Jeanne Calment (here depicted at age 20 in 1895) holds the record for the longest documented lifespan with 122 years and 164 days.
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 .
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), a woman who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. As women live longer than men on average , women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 116-year-old Inah Canabarro Lucas of Brazil , born 8 June 1908.[ 1] [ 2] The oldest living verified man is 112-year-old João Marinho Neto of Brazil , born 5 October 1912.[ 1] [ 3]
Ten oldest verified people ever
Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced since the 1950s and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are female.
The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days.[ 4] She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Calment's claim was investigated and authenticated by Jean-Marie Robine and Dr. Michel Allard for the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[ 5] Her longevity claim was put into question in 2018, but the original assessing team stood by their judgement.[ 6]
Oldest people (all women)
Rank
Name
Birth date
Death date
Age
Place of death or residence
0 1
Jeanne Calment
21 February 1875
4 August 1997
122 years, 164 days
France
0 2
Kane Tanaka [ 7]
2 January 1903
19 April 2022
119 years, 107 days
Japan
0 3
Sarah Knauss [ 8]
24 September 1880
30 December 1999
119 years, 97 days
United States
0 4
Lucile Randon [ 9]
11 February 1904
17 January 2023
118 years, 340 days
France
0 5
Nabi Tajima [ 7]
4 August 1900
21 April 2018
117 years, 260 days
Japan
0 6
Marie-Louise Meilleur [ 10]
29 August 1880
16 April 1998
117 years, 230 days
Canada
0 7
Violet Brown [ 7]
10 March 1900
15 September 2017
117 years, 189 days
Jamaica
0 8
Maria Branyas [ 1]
4 March 1907
19 August 2024[ 11]
117 years, 168 days
Spain [a]
0 9
Emma Morano [ 7]
29 November 1899
15 April 2017
117 years, 137 days
Italy
10
Chiyo Miyako[ 12]
2 May 1901
22 July 2018
117 years, 81 days
Japan
Oldest men
Rank
Name
Birth date
Death date
Age
Place of death or residence
0 1
Jiroemon Kimura [ 13] [ 14]
19 April 1897
12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days
Japan
0 2
Christian Mortensen [ 14]
16 August 1882
25 April 1998
115 years, 252 days
United States[b]
0 3
Emiliano Mercado del Toro [ 14]
21 August 1891
24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days
Puerto Rico
0 4
Juan Vicente Pérez [ 15]
27 May 1909
2 April 2024[ 16]
114 years, 311 days
Venezuela
0 5
Horacio Celi Mendoza[ 17]
3 January 1897
25 September 2011
114 years, 265 days
Peru
0 6
Walter Breuning [ 18]
21 September 1896
14 April 2011
114 years, 205 days
United States
0 7
Yukichi Chuganji [ 19]
23 March 1889
28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days
Japan
0 8
Tomás Pinales Figuereo[ 20]
31 March 1906
24 September 2020
114 years, 177 days
Dominican Republic
0 9
Joan Riudavets [ 21]
15 December 1889
5 March 2004
114 years, 81 days
Spain
10
Fred Harold Hale [ 22]
1 December 1890
19 November 2004
113 years, 354 days
United States
a^ Branyas was born in the United States.
b^ Mortensen was born in Denmark .
Ten oldest living people
Oldest living people (all women)
Rank
Name
Birth date
Age as of 27 January 2025
Place of residence
0 1
Inah Canabarro Lucas [ 1]
8 June 1908
116 years, 233 days
Brazil
0 2
Ethel Caterham [ 1]
21 August 1909
115 years, 159 days
United Kingdom
0 3
Okagi Hayashi[ 1]
2 September 1909
115 years, 147 days
Japan
0 4
Marie-Rose Tessier[ 1]
21 May 1910
114 years, 251 days
France
0 5
Mine Kondō[ 1]
1 September 1910
114 years, 148 days
Japan
0 6
Naomi Whitehead [ 1]
26 September 1910
114 years, 123 days
United States
0 7
Izabel Rosa Pereira[ 23]
13 October 1910
114 years, 106 days
Brazil
0 8
Lucia Laura Sangenito[ 1]
22 November 1910
114 years, 66 days
Italy
0 9
Klavdiya Gadyuchkina[ 1]
5 December 1910
114 years, 53 days
Russia
10
Masu Usui[ 1]
18 December 1910
114 years, 40 days
Japan
Oldest living men
Rank
Name
Birth date
Age as of 27 January 2025
Place of residence
0 1
João Marinho Neto [ 1]
5 October 1912
112 years, 114 days
Brazil
0 2
Josino Levino Ferreira[ 1]
3 April 1913
111 years, 299 days
Brazil
0 3
Ilie Ciocan[ 1]
10 June 1913
111 years, 231 days
Romania
0 4
Kenneth "Ken" Weeks[ 1]
5 October 1913
111 years, 114 days
Australia
0 5
Hilario Orozco Lemus[ 1]
3 November 1913
111 years, 85 days
Mexico
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez[ 1]
Colombia
0 7
Zhou Renqing[ 1]
7 November 1913
111 years, 81 days
China
0 8
Luis Carrasco-Muñoz Pérez de la Isla[ 1]
13 February 1914
110 years, 349 days
Spain
0 9
Armando Alvarino Thomas[ 1]
5 March 1914
110 years, 328 days
Colombia
10
Primo Olivieri[ 1]
7 March 1914
110 years, 326 days
Brazil
Chronological list of the oldest known living person since 1951
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living person from 1951 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records .[ 24] Due to the life expectancy difference between sexes, nearly all the oldest living people have been women (thus the maximum life span is guided by the female numbers); a sequence of the oldest living men is provided below the main list.
From
Duration
Name
Sex
Age(s) when oldest
Lifespan
Place of death or residence
Unknown
—
Lucy Woodman
F
N/A –109
3 May 1841 – 28 April 1951 109 years, 360 days
United States
28 April 1951
2 years, 261 days
Nancy Merriman[ 25]
F
109–112
19 December 1841 – 14 January 1954 112 years, 26 days
United States
14 January 1954
1 year, 283 days
Betsy Baker
F
111–113
20 August 1842 – 24 October 1955 113 years, 65 days
United States[ a]
24 October 1955
1 year, 53 days
Jennie Howell
F
110–111
11 February 1845 – 16 December 1956 111 years, 309 days
United States
16 December 1956
22 days
Mathias Hansen Saether[ 26]
M
108
21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 108 years, 78 days
Norway
7 January 1957
1 year, 362 days
Catherine Waller[ 27]
F
108–110
1 December 1848 – 4 January 1959 110 years, 34 days
United States
4 January 1959
276 days
Christina Karnebeek-Backs
F
109–110
2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959 110 years, 5 days
Netherlands
7 October 1959
1 year, 2 days
Robert Early[ 28]
M
109–111
8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 111 years, 1 day
United States
9 October 1960
50 days
Nettie Minick
F
109
3 April 1851 – 28 November 1960 109 years, 239 days
United States
28 November 1960
4 years, 32 days
Mary Kelly
F
109–113
7 June 1851 – 30 December 1964 113 years, 206 days
United States
30 December 1964
2 years, 157 days
James King[ 17]
M
110–112
15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967 112 years, 202 days
United States
5 June 1967
1 year, 138 days
Narcissa Rickman[ 29]
F
111–113
13 September 1855 – 21 October 1968 113 years, 38 days
United States
21 October 1968
24 days
Tome Horigome[ 30]
F
111
22 January 1857 – 14 November 1968 111 years, 297 days
Japan
14 November 1968
171 days
Marie Bernátková
F
111
22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969[ 31] 111 years, 194 days
Czechoslovakia [ b]
4 May 1969
241 days
Haruno Shimada[ 30]
F
111–112
24 December 1857 – 31 December 1969 112 years, 7 days
Japan
31 December 1969
11 days
Ada Roe
F
111
6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days
United Kingdom
11 January 1970
2 years, 181 days
Kitty Harvey[ 32]
F
109–112
12 January 1860 – 10 July 1972 112 years, 180 days
United States
10 July 1972
232 days
Josefa Salas Mateo
F
111–112
14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days
Spain
27 February 1973
172 days
Alice Stevenson
F
111–112
10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days
United Kingdom
18 August 1973
145 days
Ettie Crist[ 33]
F
111
14 February 1862 – 10 January 1974 111 years, 330 days
United States
10 January 1974
87 days
Laurence Entiope
F
111
9 December 1862 – 7 April 1974 111 years, 119 days
France
7 April 1974
1 year, 54 days
Mito Umeta
F
111–112
27 March 1863 – 31 May 1975 112 years, 65 days
Japan
31 May 1975
1 year, 169 days
Niwa Kawamoto[ 34]
F
111–113
17 September 1863 – 16 November 1976 113 years, 60 days
Japan
16 November 1976
1 year, 354 days
Alice Coles[ 35]
F
111–113
28 August 1865 – 5 November 1978 113 years, 69 days
United States
5 November 1978
236 days
Josefa Llovet
F
111–112
25 February 1867 – 29 June 1979 112 years, 124 days
Spain
29 June 1979
1 year, 212 days
Eliza Underwood[ 36]
F
112–113
15 March 1867 – 27 January 1981 113 years, 318 days
United States
27 January 1981
211 days
Judia Ward[ 20]
F
112–113
15 June 1868 – 26 August 1981 113 years, 72 days
United States
26 August 1981
1 year, 79 days
Nellie Spencer
F
112–113
24 August 1869 – 13 November 1982 113 years, 81 days
United States
13 November 1982
334 days
Emma Wilson
F
112–113
12 May 1870 – 13 October 1983 113 years, 154 days
United States
13 October 1983
3 years, 8 days
Augusta Holtz
F
112–115
3 August 1871 – 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days
United States[ c]
21 October 1986
104 days
Mary McKinney
F
113
30 May 1873 – 2 February 1987 113 years, 248 days
United States
2 February 1987
328 days
Anna Eliza Williams
F
113–114
2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days
United Kingdom
27 December 1987
15 days
Florence Knapp
F
114
10 October 1873 – 11 January 1988 114 years, 93 days
United States
11 January 1988
2 years, 177 days
Easter Wiggins[ 37]
F
113–116
1 June 1874 – 7 July 1990 116 years, 36 days
United States
7 July 1990
7 years, 28 days
Jeanne Calment [ d]
F
115–122
21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days
France
4 August 1997
255 days
Marie-Louise Meilleur
F
116–117
29 August 1880 – 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days
Canada
16 April 1998
1 year, 258 days
Sarah Knauss
F
117–119
24 September 1880 – 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days
United States
30 December 1999
327 days
Ella Miller[ 39]
F
115
6 December 1884 – 21 November 2000 115 years, 351 days
United States
21 November 2000
197 days
Marie Brémont
F
114–115
25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days
France
5 June 2001[ e]
286 days
Maud Farris-Luse[ 40]
F
114–115
21 February 1887 – 18 March 2002 115 years, 25 days
United States
18 March 2002
71 days
Grace Clawson
F
114
15 November 1887 – 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days
United States
28 May 2002
85 days
Adelina Domingues
F
114
19 February 1888 – 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days
United States
21 August 2002
130 days
Mae Harrington
F
113
20 January 1889 – 29 December 2002 113 years, 343 days
United States
29 December 2002
273 days
Yukichi Chuganji
M
113–114
23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days
Japan
28 September 2003
46 days
Mitoyo Kawate
F
114
15 May 1889 – 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days
Japan
13 November 2003
198 days
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan[ 41]
F
114
1 September 1889 – 29 May 2004 114 years, 271 days
Puerto Rico
29 May 2004
2 years, 90 days
María Capovilla
F
114–116
14 September 1889 – 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days
Ecuador
27 August 2006
106 days
Elizabeth Bolden
F
116
15 August 1890 – 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days
United States
11 December 2006
44 days
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
M
115
21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days
Puerto Rico
24 January 2007
4 days
Emma Tillman
F
114
22 November 1892 – 28 January 2007 114 years, 67 days
United States
29 January 2007[ f]
196 days
Yone Minagawa
F
114
4 January 1893 – 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days
Japan
13 August 2007
1 year, 105 days
Edna Parker
F
114–115
20 April 1893 – 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days
United States
26 November 2008
37 days
Maria de Jesus
F
115
10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days
Portugal
2 January 2009
252 days
Gertrude Baines
F
114–115
6 April 1894 – 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days
United States
11 September 2009
233 days
Kama Chinen
F
114
10 May 1895 – 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days
Japan
2 May 2010
186 days
Eugénie Blanchard
F
114
16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days
France (Saint Barthélemy )
4 November 2010
14 days
Ana Nogueira de Luca[ 42]
F
114
21 June 1896 – 18 November 2010 114 years, 150 days
Brazil
18 November 2010
215 days
Maria Gomes Valentim
F
114
9 July 1896 – 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days
Brazil
21 June 2011
1 year, 166 days
Besse Cooper
F
114–116
26 August 1896 – 4 December 2012 116 years, 100 days
United States
4 December 2012
13 days
Dina Manfredini
F
115
4 April 1897 – 17 December 2012 115 years, 257 days
United States[ g]
17 December 2012
177 days
Jiroemon Kimura
M
115–116
19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days
Japan
12 June 2013
1 year, 293 days
Misao Okawa
F
115–117
5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days
Japan
31 March 2015[ h]
6 days
Gertrude Weaver
F
116
4 July 1898 – 6 April 2015 116 years, 276 days
United States
6 April 2015
72 days
Jeralean Talley
F
115–116
23 May 1899 – 17 June 2015 116 years, 25 days
United States
17 June 2015
330 days
Susannah Mushatt Jones
F
115–116
6 July 1899 – 12 May 2016 116 years, 311 days
United States
13 May 2016[ i]
337 days
Emma Morano
F
116–117
29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days
Italy
15 April 2017
153 days
Violet Brown
F
117
10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days
Jamaica
16 September 2017[ j]
217 days
Nabi Tajima
F
117
4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days
Japan
21 April 2018
92 days
Chiyo Miyako[ 43]
F
116–117
2 May 1901 – 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days
Japan
22 July 2018
3 years, 271 days
Kane Tanaka
F
115–119
2 January 1903 – 19 April 2022 119 years, 107 days
Japan
19 April 2022
273 days
Lucile Randon
F
118
11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023 118 years, 340 days
France
17 January 2023
1 year, 215 days
Maria Branyas
F
115–117
4 March 1907 – 19 August 2024 117 years, 168 days
Spain[ k]
19 August 2024
132 days
Tomiko Itooka
F
116
23 May 1908 – 29 December 2024 116 years, 220 days
Japan
29 December 2024
29 days
Inah Canabarro Lucas
F
116*
born 8 June 1908 116 years, 233 days
Brazil
Chronological list of the oldest living man since 1951
This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present.[ 14] [ 44] [ 45]
From
Duration
Name
Age(s) when oldest
Lifespan
Place of death or residence
Unknown
—
James Smith
N/A –108
10 July 1842 – 27 March 1951 108 years, 260 days
United States
27 March 1951
1 year, 350 days
James Hard
107–109
15 July 1843 – 12 March 1953 109 years, 240 days
United States
12 March 1953
212 days
Karl Glöckner
107
29 December 1845 – 10 October 1953 107 years, 285 days
West Germany
10 October 1953
342 days
Wayland Newell[ 46] [ 26]
107–108
15 September 1846 – 17 September 1954 108 years, 2 days
United States
17 September 1954
2 years, 112 days
Mathias Hansen Saether[ 26]
105–108
21 October 1848 – 7 January 1957 108 years, 78 days
Norway
7 January 1957
3 years, 276 days
Robert Early[ 28]
107–111
8 October 1849 – 9 October 1960 111 years, 1 day
United States
9 October 1960
61 days
Willem Kostering[ 47] [ 26]
108–109
22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960 109 years, 17 days
Netherlands
9 December 1960
1 year, 93 days
Sylvester Melvin
109–110
29 November 1851 – 12 March 1962 110 years, 103 days
United States
12 March 1962
4 days
Joseph Saint-Amour
110
26 February 1852 – 16 March 1962 110 years, 18 days
Canada
16 March 1962
251 days
William Smith[ 26]
108
28 February 1854 – 22 November 1962 108 years, 267 days
United States
22 November 1962
4 years, 195 days
James King[ 17]
108–112
15 November 1854 – 5 June 1967 112 years, 202 days
United States
5 June 1967
290 days
John Mosley Turner
110–111
15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days
United Kingdom
21 March 1968
248 days
Eli Lindsay[ 48]
110
28 February 1858 – 24 November 1968 110 years, 270 days
Canada[ l]
24 November 1968
32 days
John Chaney[ 26]
109
12 October 1859 – 26 December 1968 109 years, 75 days
United States
26 December 1968
117 days
William Lamb[ 26]
109
24 November 1859 – 22 April 1969 109 years, 149 days
United States
22 April 1969
251 days
Antonije Mladenović[ 26]
108–109
30 June 1860 – 29 December 1969 109 years, 182 days
Yugoslavia
29 December 1969
1 year, 338 days
Theophilus May[ 49]
108–110
5 January 1861 – 2 December 1971 110 years, 331 days
United States[ m]
2 December 1971
1 year, 154 days
Friedrich Wedeking
109–110
10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days
West Germany
5 May 1973
1 year, 166 days
Isaac Edwards[ 50]
109–110
6 December 1863 – 18 October 1974 110 years, 316 days
United States
18 October 1974
2 years, 81 days
James Holt[ 51]
108–111
25 December 1865 – 7 January 1977 111 years, 13 days
United States
7 January 1977
69 days
Jean Teillet
110
6 November 1866 – 17 March 1977 110 years, 131 days
France
17 March 1977
1 year, 156 days
Charlie Nelson
109–110
21 September 1867 – 20 August 1978 110 years, 333 days
United States
20 August 1978
2 years, 16 days
Charlie Phillips[ 52]
109–111
5 May 1869 – 5 September 1980 111 years, 123 days
United States
5 September 1980
1 year, 217 days
Zachariah Blackistone
109–111
16 February 1871 – 10 April 1982 111 years, 53 days
United States
10 April 1982
328 days
James Nash
109–110
31 July 1872 – 4 March 1983 110 years, 216 days
United States
4 March 1983
160 days
Walter Wilcox
110
1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983 110 years, 283 days
United States
11 August 1983
133 days
Gregory Pandazes
110
15 January 1873 – 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days
United States[ n]
22 December 1983
359 days
Randolph Davis[ 53]
110–111
15 October 1873 – 15 December 1984 111 years, 61 days
United States
15 December 1984
1 year, 364 days
Joe Thomas
109–111
1 May 1875 – 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days
United States
14 December 1986
22 days
Herman Smith-Johannsen
111
15 June 1875 – 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days
Norway
5 January 1987
1 year, 325 days
Alphaeus Philemon Cole
110–112
12 July 1876 – 25 November 1988 112 years, 136 days
United States
25 November 1988
1 year, 197 days
John Evans
111–112
19 August 1877 – 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days
United Kingdom
10 June 1990
8 days
Henri Pérignon
110
14 October 1879 – 18 June 1990 110 years, 247 days
France
18 June 1990
189 days
Robert Freeman
110–111
22 December 1879 – 24 December 1990 111 years, 2 days
United States
24 December 1990
2 years, 172 days
Frederick Frazier
110–113
27 January 1880 – 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days
United States
14 June 1993
220 days
Josep Armengol Jover
111–112
23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days
Spain
20 January 1994
4 years, 95 days
Christian Mortensen
111–115
16 August 1882 – 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days
United States[ o]
25 April 1998
244 days
Walter Richardson
112–113
7 November 1885 – 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days
United States
25 December 1998
125 days
Denzō Ishizaki [ 54]
112
2 October 1886 – 29 April 1999 112 years, 209 days
Japan
29 April 1999
200 days
Antonio Urrea Hernandez
111
16 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 111 years, 272 days
Spain
15 November 1999
1 year, 106 days
John Painter
111–112
20 September 1888 – 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days
United States
1 March 2001
308 days
Antonio Todde
112
22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days
Italy
3 January 2002
1 year, 268 days
Yukichi Chuganji
112–114
23 March 1889 – 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days
Japan
28 September 2003
159 days
Joan Riudavets
113–114
15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days
Spain
5 March 2004
259 days
Fred Harold Hale
113
1 December 1890 – 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days
United States
19 November 2004
2 years, 66 days
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
113–115
21 August 1891 – 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days
Puerto Rico
24 January 2007
2 years, 146 days
Tomoji Tanabe
111–113
18 September 1895 – 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days
Japan
19 June 2009
29 days
Henry Allingham
113
6 June 1896 – 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days
United Kingdom
18 July 2009
1 year, 270 days
Walter Breuning
112–114
21 September 1896 – 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days
United States
14 April 2011
164 days
Horacio Celi Mendoza[ 17]
114
3 January 1897 – 25 September 2011 114 years, 265 days
Peru
25 September 2011
1 year, 260 days
Jiroemon Kimura
114–116
19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days
Japan
11 June 2013[ p]
94 days
Salustiano Sanchez
112
8 June 1901 – 13 September 2013 112 years, 97 days
United States[ q]
13 September 2013
194 days
Ernest Peronneau[ 55]
111–112
7 March 1902 – 26 March 2014 112 years, 19 days
United States
26 March 2014
29 days
Arturo Licata
111
2 May 1902 – 24 April 2014 111 years, 357 days
Italy
24 April 2014
45 days
Alexander Imich
111
4 February 1903 – 8 June 2014 111 years, 124 days
United States[ r]
8 June 2014
1 year, 27 days
Sakari Momoi
111–112
5 February 1903 – 5 July 2015 112 years, 150 days
Japan
5 July 2015
198 days
Yasutaro Koide
112
13 March 1903 – 19 January 2016 112 years, 312 days
Japan
18 January 2016[ s]
1 year, 205 days
Israel Kristal
112–113
15 September 1903 – 11 August 2017 113 years, 330 days
Israel [ t]
11 August 2017
171 days
Francisco Núñez Olivera
112–113
13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018 113 years, 47 days
Spain
30 January 2018[ u]
355 days
Masazo Nonaka
112–113
25 July 1905 – 20 January 2019 113 years, 179 days
Japan
20 January 2019
1 year, 248 days
Tomás Pinales Figuereo[ 20]
112–114
31 March 1906 – 24 September 2020 114 years, 177 days
Dominican Republic
24 September 2020[ v]
322 days
Emilio Flores Márquez[ 56]
112–113
8 August 1908 – 12 August 2021 113 years, 4 days
Puerto Rico
12 August 2021
159 days
Saturnino de la Fuente García [ 57]
112
11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022 112 years, 341 days
Spain
18 January 2022
2 years, 75 days
Juan Vicente Pérez [ 58]
112–114
27 May 1909 – 2 April 2024 114 years, 311 days
Venezuela
2 April 2024
88 days
Shi Ping [ 59]
112
1 November 1911 – 29 June 2024 112 years, 241 days
China
29 June 2024
149 days
John Tinniswood [ 60]
111–112
26 August 1912 – 25 November 2024 112 years, 91 days
United Kingdom
25 November 2024
63 days
João Marinho Neto [ 60]
112*
born 5 October 1912 112 years, 114 days
Brazil
^ Baker was born in the United Kingdom.
^ Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic .
^ Holtz was born in the German Empire ; her birthplace is now in Poland.
^ Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.[ 38] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.
^ Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15am CEST . However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT ).
^ Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST ). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST ).
^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
^ Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST ). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone ).
^ Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26pm EDT . However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST ).
^ Violet Brown died on 15 September 2017 in Jamaica (UTC-5 ). However, in Japan, where Tajima lived, the date was already 16 September 2017 (JST ).
^ Branyas was born in the United States.
^ Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.
^ May was born in the United Kingdom.
^ Pandazes was born in Greece .
^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
^ Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST ). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT ).
^ Sanchez was born in Spain.
^ Imich was born in Częstochowa , then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
^ Yasutaro Koide died 19 January 2016 12:17 a.m. JST . However, in Israel, where Kristal lived, the date was still 18 January 2016 (IST ).
^ Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
^ Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30pm CET . However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST ).
^ Between 28 May 2020 and 27 June 2020, Guinness World Records recognized Dumitru Comănescu from Romania as the world's oldest living man. However, it was later found that Emilio Flores Márquez was born three months earlier than Comănescu.[ 56] Furthermore, Tomás Pinales Figuereo would later be validated by the GRG, meaning that Márquez did not officially become the world's oldest living man until Pinales's death on 24 September 2020.
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