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 oldest living people. For contemporary unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths.

Jeanne Calment (here depicted at age 20 in 1895) holds the record for the longest documented lifespan with 122 years and 164 days.

The following are 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, LongeviQuest, or Guinness World Records, 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 the age of 122 years and 164 days. 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 the age of 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, who has lived 115 years, 356 days. She was born on 21 August 1909.[1][2] The oldest living verified man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who has lived 112 years, 311 days. He was born on 5 October 1912.[1][3]

## Ten oldest verified people

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Main article: List of the verified oldest people

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced since the 1950s and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are female.

The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days.[4] 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 Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[5] Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.[6]

### Oldest people (all women)

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Rank  | Name  | Birth date  | Death date  | Age  | Place of death
or residence

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01  | Jeanne Calment | 21 February 1875  | 4 August 1997  | 122 years, 164 days  | France
02  | Kane Tanaka[7] | 2 January 1903  | 19 April 2022  | 119 years, 107 days  | Japan
03  | Sarah Knauss[8] | 24 September 1880  | 30 December 1999  | 119 years, 97 days  | United States
04  | Lucile Randon[9] | 11 February 1904  | 17 January 2023  | 118 years, 340 days  | France
05  | Nabi Tajima[7] | 4 August 1900  | 21 April 2018  | 117 years, 260 days  | Japan
06  | Marie-Louise Meilleur[10] | 29 August 1880  | 16 April 1998  | 117 years, 230 days  | Canada
07  | Violet Brown[7] | 10 March 1900  | 15 September 2017  | 117 years, 189 days  | Jamaica
08  | Maria Branyas[1] | 4 March 1907  | 19 August 2024[11] | 117 years, 168 days  | Spain[a]
09  | Emma Morano[7] | 29 November 1899  | 15 April 2017  | 117 years, 137 days  | Italy
10  | Chiyo Miyako[12] | 2 May 1901  | 22 July 2018  | 117 years, 81 days  | Japan

### Oldest men

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Rank  | Name  | Birth date  | Death date  | Age  | Place of death
or residence

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01  | Jiroemon Kimura[13][14] | 19 April 1897  | 12 June 2013  | 116 years, 54 days  | Japan
02  | Christian Mortensen[14] | 16 August 1882  | 25 April 1998  | 115 years, 252 days  | United States[b]
03  | Emiliano Mercado del Toro[14] | 21 August 1891  | 24 January 2007  | 115 years, 156 days  | Puerto Rico
04  | Juan Vicente Pérez[15] | 27 May 1909  | 2 April 2024[16] | 114 years, 311 days  | Venezuela
05  | Horacio Celi Mendoza[17] | 3 January 1897  | 25 September 2011  | 114 years, 265 days  | Peru
06  | Walter Breuning[18] | 21 September 1896  | 14 April 2011  | 114 years, 205 days  | United States
07  | Yukichi Chuganji[19] | 23 March 1889  | 28 September 2003  | 114 years, 189 days  | Japan
08  | Tomás Pinales Figuereo[20] | 31 March 1906  | 24 September 2020  | 114 years, 177 days  | Dominican Republic
09  | Joan Riudavets[21] | 15 December 1889  | 5 March 2004  | 114 years, 81 days  | Spain
10  | Fred Harold Hale[22] | 1 December 1890  | 19 November 2004  | 113 years, 354 days  | United States

a^ Branyas was born in the United States.
b^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.

## Ten oldest living people

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Main article: List of oldest living people

### Oldest living people (all women)

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Rank  | Name  | Birth date  | Age as of
12 August 2025  | Place of
residence

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01  | Ethel Caterham[1] | 21 August 1909  | 115 years, 356 days  | United Kingdom
02  | Marie-Rose Tessier[1] | 21 May 1910  | 115 years, 83 days  | France
03  | Naomi Whitehead[1] | 26 September 1910  | 114 years, 320 days  | United States
04  | Izabel Rosa Pereira[23] | 13 October 1910  | 114 years, 303 days  | Brazil
05  | Lucia Laura Sangenito[1] | 22 November 1910  | 114 years, 263 days  | Italy
06  | Andrée Bertoletto[1] | 1 January 1911  | 114 years, 223 days  | France
07  | Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo[1] | 13 January 1911  | 114 years, 211 days  | Brazil
08  | Mary Harris[1] | 13 May 1911  | 114 years, 91 days  | United States
09  | Shigeko Kagawa[1] | 28 May 1911  | 114 years, 76 days  | Japan
10  | Beatriz Ferreira Duarte[24] | 21 June 1911  | 114 years, 52 days  | Brazil

### Oldest living men

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Rank  | Name  | Birth date  | Age as of
12 August 2025  | Place of
residence

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01  | João Marinho Neto[1] | 5 October 1912  | 112 years, 311 days  | Brazil
02  | Josino Levino Ferreira[1] | 3 April 1913  | 112 years, 131 days  | Brazil
03  | Ilie Ciocan[1] | 10 June 1913  | 112 years, 63 days  | Romania
04  | Ken Weeks[1] | 5 October 1913  | 111 years, 311 days  | Australia
05  | Julio Saldarriaga Hernández[1] | 3 November 1913  | 111 years, 282 days  | Colombia
06  | Zhou Renqing[1] | 7 November 1913  | 111 years, 278 days  | China
07  | Primo Olivieri[1] | 7 March 1914  | 111 years, 158 days  | Brazil
08  | Kiyotaka Mizuno[1] | 14 March 1914  | 111 years, 151 days  | Japan
09  | Vitantonio Lovallo[1] | 28 March 1914  | 111 years, 137 days  | Italy
10  | Francisco Ernesto Filho[25] | 5 April 1914  | 111 years, 129 days  | Brazil

## Chronological list of the oldest-known living people since 1951

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This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest-known living people from 1951 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records.[26] Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women (thus the maximum life span is guided by the female numbers); a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

From  | Duration  | Name  | Sex  | Age(s)
when
oldest  | Lifespan  | Place of death
or residence

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Un­known | —  | Lucy Woodman  |

| N/A–109  | 3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951
109 years, 360 days  | United States
28 April 1951 | 2 years, 261 days  | Nancy Merriman[27] |

| 109–112  | 19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954
112 years, 26 days  | United States
14 January 1954 | 1 year, 283 days  | Betsy Baker |

| 111–113  | 20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955
113 years, 65 days  | United States[a]
24 October 1955 | 1 year, 53 days  | Jennie Howell  |

| 110–111  | 11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956
111 years, 309 days  | United States
16 December 1956 | 22 days  | Mathias Hansen Saether[28] |

| 108  | 21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957
108 years, 78 days  | Norway
7 January 1957 | 1 year, 362 days  | Catherine Waller[29] |

| 108–110  | 1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959
110 years, 34 days  | United States
4 January 1959 | 276 days  | Christina Karnebeek-Backs  |

| 109–110  | 2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959
110 years, 5 days  | Netherlands
7 October 1959 | 1 year, 2 days  | Robert Early[30] |

| 109–111  | 8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960
111 years, 1 day  | United States
9 October 1960 | 50 days  | Nettie Minick  |

| 109  | 3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960
109 years, 239 days  | United States
28 November 1960 | 4 years, 32 days  | Mary Kelly  |

| 109–113  | 7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964
113 years, 206 days  | United States
30 December 1964 | 2 years, 157 days  | James King[17] |

| 110–112  | 15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967
112 years, 202 days  | United States
5 June 1967 | 1 year, 138 days  | Narcissa Rickman[31] |

| 111–113  | 13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968
113 years, 38 days  | United States
21 October 1968 | 24 days  | Tome Horigome[32] |

| 111  | 22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968
111 years, 297 days  | Japan
14 November 1968 | 171 days  | Marie Bernátková  |

| 111  | 22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969[33]
111 years, 194 days  | Czechoslovakia[b]
4 May 1969 | 241 days  | Haruno Shimada[32] |

| 111–112  | 24 December 1857 – 31 December 1969
112 years, 7 days  | Japan
31 December 1969 | 11 days  | Ada Roe  |

| 111  | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970
111 years, 339 days  | United Kingdom
11 January 1970 | 2 years, 181 days  | Kitty Harvey[34] |

| 109–112  | 12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972
112 years, 180 days  | United States
10 July 1972 | 232 days  | Josefa Salas Mateo  |

| 111–112  | 14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973
112 years, 228 days  | Spain
27 February 1973 | 172 days  | Alice Stevenson  |

| 111–112  | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973
112 years, 39 days  | United Kingdom
18 August 1973 | 145 days  | Ettie Crist[35] |

| 111  | 14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974
111 years, 330 days  | United States
10 January 1974 | 87 days  | Laurence Entiope  |

| 111  | 9 December 1862 – 7 April 1974
111 years, 119 days  | France
7 April 1974 | 1 year, 54 days  | Mito Umeta  |

| 110–112  | 14 May 1863 – 31 May 1975
112 years, 17 days  | Japan
31 May 1975 | 1 year, 169 days  | Niwa Kawamoto[36] |

| 111–113  | 17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976
113 years, 60 days  | Japan
16 November 1976 | 1 year, 354 days  | Alice Coles[37] |

| 111–113  | 28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978
113 years, 69 days  | United States
5 November 1978 | 2 years, 83 days  | Eliza Underwood[17] |

| 112–114  | 15 March 1866 – 27 January 1981
114 years, 318 days  | United States
27 January 1981 | 211 days  | Judia Ward[20] |

| 112–113  | 15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981
113 years, 72 days  | United States
26 August 1981 | 1 year, 79 days  | Nellie Spencer  |

| 112–113  | 24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982
113 years, 81 days  | United States
13 November 1982 | 334 days  | Emma Wilson  |

| 112–113  | 12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983
113 years, 154 days  | United States
13 October 1983 | 3 years, 8 days  | Augusta Holtz  |

| 112–115  | 3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986
115 years, 79 days  | United States[c]
21 October 1986 | 104 days  | Mary McKinney  |

| 113  | 30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987
113 years, 248 days  | United States
2 February 1987 | 328 days  | Anna Eliza Williams  |

| 113–114  | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987
114 years, 208 days  | United Kingdom
27 December 1987 | 15 days  | Florence Knapp  |

| 114  | 10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988
114 years, 93 days  | United States
11 January 1988 | 2 years, 177 days  | Easter Wiggins[38] |

| 113–116  | 1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990
116 years, 36 days  | United States
7 July 1990 | 7 years, 28 days  | Jeanne Calment[d] |

| 115–122  | 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997
122 years, 164 days  | France
4 August 1997 | 255 days  | Marie-Louise Meilleur |

| 116–117  | 29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998
117 years, 230 days  | Canada
16 April 1998 | 1 year, 258 days  | Sarah Knauss |

| 117–119  | 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999
119 years, 97 days  | United States
30 December 1999 | 327 days  | Ella Miller[40] |

| 115  | 6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000
115 years, 351 days  | United States
21 November 2000 | 197 days  | Marie Brémont |

| 114–115  | 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001
115 years, 42 days  | France
5 June 2001[e] | 286 days  | Maud Farris-Luse[41] |

| 114–115  | 21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002
115 years, 25 days  | United States
18 March 2002 | 71 days  | Grace Clawson  |

| 114  | 15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002
114 years, 194 days  | United States[f]
28 May 2002 | 85 days  | Adelina Domingues |

| 114  | 19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002
114 years, 183 days  | United States[g]
21 August 2002 | 130 days  | Mae Harrington  |

| 113  | 20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002
113 years, 343 days  | United States
29 December 2002 | 273 days  | Yukichi Chuganji |

| 113–114  | 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days  | Japan
28 September 2003 | 46 days  | Mitoyo Kawate  |

| 114  | 15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003
114 years, 182 days  | Japan
13 November 2003 | 198 days  | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan[42] |

| 114  | 1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004
114 years, 271 days  | Puerto Rico
29 May 2004 | 2 years, 90 days  | María Capovilla |

| 114–116  | 14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006
116 years, 347 days  | Ecuador
27 August 2006 | 106 days  | Elizabeth Bolden |

| 116  | 15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006
116 years, 118 days  | United States
11 December 2006 | 44 days  | Emiliano Mercado del Toro |

| 115  | 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days  | Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 | 4 days  | Emma Tillman |

| 114  | 22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007
114 years, 67 days  | United States
29 January 2007[h] | 196 days  | Yone Minagawa  |

| 114  | 4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007
114 years, 221 days  | Japan
13 August 2007 | 1 year, 105 days  | Edna Parker |

| 114–115  | 20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008
115 years, 220 days  | United States
26 November 2008 | 37 days  | Maria de Jesus  |

| 115  | 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009
115 years, 114 days  | Portugal
2 January 2009 | 252 days  | Gertrude Baines  |

| 114–115  | 6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009
115 years, 158 days  | United States
11 September 2009 | 233 days  | Kama Chinen  |

| 114  | 10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010
114 years, 357 days  | Japan
2 May 2010 | 186 days  | Eugénie Blanchard  |

| 114  | 16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010
114 years, 261 days  | France
(Saint Barthélemy)
4 November 2010 | 14 days  | Ana Nogueira de Luca[43] |

| 114  | 21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010
114 years, 150 days  | Brazil
18 November 2010 | 215 days  | Maria Gomes Valentim  |

| 114  | 9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011
114 years, 347 days  | Brazil
21 June 2011 | 1 year, 166 days  | Besse Cooper |

| 114–116  | 26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012
116 years, 100 days  | United States
4 December 2012 | 13 days  | Dina Manfredini  |

| 115  | 4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012
115 years, 257 days  | United States[i]
17 December 2012 | 177 days  | Jiroemon Kimura |

| 115–116  | 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days  | Japan
12 June 2013 | 1 year, 293 days  | Misao Okawa  |

| 115–117  | 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015
117 years, 27 days  | Japan
31 March 2015[j] | 6 days  | Gertrude Weaver  |

| 116  | 4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015
116 years, 276 days  | United States
6 April 2015 | 72 days  | Jeralean Talley |

| 115–116  | 23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015
116 years, 25 days  | United States
17 June 2015 | 330 days  | Susannah Mushatt Jones |

| 115–116  | 6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016
116 years, 311 days  | United States
13 May 2016[k] | 337 days  | Emma Morano |

| 116–117  | 29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017
117 years, 137 days  | Italy
15 April 2017 | 153 days  | Violet Brown |

| 117  | 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017
117 years, 189 days  | Jamaica
16 September 2017[l] | 217 days  | Nabi Tajima |

| 117  | 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018
117 years, 260 days  | Japan
21 April 2018 | 92 days  | Chiyo Miyako[12] |

| 116–117  | 2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018
117 years, 81 days  | Japan
22 July 2018 | 3 years, 271 days  | Kane Tanaka |

| 115–119  | 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022
119 years, 107 days  | Japan
19 April 2022 | 273 days  | Lucile Randon |

| 118  | 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023
118 years, 340 days  | France
17 January 2023 | 1 year, 215 days  | Maria Branyas |

| 115–117  | 4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024
117 years, 168 days  | Spain[m]
19 August 2024 | 132 days  | Tomiko Itooka |

| 116  | 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024
116 years, 220 days  | Japan
29 December 2024 | 122 days  | Inah Canabarro Lucas |

| 116  | 8 June 1908 – 30 April 2025
116 years, 326 days  | Brazil
30 April 2025 | 104 days  | Ethel Caterham |

| 115*  | born 21 August 1909
115 years, 356 days  | United Kingdom

## Chronological list of the oldest living men since 1951

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This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present.[14][44][45]

From  | Duration  | Name  | Age(s)
when
oldest  | Lifespan  | Place of death
or residence

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Un­known | —  | James Smith  | N/A–108  | 10 July 1842 – 27 March 1951
108 years, 260 days  | United States
27 March 1951 | 1 year, 350 days  | James Hard | 107–109  | 15 July 1843 – 12 March 1953
109 years, 240 days  | United States
12 March 1953 | 212 days  | Karl Glöckner  | 107  | 29 December 1845 – 10 October 1953
107 years, 285 days  | West Germany
10 October 1953 | 342 days  | Wayland Newell[28][46] | 107–108  | 15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954
108 years, 2 days  | United States
17 September 1954 | 6 days  | Anders Johansson[45] | 106  | 24 March 1848 – 23 September 1954
106 years, 183 days  | Sweden
23 September 1954 | 71 days  | Euclid Story[45] | 106  | 30 July 1848 – 3 December 1954
106 years, 126 days  | United States
3 December 1954 | 101 days  | Daniel Cummings[45] | 106  | 25 September 1848 – 14 March 1955
106 years, 170 days  | United States
14 March 1955 | 1 year, 299 days  | Mathias Hansen Saether[28] | 106–108  | 21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957
108 years, 78 days  | Norway
7 January 1957 | 3 years, 276 days  | Robert Early[30] | 107–111  | 8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960
111 years, 1 day  | United States
9 October 1960 | 61 days  | Willem Kostering[47][28] | 108–109  | 22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960
109 years, 17 days  | Netherlands
9 December 1960 | 1 year, 93 days  | Sylvester Melvin  | 109–110  | 29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962
110 years, 103 days  | United States
12 March 1962 | 4 days  | Joseph Saint-Amour  | 110  | 26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962
110 years, 18 days  | Canada
16 March 1962 | 251 days  | William Smith[28] | 108  | 28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962
108 years, 267 days  | United States
22 November 1962 | 4 years, 195 days  | James King[17] | 108–112  | 15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967
112 years, 202 days  | United States
5 June 1967 | 290 days  | John Mosley Turner  | 110–111  | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968
111 years, 280 days  | United Kingdom
21 March 1968 | 248 days  | Eli Lindsay[48] | 110  | 28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968
110 years, 270 days  | Canada[n]
24 November 1968 | 32 days  | John Chaney[28] | 109  | 12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968
109 years, 75 days  | United States
26 December 1968 | 117 days  | William Lamb[28] | 109  | 24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969
109 years, 149 days  | United States
22 April 1969 | 257 days  | John Johnson[28] | 108–109  | 27 May 1860 – 4 January 1970
109 years, 222 days  | United States[o]
4 January 1970 | 1 year, 332 days  | Theophilus May[49] | 108–110  | 5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971
110 years, 331 days  | United States[p]
2 December 1971 | 1 year, 154 days  | Friedrich Wedeking | 109–110  | 10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973
110 years, 207 days  | West Germany
5 May 1973 | 1 year, 166 days  | Isaac Edwards[50] | 109–110  | 6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974
110 years, 316 days  | United States
18 October 1974 | 2 years, 81 days  | James Holt[51] | 108–111  | 25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977
111 years, 13 days  | United States
7 January 1977 | 69 days  | Jean Teillet  | 110  | 6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977
110 years, 131 days  | France
17 March 1977 | 1 year, 156 days  | Charlie Nelson  | 109–110  | 21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978
110 years, 333 days  | United States
20 August 1978 | 2 years, 16 days  | Charlie Phillips[52] | 109–111  | 5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980
111 years, 123 days  | United States
5 September 1980 | 1 year, 217 days  | Zachariah Blackistone  | 109–111  | 16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982
111 years, 53 days  | United States
10 April 1982 | 328 days  | James Nash  | 109–110  | 31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983
110 years, 216 days  | United States
4 March 1983 | 160 days  | Walter Wilcox  | 110  | 1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983
110 years, 283 days  | United States
11 August 1983 | 133 days  | Gregory Pandazes  | 110  | 15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983
110 years, 341 days  | United States[q]
22 December 1983 | 186 days  | Benjamin Garner  | 110  | 10 August 1873 – 25 June 1984
110 years, 320 days  | United States
25 June 1984 | 173 days  | Randolph Davis[53] | 110–111  | 15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984
111 years, 61 days  | United States
15 December 1984 | 1 year, 364 days  | Joe Thomas  | 109–111  | 1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986
111 years, 227 days  | United States
14 December 1986 | 22 days  | Herman Smith-Johannsen | 111  | 15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987
111 years, 204 days  | Norway
5 January 1987 | 1 year, 325 days  | Alphaeus Philemon Cole | 110–112  | 12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988
112 years, 136 days  | United States
25 November 1988 | 1 year, 197 days  | John Evans  | 111–112  | 19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990
112 years, 295 days  | United Kingdom
10 June 1990 | 8 days  | Henri Pérignon  | 110  | 14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990
110 years, 247 days  | France
18 June 1990 | 189 days  | Robert Freeman  | 110–111  | 22 December 1879 – 24 December 1990
111 years, 2 days  | United States
24 December 1990 | 2 years, 172 days  | Frederick Frazier  | 110–113  | 27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993
113 years, 138 days  | United States
14 June 1993 | 220 days  | Josep Armengol Jover  | 111–112  | 23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994
112 years, 181 days  | Spain
20 January 1994 | 210 days  | Park Fountain Heard[54] | 111–112  | 18 May 1882 – 18 August 1994
112 years, 92 days  | United States
18 August 1994 | 3 years, 250 days  | Christian Mortensen | 112–115  | 16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998
115 years, 252 days  | United States[r]
25 April 1998 | 246 days  | Donald Butler  | 112–113  | 21 August 1885 – 27 December 1998
113 years, 128 days  | United States
27 December 1998 | 123 days  | Denzō Ishizaki[55] | 112  | 2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999
112 years, 209 days  | Japan
29 April 1999 | 200 days  | Antonio Urrea Hernandez  | 111  | 18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999
111 years, 270 days  | Spain
15 November 1999 | 1 year, 106 days  | John Painter | 111–112  | 20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001
112 years, 162 days  | United States
1 March 2001 | 308 days  | Antonio Todde | 112  | 22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002
112 years, 346 days  | Italy
3 January 2002 | 1 year, 268 days  | Yukichi Chuganji | 112–114  | 23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days  | Japan
28 September 2003 | 159 days  | Joan Riudavets | 113–114  | 15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004
114 years, 81 days  | Spain
5 March 2004 | 259 days  | Fred Harold Hale | 113  | 1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004
113 years, 354 days  | United States
19 November 2004 | 2 years, 66 days  | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 113–115  | 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days  | Puerto Rico
24 January 2007 | 2 years, 146 days  | Tomoji Tanabe | 111–113  | 18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009
113 years, 274 days  | Japan
19 June 2009 | 29 days  | Henry Allingham | 113  | 6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009
113 years, 42 days  | United Kingdom
18 July 2009 | 1 year, 270 days  | Walter Breuning | 112–114  | 21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011
114 years, 205 days  | United States
14 April 2011 | 164 days  | Horacio Celi Mendoza[17] | 114  | 3 January 1897 – 25 September 2011
114 years, 265 days  | Peru
25 September 2011 | 1 year, 260 days  | Jiroemon Kimura | 114–116  | 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days  | Japan
11 June 2013[s] | 94 days  | Salustiano Sanchez  | 112  | 8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013
112 years, 97 days  | United States[t]
13 September 2013 | 194 days  | Ernest Peronneau[56] | 111–112  | 7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014
112 years, 19 days  | United States
26 March 2014 | 29 days  | Arturo Licata  | 111  | 2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014
111 years, 357 days  | Italy
24 April 2014 | 45 days  | Alexander Imich | 111  | 4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014
111 years, 124 days  | United States[u]
8 June 2014 | 1 year, 27 days  | Sakari Momoi  | 111–112  | 5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015
112 years, 150 days  | Japan
5 July 2015 | 198 days  | Yasutaro Koide | 112  | 13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016
112 years, 312 days  | Japan
18 January 2016[v] | 1 year, 205 days  | Israel Kristal | 112–113  | 15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017
113 years, 330 days  | Israel[w]
11 August 2017 | 171 days  | Francisco Núñez Olivera | 112–113  | 13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018
113 years, 47 days  | Spain
30 January 2018[x] | 355 days  | Masazo Nonaka | 112–113  | 25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019
113 years, 179 days  | Japan
20 January 2019 | 1 year, 248 days  | Tomás Pinales Figuereo[20] | 112–114  | 31 March 1906 – 24 September 2020
114 years, 177 days  | Dominican Republic
24 September 2020[y] | 322 days  | Emilio Flores Márquez[57] | 112–113  | 8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021
113 years, 4 days  | Puerto Rico
12 August 2021 | 159 days  | Saturnino de la Fuente García[58] | 112  | 11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022
112 years, 341 days  | Spain
18 January 2022 | 2 years, 75 days  | Juan Vicente Pérez[59] | 112–114  | 27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024
114 years, 311 days  | Venezuela
2 April 2024 | 88 days  | Shi Ping[60] | 112  | 1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024
112 years, 241 days  | China
29 June 2024 | 149 days  | John Tinniswood[45] | 111–112  | 26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024
112 years, 91 days  | United Kingdom
25 November 2024 | 260 days  | João Marinho Neto[3] | 112*  | born 5 October 1912
112 years, 311 days  | Brazil

1. ^ Baker was born in the United Kingdom.
2. ^ Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic.
3. ^ Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.
4. ^ Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.[39] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.
5. ^ Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15 a.m. CEST. However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT).
6. ^ Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
7. ^ Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
8. ^ Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).
9. ^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
10. ^ Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).
11. ^ Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26 p.m. EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
12. ^ Violet Brown died on 15 September 2017 in Jamaica (UTC-5). However, in Japan, where Tajima lived, the date was already 16 September 2017 (JST).
13. ^ Branyas was born in the United States.
14. ^ Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.
15. ^ Johnson was born in Norway.
16. ^ May was born in the United Kingdom.
17. ^ Pandazes was born in Greece.
18. ^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
19. ^ Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT).
20. ^ Sanchez was born in Spain.
21. ^ Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
22. ^ Yasutaro Koide died 19 January 2016 12:17 a.m. JST. However, in Israel, where Kristal lived, the date was still 18 January 2016 (IST).
23. ^ Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
24. ^ Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30 p.m. CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).
25. ^ Between 28 May 2020 and 27 June 2020, Guinness World Records recognized Dumitru Comănescu from Romania as the world's oldest living man. However, it was later found that Emilio Flores Márquez was born three months earlier than Comănescu.[57] Furthermore, Tomás Pinales Figuereo would later be validated by the GRG, meaning that Márquez did not officially become the world's oldest living man until Pinales's death on 24 September 2020.

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