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. [1] 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). [2]
European supercentenarians are residents or emigrants from Europe who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015 [update] , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of more than 600 European supercentenarians. [3]
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. [a] [4] 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.
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). [5] Later cases were sourced from more recent GRG data, [6] [7] [8] as indicated in the table.
Deceased Living
Rank | Name [b] | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country |
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1 | Jeanne Calment [a] | F | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | France |
2 | Lucile Randon [9] | F | 11 February 1904 | 17 January 2023 [10] | 118 years, 340 days | France |
3 | Maria Branyas [6] | F | 4 March 1907 | 19 August 2024 [11] | 117 years, 168 days | Spain [c] |
4 | Emma Morano [8] | F | 29 November 1899 | 15 April 2017 | 117 years, 137 days | Italy |
5 | Jeanne Bot [8] | F | 14 January 1905 | 22 May 2021 [12] | 116 years, 128 days | France |
6 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci [8] | F | 20 March 1903 | 18 June 2019 | 116 years, 90 days | Italy |
7 | Tekla Juniewicz [8] | F | 10 June 1906 | 19 August 2022 | 116 years, 70 days | Poland [d] |
8 | Ana María Vela Rubio [8] | F | 29 October 1901 | 15 December 2017 | 116 years, 47 days | Spain |
9 | Giuseppina Projetto [8] | F | 30 May 1902 | 6 July 2018 | 116 years, 37 days | Italy |
10 | Charlotte Hughes | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | United Kingdom |
11 | Magdalena Oliver Gabarró [13] | F | 31 October 1903 | 1 May 2019 | 115 years, 182 days | Spain |
12 | Maria de Jesus | F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Portugal |
13 | Marie Josephine Gaudette [8] | F | 25 March 1902 | 13 July 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | Italy [e] |
14 | Ethel Caterham [6] | F | 21 August 1909 | Living | 115 years, 86 days | United Kingdom |
15 | Valentine Ligny [8] | F | 22 October 1906 | 4 January 2022 | 115 years, 74 days | France |
16 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands |
17 | Marie Brémont | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France |
18 | Annie Jennings | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | United Kingdom |
19 | Eva Morris | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom |
20 | Maria do Couto Maia | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Portugal |
21 | Charlotte Kretschmann [6] | F | 3 December 1909 | 27 August 2024 | 114 years, 268 days | Germany [f] |
22 | Venere Pizzinato | F | 23 November 1896 | 2 August 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | Italy [g] |
23 | Ethel Lang [8] | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 January 2015 | 114 years, 233 days | United Kingdom |
24 | María Antonia Castro | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Spain |
25 | Anna Eliza Williams | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | United Kingdom |
26 | Lydie Vellard | F | 18 March 1875 | 17 September 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | France |
27 | Gabrielle des Robert [8] | F | 4 June 1904 | 3 December 2018 | 114 years, 182 days | France |
28 | Camille Loiseau | F | 13 February 1892 | 12 August 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | France |
29 | Marie-Rose Tessier [6] | F | 21 May 1910 | Living | 114 years, 178 days | France |
30 | Anne Primout | F | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | France [h] |
31 | Geertje Kuijntjes [8] | F | 19 July 1905 | 24 December 2019 | 114 years, 158 days | Netherlands |
32 | Lucy Jane Askew | F | 8 September 1883 | 9 December 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | United Kingdom |
33 | María Carmen del López | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Spain |
34 | Honorine Rondello [8] | F | 28 July 1903 | 19 October 2017 | 114 years, 83 days | France |
Silveria Martín Díaz [14] | F | 20 June 1910 | 11 September 2024 | Spain | ||
36 | Joan Riudavets Moll | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Spain |
37 | Anne Brasz-Later [8] | F | 16 July 1906 | 2 September 2020 | 114 years, 48 days | Netherlands |
Marie-Louise Taterode [8] | F | 17 July 1906 | 3 September 2020 | France | ||
39 | Florrie Baldwin | F | 31 March 1896 | 8 May 2010 | 114 years, 38 days | United Kingdom |
40 | Claudia Baccarini [6] | F | 13 October 1910 | Living | 114 years, 33 days | Italy |
41 | Luise Pompe [15] | F | 13 October 1908 | 11 November 2022 | 114 years, 29 days | Austria |
42 | Amy Hulmes | F | 5 October 1887 | 27 October 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | United Kingdom |
43 | Marie Liguinen [7] | F | 26 March 1901 | 2 April 2015 | 114 years, 7 days | France |
44 | Marie-Thérèse Bardet | F | 2 June 1898 | 8 June 2012 | 114 years, 6 days | France |
45 | Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi | F | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | Italy |
46 | Maria Redaelli-Granoli | F | 3 April 1899 | 2 April 2013 | 113 years, 364 days | Italy |
47 | Lucia Laura Sangenito [6] | F | 22 November 1910 | Living | 113 years, 359 days | Italy |
48 | Klavdiya Gadyuchkina [6] | F | 5 December 1910 | Living | 113 years, 346 days | Russia |
49 | Grace Adelaide Jones | F | 7 December 1899 | 14 November 2013 | 113 years, 342 days | United Kingdom |
50 | Olive Boar [8] | F | 29 September 1904 | 28 August 2018 | 113 years, 333 days | United Kingdom |
Below is a list of the oldest five 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 |
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1 | Dina Manfredini [5] | F | 4 April 1897 | 17 December 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Italy | United States |
2 | Christian Mortensen [5] | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | United States |
3 | Augusta Holtz [5] | F | 3 August 1871 | 21 October 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Germany [a] | United States |
4 | Goldie Steinberg [8] | F | 30 October 1900 | 16 August 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | Moldova [b] | United States |
5 | Grace Clawson [5] | F | 15 November 1887 | 28 May 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | United States |
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.
Name [a] | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
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Adelina Domingues | F | 19 February 1888 | 21 August 2002 | 114 years, 183 days | Cape Verde [b] | United States |
Anne Primout | F | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | French Algeria [c] | France |
Marcelle Narbonne | F | 25 March 1898 | 1 January 2012 | 113 years, 282 days | French Algeria [c] | France |
Marie-Isabelle Diaz | F | 22 February 1898 | 29 October 2011 | 113 years, 249 days | French Algeria [c] | Réunion, France |
Julia Sinédia-Cazour | F | 12 July 1892 | 6 October 2005 | 113 years, 86 days | Réunion, France | Réunion, France |
Rosalie Wolpe [16] | F | 25 August 1909 | 30 December 2021 | 112 years, 127 days | Transvaal Colony | South Africa |
Nancy Marie [17] | F | 26 January 1909 | 11 May 2021 [18] | 112 years, 105 days | Seychelles [d] | Seychelles |
Consuelo Moreno-López | F | 5 February 1893 | 13 November 2004 | 111 years, 282 days | Sultanate of Morocco | United States |
Marie-Louise Bresson [19] | F | 15 March 1913 | Living | 111 years, 245 days | French Algeria [c] | France |
Suzanne Jacquet [20] | F | 22 April 1912 | 10 November 2023 | 111 years, 202 days | Mauritius [e] | France |
Elisabelle Lallemand [21] | F | 14 February 1912 | 24 August 2023 [22] | 111 years, 191 days | Réunion, France | France |
Johanna Adonis [23] | F | 5 August 1907 | 1 February 2019 | 111 years, 180 days | Cape Colony | South Africa |
Émile Fourcade | M | 29 July 1884 | 29 December 1995 | 111 years, 153 days | French Algeria [c] | France |
Marguerite Pouponeau [24] | F | 15 August 1912 | 25 October 2023 [25] | 111 years, 71 days | Seychelles [d] | Seychelles |
Maria Helena Aguiar [26] | F | 2 November 1913 | Living | 111 years, 13 days | São Tomé and Príncipe [f] | Portugal |
Jean-Clémentis Amano [27] | M | 7 October 1908 [g] | 15 June 2019 | 110 years, 251 days | Réunion, France | Réunion, France |
Helene Malfuson [28] | F | 29 June 1914 | Living | 110 years, 139 days | Tunisia [h] | France |
Vita Italia Diliberto [29] | F | 1 January 1914 | 26 April 2024 | 110 years, 116 days | Tunisia [h] | Italy |
Virginia Monteiro [30] | F | 28 March 1895 | 7 April 2005 | 110 years, 10 days | Cape Verde [b] | United States |
Branca Pinto de Carvalho [31] | F | 27 March 1914 | 30 March 2024 | 110 years, 3 days | Mozambique [i] | Portugal |
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. [8] The verified oldest man is Jiroemon Kimura, also from Japan, who died on 12 June 2013, aged 116 years and 54 days. As of 15 November 2024, the oldest living person in Asia is Tomiko Itooka.
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 none are confirmed, as their governments did not track births prior to the early 1900s. [32] The only exception is Shi Ping of China (1911–2024). [33]
Deceased Living
Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
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Israel Kristal [8] | M | 15 September 1903 | 11 August 2017 | 113 years, 330 days | Congress Poland, Russian Empire | Israel |
Shi Ping [34] | M | 1 November 1911 | 29 June 2024 [35] | 112 years, 241 days | Qing China | China |
Shivakumara Swami [36] | M | 1 April 1907 [37] | 21 January 2019 | 111 years, 295 days | Mysore, British Raj | India |
Qin Hanzhang [38] [39] | M | 19 February 1908 | 15 August 2019 [40] | 111 years, 177 days | Qing China | China |
Ram Nath Sharma [41] | M | 5 November 1904 | 1 December 2015 | 111 years, 26 days | United Provinces, British Raj | India |
Zhou Youguang [42] | M | 13 January 1906 | 14 January 2017 | 111 years, 1 day | Qing China | China |
Nicholas Kao Se Tseien [43] | M | 15 January 1897 | 11 December 2007 | 110 years, 330 days | Qing China | Hong Kong (China) |
Huang Mulan [44] | F | 9 July 1906 | 7 February 2017 | 110 years, 213 days | Qing China | China |
Zhang Lixiong [45] | M | 21 November 1913 | 2 April 2024 | 110 years, 133 days | Republic of China [a] | China |
Zheng Ji [46] | M | 6 May 1900 | 29 July 2010 | 110 years, 84 days | Qing China | China |
Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Lucy Mirigian [8] | F | 15 August 1906 | 12 February 2021 | 114 years, 181 days | Ottoman Armenia [a] | United States |
Shige Mineshiba [47] | F | 18 May 1909 | 6 January 2023 [48] | 113 years, 233 days | Japan | Canada |
Lucy d'Abreu [5] | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | 113 years, 197 days | Mysore, British Raj | United Kingdom |
Ito Konno Kinase [5] | F | 31 December 1889 | 24 January 2003 | 113 years, 24 days | Japan | United States |
Ethel Farrell [8] | F | 27 November 1902 | 20 December 2015 | 113 years, 23 days | United Provinces, British Raj | Australia |
Sum Ying Fung [49] | F | 27 January 1899 | 6 December 2011 | 112 years, 313 days | Qing China | Canada |
Foon Hay Lum [50] [51] | F | 30 July 1908 | 24 April 2020 | 111 years, 269 days | Qing China | Canada |
Adma Tura (née Messen) [52] [53] | F | 25 December 1906 | 1 September 2018 | 111 years, 250 days | Ottoman Lebanon | France |
Juliana Young Koo [54] | F | 26 September 1905 | 24 May 2017 | 111 years, 240 days | Qing China | United States |
Henry Tseng [55] [56] | M | 12 July 1907 | 27 February 2019 | 111 years, 230 days | Japan | United States |
Masao Koge [57] | F | 30 April 1913 | Living | 111 years, 199 days | Korea [b] | Japan |
Ja Hyung Lee [58] | M | 27 August 1910 | 12 February 2022 | 111 years, 169 days | Korea [c] | Canada |
Caridad Papa [59] | F | 14 August 1913 | Living | 111 years, 93 days | Philippines [d] | United States |
Annamah Abukutty [60] | F | 31 March 1911 | 1 June 2022 | 111 years, 62 days | Madras Presidency, British Raj | Malaysia |
Zenson Nakahodo [61] | M | 8 May 1908 | 6 March 2019 [62] | 110 years, 302 days | Japan | Peru |
Marciana Layda Lasconia [63] | F | 14 September 1913 | 26 February 2024 | 110 years, 165 days | Philippines [d] | Canada |
Marthe Hallak [64] | F | 20 July 1913 | 15 November 2023 | 110 years, 118 days | Ottoman Syria | France |
Below is a list of supercentenarians who have died or are living in Oceania. The list including all known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). [5] Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data, [6] [7] [8] from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table. All Australian supercentenarians born prior to 1 January 1901 with mentioned birthplace Australia were born in the British colonies of Australia. All supercentenarians listed with New Zealand as their place of birth who were born prior to 26 September 1907, were born in the British colony of New Zealand.
Deceased Living
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
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1 | Christina Cock | F | 25 December 1887 | 22 May 2002 | 114 years, 148 days | Australia | Australia |
2 | Beatrice Mears | F | 4 March 1888 | 3 December 2001 | 113 years, 274 days | Australia | Australia |
3 | Florence Finch | F | 22 December 1893 | 10 April 2007 | 113 years, 109 days | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
4 | Ethel Farrell [8] | F | 27 November 1902 | 20 December 2015 | 113 years, 23 days | British India [a] | Australia |
5 | Molly Yeomans | F | 1 July 1888 | 30 May 2001 | 112 years, 333 days | Australia | Australia |
6 | Caroline Mockridge | F | 11 December 1874 | 6 November 1987 | 112 years, 330 days | Australia | Australia |
7 | Myra Nicholson | F | 14 December 1894 | 20 September 2007 | 112 years, 280 days | Australia | Australia |
8 | Violet [8] "Vi" [5] Robbins | F | 28 February 1902 | 8 October 2014 | 112 years, 222 days | Australia | Australia |
9 | E. Beatrice Riley | F | 13 October 1896 | 15 May 2009 | 112 years, 214 days | Australia | Australia |
10 | Margaret Vivian | F | 25 February 1906 | 21 September 2018 | 112 years, 208 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
11 | Jane Gray | F | 1 December 1901 | 7 June 2014 | 112 years, 188 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
12 | Marie-Louise L'Huillier | F | 26 June 1895 | 28 December 2007 | 112 years, 185 days | New Caledonia, France | New Caledonia, France |
13 | Jessie Hurley | F | 15 June 1890 | 6 August 2002 | 112 years, 52 days | Australia | Australia |
14 | Miriam Schmierer | F | 20 August 1899 | 29 September 2011 | 112 years, 40 days | Australia | Australia |
15 | Myrtle Jones | F | 18 April 1897 | 12 January 2009 | 111 years, 269 days | Australia | Australia |
16 | Stella Correll | F | 23 December 1888 | 7 September 2000 | 111 years, 259 days | Australia | Australia |
17 | Jane Piercy | F | 2 September 1869 | 3 May 1981 | 111 years, 243 days | Australia | Australia |
18 | Marjorie Cooke [65] | F | 5 January 1906 | 1 September 2017 | 111 years, 239 days | Australia | Australia |
19 | Dexter Kruger [66] | M | 13 January 1910 | 20 July 2021 | 111 years, 188 days | Australia | Australia |
20 | Thelma McLeod [67] | F | 13 February 1907 | 19 July 2018 | 111 years, 156 days | Australia | Australia |
21 | Catherina van der Linden [68] | F | 26 August 1912 | 26 January 2024 [69] | 111 years, 153 days | Netherlands | Australia |
22 | Jack Lockett | M | 22 January 1891 | 25 May 2002 | 111 years, 123 days | Australia | Australia |
23 | Mary Gwendoline Moore [9] | F | 2 December 1911 | 31 March 2023 | 111 years, 119 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
24 | Mabel Crosby [70] | F | 7 September 1909 | 30 December 2020 | 111 years, 114 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
25 | Eva McConnell | F | 5 May 1901 | 15 August 2012 | 111 years, 102 days | Australia | Australia |
26 | Alice Lindsay | F | 31 March 1893 | 1 July 2004 | 111 years, 92 days | Australia | Australia |
27 | Mary Whitehurst [71] | F | 20 October 1905 | 2 January 2017 | 111 years, 74 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
28 | Aileen Kars [72] | F | 12 September 1913 | Living | 111 years, 64 days | New Zealand | New Zealand |
29 | Madeline Anderson [73] | F | 4 May 1907 | 19 June 2018 | 111 years, 46 days | New Zealand | New Zealand |
30 | Ken Weeks [74] | M | 5 October 1913 | Living | 111 years, 41 days | Australia | Australia |
31 | Olga Abate [75] | F | 20 May 1913 | 5 June 2024 | 111 years, 16 days | Italy | Australia |
32 | Ada Furby [7] | F | 22 July 1903 | 27 July 2014 | 111 years, 5 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
33 | Marija Ruljančić [76] | F | 14 June 1913 | 18 May 2024 [77] | 110 years, 339 days | Croatia [b] | Australia |
34 | Ada Cleggett | F | 27 January 1885 | 8 December 1995 | 110 years, 315 days | Australia | Australia |
35 | Doreen Washington | F | 24 May 1898 | 4 February 2009 | 110 years, 256 days | Australia | Australia |
36 | Helen Stamelos [78] | F | 30 November 1906 | 7 August 2017 | 110 years, 250 days | Greece | Australia |
37 | Agnes Kluckhenn [79] | F | 1 April 1909 | 24 November 2019 [80] | 110 years, 237 days | United Kingdom | Australia |
38 | Alfreda Screaigh [81] | F | 28 July 1913 | 8 March 2024 | 110 years, 224 days | Australia | Australia |
39 | Frances Maude Wilson [7] | F | 23 March 1903 | 24 October 2013 | 110 years, 215 days | New Zealand | New Zealand |
40 | Marie Piacentino | F | 25 November 1888 | 21 June 1999 | 110 years, 208 days | Italy | Australia |
41 | Mary Hurley | F | 4 May 1880 | 16 November 1990 | 110 years, 196 days | Australia | Australia |
42 | Catherine Lawrence | F | 8 December 1902 | 16 June 2013 | 110 years, 190 days | Australia | Australia |
43 | Lorna Henstridge [82] | F | 6 June 1914 | Living | 110 years, 162 days | Australia | Australia |
44 | Mavis Turner [83] | F | 13 June 1914 | Living | 110 years, 155 days | Australia | Australia |
45 | Joan Edith Brennan [84] | F | 10 March 1912 | 30 July 2022 | 110 years, 142 days | United Kingdom | New Zealand |
46 | Peg Griffin [85] | F | 25 May 1904 | 6 October 2014 | 110 years, 134 days | New Zealand | New Zealand |
47 | Evelyn Vigor [86] [87] | F | 9 January 1906 | 26 April 2016 | 110 years, 108 days | Australia | Australia |
48 | Jean McCarthy [88] | F | 4 May 1908 | 12 August 2018 | 110 years, 100 days | Australia | Australia |
49 | John Campbell Ross | M | 11 March 1899 | 3 June 2009 | 110 years, 84 days | Australia | Australia |
50 | Linda Wiggins [89] | F | 17 September 1908 | 2 December 2018 | 110 years, 76 days | New Zealand | New Zealand |
Deceased Living
Rank | Name [a] | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Violet Brown [8] | F | 10 March 1900 | 15 September 2017 | 117 years, 189 days | British West Indies | Jamaica [b] |
2 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | Puerto Rico, Spain [c] | Puerto Rico, U.S. |
3 | Antonia Gerena Rivera [8] | F | 19 May 1900 | 2 June 2015 | 115 years, 14 days | Puerto Rico, U.S. | United States |
4 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | F | 31 August 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 272 days | Puerto Rico, Spain [c] | Puerto Rico, U.S. |
5 | Eugénie Blanchard | F | 16 February 1896 | 4 November 2010 | 114 years, 261 days | Saint Barthélemy, France | Saint Barthélemy, France |
6 | Faustina Sarmiento-Pupo [8] | F | 15 February 1905 | 16 September 2019 | 114 years, 213 days | Cuba | Cuba |
7 | Tomás Pinales Figuereo [90] | M | 31 March 1906 | 24 September 2020 | 114 years, 177 days | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic |
8 | Dominga Velasco [8] | F | 12 May 1901 | 11 October 2015 | 114 years, 152 days | Mexico | United States |
9 | Sofia Mendoza Valencia [91] | F | 27 March 1907 | 21 August 2021 | 114 years, 147 days | Mexico | Mexico |
10 | Serafina Herrera de Sugasti [92] | F | 21 May 1901 | 4 August 2015 | 114 years, 75 days | Panama | Panama |
11 | Soledad Mexia | F | 13 August 1899 | 30 August 2013 | 114 years, 17 days | Mexico | United States |
12 | Ida Stewart [93] | F | 13 November 1896 | 12 November 2010 | 113 years, 364 days | British West Indies | Jamaica [b] |
13 | Secundina Camarena [94] | F | 16 July 1891 | 20 June 2005 | 113 years, 339 days | Mexico | United States |
14 | Mercedes Brenes Estrada [95] | F | 15 August 1910 | 5 July 2024 | 113 years, 325 days | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
15 | Luce Maced | F | 2 May 1886 | 25 February 2000 | 113 years, 299 days | Guadeloupe, France | Martinique, France |
16 | Marita Camacho Quirós [6] | F | 10 March 1911 | Living | 113 years, 250 days | Costa Rica | Costa Rica |
17 | Susana Gutiérrez Godoy [96] | F | 24 May 1910 | 4 January 2024 [97] | 113 years, 225 days | Mexico | Mexico |
18 | Betsy Stanford [95] | F | 30 November 1903 | 7 June 2017 | 113 years, 189 days | British West Indies | United States |
19 | Dolores María Vázquez [6] | F | 1 May 1911 | 23 October 2024 [98] | 113 years, 175 days | Panama | Panama |
20 | Émilienne Bécarmin [6] | F | 4 June 1911 | Living | 113 years, 164 days | Guadeloupe, France | Guadeloupe, France |
21 | Clara Cedeño-Tello [8] | F | 12 August 1906 | 11 January 2020 | 113 years, 152 days | Panama | Panama |
22 | Mauro Ambriz Tapia [99] | M | 21 November 1897 | 18 April 2011 | 113 years, 148 days | Mexico | Mexico |
23 | Ursula Krigger [100] | F | 22 April 1902 | 10 September 2015 | 113 years, 141 days | Danish West Indies | U.S. Virgin Islands [d] |
24 | Celmira Somoza Sotelo de Espinoza [95] | F | 21 August 1910 | 7 January 2024 | 113 years, 139 days | Nicaragua | Nicaragua |
25 | Lillian Anderson [101] | F | 28 February 1898 | 2 July 2011 | 113 years, 124 days | British West Indies | Jamaica [b] |
26 | Julie Montabord [8] | F | 17 April 1906 | 18 July 2019 | 113 years, 92 days | Martinique, France | Martinique, France |
27 | James Sisnett | M | 22 February 1900 | 23 May 2013 | 113 years, 90 days | British West Indies | Barbados [e] |
Wenceslao Leyva González [102] | M | 28 September 1903 | 27 December 2016 | Mexico | Mexico | ||
29 | Domingo Villa Avisencio [103] | M | 26 August 1906 | 3 November 2019 | 113 years, 69 days | Mexico | Mexico |
30 | Bienvenida Vergara Jaen de Cano [8] | F | 6 April 1904 | 6 June 2017 | 113 years, 61 days | Panama | Panama |
31 | Antonia Valderrama-Ocampo [8] | F | 11 April 1907 | 9 June 2020 | 113 years, 59 days | Mexico | Mexico |
32 | Marthe Roch [8] | F | 19 August 1907 | 21 September 2020 | 113 years, 33 days | Guadeloupe, France | Guadeloupe, France |
33 | Cristina Collado Ramos [104] | F | 6 November 1885 | 22 November 1998 | 113 years, 16 days | Puerto Rico, Spain [c] | United States |
34 | Emilio Flores Márquez [105] | M | 8 August 1908 | 12 August 2021 [106] | 113 years, 4 days | Puerto Rico, U.S. | Puerto Rico, U.S. |
35 | Iréna Martial [107] | F | 28 June 1909 | 29 June 2022 | 113 years, 1 day | Guadeloupe, France | Guadeloupe, France |
36 | Ciriaca Paula Entenza Cuellar [95] | F | 18 June 1911 | 17 June 2024 | 112 years, 365 days | Cuba | United States |
37 | Nieves Herrera [108] | F | 24 December 1892 | 5 December 2005 | 112 years, 346 days | Cuba | United States |
38 | Enriqueta Moreno Casares [109] | F | 15 July 1910 | 17 June 2023 | 112 years, 337 days | Mexico | Mexico |
39 | Marcelina Araúz de Maure [110] | F | 1 June 1909 | 26 March 2022 | 112 years, 298 days | Panama | Panama |
40 | María Mercedes Arrocha Graell [111] | F | 24 September 1905 | 3 July 2018 | 112 years, 282 days | Panama | Panama |
41 | Maria Esther Martinez [95] | F | 6 February 1908 | 5 November 2020 | 112 years, 273 days | Cuba | United States |
42 | Esperanza Mendoza Hermosillo [112] | F | 9 August 1909 | 21 April 2022 | 112 years, 255 days | Mexico | Mexico |
43 | Carmen Bonilla-Villanueva [113] | F | 6 July 1898 | 9 March 2011 | 112 years, 246 days | Mexico | United States |
44 | Manuela Pena Hernandez [13] | F | 17 June 1907 | 31 January 2020 | 112 years, 228 days | Dominican Republic | Dominican Republic |
45 | Vertulie Giordani [90] | F | 18 March 1904 | 30 October 2016 | 112 years, 226 days | Haiti | United States |
46 | Lucía Chacón Hechavarría [114] | F | 13 December 1911 | 22 July 2024 | 112 years, 222 days | Cuba | Cuba |
47 | Modesta Rodriguez Carrasquillo [115] | F | 16 June 1890 | 12 January 2003 | 112 years, 210 days | Puerto Rico, Spain [c] | Puerto Rico, U.S. |
48 | Irénise Moulonguet | F | 6 November 1900 | 28 May 2013 | 112 years, 203 days | Martinique, France | Martinique, France |
49 | María Isabel León Ramírez [116] | F | 17 June 1906 | 22 December 2018 | 112 years, 188 days | Mexico | Mexico |
50 | Ambrosia Acosta-Teran [8] | F | 21 February 1904 | 25 August 2016 | 112 years, 186 days | Mexico | Mexico |
Beyond the 50 oldest South Americans in aggregate, there is a more detailed list of the oldest Brazilian people.
Deceased Living
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death or residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos [8] | F | 21 October 1904 | 5 October 2021 | 116 years, 349 days | Brazil | Brazil |
2 | María Capovilla [5] | F | 14 September 1889 | 27 August 2006 | 116 years, 347 days | Ecuador | Ecuador |
3 | Julia Maria Francisca Simao [117] | F | 9 January 1901 | 8 October 2017 | 116 years, 272 days | Brazil | Brazil |
4 | Antonia da Santa Cruz [8] | F | 13 June 1905 | 23 January 2022 | 116 years, 224 days | Brazil | Brazil |
5 | Inah Canabarro Lucas [6] | F | 8 June 1908 | Living | 116 years, 160 days | Brazil | Brazil |
6 | Casilda Benegas Gallego [8] | F | 8 April 1907 | 28 June 2022 [118] | 115 years, 81 days | Paraguay | Argentina |
7 | Diolinda Maria da Conceição [13] | F | 10 March 1906 | 4 March 2021 | 114 years, 359 days | Brazil | Brazil |
8 | Sofia Rojas [8] | F | 13 August 1907 | 30 July 2022 | 114 years, 351 days | Colombia | Colombia |
9 | Maria Gomes Valentim [5] | F | 9 July 1896 | 21 June 2011 | 114 years, 347 days | Brazil | Brazil |
10 | Juan Vicente Pérez [68] | M | 27 May 1909 | 2 April 2024 [119] | 114 years, 311 days | Venezuela | Venezuela |
11 | Eudoxie Baboul [8] | F | 1 October 1901 | 1 July 2016 | 114 years, 274 days | French Guiana [a] | French Guiana |
12 | Olindina Juvêncio Atanásio da Silva [13] | F | 25 May 1906 | 20 February 2021 | 114 years, 271 days | Brazil | Brazil |
13 | Horacio Celi Mendoza [120] | M | 3 January 1897 | 25 September 2011 | 114 years, 265 days | Peru | Peru |
14 | Eleonora Camargo Veiga [121] | F | 14 August 1901 | 7 March 2016 | 114 years, 206 days | Brazil | Brazil |
15 | Maria Amorim Gularte [122] | F | 8 May 1900 | 11 November 2014 | 114 years, 187 days | Brazil | Brazil |
16 | Maria Mercedes Diaz Quijano [123] | F | 27 June 1898 | 4 December 2012 | 114 years, 160 days | Chile | Chile |
17 | Ana Nogueira de Luca [124] | F | 21 June 1896 | 18 November 2010 | 114 years, 150 days | Brazil | Brazil |
18 | Evangelista Luisa Lopez de Contarino [8] | F | 21 June 1907 | 28 August 2021 | 114 years, 68 days | Argentina | Argentina |
19 | Carmen Jaramillo-Chavarria [8] | F | 17 May 1906 | 15 July 2020 | 114 years, 59 days | Colombia | Colombia |
20 | Izabel Rosa Pereira [125] | F | 13 October 1910 | Living | 114 years, 33 days | Brazil | Brazil |
21 | Placida Maria do Livramento [126] | F | 3 October 1895 | 24 October 2009 | 114 years, 21 days | Brazil | Brazil |
22 | Margarita Arriagada Cancino [127] | F | 17 December 1897 | 16 December 2011 | 113 years, 364 days | Chile | Chile |
23 | Juana Aritama de Fuentes [8] | F | 24 June 1907 | 21 May 2021 [128] | 113 years, 331 days | Colombia | Colombia |
24 | Dolores Velez Bravo [8] | F | 21 November 1907 | 12 October 2021 | 113 years, 325 days | Ecuador | Ecuador |
25 | Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo [6] | F | 13 January 1911 | Living | 113 years, 307 days | Brazil | Brazil |
26 | Efraín Antonio Ríos García [129] | M | 4 April 1910 | 11 January 2024 [130] | 113 years, 282 days | Colombia | Colombia |
27 | Francisca Mangonez Martínez [131] | F | 4 July 1910 | 18 March 2024 | 113 years, 258 days | Colombia | Colombia |
28 | Josepha Pomares Camargo [6] | F | 21 April 1911 | Living | 113 years, 208 days | Brazil | Brazil |
29 | Luzia Mohrs [8] | F | 23 March 1904 | 16 October 2017 | 113 years, 207 days | Germany | Brazil |
30 | Maria Paschoalina de Castro [6] | F | 2 May 1911 | Living | 113 years, 197 days | Brazil | Brazil |
31 | Alida Victória Grubba Rudge [8] | F | 10 July 1903 | 23 December 2016 [132] | 113 years, 166 days | Brazil | Brazil |
32 | Carolina Zambon [133] | F | 3 June 1901 | 9 November 2014 | 113 years, 159 days | Brazil | Brazil |
33 | Ada Avila [9] | F | 14 January 1910 | 11 June 2023 | 113 years, 148 days | Ecuador | United States |
34 | Anonymous [6] | F | 21 June 1911 | Living | 113 years, 147 days | Brazil | Brazil |
35 | Amalia Gomes Dantas [134] | F | 6 December 1908 | 18 April 2022 | 113 years, 133 days | Brazil | Brazil |
36 | Eusebio Quintero López [135] | M | 6 March 1910 | 16 July 2023 [136] | 113 years, 132 days | Colombia | Colombia |
37 | Isabel Barletta [6] | F | 12 September 1911 | Living | 113 years, 64 days | Argentina | Argentina |
38 | Maximiano Jose dos Santos [137] | M | 22 February 1893 | 25 April 2006 | 113 years, 62 days | Brazil | Brazil |
39 | Matilda Lewis [138] | F | 16 May 1896 | 30 June 2009 | 113 years, 45 days | British Guiana [b] | Guyana |
40 | Virginia Secundina Moyano [8] | F | 17 May 1904 | 20 June 2017 | 113 years, 34 days | Argentina | Argentina |
41 | Eudocia Barría Barrientos [139] | F | 10 February 1911 | 5 March 2024 | 113 years, 24 days | Chile | Chile |
42 | Josefina Neto de Assis Silveira [140] | F | 22 March 1902 | 24 March 2015 | 113 years, 2 days | Brazil | Brazil |
43 | Benilda Ospino Altamar [141] | F | 28 December 1897 | 28 December 2010 | 113 years, 0 days | Colombia | Colombia |
44 | Rosa Maria Barbosa [142] | F | 26 May 1902 | 4 May 2015 | 112 years, 343 days | Brazil | Brazil |
45 | G. M. de A. F. [143] | F | 12 April 1911 | 18 March 2024 | 112 years, 341 days | Brazil | Brazil |
46 | Natalia Villanueva Ruiz [144] | F | 24 February 1911 | 21 December 2023 | 112 years, 300 days | Colombia | Colombia |
47 | Ina Beryl Holder [145] | F | 20 May 1908 | 15 March 2021 | 112 years, 299 days | British Guiana [c] | Guyana |
48 | Lucia Suarez Wilde by Ricotti [146] | F | 1 July 1893 | 18 April 2006 | 112 years, 291 days | Argentina | Argentina |
49 | Alice Alves Zuza [147] | F | 31 January 1908 | 19 October 2020 | 112 years, 262 days | Brazil | Brazil |
50 | Izabel Emiliana de Oliveira [148] | F | 26 August 1900 | 4 May 2013 | 112 years, 251 days | Brazil | Brazil |
Henriqueta Soares [149] | F | 6 May 1911 | 12 January 2024 | Brazil | Brazil |
This is a list of tables of the oldest people in the world in ordinal ranks. To avoid including false or unconfirmed claims of old age, names here are restricted to those people whose ages have been validated by an international body dealing in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group or Guinness World Records, and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.
Inah Canabarro Lucas is a Brazilian nun and supercentenarian who has been the world's second oldest living person following the death of Maria Branyas Morera as well as the world's oldest living nun since the death of Lucile Randon on 17 January 2023.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)A 110-year-old former secret agent for the Communist Party of China, who has been hailed as an "Encyclopedia of the CPC," passed away on Tuesday.