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This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1901. As of 26 October 2025, 158 of them have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research (MPIDR), of whom 5 are in limbo.

There are 9 additional claimants on the list who are either unvalidated, or have been independently researched, but whose claimed ages have not yet been reviewed and processed by the GRG. This category is referred to as "unvalidated".

Cohort extinction took place on 22 July 2018 when the last surviving person born in 1901, Chiyo Miyako of Japan, died aged 117 years, 81 days.

1901 Graph

Graph of validated data.

List

      Validated       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Chiyo Miyako [1] F 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days JapanJPN
2 Francisca Simao F 9 Jan 1901 8 Oct 2017 116 years, 272 days BrazilBRA
3 Ana Vela-Rubio F 29 Oct 1901 15 Dec 2017 116 years, 47 days SpainESP
4 Kiyoko Ishiguro F 4 Mar 1901 5 Dec 2015 114 years, 276 days JapanJPN
5 Eudoxie Baboul F 1 Oct 1901 1 July 2016 114 years, 274 days French GuianaGUF,FranceFRA
6 Eleonora Camargo Veiga [2] F 14 Aug 1901 7 Mar 2016 114 years, 206 days BrazilBRA
7 Dominga Velasco F 12 May 1901 11 Oct 2015 114 years, 152 days MexicoMEXUnited StatesUSA
8 Toshie Yorimitsu F 30 Sept 1901 28 Feb 2016 114 years, 151 days JapanJPN
9 Serafina Herrera de Sugasti [2] F 21 May 1901 4 Aug 2015 114 years, 75 days PanamaPAN
10 Marie Liguinen F 26 Mar 1901 2 Apr 2015 114 years, 7 days FranceFRA
11 Emma Otis F 22 Oct 1901 25 Oct 2015 114 years, 3 days United StatesUSA
12 Olympe Amaury F 19 June 1901 12 May 2015 113 years, 327 days FranceFRA
13 Ruth Newman F 23 Sept 1901 29 July 2015 113 years, 309 days United StatesUSA
14 Opal Thompson F 13 Jan 1901 20 Oct 2014 113 years, 280 days United StatesUSA
15 Carolina Zambon F 3 June 1901 9 Nov 2014 113 years, 159 days BrazilBRA
16 Koito Furukawa F 8 May 1901 11 Oct 2014 113 years, 156 days JapanJPN
17 Carrie Fears F 9 Aug 1901 29 Nov 2014 113 years, 112 days United StatesUSA
18 Edna Bowman F 3 June 1901 19 Apr 2014 112 years, 320 days United StatesUSA
Carmen Atencio [3] F 25 July 1901 10 June 2014 112 years, 320 days ColombiaCOL
19 Hanae Kimura F 8 Aug 1901 16 June 2014 112 years, 312 days JapanJPN
20 Flora Thibodeau F 24 Mar 1901 22 Jan 2014 112 years, 304 days CanadaCAN
21 Maria Concha Perez-Cidad F 9 Dec 1901 30 Sept 2014 112 years, 295 days SpainESP
22 Marietta Capizzi F 30 Jan 1901 10 Nov 2013 112 years, 284 days ItalyITAUnited StatesUSA
23 Rosa Bandini F 11 Sept 1901 12 June 2014 112 years, 274 days ItalyITA
24 Adea Pellerin-Cormier F 11 Sep 1901 24 May 2014 112 years, 255 days CanadaCAN
25 Mollie Wood F 26 Apr 1901 17 Dec 2013 112 years, 235 days United StatesUSA
26 Hana Shindo F 29 Oct 1901 20 June 2014 112 years, 234 days JapanJPN
Leola Washington F 2 Mar 1901 13 Oct 2013 112 years, 225 days United StatesUSA
27 Jane Gray F 1 Dec 1901 7 June 2014 112 years, 188 days United KingdomUK AustraliaAUS
28 Francisca Garcia-Torres F 13 Sept 1901 25 Feb 2014 112 years, 165 days SpainESP
29 Annie Harris F 17 Oct 1901 18 Mar 2014 112 years, 152 days United StatesUSA
30 Esther Ecklund F 28 Oct 1901 12 Mar 2014 112 years, 135 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
Gertrud Henze F 8 Dec 1901 22 Apr 2014 112 years, 135 days GermanyGER
32 Suzanne Burrier F 14 Mar 1901 14 July 2013 112 years, 122 days FranceFRA
33 Natsuko Fujiwara F 29 Sept 1901 23 Jan 2014 112 years, 116 days JapanJPN
34 To Tajiri F 23 Oct 1901 2 Feb 2014 112 years, 102 days JapanJPN
35 Salustiano Sanchez M 8 June 1901 13 Sept 2013 112 years, 97 days SpainESPUnited StatesUSA
36 Mable Ragan F 1 Feb 1901 30 Apr 2013 112 years, 88 days United StatesUSA
37 Kathleen McManners F 6 July 1901 20 Sept 2013 112 years, 76 days United KingdomUK
38 Sou Osada F 2 Jan 1901 9 Feb 2013 112 years, 38 days JapanJPN
Eduarda Estrada Cabrera F 13 Oct 1901 17 Nov 2013 112 years, 35 days MexicoMEX
39 Yoshi Kitamura F 1 June 1901 29 May 2013 111 years, 362 days JapanJPN
40 Madeleine Mieze F 28 Apr 1901 14 Apr 2013 111 years, 351 days FranceFRA
Masayo Okamoto F 21 Sep 1901 7 Sept 2013 111 years, 351 days JapanJPN
42 Ellaline Redmond F 20 Mar 1901 27 Feb 2013 111 years, 344 days United KingdomUK
43 James McCoubrey M 13 Sept 1901 5 July 2013 111 years, 295 days CanadaCANUnited StatesUSA
44 Eddye Williams F 4 Jan 1901 21 Sept 2012 111 years, 261 days United StatesUSA
45 Mayetta Miller F 15 Apr 1901 31 Dec 2012 111 years, 260 days United StatesUSA
46 Irene Pearce F 5 Jan 1901 6 Sept 2012 111 years, 245 days United KingdomUK
47 Masayo Ogawara F 2 Aug 1901 2 Apr 2013 111 years, 243 days JapanJPN
48 Marion Sawyer F 5 July 1901 26 Feb 2013 111 years, 236 days United KingdomUK United StatesUSA
49 Ruby Clawson F 15 July 1901 11 Feb 2013 111 years, 211 days United StatesUSA
50 Olive Deschamps F 22 Feb 1901 18 Sept 2012 111 years, 209 days FranceFRA
51 Gloriam Bellerive-Hebert F 28 June 1901 14 Jan 2013 111 years, 200 days CanadaCAN
Hallie Mae Barnes F 10 July 1901 26 Jan 2013 111 years, 200 days United StatesUSA
53 Rosa Frau F 12 Aug 1901 14 Feb 2013 111 years, 186 days ItalyITA
54 Amanda McClenahan F 6 Aug 1901 7 Feb 2013 111 years, 185 days United StatesUSA
55 Melva Radcliffe F 3 Mar 1901 31 Aug 2012 111 years, 181 days United StatesUSA
56 Elisabeth Schneider F 19 Aug 1901 9 Feb 2013 111 years, 174 days GermanyGER
57 Ernesta Pizzocri F 20 Aug 1901 6 Feb 2013 111 years, 170 days ItalyITA
58 Clara Sutton F 14 Mar 1901 26 Aug 2012 111 years, 165 days United StatesUSA
59 Soto Yamamoto F 10 Apr 1901 17 Sept 2012 111 years, 160 days JapanJPN
60 Viola Knack F 18 Aug 1901 17 Jan 2013 111 years, 152 days United StatesUSA
61 Beulah Christie F 25 Aug 1901 20 Jan 2013 111 years, 148 days United StatesUSA
62 Katherine Wowchuk F 18 Aug 1901 8 Jan 2013 111 years, 143 days UkraineUKRCanadaCAN
63 Shelby Harris M 31 Mar 1901 25 July 2012 111 years, 116 days United StatesUSA
64 Odette Ambuhler F 17 Sept 1901 31 Dec 2012 111 years, 105 days FranceFRA
65 Eva McConnell F 5 May 1901 15 Aug 2012 111 years, 102 days AustraliaAUS
66 Maud Ellis F 28 Sept 1901 14 Dec 2012 111 years, 77 days United KingdomUK
67 Makaru Nakanishi M 15 Dec 1901 28 Feb 2013 111 years, 75 days JapanJPN
68 Yasu Kushima F 10 May 1901 2 July 2012 111 years, 53 days JapanJPN
69 Carmen Pacheco de Carrasco F 26 Nov 1901 16 Jan 2013 111 years, 51 days VenezuelaVEN
70 Francisco Fernandez M 24 July 1901 7 Sept 2012 111 years, 45 days SpainESP
71 Madeleine Chiron F 13 Sept 1901 26 Oct 2012 111 years, 43 days FranceFRA
72 Suzanne Hallet F 17 Sept 1901 23 Oct 2012 111 years, 36 days FranceFRA
73 Germaine Lafond F 27 July 1901 20 Aug 2012 111 years, 24 days FranceFRA
Ivory Ross-Lambert F 16 Sept 1901 10 Oct 2012 111 years, 24 days United StatesUSA
75 Giovanni Ligato M 18 Feb 1901 2 Mar 2012 111 years, 13 days ItalyITA
76 Emilienne Nacry F 10 Mar 1901 10 Mar 2012 111 years, 0 days FranceFRA
77 Sietje Cornelia Hof F 7 Jan 1901 23 Dec 2011 110 years, 350 days NetherlandsNEDUnited StatesUSA
Florence Green F 19 Feb 1901 4 Feb 2012 110 years, 350 days United KingdomUK
79 Olga de Almeida Fiuza F 3 Nov 1901 12 Oct 2012 110 years, 344 days BrazilBRA
80 Tome Sagara F 10 Aug 1901 10 July 2012 110 years, 335 days JapanJPN
81 Yoshio Nakagawa M 19 Dec 1901 16 Nov 2012 110 years, 333 days JapanJPN
82 Catherine Dion F 26 July 1901 21 June 2012 110 years, 331 days CanadaCANUnited StatesUSA
83 Concetta la Rocca-Fera F 4 June 1901 29 Apr 2012 110 years, 330 days ItalyITA
84 Fuji Miyawaki F 10 Apr 1901 22 Feb 2012 110 years, 318 days JapanJPN
85 Cacilia Buchinger F 27 Sept 1901 6 Aug 2012 110 years, 314 days AustriaAUT
Tsuya Yamaguchi F 22 Dec 1901 31 Oct 2012 110 years, 314 days JapanJPN
87 Mary Tankursley F 21 Feb 1901 28 Dec 2011 110 years, 310 days United StatesUSA
88 Dolores Lauenroth F 13 Jun 1901 6 Apr 2012 110 years, 298 days United StatesUSA
89 Jeanne Rannou F 14 Sept 1901 2 July 2012 110 years, 292 days FranceFRA
90 Kikutaro Maruhata M 20 Dec 1901 4 Oct 2012 110 years, 289 days JapanJPN
91 Trudie Martin F 19 Oct 1901 27 July 2012 110 years, 282 days United StatesUSA
92 Rose Berman F 17 Apr 1901 12 Jan 2012 110 years, 271 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
93 Maria Felicia Bento F 13 Apr 1901 29 Dec 2011 110 years, 265 days PortugalPOR
94 Kou Takayanagi F 24 July 1901 8 Apr 2012 110 years, 259 days JapanJPN
95 Michino Takenaka F 22 June 1901 4 Mar 2012 110 years, 256 days JapanJPN
Yae Yabuki F 25 June 1901 7 Mar 2012 110 years, 256 days JapanJPN
97 Zoraida Ormaeche Rojas F 23 Feb 1901 2 Nov 2011 110 years, 252 days PeruPER
98 Elizabeth Gauthier F 5 June 1901 10 Feb 2012 110 years, 250 days United StatesUSA
99 Mary Spinner F 20 Feb 1901 21 Oct 2011 110 years, 243 days United StatesUSA
Alma Mack F 6 Dec 1901 5 Aug 2012 110 years, 243 days United StatesUSA
101 Janet Roberts F 13 Aug 1901 6 Apr 2012 110 years, 237 days United KingdomUK
102 Alta Nelson F 24 July 1901 12 Mar 2012 110 years, 232 days United StatesUSA
103 Marie-Noemie Malric F 22 Dec 1901 6 Aug 2012 110 years, 228 days FranceFRALebanonLBN
104 Shige Taminato F 15 Nov 1901 27 June 2012 110 years, 225 days JapanJPN
105 Gladys Lannigan F 20 May 1901 23 Dec 2011 110 years, 217 days United KingdomUK
106 Ethel Wood F 16 Jan 1901 19 Aug 2011 110 years, 215 days GuernseyGGY,United Kingdom UK United KingdomUK
107 Maria Giovanna Giudice F 28 Sept 1901 25 Apr 2012 110 years, 210 days ItalyITA
Emma Kennedy F 8 Apr 1901 4 Nov 2011 110 years, 210 days CanadaCAN
109 Karolina Grober F 27 Apr 1901 21 Nov 2011 110 years, 208 days GermanyGER
110 Helene Nilsen F 7 Apr 1901 31 Oct 2011 110 years, 207 days NorwayNOR
Francile Reeves F 1 July 1901 24 Jan 2012 110 years, 207 days United StatesUSA
112 Giuseppe Mirabella M 6 Sept 1901 30 Mar 2012 110 years, 206 days ItalyITA
113 Kamado Uehara F 15 Sept 1901 27 Mar 2012 110 years, 194 days JapanJPN
114 Vitalia Scodina F 14 Feb 1901 22 Aug 2011 110 years, 189 days ItalyITA
115 Maria Osswald F 25 Sept 1901 29 Mar 2012 110 years, 186 days GermanyGER
116 Anonymous of Madrid M 12 Sept 1901 13 Mar 2012 110 years, 183 days SpainESP
117 Yone Tsukiyama F 1 Nov 1901 24 Apr 2012 110 years, 175 days JapanJPN
118 Rosina Carli F 23 Apr 1901 8 Oct 2011 110 years, 168 days ItalyITAFranceFRA
119 Kathleen Grimwood F 19 Aug 1901 25 Jan 2012 110 years, 159 days United KingdomUK
120 Johanna Sell F 28 Nov 1901 1 May 2012 110 years, 155 days United StatesUSA
121 Chiyo Morita F 29 Mar 1901 29 Aug 2011 110 years, 153 days JapanJPN
122 Ruth Coleman F 28 Nov 1901 28 Apr 2012 110 years, 152 days United StatesUSA
123 Shinobu Kamimura F 6 Feb 1901 7 July 2011 110 years, 151 days JapanJPN
124 Mary Rothstein F 6 Mar 1901 2 Aug 2011 110 years, 149 days RussiaRUSAustraliaAUS
125 Goyo Hirose F 8 Nov 1901 4 Apr 2012 110 years, 148 days JapanJPN
126 Elsie Rich F 6 Aug 1901 29 Dec 2011 110 years, 145 days AustriaAUTUnited StatesUSA
127 Kiku Okano F 7 Nov 1901 16 Mar 2012 110 years, 130 days JapanJPN
128 Line Marmajou F 20 Dec 1901 25 Apr 2012 110 years, 127 days FranceFRA
129 Adelfa Hernandez Lopez F 21 Oct 1901 18 Feb 2012 110 years, 120 days ColombiaCOL
130 Louise Michaels F 20 Nov 1901 16 Mar 2012 110 years, 117 days United StatesUSA
131 Maria de Jaeger F 15 Jan 1901 30 Apr 2011 110 years, 105 days BelgiumBEL
132 Jeannie Pattison F 31 May 1901 9 Sept 2011 110 years, 101 days United KingdomUK
133 Tsuru Kamori F 30 Jan 1901 8 May 2011 110 years, 98 days JapanJPN
134 Noemi Bisso de Zanetta F 15 Apr 1901 19 July 2011 110 years, 95 days ArgentinaARG
Henrietta Taul F 14 July 1901 17 Oct 2011 110 years, 95 days United StatesUSA
136 Takeno Sakata F 28 Dec 1901 24 Mar 2012 110 years, 87 days JapanJPN
137 Tsuya Takada F 3 Mar 1901 28 May 2011 110 years, 86 days JapanJPN
138 Blanche Coward F 17 Dec 1901 27 Feb 2012 110 years, 72 days United KingdomUK AustraliaAUS
139 Tomasa Cusine Mora F 17 Dec 1901 24 Feb 2012 110 years, 69 days SpainESP
140 Giuseppina Danesin F 24 June 1901 30 Aug 2011 110 years, 67 days ItalyITA
Inamae Robey F 3 Nov 1901 9 Jan 2012 110 years, 67 days United StatesUSA
142 Claude Choules M 3 Mar 1901 5 May 2011 110 years, 63 days United KingdomUK AustraliaAUS
143 Marie Chatelier F 23 Mar 1901 9 May 2011 110 years, 47 days FranceFRA
144 Ruth Galmon F 30 Mar 1901 9 May 2011 110 years, 40 days United StatesUSA
145 Agar Lupelli F 20 Oct 1901 27 Nov 2011 110 years, 38 days ItalyITA
146 Salvatorica Pitzolu F 10 Dec 1901 16 Jan 2012 110 years, 37 days ItalyITA
147 Frank Buckles M 1 Feb 1901 27 Feb 2011 110 years, 26 days United StatesUSA
148 Elda Cattoni F 20 July 1901 9 Aug 2011 110 years, 20 days ItalyITA
149 Rose Haddad F 15 Apr 1901 29 Apr 2011 110 years, 14 days SyriaSYRUnited StatesUSA
150 Mattie Caldwell F 6 Mar 1901 18 Mar 2011 110 years, 12 days United StatesUSA
Kana Taira F 1 June 1901 13 June 2011 110 years, 12 days JapanJPN
152 Maria Marcote-Boullosa F 28 Sept 1901 4 Oct 2011 110 years, 6 days SpainESP
Alma Petersen F 5 Oct 1901 11 Oct 2011 110 years, 6 days United StatesUSA

Incomplete Claims

      Validated       Unvalidated

Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
Jane Young F 22 June 1901 fl. 13 July 2013 112 years, 21+ days JamaicaJAM
Anonymous (Hiroshima) F 1 Mar 1901 July 2011 110 years, 122-152 days JapanJPN
Michie Honda F 28 Mar 1901 Nov 2013 112 years, 218-247 days JapanJPN
Chiyo Fukagawa F 5 June 1901 Feb 2015 113 years, 241-268 days JapanJPN
Sugano Suzuki F 28 July 1901 June 2012 110 years, 309-338 days JapanJPN
Sada Shinomori F 25 Aug 1901 July 2012 110 years, 311-341 days JapanJPN
Kinu Mori F 1 Sept 1901 Dec 2012 111 years, 91-121 days JapanJPN
Yusato Ogawa F Jan/15 Sept 1901 Oct 2011 110 years, 15-303 days JapanJPN
Matsuyo Kageyama F 10 Oct 1901 Jan 2016 114 years, 83-113 days JapanJPN
Kameno Nosaka F 4 Nov 1901 Apr 2013 111 years, 148-177 days JapanJPN
Guillermina Acosta Bilbao F 27 Nov 1901 c.15 Feb 2017 115 years, c.80 days PanamaPAN
Anonymous (Chiba) F 15 Sept/Nov 1901 Nov 2012 111 years, 0-76 days JapanJPN
Teruko Okada F Sept/Dec 1901 Apr 2012 110 years, 92-213 days JapanJPN
Urbana Santiago [4] F 2 Feb 1901? ? 110 years, 0+ days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA


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