List of supercentenarians born in 1879

This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1879. As of 16 September 2024, 32 of them have been verified by the GRG. 1 person is currently pending as of September 2024, which means that there is sufficient evidence to support the claims, but the verification process has not yet been completed.

There are 7 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 ”unverified”.

Cohort extinction took place on 12 July 1995 when Tane Ikai of Japan died at the age of 116 years, 175 days.

List

      Validated       Validated (disputed)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Tane Ikai	F	18 Jan 1879	12 July 1995	116 years, 175 days	JPN
2	Rosa Comfort	F	21 Jan 1879	6 Nov 1992	113 years, 290 days	UK
3	Lillian Ross	F	24 Aug 1879	20 Mar 1993	113 years, 208 days	CAN
4	Cora Humphrey	F	4 Sept 1879	1 Nov 1992	113 years, 58 days	USA
5	Ada Van Natta	F	30 Nov 1879	14 Nov 1992	112 years, 350 days	USA
6	Helen Obermayer	F	20 Jan 1879	20 Nov 1991	112 years, 304 days	HUNUSA
7	Sadie Mayer	F	7 Nov 1879	7 Aug 1992	112 years, 274 days	USA
8	Katherine Jones	F	30 Aug 1879	27 Apr 1992	112 years, 241 days	USA
	Lillie Gaddy	F	24 July 1879	13 Jan 1992	112 years, 173 days	USA
	Take Abe	F	31 July 1879	17 Oct 1991	112 years, 78 days	JPN
9	James Wiggins	M	15 Oct 1879	16 Oct 1991	112 years, 1 day	USA
10	Mathilde Gauchou	F	19 Mar 1879	30 Dec 1990	111 years, 286 days	FRA
11	Florence Rowland	F	16 Mar 1879	26 Dec 1990	111 years, 285 days	USA
12	Lottie Lewis	F	4 May 1879	30 Dec 1990	111 years, 240 days	USA
	Alice Barwise	F	6 Feb 1879	8 July 1990	111 years, 152 days	USA
13	Dollie Bushey	F	17 Feb 1879	8 May 1990	111 years, 80 days	USA
	Fuyo Baba	F	10 Jan 1879	16 Feb 1990	111 years, 37 days	JPN
14	Edith Land	F	20 Feb 1879	19 Feb 1990	110 years, 364 days	USA
15	Eiju Tsuru	M	4 Feb 1879	11 Jan 1990	110 years, 341 days	JPN
16	Rosa Rader	F	27 Mar 1879	1 Feb 1990	110 years, 311 days	USA
17	Katherine Aiken	F	24 Mar 1879	12 Jan 1990	110 years, 294 days	USA
18	Clara Gould	F	17 Mar 1879	27 Dec 1989	110 years, 285 days	USA
19	Galo Leoz	M	22 Apr 1879	23 Jan 1990	110 years, 276 days	ESP
20	Mary Bodie	F	15 Mar 1879	10 Dec 1989	110 years, 270 days	USA
21	A.L.M.	M	11 Apr 1879	1 Jan 1990	110 years, 265 days	ESP
22	Henri Perignon	M	14 Oct 1879	18 June 1990	110 years, 247 days	FRA
23	Francesca Adelfio	F	4 Mar 1879	4 Nov 1989	110 years, 245 days	ITA
	Emma Lee	F	14 Oct 1879	16 May 1990	110 years, 241 days	GERUSA
24	Laura Dunlap	F	16 July 1879	28 Feb 1990	110 years, 227 days	USA
25	Laura Scales	F	13 Nov 1879	12 June 1990	110 years, 211 days	USA
26	Martha Sagendorph	F	22 Feb 1879	30 June 1989	110 years, 128 days	USA
27	Ida Ereon	F	18 Feb 1879	22 June 1989	110 years, 124 days	USA
28	R.P.M.	F	24 May 1879	8 Sept 1989	110 years, 107 days	ESP
29	Caroline Kuhlman	F	3 Oct 1879	13 Dec 1989	110 years, 71 days	USA
30	Ida Alligier	F	27 Sept 1879	30 Nov 1989	110 years, 64 days	USA
31	Mary Horton	F	4 Feb 1879	26 Feb 1989	110 years, 22 days	UK CAN
32	Aasne Hustveit	F	2 Dec 1879	17 Dec 1989	110 years, 15 days	NOR
	Toki Sakaura	F	15 Feb 1879	22 Feb 1989	110 years, 7 days	JPN
33	Zoe Hiehle	F	19 Aug 1879	25 Aug 1989	110 years, 6 days	UK USA

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References

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