| Last Updated on December 30, 2002 | |||||||||
| World's Oldest People 1979 | |||||||||
| Age | |||||||||
| Rank | Nation | Name | Born | Years | Days | R | S | ||
| 1 | Japan | Shigechiyo Izumi | June 29, 1865 | 113* | 186* | O | M | ||
| 2 | U.S. (IL) | Fannie Thomas | Apr. 24, 1867 | 111* | 252* | W | F | ||
| 3 | France | Frederique Noel | Sept. 19, 1868 | 110* | 104* | W | F | ||
| 4 | U.S. (CT) | Alice Foote | Sept. 21, 1868 | 110* | 102* | W | F | ||
| 5 | England (UK) | Lilias Williams | Nov. 30, 1868 | 110* | 32* | W | F | ||
| 6 | England (UK) | Florence Pannell | Dec. 26, 1868 | 110* | 6* | W | F | ||
| Died 1978 | |||||||||
| France | Marie-Virginie Duhem | Aug. 2, 1866 | Apr. 25, 1978 | 111 | 266 | W | F | ||
| England (UK) | Sarah Morgan | Jan. 23, 1867 | Feb. 12, 1978 | 111 | 20 | W | F | ||
| France | Caroline Campistron | May 27, 1867 | Mar. 2, 1978 | 110 | 279 | W | F | ||