LIST OF THE OLDEST PEOPLE

This is a 'list of the top one hundred oldest verified people' in world history. The oldest fully validated person that ever lived in history is French woman Jeanne Calment, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The current oldest living person, American woman Edna Parker, is old. The entries that are in 'bold' indicate people who are still living. Ages for those who are in bold are automatically updated to the current date. Of the 100 people on the list, only 10 are males and 90 are females.

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Key

;Race
:W=White, B=Black, O=Oriental/East Asian, H=Hispanic (mestizo) and I=Indian/South Asian
;Sex
:M=Male, F=Female

List

'Rank'	'Name'	'Sex'	'Birth'	'Death'	'Age'	'Race'	'Country'
1	Jeanne Calment	F	February 21, 1875	August 4, 1997	122 years 164 days	W
2	Shigechiyo Izumi	M	June 29, 1865?	February 21, 1986	120? years 237 days	O
3	Sarah Knauss	F	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999	119 years 97 days	W
4	Lucy Hannah	F	July 16, 1875	March 21, 1993	117 years 248 days	B
5	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	August 29, 1880	April 16, 1998	117 years 230 days	W
6	María Capovilla	F	September 14, 1889	August 27, 2006	116 years 347 days	W
7	Tane Ikai	F	January 18, 1879	July 12, 1995	116 years 175 days	O
8	Elizabeth Bolden	F	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006	116 years 118 days	B
9	Carrie C. White	F	November 18, 1874?	February 14 1991	116? years 88 days	W
10	Kamato Hongo	F	September 16, 1887?	October 31, 2003	116? years 45 days	O
11	Maggie Barnes	F	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998	115 years 319 days	B
12	Christian Mortensen	M	August 16, 1882	April 25, 1998	115 years 252 days	W
13	Charlotte Hughes	F	August 1, 1877	March 17, 1993	115 years 228 days	W
14	Margaret Skeete	F	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994	115 years 192 days	W
15	Anitica Butariu	F	June 17, 1882?	November 21, 1997	115? years 157 days	W
16	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	M	August 21, 1891	January 24, 2007	115 years 156 days	H
17	Bettie Wilson	F	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006	115 years 153 days	B
18	Julie Winnefred Bertrand	F	September 16, 1891	January 18, 2007	115 years 124 days	W
19	Susie Gibson	F	October 31, 1890	February 16, 2006	115 years 108 days	W
20	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	F	June 29, 1890	August 30, 2005	115 years 62 days	W
21	Maude Farris-Luse	F	January 21, 1887	March 18, 2002	115 years 56 days	W
22	Marie Brémont	F	April 25, 1886	June 6, 2001	115 years 42 days	W
23	Annie Jennings	F	November 12 1884	November 20, 1999	115 years 8 days	W
24	Eva Morris	F	November 8, 1885	November 2, 2000	114 years 360 days	W
25	Mary Bidwell	F	May 9, 1881	April 25, 1996	114 years 352 days	W
26	Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes	F	October 24, 1890	July 25, 2005	114 years 274 days	W
27	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	August 31, 1889	May 29, 2004	114 years 272 days	W
28	Hide Ohira	F	September 15, 1880	May 9, 1995	114 years 236 days	O
29	Mathew Beard	M	July 9, 1870	February 16, 1985	114 years 222 days	B
30	Yone Minagawa	F	January 4, 1893	August 13, 2007	114 years 221 days	O
31	Carrie Lazenby	F	February 9, 1882	September 14, 1996	114 years 218 days	B
	Ura Koyama	F	August 30, 1890	April 5, 2005	114 years 218 days	O
33	Myrtle Dorsey	F	November 22, 1885	June 25, 2000	114 years 216 days	W
34	Anna Eliza Williams	F	June 2, 1873	December 27, 1987	114 years 208 days	W
35	Grace Clawson	F	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114 years 194 days	W
36	Tase Matsunaga	F	May 11, 1884	November 18, 1998	114 years 191 days	O
37	Yukichi Chuganji	M	March 23, 1889	September 28, 2003	114 years 189 days	O
38	Lydie Vellard	F	March 18, 1875	September 17, 1989	114 years 183 days	W
	Wilhelmina Kott	F	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994	114 years 183 days	W
	Adelina Domingues	F	February 19, 1888	August 21, 2002	114 years 183 days	W
41	Mitoyo Kawate	F	May 15, 1889	November 13, 2003	114 years 182 days	O
42	Martha Graham	F	December 27? 1844	June 25, 1959	114 years 180? days	B
	Charlotte Benkner	F	November 16, 1889	May 14, 2004	114 years 180 days	W	Germany
	Camille Loiseau	F	February 13, 1892	August 12, 2006	114 years 180 days	W
45	Anne Primout	F	October 5, 1890	March 26, 2005	114 years 172 days	W	Algeria
46	Ettie Mae Greene	F	September 8, 1877	February 26, 1992	114 years 171 days	W
47	Irene Frank	F	October 1, 1881	February 28, 1996	114 years 150 days	W
48	Christina Cock	F	December 25, 1887	May 22, 2002	114 years 148 days	W	Australia
'49'	'Edna Parker'	'F'	'April 20, 1893'	'Still alive'	''	'W'	''
50	Emma Verona Johnston	F	August 6, 1890	December 1, 2004	114 years 117 days	W
51	Bettie Chatmon	F	April 30, 1884	August 16, 1998	114 years 108 days	B
52	Odie Matthews	F	December 28, 1878	April 14, 1993	114 years 107 days	W
53	Asa Takii	F	April 28, 1884	July 31, 1998	114 years 94 days	O
54	Florence Knapp	F	October 10, 1873	January 11, 1988	114 years 93 days	W
	Elena Slough	F	July 4, 1889	October 5, 2003	114 years 93 days	W
56	Lucy Jane Askew	F	September 8, 1883	December 9, 1997	114 years 92 days	W
	Mary Anna Boone	F	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001	114 years 92 days	W
58	Waka Shirahama	F	March 23, 1878	June 16, 1992	114 years 85 days	O
59	Joan Riudavets	M	December 15, 1889	March 5, 2004	114 years 81 days	W
60	Suekiku Miyanaga	F	April 7, 1884	June 20, 1998	114 years 74 days	O
61	Emma Tillman	F	November 22, 1892	January 28, 2007	114 years 67 days	B
62	Amy Isabel Hulmes	F	October 5, 1887	October 27, 2001	114 years 22 days	W
63	Grace Thaxton	F	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005	114 years 18 days	W
64	Minnie Ward	F	November 19, 1885	December 2, 1999	114 years 13 days	B
65	Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi	F	December 24, 1891	December 28, 2005	114 years 4 days	W
'66'	'Maria de Jesus'	'F'	'September 10, 1893'	'Still alive'	''	'W'	''
67	Fred H. Hale, Sr.	M	December 1, 1890	November 19, 2004	113 years 354 days	W
68	Yasu Akino	F	March 1, 1885	February 12, 1999	113 years 348 days	O
69	Mae Harrington	F	January 20, 1889	December 29, 2002	113 years 343 days	W
70	Agatha Mitchell	F	March 26, 1887	February 25, 2001	113 years 336 days	B
71	Moses Hardy	M	January 6, 1893?	December 7, 2006	113? years 335 days	B
72	Clara Huhn	F	January 28, 1887	December 20, 2000	113 years 327 days	W
73	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	April 2, 1893	February 14, 2007	113 years 318 days	B
74	Mary Christian	F	June 12, 1889	April 20, 2003	113 years 312 days	W
75	Luce Maced	F	May 2, 1886	February 25, 2000	113 years 299 days	B?
76	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	January 21, 1879	November 6, 1992	113 years 290 days	W
77	Fannie Thomas	F	April 14?, 1867	January 22, 1981	113 years 283? days	W
	Mitsu Fujisawa	F	April 9, 1876	January 17, 1990	113 years 283 days	O
'79'	'Bertha Fry'	'F'	'December 1, 1893'	'Still alive'	''	'W'	'
80	Anne Samson	F	February 27, 1891	November 29, 2004	113 years 276 days	W
81	Johnson Parks	M	October 15, 1884	July 17, 1998	113 years 275 days	B
82	Beatrice Mears	F	March 4, 1888	December 3, 2001	113 years 274 days	W	Australia
83	Mary Parr	F	January 29, 1889	October 29, 2002	113 years 273 days	W
84	Amalia Ruggeri Barone	F	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years 263 days	W
85	Zora Wriggle	F	February 24, 1880	November 7, 1993	113 years 256 days	W
86	John Ingram McMorran	M	June 19, 1889	February 24, 2003	113 years 250 days	W
87	Mary McKinney	F	May 30, 1873	February 2, 1987	113 years 248 days	W
88	Gladys Swetland	F	April 18, 1892	December 14, 2005	113 years 240 days	W
89	Shitsu Nakano	F	January 1, 1894	August 19, 2007	113 years 230 days	O
90	Mary Randall	F	April 1, 1887	November 12, 2000	113 years 225 days	B
91	Delina Filkins	F	May 4, 1815	December 4, 1928	113 years 214 days	W
92	Maria del Carmen Figueiro Freiria de Salgueiro	F	October 28, 1883	May 25, 1997	113 years 209 days	W
93	Lillian Ross	F	August 24, 1879	March 20, 1993	113 years 208 days	W
94	Lucy d'Abreu	F	May 24, 1892	December 7, 2005	113 years 197 days	I
95	Nelle Hunt	F	July 28, 1887	February 8, 2001	113 years 195 days	W
	Helen Stetter	F	November 18, 1893	June 1, 2007	113 years 195 days	W
97	Germaine Haye	F	October 10, 1888	April 18, 2002	113 years 190 days	W
98	Carrie Hardrick	F	November 6, 1887	May 14, 2001	113 years 189 days	B
99	Mamie Eva Keith	F	March 22, 1873	September 20, 1986	113 years 182 days	W
'100'	'Arbella Ewing'	'F'	'March 13, 1894'	'Still alive'	''	'B'	''

References

★ 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 110).

★ Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group

★ International Database on Longevity

★ World's Oldest People hosted by Yahoo! Groups