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  • Kane Tanaka (1903 - 2022)
    Kane Tanaka (田中カ子, Tanaka Kane) (née Ota; 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022) was a Japanese supercentenarian, who was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Chiyo Miyako on 22 ...
  • Jiroemon Kimura (1897 - 2013)
    Born Kinijro Miyake
  • Margaret Ann Neve (1792 - 1903)
    [ ] Margaret Ann Neve, née Harvey (18 May 1792 – 4 April 1903) of St. Peter Port, Guernsey, English Channel was the first recorded female supercentenarian (Born: Marguerite Anne Harvey) living in the...
  • Jeanne Calment (1875 - 1997)
    Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and the oldest human whose age is well-documented, with a lifespan of 122 years and 164 days. Her longevity attrac...
  • Lucy Hannah (1875 - 1993)
    Lucy Hannah was an American supercentenarian. Hannah is the second-oldest person ever from the United States and the world's third-oldest verified person ever, after Jeanne Calment and Sarah Knauss.Rea...

List of the verified oldest people

  1. Jeanne Calment; F; 21 February 1875; 4 August 1997; 122 years, 164 days; France
  2. Sarah Knauss; F; 24 September 1880; 30 December 1999; 119 years, 97 days; United States
  3. Lucy Hannah; F; 16 July 1875; 21 March 1993; 117 years, 248 days; United States
  4. Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur; F; 29 August 1880; 16 April 1998; 117 years, 230 days; Canada
  5. María Capovilla; F; 14 September 1889; 27 August 2006; 116 years, 347 days; Ecuador
  6. Tane Ikai; F; 18 January 1879; 12 July 1995; 116 years, 175 days; Japan
  7. Elizabeth Bolden; F; 15 August 1890; 11 December 2006; 116 years, 118 days; United States
  8. Besse Cooper; F; 26 August 1896; 4 December 2012; 116 years, 100 days; United States
  9. Carrie C. White; F; 18 November 1874; 14 February 1991; 116 years, 88 days; United States
  10. Jiroemon Kimura; M; 19 April 1897; 12 June 2013; 116 years, 54 days; Japan
  11. Kamato Hongo; F; 16 September 1887; 31 October 2003; 116 years, 45 days; Japan
  12. Maggie Barnes; F; 6 March 1882; 19 January 1998; 115 years, 319 days; United States
  13. Dina Manfredini; F; 4 April 1897; 17 December 2012; 115 years, 257 days; United States
  14. Christian Mortensen; M; 16 August 1882; 25 April 1998; 115 years, 252 days; United States
  15. Charlotte Hughes; F; 1 August 1877; 17 March 1993; 115 years, 228 days; United Kingdom
  16. Edna Parker; F; 20 April 1893; 26 November 2008; 115 years, 220 days; United States
  17. Margaret Skeete; F; 27 October 1878; 7 May 1994; 115 years, 192 days; United States
  18. Gertrude Baines; F; 6 April 1894; 11 September 2009; 115 years, 158 days; United States
  19. Anițica Butariu; F; 17 June 1882; 21 November 1997; 115 years, 157 days; Romania
  20. Emiliano Mercado del Toro; M; 21 August 1891; 24 January 2007; 115 years, 156 days; Puerto Rico
  21. Bettie Wilson; F; 13 September 1890; 13 February 2006; 115 years, 153 days; United States
  22. Julie Winnefred Bertrand; F; 16 September 1891; 18 January 2007; 115 years, 124 days; Canada
  23. Maria de Jesus; F; 10 September 1893; 2 January 2009; 115 years, 114 days; Portugal
  24. Susie Gibson; F; 31 October 1890; 16 February 2006; 115 years, 108 days; United States
  25. Misawo Okawa; F; 5 March 1898; Living; 115 years, 99 days; Japan
  26. Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper; F; 29 June 1890; 30 August 2005; 115 years, 62 days; Netherlands
  27. Maude Farris-Luse; F; 21 January 1887; 18 March 2002; 115 years, 56 days; United States
  28. Marie Brémont; F; 25 April 1886; 6 June 2001; 115 years, 42 days; France
  29. Chiyono Hasegawa; F; 20 November 1896; 2 December 2011; 115 years, 12 days; Japan
  30. Annie Jennings; F; 12 November 1884; 20 November 1999; 115 years, 8 days; United Kingdom
  31. Eva Morris; F; 8 November 1885; 2 November 2000; 114 years, 360 days; United Kingdom
  32. Kama Chinen; F; 10 May 1895; 2 May 2010; 114 years, 357 days; Japan
  33. Maria Gomes Valentim; F; 9 July 1896; 21 June 2011; 114 years, 347 days; Brazil
  34. Mary Bidwell; F; 19 May 1881; 25 April 1996; 114 years, 342 days; United States
  35. Mary Josephine Ray; F; 17 May 1895; 7 March 2010; 114 years, 294 days; United States
  36. Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes; F; 24 October 1890; 25 July 2005; 114 years, 274 days; Portugal
  37. Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan; F; 31 August 1889; 29 May 2004; 114 years, 272 days; Puerto Rico
  38. Eugénie Blanchard; F; 16 February 1896; 4 November 2010; 114 years, 261 days; France
  39. Venere Pizzinato; F; 23 November 1896; 2 August 2011; 114 years, 252 days; Italy
  40. Neva Morris; F; 3 August 1895; 6 April 2010; 114 years, 246 days; United States
  41. Hide Ohira; F; 15 September 1880; 9 May 1995; 114 years, 236 days; Japan
  42. Mathew Beard; M; 9 July 1870; 6 February 1985; 114 years, 222 days; United States
  43. Yone Minagawa; F; 4 January 1893; 13 August 2007; 114 years, 221 days; Japan
  44. M.A.C.C.; F; 10 June 1881; 16 January 1996; 114 years, 220 days; Spain
  45. Carrie Lazenby; F; 9 February 1882; 14 September 1996; 114 years, 218 days; United States
  46. Ura Koyama; F; 30 August 1890; 5 April 2005; 114 years, 218 days; Japan
  47. Myrtle Dorsey; F; 22 November 1885; 25 June 2000; 114 years, 216 days; United States
  48. Anna Eliza Williams; F; 2 June 1873; 27 December 1987; 114 years, 208 days; United Kingdom
  49. Walter Breuning; M; 21 September 1896; 14 April 2011; 114 years, 205 days; United States
  50. Eunice Sanborn; F; 20 July 1896; 31 January 2011; 114 years, 195 days; United States
  51. Grace Clawson; F; 15 November 1887; 28 May 2002; 114 years, 194 days; United States
  52. Tase Matsunaga; F; 11 May 1884; 18 November 1998; 114 years, 191 days; Japan
  53. Yukichi Chuganji; M; 23 March 1889; 28 September 2003; 114 years, 189 days; Japan
  54. Lydie Vellard; F; 18 March 1875; 17 September 1989; 114 years, 183 days; France
  55. Wilhelmina Kott; F; 7 March 1880; 6 September 1994; 114 years, 183 days; United States
  56. Adelina Domingues; F; 19 February 1888; 21 August 2002; 114 years, 183 days; United States
  57. Mitoyo Kawate; F; 15 May 1889; 13 November 2003; 114 years, 182 days; Japan
  58. Martha Graham; F; December 1844; 25 June 1959; 114 years, ca. 180 days; United States
  59. Charlotte Benkner; F; 16 November 1889; 14 May 2004; 114 years, 180 days; United States
  60. Camille Loiseau; F; 13 February 1892; 12 August 2006; 114 years, 180 days; France
  61. Anne Primout; F; 5 October 1890; 26 March 2005; 114 years, 172 days; France
  62. Ettie Mae Greene; F; 8 September 1877; 26 February 1992; 114 years, 171 days; United States
  63. Irene Frank; F; 1 October 1881; 28 February 1996; 114 years, 150 days; United States
  64. Christina Cock; F; 25 December 1887; 22 May 2002; 114 years, 148 days; Australia
  65. Olivia Patricia Thomas; F; 29 June 1895; 16 November 2009; 114 years, 140 days; United States
  66. Emma Verona Johnston; F; 6 August 1890; 1 December 2004; 114 years, 117 days; United States
  67. Bettie Chatmon; F; 30 April 1884; 16 August 1998; 114 years, 108 days; United States
  68. Odie Matthews; F; 28 December 1878; 14 April 1993; 114 years, 107 days; United States
  69. Chiyo Shiraishi; F; 6 August 1895; 19 November 2009; 114 years, 105 days; Japan
  70. Asa Takii; F; 28 April 1884; 31 July 1998; 114 years, 94 days; Japan
  71. Florence Knapp; F; 10 October 1873; 11 January 1988; 114 years, 93 days; United States
  72. Elena Slough; F; 4 July 1889; 5 October 2003; 114 years, 93 days; United States
  73. Lucy Jane Askew; F; 8 September 1883; 9 December 1997; 114 years, 92 days; United Kingdom
  74. Mary Anna Boone; F; 10 February 1887; 13 May 2001; 114 years, 92 days; United States
  75. M.C.L.L.; F; 3 April 1883; 3 July 1997; 114 years, 91 days; Spain
  76. Waka Shirahama; F; 23 March 1878; 16 June 1992; 114 years, 85 days; Japan
  77. Delma Kollar; F; 31 October 1897; 24 January 2012; 114 years, 85 days; United States
  78. Joan Riudavets; M; 15 December 1889; 5 March 2004; 114 years, 81 days; Spain
  79. Suekiku Miyanaga; F; 7 April 1884; 20 June 1998; 114 years, 74 days; Japan
  80. Shige Hirooka; F; 16 January 1897; 29 March 2011; 114 years, 72 days; Japan
  81. Maggie Renfro; F; 14 November 1895; 22 January 2010; 114 years, 69 days; United States
  82. Emma Tillman; F; 22 November 1892; 28 January 2007; 114 years, 67 days; United States
  83. Leila Denmark; F; 1 February 1898; 1/4/2012; 114 years, 60 days; United States
  84. Florrie Baldwin; F; 31 March 1896; 8 May 2010; 114 years, 38 days; United Kingdom
  85. Amy Hulmes; F; 5 October 1887; 27 October 2001; 114 years, 22 days; United Kingdom
  86. Grace Thaxton; F; 18 June 1891; 6 July 2005; 114 years, 18 days; United States
  87. Minnie Ward; F; 19 November 1885; 2 December 1999; 114 years, 13 days; United States
  88. Arbella Ewing; F; 13 March 1894; 22 March 2008; 114 years, 9 days; United States
  89. Catherine Hagel; F; 28 November 1894; 6 December 2008; 114 years, 8 days; United States
  90. Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi; F; 24 December 1891; 28 December 2005; 114 years, 4 days; Italy
  91. Kame Nakamura; F; 8 March 1898; Living; 113 years, 364 days; Japan
  92. Fred Hale; M; 1 December 1890; 19 November 2004; 113 years, 354 days; United States
  93. Miriam Carpelan; F; 8 July 1882; 22 June 1996; 113 years, 350 days; United States
  94. Yasu Akino; F; 1 March 1885; 12 February 1999; 113 years, 348 days; Japan
  95. Bertha Fry; F; 1 December 1893; 14 November 2007; 113 years, 348 days; United States
  96. Mae Harrington; F; 20 January 1889; 29 December 2002; 113 years, 343 days; United States
  97. Daisey Bailey; F; 30 March 1896; 7 March 2010; 113 years, 342 days; United States
  98. Agatha Mitchell; F; 26 March 1887; 25 February 2001; 113 years, 336 days; United States
  99. Moses Hardy; M; 6 January 1893; 7 December 2006; 113 years, 335 days; United States
  100. Clara Huhn; F; 28 January 1887; 20 December 2000; 113 years, 327 days; United States