Margaret Maritz

Margaret Maritz was a South African supercentenarian who claimed to be the world's oldest person.

Biography

Margaret claimed to have been born in Sutherland in the Cape Colony on 27 September 1906. She lived in the Breede River Valley in the Western Cape for most of her life.
Maritz latterly resided in Touws River. Her age has not been verified, and if her claim was legitimate, she would have been older than the world's verified oldest person, Ethel Caterham.
Maritz died in Touws River on 29 July 2025, at the claimed age of 118.