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This is a list of the 100 verified oldest people ever in world history, arranged in descending order, based on each individual's age in years and days. A "year" typically refers to a calendar year, the time between two dates with the same name. However, years may be of different lengths due to the presence or absence of a leap day within the year, or to the conversion of dates from one calendar to another. A supercentenarian is considered "verified" if his or her claim has been accepted by an international body that specifically engages in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or the Guinness World Records.

The title of the oldest verified person in history belongs to Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997), who lived to be 122 years 164 days old.

This list is automatically updated to reflect the current date 30 November 2009 the age of people living, there are five living supercentenarians on the list. The oldest living person is Japanese woman Kama Chinen (born 10 May 1895, aged &0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000204.000000204 days).

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Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
1	Jeanne Calment	F	21 February 1875	4 August 1997	122 years, 164 days	France
2	Shigechiyo Izumi (disputed)	M	29 June 1865?	21 February 1986	120 years, 237 days?^[1]	Japan
3	Sarah Knauss	F	24 September 1880	30 December 1999	119 years, 97 days	United States
4	Lucy Hannah	F	16 July 1875	21 March 1993	117 years, 248 days	United States
5	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	29 August 1880	16 April 1998	117 years, 230 days	Canada
6	María Capovilla	F	14 September 1889	27 August 2006	116 years, 347 days	Ecuador
7	Tane Ikai	F	18 January 1879	12 July 1995	116 years, 175 days	Japan
8	Elizabeth Bolden	F	15 August 1890	11 December 2006	116 years, 118 days	United States
9	Carrie C. White (disputed)	F	18 November 1874?	14 February 1991	116 years, 88 days?^[2]	United States
10	Kamato Hongo (disputed)^[3]	F	16 September 1887?	31 October 2003	116 years, 45 days?	Japan
11	Maggie Barnes	F	6 March 1882	19 January 1998	115 years, 319 days	United States
12	Christian Mortensen	M	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	Denmark United States
13	Charlotte Hughes	F	1 August 1877	17 March 1993	115 years, 228 days	United Kingdom
14	Edna Parker	F	20 April 1893	26 November 2008	115 years, 220 days	United States
15	Margaret Skeete	F	27 October 1878	7 May 1994	115 years, 192 days	United States
16	Gertrude Baines	F	6 April 1894	11 September 2009	115 years, 158 days	United States
17	Anitica Butariu (disputed)	F	17 June 1882?	21 November 1997	115 years, 157 days?^[4]	Romania
18	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	21 August 1891	24 January 2007	115 years, 156 days	Puerto Rico
19	Bettie Wilson	F	13 September 1890	13 February 2006	115 years, 153 days	United States
20	Julie Winnefred Bertrand	F	16 September 1891	18 January 2007	115 years, 124 days	Canada
21	Maria de Jesus	F	10 September 1893	2 January 2009	115 years, 114 days	Portugal
22	Susie Gibson	F	31 October 1890	16 February 2006	115 years, 108 days	United States
23	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	F	29 June 1890	30 August 2005	115 years, 62 days	Netherlands
24	Maude Farris-Luse	F	21 January 1887	18 March 2002	115 years, 56 days	United States
25	Marie Brémont	F	25 April 1886	6 June 2001	115 years, 42 days	France
26	Annie Jennings	F	12 November 1884	20 November 1999	115 years, 8 days	United Kingdom
27	Eva Morris	F	8 November 1885	2 November 2000	114 years, 360 days	United Kingdom
28	Mary Bidwell	F	9 May 1881	25 April 1996	114 years, 352 days	United States
29	Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes	F	24 October 1890	25 July 2005	114 years, 274 days	Portugal
30	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	31 August 1889	29 May 2004	114 years, 272 days	Puerto Rico
31	Hide Ohira	F	15 September 1880	9 May 1995	114 years, 236 days	Japan
32	Mathew Beard (disputed)	M	9 July 1870?	16 February 1985	114 years, 222 days?^[5]	United States
33	Yone Minagawa	F	4 January 1893	13 August 2007	114 years, 221 days	Japan
34	Carrie Lazenby	F	9 February 1882	14 September 1996	114 years, 218 days	United States
34	Ura Koyama	F	30 August 1890	5 April 2005	114 years, 218 days	Japan
36	Myrtle Dorsey	F	22 November 1885	25 June 2000	114 years, 216 days	United States
37	Anna Eliza Williams	F	2 June 1873	27 December 1987	114 years, 208 days	United Kingdom
38	Kama Chinen	F	10 May 1895	Living	&0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000204.000000204 days	Japan
39	Mary Josephine Ray	F	17 May 1895	Living	&0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000197.000000197 days	Canada United States
40	Grace Clawson	F	15 November 1887	28 May 2002	114 years, 194 days	United Kingdom United States
41	Tase Matsunaga	F	11 May 1884	18 November 1998	114 years, 191 days	Japan
42	Yukichi Chuganji	M	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
43	Lydie Vellard	F	18 March 1875	17 September 1989	114 years, 183 days	France
	Wilhelmina Kott	F	7 March 1880	6 September 1994	114 years, 183 days	United States
	Adelina Domingues	F	19 February 1888	21 August 2002	114 years, 183 days	Cape Verde United States
46	Mitoyo Kawate	F	15 May 1889	13 November 2003	114 years, 182 days	Japan
47	Martha Graham	F	December 1844	25 June 1959	114 years, c.180 days^[6]^[7]	United States
	Charlotte Benkner	F	16 November 1889	14 May 2004	114 years, 180 days	Germany United States
	Camille Loiseau	F	13 February 1892	12 August 2006	114 years, 180 days	France
50	Anne Primout	F	5 October 1890	26 March 2005	114 years, 172 days	French Algeria France
51	Ettie Mae Greene	F	8 September 1877	26 February 1992	114 years, 171 days	United States
52	Irene Frank	F	1 October 1881	28 February 1996	114 years, 150 days	United States
53	Christina Cock	F	25 December 1887	22 May 2002	114 years, 148 days	Australia
54	Olivia Patricia Thomas	F	29 June 1895	16 November 2009	114 years, 140 days	United States
55	Neva Morris	F	3 August 1895	Living	&0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000119.000000119 days	United States
56	Emma Verona Johnston	F	6 August 1890	1 December 2004	114 years, 117 days	United States
57	Bettie Chatmon	F	30 April 1884	16 August 1998	114 years, 108 days	United States
58	Odie Matthews	F	28 December 1878	14 April 1993	114 years, 107 days	United States
59	Chiyo Shiraishi	F	6 August 1895	19 November 2009	114 years, 105 days	Japan
60	Asa Takii	F	28 April 1884	31 July 1998	114 years, 94 days	Japan
61	Florence Knapp	F	10 October 1873	11 January 1988	114 years, 93 days	United States
61	Elena Slough	F	4 July 1889	5 October 2003	114 years, 93 days	United States
63	Lucy Jane Askew	F	8 September 1883	9 December 1997	114 years, 92 days	United Kingdom
63	Mary Anna Boone	F	10 February 1887	13 May 2001	114 years, 92 days	United States
65	Waka Shirahama	F	23 March 1878	16 June 1992	114 years, 85 days	Japan
66	Joan Riudavets	M	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
67	Suekiku Miyanaga	F	7 April 1884	20 June 1998	114 years, 74 days	Japan
68	Emma Tillman	F	22 November 1892	28 January 2007	114 years, 67 days	United States
69	Amy Isabel Hulmes	F	5 October 1887	27 October 2001	114 years, 22 days	United Kingdom
70	Grace Thaxton	F	18 June 1891	6 July 2005	114 years, 18 days	United States
71	Maggie Renfro	F	14 November 1895	Living	&0000000000000114.000000114 years, &0000000000000016.00000016 days	United States
72	Minnie Ward	F	19 November 1885	2 December 1999	114 years, 13 days	United States
73	Arbella Ewing	F	13 March 1894	22 March 2008	114 years, 9 days	United States
74	Catherine Hagel	F	28 November 1894	6 December 2008	114 years, 8 days	United States
75	Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi	F	24 December 1891	28 December 2005	114 years, 4 days	Italy
76	Fred H. Hale, Sr.	M	1 December 1890	19 November 2004	113 years, 354 days	United States
77	Miriam Carpelan	F	8 July 1882	22 June 1996	113 years, 350 days	United Kingdom United States
78	Yasu Akino	F	1 March 1885	12 February 1999	113 years, 348 days	Japan
78	Bertha Fry	F	1 December 1893	14 November 2007	113 years, 348 days	United States
80	Mae Harrington	F	20 January 1889	29 December 2002	113 years, 343 days	United States
81	Agatha Mitchell	F	26 March 1887	25 February 2001	113 years, 336 days	United States
82	Moses Hardy (disputed)	M	6 January 1893?	7 December 2006	113 years, 335 days?^[8]	United States
83	Clara Huhn	F	28 January 1887	20 December 2000	113 years, 327 days	United States
84	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	2 April 1893	14 February 2007	113 years, 318 days	United States
85	Mary Christian	F	12 June 1889	20 April 2003	113 years, 312 days	United States
86	Luce Maced	F	2 May 1886	25 February 2000	113 years, 299 days	France
87	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	21 January 1879	6 November 1992	113 years, 290 days	United Kingdom
88	Eugénie Blanchard	F	16 February 1896	Living	&0000000000000113.000000113 years, &0000000000000287.000000287 days	France
89	Fannie Thomas	F	14 April 1867	22 January 1981	113 years, 283 days	United States
89	Mitsu Fujisawa (disputed)	F	9 April 1876?	17 January 1990	113 years, 283 days?^[9]	Japan
91	Tsuneyo Toyonaga	F	21 May 1894	22 February 2008	113 years, 277 days	Japan
92	Anne Samson	F	27 February 1891	29 November 2004	113 years, 276 days	Canada
93	Johnson Parks	M	15 October 1884	17 July 1998	113 years, 275 days	United States
94	Beatrice Mears	F	4 March 1888	3 December 2001	113 years, 274 days	Australia
94	Tomoji Tanabe	M	18 September 1895	19 June 2009	113 years, 274 days	Japan
96	Mary Parr	F	29 January 1889	29 October 2002	113 years, 273 days	United States
97	Beatrice Farve	F	30 April 1895	19 January 2009	113 years, 264 days	United States
98	Amalia Barone	F	6 October 1884	26 June 1998	113 years, 263 days	Italy United States
99	Clémentine Solignac	F	7 September 1894	25 May 2008	113 years, 261 days	France
100	Zora Wriggle	F	24 February 1880	7 November 1993	113 years, 256 days	United States

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Several age claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Country
101	John Ingram McMorran	M	19 June 1889	24 February 2003	113 years, 250 days	United States
102	Mary McKinney	F	30 May 1873	2 February 1987	113 years, 248 days	United States
103	Daisey Bailey	F	30 March 1896	Living	&0000000000000113.000000113 years, &0000000000000245.000000245 days	United States
104	Florrie Baldwin	F	31 March 1896	Living	&0000000000000113.000000113 years, &0000000000000244.000000244 days	United Kingdom
105	Gladys Swetland	F	18 April 1892	14 December 2005	113 years, 240 days	United States
106	Shitsu Nakano	F	1 January 1894	19 August 2007	113 years, 230 days	Japan
107	Mary Randall	F	1 April 1887	12 November 2000	113 years, 225 days	United States

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^ Guinness accepted in 1978 the claim that Shigechiyo Izumi was born 29 June 1865, and from the 1980 edition considered him the oldest person. However, subsequent research by some Japanese scholars has cast doubt on his claim, as his birth certificate is believed to refer to that of his older brother who died young and whose name might have been reused as a necronym. There remains continued speculation that he may have only lived to the age of 105.[1]
^ Guinness accepted White's claim, but subsequent research reveals she may have been 102 at death.[2]
^ While there is some question as to whether Hongo was in fact 115 years old at death instead of 116, research by Michel Poulain suggests she may have been 110 at death.[3]
^ Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim. Butariu's stated birthdate is 17 June 1882, however Romania did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until March 1919 and therefore her age may be inflated by 13 days. The sources do not indicate whether her date of birth was as reckoned by the Julian calendar or had been adjusted to reflect the date as reckoned by the Gregorian calendar. 17 June 1882 on the Julian calendar was 30 June 1882 on the Gregorian calendar.
^ The Social Security Administration (USA) recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
^ The day count for Martha Graham is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.
^ The Oldest Human Beings
^ Hardy may have been born on 6 January 1894, and therefore may have been 112 years 335 days old at death.[4]
^ The GRG considers Mitsu Fujisawa's claim doubtful. GRG list with Fujisawa in italics, indicating it is a questionable case.

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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 supercentenarian status).
Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group
International Database on Longevity
World's Oldest People hosted by Yahoo! Groups

[Izumi-0] Guinness accepted in 1978 the claim that Shigechiyo Izumi was born 29 June 1865, and from the 1980 edition considered him the oldest person. However, subsequent research by some Japanese scholars has cast doubt on his claim, as his birth certificate is believed to refer to that of his older brother who died young and whose name might have been reused as a necronym. There remains continued speculation that he may have only lived to the age of 105.[1]

[White-1] Guinness accepted White's claim, but subsequent research reveals she may have been 102 at death.[2]

[Hongo-2] While there is some question as to whether Hongo was in fact 115 years old at death instead of 116, research by Michel Poulain suggests she may have been 110 at death.[3]

[Butariu-3] Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim. Butariu's stated birthdate is 17 June 1882, however Romania did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until March 1919 and therefore her age may be inflated by 13 days. The sources do not indicate whether her date of birth was as reckoned by the Julian calendar or had been adjusted to reflect the date as reckoned by the Gregorian calendar. 17 June 1882 on the Julian calendar was 30 June 1882 on the Gregorian calendar.

[Beard-4] The Social Security Administration (USA) recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.

[Leapday1-5] The day count for Martha Graham is an estimate as her month of birth is known but not her date of birth.

[Epstein-6] The Oldest Human Beings

[Hardy-7] Hardy may have been born on 6 January 1894, and therefore may have been 112 years 335 days old at death.[4]

[Fujisawa-8] The GRG considers Mitsu Fujisawa's claim doubtful. GRG list with Fujisawa in italics, indicating it is a questionable case.

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