List of the verified oldest people

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This is a list of the 80 oldest verified people in history (starting with 113 years and 250 days). The oldest fully validated person that ever lived in history is French woman Jeanne Calment, who lived to be 122 years and 164 days.

The current oldest living person, Japanese woman Yone Minagawa, is 114 years old.

122

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Jeanne Calment F February 21, 1875 August 4, 1997 122y 164d France

120

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
2 Shigechiyo Izumi M June 29, 1865? February 21, 1986 120?y 237d Japan

119

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
3 Sarah Knauss F September 24, 1880 December 30, 1999 119y 97d United States

117

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
4 Lucy Hannah F July 16, 1875 March 21, 1993 117y 248d United States
5 Marie-Louise Meilleur F August 29, 1880 April 16, 1998 117y 230d Canada

116

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
6 María Capovilla F September 14, 1889 August 27, 2006 116y 347d Ecuador
7 Tane Ikai F January 18, 1879 July 12, 1995 116y 175d Japan
8 Elizabeth Bolden F August 15, 1890 December 11, 2006 116y 118d United States
9 Carrie C. White F November 18, 1874? February 14 1991 116?y 88d United States
10 Kamato Hongo F September 16, 1887? October 31, 2003 116?y 45d Japan

115

Rank Name Birth Death Age
11 Maggie Barnes March 6, 1882 January 19, 1998 115y 319d
12 Christian Mortensen August 16, 1882 April 25, 1998 115y 252d
13 Charlotte Hughes August 1, 1877 March 17, 1993 115y 228d
14 Margaret Skeete October 27, 1878 May 7, 1994 115y 192d
15 Anitica Butariu June 17, 1882? November 21, 1997 115?y 157d
16 Emiliano Mercado del Toro August 21, 1891 January 24, 2007 115y 156d
17 Bettie Wilson September 13, 1890 February 13, 2006 115y 153d
18 Julie Winnefred Bertrand September 16, 1891 January 18, 2007 115y 124d
19 Susie Gibson October 31, 1890 February 16, 2006 115y 108d
20 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper June 29, 1890 August 30, 2005 115y 62d
21 Maude Farris-Luse January 21, 1887 March 18, 2002 115y 56d
22 Marie Brémont April 25, 1886 June 6, 2001 115y 42d
23 Annie Jennings November 12 1884 November 20, 1999 115y 8d

114

Rank Name Birth Death Age
24 Eva Morris November 8, 1885 November 2, 2000 114y 360d
25 Mary Bidwell May 9, 1881 April 25, 1996 114y 352d
26 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes October 24, 1890 July 25, 2005 114y 274d
27 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan August 31, 1889 May 29, 2004 114y 272d
28 Hide Ohira September 15, 1880 May 9, 1995 114y 236d
29 Mathew Beard July 9, 1870 February 16, 1985 114y 222d
30 Carrie Lazenby February 9, 1882 September 14, 1996 114y 218d
31 Ura Koyama August 30, 1890 April 5, 2005 114y 218d
32 Myrtle Dorsey November 22, 1885 June 25, 2000 114y 216d
33 Anna Eliza Williams June 2, 1873 December 27, 1987 114y 208d
34 Grace Clawson November 15, 1887 May 28, 2002 114y 194d
35 Tase Matsunaga May 11, 1884 November 18, 1998 114y 191d
36 Yukichi Chuganji March 23, 1889 September 28, 2003 114yr 189d
37 Lydie Vellard March 18, 1875 September 17, 1989 114y 183d
38 Adelina Domingues February 19, 1888 August 21, 2002 114y 183d
39 Mitoyo Kawate May 15, 1889 November 13, 2003 114y 182d
40 Martha Graham December 27? 1844 June 25, 1959 114y 180?d
41 Charlotte Benkner November 16, 1889 May 14, 2004 114y 180d
42 Camille Loiseau February 13, 1892 August 12, 2006 114y 180d
43 Anne Primout October 5, 1890 March 26, 2005 114y 172d
44 Ettie Mae Greene September 8, 1877 February 26, 1992 114y 171d
45 Irene Frank October 1, 1880 February 28, 1996 114y 150d
46 Christina Cock December 25, 1887 May 22, 2002 114y 148d
47 Emma Johnston August 6, 1890 December 1, 2004 114y 117d
48 Odie Matthews December 28, 1878 April 14, 1993 114y 107d
49 Asa Takii April 28, 1884 July 31, 1998 114y 94d
50 Florence Knapp October 10, 1873 January 11, 1988 114y 93d
51 Lucy Jane Askew September 8, 1883 December 9, 1997 114y 92d
52 Mary Anna Boone February 10, 1887 May 13, 2001 114y 92d
53 Elena Slough July 8, 1889 October 5, 2003 114y 89d
54 Waka Shirahama March 23, 1878 June 16, 1992 114y 85d
55 Joan Riudavets December 15, 1889 March 5, 2004 114y 81d
56 Yone Minagawa January 4, 1893 Still alive As of today, November 5, 2024, she is 131 years, 306 days old
57 Suekiku Miyanaga April 7, 1884 June 20, 1998 114y 74d
58 Emma Tillman November 22, 1892 January 28, 2007 114y 67d
59 Amy Isabel Hulmes October 5, 1887 October 27, 2001 114y 22d
60 Grace Thaxton June 18, 1891 July 6, 2005 114y 18d
61 Minnie Ward November 19, 1885 December 2, 1999 114y 13d
62 Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi December 24, 1891 December 28, 2005 114y 4d

113

Rank Name Birth Death Age
63 Fred H. Hale, Sr. December 1, 1890 November 19, 2004 113y 354d
64 Yasu Akino March 1, 1885 February 12, 1889 113y 348d
65 Mae Harrington January 20, 1889 December 29, 2003 113y 343d
66 Edna Parker April 20, 1893 Still alive As of today, November 5, 2024, she is 131 years, 199 days old
67 Agatha Mitchell March 26, 1887 February 25, 2001 113y 336d
68 Moses Hardy January 6, 1893? December 7, 2006 113?y 335d
69 Clara Huhn January 28, 1887 December 20, 2000 113y 327d
70 Mary Christian June 12, 1889 April 20, 2003 113y 312d
71 Luce Maced May 2, 1886 February 25, 2000 113y 299d
72 Rosa Ann Comfort January 21, 1879 November 6, 1992 113y 290d
73 Mitsu Fujisawa April 9, 1876 January 17, 1990 113y 283d
74 Johnson Parks October 15, 1884 July 17, 1998 113y 275d
75 Beatrice Mears March 4, 1888 December 3, 2001 113y 274d
76 Fannie Thomas April 24, 1867 January 22, 1981 113y 273d
77 Mary Parr February 1, 1889 October 29, 2002 113y 270d
78 Amalia Barone October 6, 1884 June 26, 1998 113y 263d
79 Zora Wriggle February 24, 1880 November 7, 1993 113y 256d
80 John Ingram McMorran June 19, 1889 February 24, 2003 113y 250d

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