This is the list of the 100 oldest verified deceased people who never became the oldest living person in the world, whose the age is officially validated by Gerontology Research Group. The list will rank cases in order from oldest to youngest. It will be specified the final rank the supercentenarian had at the time of her death, as well as the date up to which the supercentenarian should have lived and the age the supercentenarian should have reached to become the World's Oldest Living Person.
The oldest person to never become the World's Oldest Living Person is the American Delphia Welford (9 September 1875 - 14 November 1992) who died at the age of 117 years and 66 days.
The oldest person to never enter in the podium of the 3 oldest living person and the oldest to never become the oldest person of her country is the French Jeanne Bot (14 January 1905 - 22 May 2021) who died at the age of 116 years and 128 days.
The oldest person to never enter in top 10 of the oldest living person in the world is the Japanese Yoshi Baba (3 June 1907 - 4 January 2022) who died at the age of 114 years and 215 days.
Oldest people who never became the World's Oldest Living Person.[]
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| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Country | Rank at the death's time | Should have lived until | Should have lived until the age of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delphia Welford | F | 9 Sept 1875 | 14 Nov 1992 | 117 years, 66 days |  USA
|
2nd | 4 Aug 1997 | 121 years, 329 days |
| 2 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | F | 21 Oct 1904 | 5 Oct 2021 | 116 years, 349 days |  BRA
|
3rd | 17 Jan 2023 | 118 years, 88 days |
| 3 | Julia Maria Francisca Simao | F | 9 Jan 1901 | 8 Oct 2017 | 116 years, 272 days | BRA
|
2nd | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 102 days |
| 4 | Fusa Tatsumi | F | 25 Apr 1907 | 12 Dec 2023 | 116 years, 231 days |  JPN
|
2nd | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 116 days |
| 5 | Antonia da Santa Cruz | F | 13 June 1905 | 23 Jan 2022 | 116 years, 224 days | BRA
|
3rd | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 218 days |
| 6 | Tane Ikai | F | 18 Jan 1879 | 12 July 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | JPN
|
2nd | 4 Aug 1997 | 118 years, 198 days |
| 7 | Jeanne Bot | F | 14 Jan 1905 | 22 May 2021 | 116 years, 128 days |  FRA
|
4th | 17 Jan 2023 | 118 years, 3 days |
| 8 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci-Nargiso | F | 20 Mar 1903 | 18 June 2019 | 116 years, 90 days |  ITA
|
2nd | 19 Apr 2022 | 119 years, 30 days |
| 9 | Tekla Juniewicz | F | 10 June 1906 | 19 Aug 2022 | 116 years, 70 days |  AUT POL
|
2nd | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 221 days |
| 10 | Ana Vela-Rubio | F | 29 Oct 1901 | 15 Dec 2017 | 116 years, 47 days |  ESP
|
3rd | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 266 days |
| 11 | Giuseppina Projetto-Frau | F | 30 May 1902 | 6 July 2018 | 116 years, 37 days | ITA
|
2nd | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 53 days |
| 12 | Edie Ceccarelli | F | 5 Feb 1908 | 22 Feb 2024 | 116 years, 17 days | USA
|
2nd | 19 Aug 2024 | 116 years, 196 days |
| 13 | Shigeyo Nakachi | F | 1 Feb 1905 | 11 Jan 2021 | 115 years, 345 days | JPN
|
5th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 350 days |
| 14 | Maggie Barnes | F | 6 Mar 1882 | 19 Jan 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | USA
|
3rd | 30 Dec 1999 | 117 years, 299 days |
| 15 | Shimoe Akiyama | F | 19 May 1903 | 29 Jan 2019 | 115 years, 255 days | JPN
|
3rd | 19 Apr 2022 | 118 years, 335 days |
| 16 | Christian Mortensen | M | 16 Aug 1882 | 25 Apr 1998 | 115 years, 252 days |  DENUSA
|
2nd | 30 Dec 1999 | 117 years, 136 days |
| 17 | Hester Ford | F | 15 Aug 1905 | 17 Apr 2021 | 115 years, 245 days | USA
|
6th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 155 days |
| 18 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 Aug 1877 | 17 Mar 1993 | 115 years, 228 days |  UK
|
2nd | 4 Aug 1997 | 120 years, 3 days |
| 19 | Mary Ann Rhodes | F | 12 Aug 1882 | 3 Mar 1998 | 115 years, 203 days |  CAN
|
3rd | 30 Dec 1999 | 117 years, 140 days |
| 20 | Anonymous (Tokyo) | F | 15 Mar 1900 | 27 Sept 2015 | 115 years, 196 days | JPN
|
4th | 15 Sept 2017 | 117 years, 184 days |
| 21 | Margaret Skeete | F | 27 Oct 1878 | 7 May 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | USA
|
2nd | 4 Aug 1997 | 118 years, 281 days |
| 22 | Magdalena Oliver Gabarro | F | 31 Oct 1903 | 1 May 2019 | 115 years, 182 days | ESP
|
3rd | 19 Apr 2022 | 118 years, 170 days |
| 23 | Bernice Madigan | F | 24 July 1899 | 3 Jan 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | USA
|
5th | 12 May 2016 | 116 years, 293 days |
| 24 | Bettie Wilson | F | 13 Sept 1890 | 13 Feb 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | USA
|
3rd | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 89 days |
| 25 | Shin Matsushita | F | 30 Mar 1904 | 27 Aug 2019 | 115 years, 150 days | JPN
|
3rd | 17 Jan 2023 | 118 years, 293 days |
| 26 | Iris Westman | F | 28 Aug 1905 | 3 Jan 2021 | 115 years, 128 days | USA
|
8th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 142 days |
| 27 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | 16 Sept 1891 | 18 Jan 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | CAN
|
2nd | 24 Jan 2007 | 115 years, 130 days |
| 28 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette | F | 25 Mar 1902 | 13 July 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | USAITA
|
6th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 119 days |
| 29 | Susie Gibson | F | 31 Oct 1890 | 16 Feb 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | USA
|
3rd | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 41 days |
| Thelma Sutcliffe | F | 1 Oct 1906 | 17 Jan 2022 | 115 years, 108 days | USA
|
5th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 108 days | |
| 31 | Edna Kern | F | 14 Oct 1900 | 20 Jan 2016 | 115 years, 98 days | USA
|
5th | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 189 days |
| 32 | Elizabeth Francis | F | 25 July 1909 | 22 Oct 2024 | 115 years, 89 days | USA
|
3rd | Not yet known | Not yet known |
| 33 | Casilda Benegas Gallego | F | 8 Apr 1907 | 28 June 2022 | 115 years, 81 days |  PAR ARG
|
4th | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 133 days |
| 34 | Valentine Ligny | F | 22 Oct 1906 | 4 Jan 2022 | 115 years, 74 days | FRA
|
6th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 87 days |
| 35 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 Aug 2005 | 115 years, 62 days |  NED
|
2nd | 27 Aug 2006 | 116 years, 59 days |
| 36 | Bessie Hendricks | F | 7 Nov 1907 | 3 Jan 2023 | 115 years, 57 days | USA
|
4th | 19 Aug 2024 | 116 years, 286 days |
| 37 | Mina Kitagawa | F | 3 Nov 1905 | 19 Dec 2020 | 115 years, 46 days | JPN
|
9th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 75 days |
| 38 | Yoshi Otsunari | F | 17 Dec 1906 | 26 Jan 2022 | 115 years, 40 days | JPN
|
4th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 31 days |
| 39 | Koto Okubo | F | 24 Dec 1897 | 12 Jan 2013 | 115 years, 19 days | JPN
|
2nd | 12 June 2013 | 115 years, 170 days |
| 40 | Antonia Gerena Rivera | F | 19 May 1900 | 2 June 2015 | 115 years, 14 days |  PRI,USAUSA
|
6th | 15 Sept 2017 | 117 years, 119 days |
| 41 | Chiyono Hasegawa | F | 20 Nov 1896 | 2 Dec 2011 | 115 years, 12 days | JPN
|
2nd | 4 Dec 2012 | 116 years, 14 days |
| 42 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 Nov 1884 | 20 Nov 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | UK
|
2nd | 30 Dec 1999 | 115 years, 48 days |
| 43 | Anonymous (Hyogo) | F | 29 Apr 1907 | 30 Apr 2022 | 115 years, 1 day | JPN
|
6th | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 112 days |
| 44 | Eva Morris | F | 8 Nov 1885 | 2 Nov 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | UK
|
2nd | 21 Nov 2000 | 115 years, 13 days |
| 46 | Diolinda Maria da Conceicao | F | 10 Mar 1906 | 4 Mar 2021 | 114 years, 359 days | BRA
|
7th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 313 days |
| 46 | Mary Bidwell | F | 9 May 1881 | 25 Apr 1996 | 114 years, 352 days | USA
|
4th | 30 Dec 1999 | 118 years, 235 days |
| 47 | Sofia Rojas | F | 13 Aug 1907 | 30 July 2022 | 114 years, 351 days |  COL
|
5th | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 6 days |
| 48 | Hazel Plummer | F | 19 June 1908 | 25 May 2023 | 114 years, 340 days | USA
|
6th | Not yet known | Not yet known |
| 49 | Ophelia Burks | F | 25 Oct 1903 | 27 Sept 2018 | 114 years, 337 days | USA
|
4th | 19 Apr 2022 | 118 years, 176 days |
| 50 | Juan Vicente Perez Mora | M | 27 May 1909 | 2 Apr 2024 | 114 years, 311 days |  VEN
|
4th | Not yet known | Not yet known |
| 51 | Kahoru Furuya | F | 18 Feb 1908 | 25 Dec 2022 | 114 years, 310 days | JPN
|
6th | 19 Aug 2024 | 116 years, 183 days |
| 52 | Mary Josephine Ray | F | 17 May 1895 | 7 Mar 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | CANUSA
|
2nd | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 350 days |
| 53 | Goldie Steinberg | F | 30 Oct 1900 | 16 Aug 2015 | 114 years, 290 days |  MOLUSA
|
7th | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 173 days |
| 54 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | F | 4 Mar 1901 | 5 Dec 2015 | 114 years, 276 days | JPN
|
7th | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 48 days |
| 55 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | F | 24 Oct 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days |  POR
|
5th | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 48 days |
| Eudoxie Baboul | F | 1 Oct 1901 | 1 July 2016 | 114 years, 274 days |  GUF,FRA
|
6th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 294 days | |
| 57 | Yukie Hino | F | 17 Apr 1902 | 13 Jan 2017 | 114 years, 271 days | JPN
|
8th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 96 days |
| Olindina Juvencio | F | 25 May 1906 | 20 Feb 2021 | 114 years, 271 days | BRA
|
8th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 237 days | |
| 59 | Charlotte Kretschmann | F | 3 Dec 1909 | 27 Aug 2024 | 114 years, 268 days |  GER |
6th | Not yet known | Not yet known |
| 60 | Horacio Celi Mendoza | M | 3 Jan 1897 | 25 Sept 2011 | 114 years, 265 days |  PER
|
3rd | 4 Dec 2012 | 115 years, 336 days |
| Delphine Gibson | F | 17 Aug 1903 | 9 May 2018 | 114 years, 265 days | USA
|
5th | 19 Apr 2022 | 118 years, 245 days | |
| 62 | Mary Royster | F | 15 Apr 1875 | 28 Dec 1989 | 114 years, 257 days | USA
|
3rd | 4 Aug 1997 | 122 years, 111 days |
| 63 | Venere Pizzinato-Papo | F | 23 Nov 1896 | 2 Aug 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | ITA
|
3rd | 4 Dec 2012 | 116 years, 11 days |
| 64 | Neva Morris | F | 3 Aug 1895 | 6 Apr 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | USA
|
2nd | 2 May 2010 | 114 years, 272 days |
| 65 | Hide Ohira | F | 15 Sept 1880 | 9 May 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | JPN
|
4th | 16 Apr 1998 | 117 years, 213 days |
| 66 | Blanche Cobb | F | 8 Sept 1900 | 1 May 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | USA
|
8th | 21 Apr 2018 | 117 years, 225 days |
| 67 | Ethel Lang | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 Jan 2015 | 114 years, 233 days | UK
|
9th | 15 Sept 2017 | 117 years, 111 days |
| 68 | Mila Mangold | F | 14 Nov 1907 | 2 July 2022 | 114 years, 230 days | USA
|
7th | 19 Aug 2024 | 116 years, 279 days |
| 69 | Masa Matsumoto | F | 29 Nov 1909 | 9 July 2024 | 114 years, 223 days | JPN
|
7th | Not yet known | Not yet known |
| 70 | Maria Antonia Castro | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 Jan 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | ESP
|
5th | 30 Dec 1999 | 118 years, 203 days |
| 71 | Carrie Lazenby | F | 9 Feb 1882 | 14 Sept 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | USA
|
4th | 30 Dec 1999 | 117 years, 324 days |
| Myrtle Dorsey | F | 20 Nov 1885 | 25 Jun 2000 | 114 years, 218 days | USA
|
3rd | 21 Nov 2000 | 115 years, 1 day | |
| Ura Koyama | F | 30 Aug 1890 | 5 Apr 2005 | 114 years, 218 days | JPN
|
4th | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 103 days | |
| 74 | Yoshi Baba | F | 3 June 1907 | 4 Jan 2022 | 114 years, 215 days | JPN
|
12th | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 77 days |
| 75 | Iso Nakamura | F | 23 Apr 1903 | 23 Nov 2017 | 114 years, 214 days | JPN
|
7th | 19 Apr 2022 | 118 years, 361 days |
| 76 | Faustina Sarmiento Pupo | F | 15 Feb 1905 | 16 Sept 2019 | 114 years, 213 days |  CUB
|
6th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 336 days |
| 77 | Cecile Klein | F | 15 June 1907 | 13 Jan 2022 | 114 years, 212 days | CAN
|
11th | 19 Aug 2024 | 117 years, 65 days |
| 78 | Eleonora Camargo Veiga | F | 14 Aug 1901 | 7 Mar 2016 | 114 years, 206 days | BRA
|
7th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 342 days |
| 79 | Walter Breuning | M | 21 Sept 1896 | 14 Apr 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | USA
|
3rd | 4 Dec 2012 | 116 years, 74 days |
| 80 | Haruno Yamashita | F | 19 Feb 1905 | 4 Sept 2019 | 114 years, 197 days | JPN
|
7th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 332 days |
| 81 | Eunice Sanborn | F | 20 July 1896 | 31 Jan 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | USA
|
2nd | 21 June 2011 | 114 years, 336 days |
| 82 | Mitsue Toyoda | F | 15 Feb 1902 | 25 Aug 2016 | 114 years, 192 days | JPN
|
7th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 157 days |
| 83 | Tase Matsunaga | F | 11 May 1884 | 18 Nov 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | JPN
|
2nd | 30 Dec 1999 | 115 years, 233 days |
| Kame Ganeko | F | 10 Apr 1905 | 18 Oct 2019 | 114 years, 191 days | JPN
|
6th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 282 days | |
| 85 | Kame Nakamura | F | 8 Mar 1898 | 12 Sept 2012 | 114 years, 188 days | JPN
|
6th | 1 Apr 2015 | 117 years, 24 days |
| 86 | Maria Amorim Gularte | F | 8 May 1900 | 11 Nov 2014 | 114 years, 187 days | BRA
|
9th | 15 Sept 2017 | 117 years, 130 days |
| 87 | Lydie Vellard | F | 18 Mar 1875 | 17 Sept 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | FRA
|
3rd | 4 Aug 1997 | 122 years, 139 days |
| Wilhelmina Kott | F | 7 Mar 1880 | 6 Sept 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | USA
|
3rd | 4 Aug 1997 | 117 years, 150 days | |
| 89 | Gabrielle des Robert | F | 4 June 1904 | 3 Dec 2018 | 114 years, 182 days | FRA
|
7th | 17 Jan 2023 | 118 years, 227 days |
| 90 | Lucy Mirigian | F | 15 Aug 1906 | 12 Feb 2021 | 114 years, 181 days |  ARMUSA
|
10th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 155 days |
| 91 | Charlotte Benkner | F | 16 Nov 1889 | 14 May 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | GERUSA
|
3rd | 27 Aug 2006 | 116 years, 284 days |
| Camille Loiseau | F | 13 Feb 1892 | 12 Aug 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | FRA
|
5th | 24 Jan 2007 | 114 years, 345 days | |
| 93 | Tomas Pinales Figuereo | M | 31 Mar 1906 | 24 Sept 2020 | 114 years, 177 days |  DOM
|
11th | 17 Jan 2023 | 116 years, 292 days |
| 94 | Anne Primout | F | 5 Oct 1890 | 26 Mar 2005 | 114 years, 172 days |  ALGFRA
|
6th | 11 Dec 2006 | 116 years, 67 days |
| 95 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | 19 Sept 1877 | 26 Feb 1992 | 114 years, 160 days | USA
|
4th | 4 Aug 1997 | 119 years, 319 days |
| Maria Mercedes Diaz Quijano | F | 27 June 1898 | 4 Dec 2012 | 114 years, 160 days |  CHL
|
6th | 1 Apr 2015 | 116 years, 278 days | |
| 97 | Geertje Kuijntjes | F | 19 July 1905 | 24 Dec 2019 | 114 years, 158 days | NED
|
7th | 17 Jan 2023 | 117 years, 182 days |
| 98 | Dominga Velasco | F | 12 May 1901 | 11 Oct 2015 | 114 years, 152 days |  MEXUSA
|
8th | 22 July 2018 | 117 years, 71 days |
| Ina Okazawa | F | 10 Mar 1909 | 9 Aug 2024 | 114 years, 152 days | JPN
|
8th | Not yet known | Not yet known | |
| 100 | Toshie Yorimitsu | F | 30 Sept 1901 | 28 Feb 2016 | 114 years, 151 days | JPN
|
8th | 22 July 2018 | 116 years, 295 days |