List of the verified oldest people

This article is about specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards. For the oldest currently living people, see List of the oldest living people.

These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people 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 Kane Tanaka of Japan, aged 118 years, 341 days. The oldest known living man is Saturnino de la Fuente García, of Spain, aged 112 years, 301 days. The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.

100 verified oldest women
The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Later cases are included in more recent GRG data, with administrative reports or press coverage as supplementary sources, as indicated in the table.

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