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List of the verified oldest people

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

These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days.[a] 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.[b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.

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Jeanne Calment, the world's oldest verified person, lived to the age of 122 years, 164 days.

The oldest known living person is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, aged 115 years, 268 days.[5] The oldest known living man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, aged 112 years, 223 days.[6] The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.

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The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG),[5][7][8] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

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  1. The exact lifespan of people listed with the same number of years and days may differ because of leap days that occurred during their lifetime.
  2. Calment's case was disputed in a Russian study posted online in 2018,[1][2] and a followup paper published in January 2019,[3] although other researchers have dismissed this on the basis of extensive prior research into Calment's life.[4]
  3. Branyas was born in the United States.
  4. Juniewicz was born in Krupsko near Lviv, then in Austria-Hungary, now in Ukraine.
  5. May have been older (116 or 117); possibly born in 1881 or 1880.
  6. Manfredini was born in Italy.
  7. Gaudette was born in the United States.
  8. Benegas Gallego was born in Paraguay.
  9. Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.
  10. Gerena Rivera was born in Puerto Rico.
  11. Ray was born in Canada.
  12. Steinberg was born in Chișinău, then part of the Russian Empire, now the capital of Moldova.
  13. Kretschmann was born in Breslau, Silesia, then in the German Empire, now in Poland.
  14. Pizzinato was born in Ala, then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Italy.
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100 verified oldest men

The list includes supercentenarians validated by an organisation specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG),[5][7][8] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.

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  1. Mortensen was born in Denmark.
  2. Kristal was born in Maleniec, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
  3. Sisnett was born in Barbados, which was at the time of his birth part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands; it is now an independent country.
  4. Venturotti was born in Italy.
  5. Although the Gerontology Research Group verified Ishizaki's birth date as 20 October 1886, he claimed himself to be born in 1884 and asserted that his birth record was "delayed by two years".[101] LongeviQuest subsequently determined Ishizaki was born 18 days earlier than previously believed, based on family records.[102]
  6. Sanchez was born in Spain.
  7. Kowalski was born in Rogówek, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
  8. Morimitsu was born in Japan.
  9. Nash was born in the United Kingdom.
  10. McCoubrey was born in Newfoundland, then a separate British colony, now part of Canada.
  11. Reyskens was born in Belgium, lived (from 1897) and died in the Netherlands, but never obtained Dutch citizenship.
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