| Last Updated on November 30, 2002 | |||||||||
| World's Oldest People 1977 | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Died | Years | Days | R | S | |
| 1 | Japan | Shigechiyo Izumi | June 29, 1865 | 111* | 186* | O | M | ||
| 2 | U.S. (MO) | Sophia De Muth | June 30, 1866 | 110* | 185* | W | F | ||
| 3 | France | Marie-Virginie Duhem | Aug. 2, 1866 | 110* | 152* | W | F | ||
| 4 | France | Jean Teillet | Nov. 6, 1866 | 110* | 56* | W | M | ||
| Died 1976 | |||||||||
| Japan | Niwa Kawamoto | Aug. 5, 1863 | Nov. 16, 1976 | 113 | 103 | O | F | ||
| U.S. (IL) | Mary Bittlebrun | Mar. 19, 1864 | Aug. 6, 1976 | 112 | 140 | W | F | ||