List of supercentenarians born in 1872

This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1872. As of 8 December 2024, 15 of them have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). One person is pending as of March 2015.

There are 6 additional cases on the list for which research has been made, but whose claimed age has not yet been reviewed and processed by the GRG. This category is referred to as "unvalidated".

Cohort extinction took place on 31 December 1985 when Ollie Bay of United States died at the age of 113 years, 50 days.

List

Validated Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Ollie Bay	F	11 Nov 1872	31 Dec 1985	113 years, 50 days	USA
2	Parewahawaha Ranginui Leonard ^[1]	F	23 Sept 1872	29 Dec 1984	112 years, 97 days	NZL
3	Sabina Zieg	F	12 Nov 1872	1 Dec 1984	112 years, 19 days	USA
4	Linnie Jones	F	22 Mar 1872	11 Feb 1984	111 years, 326 days	USA
5	Elizabeth Munson	F	6 May 1872	2 Feb 1984	111 years, 272 days	IRL
6	Hattie Mitchell	F	27 Feb 1872	22 Nov 1983	111 years, 268 days	USA
7	Floried Hillers	F	1 Jan 1872	15 Apr 1983	111 years, 104 days	USA
8	Clara Willard	F	2 Dec 1872	13 Mar 1984	111 years, 102 days	USA
9	Sarah Day	F	23 Mar 1872	25 June 1983	111 years, 94 days	USA
10	Lilly Stuckenberg	F	24 Mar 1872	14 June 1983	111 years, 82 days	USA
11	Sarah Isom	F	17 Sept 1872	20 Sept 1983	111 years, 3 days	USA
12	Walter Wilcox	M	1 Nov 1872	11 Aug 1983	110 years, 283 days	USA
13	Lucy Reynolds	F	18 Oct 1872	14 July 1983	110 years, 269 days	USA
14	James Nash	M	31 July 1872	4 Mar 1983	110 years, 216 days	USA
15	Eva Bloodsworth	F	3 Nov 1872	21 Apr 1983	110 years, 169 days	USA
16	Flore Beland	F	6 Sept 1872	18 Feb 1983	110 years, 165 days	CAN
17	Martha Wood	F	29 Mar 1872	29 Aug 1982	110 years, 153 days	USA
18	Mary Harlan	F	27 Jan 1872	19 May 1982	110 years, 112 days	USA
19	Anna Musick	F	14 Oct 1872	11 Jan 1983	110 years, 89 days	USA
	Toka Miyata	F	21 Jan 1872	27 Mar 1982	110 years, 65 days	JPN
	Walter Casey Jones	M	5 Apr 1872	18 May 1982	110 years, 43 days	USA
20	Grace Spooner	F	5 July 1872	24 July 1982	110 years, 19 days	USA