List of the verified oldest people


These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days. The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest known living person is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, aged. The oldest known living man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, aged. The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.

100 verified oldest women

The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group, with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
RankNameBirth dateDeath dateAgePlace of death
or residence
1Jeanne Calment21 February 18754 August 1997France
2Kane Tanaka2 January 190319 April 2022Japan
3Sarah Knauss24 September 188030 December 1999United States
4Lucile Randon11 February 190417 January 2023France
5Nabi Tajima4 August 190021 April 2018Japan
6Marie-Louise Meilleur29 August 188016 April 1998Canada
7Violet Brown10 March 190015 September 2017Jamaica
8Maria Branyas4 March 190719 August 2024Spain
9Emma Morano29 November 189915 April 2017Italy
10Chiyo Miyako2 May 190122 July 2018Japan
11Delphia Welford9 September 187514 November 1992United States
12Misao Okawa5 March 18981 April 2015Japan
13Francisca Celsa dos Santos21 October 19045 October 2021Brazil
14María Capovilla14 September 188927 August 2006Ecuador
15Inah Canabarro Lucas8 June 190830 April 2025Brazil
16Susannah Mushatt Jones6 July 189912 May 2016United States
17Gertrude Weaver4 July 18986 April 2015United States
18Julia Maria Francisca Simao9 January 19018 October 2017Brazil
19Fusa Tatsumi25 April 190712 December 2023Japan
20Antonia da Santa Cruz13 June 190523 January 2022Brazil
21Tomiko Itooka23 May 190829 December 2024Japan
22Tane Ikai18 January 187912 July 1995Japan
23Ethel Caterham21 August 1909LivingUnited Kingdom
24Jeanne Bot14 January 190522 May 2021France
25Elizabeth Bolden15 August 189011 December 2006United States
26Besse Cooper26 August 18964 December 2012United States
27Maria Giuseppa Robucci20 March 190318 June 2019Italy
28Tekla Juniewicz10 June 190619 August 2022Poland
29Ana María Vela Rubio29 October 190115 December 2017Spain
30Giuseppina Projetto30 May 19026 July 2018Italy
31Easter Wiggins1 June 18747 July 1990United States
32Jeralean Talley23 May 189917 June 2015United States
33Edith Ceccarelli5 February 190822 February 2024United States
34Ella Miller6 December 188421 November 2000United States
35Shigeyo Nakachi1 February 190511 January 2021Japan
36Maggie Barnes6 March 188219 January 1998United States
37Dina Manfredini4 April 189717 December 2012United States
38Marie-Rose Tessier21 May 1910LivingFrance
38Shimoe Akiyama19 May 190329 January 2019Japan
40Hester Ford15 August 190517 April 2021United States
41Okagi Hayashi2 September 190926 April 2025Japan
42Charlotte Hughes1 August 187717 March 1993United Kingdom
43Edna Parker20 April 189326 November 2008United States
44Mary Ann Rhodes12 August 18823 March 1998Canada
45Anonymous of Tokyo15 March 190027 September 2015Japan
46Margaret Skeete27 October 18787 May 1994United States
47Magdalena Oliver Gabarró31 October 19031 May 2019Spain
48Bernice Madigan24 July 18993 January 2015United States
49Gertrude Baines6 April 189411 September 2009United States
50Bettie Wilson13 September 189013 February 2006United States
51Shin Matsushita30 March 190427 August 2019Japan
52Iris Westman28 August 19053 January 2021United States
52Naomi Whitehead26 September 1910LivingUnited States
54Julie Winnefred Bertrand16 September 189118 January 2007Canada
55Maria de Jesus10 September 18932 January 2009Portugal
56Marie-Josephine Gaudette25 March 190213 July 2017Italy
57Susie Gibson31 October 189016 February 2006United States
57Thelma Sutcliffe1 October 190617 January 2022United States
59Edna Kern14 October 190020 January 2016United States
60Elizabeth Francis25 July 190922 October 2024United States
61Casilda Benegas Gallego8 April 190728 June 2022Argentina
62Augusta Holtz3 August 187121 October 1986United States
63Guillermina Acosta Bilbao27 November 190113 February 2017Panama
64Valentine Ligny22 October 19064 January 2022France
65Lucia Laura Sangenito22 November 1910LivingItaly
66Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper29 June 189030 August 2005Netherlands
67Bessie Hendricks7 November 19073 January 2023United States
68Mina Kitagawa3 November 190519 December 2020Japan
69Marie Brémont25 April 18866 June 2001France
70Yoshi Otsunari17 December 190626 January 2022Japan
71Katie Hatton18 December 187624 January 1992United States
72Maude Farris-Luse21 February 188718 March 2002United States
73Koto Okubo24 December 189712 January 2013Japan
73Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo13 January 1911LivingBrazil
75Antonia Gerena Rivera19 May 19002 June 2015United States
76Chiyono Hasegawa20 November 18962 December 2011Japan
77Annie Jennings12 November 188420 November 1999United Kingdom
78Anonymous of Hyōgo29 April 190730 April 2022Japan
79Eva Morris8 November 18852 November 2000United Kingdom
80Klavdiya Gadyuchkina5 December 191029 November 2025Russia
81Kama Chinen10 May 18952 May 2010Japan
82Mary Bidwell9 May 188125 April 1996United States
83Sofia Rojas13 August 190730 July 2022Colombia
84Maria Gomes Valentim9 July 189621 June 2011Brazil
85Izabel Rosa Pereira13 October 191024 September 2025Brazil
86Hazel Plummer19 June 190825 May 2023United States
87Ophelia Burks25 October 190327 September 2018United States
88Eliza Underwood15 March 186627 January 1981United States
89Kahoru Furuya18 February 190825 December 2022Japan
90Mary Josephine Ray17 May 18957 March 2010United States
91Goldie Steinberg30 October 190016 August 2015United States
92Andrée Bertoletto1 January 191116 October 2025France
93Kiyoko Ishiguro4 March 19015 December 2015Japan
94Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes24 October 189025 July 2005Portugal
94Eudoxie Baboul1 October 19011 July 2016France
96Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan1 September 188929 May 2004Puerto Rico
96Yukie Hino17 April 190213 January 2017Japan
98Charlotte Kretschmann3 December 190927 August 2024Germany
99Delphine Gibson17 August 19039 May 2018United States
100Eugénie Blanchard16 February 18964 November 2010France
100Mine Kondō1 September 191020 May 2025Japan