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This is a list of the 100 verified oldest people in world history. In order to be included on this list, an age claim must have been verified by an international, rather than a national, body. As of 13:25, Thursday, January 23, 2025 (UTC), this list contains five living supercentenarians, the oldest of whom is American woman Edna Parker (age 131 years, 278 days). The title of the oldest verified person in history belongs to Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment (1875–1997), who lived to be 122 years and 164 days old. Of the people on this list 10 are male and 90 are female.

List

The following is the list of verified oldest people, 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 Book of World Records. This list automatically updates the ages of those still living to reflect the current date (today is January 23, 2025).

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Age in days	Country
1	Jeanne Calment	F	February 21, 1875	August 4, 1997	122 years, 164 days	44,724	France
2	Shigechiyo Izumi	M	June 29, 1865?	February 21, 1986	120? years, 237 days	44,066?	Japan
3	Sarah Knauss	F	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999	119 years, 97 days	43,560	United States
4	Lucy Hannah	F	July 16, 1875	March 21, 1993	117 years, 248 days	42,982	United States
5	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	August 29, 1880	April 16, 1998	117 years, 230 days	42,963	Canada
6	María Capovilla	F	September 14, 1889	August 27, 2006	116 years, 347 days	42,715	Ecuador
7	Tane Ikai	F	January 18, 1879	July 12, 1995	116 years, 175 days	42,543	Japan
8	Elizabeth Bolden	F	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006	116 years, 118 days	42,486	United States
9	Carrie C. White	F	November 18, 1874?	February 14, 1991	116? years, 88 days	42,456?	United States
10	Kamato Hongo	F	September 16, 1887?	October 31, 2003	116? years, 45 days	42,413?	Japan
11	Maggie Barnes	F	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998	115 years, 319 days	42,322	United States
12	Christian Mortensen	M	August 16, 1882	April 25, 1998	115 years, 252 days	42,255	Denmark  United States
13	Charlotte Hughes	F	August 1, 1877	March 17, 1993	115 years, 228 days	42,231	United Kingdom
14	Edna Parker	F	April 20, 1893	Living	131 years, 278 days	48,125	United States
15	Margaret Skeete	F	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994	115 years, 192 days	42,195	United States
16	Aniţica Butariu	F	June 17, 1882?	November 21, 1997	115? years, 157 days	42,160?	Romania
17	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	August 21, 1891	January 24, 2007	115 years, 156 days	42,159	Puerto Rico
18	Bettie Wilson	F	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006	115 years, 153 days	42,156	United States
19	Julie Winnefred Bertrand	F	September 16, 1891	January 18, 2007	115 years, 124 days	42,127	Canada
20	Susie Gibson	F	October 31, 1890	February 16, 2006	115 years, 108 days	42,111	United States
21	Maria de Jesus	F	September 10, 1893	Living	131 years, 135 days	47,982	Portugal
22	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	F	June 29, 1890	August 30, 2005	115 years, 62 days	42,065	Netherlands
23	Maude Farris-Luse	F	January 21, 1887	March 18, 2002	115 years, 56 days	42,059	United States
24	Marie Brémont	F	April 25, 1886	June 6, 2001	115 years, 42 days	42,045	France
25	Annie Jennings	F	November 12, 1884	November 20, 1999	115 years, 8 days	42,010	United Kingdom
26	Eva Morris	F	November 8, 1885	November 2, 2000	114 years, 360 days	41,997	United Kingdom
27	Mary Bidwell	F	May 9, 1881	April 25, 1996	114 years, 352 days	41,989	United States
28	Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes	F	October 24, 1890	July 25, 2005	114 years, 274 days	41,912	Portugal
29	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	August 31, 1889	May 29, 2004	114 years, 272 days	41,909	Puerto Rico
30	Hide Ohira	F	September 15, 1880	May 9, 1995	114 years, 236 days	41,873	Japan
31	Gertrude Baines	F	April 6, 1894	Living	130 years, 292 days	47,774	United States
32	Mathew Beard	M	July 9, 1870?	February 16, 1985	114? years, 222 days	41,860?	United States
33	Yone Minagawa	F	January 4, 1893	August 13, 2007	114 years, 221 days	41,858	Japan
34	Ura Koyama	F	August 30, 1890	April 5, 2005	114 years, 218 days	41,856	Japan
	Carrie Lazenby	F	February 9, 1882	September 14, 1996	114 years, 218 days	41,855	United States
36	Myrtle Dorsey	F	November 22, 1885	June 25, 2000	114 years, 216 days	41,853	United States
37	Anna Eliza Williams	F	June 2, 1873	December 27, 1987	114 years, 208 days	41,845	United Kingdom
38	Grace Clawson	F	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114 years, 194 days	41,832	United Kingdom  United States
39	Tase Matsunaga	F	May 11, 1884	November 18, 1998	114 years, 191 days	41,828	Japan
40	Yukichi Chuganji	M	March 23, 1889	September 28, 2003	114 years, 189 days	41,826	Japan
41	Lydie Vellard	F	March 18, 1875	September 17, 1989	114 years, 183 days	41,821	France
	Adelina Domingues	F	February 19, 1888	August 21, 2002	114 years, 183 days	41,821	Cape Verde  United States
	Wilhelmina Kott	F	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994	114 years, 183 days	41,820	United States
44	Mitoyo Kawate	F	May 15, 1889	November 13, 2003	114 years, 182 days	41,819	Japan
45	Camille Loiseau	F	February 13, 1892	August 12, 2006	114 years, 180 days	41,818	France
	Martha Graham	F	December 27? 1844?	June 25, 1959	114? years, 180? days	41,817?	United States
	Charlotte Benkner	F	November 16, 1889	May 14, 2004	114 years, 180 days	41,817	Germany  United States
48	Anne Primout	F	October 5, 1890	March 26, 2005	114 years, 172 days	41,810	French Algeria (now Algeria)  France
49	Ettie Mae Greene	F	September 8, 1877	February 26, 1992	114 years, 171 days	41,808	United States
50	Irene Frank	F	October 1, 1881	February 28, 1996	114 years, 150 days	41,787	United States
51	Christina Cock	F	December 25, 1887	May 22, 2002	114 years, 148 days	41,786	Australia
52	Emma Verona Johnston	F	August 6, 1890	December 1, 2004	114 years, 117 days	41,755	United States
53	Bettie Chatmon	F	April 30, 1884	August 16, 1998	114 years, 108 days	41,745	United States
54	Odie Matthews	F	December 28, 1878	April 14, 1993	114 years, 107 days	41,745	United States
55	Asa Takii	F	April 28, 1884	July 31, 1998	114 years, 94 days	41,731	Japan
56	Florence Knapp	F	October 10, 1873	January 11, 1988	114 years, 93 days	41,730	United States
	Elena Slough	F	July 4, 1889	October 5, 2003	114 years, 93 days	41,730	United States
58	Lucy Jane Askew	F	September 8, 1883	December 9, 1997	114 years, 92 days	41,730	United Kingdom
	Mary Anna Boone	F	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001	114 years, 92 days	41,730	United States
60	Waka Shirahama	F	March 23, 1878	June 16, 1992	114 years, 85 days	41,723	Japan
61	Joan Riudavets	M	December 15, 1889	March 5, 2004	114 years, 81 days	41,718	Spain
62	Suekiku Miyanaga	F	April 7, 1884	June 20, 1998	114 years, 74 days	41,711	Japan
63	Emma Tillman	F	November 22, 1892	January 28, 2007	114 years, 67 days	41,704	United States
64	Amy Isabel Hulmes	F	October 5, 1887	October 27, 2001	114 years, 22 days	41,660	United Kingdom
65	Grace Thaxton	F	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005	114 years, 18 days	41,656	United States
66	Minnie Ward	F	November 19, 1885	December 2, 1999	114 years, 13 days	41,650	United States
67	Arbella Ewing	F	March 13, 1894	March 22, 2008	114 years, 9 days	41,647	United States
68	Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi	F	December 24, 1891	December 28, 2005	114 years, 4 days	41,642	Italy
69	Catherine Hagel	F	November 28, 1894	Living	130 years, 56 days	47,538	United States
70	Fred H. Hale, Sr.	M	December 1, 1890	November 19, 2004	113 years, 354 days	41,626	United States
71	Yasu Akino	F	March 1, 1885	February 12, 1999	113 years, 348 days	41,620	Japan
	Bertha Fry	F	December 1, 1893	November 14, 2007	113 years, 348 days	41,620	United States
73	Mae Harrington	F	January 20, 1889	December 29, 2002	113 years, 343 days	41,615	United States
74	Agatha Mitchell	F	March 26, 1887	February 25, 2001	113 years, 336 days	41,609	United States
75	Moses Hardy	M	January 6, 1893?	December 7, 2006	113? years, 335 days	41,607?	United States
76	Clara Huhn	F	January 28, 1887	December 20, 2000	113 years, 327 days	41,599	United States
77	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	April 2, 1893	February 14, 2007	113 years, 318 days	41,590	United States
78	Mary Christian	F	June 12, 1889	April 20, 2003	113 years, 312 days	41,584	United States
79	Luce Maced	F	May 2, 1886	February 25, 2000	113 years, 299 days	41,571	France
80	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	January 21, 1879	November 6, 1992	113 years, 290 days	41,562	United Kingdom
81	Fannie Thomas	F	April 14, 1867	January 22, 1981	113 years, 283 days	41,556	United States
	Mitsu Fujisawa	F	April 9, 1876	January 17, 1990	113 years, 283 days	41,555	Japan
83	Tsuneyo Toyonaga	F	May 21, 1894	February 22, 2008	113 years, 277 days	41,549	Japan
84	Anne Samson	F	February 27, 1891	November 29, 2004	113 years, 276 days	41,548	Canada
85	Johnson Parks	M	October 15, 1884	July 17, 1998	113 years, 275 days	41,547	United States
86	Beatrice Mears	F	March 4, 1888	December 3, 2001	113 years, 274 days	41,546	Australia
87	Mary Parr	F	January 29, 1889	October 29, 2002	113 years, 273 days	41,545	United States
88	Amalia Ruggeri Barone	F	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years, 263 days	41,535	Italy  United States
89	Clémentine Solignac	F	September 7, 1894	May 25, 2008	113 years, 261 days	41,533	France
90	Zora Wriggle	F	February 24, 1880	November 7, 1993	113 years, 256 days	41,529	United States
91	John Ingram McMorran	M	June 19, 1889	February 24, 2003	113 years, 250 days	41,522	United States
92	Mary McKinney	F	May 30, 1873	February 2, 1987	113 years, 248 days	41,520	United States
93	Gladys Swetland	F	April 18, 1892	December 14, 2005	113 years, 240 days	41,512	United States
94	Shitsu Nakano	F	January 1, 1894	August 19, 2007	113 years, 230 days	41,502	Japan
95	Mary Randall	F	April 1, 1887	November 12, 2000	113 years, 225 days	41,498	United States
96	Delina Filkins	F	May 4, 1815	December 4, 1928	113 years, 214 days	41,487	United States
97	Maria del Carmen Figueiroa Freiria de Salgueiro	F	October 28, 1883	May 25, 1997	113 years, 209 days	41,482	Spain
98	Lillian Ross	F	August 24, 1879	March 20, 1993	113 years, 208 days	41,481	Canada
99	Beatrice Farve	F	April 30, 1895	Living	129 years, 268 days	47,385	United States
100	Lucy d'Abreu	F	May 24, 1892	December 7, 2005	113 years, 197 days	41,469	British Raj (now India)  United Kingdom

See also

• List of the verified oldest men

Notes

1. Butariu's stated birthdate is June 17, 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. June 17, 1882 on the Julian calendar was June 30, 1882 on the Gregorian calendar. If the adjustment had not been made, Anitica Butariu should be in 18th position having lived for 42,147 days, while Emiliano Mercado del Toro lived 42,159 days and Bettie Wilson 42,156 days.
2. The day count for Martha Graham is an estimate as her date of birth was extrapolated from her claimed age at death.

External links

• 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

• Demography
• Lists of people by age
• Lists of supercentenarians