A supercentenarian (sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian) is someone who has lived to or passed their 110th birthday. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Anderson et al. concluded that supercentenarians live a life typically free of major age-related diseases until shortly before maximum human lifespan is reached (theoretically estimated to be 126 years).

European supercentenarians

European supercentenarians are residents or emigrants from Europe who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. By January 2015 the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians.

The oldest European and the world's oldest person ever recorded was Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. This has been disputed by some researchers.Gibbs P, Zak N. A Review of Longevity Validations to 2020. April 2021. The oldest European man ever was Christian Mortensen from Denmark, who emigrated to the United States where he died aged 115 years and 252 days. The oldest non-emigrant European man was Spaniard Joan Riudavets Moll, who lived 114 years and 81 days.

Beyond the 50 oldest Europeans in aggregate, there are more detailed lists of the oldest Belgian, British, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Irish, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish and Swedish people.

50 Oldest European residents ever Below is a list of the oldest 50 supercentenarians who have died or are living in Europe. The list including all known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Later cases were sourced from more recent GRG data, as indicated in the table.

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country 1 Jeanne Calment F 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 France 2 Lucile Randon F 11 February 1904 17 January 2023 France 3 Maria Branyas F 4 March 1907 19 August 2024 Spain 4 Emma Morano F 29 November 1899 15 April 2017 Italy 5 Ethel Caterham F 21 August 1909 Living United Kingdom 6 Jeanne Bot F 14 January 1905 22 May 2021 France 7 Maria Giuseppa Robucci F 20 March 1903 18 June 2019 Italy 8 Tekla Juniewicz F 10 June 1906 19 August 2022 Poland 9 Ana María Vela Rubio F 29 October 1901 15 December 2017 Spain 10 Giuseppina Projetto F 30 May 1902 6 July 2018 Italy 11 Lucia Laura Sangenito F 22 November 1910 Living Italy 12 Marie-Rose Tessier F 21 May 1910 10 February 2026 France 13 Charlotte Hughes F 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 United Kingdom 14 Magdalena Oliver Gabarró F 31 October 1903 1 May 2019 Spain 15 Maria de Jesus F 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 Portugal 16 Marie Josephine Gaudette F 25 March 1902 13 July 2017 Italy 17 Valentine Ligny F 22 October 1906 4 January 2022 France 18 Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper F 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 Netherlands 19 Marie Brémont F 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 France 20 Annie Jennings F 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 United Kingdom 21 Eva Morris F 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 United Kingdom 22 Klavdiya Gadyuchkina F 5 December 1910 29 November 2025 Russia 23 Andrée Bertoletto F 1 January 1911 16 October 2025 France 24 Maria do Couto Maia F 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 Portugal 25 Charlotte Kretschmann F 3 December 1909 27 August 2024 Germany 26 Venere Pizzinato F 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 Italy 27 Ethel Lang F 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 United Kingdom 28 María Antonia Castro F 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 Spain 29 Anna Eliza Williams F 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 United Kingdom 30 Lydie Vellard F 18 March 1875 17 September 1989 France 31 Gabrielle des Robert F 4 June 1904 3 December 2018 France 32 Camille Loiseau F 13 February 1892 12 August 2006 France 33 Anne Primout F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 France 34 Geertje Kuijntjes F 19 July 1905 24 December 2019 Netherlands 35 Lucy Jane Askew F 8 September 1883 9 December 1997 United Kingdom 36 María Carmen del López F 3 April 1883 3 July 1997 Spain 37 Honorine Rondello F 28 July 1903 19 October 2017 France Silveria Martín Díaz F 20 June 1910 11 September 2024 Spain 39 Joan Riudavets Moll M 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 Spain 40 Madeleine Dellamonica F 23 July 1912 Living France 41 Claudia Baccarini F 13 October 1910 24 December 2024 Italy 42 Anne Brasz-Later F 16 July 1906 2 September 2020 Netherlands Marie-Louise Taterode F 17 July 1906 3 September 2020 France 44 Florrie Baldwin F 31 March 1896 8 May 2010 United Kingdom 45 Luise Pompe F 13 October 1908 11 November 2022 Austria 46 Amy Hulmes F 5 October 1887 27 October 2001 United Kingdom 47 Marie Liguinen F 26 March 1901 2 April 2015 France 48 Marie-Thérèse Bardet F 2 June 1898 8 June 2012 France 49 Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi F 24 December 1891 28 December 2005 Italy 50 Maria Redaelli-Granoli F 3 April 1899 2 April 2013 Italy

50 Oldest European emigrants ever Below is a list of the oldest supercentenarians born in Europe who emigrated to another continent and either died or are still living there. Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country of birth Country of death or residence 1 Dina Manfredini F 4 April 1897 17 December 2012 Italy United States 2 Christian Mortensen M 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 Denmark United States 3 Augusta Holtz F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 Germany United States 4 Goldie Steinberg F 30 October 1900 16 August 2015 Moldova United States 5 Grace Clawson F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 United Kingdom United States 6 Charlotte Benkner F 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 Germany United States 7 Ilse Meingast F 14 March 1912 23 August 2026 Germany United States 8 Phyllis Ridgway F 10 March 1907 4 June 2021 United Kingdom Canada 9 Maria Jorge Estevesde Almeida F 28 May 1912 8 July 2026 Portugal Brazil 10 Miriam Carpelan F 8 July 1882 22 June 1996 United Kingdom United States 11 Goldie Michelson F 8 August 1902 8 July 2016 Ukraine United States 12 Israel Kristal M 15 September 1903 11 August 2017 Poland Israel 13 Anna Natella F 21 November 1912 Living Italy United States 14 Amalia Barone F 6 October 1884 26 June 1998 Italy United States 15 Margaret Romans F 16 March 1912 25 October 2025 Latvia Canada 16 Luzia Mohrs F 23 March 1904 16 October 2017 Germany Brazil 17 Malka "Mollie" Horwitz F 16 March 1913 Living Lithuania United States 18 Louise Schaaf F 16 October 1906 25 April 2020 Germany United States 19 Amarillide Bufalini F 27 November 1876 15 May 1990 Italy United States 20 Kathleen Snavely F 16 February 1902 6 July 2015 Ireland United States 21 Mary Drymalski F 22 July 1880 1 December 1993 Germany United States 22 Florence Finch F 22 December 1893 10 April 2007 United Kingdom New Zealand Irene Zito Ciuffoletti F 19 January 1903 7 May 2016 Italy United States 24 Maria Aulenbacher F 7 November 1909 8 February 2023 Germany United States 25 Adelheid Kirschbaum F 29 September 1883 21 December 1996 Germany United States 26 Betsy Baker F 20 August 1842 24 October 1955 United Kingdom United States 27 Rose Girone F 13 January 1912 24 February 2025 Ukraine United States 28 Alice Sjöquist F 25 October 1878 7 November 1991 United Kingdom Canada 29 Fanny Martland F 19 November 1888 1 December 2001 United Kingdom Canada 30 Elizabeth Stefan F 13 May 1895 9 April 2008 Hungary United States 31 Anna Bechler F 28 September 1907 29 July 2020 Germany United States 32 Helen Obermayer F 20 January 1879 20 November 1991 Hungary United States 33 Marietta Capizzi F 30 January 1901 10 November 2013 Italy United States 34 Pearl Lutzko F 15 February 1899 2 November 2011 Ukraine Canada 35 Henrietta Irwin F 27 May 1906 15 January 2019 United Kingdom Canada 36 Gertruda Gorecka F 12 November 1911 25 June 2024 Germany Canada 37 Delio Venturotti M 25 October 1909 1 June 2022 Italy Brazil 38 Margaret Vivian F 25 February 1906 20 September 2018 United Kingdom Australia 39 Louisa Delfino F 10 December 1886 29 June 1999 Italy United States 40 Amelia England F 15 May 1900 30 November 2012 United Kingdom United States 41 Jane Gray F 1 December 1901 7 June 2014 United Kingdom Australia 42 Catherine Abate F 15 November 1909 7 May 2022 Italy United States 43 Mary Roberts F 5 October 1906 11 March 2019 United Kingdom Canada 44 Vincenza Balassone-Colucci F 24 January 1903 26 June 2015 Italy United States 45 Berta Rosenberg F 5 September 1896 28 January 2009 Germany United States 46 Martha Rein F 17 August 1874 6 January 1987 Germany United States 47 Esther Ecklund F 28 October 1901 12 March 2014 Sweden United States 48 Leonora Cox F 30 December 1907 6 April 2020 United Kingdom United States 49 Salustiano Sanchez M 8 June 1901 13 September 2013 Spain United States 50 Rosaria Caleca F 5 February 1895 6 May 2007 Italy United States

African supercentenarians This is an incomplete list of people born in Africa who have lived at least 110 years. Most of the listed persons were born in former colonies that already maintained systematic birth records in the 19th century. Many other supercentenarian cases likely exist in Africa, but are not adequately documented.

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country of birth Country of death or residence 1 Adelina Domingues F 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 Cape Verde United States 2 Anne Primout F 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 French Algeria France 3 Marcelle Narbonne F 25 March 1898 1 January 2012 French Algeria France 4 Marie-Isabelle Diaz F 22 February 1898 29 October 2011 French Algeria Réunion, France 5 Julia Sinédia-Cazour F 12 July 1892 6 October 2005 Réunion, France Réunion, France 6 Suzanne Décélis F 13 July 1909 6 January 2022 French Algeria France 7 Hélène Malfuson F 29 June 1914 4 October 2026 Tunisia France 8 Consuelo Moreno-López F 5 February 1893 13 November 2004 Sultanate of Morocco United States 9 Suzanne Faivre F 13 August 1906 26 April 2018 French Algeria France 10 Johanna Adonis F 5 August 1907 1 February 2019 Cape Colony South Africa 11 Émile Fourcade M 29 July 1884 29 December 1995 French Algeria France 12 Camille Bensaïd F 12 November 1909 19 November 2020 French Algeria France 13 Gabrielle Rambaud F 14 March 1897 31 January 2008 French Algeria France 14 Jeanne Hue F 2 October 1895 5 May 2006 French Algeria France 15 Rose Campos F 9 May 1908 25 October 2018 French Algeria France 16 Rosalba Castro Bello F 15 February 1907 17 July 2017 Canary Islands, Spain Canary Islands, Spain 17 Vita Italia Diliberto F 1 January 1914 26 April 2024 Tunisia Italy 18 José Martins M 7 March 1912 14 May 2022 Madeira, Portugal Madeira, Portugal

Asian supercentenarians

This is an incomplete list of supercentenarians who were born or died in Asia, or are living there. According to the Gerontology Research Group, the verified oldest Asian person ever is Kane Tanaka of Japan, who died on 19 April 2022, aged 119 years and 107 days. The verified oldest man is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who died on 12 June 2013, aged 116 years and 54 days. As of , the oldest living person in Asia is Fuyo Kishimoto of Japan.

The vast majority of verified Asian cases of supercentenarians come from Japan, which has kept birth records for more than a century, while other Asian countries have historically been less meticulous about keeping such records. According to The Washington Post, China and India have many supercentenarians, but nearly none are confirmed, as their governments did not track births prior to the early 1900s.

Japan

Notable supercentenarians from other Asian countries

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Country of birth Country of death or residence 1 Israel Kristal M 15 September 1903 11 August 2017 Congress Poland, Russian Empire Israel 2 Shi Ping M 1 November 1911 29 June 2024 Qing China China

Oldest known Asian emigrants