List of the verified oldest people

These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days.

The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.

The oldest known living person is Maria Branyas of Spain (born in the USA), aged 117 years, 117 days. The oldest known living man is John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom, aged 111 years, 308 days. The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.

100 verified oldest women

The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

  Deceased   Living

100 verified oldest men

The list includes supercentenarians validated by an organisation specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

  Deceased   Living

References

1. List of oldest living people
2. Oldest people
3. List of the verified shortest people
4. List of oldest cats
5. List of the oldest people by country
6. List of notable supercentenarians
7. Lucile Randon
8. John Tinniswood
9. Juan Vicente Pérez
10. Jiroemon Kimura
11. List of oldest fathers
12. List of oldest continuously inhabited cities
13. Lists of oldest cricketers
14. Maria Branyas
15. Violet Brown
16. Ethel Caterham
17. List of oldest surviving professional wrestlers
18. Longevity myths
19. Edna Parker
20. Christian Mortensen