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The following are 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, LongeviQuest, or Guinness World Records, and others who have otherwise been reliably sourced.

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Jeanne Calment (here depicted at age 20 in 1895) holds the record for the longest documented lifespan with 122 years and 164 days.

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 Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, who has lived 116 years, 5 days. She was born on 21 August 1909.[1][2] The oldest living verified man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, who has lived 112 years, 325 days. He was born on 5 October 1912.[1][3]

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Ten oldest verified people

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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]

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a^ Branyas was born in the United States.
b^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.

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Chronological list of the oldest-known living people since 1951

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This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest-known living people from 1951 to present, according to GRG research and the Guinness World Records.[26] 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.

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Chronological list of the oldest living men since 1951

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This table lists the sequence of the world's oldest known living man from 1951 to present.[14][44][45]

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  1. Baker was born in the United Kingdom.
  2. Bernátková was born and died in a part of it which is now the Czech Republic.
  3. Holtz was born in the German Empire; her birthplace is now in Poland.
  4. Calment's case was disputed in a study posted online in November 2018.[39] Current analysis supports the hypothesis that Calment's listed age is legitimate.
  5. Marie Brémont died 6 June 2001 2:15 a.m. CEST. However, in Michigan, where Farris-Luse lived, the date was still 5 June 2001 (EDT).
  6. Clawson was born in the United Kingdom.
  7. Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
  8. Emma Tillman died 28 January 2007 (EST). However, in Fukuoka Prefecture, where Minagawa lived, the date was already 29 January 2007 (JST).
  9. Manfredini was born in Italy.
  10. Misao Okawa died 1 April 2015 (JST). However, in Arkansas, where Weaver lived, the date was still 31 March 2015 (Central Time Zone).
  11. Susannah Mushatt Jones died 12 May 2016 8:26 p.m. EDT. However, in Italy, where Morano lived, the date was already 13 May 2016 (CEST).
  12. 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).
  13. Branyas was born in the United States.
  14. Lindsay was born in the United Kingdom.
  15. Johnson was born in Norway.
  16. May was born in the United Kingdom.
  17. Pandazes was born in Greece.
  18. Mortensen was born in Denmark.
  19. Jiroemon Kimura died 12 June 2013 (JST). However, in New York, where Sanchez lived, the date was still 11 June 2013 (EDT).
  20. Sanchez was born in Spain.
  21. Imich was born in Częstochowa, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
  22. 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).
  23. Kristal was born in Maleniec, Końskie County, then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
  24. Francisco Núñez Olivera died 29 January 2018 around 10:30 p.m. CET. However, in Japan, where Nonaka lived, the date was already 30 January 2018 (JST).
  25. 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.[57] 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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