This is a list of the oldest person to die in a given year. For example, the oldest person to die in 1997 was Jeanne Calment. This article is under construction.
List
Validated (undisputed) Validated (disputed)
| Year | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Race | Country |
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| 1950 | Erika Erlandsson | F | 24 Jul 1844 | 15 Mar 1950 | 105 years, 234 days | W |  SWE
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| 1951 | Matilda Coppins | F | 11 Oct 1842 | 22 Dec 1951 | 109 years, 72 days | W |  UK
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| 1952 | Johanna Andersson | F | 17 Sep 1844 | 11 Aug 1952 | 107 years, 329 days | W | SWE
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| 1953 | Velgjer Svien | F | 10 Oct 1842 | 23 Jan 1953 | 110 years, 105 days | W |  NOR USA
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| 1954 | Julia Gray | F | 21 Mar 1847 | 1 Dec 1954 | 107 years, 255 days | W | UK
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| 1955 | Betsy Baker | F | 20 Aug 1842 | 24 Oct 1955 | 113 years, 65 days | W | UK USA
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| 1956 | Jennie Howell | F | 11 Feb 1845 | 16 Dec 1956 | 111 years, 309 days | W | UK USA
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| 1957 | Mathias Hansen Saether | F | 21 Oct 1848 | 7 Jan 1957 | 108 years, 78 days | W | NOR
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| 1958 | Anne Marie Carstenson | F | 24 Jan 1849 | 30 Mar 1958 | 109 years, 65 days | W |  DENUSA
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| 1959 | Catherine Waller | F | 1 Dec 1848 | 4 Jan 1959 | 110 years, 34 days | W | USA
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| 1960 | Louise Godejohann | F | 31 Dec 1849 | 30 June 1960 | 110 years, 182 days | W | USA
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| 1961 | James Hull | M | 23 Apr 1852 | 8 Sep 1961 | 109 years, 138 days | W | UK  AUS
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| 1962 | Ella Ille Rentel | F | 19 May 1852 | 19 Sep 1962 | 110 years, 123 days | W |  LTU GER
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| 1963 | Lovisa Svensson | F | 20 Nov 1853 | 17 Feb 1963 | 109 years, 89 days | W | SWE
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| 1964 | Mary Kelly | F | 7 Jun 1851 | 30 Dec 1964 | 113 years, 206 days | W | USA
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| 1965 | William Fullingim | M | 7 Jul 1855 | 6 Aug 1965 | 110 years, 30 days | W | USA
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| 1966 | Yoshigiku Ito | F | 3 Aug 1856 | 26 Nov 1966 | 110 years, 115 days | W |  JPN
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| 1967 | Jozsef Szuchar | M | 16 Feb 1857 | 11 Aug 1967 | 110 years, 176 days | W |  SVK
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| 1968 | Tome Horigome | F | 22 Jan 1857 | 14 Nov 1968 | 111 years, 297 days | W | JPN
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| 1969 | Haruno Shimada | F | 24 Dec 1857 | 31 Dec 1969 | 112 years, 7 days | W | JPN
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| 1970 | Ada Roe | F | 6 Feb 1858 | 11 Jan 1970 | 111 years, 339 days | W | UK
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| 1971 | Theophilus May | M | 5 Jan 1861 | 2 Dec 1971 | 110 years, 331 days | W | UK USA
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| 1972 | Mary Ann Cragie | F | 12 Oct 1862 | 17 Dec 1972 | 110 years, 66 days | W | UK
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| 1973 | Josefa Salas Mateo | F | 14 Jul 1860 | 27 Feb 1973 | 112 years, 228 days | W |  ESP
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| 1974 | Carrie Wood | F | 22 Jul 1863 | 27 Jun 1974 | 110 years, 340 days | W | USA
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| 1975 | Mito Umeta | F | 27 Mar 1863 | 31 May 1975 | 112 years, 65 days | W | JPN
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| 1976 | Niwa Kawamoto | F | 5 Aug 1863 | 16 Nov 1976 | 113 years, 103 days | W | JPN
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| 1977 | Sophia DeMuth | F | 30 Jun 1866 | 2 Dec 1977 | 111 years, 155 days | W | USA
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| 1978 | Marie-Virginie Duhem | F | 2 Aug 1866 | 25 Apr 1978 | 111 years, 266 days | W |  FRA
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| 1979 | Katharina Braun | F | 23 Sep 1867 | 5 Feb 1979 | 111 years, 135 days | W | GER
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| 1980 | Anna Murphy | F | 25 Apr 1867 | 23 Dec 1980 | 113 years, 242 days | W | USA
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| 1981 | Fannie Thomas | F | 14 Apr 1867 | 22 Jan 1981 | 113 years, 283 days | W | USA
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| 1982 | Nellie Spencer | F | 24 Aug 1869 | 13 Nov 1982 | 113 years, 81 days | W | USA
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| 1983 | Emma Wilson | F | 12 May 1870 | 13 Oct 1983 | 113 years, 154 days | W | USA
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| 1984 | Sabina Zieg | F | 12 Nov 1872 | 1 Dec 1984 | 112 years, 19 days | W | USA
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| 1985 | Ollie Bay | F | 11 Nov 1872 | 31 Dec 1985 | 113 years, 50 days | W | USA
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| 1986 | Augusta Holtz | F | 3 Aug 1871 | 21 Oct 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | W |  POLUSA
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| 1987 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 Jun 1873 | 27 Dec 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | W | UK
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| 1988 | Florence Knapp | F | 10 Oct 1873 | 11 Jan 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | W | USA
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| 1989 | Mary Royster | F | 15 Apr 1875 | 28 Dec 1989 | 114 years, 257 days | W | USA
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| 1990 | Easter Wiggins | F | 1 June 1875 | 7 July 1990 | 115 years, 36 days | W | USA
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| 1991 | Alice Sjoquist | F | 25 Oct 1878 | 7 Nov 1991 | 113 years, 13 days | W | UK  CAN
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| 1992 | Delphia Welford | F | 9 Sep 1875 | 14 Nov 1992 | 117 years, 66 days | B | USA
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| 1993 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 Aug 1877 | 17 Mar 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | W | UK
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| 1994 | Margaret Skeete | F | 27 Oct 1878 | 7 May 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | W | USA
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| 1995 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 Jan 1879 | 12 Jul 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | EA | JPN
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| 1996 | Mary Bidwell | F | 19 May 1881 | 25 Apr 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | W | USA
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| 1997 | Jeanne Calment | F | 21 Feb 1875 | 4 Aug 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | W | FRA
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| 1998 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | 29 Aug 1880 | 16 Apr 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | W | CAN
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| 1999 | Sarah Knauss | F | 24 Sep 1880 | 30 Dec 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | W | USA
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| 2000 | Eva Morris | F | 8 Nov 1885 | 2 Nov 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | W | UK
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| 2001 | Marie Bremont | F | 25 Apr 1886 | 6 Jun 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | W | FRA
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| 2002 | Maud Farris-Luse | F | 21 Jan 1887 | 18 Mar 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | W | USA
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| 2003 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | 23 Mar 1889 | 28 Sep 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | EA | JPN
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| 2004 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 Aug 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | H |  PRI,USA
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| 2005 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 Jun 1890 | 30 Aug 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | W |  NED
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| 2006 | Maria Capovilla | F | 14 Sep 1889 | 27 Aug 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | H |  ECU
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| 2007 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 Aug 1891 | 24 Jan 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | H | PRI,USA
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| 2008 | Edna Parker | F | 20 Apr 1893 | 26 Nov 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | W | USA
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| 2009 | Gertrude Baines | F | 6 Apr 1894 | 11 Sep 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | B | USA
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| 2010 | Kama Chinen | F | 10 May 1895 | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 357 days | EA | JPN
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| 2011 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 Nov 1896 | 2 Dec 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | EA | JPN
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| 2012 | Besse Cooper | F | 26 Aug 1896 | 24 Dec 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | W | USA
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| 2013 | Jiroemon Kimura | M | 19 Apr 1897 | 12 Jun 2013 | 116 years, 54 days | EA | JPN
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| 2014 | Anna Henderson | F | 5 Mar 1900 | 1 Jul 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | B | USA
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| 2015 | Misao Okawa | F | 5 Mar 1898 | 1 Apr 2015 | 117 years, 27 days | EA | JPN
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| 2016 | Susannah Mushatt Jones | F | 6 Jul 1899 | 12 May 2016 | 116 years, 311 days | B | USA
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| 2017 | Violet Brown | F | 10 Mar 1900 | 15 Sep 2017 | 117 years, 189 days | B |  JAM
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| 2018 | Nabi Tajima | F | 4 Aug 1900 | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 260 days | EA | JPN
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| 2019 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci | F | 20 Mar 1903 | 18 Jun 2019 | 116 years, 90 days | W |  ITA
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| 2020 | Mina Kitagawa | F | 3 Nov 1905 | 19 Dec 2020 | 115 years, 46 days | EA | JPN
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| 2021 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | F | 21 Oct 1904 | 5 Oct 2021 | 116 years, 349 days | W? |  BRA
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| 2022 | Kane Tanaka | F | 2 Jan 1903 | 19 Apr 2022 | 119 years, 107 days | EA | JPN
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| 2023 | Lucile Randon | F | 11 Feb 1904 | 17 Jan 2023 | 118 years, 340 days | W | FRA
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| 2024 | Maria Branyas Morera | F | 4 Mar 1907 | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 168 days | W | USAESP
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