| Last Updated on July 29, 2009 | |||||||||
| World's Oldest People 1972 | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Years | Days | R | S | ||
| 1 | Spain | Josefa Salas Mateo | July 14, 1860 | 111* | 171* | W | F | ||
| 2 | England (UK) | Alice Stevenson | July 10, 1861 | 110* | 175* | W | F | ||
| Died 1971 | Name | Born | Died | Years | Days | R | S | ||
| Australia | Ada Sharp | Apr. 6, 1861 | May 15, 1971 | 110 | 39 | W | F | ||