Oldest people

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, 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, 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. She was born on 21 August 1909. The oldest living verified man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who has lived. He was born on 5 October 1912.

Ten oldest verified 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. 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. Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.

Oldest women

Oldest men

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bMortensen was born in Denmark.

Ten oldest living people

Oldest living women

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of	Place of residence
1	Ethel Caterham	21 August 1909		United Kingdom
2	Marie-Rose Tessier	21 May 1910		France
3	Naomi Whitehead	26 September 1910		United States
4	Lucia Laura Sangenito	22 November 1910		Italy
5	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo	13 January 1911		Brazil
6	Shigeko Kagawa	28 May 1911		Japan
7	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte	21 June 1911		Brazil
8	Bonita Gibson	4 July 1911		United States
9	Fuyo Kishimoto	20 December 1911		Japan
10	Ilse Meingast	14 March 1912		United States

aMeingast was born in the German Empire.

Oldest living men

Chronological list of the oldest-known living people since 1951

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. Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women ; a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

From	Duration	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
		Lucy Woodman	F	N/A–109	3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951	United States
28 April 1951		Nancy Merriman	F	109–112	19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954	United States
14 January 1954		Betsy Baker	F	111–113	20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955	United States
24 October 1955		Jennie Howell	F	110–111	11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956	United States
16 December 1956		Mathias Hansen Saether	M	108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957	Norway
7 January 1957		Catherine Waller	F	108–110	1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959	United States
4 January 1959		Christina Karnebeek-Backs	F	109–110	2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959	Netherlands
7 October 1959		Robert Early	M	109–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960	United States
9 October 1960		Nettie Minick	F	109	3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960	United States
28 November 1960		Mary Kelly	F	109–113	7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964	United States
30 December 1964		James King	M	110–112	15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967	United States
5 June 1967		Narcissa Rickman	F	111–113	13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968	United States
21 October 1968		Tome Horigome	F	111	22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968	Japan
14 November 1968		Marie Bernátková	F	111	22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969	Czechoslovakia
4 May 1969		Haruno Shimada	F	111–112	24 December 1857 – 31 December 1969	Japan
31 December 1969		Ada Roe	F	111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970	United Kingdom
11 January 1970		Kitty Harvey	F	109–112	12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972	United States
10 July 1972		Josefa Salas Mateo	F	111–112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973	Spain
27 February 1973		Alice Stevenson	F	111–112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973	United Kingdom
18 August 1973		Ettie Crist	F	111	14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974	United States
10 January 1974		Laurence Entiope	F	111	9 December 1862 – 7 April 1974	France
7 April 1974		Mito Umeta	F	110–112	14 May 1863 – 31 May 1975	Japan
31 May 1975		Niwa Kawamoto	F	111–113	17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976	Japan
16 November 1976		Alice Coles	F	111–113	28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978	United States
5 November 1978		Eliza Underwood	F	112–114	15 March 1866 – 27 January 1981	United States
27 January 1981		Judia Ward	F	112–113	15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981	United States
26 August 1981		Nellie Spencer	F	112–113	24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982	United States
13 November 1982		Emma Wilson	F	112–113	12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983	United States
13 October 1983		Augusta Holtz	F	112–115	3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986	United States
21 October 1986		Mary McKinney	F	113	30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987	United States
2 February 1987		Anna Eliza Williams	F	113–114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987	United Kingdom
27 December 1987		Florence Knapp	F	114	10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988	United States
11 January 1988		Easter Wiggins	F	113–116	1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990	United States
7 July 1990		Jeanne Calment	F	115–122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997	France
4 August 1997		Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	116–117	29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998	Canada
16 April 1998		Sarah Knauss	F	117–119	24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999	United States
30 December 1999		Ella Miller	F	115	6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000	United States
21 November 2000		Marie Brémont	F	114–115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001	France
5 June 2001		Maud Farris-Luse	F	114–115	21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002	United States
18 March 2002		Grace Clawson	F	114	15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002	United States
28 May 2002		Adelina Domingues	F	114	19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002	United States
21 August 2002		Mae Harrington	F	113	20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002	United States
29 December 2002		Yukichi Chuganji	M	113–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003	Japan
28 September 2003		Mitoyo Kawate	F	114	15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003	Japan
13 November 2003		Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan	F	114	1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004	United States
29 May 2004		María Capovilla	F	114–116	14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006	Ecuador
27 August 2006		Elizabeth Bolden	F	116	15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006	United States
11 December 2006		Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007	United States
24 January 2007		Emma Tillman	F	114	22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007	United States
29 January 2007		Yone Minagawa	F	114	4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007	Japan
13 August 2007		Edna Parker	F	114–115	20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008	United States
26 November 2008		Maria de Jesus	F	115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009	Portugal
2 January 2009		Gertrude Baines	F	114–115	6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009	United States
11 September 2009		Kama Chinen	F	114	10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010	Japan
2 May 2010		Eugénie Blanchard	F	114	16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010	France
4 November 2010		Ana Nogueira de Luca	F	114	21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010	Brazil
18 November 2010		Maria Gomes Valentim	F	114	9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011	Brazil
21 June 2011		Besse Cooper	F	114–116	26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012	United States
4 December 2012		Dina Manfredini	F	115	4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012	United States
17 December 2012		Jiroemon Kimura	M	115–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013	Japan
12 June 2013		Misao Okawa	F	115–117	5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015	Japan
31 March 2015		Gertrude Weaver	F	116	4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015	United States
6 April 2015		Jeralean Talley	F	115–116	23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015	United States
17 June 2015		Susannah Mushatt Jones	F	115–116	6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016	United States
13 May 2016		Emma Morano	F	116–117	29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017	Italy
15 April 2017		Violet Brown	F	117	10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017	Jamaica
16 September 2017		Nabi Tajima	F	117	4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018	Japan
21 April 2018		Chiyo Miyako	F	116–117	2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018	Japan
22 July 2018		Kane Tanaka	F	115–119	2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022	Japan
19 April 2022		Lucile Randon	F	118	11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023	France
17 January 2023		Maria Branyas Morera	F	115–117	4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024	Spain
19 August 2024		Tomiko Itooka	F	116	23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024	Japan
29 December 2024		Inah Canabarro Lucas	F	116	8 June 1908 – 30 April 2025	Brazil
30 April 2025		Ethel Caterham	F	115–116*	born 21 August 1909	United Kingdom

Chronological list of the oldest living men since 1951

This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present. Bold indicates people who were also the oldest living person.

From	Duration	Name	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Place of death or residence
		James Smith	N/A–108	10 July 1842 – 27 March 1951	United States
27 March 1951		James Hard	107–109	15 July 1843 – 12 March 1953	United States
12 March 1953		Karl Glöckner	107	29 December 1845 – 10 October 1953	West Germany
10 October 1953		Wayland Newell	107–108	15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954	United States
17 September 1954		Anders Johansson	106	24 March 1848 – 23 September 1954	Sweden
23 September 1954		Euclid Story	106	30 July 1848 – 3 December 1954	United States
3 December 1954		Daniel Cummings	106	25 September 1848 – 14 March 1955	United States
14 March 1955	'	Mathias Hansen Saether	106–108	21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957	Norway
7 January 1957	'	Robert Early	107–111	8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960	United States
9 October 1960		Willem Kostering	108–109	22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960	Netherlands
9 December 1960		Sylvester Melvin	109–110	29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962	United States
12 March 1962		Joseph Saint-Amour	110	26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962	Canada
16 March 1962		William Smith	108	28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962	United States
22 November 1962	'	James King	108–112	15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967	United States
5 June 1967		John Mosley Turner	110–111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968	United Kingdom
21 March 1968		Eli Lindsay	110	28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968	Canada
24 November 1968		John Chaney	109	12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968	United States
26 December 1968		William Lamb	109	24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969	United States
22 April 1969		John Johnson	108–109	27 May 1860 – 4 January 1970	United States
4 January 1970		Theophilus May	108–110	5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971	United States
2 December 1971		Friedrich Wedeking	109–110	10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973	West Germany
5 May 1973		Isaac Edwards	109–110	6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974	United States
18 October 1974		James Holt	108–111	25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977	United States
7 January 1977		Jean Teillet	110	6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977	France
17 March 1977		Charlie Nelson	109–110	21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978	United States
20 August 1978		Charlie Phillips	109–111	5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980	United States
5 September 1980		Zachariah Blackistone	109–111	16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982	United States
10 April 1982		James Nash	109–110	31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983	United States
4 March 1983		Walter Wilcox	110	1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983	United States
11 August 1983		Gregory Pandazes	110	15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983	United States
22 December 1983		Benjamin Garner	110	10 August 1873 – 25 June 1984	United States
25 June 1984		Randolph Davis	110–111	15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984	United States
15 December 1984		Joe Thomas	109–111	1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986	United States
14 December 1986		Herman Smith-Johannsen	111	15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987	Norway
5 January 1987		Alphaeus Philemon Cole	110–112	12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988	United States
25 November 1988		John Evans	111–112	19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990	United Kingdom
10 June 1990		Henri Pérignon	110	14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990	France
18 June 1990		Robert Freeman	110–111	22 December 1879 – 24 December 1990	United States
24 December 1990		Frederick Frazier	110–113	27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993	United States
14 June 1993		Josep Armengol Jover	111–112	23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994	Spain
20 January 1994		Park Fountain Heard	111–112	18 May 1882 – 18 August 1994	United States
18 August 1994		Christian Mortensen	112–115	16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998	United States
25 April 1998		Donald Butler	112–113	21 August 1885 – 27 December 1998	United States
27 December 1998		Denzō Ishizaki	112	2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999	Japan
29 April 1999		Antonio Urrea Hernandez	111	18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999	Spain
15 November 1999		John Painter	111–112	20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001	United States
1 March 2001		Antonio Todde	112	22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002	Italy
3 January 2002	'	Yukichi Chuganji	112–114	23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003	Japan
28 September 2003		Joan Riudavets	113–114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004	Spain
5 March 2004		Fred Harold Hale	113	1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004	United States
19 November 2004	'	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	113–115	21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007	United States
24 January 2007		Tomoji Tanabe	111–113	18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009	Japan
19 June 2009		Henry Allingham	113	6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009	United Kingdom
18 July 2009		Walter Breuning	112–114	21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011	United States
14 April 2011		Horacio Celi Mendoza	114	3 January 1897 – 25 September 2011	Peru
25 September 2011	'	Jiroemon Kimura	114–116	19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013	Japan
11 June 2013		Salustiano Sanchez	112	8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013	United States
13 September 2013		Ernest Peronneau	111–112	7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014	United States
26 March 2014		Arturo Licata	111	2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014	Italy
24 April 2014		Alexander Imich	111	4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014	United States
8 June 2014		Sakari Momoi	111–112	5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015	Japan
5 July 2015		Yasutaro Koide	112	13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016	Japan
18 January 2016		Israel Kristal	112–113	15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017	Israel
11 August 2017		Francisco Núñez Olivera	112–113	13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018	Spain
30 January 2018		Masazo Nonaka	112–113	25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019	Japan
20 January 2019		Tomás Pinales Figuereo	112–114	31 March 1906 – 24 September 2020	Dominican Republic
24 September 2020		Emilio Flores Márquez	112–113	8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021	United States
12 August 2021		Saturnino de la Fuente García	112	11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022	Spain
18 January 2022		Juan Vicente Pérez	112–114	27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024	Venezuela
2 April 2024		Shi Ping	112	1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024	China
29 June 2024		John Tinniswood	111–112	26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024	United Kingdom
25 November 2024		João Marinho Neto	112–113*	born 5 October 1912	Brazil