List of oldest living people

This article is about the oldest currently living people. For specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest verified people of all time, see Oldest people. For contemporary unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims.

This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110.[1] The true number is uncertain, as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time, and some claims cannot be validated or are fraudulent.[1]

* Ethel Caterham (born 21 August 1909) of the United Kingdom is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated.[2]
* João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man whose age has been validated.[3]

## Oldest living people

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Rank  | Name  | Sex  | Birth date  | Age as of
9 July 2025  | Country of
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1  | Ethel Caterham[3] |

| 21 August 1909  | 115 years, 322 days  | United Kingdom
2  | Marie-Rose Tessier[3] |

| 21 May 1910  | 115 years, 49 days  | France
3  | Naomi Whitehead[3] |

| 26 September 1910  | 114 years, 286 days  | United States
4  | Izabel Rosa Pereira[4] |

| 13 October 1910  | 114 years, 269 days  | Brazil
5  | Lucia Laura Sangenito[3] |

| 22 November 1910  | 114 years, 229 days  | Italy
6  | Andrée Bertoletto[3] |

| 1 January 1911  | 114 years, 189 days  | France
7  | Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo[5] |

| 13 January 1911  | 114 years, 177 days  | Brazil
8  | Miyoko Hiroyasu[3] |

| 23 January 1911  | 114 years, 167 days  | Japan
9  | Maria Paschoalina de Castro[6] |

| 2 May 1911  | 114 years, 68 days  | Brazil
10  | Mary Harris[3] |

| 13 May 1911  | 114 years, 57 days  | United States
11  | Shigeko Kagawa[3] |

| 28 May 1911  | 114 years, 42 days  | Japan
12  | Beatriz Ferreira Duarte[7] |

| 21 June 1911  | 114 years, 18 days  | Brazil
13  | Bonita Gibson[3] |

| 4 July 1911  | 114 years, 5 days  | United States
14  | Winnie Felps[3] |

| 10 October 1911  | 113 years, 272 days  | United States
15  | K. I.[8] |

| 8 November 1911  | 113 years, 243 days  | Japan
16  | Fuyo Kishimoto[3] |

| 20 December 1911  | 113 years, 201 days  | Japan
17  | Francesca Fioriglio[3] |

| 11 January 1912  | 113 years, 179 days  | Italy
18  | Sumiko Mori[3] |

| 30 January 1912  | 113 years, 160 days  | Japan
19  | Ilse Meingast[3] |

| 14 March 1912  | 113 years, 117 days  | United States[a]
20  | Margaret Romans[3] |

| 16 March 1912  | 113 years, 115 days  | Canada[b]
21  | Maria Carmela Ricci[3] |

| 16 April 1912  | 113 years, 84 days  | Italy
22  | Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida[9] |

| 28 May 1912  | 113 years, 42 days  | Brazil[c]
23  | Shizuko Kiyuna[3] |

| 10 June 1912  | 113 years, 29 days  | Japan
24  | Anonymous[10] |

| 6 July 1912  | 113 years, 3 days  | Brazil[d]
25  | Madeleine Dellamonica[3] |

| 23 July 1912  | 112 years, 351 days  | France
26  | Louise Signore[3] |

| 31 July 1912  | 112 years, 343 days  | United States
27  | Angelica Tiscornia[3] |

| 22 August 1912  | 112 years, 321 days  | Argentina
28  | Mariana Penna Monteiro[11] |

| 2 September 1912  | 112 years, 310 days  | Brazil
29  | Rosa Micaela Puertas[3] |

| 29 September 1912  | 112 years, 283 days  | Argentina
30  | Wenonah Bish[3] |

| 2 October 1912  | 112 years, 280 days  | United States
31  | João Marinho Neto[3] |

| 5 October 1912  | 112 years, 277 days  | Brazil
32  | Catherine Ferrell[3] |

| 10 October 1912  | 112 years, 272 days  | United States
33  | Marie-Louise André[3] |

| 16 October 1912  | 112 years, 266 days  | France
34  | Miho Kumagai[3] |

| 20 October 1912  | 112 years, 262 days  | Japan
35  | Anonymous (from Kimitsu)[3] |

| 30 October 1912  | 112 years, 252 days  | Japan
36  | Akino Ueda[3] |

| 5 November 1912  | 112 years, 246 days  | Japan
37  | Merah Smith[3] |

| 9 November 1912  | 112 years, 242 days  | United Kingdom[e]
38  | Louise Burkhalter[3] |

| 13 November 1912  | 112 years, 238 days  | United States
39  | Anonymous (from Kyoto)[3] |

| 15 November 1912  | 112 years, 236 days  | Japan
40  | Anna Natella[3] |

| 21 November 1912  | 112 years, 230 days  | United States[f]
41  | Georgette Huard[3] |

| 24 November 1912  | 112 years, 227 days  | France
42  | Hideno Kawaji[3] |

| 28 November 1912  | 112 years, 223 days  | Japan
43  | Maria da Conceição Brito[12] |

| 31 December 1912  | 112 years, 190 days  | Portugal
44  | Yukie Takahashi[3] |

| 4 January 1913  | 112 years, 186 days  | Japan
45  | Hide Endō[3] |

| 13 January 1913  | 112 years, 177 days  | Japan
46  | Virginia Bell[3] |

| 29 January 1913  | 112 years, 161 days  | United States
47  | Eulalia Bravo Bravo[3] |

| 12 February 1913  | 112 years, 147 days  | Mexico
48  | Yvonne Francier[3] |

| 28 February 1913  | 112 years, 131 days  | France[g]
49  | Marcelle Demorgny[3] |

| 10 March 1913  | 112 years, 121 days  | France
50  | Yukiko Honda[3] |

| 15 March 1913  | 112 years, 116 days  | Japan

1. ^ Meingast was born in the German Empire.
2. ^ Romans was born in the Russian Empire in what is now Latvia.
3. ^ Esteves de Almeida was born in Portugal.
4. ^ This anonymous woman was born in Japan.
5. ^ Smith was born in Jamaica.
6. ^ Natella was born in Italy.
7. ^ Francier was born in Belgium.

## References

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1. ^ a b Nuwer, Rachel (16 September 2015). "Keeping Track of the oldest People in the World". Smithsonian Magazine. Retrieved 16 September 2015.
2. ^ Maglov, Stefan (30 April 2025). "UK's Ethel Caterham, 115, Becomes World's Oldest Living Person". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 30 April 2025.
3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap "World Supercentenarian Rankings List". Gerontology Research Group. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
4. ^ "Izabel Rosa Pereira". LongeviQuest. 26 October 2024. Retrieved 30 October 2024.
5. ^ "Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
6. ^ "Maria Paschoalina de Castro". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
7. ^ "Beatriz Ferreira Duarte". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
8. ^ Yamamoto, Yumi (21 June 2025). "K. I." LongeviQuest. Retrieved 21 June 2025.
9. ^ "Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
10. ^ "N/A". LongeviQuest. 15 August 2024. Retrieved 5 March 2025.
11. ^ "Mariana Penna Monteiro". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
12. ^ "Maria da Conceição Brito". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.

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