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Below is a list of of people, aged 105+, who are notable for reasons other than their own longevity. The criteria for inclusion is that they must have a Wikipedia page in at least one language.

List of oldest living notable people (105+)[]

Rank Name Sex Birth Age as of
5 Dec 2025
Nationality Reason for notability
1 Madeleine Dellamonica F 23 July 1912 113 years, 135 days French Egyptologist
2 Ilie Ciocan M 28 May 1913 112 years, 191 days Romanian Military personnel, Major and Veteran
3 Edith Renfrow Smith F 14 July 1914 111 years, 144 days American Student
4 James Clayton Flowers M 25 Dec 1915 109 years, 345 days American Tuskegee Airman
5 Kathe Menzel-Jordan F 7 Sep 1916 108 years,138 days French Novelist and farmer
6 Violet Hensley F 21 Oct 1916 109 years, 89 days German Architect
7 Frederico Fischer M 6 Jan 1917 108 years, 333 days Brazilian Masters athlete
8 Whang-od Oggay F 17 Feb 1917 108 years, 291 days Filipino Mambabatok or tattoo artist
9 Song Ping M 24 Apr 1917 108 years, 225 days Chinese Politician
10 Ena Collymore-Woodstock F 10 Sep 1917 108 years, 86 days Jamaican Barrister
11 Yang You M 17 Oct 1917 108 years, 49 days Chinese Scientist
12 Jean Turco M 19 Dec 1917 107 years, 351 days French Politician
13 Lloyd Geering M 26 Feb 1918 107 years, 282 days New Zealand Theologian
14 Elisabeth Waldo F 18 June 1918 107 years, 170 days American Composer and Ethnomusicologist
15 Brenda Milner F 15 July 1918 107 years, 143 days British-Canadian Neuropsychologist
16 Alfons Tomke M 16 July 1918 107 years, 142 days Polish Activist
17 Beatrice Lumpkin F 3 Aug 1918 107 years, 124 days American Political activist
18 Hortense McClinton F 27 Aug 1918 107 years, 100 days American Social worker
19 Paul Mwazha M 25 Oct 1918 107 years, 41 days Zimbabwean Founder and leader of the African Apostolic Church
20 Herbert I. Stern M 24 Dec 1918 106 years, 346 days American World War II battalion commander
21 Gerd Göran F 5 Jan 1919 106 years, 334 days Swedish Artist
22 Maj-Britt Håkansson F 29 Mar 1919 106 years, 251 days Swedish Actress
23 Hsu Li-nong M 4 Apr 1919 106 years, 245 days Taiwanese General
24 Caren Marsh Doll F 6 Apr 1919 106 years, 243 days American Actress and dancer
25 Osman Nuhu Sharubutu M 23 Apr 1919 106 years, 226 days Ghanaian Islamic cleric
26 Jim Miller M 30 May 1919 106 years, 189 days Australian Footballer
27 Wladyslaw Siemaszko M 8 Jun 1919 106 years, 180 days Polish Lawyer and Publicist
28 Nancy Stratford F 12 Jun 1919 106 years, 176 days American Aviator
29 Emogene Creque F 22 Jul 1919 106 years, 136 days British Virgin Islander Politician
30 Jehuda Widawski M 26 Jul 1919 106 years, 132 days Polish Textile entrepreneur
31 Rosa Tarlovsky de Roisinblit F 15 Aug 1919 106 years, 112 days Argentine Activist
32 Howard Bier M 20 Aug 1919 106 years, 107 days American Politician
33 Sister Jean F 21 Aug 1919 106 years, 106 days American Nun, Chaplain for the Loyola Ramblers men's basketball team
34 Edmond Gerald Meyer M 2 Nov 1919 106 years, 33 days American Emeritus professor of chemistry and former dean of the college of arts and sciences at the University of Wyoming
35 Maria Ehrenberg F 4 Nov 1919 106 years, 31 days German Botanist
36 Klaus Obermeyer M 2 Dec 1919 106 years, 3 days German-American Businessman
37 Marianne, Princess zu Sayn-Wittgenstein-Sayn F 9 Dec 1919 105 years, 361 days German Noblewoman, socialite and photographer
38 Henry Hu M 26 Feb 1920 105 years, 282 days Chinese Barrister
39 Francis Rigaud M 22 Mar 1920 105 years, 258 days French Film director, writer and producer
40 Ismet Elezi M 5 Apr 1920 105 years, 244 days Albanian Professor and World War II veteran
41 Kim Hyung-suk M 23 Apr 1920 105 years, 226 days Korean Writer and professor
42 Diana Armfield F 11 June 1920 105 years, 177 days British Artist

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