Oldest people

This article is about the oldest verified people of all time. For the list, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest currently living people, see List of the oldest living people. For the main article, see Supercentenarian. For modern, or complete, unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical, incomplete unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths.

This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records (GWR), and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.

The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days. She claimed to have met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13. She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Calment's claim was investigated and authenticated by Jean-Marie Robine and Dr Michel Allard for the GRG. Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.

As women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to age 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 120-year-old Lucile Randon of France, born 11 February 1904. The world's oldest known living man is 114-year-old Juan Vicente Pérez Mora of Venezuela, born 27 May 1909.

Academics have hypothesized the existence of a number of blue zones around the world where people live longer than average.

Ten oldest verified people ever

Main article: List of the verified oldest people

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced in recent decades and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are women.

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Oldest people

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Country of death or residence
1	Jeanne Calment	F	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days	France
2	Kane Tanaka	F	2 January 1903	19 April 2022	119 years, 107 days	Japan
3	Sarah Knauss	F	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
4	Lucile Randon	F	11 February 1904	Living		France
5	Nabi Tajima	F	4 August 1900	21 April 2018	117 years, 260 days	Japan
6	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada
7	Violet Brown	F	10 March 1900	15 September 2017	117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
8	Emma Morano	F	29 November 1899	15 April 2017	117 years, 137 days	Italy
9	Chiyo Miyako	F	2 May 1901	22 July 2018	117 years, 81 days	Japan
10	Misao Okawa	F	5 March 1898	1 April 2015	117 years, 27 days	Japan

Oldest men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Country of death or residence
1	Jiroemon Kimura	19 April 1897	12 June 2013	116 years, 54 days	Japan
2	Christian Mortensen	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	United States
3	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
4	Mathew Beard	9 July 1870	16 February 1985	114 years, 222 days	United States
5	Walter Breuning	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 years, 205 days	United States
6	Yukichi Chuganji	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
7	Joan Riudavets	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
8	Gustav Gerneth	15 October 1905	21 October 2019	114 years, 6 days	Germany
9	Fred H. Hale, Sr.	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
10	Yisrael Kristal	15 September 1903	11 August 2017	113 years, 330 days	Israel

a^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b^ Gerneth was born in Stettin, then part of the German Empire, now in Poland and renamed Szczecin.
c^ Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.

Ten oldest living people

Main article: List of the oldest living people

Oldest living people

All of the world's ten oldest known living people are women.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 18 April 2024	Country of residence
1	Lucile Randon	F	11 February 1904		France
2	Maria Branyas Morera	F	4 March 1907		Spain
3	Fusa Tatsumi	F	25 April 1907		Japan
4	Bessie Hendricks	F	7 November 1907		United States
5	Edie Ceccarelli	F	5 February 1908		United States
6	Kahoru Furuya	F	18 February 1908		Japan
7	Tomiko Itooka	F	23 May 1908		Japan
8	Inah Canabarro Lucas	F	8 June 1908		Brazil
9	Hazel Plummer	F	19 June 1908		United States
10	Kimiko Ono	F	20 June 1908		Japan

d^ Branyas Morera was born in the United States.

Oldest living men

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of 18 April 2024	Country of residence
1	Juan Vicente Pérez Mora	27 May 1909		Venezuela
2	Mikizo Ueda	11 May 1910		Japan
3	Tao Ruisheng	16 July 1910		China
4	Ezra Hill	19 December 1910		United States
5	Shigeru Nakamura	11 January 1911		Japan
6	Gonçalino Norberto	8 August 1911		Brazil
7	Giles Cropsey	4 September 1911		United States
8	Josias de Oliveira	21 October 1911		Brazil
9	Reuben Sinclair	5 December 1911		Canada
10	Hans Schornack	29 February 1912		Germany

e^ Ruisheng was born in the Qing dynasty, now China.

Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1955

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1955 to present, according to GRG research. Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women; a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

From	Duration	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Country of death or residence
Unknown date	N/A	Betsy Baker	F	? – 113	20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days	United States
24 October 1955		Jennie Howell	F	110–111	11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956	United States
16 December 1956		Anne Marie Carstenson	F	107–109	24 January 1849 – 30 March 1958	United States
30 March 1958		Nancy Ryan	F	108–109	5 September 1849 – 17 October 1958	United States
17 October 1958		Christina Karnebeek-Backs	F	109–110	2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959	Netherlands
7 October 1959		Marie Olsen	F	109	1 May 1850 – 24 November 1959	Norway
24 November 1959		Mary Kelly	F	108–113	7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964	United States
30 December 1964		Elizabeth Kensley	F	109	12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965	United Kingdom
6 March 1965		William Fullingim	M	109–110	7 July 1855 – 6 August 1965	United States
6 August 1965		Hannah Smith	F	109–110	7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966	United Kingdom
10 January 1966		John Mosely Turner	M	109–111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days	United Kingdom
21 March 1968		Johanna Booyson	F	111	17 January 1857 – 16 June 1968 111 years, 151 days	South Africa
16 June 1968		Marie Bernátková	F	110–111	22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969 111 years, 194 days	Czechoslovakia
4 May 1969		Ada Roe	F	111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days	United Kingdom
11 January 1970		Josefa Salas Mateo	F	109–112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days	Spain
27 February 1973		Alice Stevenson	F	111–112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days	United Kingdom
18 August 1973		Elizabeth Watkins	F	110	10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days	United Kingdom
31 October 1973		Mito Umeta	F	110–112	27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975 112 years, 65 days	Japan
31 May 1975		Niwa Kawamoto	F	111–113	5 August 1863 – 16 November 1976 113 years, 105 days	Japan
16 November 1976		Sophia DeMuth	F	110–111	30 June 1866 – 2 December 1977 111 years, 155 days	United States
2 December 1977		Marie-Virginie Duhem	F	111	2 August 1866 – 25 April 1978 111 years, 266 days	France
25 April 1978		Fannie Thomas	F	111–113	14 April 1867 – 22 January 1981 113 years, 283 days	United States
22 January 1981		Augustine Teissier	F	112	2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981 112 years, 65 days	France
8 March 1981		Nellie Spencer	F	111–113	24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982 113 years, 81 days	United States
13 November 1982		Emma Wilson	F	112–113	12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983 113 years, 154 days	United States
13 October 1983		Mathew Beard	M	113–114	9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days	United States
16 February 1985		Augusta Holtz	F	113–115	3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days	United States
21 October 1986		Mary McKinney	F	113	30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987 113 years, 248 days	United States
2 February 1987		Anna Eliza Williams	F	113–114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days	United Kingdom
27 December 1987		Florence Knapp	F	114	10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988 114 years, 93 days	United States
11 January 1988		Jeanne Calment	F	112–122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days	France
4 August 1997		Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	116–117	29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days	Canada
16 April 1998		Sarah Knauss	F	117–119	24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days	United States
30 December 1999		Eva Morris	F	114	8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days	United Kingdom
2 November 2000		Marie Brémont	F	114–115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days	France
5 June 2001		Maude Farris-Luse	F	114–115	21 January 1887 – 18 March 2002 115 years, 56 days	United States
18 March 2002		Grace Clawson	F	114	15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days	United States
28 May 2002		Adelina Domingues	F	114	19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days	United States
21 August 2002		Mae Harrington	F	113	20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002 113 years, 343 days	United States
29 December 2002		Yukichi Chuganji	M	113–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003		Mitoyo Kawate	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days	Japan
13 November 2003		Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	114	31 August 1889 – 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days	Puerto Rico
29 May 2004		María Capovilla	F	114–116	14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days	Ecuador
27 August 2006		Elizabeth Bolden	F	116	15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days	United States
11 December 2006		Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
24 January 2007		Emma Tillman	F	114	22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007 114 years, 67 days	United States
29 January 2007		Yone Minagawa	F	114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days	Japan
13 August 2007		Edna Parker	F	114–115	20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days	United States
26 November 2008		Maria de Jesus	F	115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days	Portugal
2 January 2009		Gertrude Baines	F	114–115	6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days	United States
11 September 2009		Kama Chinen	F	114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days	Japan
2 May 2010		Eugénie Blanchard	F	114	16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days	Saint Barthélemy, France
4 November 2010		Maria Gomes Valentim	F	114	9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days	Brazil
21 June 2011		Besse Cooper	F	114–116	26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012 116 years, 100 days	United States
4 December 2012		Dina Manfredini	F	115	4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012 115 years, 257 days	United States
17 December 2012		Jiroemon Kimura	M	115–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Japan
12 June 2013		Misao Okawa	F	115–117	5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days	Japan
31 March 2015		Gertrude Weaver	F	116	4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015 116 years, 276 days	United States
6 April 2015		Jeralean Talley	F	115–116	23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015 116 years, 25 days	United States
17 June 2015		Susannah Mushatt Jones	F	115–116	6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016 116 years, 311 days	United States
13 May 2016		Emma Morano	F	116–117	29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days	Italy
15 April 2017		Violet Brown	F	117	10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days	Jamaica
16 September 2017		Nabi Tajima	F	117	4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days	Japan
21 April 2018		Chiyo Miyako	F	116–117	2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days	Japan
22 July 2018		Kane Tanaka	F	115–119	2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022 119 years, 107 days	Japan
19 April 2022		Lucile Randon	F	118*	born 11 February 1904	France

Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1973

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1973 to present.

From	Duration	Name	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Country of death or residence
Unknown date	N/A	Friedrich Wedeking	? – 110	10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days	Germany
5 May 1973		Frederick Butterfield	109–110	28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days	United Kingdom
9 March 1974		Jean Teillet	107–110	6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days	France
17 March 1977		Charlie Nelson	109–110	21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978 110 years, 333 days	United States
20 August 1978		Charlie Phillips	108–110	5 May 1870 – 5 September 1980 110 years, 123 days	United States
5 September 1980		Mathew Beard	110–114	9 July 1870 – 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days	United States
16 February 1985		Joe Thomas	109–111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days	United States
14 December 1986		Herman Smith-Johannsen	111	15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days	Norway
5 January 1987		Alphaeus Philemon Cole	110–112	12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988 112 years, 136 days	United States
25 November 1988		John Evans	111–112	19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days	United Kingdom
10 June 1990		Henri Pérignon	110	14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990	France
18 June 1990		James Wiggins	110–112	15 October 1879 – 16 October 1991 112 years, 1 day	United States
16 October 1991		Frederick Frazier	111–113	27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days	United States
14 June 1993		Josep Armengol Jover	111–112	23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days	Spain
20 January 1994		Christian Mortensen	111–115	16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days	United States
25 April 1998		Johnson Parks	113	15 October 1884 – 17 July 1998 113 years, 275 days	United States
17 July 1998		Walter Richardson	112–113	7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days	United States
25 December 1998		Denzo Ishisaki	112	20 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 191 days	Japan
29 April 1999		Antonio Urrea Hernandez	111	16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 111 years, 272 days	Spain
15 November 1999		John Painter	111–112	20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days	United States
1 March 2001		Antonio Todde	112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days	Italy
3 January 2002		Yukichi Chuganji	112–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days	Japan
28 September 2003		Joan Riudavets Moll	113–114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days	Spain
5 March 2004		Fred H. Hale Sr.	113	1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days	United States
19 November 2004		Emiliano Mercado del Toro	113–115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
24 January 2007		Tomoji Tanabe	111–113	18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days	Japan
19 June 2009		Henry Allingham	113	6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days	United Kingdom
18 July 2009		Walter Breuning	112–114	21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days	United States
15 April 2011		Jiroemon Kimura	113–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days	Japan
11 June 2013		Salustiano Sanchez	112	8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013 112 years, 97 days	United States
13 September 2013		Arturo Licata	111	2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014 111 years, 357 days	Italy
24 April 2014		Alexander Imich	111	4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014 111 years, 124 days	United States
8 June 2014		Sakari Momoi	111–112	5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015 112 years, 150 days	Japan
5 July 2015		Yasutaro Koide	112	13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016 112 years, 312 days	Japan
18 January 2016		Yisrael Kristal	112–113	15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days	Israel
11 August 2017		Francisco Núñez Olivera	112–113	13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018 113 years, 47 days	Spain
30 January 2018		Masazō Nonaka	112–113	25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019 113 years, 179 days	Japan
20 January 2019		Gustav Gerneth	113–114	15 October 1905 – 21 October 2019 114 years, 6 days	Germany
21 October 2019		Chitetsu Watanabe	111–112	5 March 1907 – 23 February 2020 112 years, 355 days	Japan
23 February 2020		Robert Weighton	111–112	29 March 1908 – 28 May 2020	United Kingdom
28 May 2020		Emilio Flores Márquez	111–113	8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021	Puerto Rico
12 August 2021		Saturnino de la Fuente García	112	11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022	Spain
18 January 2022		Juan Vicente Perez Mora	112 – 113*	born 27 May 1909	Venezuela