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Ghost cases are paper claims to extreme age, where the claimant died earlier than their presumed death date. In the USA, SSDI's often report people's death dates much later than their real ones, so they contribute some of the cases to this list. This list is not arranged in any order.

List[]

No. Name Sex Date of
birth
Thought date
of death
Actual date
of death
Thought age Actual age Country
1 Sogen Kato[1] M 22 July 1899 July 2010 c.Nov 1978 111 years, 0+ days 79 years, 102+ days JapanJPN
2 Elena Grillo[2] F 21 Sept 1901 Oct 2011 c.2001 110 years, 29+ days 100 years, 0+ days ItalyITA
3 Webster Collins[3] M 5 Jan 1902 23 Jan 2012 13 Nov 1965 110 years, 18 days 63 years, 313 days United StatesUSA
4 Hazel Williams[4] F 5 Sept 1889 11 Jan 2003 Jan 1983 113 years, 128 days 93 years, 118+ days United StatesUSA
5 Jennie Hicks[5] F 10 May 1882 c.1994 c.1947 112 years, 0+ days 65 years, 0+ days United StatesUSA
6 John Wigginton[6] M 6 Mar 1902 1 Dec 2013 c.1970 111 years, 270 days 68 years, 0+ days United KingdomUK
7 Jesse Duffield[7] M 19 Sept 1899 22 Jan 2013 c.1987 113 years, 125 days 88 years, 0+ days United KingdomUK
8 Elena Iosifovna Glebko[8] F 14 July 1904 Apr 2018 1988 113 years, 269+ days 84 years, 0+ days BelarusBLR
9 Fusa Furuya[9] F July 1897 Aug 2010 fl.1986 113 years, 10+ days 89 years, 0+ days JapanJPN
10 Pierre Marius Galante[10] M 15 Oct 1903 20 Feb 2020 fl.6 Jan 1928 116 years, 128 days 24 years, 83+ days FranceFRA
11 John Bergin[11] M 2 July 1911 c.2022 Nov 1993 110 years, 299+ days 82 years, 122+ days IrelandIRL
12 Elsa Ferrari[12] F 2 Dec 1913 Living? 1 Dec 2019 112 years, 7 days 105 years, 364 days ItalyITA

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