This is a list of the oldest people. For those who are between 1st place and 100th place, Wikipedia has a more updated list here.
- 1 person lived to 122
- 1 person lived to 120 (although disputed)
- 1 person lived to 119
- 2 people lived to 117
- 5 people lived to 116
- 13 people lived to 115
- 42 people lived to 114
- At least 72 people lived to 113
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth | Death | Age | Race | Country |
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1 | Jeanne Calment | F | February 21, 1875 | August 4, 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | W | France |
2 | Shigechiyo Izumi[1] | M | June 29, 1865? | February 21, 1986 | 120? years, 237 days | O | Japan |
3 | Sarah Knauss | F | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | W | United States |
4 | Lucy Hannah | F | July 16, 1875 | March 21, 1993 | 117 years, 248 days | B | United States |
5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | F | August 29, 1880 | April 16, 1998 | 117 years, 230 days | W | Canada |
6 | María Capovilla | F | September 14, 1889 | August 27, 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | W | Ecuador |
7 | Tane Ikai | F | January 18, 1879 | July 12, 1995 | 116 years, 175 days | O | Japan |
8 | Elizabeth Bolden | F | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | B | United States |
9 | Carrie C. White | F | November 18, 1874? | February 14 1991 | 116? years, 88 days | W | United States |
10 | Kamato Hongo | F | September 16, 1887? | October 31, 2003 | 116? years, 45 days | O | Japan |
11 | Maggie Barnes | F | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | B | United States |
12 | Christian Mortensen | M | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | W | Denmark United States |
13 | Charlotte Hughes | F | August 1, 1877 | March 17, 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | W | United Kingdom |
14 | Margaret Skeete | F | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | W | United States |
15 | Anitica Butariu[2] | F | June 17, 1882? | November 21, 1997 | 115? years, 157 days | W | Template:ROM |
16 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | August 21, 1891 | January 24, 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | M | Template:PRI |
17 | Bettie Wilson | F | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | B | United States |
18 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | F | September 16, 1891 | January 18, 2007 | 115 years, 124 days | W | Canada |
19 | Susie Gibson | F | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | W | United States |
20 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | June 29, 1890 | August 30, 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | W | Netherlands |
21 | Maude Farris-Luse | F | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | W | United States |
22 | Marie Brémont | F | April 25, 1886 | June 6, 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | W | France |
23 | Annie Jennings | F | November 12 1884 | November 20, 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | W | United Kingdom |
24 | Eva Morris | F | November 8, 1885 | November 2, 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | W | United Kingdom |
25 | Mary Bidwell | F | May 9, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 352 days | W | United States |
26 | Edna Parker | F | April 20, 1893 | Living | 130 years 364 days | W | United States |
27 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | F | October 24, 1890 | July 25, 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | W | Template:POR |
28 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | August 31, 1889 | May 29, 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | W | Template:PRI |
29 | Hide Ohira | F | September 15, 1880 | May 9, 1995 | 114 years, 236 days | O | Japan |
30 | Mathew Beard | M | July 9, 1870? | February 16, 1985 | 114? years, 222 days | B | United States |
31 | Yone Minagawa | F | January 4, 1893 | August 13, 2007 | 114 years, 221 days | O | Japan |
32 | Carrie Lazenby[3] | F | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | B | United States |
Ura Koyama[3] | F | August 30, 1890 | April 5, 2005 | 114 years, 218 days | O | Japan | |
34 | Myrtle Dorsey | F | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | W | United States |
35 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | June 2, 1873 | December 27, 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | W | United Kingdom |
36 | Grace Clawson | F | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | W | United Kingdom United States |
37 | Tase Matsunaga | F | May 11, 1884 | November 18, 1998 | 114 years, 191 days | O | Japan |
38 | Yukichi Chuganji | M | March 23, 1889 | September 28, 2003 | 114 years, 189 days | O | Japan |
39 | Maria de Jesus | F | September 10, 1893 | Living | 130 years 221 days | W | Template:POR |
40 | Lydie Vellard[4] | F | March 18, 1875 | September 17, 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | W | France |
Wilhelmina Kott[4] | F | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | W | United States | |
Adelina Domingues[4] | F | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | W | Cape Verde United States | |
43 | Mitoyo Kawate | F | May 15, 1889 | November 13, 2003 | 114 years, 182 days | O | Japan |
44 | Martha Graham[5] | F | December 27? 1844? | June 25, 1959 | 114? years, 180? days | B | United States |
Charlotte Benkner[5] | F | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | W | Germany United States | |
Camille Loiseau[5] | F | February 13, 1892 | August 12, 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | W | France | |
47 | Anne Primout | F | October 5, 1890 | March 26, 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | W | Algeria France |
48 | Ettie Mae Greene | F | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | W | United States |
49 | Irene Frank | F | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | W | United States |
50 | Christina Cock | F | December 25, 1887 | May 22, 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | W | Australia |
51 | Emma Verona Johnston | F | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | W | United States |
52 | Bettie Chatmon[6] | F | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | B | United States |
53 | Odie Matthews[6] | F | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | W | United States |
54 | Asa Takii | F | April 28, 1884 | July 31, 1998 | 114 years, 94 days | O | Japan |
55 | Florence Knapp[7] | F | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | W | United States |
Elena Slough[7] | F | July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | 114 years, 93 days | W | United States | |
57 | Lucy Jane Askew[7] | F | September 8, 1883 | December 9, 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | W | United Kingdom |
Mary Anna Boone[7] | F | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | W | United States | |
59 | Waka Shirahama | F | March 23, 1878 | June 16, 1992 | 114 years, 85 days | O | Japan |
60 | Joan Riudavets | M | December 15, 1889 | March 5, 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | W | Spain |
61 | Suekiku Miyanaga | F | April 7, 1884 | June 20, 1998 | 114 years, 74 days | O | Japan |
62 | Emma Tillman | F | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | B | United States |
63 | Amy Isabel Hulmes | F | October 5, 1887 | October 27, 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | W | United Kingdom |
64 | Grace Thaxton | F | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | W | United States |
65 | Minnie Ward | F | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | B | United States |
66 | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | F | December 24, 1891 | December 28, 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | W | Italy |
67 | Arbella Ewing | F | March 13, 1894 | Living | 130 years 37 days | B | United States |
68 | Fred H. Hale, Sr. | M | December 1, 1890 | November 19, 2004 | 113 years, 354 days | W | United States |
69 | Yasu Akino | F | March 1, 1885 | February 12, 1999 | 113 years, 348 days | O | Japan |
Bertha Fry | F | December 1, 1893 | November 14, 2007 | 113 years, 348 days | W | United States | |
71 | Gertrude Baines | F | April 6, 1894 | Living | 130 years 13 days | B | United States |
72 | Mae Harrington | F | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years, 343 days | W | United States |
73 | Agatha Mitchell | F | March 26, 1887 | February 25, 2001 | 113 years, 336 days | B | United States |
74 | Moses Hardy | M | January 6, 1893? | December 7, 2006 | 113? years, 335 days | B | United States |
75 | Clara Huhn | F | January 28, 1887 | December 20, 2000 | 113 years, 327 days | W | United States |
76 | Corinne Dixon Taylor | F | April 2, 1893 | February 14, 2007 | 113 years, 318 days | B | United States |
77 | Mary Christian | F | June 12, 1889 | April 20, 2003 | 113 years, 312 days | W | United States |
78 | Luce Maced | F | May 2, 1886 | February 25, 2000 | 113 years, 299 days | W | France |
79 | Rosa Ann Comfort | F | January 21, 1879 | November 6, 1992 | 113 years, 290 days | W | United Kingdom |
80 | Fannie Thomas[8] | F | April 14?, 1867 | January 22, 1981 | 113 years, 283? days | W | United States |
Mitsu Fujisawa[8] | F | April 9, 1876 | January 17, 1990 | 113 years, 283 days | O | Japan | |
82 | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | F | May 21, 1894 | February 22, 2008 | 113 years, 277 days | O | Japan |
83 | Anne Samson | F | February 27, 1891 | November 29, 2004 | 113 years, 276 days | W | Canada |
84 | Johnson Parks | M | October 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 years, 275 days | B | United States |
85 | Beatrice Mears | F | March 4, 1888 | December 3, 2001 | 113 years, 274 days | W | Australia |
86 | Mary Parr | F | January 29, 1889 | October 29, 2002 | 113 years, 273 days | W | United States |
87 | Amalia Ruggeri Barone | F | October 6, 1884 | June 26, 1998 | 113 years, 263 days | W | Italy United States |
88 | Zora Wriggle | F | February 24, 1880 | November 7, 1993 | 113 years, 256 days | W | United States |
89 | John Ingram McMorran | M | June 19, 1889 | February 24, 2003 | 113 years, 250 days | W | United States |
90 | Mary McKinney | F | May 30, 1873 | February 2, 1987 | 113 years, 248 days | W | United States |
91 | Gladys Swetland | F | April 18, 1892 | December 14, 2005 | 113 years, 240 days | W | United States |
92 | Shitsu Nakano | F | January 1, 1894 | August 19, 2007 | 113 years, 230 days | O | Japan |
93 | Mary Randall | F | April 1, 1887 | November 12, 2000 | 113 years, 225 days | B | United States |
94 | Delina Filkins | F | May 4, 1815 | December 4, 1928 | 113 years, 214 days | W | United States |
95 | Maria del Carmen Figueiroa Freiria de Salgueiro |
F | October 28, 1883 | May 25, 1997 | 113 years, 209 days | W | Spain |
96 | Lillian Ross | F | August 24, 1879 | March 20, 1993 | 113 years, 208 days | W | Canada |
97 | Lucy d'Abreu | F | May 24, 1892 | December 7, 2005 | 113 years, 197 days | W | India United Kingdom |
98 | Nelle Hunt[9] | F | July 28, 1887 | February 8, 2001 | 113 years, 195 days | W | United States |
Helen Stetter[9] | F | November 18, 1893 | June 1, 2007 | 113 years, 195 days | W | United States | |
100 | Clémentine Solignac | F | September 7, 1894 | Living | 129 years 224 days | W | France |
101 | Marie-Simone Capony | F | March 14, 1894 | September 15, 2007 | 113 years 185 days | France | |
102 | Mamie Eva Keith | F | March 22, 1873 | September 20, 1986 | 113 years 182 days | W | United States |
103 | Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio | F | December 2, 1889 | May 14, 2003 | 113 years 163 days | W | Italy |
104 | Daisy Adams | F | June 30, 1880 | December 8, 1993 | 113 years, 161 days | United States | |
105 | Emma Wilson | F | May 12, 1870 | October 13, 1983 | 113 years, 154 days | United States | |
106 | Jane Markle | F | October 10, 1883 | March 12, 1997 | 113 years, 153 days | United States | |
Tsuneyo Toyonaga | F | May 21, 1894 | Still alive | 129 years 333 days | Japan | ||
107 | Frederick L. Frazier | M | January 27, 1880 | June 14, 1993 | 113 years, 138 days | United States | |
108 | Gertrude Croker | F | July 12, 1881 | November 26, 1994 | 113 years, 137 days | United States | |
109 | Cleo Benson Craig | F | February 12, 1890 | June 28, 2003 | 113 years, 136 days | United States | |
110 | Mise Ito | F | November 6, 1890 | March 18, 2004 | 113 years, 133 days | ||
111 | Zelda Viola McCague | F | March 28, 1888 | August 6, 2001 | 113 years, 131 days | ||
112 | Florence Finch | F | December 22, 1893 | April 10, 2007 | 113 years, 109 days | New Zealand | |
113 | Sue Utagawa | F | January 19, 1884 | May 4, 1997 | 113 years, 105 days | ||
114 | Niwa Kawamoto | F | August 5, 1863 | November 16, 1976 | 113 years, 103 days | Japan | |
115 | Aurelia Emma Marotta | F | June 27, 1890 | October 4, 2003 | 113 years, 99 days | ||
117 | Catharina Angenita Van Dam | F | November 20, 1887 | February 16, 2001 | 113 years, 88 days | ||
118 | Marie Julia Sinedia | F | July 12, 1892 | October 6, 2005 | 113 years, 86 days | ||
119 | Adelheid Kirschbaum | F | September 29,1883 | December 21,1996 | 113 years, 83 days | ||
120 | Nellie Spencer | F | August 24, 1869 | November 13, 1982 | 113 years, 81 days | ||
121 | Bettie Chatmon | F | May 30, 1885 | August 16, 1998 | 113 years, 78 days | ||
Mary Belle Whiffen Crombie | F | July 6, 1890 | September 22, 2003 | 113 years, 78 days | |||
123 | Mie Ishiguro | F | June 2, 1888 | August 14, 2001 | 113 years, 73 days | ||
124 | Mary Delvina Dahlheimer | F | December 31, 1888 | March 13, 2002 | 113 years, 72 days | ||
125 | Betsy Baker | F | August 20, 1842 | October 24, 1955 | 113 years, 65 days | ||
126 | Cora L. Humphrey | F | September 4, 1879 | November 1, 1992 | 113 years, 58 days | ||
127 | Hazel Houghton Luther | F | December 11, 1889 | January 31, 2003 | 113 years, 51 days | ||
128 | Ollie Bay | F | November 11, 1872 | December 31?, 1985 | 113 years, 50 days | ||
129 | Walter Richardson | M | November 7, 1885 | December 25, 1998 | 113 years, 48 days | United States | |
130 | Clémentine Solignac | F | September 7, 1894 | Still alive | 129 years 224 days | France | |
131 | Annie Scott | F | March 15, 1883 | April 21, 1996 | 113 years, 37 days | ||
132 | Catarina Pascoal | F | January 9, 1891 | February 13, 2004 | 113 years, 35 days | ||
133 | Ruby Gilliam | F | September 21, 1885 | October 22, 1998 | 113 years, 31 days | ||
Flossie Eckard | F | July 25, 1888 | August 25, 2001 | 113 years, 31 days | |||
135 | Ito Kinase | December 31, 1889 | January 24, 2003 | 113 years, 24 days | |||
136 | Take Hayasaka | July 1, 1885 | July 23, 1998 | 113 years, 22 days | |||
137 | Daisy Sanders | November 28, 1881 | December 10, 1994 | 113 years, 12 days | |||
138 | Yasu Nishiyama | F | August 20, 1894 | Still alive | 129 years 242 days | Japan | |
139 | Leila Backman Shull | F | October 16, 1894 | Still alive | 129 years 185 days | United States |
- ↑ Izumi's stated birthdate is June 29, 1865. However, Japan did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until January 1, 1873.
- ↑ Butariu's stated birthdate is June 17, 1882. However, Romania did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until March 1919.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 The original source lists two people on 114 years 218 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count Carrie Lazenby lived 41,855 days and Ura Koyama lived 41,856 days.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 The original source lists three people on 114 years 183 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count Lydie Vellard and Adelina Domingues lived 41,821 days and Wilhelmina Kott lived 41,820 days.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 The original source lists three people on 114 years 180 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count Charlotte Benkner lived 41,817 days and Camille Loiseau lived 41,818 days. Martha Graham's day count remains an estimate in that it has been extrapolated.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 The original source lists Bettie Chatmon on 114 years 108 days, and Odie Matthews on 114 years 107 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count both Chatmon and Matthews lived 41,745 days.
- ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 7.3 The original source lists Florence Knapp and Elena Slough on 114 years 93 days, and Lucy Jane Askew and Mary Anna Boone on 114 years 92 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count all four women - Knapp, Slough, Askew and Boone - lived 41,730 days.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 The original source lists two people on 113 years 283 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count Fannie Thomas lived 41,556 days and Mitsu Fujisawa lived 41,555 days.
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 The original source lists two people on 113 years 195 days. However, reference to a calendar shows by a day count Nelle Hunt lived 41,468 days and Helen Stetter lived 41,467 days.