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 (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. __FORCETOC__ 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 (GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
RankName Birth date Death dateAgeCountry of deathor residence 1 Jeanne Calment 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 France 2 Kane Tanaka 2 January 1903 19 April 2022 Japan 3 Sarah Knauss 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 United States 4 Lucile Randon 11 February 1904 17 January 2023 France 5 Nabi Tajima 4 August 1900 21 April 2018 Japan 6 Marie-Louise Meilleur 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 Canada 7 Violet Brown 10 March 1900 15 September 2017 Jamaica 8 Maria Branyas 4 March 1907 19 August 2024 Spain 9 Emma Morano 29 November 1899 15 April 2017 Italy 10 Chiyo Miyako 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 Japan 11 Delphia Welford 9 September 1875 14 November 1992 United States 12 Ethel Caterham 21 August 1909 Living United Kingdom 13 Misao Okawa 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 Japan 14 Francisca Celsa dos Santos 21 October 1904 5 October 2021 Brazil 15 María Capovilla 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 Ecuador 16 Inah Canabarro Lucas 8 June 1908 30 April 2025 Brazil 17 Susannah Mushatt Jones 6 July 1899 12 May 2016 United States 18 Gertrude Weaver 4 July 1898 6 April 2015 United States 19 Fusa Tatsumi 25 April 1907 12 December 2023 Japan 20 Antonia da Santa Cruz 13 June 1905 23 January 2022 Brazil 21 Tomiko Itooka 23 May 1908 29 December 2024 Japan 22 Tane Ikai 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 Japan 23 Jeanne Bot 14 January 1905 22 May 2021 France 24 Elizabeth Bolden 15 August 1890 11 December 2006 United States 25 Besse Cooper 26 August 1896 4 December 2012 United States 26 Maria Giuseppa Robucci 20 March 1903 18 June 2019 Italy 27 Tekla Juniewicz 10 June 1906 19 August 2022 Poland 28 Ana María Vela Rubio 29 October 1901 15 December 2017 Spain 29 Giuseppina Projetto 30 May 1902 6 July 2018 Italy 30 Easter Wiggins 1 June 1874 7 July 1990 United States 31 Jeralean Talley 23 May 1899 17 June 2015 United States 32 Edith Ceccarelli 5 February 1908 22 February 2024 United States 33 Naomi Whitehead 26 September 1910 Living United States 34 Ella Miller 6 December 1884 21 November 2000 United States 35 Shigeyo Nakachi 1 February 1905 11 January 2021 Japan 36 Maggie Barnes 6 March 1882 19 January 1998 United States Lucia Laura Sangenito 22 November 1910 Living Italy 38 Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo 13 January 1911 Living Brazil 39 Marie-Rose Tessier 21 May 1910 10 February 2026 France 40 Dina Manfredini 4 April 1897 17 December 2012 United States 41 Shimoe Akiyama 19 May 1903 29 January 2019 Japan 42 Hester Ford 15 August 1905 17 April 2021 United States 43 Okagi Hayashi 2 September 1909 26 April 2025 Japan 44 Charlotte Hughes 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 United Kingdom 45 Edna Parker 20 April 1893 26 November 2008 United States 46 Mary Ann Rhodes 12 August 1882 3 March 1998 Canada 47 Anonymous of Tokyo 15 March 1900 27 September 2015 Japan 48 Margaret Skeete 27 October 1878 7 May 1994 United States 49 Magdalena Oliver Gabarró 31 October 1903 1 May 2019 Spain 50 Bernice Madigan 24 July 1899 3 January 2015 United States 51 Gertrude Baines 6 April 1894 11 September 2009 United States 52 Bettie Wilson 13 September 1890 13 February 2006 United States 53 Shin Matsushita 30 March 1904 27 August 2019 Japan 54 Iris Westman 28 August 1905 3 January 2021 United States 55 Julie Winnefred Bertrand 16 September 1891 18 January 2007 Canada 56 Maria de Jesus 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 Portugal 57 Marie-Josephine Gaudette 25 March 1902 13 July 2017 Italy 58 Susie Gibson 31 October 1890 16 February 2006 United States Thelma Sutcliffe 1 October 1906 17 January 2022 United States Beatriz Ferreira Duarte 21 June 1911 Living Brazil 61 Edna Kern 14 October 1900 20 January 2016 United States 62 Shigeko Kagawa 28 May 1911 27 August 2026 Japan 63 Elizabeth Francis 25 July 1909 22 October 2024 United States 64 Casilda Benegas Gallego 8 April 1907 28 June 2022 Argentina 65 Augusta Holtz 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 United States 66 Guillermina Acosta Bilbao 27 November 1901 13 February 2017 Panama 67 Valentine Ligny 22 October 1906 4 January 2022 France 68 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 Netherlands 69 Bessie Hendricks 7 November 1907 3 January 2023 United States 70 Mina Kitagawa 3 November 1905 19 December 2020 Japan 71 Marie Brémont 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 France 72 Yoshi Otsunari 17 December 1906 26 January 2022 Japan 73Katie Hatton 18 December 1876 24 January 1992 United States 74 Maude Farris-Luse 21 February 1887 18 March 2002 United States 75 Koto Okubo 24 December 1897 12 January 2013 Japan 76 Antonia Gerena Rivera 19 May 1900 2 June 2015 United States 77 Chiyono Hasegawa 20 November 1896 2 December 2011 Japan 78 Annie Jennings 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 United Kingdom 79 Anonymous of Hyōgo 29 April 1907 30 April 2022 Japan 80 Eva Morris 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 United Kingdom 81 Klavdiya Gadyuchkina 5 December 1910 29 November 2025 Russia 82 Kama Chinen 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 Japan 83 Mary Bidwell 9 May 1881 25 April 1996 United States 84 Sofia Rojas 13 August 1907 30 July 2022 Colombia 85 Maria Gomes Valentim 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 Brazil 86 Izabel Rosa Pereira 13 October 1910 24 September 2025 Brazil 87 Hazel Plummer 19 June 1908 25 May 2023 United States 88 Ophelia Burks 25 October 1903 27 September 2018 United States 89 Ella Gantt 30 November 1886 28 October 2001 United States 90 Eliza Underwood 15 March 1866 27 January 1981 United States 91 Kahoru Furuya 18 February 1908 25 December 2022 Japan 92 Mary Josephine Ray 17 May 1895 7 March 2010 United States 93 Fuyo Kishimoto 20 December 1911 Living Japan 94 Goldie Steinberg 30 October 1900 16 August 2015 United States 95 Andrée Bertoletto 1 January 1911 16 October 2025 France 96 Kiyoko Ishiguro 4 March 1901 5 December 2015 Japan 97 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 Portugal Eudoxie Baboul 1 October 1901 1 July 2016 France (French Guiana) 99 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan 1 September 1889 29 May 2004 Puerto Rico Yukie Hino 17 April 1902 13 January 2017 Japan
100 verified oldest men The list includes supercentenarians validated by an organisation specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.