 25 April 1907 117 years, 0 days Japan
4 Bessie Hendricks F 7 November 1907 116 years, 170 days United States
5 Edie Ceccarelli F 5 February 1908 116 years, 80 days United States
6 Kahoru Furuya F 18 February 1908 116 years, 67 days Japan
7 Tomiko Itooka F 23 May 1908 115 years, 338 days Japan
8 Inah Canabarro Lucas F 8 June 1908 115 years, 322 days Brazil
9 Hazel Plummer F 19 June 1908 115 years, 311 days United States
10 Kimiko Ono F 20 June 1908 115 years, 310 days Japan

d Branyas Morera was born in the United States.

Oldest living men

Rank Name Birth date Age as of
25 April 2024		 Country of
residence
1 Juan Vicente Pérez Mora 27 May 1909 114 years, 334 days Venezuela
2 Tao Ruisheng 16 July 1910 113 years, 284 days China
3 Ezra Hill 19 December 1910 113 years, 128 days United States
4 Shigeru Nakamura 11 January 1911 113 years, 105 days Japan
5 Gonçalino Norberto 8 August 1911 112 years, 261 days Brazil
6 Giles Cropsey 4 September 1911 112 years, 234 days United States
7 Josias de Oliveira 21 October 1911 112 years, 187 days Brazil
8 Reuben Sinclair 5 December 1911 112 years, 142 days Canada
9 Hans Schornack 29 February 1912 112 years, 56 days Germany
10 Raymond Monroy 11 May 1912 111 years, 350 days United States

e Ruisheng was born in the Qing dynasty, now China.

Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1955

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1955 to present, according to GRG research. Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women; a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

From Duration Name Sex Age(s)
when
oldest		 Lifespan Country of death
or residence
Unknown date N/A Betsy Baker F ? – 113 20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955
113 years, 65 days		 United States
24 October 1955 1 year, 53 days Jennie Howell F 110–111 11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956
111 years, 309 days		 United States
16 December 1956 1 year, 104 days Anne Marie Carstenson F 107–109 24 January 1849 – 30 March 1958
109 years, 65 days		 United States
30 March 1958 201 days Nancy Ryan F 108–109 5 September 1849 – 17 October 1958
109 years, 42 days		 United States
17 October 1958 355 days Christina Karnebeek-Backs F 109–110 2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959
110 years, 5 days		 Netherlands
7 October 1959 48 days Marie Olsen F 109 1 May 1850 – 24 November 1959
109 years, 207 days		 Norway
24 November 1959 5 years, 36 days Mary Kelly F 108–113 7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964
113 years, 206 days		 United States
30 December 1964 66 days Elizabeth Kensley F 109 12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965
109 years, 298 days		 United Kingdom
6 March 1965 153 days William Fullingim M 109–110 7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965
110 years, 30 days		 United States
6 August 1965 157 days Hannah Smith F 109–110 7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966
110 years, 3 days		 United Kingdom
10 January 1966 2 years, 71 days John Mosely Turner M 109–111 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968
111 years, 280 days		 United Kingdom
21 March 1968 87 days Johanna Booyson F 111 17 January 1857 – 16 June 1968
111 years, 151 days		 South Africa
16 June 1968 322 days Marie Bernátková F 110–111 22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969
111 years, 194 days		 Czechoslovakia
4 May 1969 252 days Ada Roe F 111 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970
111 years, 339 days		 United Kingdom
11 January 1970 3 years, 47 days Josefa Salas Mateo F 109–112 14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973
112 years, 228 days		 Spain
27 February 1973 172 days Alice Stevenson F 111–112 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973
112 years, 39 days		 United Kingdom
18 August 1973 74 days Elizabeth Watkins F 110 10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973
110 years, 235 days		 United Kingdom
31 October 1973 1 year, 212 days Mito Umeta F 110–112 27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975
112 years, 65 days		 Japan
31 May 1975 1 year, 169 days Niwa Kawamoto F 111–113 5 August 1863 – 16 November 1976
113 years, 105 days		 Japan
16 November 1976 1 year, 16 days Sophia DeMuth F 110–111 30 June 1866 – 2 December 1977
111 years, 155 days		 United States
2 December 1977 144 days Marie-Virginie Duhem F 111 2 August 1866 – 25 April 1978
111 years, 266 days		 France
25 April 1978 2 years, 272 days Fannie Thomas F 111–113 14 April 1867 – 22 January 1981
113 years, 283 days		 United States
22 January 1981 45 days Augustine Teissier F 112 2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981
112 years, 65 days		 France
8 March 1981 1 year, 250 days Nellie Spencer F 111–113 24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982
113 years, 81 days		 United States
13 November 1982 334 days Emma Wilson F 112–113 12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983
113 years, 154 days		 United States
13 October 1983 1 year, 126 days Mathew Beard M 113–114 9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985
114 years, 222 days		 United States
16 February 1985 1 year, 247 days Augusta Holtz F 113–115 3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986
115 years, 79 days		 United States
21 October 1986 104 days Mary McKinney F 113 30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987
113 years, 248 days		 United States
2 February 1987 328 days Anna Eliza Williams F 113–114 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987
114 years, 208 days		 United Kingdom
27 December 1987 15 days Florence Knapp F 114 10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988
114 years, 93 days		 United States
11 January 1988 9 years, 205 days Jeanne Calment F 112–122 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997
122 years, 164 days		 France
4 August 1997 255 days Marie-Louise Meilleur F 116–117 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998
117 years, 230 days		 Canada
16 April 1998 1 year, 258 days Sarah Knauss F 117–119 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999
119 years, 97 days		 United States
30 December 1999 308 days Eva Morris F 114 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000
114 years, 360 days		 United Kingdom
2 November 2000 216 days Marie Brémont F 114–115 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001
115 years, 42 days		 France
5 June 2001 286 days Maude Farris-Luse F 114–115 21 January 1887 – 18 March 2002
115 years, 56 days		 United States
18 March 2002 71 days Grace Clawson F 114 15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002
114 years, 194 days		 United States
28 May 2002 85 days Adelina Domingues F 114 19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002
114 years, 183 days		 United States
21 August 2002 130 days Mae Harrington F 113 20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002
113 years, 343 days		 United States
29 December 2002 273 days Yukichi Chuganji M 113–114 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days		 Japan
28 September 2003 46 days Mitoyo Kawate F 114 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003
114 years, 182 days		 Japan
13 November 2003 198 days Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 114 31 August 1889 – 29 May 2004
114 years, 272 days		 Puerto Rico
29 May 2004 2 years, 90 days María Capovilla F 114–116 14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006
116 years, 347 days		 Ecuador
27 August 2006 106 days Elizabeth Bolden F 116 15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006
116 years, 118 days		 United States
11 December 2006 44 days Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 115 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days		 Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 4 days Emma Tillman F 114 22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007
114 years, 67 days		 United States
29 January 2007 196 days Yone Minagawa F 114 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007
114 years, 221 days		 Japan
13 August 2007 1 year, 105 days Edna Parker F 114–115 20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008
115 years, 220 days		 United States
26 November 2008 37 days Maria de Jesus F 115 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009
115 years, 114 days		 Portugal
2 January 2009 252 days Gertrude Baines F 114–115 6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009
115 years, 158 days		 United States
11 September 2009 233 days Kama Chinen F 114 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010
114 years, 357 days		 Japan
2 May 2010 186 days Eugénie Blanchard F 114 16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010
114 years, 261 days		 Saint Barthélemy,
France
4 November 2010 229 days Maria Gomes Valentim F 114 9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011
114 years, 347 days		 Brazil
21 June 2011 1 year, 166 days Besse Cooper F 114–116 26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012
116 years, 100 days		 United States
4 December 2012 13 days Dina Manfredini F 115 4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012
115 years, 257 days		 United States
17 December 2012 177 days Jiroemon Kimura M 115–116 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days		 Japan
12 June 2013 1 year, 292 days Misao Okawa F 115–117 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015
117 years, 27 days		 Japan
31 March 2015 6 days Gertrude Weaver F 116 4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015
116 years, 276 days		 United States
6 April 2015 72 days Jeralean Talley F 115–116 23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015
116 years, 25 days		 United States
17 June 2015 331 days Susannah Mushatt Jones F 115–116 6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016
116 years, 311 days		 United States
13 May 2016 337 days Emma Morano F 116–117 29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017
117 years, 137 days		 Italy
15 April 2017 153 days Violet Brown F 117 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017
117 years, 189 days		 Jamaica
16 September 2017 217 days Nabi Tajima F 117 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018
117 years, 260 days		 Japan
21 April 2018 92 days Chiyo Miyako F 116–117 2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018
117 years, 81 days		 Japan
22 July 2018 3 years, 271 days Kane Tanaka F 115–119 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022
119 years, 107 days		 Japan
19 April 2022 2 years, 6 days Lucile Randon F 118* born 11 February 1904
120 years, 74 days		 France

Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1973

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1973 to present.

From Duration Name Age(s)
when
oldest		 Lifespan Country of death
or residence
Unknown date N/A Friedrich Wedeking ? – 110 10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973
110 years, 207 days		 Germany
5 May 1973 308 days Frederick Butterfield 109–110 28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974
110 years, 9 days		 United Kingdom
9 March 1974 3 years, 8 days Jean Teillet 107–110 6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977
110 years, 131 days		 France
17 March 1977 1 year, 156 days Charlie Nelson 109–110 21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978
110 years, 333 days		 United States
20 August 1978 2 years, 16 days Charlie Phillips 108–110 5 May 1870 – 5 September 1980
110 years, 123 days		 United States
5 September 1980 4 years, 164 days Mathew Beard 110–114 9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985
114 years, 222 days		 United States
16 February 1985 1 year, 301 days Joe Thomas 109–111 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986
111 years, 227 days		 United States
14 December 1986 22 days Herman Smith-Johannsen 111 15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987
111 years, 204 days		 Norway
5 January 1987 1 year, 325 days Alphaeus Philemon Cole 110–112 12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988
112 years, 136 days		 United States
25 November 1988 1 year, 197 days John Evans 111–112 19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990
112 years, 295 days		 United Kingdom
10 June 1990 8 days Henri Pérignon 110 14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990
110 years, 247 days		 France
18 June 1990 1 year, 120 days James Wiggins 110–112 15 October 1879 – 16 October 1991
112 years, 1 day		 United States
16 October 1991 1 year, 241 days Frederick Frazier 111–113 27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993
113 years, 138 days		 United States
14 June 1993 220 days Josep Armengol Jover 111–112 23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994
112 years, 181 days		 Spain
20 January 1994 4 years, 95 days Christian Mortensen 111–115 16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998
115 years, 252 days		 United States
25 April 1998 83 days Johnson Parks 113 15 October 1884 – 17 July 1998
113 years, 275 days		 United States
17 July 1998 161 days Walter Richardson 112–113 7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998
113 years, 48 days		 United States
25 December 1998 125 days Denzo Ishisaki 112 20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999
112 years, 191 days		 Japan
29 April 1999 200 days Antonio Urrea Hernandez 111 16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999
111 years, 272 days		 Spain
15 November 1999 1 year, 106 days John Painter 111–112 20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001
112 years, 162 days		 United States
1 March 2001 308 days Antonio Todde 112 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002
112 years, 346 days		 Italy
3 January 2002 1 year, 268 days Yukichi Chuganji 112–114 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days		 Japan
28 September 2003 159 days Joan Riudavets Moll 113–114 15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004
114 years, 81 days		 Spain
5 March 2004 259 days Fred H. Hale Sr. 113 1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004
113 years, 354 days		 United States
19 November 2004 2 years, 66 days Emiliano Mercado del Toro 113–115 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days		 Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 2 years, 146 days Tomoji Tanabe 111–113 18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009
113 years, 274 days		 Japan
19 June 2009 29 days Henry Allingham 113 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009
113 years, 42 days		 United Kingdom
18 July 2009 1 year, 270 days Walter Breuning 112–114 21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011
114 years, 205 days		 United States
15 April 2011 2 years, 58 days Jiroemon Kimura 113–116 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days		 Japan
11 June 2013 94 days Salustiano Sanchez 112 8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013
112 years, 97 days		 United States
13 September 2013 223 days Arturo Licata 111 2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014
111 years, 357 days		 Italy
24 April 2014 45 days Alexander Imich 111 4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014
111 years, 124 days		 United States
8 June 2014 1 year, 27 days Sakari Momoi 111–112 5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015
112 years, 150 days		 Japan
5 July 2015 198 days Yasutaro Koide 112 13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016
112 years, 312 days		 Japan
18 January 2016 1 year, 205 days Yisrael Kristal 112–113 15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017
113 years, 330 days		 Israel
11 August 2017 171 days Francisco Núñez Olivera 112–113 13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018
113 years, 47 days		 Spain
30 January 2018 355 days Masazō Nonaka 112–113 25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019
113 years, 179 days		 Japan
20 January 2019 274 days Gustav Gerneth 113–114 15 October 1905 – 21 October 2019
114 years, 6 days		 Germany
21 October 2019 125 days Chitetsu Watanabe 111–112 5 March 1907 – 23 February 2020
112 years, 355 days		 Japan
23 February 2020 95 days Robert Weighton 111–112 29 March 1908 – 28 May 2020
112 years, 60 days		 United Kingdom
28 May 2020 1 year, 76 days Emilio Flores Márquez 111–113 8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021
113 years, 4 days		 Puerto Rico
12 August 2021 159 days Saturnino de la Fuente García 112 11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022
112 years, 341 days		 Spain
18 January 2022 2 years, 98 days Juan Vicente Pérez Mora 112 – 113* born 27 May 1909
114 years, 334 days		 Venezuela

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