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This list includes only top 100 oldest validated people ever and top 100 oldest validated men ever, for more see: Oldest validated supercentenarians All-Time and List of validated male supercentenarians.
This is a list of the 100 oldest verified people in world history and list of the 100 oldest verified men in world history. In order to be included on this list, an age claim must have been verified by an international, rather than a national, body. The title of oldest verified person in history belongs to French woman Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) who lived to be 122 years, 164 days, and the title of oldest verified man in history belongs to Japanese Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) who lived 116 years, 54 days. However, the age claim of Anisio Rodrigues Alves (1892–2009) who died at the age of 116 years, 229 days, is currently pending validation by the Gerontology Research Group and Guinness World Records.

A supercentenarian is considered "verified" if his or her claim has been accepted by an international body that specifically engages in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), International Database on Longevity (IDL) or Guinness World Records (GWR).

100 oldest people ever

      Deceased (Validated)
      Living (Validated)
      Pending

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country of death
or residence
1 Jeanne Calment F 21 Feb 1875 4 Aug 1997 122 years, 164 days FranceFRA
2 Kane Tanaka F 2 Jan 1903 19 Apr 2022 119 years, 107 days JapanJPN
3 Sarah Knauss F 24 Sept 1880 30 Dec 1999 119 years, 97 days United StatesUSA
4 Lucile Randon F 11 Feb 1904 17 Jan 2023 118 years, 340 days FranceFRA
5 Nabi Tajima F 4 Aug 1900 21 Apr 2018 117 years, 260 days JapanJPN
6 Marie-Louise Meilleur F 29 Aug 1880 16 Apr 1998 117 years, 230 days CanadaCAN
7 Violet Brown F 10 Mar 1900 15 Sept 2017 117 years, 189 days JamaicaJAM
8 Maria Branyas Morera F 4 Mar 1907 19 Aug 2024 117 years, 168 days SpainESP
9 Emma Morano F 29 Nov 1899 15 Apr 2017 117 years, 137 days ItalyITA
10 Chiyo Miyako F 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days JapanJPN
11 Delphia Welford F 9 Sept 1875 14 Nov 1992 117 years, 66 days United StatesUSA
12 Misao Okawa F 5 Mar 1898 1 Apr 2015 117 years, 27 days JapanJPN
13 Francisca Celsa dos Santos F 21 Oct 1904 5 Oct 2021 116 years, 349 days BrazilBRA
14 Maria Capovilla F 14 Sept 1889 27 Aug 2006 116 years, 347 days EcuadorECU
15 Inah Canabarro Lucas F 8 June 1908 30 Apr 2025 116 years, 326 days BrazilBRA
16 Susannah Mushatt Jones F 6 July 1899 12 May 2016 116 years, 311 days United StatesUSA
17 Gertrude Weaver F 4 July 1898 6 Apr 2015 116 years, 276 days United StatesUSA
18 Julia Maria Francisca Simao F 9 Jan 1901 8 Oct 2017 116 years, 272 days BrazilBRA
19 Fusa Tatsumi F 25 Apr 1907 12 Dec 2023 116 years, 231 days JapanJPN
Anisio Rodrigues Alves M 30 Dec 1892 16 Aug 2009 116 years, 229 days BrazilBRA
20 Antonia da Santa Cruz F 13 June 1905 23 Jan 2022 116 years, 224 days BrazilBRA
21 Tomiko Itooka F 23 May 1908 29 Dec 2024 116 years, 220 days JapanJPN
22 Tane Ikai F 18 Jan 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days JapanJPN
23 Jeanne Bot F 14 Jan 1905 22 May 2021 116 years, 128 days FranceFRA
24 Elizabeth Bolden F 15 Aug 1890 11 Dec 2006 116 years, 118 days United StatesUSA
25 Besse Cooper F 26 Aug 1896 4 Dec 2012 116 years, 100 days United StatesUSA
26 Maria Giuseppa Robucci F 20 Mar 1903 18 June 2019 116 years, 90 days ItalyITA
27 Tekla Juniewicz F 10 June 1906 19 Aug 2022 116 years, 70 days PolandPOL
28 Jiroemon Kimura M 19 Apr 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days JapanJPN
29 Ana Vela Rubio F 29 Oct 1901 15 Dec 2017 116 years, 47 days SpainESP
30 Giuseppina Projetto F 30 May 1902 6 July 2018 116 years, 37 days ItalyITA
31 Easter Wiggins F 1 June 1874 7 July 1990 116 years, 36 days United StatesUSA
32 Jeralean Talley F 23 May 1899 17 June 2015 116 years, 25 days United StatesUSA
33 Edie Ceccarelli F 5 Feb 1908 22 Feb 2024 116 years, 17 days United StatesUSA
34 Ella Miller F 6 Dec 1884 21 Nov 2000 115 years, 351 days United StatesUSA
35 Shigeyo Nakachi F 1 Feb 1905 11 Jan 2021 115 years, 345 days JapanJPN
36 Ethel Caterham F 21 Aug 1909 Living 115 years, 326 days United KingdomUK
37 Maggie Barnes F 6 Mar 1882 19 Jan 1998 115 years, 319 days United StatesUSA
38 Dina Manfredini F 4 Apr 1897 17 Dec 2012 115 years, 257 days United StatesUSA
39 Shimoe Akiyama F 19 May 1903 29 Jan 2019 115 years, 255 days JapanJPN
40 Christian Mortensen M 16 Aug 1882 25 Apr 1998 115 years, 252 days United StatesUSA
41 Hester Ford F 15 Aug 1905 17 Apr 2021 115 years, 245 days United StatesUSA
42 Okagi Hayashi F 2 Sep 1909 26 Apr 2025 115 years, 236 days JapanJPN
43 Charlotte Hughes F 1 Aug 1877 17 Mar 1993 115 years, 228 days United KingdomUK
44 Edna Parker F 20 Apr 1893 26 Nov 2008 115 years, 220 days United StatesUSA
45 Mary Ann Rhodes F 12 Aug 1882 3 Mar 1998 115 years, 203 days CanadaCAN
46 Harumi Nakamura F 15 Mar 1900 27 Sept 2015 115 years, 196 days JapanJPN
47 Margaret Skeete F 27 Oct 1878 7 May 1994 115 years, 192 days United StatesUSA
48 Magdalena Oliver Gabarro F 31 Oct 1903 1 May 2019 115 years, 182 days SpainESP
49 Bernice Madigan F 24 July 1899 3 Jan 2015 115 years, 163 days United StatesUSA
50 Gertrude Baines F 6 Apr 1894 11 Sept 2009 115 years, 158 days United StatesUSA
51 Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 21 Aug 1891 24 Jan 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
52 Bettie Wilson F 13 Sept 1890 13 Feb 2006 115 years, 153 days United StatesUSA
53 Shin Matsushita F 30 Mar 1904 27 Aug 2019 115 years, 150 days JapanJPN
54 Iris Westman F 28 Aug 1905 3 Jan 2021 115 years, 128 days United StatesUSA
55 Julie Winnefred Bertrand F 16 Sept 1891 18 Jan 2007 115 years, 124 days CanadaCAN
56 Maria de Jesus F 10 Sept 1893 2 Jan 2009 115 years, 114 days PortugalPOR
57 Marie-Josephine Gaudette F 25 Mar 1902 13 July 2017 115 years, 110 days ItalyITA
58 Susie Gibson F 31 Oct 1890 16 Feb 2006 115 years, 108 days United StatesUSA
Thelma Sutcliffe F 1 Oct 1906 17 Jan 2022 115 years, 108 days United StatesUSA
60 Edna Kern F 14 Oct 1900 20 Jan 2016 115 years, 98 days United StatesUSA
61 Elizabeth Francis F 25 July 1909 22 Oct 2024 115 years, 89 days United StatesUSA
62 Casilda Benegas F 8 Apr 1907 28 June 2022 115 years, 81 days ArgentinaARG
63 Augusta Holtz F 3 Aug 1871 21 Oct 1986 115 years, 79 days United StatesUSA
64 Guillermina Acosta Bilbao F 27 Nov 1901 13 Feb 2017 115 years, 78 days PanamaPAN
65 Valentine Ligny F 22 Oct 1906 4 Jan 2022 115 years, 74 days FranceFRA
66 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper F 29 June 1890 30 Aug 2005 115 years, 62 days NetherlandsNED
67 Bessie Hendricks F 7 Nov 1907 3 Jan 2023 115 years, 57 days United StatesUSA
68 Marie-Rose Tessier F 21 May 1910 Living 115 years, 53 days FranceFRA
69 Mina Kitagawa F 3 Nov 1905 19 Dec 2020 115 years, 46 days JapanJPN
70 Marie Bremont F 25 Apr 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days FranceFRA
71 Yoshi Otsunari F 17 Dec 1906 26 Jan 2022 115 years, 40 days JapanJPN
72 Katie Hatton F 18 Dec 1876 24 Jan 1992 115 years, 37 days United StatesUSA
73 Maud Farris-Luse F 21 Feb 1887 18 Mar 2002 115 years, 25 days United StatesUSA
74 Koto Okubo F 24 Dec 1897 12 Jan 2013 115 years, 19 days JapanJPN
75 Antonia Gerena Rivera F 19 May 1900 2 June 2015 115 years, 14 days United StatesUSA
76 Chiyono Hasegawa F 20 Nov 1896 2 Dec 2011 115 years, 12 days JapanJPN
77 Annie Jennings F 12 Nov 1884 20 Nov 1999 115 years, 8 days United KingdomUK
78 Anonymous F 29 Apr 1907 30 Apr 2022 115 years, 1 day JapanJPN
79 Eva Morris F 8 Nov 1885 2 Nov 2000 114 years, 360 days United KingdomUK
80 Kama Chinen F 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days JapanJPN
81 Mary Bidwell F 9 May 1881 25 Apr 1996 114 years, 352 days United StatesUSA
82 Sofia Rojas de Diaz F 13 Aug 1907 30 July 2022 114 years, 351 days ColombiaCOL
83 Maria Gomes Valentim F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days BrazilBRA
84 Hazel Plummer F 19 June 1908 25 May 2023 114 years, 340 days United StatesUSA
85 Ophelia Burks F 25 Oct 1903 27 Sept 2018 114 years, 337 days United StatesUSA
86 Eliza Underwood F 15 March 1866 27 January 1981 114 years, 318 days United StatesUSA
87 Juan Vicente Perez Mora M 27 May 1909 2 Apr 2024 114 years, 311 days VenezuelaVEN
88 Kahoru Furuya F 18 Feb 1908 25 Dec 2022 114 years, 310 days JapanJPN
89 Mary Josephine Ray F 17 May 1895 7 Mar 2010 114 years, 294 days United StatesUSA
90 Goldie Steinberg F 30 Oct 1900 16 Aug 2015 114 years, 290 days United StatesUSA
Naomi Whitehead F 26 Sept 1910 Living 114 years, 290 days United StatesUSA
92 Kiyoko Ishiguro F 4 Mar 1901 5 Dec 2015 114 years, 276 days JapanJPN
93 Maria do Couto Maia F 24 Oct 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days PortugalPOR
Eudoxie Baboul F 1 Oct 1901 1 July 2016 FranceFRA
95 Izabel Rosa Pereira F 13 Oct 1910 Living 114 years, 273 days BrazilBRA
96 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan F 1 Sept 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 271 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
Yukie Hino F 17 Apr 1902 13 Jan 2017 JapanJPN
98 Charlotte Kretschmann F 3 Dec 1909 27 Aug 2024 114 years, 268 days GermanyGER
99 Horacio Celi Mendoza M 3 Jan 1897 25 Sept 2011 114 years, 265 days PeruPER
Delphine Gibson F 17 Aug 1903 9 May 2018 United StatesUSA

100 oldest men ever

      Deceased (Validated)
      Living (Validated)
      Pending

Rank Name Birth date Death date Age Country of death
or residence
Anisio Rodrigues Alves 30 Dec 1892 16 Aug 2009 116 years, 229 days BrazilBRA
1 Jiroemon Kimura 19 Apr 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days JapanJPN
2 Christian Mortensen 16 Aug 1882 25 Apr 1998 115 years, 252 days United StatesUSA
3 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 21 Aug 1891 24 Jan 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
4 Juan Vicente Perez Mora 27 May 1909 2 Apr 2024 114 years, 311 days VenezuelaVEN
5 Horacio Celi Mendoza 3 Jan 1897 25 Sept 2011 114 years, 265 days PeruPER
6 Walter Breuning 21 Sept 1896 14 Apr 2011 114 years, 205 days United StatesUSA
7 Yukichi Chuganji 23 Mar 1889 28 Sept 2003 114 years, 189 days JapanJPN
8 Tomas Pinales Figuereo 31 Mar 1906 24 Sept 2020 114 years, 177 days Dominican RepublicDOM
9 Joan Riudavets Moll 15 Dec 1889 5 Mar 2004 114 years, 81 days SpainESP
10 Fred Hale 1 Dec 1890 19 Nov 2004 113 years, 354 days United StatesUSA
11 Yisrael Kristal 15 Sept 1903 11 Aug 2017 113 years, 330 days IsraelISR
12 Efrain Antonio Rios Garcia 4 Apr 1910 11 Jan 2024 113 years, 282 days ColombiaCOL
13 Tomoji Tanabe 18 Sept 1895 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days JapanJPN
14 John McMorran 19 June 1889 24 Feb 2003 113 years, 250 days United StatesUSA
15 Masazo Nonaka 25 July 1905 20 Jan 2019 113 years, 179 days JapanJPN
16 Mauro Ambriz Tapia 21 Nov 1897 18 Apr 2011 113 years, 148 days MexicoMEX
17 Frederick Frazier 27 Jan 1880 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days United StatesUSA
18 Eusebio Quintero Lopez 6 Mar 1910 16 July 2023 113 years, 132 days ColombiaCOL
19 Donald Butler 21 Aug 1885 27 Dec 1998 113 years, 128 days United StatesUSA
20 James Sisnett 22 Feb 1900 23 May 2013 113 years, 90 days BarbadosBRB
Wenceslao Leyva Gonzalez 28 Sept 1903 27 Dec 2016 MexicoMEX
22 Domingo Villa Avisencio 26 Aug 1906 3 Nov 2019 113 years, 69 days MexicoMEX
23 Maximiano Jose dos Santos 22 Feb 1893 25 Apr 2006 113 years, 62 days BrazilBRA
24 Walter Richardson 7 Nov 1885 25 Dec 1998 113 years, 48 days United StatesUSA
25 Francisco Nunez Olivera 13 Dec 1904 29 Jan 2018 113 years, 47 days SpainESP
26 Henry Allingham 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days United KingdomUK
27 Emilio Flores Marquez 8 Aug 1908 12 Aug 2021 113 years, 4 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
28 Chitetsu Watanabe 5 Mar 1907 23 Feb 2020 112 years, 355 days JapanJPN
29 Antonio Todde 22 Jan 1889 3 Jan 2002 112 years, 346 days ItalyITA
30 Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia 11 Feb 1909 18 Jan 2022 112 years, 341 days SpainESP
31 Moses Hardy 6 Jan 1894 7 Dec 2006 112 years, 335 days United StatesUSA
32 Yasutaro Koide 13 Mar 1903 19 Jan 2016 112 years, 312 days JapanJPN
33 John Evans 19 Aug 1877 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days United KingdomUK
34 Joao Marinho Neto 5 Oct 1912 Living 112 years, 281 days BrazilBRA
35 Shi Ping 1 Nov 1911 29 June 2024 112 years, 241 days ChinaCHN
36 Richard Overton 11 May 1906 27 Dec 2018 112 years, 230 days United StatesUSA
37 Delio Venturotti 25 Oct 1909 1 June 2022 112 years, 219 days BrazilBRA
38 Denzo Ishizaki 2 Oct 1886 29 Apr 1999 112 years, 209 days JapanJPN
39 George Francis 6 June 1896 27 Dec 2008 112 years, 204 days United StatesUSA
40 James King 15 Nov 1854 5 June 1967 112 years, 202 days United StatesUSA
41 Georges Thomas 19 Nov 1911 1 June 2024 112 years, 195 days FranceFRA
42 Josep Armengol Jover 23 July 1881 20 Jan 1994 112 years, 181 days SpainESP
43 Giovanni Frau 29 Dec 1890 19 June 2003 112 years, 172 days ItalyITA
44 Jules Theobald 17 Apr 1909 5 Oct 2021 112 years, 171 days Martinique (France)MTQ,FranceFRA
45 John Painter 20 Sept 1888 1 Mar 2001 112 years, 162 days United StatesUSA
46 Marcel Meys 12 July 1909 15 Dec 2021 112 years, 156 days FranceFRA
47 Masamitsu Yoshida 30 May 1904 29 Oct 2016 112 years, 152 days JapanJPN
48 Sakari Momoi 5 Feb 1903 5 July 2015 112 years, 150 days JapanJPN
49 Victor Chanca Santos 14 June 1910 9 Nov 2022 112 years, 148 days PeruPER
50 Gisaburo Sonobe 6 Nov 1911 31 Mar 2024 112 years, 146 days JapanJPN
51 Efrain Nunez Nunez 28 Dec 1904 22 May 2017 112 years, 145 days Dominican RepublicDOM
52 Alphaeus Philemon Cole 12 July 1876 25 Nov 1988 112 years, 136 days United StatesUSA
53 Augusto Moreira de Oliveira 6 Oct 1896 13 Feb 2009 112 years, 130 days PortugalPOR
54 Joao Zanol 13 Oct 1907 12 Feb 2020 112 years, 122 days BrazilBRA
55 George Johnson 1 May 1894 30 Aug 2006 112 years, 121 days United StatesUSA
Mikizo Ueda 11 May 1910 9 Sept 2022 112 years, 121 days JapanJPN
57 Lawrence Brooks 12 Sept 1909 5 Jan 2022 112 years, 115 days United StatesUSA
58 Josino Levino Ferreira 3 Apr 1913 Living 112 years, 101 days BrazilBRA
59 Salustiano Sanchez 8 June 1901 13 Sept 2013 112 years, 97 days United StatesUSA
60 Park Fountain Heard 18 May 1882 18 Aug 1994 112 years, 92 days United StatesUSA
61 John Tinniswood 26 Aug 1912 25 Nov 2024 112 years, 91 days United KingdomUK
62 CP Crawford 25 Aug 1907 23 Nov 2019 112 years, 90 days United StatesUSA
63 Jorge Duran Coral 23 Apr 1909 21 July 2021 112 years, 89 days MexicoMEX
64 Yoshikazu Yamashita 10 Apr 1907 7 July 2019 112 years, 88 days JapanJPN
65 Gengan Tonaki 30 Oct 1884 24 Jan 1997 112 years, 86 days JapanJPN
66 Bob Weighton 29 Mar 1908 28 May 2020 112 years, 60 days United KingdomUK
67 Tadanosuke Hashimoto 27 Apr 1891 31 May 2003 112 years, 34 days JapanJPN
68 Ilie Ciocan 10 June 1913 Living 112 years, 33 days RomaniaROU
69 Kumekichi Tani 20 Apr 1891 12 May 2003 112 years, 22 days JapanJPN
70 Ernest Peronneau 7 Mar 1902 26 Mar 2014 112 years, 19 days United StatesUSA
71 George Feldman 2 Dec 1906 2 Dec 2018 112 years, 0 days United StatesUSA
72 Tsunahei Ogawa 9 Jan 1907 4 Jan 2019 111 years, 360 days JapanJPN
73 Arturo Licata 2 May 1902 24 Apr 2014 111 years, 357 days ItalyITA
74 Stanislaw Kowalski 14 Apr 1910 5 Apr 2022 111 years, 356 days PolandPOL
75 Silverio Pereira Ayala 11 June 1906 30 May 2018 111 years, 353 days ParaguayPAR
76 Frank Morimitsu 26 Dec 1886 9 Dec 1998 111 years, 348 days United StatesUSA
77 Walter Seward 13 Oct 1896 14 Sept 2008 111 years, 337 days United StatesUSA
78 Faustino Vargas Perez 27 Sept 1896 20 Aug 2008 111 years, 328 days Costa RicaCRI
79 Maurice Floquet 25 Dec 1894 10 Nov 2006 111 years, 320 days FranceFRA
80 Valerio Piroddi 13 Nov 1905 18 Sept 2017 111 years, 309 days ItalyITA
81 Shigeru Nakamura 11 Jan 1911 15 Nov 2022 111 years, 308 days JapanJPN
82 Arthur Nash 7 Jan 1885 4 Nov 1996 111 years, 302 days CanadaCAN
83 James McCoubrey 13 Sept 1901 5 July 2013 111 years, 295 days United StatesUSA
84 Ezra Hill 19 Dec 1910 4 Oct 2022 111 years, 289 days United StatesUSA
85 Ken Weeks 5 Oct 1913 Living 111 years, 281 days AustraliaAUS
86 John Mosley Turner 15 June 1856 21 Mar 1968 111 years, 280 days United KingdomUK
87 Hermann Dornemann 27 May 1893 2 Mar 2005 111 years, 279 days GermanyGER
88 Laurence Thompson 23 Jan 1887 24 Oct 1998 111 years, 274 days United StatesUSA
89 Agustin Reyes Ortiz 8 Feb 1887 6 Nov 1998 111 years, 271 days Puerto RicoPRI,United StatesUSA
90 Antonio Urrea Hernandez 18 Feb 1888 15 Nov 1999 111 years, 270 days SpainESP
91 Choki Miyagi 15 Nov 1904 7 Aug 2016 111 years, 266 days JapanJPN
92 Reuben Sinclair 5 Dec 1911 27 Aug 2023 111 years, 265 days CanadaCAN
93 Hilario Orozco Lemus 3 Nov 1913 Living 111 years, 252 days MexicoMEX
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez ColombiaCOL
95 Arthur Carter 5 Oct 1889 11 June 2001 111 years, 249 days United StatesUSA
96 Zhou Renqing 7 Nov 1913 Living 111 years, 248 days ChinaCHN
97 Santos Hildebrando Rivas Garcia 17 Aug 1911 17 Apr 2023 111 years, 243 days El SalvadorSLV
98 Jan Machiel Reyskens 11 May 1878 7 Jan 1990 111 years, 241 days NetherlandsNED
99 Jesus Mosteo Perez 1 Jan 1908 28 Aug 2019 111 years, 239 days SpainESP
100 Frank Sylvester 25 June 1893 12 Feb 2005 111 years, 232 days United StatesUSA

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