Table C, as of July 31, 2018

[1]

Chris Law:
William Fullingim was possibly born in 1854, according to the 1860 and 1900 censuses. He claimed birth in 1855, which was backed by the 1870 census and the SSDI records.

[2]

Chris Law:
Case under investigation. Some records indicate she may have been under 110.

[3]

Chris Law:
Support for the Shigechiyo Izumi claim from Japan (June 29, 1865?-February 21, 1986) was withdrawn by Guinness World Records, effective Sept. 14, 2010.

[4]

Chris Law:
The Mathew Beard case was accepted by the SSA study as age 114, based on an early census match to SS-5 records. The circumstantial census match was not unequivocal, thus he is not on the "skeptics list." Mr. Beard claimed to be 116.

[5]

Chris Law:
The location of Augusta Holtz's birthplace in 1871 was in Germany, in the province of Posen. It was transferred to Poland after the end of WWI.

[6]

Chris Law:
Guinness World Records support for the Carrie White claim (Nov 18 1874?-Feb 14 1991), initially accepted in 1989, withdrawn in 2012, effective Sept 13.

[7]

Chris Law:
Guinness World Records support for the Kamato Hongo claim (Sept 16 1887?-Oct 31 2003), initially accepted in 2002, withdrawn in 2012, effective Sept 13.

[8]

Chris Law:
Cape Verde in 1888 was a Portuguese colony; independence was achieved in 1975.

[9]

Chris Law:
Documents for Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan were not submitted and accepted until Mar. 20, 2004. Charlotte Benkner (born Nov 16 1889 in Germany; lived in the US) held the title in the interim. Benkner died May 15, 2004.

[10]

Chris Law:
Documents for Maria Capovilla not submitted until Aug 27, 2005; her case was officially accepted by GWR on Dec. 9, 2005. Interim titleholders were Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands (June 29 1890-Aug 30 2005) and Elizabeth Bolden of the United States (Aug 15 1890-Dec 11 2006). Bolden would re-gain her title in late 2006.

[11]

Chris Law:
Documents for Maria Gomes Valentim not submitted until May 9, 2011, and her case was officially accepted by GWR on May 18, 2011. Interim titleholders were Eunice Sanborn of the U.S. (July 20 1896-Jan 31 2011) and Besse Cooper of the US (born Aug 26 1896). Besse Cooper would regain the title a month later.

[12]

Chris Law:
Gertrude Weaver was "culturally African American". Her family stated that her recent ancestry included white and Native American as well.

[13]

Chris Law:
Betsy Baker is not included in the calculation of average length of title reign as the length of her reign is not stated in Table C.

Gerontology Research Group
Table C - World's Oldest Person (WOP) Titleholders Since 1955
Revision #12: As of July 31, 2018

		Delina Filkins (May 4, 1815-Dec. 4, 1928) was the first validated person to reach age 113. Her record was not surpassed until the 1980s.
		bold=new age record
#	Birthplace	Name	Born	Died	Age		Race	Sex	Deathplace	When Oldest		Length of Reign		Reign Length	Age at Accession		Case added to GRG Tables
#	Birthplace	Name	Born	Died	Years	Days	Race	Sex	Deathplace	Years Range	Age Range	Years	Days	(In years)	Years	Days	(as world's oldest person; only for retroactive case additions)
1	England (UK)	Betsy Baker	Aug. 20, 1842	Oct. 24, 1955	113	65	W	F	U.S. (NE)	?-1955	?-113	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
2	England (UK)	Jennie Howell	Feb. 11, 1845	Dec. 16, 1956	111	309	W	F	U.S. (CA)	1955-1956	110-111	1	53	1.14	110	255	Aug. 29, 2017
3	Denmark	Anne Marie Carstenson	Jan. 24, 1849	Mar. 30, 1958	109	65	W	F	U.S. (NE)	1956-1958	107-109	1	104	1.28	107	327	N.A. (less than 110)
4	U.S. (IN)	Nancy Ryan	Sept. 5, 1849	Oct. 17, 1958	109	42	W	F	U.S. (IN)	1958	108-109	0	201	0.55	108	206	N.A. (less than 110)
5	Netherlands	Christina Karnebeek-Backs	Oct. 2, 1849	Oct. 7, 1959	110	5	W	F	Netherlands	1958-1959	109-110	0	355	0.97	109	15	original 1999 list
6	Norway	Marie Olsen	May 1, 1850	Nov. 24, 1959	109	207	W	F	Norway	1959	109	0	48	0.13	109	159	N.A. (less than 110)
7	U.S. (MI)	Mary Kelly	June 7, 1851	Dec. 30, 1964	113	206	W	F	U.S. (CA)	1959-1964	108-113	5	36	5.10	108	170	Feb. 7, 2011
8	England (UK)	Elizabeth Kensley	May 12, 1855	Mar. 6, 1965	109	298	W	F	England (UK)	1964-1965	109	0	66	0.18	109	232	Apr. 27, 2007
9	U.S. (TX)	William Fullingim	July 7, 1855[1]	Aug. 6, 1965	110	30	W	M	U.S. (OK)	1965	109-110	0	153	0.42	109	242	Sept. 16, 2012
10	England (UK)	Hannah Smith	Jan. 7, 1856	Jan. 10, 1966	110	3	W	F	England (UK)	1965-1966	109-110	0	157	0.43	109	211	July 20, 2006
11	England (UK)	John Turner	June 15, 1856	Mar. 21, 1968	111	280	W	M	England (UK)	1966-1968	109-111	2	70	2.19	109	209	N.A. (less than 110)
12	South Africa	Johanna Booysen	Jan. 17, 1857	June 16, 1968	111	151	W	F	South Africa	1968	111	0	87	0.24	111	64	original 1999 list
13	Czechoslovakia	Marie Bernatkova	Oct. 22, 1857	May 4, 1969	111	194	W	F	Czechoslovakia	1968-1969	110-111	0	322	0.88	110	238	original 1999 list
14	England (UK)	Ada Roe	Feb. 6, 1858	Jan. 11, 1970	111	339	W	F	England (UK)	1969-1970	111	0	252	0.69	111	87	original 1999 list
15	Spain	Josefa Salas Mateo	July 14, 1860	Feb. 27, 1973	112	228	W	F	Spain	1970-1973	109-112	3	47	3.13	109	181	N.A. (less than 110)
16	England (UK)	Alice Stevenson	July 10, 1861	Aug. 18, 1973	112	39	W	F	England (UK)	1973	111-112	0	172	0.47	111	232	original 1999 list
17	N. Ireland (UK)	Elizabeth Watkins[2]	Mar. 10, 1863	Oct. 31, 1973	110	235	W	F	N. Ireland (UK)	1973	110	0	74	0.20	110	161	original 1999 list
18	Japan	Mito Umeta	Mar. 27, 1863	May 31, 1975	112	65	O	F	Japan (Kumamoto)	1973-1975	110-112	1	212	1.58	110	218	original 1999 list
19	Japan	Niwa Kawamoto	Aug. 5, 1863	Nov. 16, 1976	113	103	O	F	Japan (Shiga)	1975-1976	111-113	1	169	1.46	111	299	original 1999 list
20	U.S. (MO)	Sophia De Muth [3]	June 30, 1866	Dec. 2, 1977	111	155	W	F	U.S. (MO)	1976-1977	110-111	1	16	1.04	110	139	original 1999 list
21	France	Marie-Virginie Duhem	Aug. 2, 1866	Apr. 25, 1978	111	266	W	F	France	1977-1978	111	0	144	0.39	111	122	original 1999 list
22	U.S. (IL)	Fannie Thomas	Apr. 14, 1867	Jan. 22, 1981	113	283	W	F	U.S. (CA)	1978-1981	111-113	2	272	2.75	111	11	original 1999 list
23	France	Augustine Teissier	Jan. 2, 1869	Mar. 8, 1981	112	65	W	F	France	1981	112	0	45	0.12	112	20	original 1999 list
24	U.S. (NH)	Nellie Spencer	Aug. 24, 1869	Nov. 13, 1982	113	81	W	F	U.S. (NJ)	1981-1982	112-113	1	250	1.68	111	196	July 12, 2002
25	U.S. (MO)	Emma Wilson	May 12, 1870	Oct. 13, 1983	113	154	W	F	U.S. (MO)	1982-1983	112-113	0	334	0.92	112	185	July 12, 2002
26	U.S. (VA)	Mathew Beard[4]	July 9, 1870	Feb. 16, 1985	114	222	B	M	U.S. (FL)	1983-1985	113-114	1	126	1.35	113	96	July 1, 2003
27	Germany (now Poland) [5]	Augusta Holtz	Aug. 3, 1871	Oct. 21, 1986	115	79	W	F	U.S. (MO)	1985-1986	114-115	1	247	1.68	113	197	Sept. 17, 2012
28	U.S. (CA)	Mary McKinney	May 30, 1873	Feb. 2, 1987	113	248	W	F	U.S. (CA)	1986-1987	113	0	104	0.28	113	144	original 1999 list
29	England (UK)	Anna Eliza Williams	June 2, 1873	Dec. 27, 1987	114	208	W	F	Wales (UK)	1987	113-114	0	328	0.90	113	245	original 1999 list
30	U.S. (PA)	Florence Knapp	Oct. 10, 1873	Jan. 11, 1988	114	93	W	F	U.S. (PA)	1987-1988	114	0	15	0.04	114	78	original 1999 list
31	France	Jeanne Calment [6]	Feb. 21, 1875	Aug. 4, 1997	122	164	W	F	France	1988-1997	112-122	9	205	9.56	112	324	original 1999 list
32	Canada (Que)	Marie-Louise Meilleur	Aug. 29, 1880	Apr. 16, 1998	117	230	W	F	Canada (ONT)	1997-1998	116-117	0	255	0.70	116	340	original 1999 list
33	U.S. (PA)	Sarah Knauss	Sept. 24, 1880	Dec. 30, 1999	119	97	W	F	U.S. (PA)	1998-1999	117-119	1	258	1.71	117	204	original 1999 list
34	England (UK)	Eva Morris	Nov. 8, 1885	Nov. 2, 2000	114	360	W	F	England (UK)	1999-2000	114	0	308	0.84	114	52	Mar. 3, 2000
35	France	Marie Bremont	Apr. 25, 1886	June 6, 2001	115	42	W	F	France	2000-2001	114-115	0	216	0.59	114	191	original 1999 list
36	U.S. (MI)	Maud Farris-Luse	Jan. 21, 1887	Mar. 18, 2002	115	56	W	F	U.S. (MI)	2001-2002	114-115	0	285	0.78	114	136	May 13, 2001
37	England (UK)	Grace Clawson [7]	Nov. 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114	194	W	F	U.S. (FL)	2002	114	0	71	0.19	114	123	June 13, 2002
38	Cape Verde (Portugal)[8]	Adelina Domingues	Feb. 19, 1888	Aug. 21, 2002	114	183	W	F	U.S. (CA)	2002	114	0	85	0.23	114	98	N.A.
39	U.S. (NY)	Mae Harrington	Jan. 20, 1889	Dec. 29, 2002	113	343	W	F	U.S. (NY)	2002	113	0	130	0.36	113	213	Mar. 31, 2003
40	Japan	Yukichi Chuganji	Mar. 23, 1889	Sept. 28, 2003	114	189	O	M	Japan (Fukuoka)	2002-2003	113-114	0	273	0.75	113	281	N.A.
41	Japan	Mitoyo Kawate	May 15, 1889	Nov. 13, 2003	114	182	O	F	Japan (Hiroshima)	2003	114	0	46	0.13	114	136	2000
42	Puerto Rico	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan[9]	Aug. 31, 1889	May 29, 2004	114	272	W	F	Puerto Rico	2003-2004	114	0	198	0.54	114	74	Mar. 20, 2004 8.
43	Ecuador	Maria Esther de Capovilla[10]	Sept. 14, 1889	Aug. 27, 2006	116	347	W	F	Ecuador	2004-2006	114-116	2	90	2.25	114	258	Dec. 9, 2005 9.
44	U.S. (TN)	Elizabeth Bolden	Aug. 15, 1890	Dec. 11, 2006	116	118	B	F	U.S. (TN)	2006	116	0	106	0.29	116	12	Apr. 22, 2005
45	Puerto Rico	Emiliano Mercado Del Toro	Aug. 21, 1891	Jan. 24, 2007	115	156	H	M	Puerto Rico	2006-2007	115	0	44	0.12	115	112	Dec. 7, 2004
46	U.S. (NC)	Emma Tillman	Nov. 22, 1892	Jan. 28, 2007	114	67	B	F	U.S. (CT)	2007	114	0	4	0.01	114	63	Dec. 31, 2005
47	Japan	Yone Minagawa	Jan. 4, 1893	Aug. 13, 2007	114	221	O	F	Japan (Fukuoka)	2007	114	0	197	0.54	114	24	Sept. 15, 2004
48	U.S. (IN)	Edna Parker	Apr. 20, 1893	Nov. 26, 2008	115	220	W	F	U.S. (IN)	2007-2008	114-115	1	105	1.29	114	115	Apr. 1, 2005
49	Portugal	Maria de Jesus	Sept. 10, 1893	Jan. 2, 2009	115	114	W	F	Portugal	2008-2009	115	0	37	0.10	115	77	Sept. 11, 2004
50	U.S. (GA)	Gertrude Baines	Apr. 6, 1894	Sept. 11, 2009	115	158	B	F	U.S. (CA)	2009	114-115	0	252	0.69	114	271	Sept. 10, 2006
51	Japan	Kama Chinen	May 10, 1895	May 2, 2010	114	357	O	F	Japan (Okinawa)	2009-2010	114	0	233	0.64	114	124	Sept. 20, 2008
52	France	Eugenie Blanchard	Feb. 16, 1896	Nov. 4, 2010	114	261	W	F	France (St. Barts)	2010	114	0	186	0.51	114	75	Aug. 9, 2007
53	Brazil	Maria Gomes Valentim [11]	July 9, 1896	June 21, 2011	114	347	W	F	Brazil	2010-2011	114	0	229	0.63	114	118	May 18, 2011
54	U.S. (TN)	Besse Cooper	Aug. 26, 1896	Dec. 4, 2012	116	100	W	F	U.S. (GA)	2011-2012	114-116	1	166	1.45	114	299	Nov. 8, 2006
55	Italy	Dina Manfredini	Apr. 4, 1897	Dec. 17, 2012	115	257	W	F	U.S. (IA)	2012	115	0	13	0.04	115	244	Oct. 23, 2007
56	Japan	Jiroemon Kimura	Apr. 19, 1897	June 12, 2013	116	54	O	M	Japan (Kyoto)	2012-2013	115-116	0	177	0.48	115	242	Oct. 16, 2007
57	Japan	Misao Okawa	Mar. 5, 1898	Apr. 1, 2015	117	27	EA	F	Japan (Osaka)	2013-2015	115-117	1	293	1.80	115	99	Sept. 14, 2011
58	U.S. (AR)	Gertrude Weaver	July 4, 1898	Apr. 6, 2015	116	276	M[12]	F	U.S. (AR)	2015	116	0	5	0.01	116	271	July 4, 2014
59	U.S. (GA)	Jeralean Talley	May 23, 1899	June 17, 2015	116	25	B	F	U.S. (MI)	2015	115-116	0	72	0.20	115	318	Apr. 4, 2012
60	U.S. (AL)	Susannah Mushatt Jones	July 6, 1899	May 12, 2016	116	311	B	F	U.S. (NY)	2015-2016	115-116	0	330	0.90	115	346	Aug. 19, 2010
61	Italy	Emma Morano	Nov. 29, 1899	Apr. 15, 2017	117	137	W	F	Italy	2016-2017	116-117	0	338	0.92	116	165	Feb. 4, 2010
62	British West Indies (now Jamaica)	Violet Brown	Mar. 10, 1900	Sept. 15, 2017	117	189	B	F	Jamaica	2017	117	0	153	0.42	117	36	June 22, 2013
63	Japan	Nabi Tajima	Aug. 4, 1900	Apr. 21, 2018	117	260	EA	F	Japan (Kagoshima)	2017-2018	117	0	218	0.60	117	42	Oct. 11, 2011
64	Japan	Chiyo Miyako	May 2, 1901	July 22, 2018	117	81	EA	F	Japan (Kanagawa)	2018	116-117	0	92	0.25	116	354	July 3, 2015
65	Japan	Kane Tanaka	Jan. 2, 1903		115*	214*	EA	F	Japan (Fukuoka)	2018-	115-	0	9	0.02*	115	201	Mar. 18, 2014
		*still living July 31, 2018
											Average Reign Length:			1.00 [13]

	Race Categories
	W=White
	B=Black
	EA=East Asian
	M=Multiracial
	H=Hispanic

For historical versions of Table C, please see below:

#1 (Feb. 17, 2007):
https://grg.org/Archives/C1.htm

#2 (Sept. 11, 2007):
https://grg.org/Archives/C2.htm

#3 (June 2, 2009):
https://grg.org/Archives/C3.htm

#4 (June 18, 2011):
https://grg.org/Archives/C4.htm

#5 (Sept. 17, 2012):
https://grg.org/Archives/C5.htm

#6 (Nov. 15, 2013):
https://grg.org/Archives/C6.htm

#7 (Apr. 13, 2015):
https://grg.org/Archives/C7.htm

#8 (Jun. 29, 2015):
https://grg.org/Archives/C8.htm

#9 (May 13, 2016):
https://grg.org/Archives/C9.htm

#10 (August 29, 2017):
https://grg.org/Archives/C10.htm

#11 (April 22, 2018):
https://grg.org/Archives/C11.htm