List of the oldest women
The oldest woman whose age has been scientifically verified is the French Jeanne Calment , who died at the age of 122 years and 164 days. The oldest living woman is the Japanese Kane Tanaka , born on January 2, 1903. The following lists correspond to the current state of research and therefore do not claim to be conclusive. Living women are highlighted in pink .
On this page only women are listed whose life data has been scientifically proven and has been published by an appropriate institution; a mere mention in mass media is not enough.
List of the 100 oldest women
The placement is determined first by the age reached in years and days, then the number of days of life and finally the earlier age.
rank | Surname | Date of birth | date of death | reached age | Days of life | country |
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1 | Jeanne Calment | February 21, 1875 | 4th August 1997 | 122 years and 164 days | 44,724 | France |
2 | Sarah Knauss | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years and | 97 days43,560 | United States |
3 | Nabi Tajima | 4th August 1900 | April 21, 2018 | 117 years and 260 days | 42,994 | Japan |
4th | Kane Tanaka | January 2, 1903 | 117 years and 242 days | 42,976 | Japan | |
5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur | August 29, 1880 | April 16, 1998 | 117 years and 230 days | 42,963 | Canada |
6th | Violet Brown | March 10, 1900 | 15th September 2017 | 117 years and 189 days | 42,923 | Jamaica |
7th | Emma Morano | November 29, 1899 | April 15, 2017 | 117 years and 137 days | 42,871 | Italy |
8th | Chiyo Miyako | May 2, 1901 | July 22, 2018 | 117 years and | 81 days42,815 | Japan |
9 | Misao Okawa | March 5, 1898 | April 1, 2015 | 117 years and | 27 days42,760 | Japan |
10 | María Capovilla | September 14, 1889 | August 27, 2006 | 116 years and 347 days | 42,715 | Ecuador |
11 | Susannah Mushatt Jones | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016 | 116 years and 311 days | 42,679 | United States |
12 | Gertrude Weaver | 4th July 1898 | April 6, 2015 | 116 years and 276 days | 42,644 | United States |
13 | Lucile Randon | February 11, 1904 | 116 years and 202 days | 42,571 | France | |
14th | Tane Ikai | January 18, 1879 | July 12, 1995 | 116 years and 175 days | 42,543 | Japan |
15th | Elizabeth Bolden | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years and 118 days | 42,486 | United States |
16 | Besse Cooper | August 26, 1896 | 4th December 2012 | 116 years and 100 days | 42,468 | United States |
17th | Maria Giuseppa Robucci | March 20, 1903 | 18th June 2019 | 116 years and | 90 days42,459 | Italy |
18th | Ana Vela Rubio | October 29, 1901 | 15th December 2017 | 116 years and | 47 days42,416 | Spain |
19th | Giuseppina Projetto | May 30, 1902 | 6th July 2018 | 116 years and | 37 days42,406 | Italy |
20th | Jeralean Talley | May 23, 1899 | 17th June 2015 | 116 years and | 25 days42,393 | United States |
21st | Maggie Barnes | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years and 319 days | 42,322 | United States |
22nd | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | October 21, 1904 | 115 years and 315 days | 42,318 | Brazil | |
23 | Dina Manfredini | April 4, 1897 | 17th December 2012 | 115 years and 257 days | 42,260 |
Italy United States |
24 | Shimoe Akiyama | May 19, 1903 | 29 January 2019 | 115 years and 255 days | 42,259 | Japan |
25th | Jeanne Bot | January 14, 1905 | 115 years and 230 days | 42,233 | France | |
26th | Charlotte Hughes | August 1, 1877 | March 17, 1993 | 115 years and 228 days | 42,231 | United Kingdom |
27 | Edna Parker | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years and 220 days | 42,223 | United States |
28 | Shigeyo Nakachi | February 1, 1905 | 115 years and 212 days | 42,215 | Japan | |
29 | Mary Ann Rhodes | August 12, 1882 | March 3, 1998 | 115 years and 203 days | 42.206 | Canada |
30th | not available | March 15, 1900 | September 27, 2015 | 115 years and 196 days | 42,199 | Japan |
31 | Margaret Skeete | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years and 192 days | 42,195 | United States |
32 | Bernice Madigan | July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015 | 115 years and 163 days | 42,166 | United States |
33 | Gertrude Baines | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years and 158 days | 42.161 | United States |
34 | Bettie Wilson | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years and 153 days | 42,156 | United States |
35 | Shin Matsushita | March 30, 1904 | 27th August 2019 | 115 years and 150 days | 42,153 | Japan |
36 | Julie Winnefred Bertrand | September 16, 1891 | January 18, 2007 | 115 years and 124 days | 42.127 | Canada |
37 | Maria de Jesus | September 10, 1893 | January 2, 2009 | 115 years and 114 days | 42,117 | Portugal |
38 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette | March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017 | 115 years and 110 days | 42.114 |
United States Italy |
39 | Susie Gibson | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years and 108 days | 42.111 | United States |
40 | Augusta Holtz | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years and | 79 days42,082 |
Germany United States |
41 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | June 29, 1890 | August 30, 2005 | 115 years and | 62 days42,065 | Netherlands |
42 | Maude Farris-Luse | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years and | 56 days42,059 | United States |
43 | Marie Brémont | April 25, 1886 | June 6, 2001 | 115 years and | 42 days42,045 | France |
44 | Koto Okubo | December 24, 1897 | January 12, 2013 | 115 years and | 19 days42,022 | Japan |
45 | Hester Ford | August 15, 1905 | 115 years and 16 days | 42,020 | United States | |
46 | Antonia Gerena Rivera | May 19, 1900 | 2nd June 2015 | 115 years and | 14 days42,017 |
Puerto Rico United States |
47 | Chiyono Hasegawa | November 20, 1896 | December 2, 2011 | 115 years and | 12 days42,014 | Japan |
48 | Annie Jennings | November 12, 1884 | November 20, 1999 | 115 years and | 8 days42,010 | United Kingdom |
49 | Iris Westman | August 28, 1905 | 115 years and 3 days | 42.007 | United States | |
50 | Eva Morris | November 8, 1885 | November 2, 2000 | 114 years and 360 days | 41,997 | United Kingdom |
51 | Kama Chinen | May 10, 1895 | May 2, 2010 | 114 years and 357 days | 41,995 | Japan |
52 | Maria Gomes Valentim | July 9, 1896 | June 21, 2011 | 114 years and 347 days | 41,984 | Brazil |
53 | Mary Bidwell | May 19, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years and 342 days | 41,979 | United States |
54 | Mina Kitagawa | November 3, 1905 | 114 years and 302 days | 41,940 | Japan | |
55 | Mary Josephine Ray | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010 | 114 years and 294 days | 41,932 |
Canada United States |
56 | Goldie Steinberg | October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015 | 114 years and 290 days | 41,928 |
Russia United States |
57 | Kiyoko Ishiguro | March 4, 1901 | 5th December 2015 | 114 years and 276 days | 41,914 | Japan |
58 | Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes | October 24, 1890 | July 25, 2005 | 114 years and 274 days | 41,912 | Portugal |
59 | Eudoxie Baboul | October 1, 1901 | July 1, 2016 | 114 years and 274 days | 41,912 | France |
60 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | August 31, 1889 | May 29, 2004 | 114 years and 272 days | 41,909 | Puerto Rico |
61 | Yukie Hino | April 17, 1902 | January 13, 2017 | 114 years and 271 days | 41,910 | Japan |
62 | Dolphins Gibson | 17th August 1903 | May 9, 2018 | 114 years and 265 days | 41,904 | United States |
63 | Eugenie Blanchard | February 16, 1896 | November 4, 2010 | 114 years and 261 days | 41,899 | France |
64 | Venere pizzinato | November 23, 1896 | August 2, 2011 | 114 years and 252 days | 41,889 | Italy |
65 | Neva Morris | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years and 246 days | 41,884 | United States |
66 | Hide Ohira | September 15, 1880 | May 9, 1995 | 114 years and 236 days | 41,873 | Japan |
67 | Blanche Cobb | September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015 | 114 years and 235 days | 41,873 | United States |
68 | Ethel Lang | May 27, 1900 | January 15, 2015 | 114 years and 233 days | 41,871 | United Kingdom |
69 | Yone Minagawa | January 4, 1893 | August 13, 2007 | 114 years and 221 days | 41,858 | Japan |
70 | María Antonia Castro | June 10, 1881 | January 16, 1996 | 114 years and 220 days | 41,857 | Spain |
71 | Ura Koyama | August 30, 1890 | April 5, 2005 | 114 years and 218 days | 41,856 | Japan |
72 | Carrie Lazenby | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years and 218 days | 41,855 | United States |
73 | Myrtle Dorsey | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years and 216 days | 41,853 | United States |
74 | Iso Nakamura | April 23, 1903 | 23rd November 2017 | 114 years and 214 days | 41,853 | Japan |
75 | Faustina Sarmiento Pupo | February 15, 1905 | 16th September 2019 | 114 years and 213 days | 41,851 | Cuba |
76 | Anna Eliza Williams | June 2, 1873 | December 27, 1987 | 114 years and 208 days | 41,845 | United Kingdom |
77 | Eunice Sanborn | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years and 195 days | 41,832 | United States |
78 | Grace Clawson | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years and 194 days | 41,832 |
United Kingdom United States |
79 | Mitsue Toyoda | February 15, 1902 | August 25, 2016 | 114 years and 192 days | 41,830 | Japan |
80 | Kame Ganeko | April 10, 1905 | 18th October 2019 | 114 years and 191 days | 41,829 | Japan |
81 | Tase Matsunaga | May 11, 1884 | November 18, 1998 | 114 years and 191 days | 41,828 | Japan |
82 | Came Nakamura | March 8, 1898 | September 12, 2012 | 114 years and 188 days | 41,826 | Japan |
83 | Lydie Vellard | March 18, 1875 | 17th September 1989 | 114 years and 183 days | 41,821 | France |
84 | Adelina Domingues | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years and 183 days | 41,821 |
Cape Verde United States |
85 | Wilhelmina Kott | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years and 183 days | 41,820 | United States |
86 | Gabrielle Valentine of Robert | June 4, 1904 | 3rd December 2018 | 114 years and 182 days | 41,820 | France |
87 | Mitoyo Kawate | May 15, 1889 | November 13, 2003 | 114 years and 182 days | 41,819 | Japan |
88 | Camille Loiseau | February 13, 1892 | August 12, 2006 | 114 years and 180 days | 41,818 | France |
89 | Charlotte Benkner | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years and 180 days | 41,817 |
Germany United States |
90 | Anne Primout | October 5, 1890 | March 26, 2005 | 114 years and 172 days | 41,810 |
Algeria France |
91 | Ettie Mae Greene | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years and 171 days | 41,808 | United States |
92 | Geertje Kuijntjes | July 19, 1905 | December 24, 2019 | 114 years and 158 days | 41,796 | Netherlands |
93 | Dominga Velasco | May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015 | 114 years and 152 days | 41,790 |
Mexico United States |
94 | Toshie Yorimitsu | September 30, 1901 | February 28, 2016 | 114 years and 151 days | 41,789 | Japan |
95 | Irene Frank | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years and 150 days | 41,787 | United States |
96 | Christina Cock | December 25, 1887 | May 22, 2002 | 114 years and 148 days | 41,786 | Australia |
97 | Olivia Patricia Thomas | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009 | 114 years and 140 days | 41,778 | United States |
98 | Alelia Murphy | July 6, 1905 | 23rd November 2019 | 114 years and 140 days | 41,778 | United States |
99 | Tae Ito | July 11, 1903 | November 13, 2017 | 114 years and 125 days | 41,764 | Japan |
100 | Anna Henderson | March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014 | 114 years and 118 days | 41,756 | United States |
- ↑ Note: The individually selected sorting of the table column "reached age" sometimes does not work correctly for women who are still alive.
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The appendix lists those persons who were once accepted by various institutions as the oldest women with the specified dates of birth, but whose correctness was substantially questioned during a later review, but without positive evidence of the actual date of birth could be provided. Since they would not find recognition according to the current standards of age verification, they are listed here separately from the oldest women with proven age, as long as the alleged age would be sufficient for inclusion in the list of the 100 oldest women or until positive evidence for this or another date of birth is published, or the cases have been devalidated.
Surname | Date of birth | date of death | reached age | Days of life | country |
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Lucy Hannah | July 16, 1875? | March 21, 1993 | 117 years and 248 days? | 42,982? | United States |
- ↑ The African American Hannah is listed in the Social Security Death Index [1] and in the Michigan Death Index [2] with a date of birth July 16, 1874 and was in the early 2000s by the Kestenbaum study of the Social Security Administration with a date of birth July 16 Verified in 1875, apparently using this data set from the 1880 US census from Linden , Marengo , Alabama . This verification by Kestenbaum was based on simpler test standards than those applied by today's leading Gerontology Research Group for age verifications - especially for such exceptional age claims. There is no information about Lucy Hannah from newspaper reports, no death report in a newspaper; not even a tombstone is known. The lack of such information about their lives has made it difficult or impossible to confirm or disprove this case. In 2015, the SSA also made the personal data of the deceased publicly available when they submitted their application for social benefit: in this case, the important details of the parents' maiden names - Sol Terrell and Sallie Edwards - and the place of birth Tallassee , Elmore , Alabama. That in turn made it possible to re-examine the case. It turned out that the woman was married twice. The alleged birthday of July 16 is shaken by the dates of her second marriage in October 1943 to Detroit-born Fred Hannah. Lucy's parents are also named in it. It is his birthday, which he also stated in his military registrations for the First World War and the Second World War before his marriage to Lucy . Her birthday is noted on August 12th and is of the same age as Fred, who was probably born in 1895. She is not included in the 1880 census of her parents in Tallassee . Her paternal grandparents were named Robert and Martha ( 1870 and 1880 census ), so that the grandparents in the original 1880 census entry from Linden, Alabama clearly do not belong to the woman who died in Detroit in 1993. The doubtfulness of the Lucy Hannah case can be read in detail and with further family details here: https://the110club.com/lucy-hannah-census-entries-t11475.html
Oldest woman
This list of the oldest woman includes women from the first Supercentenarian , who each had the highest proven age, until their successor became older than she.
Name Life data Age reached (= days) |
country | Age record from - to | Record duration in years and days |
---|---|---|---|
Margaret Ann Neve May 18, 1792 - April 4, 1903 110 years and 321 days (40,496) |
United Kingdom | May 18, 1902 - August 18, 1925 | 23 years and 92 days |
Louisa Thiers October 2, 1814 - February 17, 1926 111 years and 138 days (40,680) |
United States | August 19, 1925 - September 19, 1926 | 1 year and 31 days |
Delina Filkins May 4, 1815 - December 4, 1928 113 years and 214 days (41,487) |
United States | September 20, 1926 - November 14, 1980 | 54 years and 55 days |
Fannie Thomas April 14, 1867 - January 22, 1981 113 years and 283 days (41,556) |
United States | November 15, 1980 - May 13, 1985 | 4 years and 179 days |
Augusta Holtz August 3, 1871 - October 21, 1986 115 years and 79 days (42,082) |
Germany United States |
May 14, 1985 - May 11, 1990 | 4 years and 362 days |
Jeanne Calment February 21, 1875 - August 4, 1997 122 years and 164 days (44,724) |
France | May 12, 1990 - | 30 years and 111 days |
The 10 oldest living women
The following table lists the ten oldest living women worldwide.
# |
Surname |
Date of birth |
Age |
country |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Kane Tanaka | January 2, 1903 | 117 years and 242 days | Japan |
2 | Lucile Randon | February 11, 1904 | 116 years and 202 days | France |
3 | Francisca Celsa dos Santos | October 21, 1904 | 115 years and 315 days | Brazil |
4th | Jeanne Bot | January 14, 1905 | 115 years and 230 days | France |
5 | Shigeyo Nakachi | February 1, 1905 | 115 years and 212 days | Japan |
6th | Hester Ford | August 15, 1905 | 115 years and 16 days | United States |
7th | Iris Westman | August 28, 1905 | 115 years and 3 days | United States |
8th | Mina Kitagawa | November 3, 1905 | 114 years and 302 days | Japan |
9 | Tekla Juniewicz | June 10, 1906 | 114 years and 82 days | Poland |
10 | Anne Brasz-Later | July 16, 1906 | 114 years and 46 days | Netherlands |
Oldest woman alive
This list shows those persons who in chronological order - between the death of their predecessor and their own death - were each the oldest living woman.
Surname |
Date of birth |
date of death |
Age |
country |
---|---|---|---|---|
Johanna Booysen | January 17, 1857 | June 16, 1968 | 111 years and 151 days | South Africa |
Marie Bernátková | October 22, 1857 | 4th May 1969 | 111 years and 194 days | Czechoslovakia |
Ada Roe | February 6, 1858 | January 11, 1970 | 111 years and 328 days | United Kingdom |
Josefa Salas Mateo | July 14, 1860 | February 27, 1973 | 112 years and 228 days | Spain |
Alice Stevenson | July 10, 1861 | 18th August 1973 | 112 years and | 35 daysUnited Kingdom |
Elizabeth Watkins | March 10, 1863 | October 31, 1973 | 110 years and 235 days | United Kingdom |
Mito Umeda | March 27, 1863 | May 31, 1975 | 112 years and | 65 daysJapan |
Niwa Kawamoto | August 5, 1863 | November 16, 1976 | 113 years and 103 days | Japan |
Sophia De Muth | June 30, 1866 | 2nd December 1977 | 111 years and 155 days | United States |
Marie-Virginie Duhem | August 2, 1866 | April 25, 1978 | 111 years and 266 days | France |
Fannie Thomas | April 14, 1867 | January 22, 1981 | 113 years and 283 days | United States |
Augustine Teissier | January 2, 1869 | March 8, 1981 | 112 years and | 65 daysFrance |
Nellie Spencer | August 24, 1869 | November 13, 1982 | 113 years and | 81 daysUnited States |
Emma Wilson | May 12, 1870 | October 12, 1983 | 113 years and 153 days | United States |
Augusta Holtz | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years and | 79 days
Germany United States |
Mary McKinney | May 30, 1873 | 2nd February 1987 | 113 years and 248 days | United States |
Anna Eliza Williams | June 2, 1873 | December 27, 1987 | 114 years and 208 days | United Kingdom |
Florence Knapp | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years and | 93 daysUnited States |
Jeanne Calment | February 21, 1875 | 4th August 1997 | 122 years and 164 days | France |
Marie-Louise Meilleur | August 29, 1880 | April 16, 1998 | 117 years and 230 days | Canada |
Sarah Knauss | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years and | 97 daysUnited States |
Eva Morris | November 8, 1885 | November 2, 2000 | 114 years and 360 days | United Kingdom |
Marie Brémont | April 25, 1886 | June 6, 2001 | 115 years and | 42 daysFrance |
Maude Farris-Luse | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years and | 56 daysUnited States |
Grace Clawson | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years and 194 days | United Kingdom |
Adelina Domingues | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | 114 years and 183 days | Cape Verde |
Mae Harrington | January 20, 1889 | December 29, 2002 | 113 years and 343 days | United States |
Mitoyo Kawate | May 15, 1889 | November 13, 2003 | 114 years and 182 days | Japan |
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan | August 31, 1889 | May 29, 2004 | 114 years and 272 days | Puerto Rico |
María Capovilla | September 14, 1889 | August 27, 2006 | 116 years and 347 days | Ecuador |
Elizabeth Bolden | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years and 118 days | United States |
Julie Winnefred Bertrand | September 16, 1891 | January 18, 2007 | 115 years and 124 days | Canada |
Emma Tillman | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years and | 67 daysUnited States |
Yone Minagawa | January 4, 1893 | August 13, 2007 | 114 years and 221 days | Japan |
Edna Parker | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years and 220 days | United States |
Maria de Jesus | September 10, 1893 | January 2, 2009 | 115 years and 114 days | Portugal |
Gertrude Baines | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years and 158 days | United States |
Kama Chinen | May 10, 1895 | May 2, 2010 | 114 years and 357 days | Japan |
Eugenie Blanchard | February 16, 1896 | November 4, 2010 | 114 years and 261 days | France |
Maria Gomes Valentim | July 9, 1896 | June 21, 2011 | 114 years and 347 days | Brazil |
Besse Cooper | August 26, 1896 | 4th December 2012 | 116 years and 100 days | United States |
Dina Manfredini | April 4, 1897 | 17th December 2012 | 115 years and 257 days |
Italy United States |
Koto Okubo | December 24, 1897 | January 12, 2013 | 115 years and | 19 daysJapan |
Misao Okawa | March 5, 1898 | April 1, 2015 | 117 years and | 27 daysJapan |
Gertrude Weaver | 4th July 1898 | April 6, 2015 | 116 years and 276 days | United States |
Jeralean Talley | May 23, 1899 | 17th June 2015 | 116 years and | 25 daysUnited States |
Susannah Mushatt Jones | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016 | 116 years and 311 days | United States |
Emma Morano | November 29, 1899 | April 15, 2017 | 117 years and 137 days | Italy |
Violet Brown | March 10, 1900 | 15th September 2017 | 117 years and 189 days | Jamaica |
Nabi Tajima | 4th August 1900 | April 21, 2018 | 117 years and 260 days | Japan |
Chiyo Miyako | May 2, 1901 | July 22, 2018 | 117 years and | 81 daysJapan |
Kane Tanaka | January 2, 1903 | 117 years and 242 days | Japan |
See also
- List of the oldest people (there is also further information on the oldest women in German-speaking countries)
- List of the oldest men
literature
- Heiner Maier, Jutta Gampe, Bernard Jeune, Jean-Marie Robine, James W. Vaupel (Eds.): Supercentenarians . (pdf), Springer-Verlag, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-11519-6 .
Web links
- Elder tables of the Gerontology Research Group (English)
- Verified Supercentenarians (as of January 1, 2015) of the Gerontology Research Group (English)
- GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List of the Gerontology Research Group (English)