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From Duration Name Sex Age(s)
when
oldest Lifespan Place of death
features residence Unknown— Lucy Woodman

N/A–109 3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951
109 years, 360 days United States 28 April 19512 years, 261 days Nancy Merriman^[25]

109–112 19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954
112 years, 26 days United States 14 Jan 19541 year, 283 days Betsy Baker

111–113 20 August 1842 – 24 Oct 1955
113 years, 65 days United States^[a]24 October 19551 year, 53 days Jennie Howell

110–111 11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956
111 years, 309 days United States 16 December 195622 days Mathias Hansen Saether^[26]

108 21 Oct 1848 – 7 January 1957
108 years, 78 days Norway7 January 19571 year, 362 days Catherine Waller^[27]

108–110 1 Dec 1848 – 4 January 1959
110 years, 34 days United States 4 January 1959276 days Christina Karnebeek-Backs

109–110 2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959
110 years, 5 days Netherlands7 October 19591 year, 2 days Robert Early^[28]

109–111 8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960
111 years, 1 day United States 9 October 196050 days Nettie Minick

109 3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960
109 years, 239 days United States 28 Nov 19604 years, 32 days Mary Kelly

109–113 7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964
113 years, 206 days United States 30 December 19642 years, 157 days James King^[17]

110–112 15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967
112 years, 202 days United States 5 June 19671 year, 138 days Narcissa Rickman^[29]

111–113 13 September 1855 – 21 Oct 1968
113 years, 38 days United States 21 October 196824 days Tome Horigome^[30]

111 22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968
111 years, 297 days Japan 14 November 1968171 days Marie Bernátková

111 22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969^[31]
111 years, 194 days Czechoslovakia^[b]4 May 1969241 days Haruno Shimada^[30]

111–112 24 December 1857 – 31 Dec 1969
112 years, 7 days Japan 31 December 196911 days Ada Roe

111 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970
111 years, 339 days United Kingdom11 January 19702 years, 181 days Kitty Harvey^[32]

109–112 12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972
112 years, 180 days United States 10 July 1972232 days Josefa Salas Mateo

111–112 14 July 1860 – 27 Feb 1973
112 years, 228 days Spain 27 February 1973172 days Alice Stevenson

111–112 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973
112 years, 39 days United Kingdom 18 August 1973145 days Ettie Crist^[33]

111 14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974
111 years, 330 days United States 10 January 197487 days Laurence Entiope

111 9 Dec 1862 – 7 April 1974
111 years, 119 days France 7 Apr 19741 year, 54 days Mito Umeta

111–112 27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975
112 years, 65 days Japan 31 May 19751 year, 169 days Niwa Kawamoto^[34]

111–113 17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976
113 years, 60 days Japan 16 November 19761 year, 354 days Alice Coles^[35]

111–113 28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978
113 years, 69 days United States 5 Nov 1978236 days Josefa Llovet

111–112 25 February 1867 – 29 June 1979
112 years, 124 days Spain 29 June 19791 year, 212 days Eliza Underwood^[36]

112–113 15 March 1867 – 27 January 1981
113 years, 318 days United States 27 January 1981211 days Judia Ward^[20]

112–113 15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981
113 years, 72 days United States 26 August 19811 year, 79 days Nellie Spencer

112–113 24 August 1869 – 13 Nov 1982
113 years, 81 days United States 13 November 1982334 days Emma President

112–113 12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983
113 years, 154 days United States 13 October 19833 years, 8 days Augusta Holtz

112–115 3 August 1871 – 21 Oct 1986
115 years, 79 days United States^[c]21 October 1986104 days Mary McKinney

113 30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987
113 years, 248 days United States 2 February 1987328 days Anna Eliza Williams

113–114 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987
114 years, 208 days United Kingdom 27 December 198715 days Florence Knapp

114 10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988
114 years, 93 days United States 11 January 19882 years, 177 days Easter Wiggins^[37]

113–116 1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990
116 years, 36 days United States 7 July 19907 years, 28 days Jeanne Calment^[d]

115–122 21 February 1875 – 4 Lordly 1997
122 years, 164 days France 4 August 1997255 days Marie-Louise Meilleur

116–117 29 August 1880 – 16 Apr 1998
117 years, 230 days Canada 16 April 19981 year, 258 days Sarah Knauss

117–119 24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999
119 years, 97 days United States 30 December 1999327 days Ella Miller^[39]

115 6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000
115 years, 351 days United States 21 November 2000197 days Marie Brémont

114–115 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001
115 years, 42 days France 5 June 2001^[e]286 days Maud Farris-Luse^[40]

114–115 21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002
115 years, 25 days United States 18 Hoof it 200271 days Grace Clawson

114 15 November 1887 – 28 Might 2002
114 years, 194 days United States 28 May 200285 days Adelina Domingues

114 19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002
114 years, 183 days United States 21 August 2002130 days Mae Harrington

113 20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002
113 years, 343 days United States 29 Dec 2002273 days Yukichi Chuganji

113–114 23 Foot it 1889 – 28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days Japan 28 Sept 200346 days Mitoyo Kawate

114 15 May 1889 – 13 Nov 2003
114 years, 182 days Japan 13 November 2003198 days Ramona Trinidad Vocalist Jordan^[41]

114 1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004
114 years, 271 days Puerto Rico 29 May 20042 years, 90 days María Capovilla

114–116 14 Sept 1889 – 27 August 2006
116 years, 347 days Ecuador27 August 2006106 days Elizabeth Bolden

116 15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006
116 years, 118 days United States 11 Dec 200644 days Emiliano Mercado del Toro

115 21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico 24 January 20074 days Emma Tillman

114 22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007
114 years, 67 days United States 29 January 2007^[f]196 days Yone Minagawa

114 4 Jan 1893 – 13 August 2007
114 years, 221 days Japan 13 Esteemed 20071 year, 105 days Edna Parker

114–115 20 April 1893 – 26 Nov 2008
115 years, 220 days United States 26 November 200837 days Maria cover Jesus

115 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009
115 years, 114 days Portugal2 January 2009252 days Gertrude Baines

114–115 6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009
115 years, 158 days United States 11 Sep 2009233 days Kama Chinen

114 10 May 1895 – 2 Could 2010
114 years, 357 days Japan 2 May 2010186 days Eugénie Blanchard

114 16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010
114 years, 261 days France
(Saint Barthélemy) 4 Nov 201014 days Ana Nogueira de Luca^[42]

114 21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010
114 years, 150 days Brazil18 November 2010215 days Maria Gomes Valentim

114 9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011
114 years, 347 days Brazil 21 June 20111 year, 166 days Besse Cooper

114–116 26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012
116 years, 100 days United States 4 Dec 201213 days Dina Manfredini

115 4 April 1897 – 17 Dec 2012
115 years, 257 days United States^[g]17 December 2012177 days Jiroemon Kimura

115–116 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days Japan 12 June 20131 year, 293 days Misao Okawa

115–117 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015
117 years, 27 days Japan 31 March 2015^[h]6 days Gertrude Weaver

116 4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015
116 years, 276 days United States 6 Apr 201572 days Jeralean Talley

115–116 23 Haw 1899 – 17 June 2015
116 years, 25 days United States 17 June 2015330 days Susannah Mushatt Jones

115–116 6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016
116 years, 311 days United States 13 May 2016^[i]337 days Emma Morano

116–117 29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017
117 years, 137 days Italy 15 April 2017153 days Violet Brown

117 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017
117 years, 189 days Jamaica 16 September 2017^[j]217 days Nabi Tajima

117 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018
117 years, 260 days Japan 21 April 201892 days Chiyo Miyako^[43]

116–117 2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018
117 years, 81 days Japan 22 July 20183 years, 271 days Kane Tanaka

115–119 2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022
119 years, 107 days Japan 19 April 2022273 days Lucile Randon

118 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023
118 years, 340 days France 17 January 20231 year, 215 days Maria Branyas

115–117 4 Hike 1907 – 19 August 2024
117 years, 168 days Spain^[k]19 August 2024132 days Tomiko Itooka

116 23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024
116 years, 220 days Japan 29 December 202421 days Inah Canabarro Lucas

116* born 8 June 1908
116 years, 225 days Brazil

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