List of supercentenarians born in 1896

This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1896. As of 8 December 2024, 100 of them have been validated by the GRG and MPIDR (two of whom are in limbo). 0 Person is currently pending, which means that there is sufficient evidence to support the claims, but the validation process has not yet been completed.

Cohort extinction took place on 4 December 2012 when Besse Cooper of the United States died at the age of 116 years, 100 days.

Graph of validated data.

List

      Validated       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Besse Cooper	F	26 Aug 1896	4 Dec 2012	116 years, 100 days	USA
2	Chiyono Hasegawa	F	20 Nov 1896	2 Dec 2011	115 years, 12 days	JPN
3	Maria Gomes Valentim	F	9 July 1896	21 June 2011	114 years, 347 days	BRA
4	Eugenie Blanchard	F	16 Feb 1896	4 Nov 2010	114 years, 261 days	BLM, FRA
5	Venere Pizzinato-Papo	F	23 Nov 1896	2 Aug 2011	114 years, 252 days	ITA
6	Walter Breuning	M	21 Sept 1896	14 Apr 2011	114 years, 205 days	USA
7	Eunice Sanborn	F	20 July 1896	31 Jan 2011	114 years, 195 days	USA
8	Ana Nogueira de Luca	F	21 June 1896	18 Nov 2010	114 years, 151 days	BRA
9	Florrie Baldwin	F	31 Mar 1896	8 May 2010	114 years, 38 days	UK
10	Ida Stewart	F	13 Nov 1896	12 Nov 2010	113 years, 364 days	JAM
11	Daisey Bailey	F	30 Mar 1896	7 Mar 2010	113 years, 342 days	USA
12	Lucia Lauria	F	4 Mar 1896	28 June 2009	113 years, 116 days	ITA
13	Chiyono Ohta	F	1 Nov 1896	25 Jan 2010	113 years, 85 days	JPN
14	Henry Allingham	M	6 June 1896	18 July 2009	113 years, 42 days	UK
15	Margaret Fitzgerald	F	16 Sept 1896	20 Oct 2009	113 years, 34 days	CAN
16	Ida Frabboni	F	4 Oct 1896	2 Nov 2009	113 years, 29 days	ITA
17	Yoshino Ide	F	1 Jan 1896	28 Jan 2009	113 years, 27 days	JPN
18	Kou Iijima	F	25 Mar 1896	22 Mar 2009	112 years, 362 days	JPN
	Li Chun	F	22 Apr 1896	18 Mar 2009	112 years, 330 days	CHN
19	C. Letitia Lawson	F	10 Apr 1896	22 Feb 2009	112 years, 318 days	USA
20	E. Beatrice Riley	F	13 Oct 1896	15 May 2009	112 years, 214 days	AUS
21	George Francis	M	6 June 1896	27 Dec 2008	112 years, 204 days	USA
22	Lina Grotta	F	22 Nov 1896	27 May 2009	112 years, 186 days	ITA
23	Ruth Brown-Stamps	F	22 May 1896	8 Nov 2008	112 years, 170 days	USA
24	Florence Busch	F	13 Aug 1896	21 Jan 2009	112 years, 161 days	USA
25	Berta Rosenberg	F	5 Sept 1896	28 Jan 2009	112 years, 145 days	GERUSA
26	Augusto Moreira	M	6 Oct 1896	13 Feb 2009	112 years, 130 days	POR
27	Roberta Brittain	F	31 May 1896	10 Aug 2008	112 years, 71 days	USA
28	Transito Ayala	F	13 Aug 1896	9 Oct 2008	112 years, 57 days	COL
29	Miyae Nishiyama	F	10 Jan 1896	16 Jan 2008	112 years, 6 days	JPN
30	Matsu Tsuru	F	25 Feb 1896	5 Feb 2008	111 years, 345 days	JPN
31	Walter Seward	M	13 Oct 1896	14 Sept 2008	111 years, 337 days	USA
32	Faustino Vargas Perez	M	27 Sept 1896	20 Aug 2008	111 years, 328 days	CRI
33	Mary Marques	F	11 Feb 1896	3 Jan 2008	111 years, 326 days	PORUSA
34	Kuni Numata	F	1 Feb 1896	16 Nov 2007	111 years, 288 days	JPN
35	Hisa Tokumoto	F	25 Feb 1896	27 Nov 2007	111 years, 275 days	JPN
36	Helen Johnson	F	20 July 1896	17 Apr 2008	111 years, 272 days	GERUSA
37	Mathilde Gratry	F	10 May 1896	10 Jan 2008	111 years, 245 days	FRA
38	Kane Kagaya	F	18 Feb 1896	12 Oct 2007	111 years, 236 days	JPN
39	Leona Tuttle	F	13 Apr 1896	23 Nov 2007	111 years, 224 days	USA
40	Mago Nozawa	F	9 Feb 1896	12 Sept 2007	111 years, 215 days	JPN
41	Sukesaburo Nakanishi	M	15 Mar 1896	22 Aug 2007	111 years, 160 days	JPN
42	Lillian Joelson	F	20 Aug 1896	30 Dec 2007	111 years, 132 days	RUSUSA
43	Bertha Lilly	F	9 Sept 1896	30 Dec 2007	111 years, 112 days	USA
44	Elsa Tauser	F	10 July 1896	6 Oct 2007	111 years, 88 days	GER
45	Kesa Eiei	F	25 Mar 1896	19 June 2007	111 years, 86 days	JPN
46	Delphia Hankins	F	23 July 1896	17 Oct 2007	111 years, 86 days	USA
47	Tsuyano Watanabe	F	20 Feb 1896	14 May 2007	111 years, 83 days	JPN
48	Marion Stout	F	31 Jan 1896	7 Apr 2007	111 years, 66 days	USA
49	Naka Matsuzaki	F	1 Jan 1896	6 Mar 2007	111 years, 64 days	JPN
50	Teresa Ruberto	F	3 Nov 1896	26 Dec 2007	111 years, 53 days	ITA
51	Marie-Rose Mueller	F	20 Sept 1896	5 Nov 2007	111 years, 46 days	FRAUSA
52	Ulis Badley	F	18 Dec 1896	30 Jan 2008	111 years, 43 days	JAM
53	Alma Minton	F	8 Dec 1896	7 Jan 2008	111 years, 30 days	USA
54	Margaret Guill	F	7 Apr 1896	28 Apr 2007	111 years, 21 days	USA
55	Giichi Okumura	M	18 Oct 1896	13 Oct 2007	110 years, 360 days	JPN
56	Antonio Pierro	M	22 Feb 1896	8 Feb 2007	110 years, 351 days	ITA USA
57	Madeleine Delmotte	F	20 Apr 1896	31 Mar 2007	110 years, 345 days	FRA
58	Plazida Insausti	F	5 Oct 1896	12 Sept 2007	110 years, 342 days	ESP
59	Take Ohtawara	F	23 Dec 1896	4 Nov 2007	110 years, 316 days	JPN
60	Charlotte Gibson	F	2 Apr 1896	5 Feb 2007	110 years, 309 days	UK
61	Marie Stutz	F	22 Oct 1896	11 Aug 2007	110 years, 293 days	GER
62	Shitsu Fuchikami	F	5 Jan 1896	6 Oct 2006	110 years, 274 days	JPN
63	Yukino Matsuoka	F	2 Jan 1896	28 Sept 2006	110 years, 269 days	JPN
64	Matsuyo Ouchi	F	3 June 1896	25 Feb 2007	110 years, 267 days	JPN
65	Maria Gandolfi	F	1 July 1896	15 Mar 2007	110 years, 257 days	ITA
66	Hisako Sakai	F	9 Oct 1896	22 June 2007	110 years, 256 days	JPN
67	Chiyo Ogata	F	28 Mar 1896	6 Dec 2006	110 years, 253 days	JPN
68	Jean Einstein	F	11 Apr 1896	8 Dec 2006	110 years, 241 days	UK
69	Perpetua von Mauntz	F	7 Mar 1896	30 Oct 2006	110 years, 237 days	GER
70	Mary Anne Scoles	F	25 Dec 1896	23 July 2007	110 years, 210 days	CAN
71	Ramona Echevarria	F	17 June 1896	12 Jan 2007	110 years, 209 days	PRI,USA
72	Maria Thiebat	F	16 Aug 1896	12 Mar 2007	110 years, 208 days	ITA
73	Kane Akazawa	F	27 Feb 1896	19 Sept 2006	110 years, 204 days	JPN
74	Elias Wen	M	19 Nov 1896	8 June 2007	110 years, 201 days	CHN USA
75	Lillian Benson	F	18 Mar 1896	1 Oct 2006	110 years, 197 days	USA
76	Katsuno Mizuno	F	31 Mar 1896	12 Oct 2006	110 years, 195 days	JPN
77	Yuki Hasegawa	F	28 Feb 1896	5 Sept 2006	110 years, 189 days	JPN
78	Remedios Ultra	F	23 Aug 1896	21 Feb 2007	110 years, 182 days	ESP
79	Anna Zimmerman	F	12 Dec 1896	9 June 2007	110 years, 179 days	USA
80	Sallie Key	F	13 Sept 1896	3 Mar 2007	110 years, 171 days	USA
81	Mary Pollack	F	6 Feb 1896	24 July 2006	110 years, 168 days	SVKUSA
82	Louise Bilon	F	15 Aug 1896	25 Jan 2007	110 years, 163 days	MTQ,FRA
83	Helen Luckett	F	7 July 1896	13 Dec 2006	110 years, 159 days	USA
84	Johanne Rasmus	F	25 Oct 1896	25 Mar 2007	110 years, 151 days	GER
85	Lucille Meyer	F	30 Dec 1896	24 May 2007	110 years, 145 days	USA
86	Anna Ringier-Kieser	F	12 Apr 1896	3 Sept 2006	110 years, 144 days	SUI
87	Olga Mortrude	F	6 Sept 1896	25 Jan 2007	110 years, 141 days	USA
88	Valda Golling	F	5 Feb 1896	31 May 2006	110 years, 115 days	USA
89	Rosalina Vargas Solano	F	28 Feb 1896	12 June 2006	110 years, 104 days	CRI
90	Margaret Dooling	F	11 July 1896	15 Oct 2006	110 years, 96 days	USA
91	Toshi Kikuchi	F	12 Nov 1896	5 Feb 2007	110 years, 85 days	JPN
92	Angeline Barrette	F	10 Dec 1896	28 Feb 2007	110 years, 80 days	CAN
93	Elsa Tilkanen	F	26 Sept 1896	5 Dec 2006	110 years, 70 days	FIN
94	Yoshi Kikuchi	F	28 Mar 1896	4 June 2006	110 years, 68 days	JPN
95	Giovanna Meyer	F	6 Dec 1896	12 Jan 2007	110 years, 37 days	FRA ITA
96	Helen Czechowicz	F	1 Jan 1896	3 Feb 2006	110 years, 33 days	LTUUSA
97	Ellen Kay	F	31 May 1896	29 June 2006	110 years, 29 days	AUS
98	Maria Luigia Scardinale	F	20 Jan 1896	30 Jan 2006	110 years, 10 days	ITA
	Marcial Zavala	M	30 June 1896	4 July 2006	110 years, 4 days	MEXUSA

Incomplete Claims

      Validated       Unvalidated

Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
Chisato Ito	F	1 Mar 1896	7/29 Feb 2008	111 years, 343-365 days	JPN
Kikue Kametsu	F	23 Mar 1896	Oct 2007	111 years, 192-222 days	JPN
Yoshie Hattori	F	27 Dec 1896	June 2008	111 years, 157-186 days	JPN
Haru Matsuda	F	12 Feb 1896	July 2007	111 years, 139-169 days	JPN
Sute Nishimura	F	7 Oct 1896	Nov 2007	111 years, 25-54 days	JPN
Heki Miyashita	F	10 Dec 1896	Mar 2007	110 years, 81-111 days	JPN
Fuji Kuroishi	F	15 Apr 1896	May 2006	110 years, 16-46 days	JPN
Tamae Oyama	F	23 Oct 1896	Nov 2006	110 years, 9-38 days	JPN
Kame Nakanouchi	F	20 Feb 1896	20/28 Feb 2006	110 years, 0-8 days	JPN

References

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