Last Updated on October 27, 2003
World's Oldest People 1990
Age
Rank Nation Name Born Years Days R S
1 U.S. (FL) Carrie White Nov. 18, 1874 115* 44* W F
2 France Jeanne Calment Feb. 21, 1875 114* 314* W F
3 Japan Mitsu Fujisawa Apr.  9, 1876 113* 267* O F
4 England (UK) Charlotte Hughes Aug.  1, 1877 112* 153* W F
5 Wales (UK) John Evans Aug. 19, 1877 112* 135* W M
6 U.S. (WV) Ettie Mae Greene Sept.  8, 1877 112* 115* W F
7 England (UK) Rose Hart Mar. 20, 1878 111* 287* W F
8 Japan Waka Shirahama Mar. 23, 1878 111* 284* O F
9 Belgium Jan Machiel Reyskens May 11, 1878 111* 235* W M
10 France Josephine Choquet June  6, 1878 111* 209* W F
11 U.S. (NY) Claire Dunning Aug. 20, 1878 111* 134* W F
12 U.S. (TX) Margaret Skeete Oct. 27, 1878 111* 66* W F
13 U.S. (TX) Odie Matthews Dec. 28, 1878 111* 4* W F
14 Japan Tane Ikai Jan. 18, 1879 110* 348* O F
15 England (UK) Rosa Comfort Jan. 21, 1879 110* 345* W F
16 Japan Eiju Tsuru Feb.  4, 1879   110* 331* O M
17 U.S. (PA) Dollie Bushey Feb. 17, 1879 110* 318* W F
18 U.S. (MD) Edith Land Feb. 20, 1879 110* 315* B F
19 France Mathilde Gauchou Mar. 19, 1879 110* 288* W F
20 U.S. (OH) Katherine Aiken Mar. 24, 1879   110* 283* W F
21 U.S. (VA) Lottie Lewis May  4, 1879 110* 242* B F
22 U.S. (KY) Laura Dunlap July 16, 1879 110* 169* W F
23 Canada (ONT) Lillian Ross Aug. 24, 1879 110* 130* W F
24 U.S. (IL) Cora Humphrey Sept.  4, 1879 110* 119* B F
25 France Henri Perignon Oct. 14, 1879 110* 79* W M
26 U.S. (AR) James Wiggins Oct. 15, 1879 110* 78* B M
27 U.S. (NH) Sadie Mayer Nov.  7, 1879 110* 55* W F
28 U.S. (NH) Laura Lord Scales Nov. 13, 1879 110* 49* W F
   
Died 1989
  France Lydie Vellard Mar. 18, 1875 Sept. 17, 1989 114 183 W F
  U.S. (OH) Birdie May Vogt Aug.  3, 1876 July 23, 1989 112 354 W F
  Norway Maren Bolette Torp Dec. 21, 1876 Feb. 20, 1989 112 61 W F
  U.S. (OH) Margaret Grundman Apr.   8, 1877 Feb.   1, 1989 111 299 W F
  England (UK) Mary Fewster Feb.  6, 1878 Dec. 26, 1989 111 323 W F
  U.S. (PA) Grace Cottrell Apr.  1, 1878 Jan. 10, 1989 110 284 W F
  U.S. (MI) Alton Gilbert June 11, 1878 Jan. 20, 1989 110 223 W M
  U.S. (WV) Julia Savage Sept. 11, 1878 Aug.  7, 1989 110 330 W F
  U.S. (TX) Cruz Garcia Sept. 14, 1878 Oct. 15, 1989 111 31 H F
  Finland Fanny Nystrom Sept. 30, 1878 Aug. 31, 1989 110 335 W F
  Canada (ONT) Nellie Thompson Oct. 21, 1878 Nov. 27, 1989 111 37 W F
  Canada (NS) Alina Morton Nov. 10, 1878 Apr. 20, 1989 110 161 W F
  U.S. (SC) Emmie Fulmer Nov. 21, 1878 Dec. 21, 1989 111 30 W F
  Canada (ONT) Grace-Lillian Schaeffner Nov. 28, 1878 Dec. 26, 1989 111 28 W F
Norway Kristiana Ullaland Dec.  2, 1878 Jan. 26, 1989 110 55 W F
U.S. (MA) Martha Sagendorph Feb. 22, 1879 June 30, 1989 110 128 W F
U.S. (SC) Mary Bodie Mar. 15, 1879 Dec. 11, 1989 110 271 B F
England (UK) Zoe Hiehle Aug. 19, 1879 Aug. 25, 1989 110 6 W F
U.S. (MA) Ida Alligier Sept. 27, 1879 Nov. 30, 1989 110 64 W F
Norway Asne Hustveit Dec.  2, 1879 Dec.  7, 1989 110 5 W F