Oldest people

Supercentenarian Ann Pouder photographed by Charles Martin on her 110th birthday.

The following tables list only the oldest verified people in ordinal rank, such as "oldest person" or "oldest man". For centenarians known for anything other than their extreme age, see list of centenarians.

The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who was aged 122 years. She met Vincent van Gogh when aged 14. This led to her being noticed by the media in 1988, at age 113. Subsequent investigation found that her life was documented in the records of her native city of Arles beyond reasonable question. More evidence for the Calment case has been produced than for any other supercentenarian case, which makes her case a "gold standard" among the "oldest people" recordholders. This is contrasted with the now-disputed claim of age 120 for the oldest man ever, Shigechiyo Izumi. While this case is currently still recognized by Guinness World Records, the Japanese authorities have hinted that his age was not certain.[citation needed] This claim was accepted in 1978, but subsequent additional research (as early as 1984) has raised doubt as to whether his birth date was confused with that of a brother who died at a young age.

Currently (since the death of Yone Minagawa on 13 August, 2007), the oldest living person is 114-year-old Edna Parker of the U.S., born on 20 April, 1893. [1] Parker, Maria de Jesus and Bertha Fry are the only validated people born in 1893 who are still alive.

## Contents

* 1 Oldest living people
* 2 Oldest living men (since 1961)
* 3 Oldest people ever (115+)
* 4 Oldest men ever (top 10)
* 5 Oldest people currently living (top 10)
* 6 Oldest men currently living (top 10)
* 7 Supercentenarians who died before 1955
* 8 National longevity recordholders
* 8.1 Nation of death (oldest first)
* 8.2 Emigrant records (oldest first)
* 9 Gerontology and the verification of age claims
* 10 Current trends in the lifespans of the oldest humans
* 11 References

## Oldest living people

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The following is a list of the people who have held the title of oldest recognized person in the world since 1955 (the year Guinness Records began). This list does not reflect the original lists, but is instead "retroactive" – for example, the Betsy Baker case was not verified until the 2000s.

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Title began in 1955 | 24 October 1955 | Betsy Baker | ?-113  | 20 August1842 – 24 October1955 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK (born)
Template:Flagicon Nebraska, U.S. (died)
24 October 1955 | 25 June 1959 | Martha Graham | 110-114  | 27? December 1844 – 25 June1959 | F  | Template:Flagicon North Carolina, U.S.
25 June 1959 | 10 February 1961 | James Brett, Jr. | 110-111?  | 25 June1849? – 10 February1961 | M  | Template:Flagicon Texas, U.S.
10 February 1961 | 16 March 1962 | Joseph Saint-Amour | 108-110  | 26 February1852 – 16 March1962 | M  | Template:Flagicon Quebec, Canada
16 March 1962 | 17 February 1963 | Lovisa Svensson | 108-109  | 20 November1853 – 17 February1963 | F  | Template:Flagicon Sweden
17 February 1963 | 8 October 1963 | Ellen Dart | 108  | 1 November1854\- 8 October1963 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
8 October 1963 | 6 March 1965 | Elizabeth Kensley | 108-109  | 12 May1855 – 6 March1965 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
6 March 1965 | 24 July 1965 | Auguste Pahl | 109  | 23 November1855 – 24 July1965 | F  | Template:Flagicon West Germany
24 July 1965 | 10 January 1966 | Hannah Smith | 109-110  | 7 January1856 – 10 January1966 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
10 January 1966 | 21 March 1968 | John Turner | 109-111  | 15 June1856 – 21 March1968 | M  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
21 March 1968 | 16 June 1968 | Johanna Booyson | 111  | 17 January1857 – 16 June1968 | F  | Template:Flagicon Transvaal, South Africa
16 June 1968 | October? 1968 | Marie Bernatkova | 110-111  | 22 October1857 – fl. October 1968 | F  | Template:Flagicon Czechoslovakia
October? 1968 | 11 January 1970 | Ada Roe | 110-111  | 6 February1858 – 11 January1970 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
11 January 1970 | 27 February 1973 | Josefa Salas Mateo | 109-112  | 14 July1860 – 27 February1973 | F  | Template:Flagicon Spain
27 February 1973 | 18 August 1973 | Alice Stevenson | 111-112  | 10 July1861 – 18 August1973 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
18 August 1973 | 31 October 1973 | Elizabeth Watkins | 110  | 10 March1863 – 31 October1973 | F  | Template:Flagicon Northern Ireland, UK (born)
Template:Flagicon England, UK (died)
31 October 1973 | 31 May 1975 | Mito Umeta | 110-112  | 27 March1863 – 31 May1975 | F  | Template:Flagicon Japan
31 May 1975 | 16 November 1976 | Niwa Kawamoto | 111-113  | 5 August1863 – 16 November1976 | F  | Template:Flagicon Japan
16 November 1976 | 21 February 1986 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 111-120?  | 29 June1865? – 21 February1986 | M  | Template:Flagicon Kagoshima, Japan
20 February 1986 | 20 September 1986 | Mamie Keith | 112-113  | 22 March1873 – 20 September1986 | F  | Template:Flagicon Illinois, U.S.
20 September 1986 | 2 February 1987 | Mary McKinney | 113  | 30 May1873 – 2 February1987 | F  | Template:Flagicon California, U.S.
2 February 1987 | 27 December 1987 | Anna Williams | 113-114  | 2 June1873 – 27 December1987 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK (born)
Template:Flagicon Wales, UK (died)
27 December 1987 | 11 January 1988 | Florence Knapp | 114  | 10 October1873 – 11 January1988 | F  | Template:Flagicon Pennsylvania, U.S.
11 January 1988 | 14 February 1991 | Carrie White | 113-116?  | 18 November1874? – 14 February1991 | F  | Template:Flagicon Florida, U.S.
14 February 1991 | 4 August 1997 | Jeanne Calment | 115-122  | 21 February1875 – 4 August1997 | F  | Template:Flagicon Provence, France
4 August 1997 | 16 April 1998 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 116-117  | 29 August1880 – 16 April1998 | F  | Template:Flagicon Ontario, Canada
16 April 1998 | 30 December 1999 | Sarah Knauss | 117-119  | 24 September1880 – 30 December1999 | F  | Template:Flagicon Pennsylvania, U.S.
30 December 1999 | 2 November 2000 | Eva Morris | 114  | 8 November1885 – 2 November2000 | F  | Template:Flagicon England, UK
2 November 2000 | 6 June 2001 | Marie Brémont | 114-115  | 25 April1886 – 6 June2001 | F  | Template:Flagicon Pays de la Loire, France
5 June 2001 | 18 March 2002 | Maude Farris-Luse | 114-115  | 21 January1887 – 18 March2002 | F  | Template:Flagicon Michigan, U.S.
19 March 2002 | 31 October 2003 | Kamato Hongo | 114-116?  | 16 September1887? – 31 October2003 | F  | Template:Flagicon Kagoshima, Japan
31 October 2003 | 13 November 2003 | Mitoyo Kawate | 114  | 15 May1889 – 13 November2003 | F  | Template:Flagicon Hiroshima, Japan
13 November 2003 | 29 May 2004 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | 114  | 31 August1889 – 29 May2004 | F  | Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico
29 May 2004 | 27 August 2006 | María Capovilla | 114-116  | 14 September1889 – 27 August2006 | F  | Template:Flagicon Ecuador
27 August 2006 | 11 December 2006 | Elizabeth Bolden | 116  | 15 August1890 – 11 December2006 | F  | Template:Flagicon Tennessee, U.S.
11 December 2006 | 24 January 2007 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 115  | 21 August1891 – 24 January2007 | M  | Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 | 28 January 2007 | Emma Tillman | 114  | 22 November1892 – 28 January2007 | F  | Template:Flagicon Connecticut, U.S.
29 January 2007 | 13 August2007 | Yone Minagawa | 114  | 4 January1893 – 13 August2007 | F  | Template:Flagicon Fukuoka, Japan
13 August2007 | Present  | Edna Parker | Template:Age*  | April 201893 – present  | F  | Template:Flagicon Indiana, U.S.

The longest consecutive time with the title of "World's Oldest Person" held was by Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan for 3384 days from November 16, 1976 to February 21, 1986. The shortest consecutive time was by Emma Tillman of the United States for 4 days from January 24, 2007 to January 28, 2007. The average length of time served as "World's Oldest Person" for the 36 people following Betsy Baker (not including the current serving person, Edna Parker) has been approximately 525.5 days. The country with the most people on the list is the United States with 12, followed by the United Kingdom with 9, and Japan with 6.

## Oldest living men (since 1961)

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Note: Guinness World Records has only maintained the category of 'oldest living man' intermittently over the years, not establishing it permanently until the year 2000. Persons listed prior to 2000 may be based on an historical reconstruction.

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10 February 1961 | 16 March 1962 | Joseph Saint-Amour | 108-110  | 26 February1852-16 March1962 | Template:Flagicon Quebec, Canada
16 March 1962 | 21 March 1968 | John Turner | 105-111  | 15 June 1856-21 March 1968 | Template:Flagicon England, UK
21 March 1968 | August? 1970 | Khasako Dzugayev | 107-110  | 7 August 1860-August? 1970 | Template:Flagicon USSR
August? 1970 | 5 May 1973 | Friedrich Wedeking | 107-110  | 10 October 1862-5 May 1973 | Template:Flagicon Germany
5 May 1973 | 9 March 1974 | Frederick Butterfield | 109-110  | 28 February 1864-9 March 1974 | Template:Flagicon England, UK
9 March 1974 | 21 February 1986 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 108-120?  | 29 June 1865?-21 February 1986 | Template:Flagicon Kagoshima, Japan
20 February 1986 | 14 December 1986 | Joe Thomas | 110-111  | 1 May 1875-14 December 1986 | Template:Flagicon Louisiana, U.S.
14 December 1986 | 5 January 1987 | Herman Smith-Johannsen | 111  | 15 June 1875-5 January 1987 | Template:Flagicon Norway
Template:Flagicon lived in Quebec, Canada
5 January 1987 | 25 November 1988 | Alphaeus Cole | 110-112  | 12 July 1876-25 November 1988 | Template:Flagicon New Jersey, U.S.
25 November 1988 | 10 June 1990 | John Evans | 111-112  | 19 August 1877-10 June 1990 | Template:Flagicon Wales, UK
10 June 1990 | 18 June 1990 | Henri Pérignon | 110  | 14 October 1879-18 June 1990 | Template:Flagicon Normandy, France
18 June 1990 | 16 October 1991 | James Wiggins | 110-112  | 15 October 1879-16 October 1991 | Template:Flagicon Arkansas, U.S.
16 October 1991 | 14 June 1993 | Frederick Frazier | 111-113  | 27 January 1880-14 June 1993 | Template:Flagicon Alabama, U.S.
14 June 1993 | 25 April 1998 | Christian Mortensen | 110-115  | 16 August 1882-25 April 1998 | Template:Flagicon Denmark (born)
Template:Flagicon California, U.S. (died)
25 April 1998 | 17 July 1998 | Johnson Parks | 113  | 15 October 1884-17 July 1998 | Template:Flagicon Florida, U.S.
17 July 1998 | 25 December 1998 | Walter Richardson | 112-113  | 7 November 1885-25 December 1998 | Template:Flagicon Illinois, U.S.
25 December 1998 | 29 April 1999 | Denzo Ishisaki | 112  | 20 October 1886-29 April 1999 | Template:Flagicon Ibaraki, Japan
29 April 1999 | 15 November 1999 | Antonio Urrea-Hernández | 111  | 16 February 1888-15 November 1999 | Template:Flagicon Catalonia, Spain
15 November 1999 | 1 March 2001 | John Painter | 111-112  | 20 September 1888-1 March 2001 | Template:Flagicon Tennessee, U.S.
1 March 2001 | 3 January 2002 | Antonio Todde | 112  | 22 January 1889-3 January 2002 | Template:Flagicon Sardinia, Italy
3 January 2002 | 28 September 2003 | Yukichi Chuganji | 112-114  | 23 March 1889-28 September 2003 | Template:Flagicon Fukuoka, Japan
28 September 2003 | 5 March 2004 | Joan Riudavets | 113-114  | 15 December 1889-5 March 2004 | Template:Flagicon Minorca, Spain
5 March 2004 | 19 November 2004 | Fred Hale, Sr. | 113  | 1 December 1890-19 November 2004 | Template:Flagicon Maine, U.S.
19 November 2004 | 24 January 2007 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 113-115  | 21 August 1891-24 January 2007 | Template:Flagicon Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 | Present  | Tomoji Tanabe | 111-112*  | 18 September 1895- | Template:Flagicon Miyazaki, Japan

The longest consecutive time with the title of "World's Oldest Man" held was by Shigechiyo Izumi of Japan for 4367 days from March 9, 1974 to February 21, 1986. The shortest consecutive time was by Henri Pérignon of France for 8 days from June 10, 1990 to June 18, 1990. The country with the most people on the list is the United States with 9, followed by Japan with 4, and the United Kingdom with 3.

## Oldest people ever (115+)

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Main article: List of the oldest people

File:JCalment 001.jpgJeanne Calment, considered to be the oldest person ever (photo at age 119). # | Name | Age | Born | Died | Sex | Notes

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1 | Jeanne Calment | 122 years 164 days | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | F | Oldest documented and fully validated supercentenarian ever
2 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 120? years 237 days | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986 | M | Oldest male supercentenarian (disputed)
3 | Sarah Knauss | 119 years 97 days | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999 | F | Oldest in U.S. history, oldest recognized in world 1998-99
4 | Lucy Hannah | 117 years 248 days | 16 July 1875 | 21 March 1993 | F | Oldest African American
5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 117 years 230 days | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998 | F | Oldest Canadian, oldest recognized in world 1997 - 98
6 | María Capovilla | 116 years 347 days | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | F | Oldest in Ecuador ever, oldest living person 2004 - 2006
7 | Tane Ikai | 116 years 175 days | 18 January 1879 | 12 July 1995 | F | Oldest Japanese woman
8 | Elizabeth Bolden | 116 years 118 days | 15 August 1890 | 11 December 2006 | F | Oldest living person at time of her death, Tennesseean
9 | Carrie White | 116? years 88 days | 18 November 1874? | 14 February 1991 | F | Formerly oldest in U.S. history, fourth-oldest American ever recorded (disputed)
10 | Kamato Hongo | 116? years 45 days | 16 September 1887? | 31 October 2003 | F | Third-oldest Japanese person (disputed)
11 | Maggie Barnes | 115 years 319 days | 6 March 1882 | 19 January 1998 | F | North Carolina woman
12 | Christian Mortensen | 115 years 252 days | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | M | Oldest undisputed male, Danish immigrant to U.S.
13 | Charlotte Hughes | 115 years 228 days | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | F | British longevity recordholder
14 | Margaret Skeete | 115 years 192 days | 27 October 1878 | 7 May 1994 | F | Was oldest living American 1993-1994; Texas state recordholder
15 | Anitica Butariu | 115? years 157 days | 17 June 1882? | 21 November 1997 | F | Romania
16 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 115 years 156 days | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | M | oldest person in Puerto Rico ever
17 | Bettie Wilson | 115 years 153 days | 13 September 1890 | 13 February 2006 | F | U.S.
18 | Julie Bertrand | 115 years 124 days | 16 September 1891 | 18 January 2007 | F | Second-oldest Canadian ever, world's oldest woman for one month until she died
19 | Susie Gibson | 115 years 108 days | 31 October 1890 | 16 February 2006 | F | U.S.
20 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | 115 years 62 days | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | F | Netherlands, oldest Dutch person ever
21 | Maud Farris-Luse | 115 years 56 days | 21 January 1887 | 18 March 2002 | F | U.S.
22 | Marie Brémont | 115 years 42 days | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | F | France
23 | Annie Jennings | 115 years 8 days | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | F | UK

## Oldest men ever (top 10)

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1 | Shigechiyo Izumi | 120? years 237 days | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986 | Oldest male supercentenarian (disputed)
2 | Christian Mortensen | 115 years 252 days | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | Oldest undisputed male, Danish immigrant to U.S.
3 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 115 years 156 days | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | Oldest person in the world December 2006-January 2007
4 | Mathew Beard | 114? years 222 days | 9 July 1870? | 16 February 1985 | Oldest native-born American man
5 | Yukichi Chuganji | 114 years 189 days | 23 March 1889 | 28 September 2003 | Second-oldest Japanese man
6 | Joan Riudavets | 114 years 81 days | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | Spanish longevity recordholder
7 | Fred Hale, Sr. | 113 years 354 days | 1 December 1890 | 19 November 2004 | Born in Maine, oldest man in the world March-November 2004, died in Jamesville, New York
8 | Moses Hardy | 113? years 335 days | 6 January 1893? | 7 December 2006 | American, lived in Mississippi
9 | Johnson Parks | 113 years 275 days | 15 October 1884 | 17 July 1998 | American, lived in Florida
10 | John McMorran | 113 years 250 days | 19 June 1889 | 24 February 2003 | American, lived in Florida

## Oldest people currently living (top 10)

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Main article: List of living supercentenarians

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1 | Edna Parker | Template:Age in years and days | F | April 20 1893 | Oldest person in the world (since August 13 2007).
Template:Flagicon Lives in Indiana, U.S.
2 | Maria de Jesus | Template:Age in years and days | F | September 10 1893 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Santarém, Portugal
3 | Bertha Fry | Template:Age in years and days | F | December 1 1893 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Indiana, U.S.
4 | Arbella Ewing | Template:Age in years and days | F | March 13 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Texas, U.S.
5 | Gertrude Baines | Template:Age in years and days | F | April 6 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in California, U.S.
6 | Tsuneyo Toyonaga | Template:Age in years and days | F | May 21 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Kochi, Japan
7 | Clémentine Solignac | Template:Age in years and days | F | September 7 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Auvergne, France
8 | Leila Backman Shull | Template:Age in years and days | F | October 16 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in South Carolina, U.S.
9 | Catherine Hagel | Template:Age in years and days | F | November 28 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Minnesota, U.S.
10 | Kaku Yamanaka | Template:Age in years and days | F | December 11 1894 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Aichi, Japan

## Oldest men currently living (top 10)

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1 | Tomoji Tanabe | Template:Age in years and days | September 18 1895 | Oldest man in the world (since 24 January 2007).
Template:Flagicon Lives in Miyazaki, Japan
2 | Henry Allingham | Template:Age in years and days | June 6 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in England, UK. World War I Veteran
George Francis | Template:Age in years and days | June 6 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in California, United States
4 | Walter Breuning | Template:Age in years and days | September 21 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Montana, United States
5 | Augusto Moreira de Oliveira | Template:Age in years and days | October 6 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Portugal
6 | Walter Seward | Template:Age in years and days | October 13 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in New Jersey, United States
7 | Giichi Okumura | Template:Age in years and days | October 18 1896 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Hokkaidō, Japan[2]
8 | Nicholas Kao Se Tseien | Template:Age in years and days | January 15 1897 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Hong Kong, China
9 | Jiroemon Kimura | Template:Age in years and days | April 19, 1897 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Kyoto, Japan[3]
10 | Aarne Arvonen | Template:Age in years and days | August 4 1897 | Template:Flagicon Lives in Uusimaa, Finland. Finnish Civil War Veteran

## Supercentenarians who died before 1955

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Thomas Peters | 1745 | 1857 | 111 years 354 days | M | Template:Flagicon The Netherlands; earliest supercentenarian recognized by the Guinness Book of Records
Geert Boomgaard | 1788 | 1899 | 110 years 135 days | M | Template:Flagicon The Netherlands; earliest supercentenarian recognized by scholars
Margaret Neve | 1792 | 1903 | 110 years 321 days | F | Template:Flagicon Channel Islands, UK
Ann Pouder | 1807 | 1917 | 110 years 93 days | F | Template:Flagicon Born England, UK
Template:Flagicon Died Nebraska, U.S.
Louisa Thiers | 1814 | 1926 | 111 years 138 days | F | Template:Flagicon New York, U.S.
Delina Filkins | 1815 | 1928 | 113 years 214 days | F | Template:Flagicon New York, U.S.
Miriam Bannister | 1817 | 1928 | 111 years 21 days | F | Template:Flagicon Born England, UK
Template:Flagicon Died Missouri, U.S.
Demetrius Philipovitch | 1818 | 1928 | 110 years 144+ days | M | Template:Flagicon Yugoslavia
Katherine Plunket | 1820 | 1932 | 111 years 327 days | F | Template:Flagicon Ireland

## National longevity recordholders

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Main article: National longevity recordholders

### Nation of death (oldest first)

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Template:FRA | 122 years 164 days | F | Jeanne Calment | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997
Template:JPN | 120? years 237 days | M | Shigechiyo Izumi | 29 June 1865? | 21 February 1986
United States | 119 years 97 days | F | Sarah Knauss | 24 September 1880 | 30 December 1999
Canada | 117 years 230 days | F | Marie-Louise Meilleur | 29 August 1880 | 16 April 1998
Template:Flag | 116 years 347 days | F | María Capovilla | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006
Template:UK | 115 years 228 days | F | Charlotte Hughes | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993
Template:Flag | 115? years 157 days | F | Anitica Butariu | 17 June 1882? | 21 November 1997
Template:Flag | 115 years 156 days | M | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007
Template:Flag | 115 years 62 days | F | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005
Template:POR | 114 years 274 days | F | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005
Template:Flag | 114 years 148 days | F | Christina Cock | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002
Template:Flag | 114 years 81 days | M | Joan Riudavets | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004
Italy | 114 years 4 days | F | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005
Template:Flag | 113 years 109 days | F | Florence Finch | 22 December 1893 | 10 April 2007
Template:Flag | 112 years 362 days | F | Maria Laqua | 12 February 1889 | 9 February 2002
Template:Flag | 112 years 259 days | F | Lempi Maria Rothovius | 2 October 1887 | 17 June 2000
Template:Flag | 112 years 186 days | F | Joanna DeRoover | 3 June 1890 | 6 December 2002
Template:Flag | 112 years 178 days | F | Maria Mika | 23 May 1882 | 17 November 1994
Template:Flag | Template:Age in years and days | F | Astrid Zachrison | 15 May 1895 | \-
Template:Flag | 112 years 61 days | F | Maren Bolette Torp | 21 December 1876 | 20 February 1989
Template:Flag | 111 years 327 days | F | Katherine Plunket | 22 November 1820 | 14 October 1932
Template:Flag | 111 years 151 days | F | Johanna Booyson | 17 January 1857 | 16 June 1968
Template:Flag | 111 years 114 days | F | Anne Matthiesen | 26 November 1884 | 19 March 1996
Template:Flag | 111 years 107 days | F | Manolita Pina | 24 February 1883 | 11 June 1994
Template:Flag | 111 years 87 days | F | Emma Duvoisin | 5 July 1886 | 30 September 1997

### Emigrant records (oldest first)

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Note: listed for countries where an emigrant lived longer than any lifelong resident

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Template:Flag | 115 years 252 days | M | Christian Mortensen | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.
Template:Flag | 114 years 183 days | F | Adelina Domingues | 19 February 1888 | 21 August 2002 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.
Template:Flag | 114 years 180 days | F | Charlotte Benkner | 16 November 1889 | 14 May 2004 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.
Template:Flag | 114 years 172 days | F | Anne Primout | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | Template:Flagicon Died France
Template:Flag | 113 years 197 days | F | Lucy d'Abreu | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | Template:Flagicon Died UK
Template:Flag | Template:Age in years and days | F | Elizabeth Stefan | 13 May 1895 | - | Template:Flagicon Lives in Connecticut, U.S.
Template:Flag | 111 years 282 days | F | Consuelo Moreno-López | 5 February 1893 | 13 November 2004 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.
Template:Flag | 110 years 341 days | M | Gregory Pandazes | 15 January 1873 | 22 December 1983 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.
Template:Flag | 110 years 106 days | F | Julia Dougherty | 20 August 1893 | 4 December 2003 | Template:Flagicon Died U.S.

## Gerontology and the verification of age claims

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Gerontology involves the tracking of the longest-lived proven individuals as the bio-markers of the human life span. The study of gerontology is usually credited to Michel Eugène Chevreul, a French chemist who died in 1889, aged 102. In the early years of the twenty first century gerontology is benefiting from the improvements in record-keeping in the industrialized world from the latter part of the nineteenth century. As a result, verification standards have evolved and multiple independent documentary confirmations of birth-date are now required to substantiate a claim, rather than evidence deriving only from the claimant. For claims that have not been satisfactorily confirmed by Guinness World Records, considered the authority, see longevity claims.

## Current trends in the lifespans of the oldest humans

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The population and lifespans of the world's oldest people are continually increasing due to improvements in healthcare and lifestyle during the nineteenth and twentieth centuries and the increasing world population. Additionally, better record-keeping, both 100+ years ago and today, is increasing the percentage of the world's population whose age can be tracked and verified. This increase has been matched by efforts to harness this data. While in 1837 the oldest verified person was aged 108 years, it is now no longer unheard of for individuals, especially females, to have lived 110 years and more. The term supercentenarian has been coined to describe this emerging population group.

## References

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1. ↑ http://www.japannewsreview.com/society/kyushu/kyushu/20070814page_id=1438
2. ↑ Report on Giichi Okumura (registration required)
3. ↑ Report on Jiroemon Kimura (registration required)

* Louis Epstein: The Oldest Human Beings -- list of validly-documented supercentenarians (by age and chronological), including a chronological list of the oldest living listed persons since 1955 (however, for a time in the 1960s the oldest living person did not officially reach 110).
* Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group
* International Database on Longevity
* World's Oldest People hosted by Yahoo! Groups

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