List of oldest living people

This article is about the oldest currently living people. For specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards, see List of the verified oldest people. For the oldest verified people of all time, see Oldest people. For contemporary unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims.

This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. ^[1] The true number is uncertain, as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time, and some claims cannot be validated or are fraudulent. ^[1] Nearly all the top 50 oldest living people are women as women live longer than men on average. A list of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.

• Ethel Caterham (born 21 August 1909) of the United Kingdom is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated. ^[2]
• João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man whose age has been validated. ^[3]

Oldest living people

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Age as of 22 January 2026	Country of residence
1	Ethel Caterham [3]	F	21 August 1909	116 years, 154 days	United Kingdom
2	Marie-Rose Tessier [3]	F	21 May 1910	115 years, 246 days	France
3	Naomi Whitehead [3]	F	26 September 1910	115 years, 118 days	United States
4	Lucia Laura Sangenito [3]	F	22 November 1910	115 years, 61 days	Italy
5	Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo [4]	F	13 January 1911	115 years, 9 days	Brazil
6	Shigeko Kagawa  [ ja ] [3]	F	28 May 1911	114 years, 239 days	Japan
7	Beatriz Ferreira Duarte [5]	F	21 June 1911	114 years, 215 days	Brazil
8	Bonita Gibson [3]	F	4 July 1911	114 years, 202 days	United States
9	Fuyo Kishimoto [3]	F	20 December 1911	114 years, 33 days	Japan
10	Ilse Meingast [3]	F	14 March 1912	113 years, 314 days	United States [a]
11	Maria Carmela Ricci [3]	F	16 April 1912	113 years, 281 days	Italy
12	Anonymous (of Setagaya) [3]	F	14 May 1912	113 years, 253 days	Japan
13	Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida [6]	F	28 May 1912	113 years, 239 days	Brazil [b]
14	Madeleine Dellamonica  [ fr ] [3]	F	23 July 1912	113 years, 183 days	France
15	Louise Signore [7]	F	31 July 1912	113 years, 175 days	United States
16	Angelica Tiscornia  [ es ] [3]	F	22 August 1912	113 years, 153 days	Argentina
17	Mariana Penna Monteiro [3]	F	2 September 1912	113 years, 142 days	Brazil
18	Anonymous (of Ashiya) [3]	F	18 September 1912	113 years, 126 days	Japan
19	Rosa Micaela Puertas [3]	F	29 September 1912	113 years, 115 days	Argentina
20	João Marinho Neto [3]	M	5 October 1912	113 years, 109 days	Brazil
21	Catherine Ferrell [3]	F	10 October 1912	113 years, 104 days	United States
22	Anonymous (of Kimitsu) [3]	F	30 October 1912	113 years, 84 days	Japan
23	Akino Ueda [3]	F	5 November 1912	113 years, 78 days	Japan
24	Merah Smith [3]	F	9 November 1912	113 years, 74 days	United Kingdom [c]
25	Louise Burkhalter [3]	F	13 November 1912	113 years, 70 days	United States
26	Anonymous (of Kyoto) [3]	F	15 November 1912	113 years, 68 days	Japan
27	Anna Natella [3]	F	21 November 1912	113 years, 62 days	United States [d]
28	Maria da Conceição Brito [8]	F	31 December 1912	113 years, 22 days	Portugal
29	Yukie Takahashi [3]	F	4 January 1913	113 years, 18 days	Japan
30	Tsune Kimura [3]	F	12 January 1913	113 years, 10 days	Japan
31	Eulalia Bravo Bravo [3]	F	12 February 1913	112 years, 344 days	Mexico
32	Tomi Ono [3]	F	24 February 1913	112 years, 332 days	Japan
33	Marcelle Demorgny [3]	F	10 March 1913	112 years, 318 days	France
34	Yukiko Honda [3]	F	15 March 1913	112 years, 313 days	Japan
35	Mollie Horwitz [3]	F	16 March 1913	112 years, 312 days	United States [e]
36	Haruko Onizuka [3]	F	18 March 1913	112 years, 310 days	Japan
37	Francis Piscatella [3]	F	20 April 1913	112 years, 277 days	United States
38	Ichi Kubota [3]	F	30 May 1913	112 years, 237 days	Japan
39	Ilie Ciocan [3]	M	10 June 1913	112 years, 226 days	Romania
40	Takeko Miyazawa [3]	F	29 June 1913	112 years, 207 days	Japan
41	Dorothy Mimms [3]	F	5 July 1913	112 years, 201 days	United States
42	Koyu Morita [3]	F	12 July 1913	112 years, 194 days	Japan
43	Yasue Saito [3]	F	17 July 1913	112 years, 189 days	Japan
44	Luisa Maggioni [9]	F	19 July 1913	112 years, 187 days	Brazil
45	Rosa Laura Torres Barra [10]	F	20 July 1913	112 years, 186 days	Chile
46	Santos Fierro [3]	F	23 July 1913	112 years, 183 days	United States [f]
47	Teresa Fernandez Casado [11]	F	29 July 1913	112 years, 177 days	Spain
48	Chitose Awata [3]	F	20 August 1913	112 years, 155 days	Japan
49	Aileen Kars [3]	F	12 September 1913	112 years, 132 days	New Zealand
50	Doris Noreen [3]	F	15 September 1913	112 years, 129 days	United States

1. Meingast was born in the German Empire.
2. Esteves de Almeida was born in Portugal.
3. Smith was born in Jamaica.
4. Natella was born in Italy.
5. Horwitz was born in the Russian Empire, now Lithuania.
6. Fierro was born in Mexico.

Oldest living men

This incomplete list is frequently updated to include new information.

This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by editing the page to add missing items, with references to reliable sources.

Rank	Name	Birth date	Age as of 22 January 2026	Country of residence
1	João Marinho Neto [3]	5 October 1912	113 years, 109 days	Brazil
2	Ilie Ciocan [3]	10 June 1913	112 years, 226 days	Romania
3	Ken Weeks [3]	5 October 1913	112 years, 109 days	Australia
4	Primo Olivieri [3]	7 March 1914	111 years, 321 days	Brazil
5	Kiyotaka Mizuno [3]	14 March 1914	111 years, 314 days	Japan
6	Vitantonio Lovallo [3]	28 March 1914	111 years, 300 days	Italy
7	Francisco Ernesto Filho [12]	5 April 1914	111 years, 292 days	Brazil
8	Hikaru Kato [3]	2 May 1914	111 years, 265 days	Japan
9	Maurice Le Coutour [13]	12 May 1914	111 years, 255 days	France
10	Tokuji Tanigaki [3]	8 November 1914	111 years, 75 days	Japan
11	Ryoji Shinoda [3]	30 November 1914	111 years, 53 days	Japan
12	Luis Cano [14]	9 December 1914	111 years, 44 days	United States [a]
13	Edwin Martin [3]	15 February 1915	110 years, 341 days	United States
14	Yu Te-Hsin [3]	17 March 1915	110 years, 311 days	Taiwan [b]
15	Burdett Sisler [3]	14 April 1915	110 years, 283 days	Canada [c]
16	Pedro Maria Molina Marquez [3]	27 April 1915	110 years, 270 days	Venezuela
17	Joaquim Varela [3]	1 June 1915	110 years, 235 days	Portugal
18	Jesús Redondo Bermejo [15]	2 June 1915	110 years, 234 days	Spain
19	Bernabe Cordoba [3]	11 June 1915	110 years, 225 days	Costa Rica
20	Engraciano Gonzalez Barroso [3]	10 July 1915	110 years, 196 days	Spain

1. Cano was born in Colombia.
2. Yu was born in a declared part of the Republic of China, under the Beiyang Government, that is now China.
3. Sisler was born in the United States.

References

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4. "Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo". LongeviQuest. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
5. "Beatriz Ferreira Duarte". LongeviQuest. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
6. "Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida". LongeviQuest. 23 October 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
7. "Louise Signore". LongeviQuest. 15 July 2023. Retrieved 21 October 2025.
8. "Maria da Conceição Brito". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
9. "Luisa Maggioni". 2 March 2025. Retrieved 31 October 2025.
10. "Rosa Laura Torres Barra". LongeviQuest. 26 March 2024. Retrieved 6 November 2025.
11. "Teresa Fernandez Casado". LongeviQuest. 23 November 2025. Retrieved 23 November 2025.
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13. "Maurice Le Coutour". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 11 November 2025.
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