Oldest people

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 that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.

This article is about the oldest verified people of all time. 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. For historical, incomplete unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths.

According to this criterion, the longest human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who lived to age 122 years, 164 days. She supposedly met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13.[1] She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Subsequent investigation found documentation for Calment's age, beyond any reasonable question, in the records of her native city, Arles, France.[2] More evidence of Calment's lifespan has been produced than for any other supercentenarian, such that her case serves as an archetype in the methodology for verifying the ages of the world's oldest people.[3] However, Calment's age was nevertheless disputed in a 2018 study which hypothesized that Calment's daughter Yvonne, born in 1898 and who is reported to have died in 1934, usurped Jeanne's identity upon her mother's death,[4] and which is not resolved over one year later. Other researchers have dismissed this hypothesis on the basis of extensive prior research into Calment's life.[5]

The longest human lifespan which is undisputed is that of Sarah Knauss of the United States (1880–1999), who lived to age 119 years, 97 days.

As women live longer than men on average, combined records for both sexes are predominated by women. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to age 116 years, 54 days.

Since the death of 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako of Japan on 22 July 2018, 117-year-old Kane Tanaka, also of Japan, born 2 January 1903, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated. Since the death of 111-year-old Dumitru Comănescu of Romania on 27 June 2020, fellow 111-year-old Saturnino de la Fuente of Spain, born 8 February 1909, is the world's oldest known living man.

Ten oldest verified people ever

Main article: 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.

Legend
  Deceased   Living

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^[a][4]	France
2	Sarah Knauss[6]	F	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
3	Nabi Tajima[7]	F	4 August 1900	21 April 2018	117 years, 260 days	Japan
4	Lucy Hannah[8]	F	16 July 1875	21 March 1993	117 years, 248 days	United States
5	Marie-Louise Meilleur[9]	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada
6	Kane Tanaka[7]	F	2 January 1903	Living	117 years, 225 days	Japan
7	Violet Brown[7]	F	10 March 1900	15 September 2017	117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
8	Emma Morano[7]	F	29 November 1899	15 April 2017	117 years, 137 days	Italy
9	Chiyo Miyako[10]	F	2 May 1901	22 July 2018	117 years, 81 days	Japan
10	Misao Okawa[7]	F	5 March 1898	1 April 2015	117 years, 27 days	Japan

a^ Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018, which has not been formally resolved.

Men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age ^[**]	Country of death or residence
1	Jiroemon Kimura[11][12]	19 April 1897	12 June 2013	116 years, 54 days	Japan
2	Christian Mortensen[12]	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States^[a]
3	Emiliano Mercado del Toro[12]	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
4	Mathew Beard[12]	9 July 1870	16 February 1985	114 years, 222 days	United States
5	Walter Breuning[13]	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
6	Yukichi Chuganji[14]	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
7	Joan Riudavets[15]	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
8	Gustav Gerneth[16]	15 October 1905	22 October 2019	114 years, 7 days	Germany^[b]
9	Fred H. Hale, Sr.[17]	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
10	Yisrael Kristal[7][18]	15 September 1903	11 August 2017	113 years, 330 days	Israel^[c]

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 article: 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 14 August 2020	Country of residence
1	Kane Tanaka[7]	F	2 January 1903	117 years, 225 days	Japan
2	Lucile Randon,[7] aka Sœur André[19]	F	11 February 1904	116 years, 185 days	France
3	Maria Kononovich[20][21]	F	27 May 1904	116 years, 79 days	Belarus
4	Francisca Celsa dos Santos[7]	F	21 October 1904	115 years, 298 days	Brazil
5	Jeanne Bot[7][22]	F	14 January 1905	115 years, 213 days	France
6	Shigeyo Nakachi[7]	F	1 February 1905	115 years, 195 days	Japan
7	Julia Amélia da Conceição[23]	F	5 May 1905	115 years, 101 days	Brazil
8	Antônia Santa Cruz[24]	F	13 June 1905	115 years, 62 days	Brazil
9	Katerina Karnarou[25]	F	25 July 1905	115 years, 20 days	Greece
10	Hester Ford[7]	F	15 August 1905	114 years, 365 days	United States

Oldest living men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of 14 August 2020	Country of residence
1	Saturnino de la Fuente[26]	8 February 1909	111 years, 188 days	Spain
2	Jules Théobald[27]	17 April 1909	111 years, 119 days	France (Martinique)
3	Juan Vicente Pérez Mora[28]	27 May 1909	111 years, 79 days	Venezuela
4	Marcel Meys[29]	12 July 1909	111 years, 33 days	France
5	Lawrence Brooks[30]	12 September 1909	110 years, 337 days	United States
6	Juan Suárez Cedeño[31]	27 September 1909	110 years, 322 days	Cuba
7	Delio Venturotti[32]	25 October 1909	110 years, 294 days	Brazil[lower-alpha 1]
8	Giovanni La Penna[33][34]	29 October 1909	110 years, 290 days	Italy
	Shojiro Shirai[35]			Japan
10	Albano Andrade[36]	14 December 1909	110 years, 244 days	Portugal

1. Venturotti was born in Italy.

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.[37] 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	Oldest during...	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[38] 111 years, 194 days	Czechoslovakia[lower-alpha 1]
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[lower-alpha 2]	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[lower-alpha 3]	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[lower-alpha 4]	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[lower-alpha 5]	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[lower-alpha 6]	217 days	Nabi Tajima	F	117	4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days	Japan
21 April 2018	92 days	Chiyo Miyako[39]	F	116 – 117	2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days	Japan
22 July 2018	2 years, 23 days	Kane Tanaka	F	115 – 117*	born 2 January 1903 117 years, 225 days	Japan

Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1973

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living men from 1973 to present.[40]

From	Oldest during...	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[lower-alpha 7]	2 years, 58 days	Jiroemon Kimura	113 – 116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Japan
11 June 2013[lower-alpha 8]	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[lower-alpha 9]
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[lower-alpha 10]	1 year, 205 days	Yisrael Kristal	112 – 113	15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days	Israel[lower-alpha 11]
11 August 2017	171 days	Francisco Núñez Olivera	112 – 113	13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018 113 years, 47 days	Spain
30 January 2018[lower-alpha 12]	355 days	Masazō Nonaka	112 – 113	25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019 113 years, 179 days	Japan
20 January 2019	1 year, 34 days	Chitetsu Watanabe[41]	111 – 112	5 March 1907 – 23 February 2020 112 years, 355 days	Japan
23 February 2020	95 days	Robert Weighton[42]	111 – 112	29 March 1908 – 28 May 2020 112 years, 60 days	United Kingdom

Oldest verified person by country

Main article: List of the oldest people by country

Notes

1. Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic
2. Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018,[4] and which still is not resolved almost a year later.
3. Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).
4. Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).
5. Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26pm EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
6. Violet Brown died on 15 September 2017 in Jamaica (UTC-5). However, in Japan, where Tajima lived, the date was already 16 September 2017 (JST).
7. Walter Breuning died 14 April 2011 3:30pm (MDT). However, in Kyoto, where Kimura lived, the date was already 15 April 2011 (JST).
8. Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (Eastern Time Zone).
9. Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
10. Yasutaro Koide died 19 January 2016 12:17 a.m. JST. However, in Israel, where Kristal lived, the date was still 18 January 2016 (IST).
11. Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
12. Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30pm CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).

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