List of supercentenarians born in 1878

This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1878. As of 8 December 2024, 30 of them have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR).

One person is currently pending as of February 2015, which means that there is sufficient evidence to support the claims, but the validation process has not yet been completed.

There are 11 additional cases on the list for which research has been made, but whose claims have not yet been reviewed and processed by the GRG. This category is referred to as ”unvalidated”.

Cohort extinction took place on 7 May 1994 when Margaret Skeete of United States died at the age of 115 years, 192 days.

List

      GRG-Validated       GRG-Pending       GRG-Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Margaret Skeete	F	27 Oct 1878	7 May 1994	115 years, 192 days	USA
2	Odie Matthews	F	28 Dec 1878	14 Apr 1993	114 years, 107 days	USA
3	Waka Shirahama	F	23 Mar 1878	16 June 1992	114 years, 85 days	JPN
4	Alice Sjoquist	F	25 Oct 1878	7 Nov 1991	113 years, 13 days	UK CAN
5	Josephine Choquet	F	6 June 1878	14 Feb 1991	112 years, 253 days	FRA
	Rin Aoyagi	F	5 Oct 1878	14 May 1991	112 years, 221 days	JPN
6	Carrie King	F	26 Oct 1878	1 Jan 1991	112 years, 67 days	USA
7	Claire Dunning	F	20 Aug 1878	27 Sept 1990	112 years, 38 days	USA
8	Mary Fewster	F	6 Feb 1878	26 Dec 1989	111 years, 323 days	UK
9	Rose Hart	F	20 Mar 1878	5 Jan 1990	111 years, 291 days	UK
10	Jan Machiel Reyskens	M	11 May 1878	7 Jan 1990	111 years, 241 days	BELNED
11	Florence Tabbert	F	25 Dec 1878	14 Mar 1990	111 years, 79 days	USA
12	Julia Lyng	F	22 Dec 1878	26 Feb 1990	111 years, 66 days	NORUSA
	Gisela Lamm de Altschul	F	16 Apr 1878	13 June 1989	111 years, 58 days	CZEARG
13	Nellie Thompson	F	21 Oct 1878	27 Nov 1989	111 years, 37 days	CAN
14	Emmie Fulmer	F	21 Nov 1878	21 Dec 1989	111 years, 30 days	USA
15	Cruz Garcia	F	14 Sept 1878	13 Oct 1989	111 years, 29 days	USA
16	Grace-Lillian Schaeffner	F	28 Nov 1878	26 Dec 1989	111 years, 28 days	CANUSA
17	Fanny Nystroem	F	30 Sept 1878	31 Aug 1989	110 years, 335 days	FIN
18	Julia Savage	F	11 Sept 1878	7 Aug 1989	110 years, 330 days	USA
19	Grace Cottrell	F	1 Apr 1878	10 Jan 1989	110 years, 284 days	USA
20	Charlotte Allen	F	6 Feb 1878	23 Oct 1988	110 years, 260 days	USA
21	Modena McCown	F	22 Sept 1878	8 June 1989	110 years, 259 days	USA
22	Aurelio Diaz	M	16 Oct 1878	13 June 1989	110 years, 240 days	ESP
23	Alton Gilbert	M	11 June 1878	21 Jan 1989	110 years, 224 days	USA
24	William McDaniel	M	20 May 1878	20 Dec 1988	110 years, 214 days	USA
25	Maria Corba	F	15 Aug 1878	8 Mar 1989	110 years, 205 days	ROUGER
26	Mary Bruneau	F	29 Mar 1878	17 Oct 1988	110 years, 202 days	USA
	Anna Lanham	F	19 July 1878	2 Feb 1989	110 years, 198 days	USA
27	Elinor Miller	F	5 Nov 1878	8 May 1989	110 years, 184 days	USA
	Ada Harris	F	14 Feb 1878	6 Aug 1988	110 years, 174 days	USA
28	Alina Morton	F	10 Nov 1878	20 Apr 1989	110 years, 161 days	CAN
29	Ellen Green	F	19 July 1878	4 Dec 1988	110 years, 138 days	UK CAN
	Mary Lundahl	F	20 Dec 1878	25 Mar 1989	110 years, 95 days	USA
30	Belle Rohr	F	17 Aug 1878	14 Nov 1988	110 years, 89 days	USA
31	Ida Reaver	F	7 Dec 1878	2 Mar 1989	110 years, 85 days	USA
32	Minnie Livingston	F	8 Aug 1878	24 Oct 1988	110 years, 77 days	USA
33	Lillie Cote	F	16 May 1878	24 July 1988	110 years, 69 days	USA
34	Kristiana Ullaland	F	2 Dec 1878	26 Jan 1989	110 years, 55 days	NOR
35	Gertrude Phillipson	F	22 Mar 1878	7 May 1988	110 years, 46 days	UK
36	Laura Rollock	F	16 Nov 1878	29 Dec 1988	110 years, 43 days	CAN
	Mary Slama	F	2 Sept 1878	23 Sept 1988	110 years, 21 days	USA

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References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List
• GRG Pending Cases List As of March 2015