List of the verified oldest people - wikipedia List of the verified oldest people This article is about specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards. For the male list, see List of the verified oldest men. For the female list, see List of the verified oldest women. For the topic in general, see Supercentenarian. For modern, or complete, unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity claims. For historical, incomplete unvalidated supercentenarian claims, see Longevity myths. For the oldest currently living people, see List of oldest living people. For other relevant tables of the oldest verified people, see Oldest people. This is a list of the 100 verified oldest people, arranged in descending order of each individual 's age in years and days. A year typically refers to a calendar year, the time between two dates of the same name. However, years can be of different lengths due to the presence or absence of a leap day within the year, or to the conversion of dates from one calendar to another. The oldest person ever whose age has been verified is Jeanne Calment ( 1875 -- 1997 ) of France, who died at the age of 122 years, 164 days. There are five living people on this list, all of whom are women and the oldest of whom is Kane Tanaka of Japan, aged 115 years, 239 days. Since all the people on this list have lived past the age of 110, all of them have been, or still are, supercentenarians. 100 verified oldest people Deceased Living † ^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of today, 29 August 2018 Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of death or residence Jeanne Calment 21 February 1875 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days France Sarah Knauss 24 September 1880 30 December 1999 119 years, 97 days United States Nabi Tajima 4 August 1900 21 April 2018 117 years, 260 days Japan Lucy Hannah 16 July 1875 21 March 1993 117 years, 248 days United States Marie - Louise Meilleur 29 August 1880 16 April 1998 117 years, 230 days Canada 6 Violet Brown 10 March 1900 15 September 2017 117 years, 189 days Jamaica 7 Emma Morano 29 November 1899 15 April 2017 117 years, 137 days Italy 8 Chiyo Miyako 2 May 1901 22 July 2018 117 years, 81 days Japan 9 Misao Okawa 5 March 1898 1 April 2015 117 years, 27 days Japan 10 María Capovilla 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days Ecuador 11 Susannah Mushatt Jones 6 July 1899 12 May 2016 116 years, 311 days United States 12 Gertrude Weaver 4 July 1898 6 April 2015 116 years, 276 days United States 13 Tane Ikai 18 January 1879 12 July 1995 116 years, 175 days Japan 14 Elizabeth Bolden 15 August 1890 11 December 2006 116 years, 118 days United States 15 Besse Cooper 26 August 1896 4 December 2012 116 years, 100 days United States 16 Jiroemon Kimura 19 April 1897 12 June 2013 116 years, 54 days Japan 17 Ana María Vela Rubio 29 October 1901 15 December 2017 116 years, 47 days Spain 18 Giuseppina Projetto 30 May 1902 6 July 2018 116 years, 37 days Italy 19 Jeralean Talley 23 May 1899 17 June 2015 116 years, 25 days United States 20 Maggie Barnes 6 March 1882 19 January 1998 115 years, 319 days United States 21 Dina Manfredini 4 April 1897 17 December 2012 115 years, 257 days United States 22 Christian Mortensen 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days United States 23 Kane Tanaka 2 January 1903 Living 7004422430000000000 ♠ 115 years, 239 days Japan 24 Charlotte Hughes 1 August 1877 17 March 1993 115 years, 228 days United Kingdom 25 Edna Parker 20 April 1893 26 November 2008 115 years, 220 days United States 26 Mary Ann Rhodes 12 August 1882 3 March 1998 115 years, 203 days Canada 27 Anonymous of Tokyo 15 March 1900 27 September 2015 115 years, 196 days Japan 28 Margaret Skeete 27 October 1878 7 May 1994 115 years, 192 days United States 29 Bernice Madigan 24 July 1899 3 January 2015 115 years, 163 days United States 30 Maria Giuseppa Robucci 20 March 1903 Living 7004421660000000000 ♠ 115 years, 162 days Italy 31 Gertrude Baines 6 April 1894 11 September 2009 115 years, 158 days United States 32 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico 33 Bettie Wilson 13 September 1890 13 February 2006 115 years, 153 days United States 34 Julie Winnefred Bertrand 16 September 1891 18 January 2007 115 years, 124 days Canada 35 Maria de Jesus 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days Portugal 36 Marie Josephine Gaudette 25 March 1902 13 July 2017 115 years, 110 days Italy 37 Susie Gibson 31 October 1890 16 February 2006 115 years, 108 days United States 38 Shimoe Akiyama 19 May 1903 Living 7004421060000000000 ♠ 115 years, 102 days Japan 39 Augusta Holtz 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days United States 40 Hendrikje van Andel - Schipper 29 June 1890 30 August 2005 115 years, 62 days Netherlands 41 Maude Farris - Luse 21 January 1887 18 March 2002 115 years, 56 days United States 42 Marie Brémont 25 April 1886 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days France 43 Koto Okubo 24 December 1897 12 January 2013 115 years, 19 days Japan 44 Antonia Gerena Rivera 19 May 1900 2 June 2015 115 years, 14 days United States 45 Chiyono Hasegawa 20 November 1896 2 December 2011 115 years, 12 days Japan 46 Annie Jennings 12 November 1884 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days United Kingdom 47 Eva Morris 8 November 1885 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days United Kingdom 48 Kama Chinen 10 May 1895 2 May 2010 114 years, 357 days Japan 49 Maria Gomes Valentim 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days Brazil 50 Mary Bidwell 19 May 1881 25 April 1996 114 years, 342 days United States 51 Mary Josephine Ray 17 May 1895 7 March 2010 114 years, 294 days United States 52 Goldie Steinberg 30 October 1900 16 August 2015 114 years, 290 days United States 53 Kiyoko Ishiguro 4 March 1901 5 December 2015 114 years, 276 days Japan 54 Maria do Couto Maia - Lopes 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days Portugal Eudoxie Baboul 1 October 1901 1 July 2016 114 years, 274 days France ( French Guiana ) 56 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias - Jordan 31 August 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days Puerto Rico 57 Yukie Hino 17 April 1902 13 January 2017 114 years, 271 days Japan 58 Delphine Gibson 17 August 1903 9 May 2018 114 years, 265 days United States 59 Eugénie Blanchard 16 February 1896 4 November 2010 114 years, 261 days France ( Saint Barthélemy ) 60 Venere Pizzinato - Papo 23 November 1896 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days Italy 61 Neva Morris 3 August 1895 6 April 2010 114 years, 246 days United States 62 Hide Ohira 15 September 1880 9 May 1995 114 years, 236 days Japan 63 Blanche Cobb 8 September 1900 1 May 2015 114 years, 235 days United States 64 Ethel Lang 27 May 1900 15 January 2015 114 years, 233 days United Kingdom 65 Mathew Beard 9 July 1870 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days United States 66 Yone Minagawa 4 January 1893 13 August 2007 114 years, 221 days Japan 67 María Antonia Castro 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days Spain 68 Carrie Lazenby 9 February 1882 14 September 1996 114 years, 218 days United States Ura Koyama 30 August 1890 5 April 2005 114 years, 218 days Japan 70 Myrtle Dorsey 22 November 1885 25 June 2000 114 years, 216 days United States 71 Iso Nakamura 23 April 1903 23 November 2017 114 years, 214 days Japan 72 Anna Eliza Williams 2 June 1873 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days United Kingdom 73 Walter Breuning 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days United States 74 Lucile Randon 11 February 1904 Living 7004418380000000000 ♠ 114 years, 199 days France 75 Eunice Sanborn 20 July 1896 31 January 2011 114 years, 195 days United States 76 Grace Clawson 15 November 1887 28 May 2002 114 years, 194 days United States 77 Mitsue Toyoda 15 February 1902 25 August 2016 114 years, 192 days Japan 78 Tase Matsunaga 11 May 1884 18 November 1998 114 years, 191 days Japan 79 Yukichi Chuganji 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan 80 Kame Nakamura 8 March 1898 12 September 2012 114 years, 188 days Japan 81 Lydie Vellard 18 March 1875 17 September 1989 114 years, 183 days France Wilhelmina Kott 7 March 1880 6 September 1994 114 years, 183 days United States Adelina Domingues 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days United States 84 Mitoyo Kawate 15 May 1889 13 November 2003 114 years, 182 days Japan 85 Charlotte Benkner 16 November 1889 14 May 2004 114 years, 180 days United States Camille Loiseau 13 February 1892 12 August 2006 114 years, 180 days France 87 Anne Primout 5 October 1890 26 March 2005 114 years, 172 days France 88 Ettie Mae Greene 8 September 1877 26 February 1992 114 years, 171 days United States 89 Dominga Velasco 12 May 1901 11 October 2015 114 years, 152 days United States Shin Matsushita 30 March 1904 Living 7004417900000000000 ♠ 114 years, 152 days Japan 91 Toshie Yorimitsu 30 September 1901 28 February 2016 114 years, 151 days Japan 92 Irene Frank 1 October 1881 28 February 1996 114 years, 150 days United States 93 Christina Cock 25 December 1887 22 May 2002 114 years, 148 days Australia 94 Olivia Patricia Thomas 29 June 1895 16 November 2009 114 years, 140 days United States 95 Tae Ito 11 July 1903 13 November 2017 114 years, 125 days Japan 96 Anna Henderson 5 March 1900 1 July 2014 114 years, 118 days United States 97 Emma Verona Johnston 6 August 1890 1 December 2004 114 years, 117 days United States Mamie Rearden 7 September 1898 2 January 2013 114 years, 117 days United States 99 Bettie Chatmon 30 April 1884 16 August 1998 114 years, 108 days United States 100 Odie Matthews 28 December 1878 14 April 1993 114 years, 107 days United States a ^ Manfredini was born in Italy. b ^ Mortensen was born in Denmark. c ^ Gaudette was born in the United States. d ^ Holtz was born in the German Empire ; her birthplace is now in Poland. e ^ Gerena was born in Puerto Rico. f ^ Ray was born in Canada. g ^ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, then part of the Russian Empire. 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Question: how old was the oldest person ever to live on earth
Answer: 122 years, 164 days