Last Updated on October 27, 2003
World's Oldest People 1993
Age
Rank Nation Name Born Years Days R S
1 France Jeanne Calment Feb. 21, 1875 117* 315* W F
2 England (UK) Charlotte Hughes Aug.  1, 1877 115* 153* W F
3 U.S. (TX) Margaret Skeete Oct. 27, 1878 114* 66* W F
4 U.S. (TX) Odie Matthews Dec. 28, 1878 114* 4* W F
5 Japan Tane Ikai Jan. 18, 1879 113* 349* O F
6 Canada (ONT) Lillian Ross Aug. 24, 1879 113* 130* W F
7 U.S. (AL) Frederick Frazier Jan. 27, 1880 112* 340* W M
8 U.S. (PA) Zora Wriggle Feb. 24, 1880 112* 312* W F
9 U.S. (IL) Wilhelmina Kott Mar.   7, 1880 112* 300* W F
10 England (UK) Daisy Adams June 30, 1880 112* 185* W F
11 Canada (ONT) Marie-Louise Meilleur Aug. 29, 1880 112* 125* W F
12 Japan Hide Ohira Sept. 15, 1880 112* 108* O F
13 U.S. (PA) Sarah Knauss Sept. 24, 1880 112* 99* W F
14 U.S. (CT) Mary Bidwell May   9, 1881 111* 237* W F
15 U.S. (IL) Nellie Eby May 17, 1881 111* 229* W F
16 U.S. (NE) Nina Rust June 18, 1881 111* 197* W F
17 U.S. (IA) Gertrude Croker July  12, 1881 111* 173* W F
18 U.S. (MS) James Zackry Aug. 15, 1881 111* 139* B M
19 France Pauline Chabanny Aug. 20, 1881 111* 134* W F
20 U.S. (TX) Irene Frank Oct.  1, 1881 111* 92* W F
21 England (UK) Rebecca Hewison Oct. 19, 1881 111* 74* W F
22 U.S. (AR) Amy Harris Nov.  6, 1881 111* 56* W F
23 England (UK) George Ives Nov. 17, 1881 111* 45* W M
24 U.S. (MS) Daisy Sanders Nov. 28, 1881 111* 34* W F
25 U.S. (IN) Margaret Johnson Jan. 10, 1882   110* 357* W F  
26 Belgium Maria Van Sprengel Jan. 30, 1882   110* 337* W F
27 Canada (Que) Marie Bibeault Jan. 31, 1882   110* 336* W F
28 U.S. (GA) Carrie Lazenby Feb.  9, 1882   110* 327* B F  
29 England (UK) Annie Bannell Feb. 12, 1882   110* 324* W F
30 England (UK) Florence Deuchar Feb. 18, 1882   110* 318* W F
31 Sweden Hulda Johansson Feb. 24, 1882   110* 312* F F
32 U.S. (KY) Mary Snow Mar.  9, 1882   110* 298* W F  
33 U.S. (MN) Peter Solum May  3, 1882   110* 243* W M  
34 Romania Anitica Butariu June 17, 1882   110* 198* W F  
35 Denmark Christian Mortensen Aug. 16, 1882   110* 138* W M
36 Netherlands Johanna Zandstra Sept.  7, 1882   110*  116* W F
37 U.S. (MO) Etta North Sept. 25, 1882   110* 98* W F  
38 England (UK) Evelyn Norris Oct.  8, 1882   110* 85* W F  
39 U.S. (IL) Anna Williams Nov. 20, 1882   110* 42* W F  
40 U.S. (IL) Mary Curley Nov. 21, 1882   110* 41* W F  
41 U.S. (MA) Marcella Osgood Dec. 18, 1882   110* 14* W F  
     
Died 1992
  U.S. (WV) Ettie Mae Greene Sept.  8, 1877 Feb. 26, 1992 114 171 W F
  Japan Waka Shirahama Mar. 23, 1878 June 16, 1992 114 85 O F
  England (UK) Rosa Comfort Jan. 21, 1879 Nov.  6, 1992 113 290 W F
  U.S. (IL) Cora Humphrey Sept.  4, 1879 Nov. 15, 1992 113 72 B F
  U.S. (NH) Sadie Mayer Nov.  7, 1879 Aug.   7, 1992 112 274 W F
  U.S. (OH) Maude Ross Jan. 13, 1880 June  9, 1992 112 148 W F
  U.S. (OH) Nettie Huber Jan. 22, 1880 Mar.   1, 1992 112 39 W F
  France Eva Jourdan Mar. 25, 1880 May  6, 1992 112 42 W F
  U.S. (IN) Lou Shively May 14, 1880 June   7, 1992 112 24 W F
  U.S. (IA) Adeline Robeson Sept. 20, 1880 Aug. 18, 1992 111 333 W F
  U.S. (VA) Bessie Viar Mar. 22, 1881 Feb. 16, 1992 110 331 W F
  U.S. (IN) Henry Pfeiffer Mar. 22, 1881 May 15, 1992 111 54 W M
  U.S. (GA) Laura Livingston Apr. 11, 1881 Jan.  4, 1992 110 268 B F
  U.S. (MS) Katie Brown May   1, 1881 Apr. 29, 1992 110 364 B F
  England (UK) Ethel Tuck Aug. 16, 1881 May 15, 1992 110 273 W F
  U.S. (KS) Katherine Jones Aug. 30, 1881 Apr. 27, 1992 110 241 B F
  U.S. (IN) Mabel Bennett Sept.  6, 1881 Aug. 25, 1992 110 354 W F
  U.S. (SC) Martha Bailes Nov.  1, 1881 Apr.  1, 1992 110 152 W F
  U.S. (MI) Florence Potts Nov.  8, 1881 Mar.  2, 1992 110 115 W F
  U.S. (IA) Nellie Carlson Nov. 12, 1881 Aug. 16, 1992 110 278 W F
  U.S. (IN) Ida Smith Nov. 15, 1881 Jan.  3, 1992 110 49 W F
  U.S. (CA) Katherine Sartori Dec. 18, 1881 Jan. 26, 1992 110 39 W F
U.S. (PA) Laura Carrier Jan. 14, 1882 Mar.  9, 1992 110 55 W F  
U.S. (IL) Bessie Heller July 30, 1882 Oct. 30, 1992 110 92 W F  
U.S. (NE) Maryetta Metcalf Aug. 16, 1882 Nov. 11, 1992 110 87 W F