Table C5, as of September 17, 2012


	GRG Table C (2012)	World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)
							Her record was not surpassed until the 1980's.
		(As of September 17, 2012)	bold=new age record. Delina Filkins [May 4, 1815 - Dec. 4, 1928] was the first validated person to reach age 113.									Length of Reign		Reign Length (Years)	Age at Acession
	Birthplace	Name	Born	Died	Age		Deathplace	Years When	Age Range	Race	Sex	Length of Reign			Age at Acession		Case Added to GRG Tables
		Name	Born	Died	Years	Days	Deathplace	Oldest	Age Range			Years	Days		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	U.S. (NE)	?-1955	?-113	W	F	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.	N.A.
2	Italy	Rosalia Spoto	Aug. 25, 1847	Feb. 20, 1957	109	179	Italy	1955-1957	108-109	W	F	1	119	1.33	108	60	N.A. (less than 110)
3	Netherlands	Christina Backs-Karnebeek	Oct. 2, 1849	Oct. 7, 1959	110	5	Netherlands	1957-1959	107-110	W	F	2	229	2.62	107	141	original 1999 list
4	Norway	Marie Olsen	May 1, 1850	Nov. 24, 1959	109	207	Norway	1959	109	W	F	0	48	0.13	109	159	N.A. (less than 110)
5	U.S. (MI)	Mary Kelly	June 7, 1851	Dec. 30, 1964	113	206	U.S. (CA)	1959-1964	108-113	W	F	5	36	5.1	108	170	Feb. 7, 2011
6	England (UK)	Elizabeth Kensley	May 12, 1855	Mar. 6, 1965	109	298	England (UK)	1964-1965	109	W	F	0	66	0.18	109	232	Apr. 27, 2007
7	U.S. (TX)	William Fullingim	July 7, 1855 1.	Aug. 6, 1965	110	30	U.S. (OK)	1965	109-110	W	M	0	153	0.42	109	242	Sept. 16, 2012
8	England (UK)	Hannah Smith	Jan. 7, 1856	Jan. 10, 1966	110	3	England (UK)	1965-1966	109-110	W	F	0	157	0.43	109	211	38918
9	England (UK)	John Turner	June 15, 1856	Mar. 21, 1968	111	280	England (UK)	1966-1968	109-111	W	M	2	70	2.19	109	209
10	South Africa	Johanna Booyson	Jan. 17, 1857	25005	111	151	South Africa	1968	111	W	F	0	87	0.24	111	64
11	Czechoslovakia	Marie Bernatkova	Oct. 22, 1857	25327	111	194	Czechoslovakia	1968-1969	110-111	W	F	0	322	0.88	110	238
12	England (UK)	Ada Rowe	Feb. 6, 1858	Jan. 11, 1970	111	339	England (UK)	1969-1970	111	W	F	0	252	0.69	111	87
13	Spain	Josefa Salas Mateo	July 14, 1860	Feb. 27, 1973	112	228	Spain	1970-1973	109-112	W	F	3	47	3.13	109	181
14	England (UK)	Alice Stevenson	July 10, 1861	Aug. 18, 1973	112	39	England (UK)	1973	111-112	W	F	0	172	0.47	111	232
15	N. Ireland (UK)	Elizabeth Watkins	Mar. 10, 1863	Oct. 31, 1973	110	235	N. Ireland (UK)	1973	110	W	F	0	74	0.2	110	161
16	Japan	Mito Umeta	Mar. 27, 1863	27545	112	65	Japan	1973-1975	110-112	O	F	1	212	1.58	110	218
17	Japan	Niwa Kawamoto	Aug. 5, 1863	Nov. 16, 1976	113	103	Japan	1975-1976	111-113	O	F	1	169	1.46	111	299
18	U.S. (MO)	Sophia De Muth 2.	June 30, 1866	Dec. 2, 1977	111	155	U.S. (MO)	1976-1977	110-111	W	F	1	16	1.04	110	139
19	France	Marie-Virginie Duhem	Aug. 2, 1866	Apr. 25, 1978	111	266	France	1977-1978	111	W	F	0	144	0.39	111	122
20	U.S. (IL)	Fannie Thomas	Apr. 14, 1867	Jan. 22, 1981	113	283	U.S. (CA)	1978-1981	111-113	W	F	2	272	2.75	111	11	original 1999 list
21	France	Augustine Teissier	Jan. 2, 1869	Mar. 8, 1981	112	65	France	1981	112	W	F	0	45	0.12	112	20	original 1999 list
22	U.S. (NH)	Nellie Spencer	Aug. 24, 1869	Nov. 13, 1982	113	81	U.S. (NJ)	1981-1982	112-113	W	F	1	250	1.68	111	196	37449
23	U.S. (MO)	Emma Wilson	May 12, 1870	Oct. 13, 1983	113	154	U.S. (MO)	1982-1983	112-113	W	F	0	334	0.92	112	185	37449
24	U.S. (VA)	Mathew Beard 3.	July 9, 1870	Feb. 16, 1985	114	222	U.S. (FL)	1983-1985	113-114	B	M	1	126	1.35	113	96	37803
25	Germany (now Poland) 4.	Augusta Holtz	Aug. 3, 1871	Oct. 21, 1986	115	79	U.S. (MO)	1985-1986	113-115	W	F	1	247	1.68	113	197	Sept. 17, 2012
26	U.S. (CA)	Mary McKinney	May 30, 1873	Feb. 2, 1987	113	248	U.S. (CA)	1986-1987	113	W	F	0	104	0.28	113	144	original 1999 list
27	England (UK)	Anna Eliza Williams	June 2, 1873	Dec. 27, 1987	114	208	Wales (UK)	1987	113-114	W	F	0	328	0.9	113	245	original 1999 list
28	U.S. (PA)	Florence Knapp	Oct. 10, 1873	Jan. 11, 1988	114	93	U.S. (PA)	1987-1988	114	W	F	0	15	0.04	114	78	original 1999 list
29	France	Jeanne Calment 5.	Feb. 21, 1875	Aug. 4, 1997	122	164	France	1988-1997	112-122	W	F	9	205	9.56	112	324	original 1999 list
30	Canada (Que)	Marie-Louise Meilleur	Aug. 29, 1880	Apr. 16, 1998	117	230	Canada (ONT)	1997-1998	116-117	W	F	0	255	0.7	116	340	original 1999 list
31	U.S. (PA)	Sarah Knauss	Sept. 24, 1880	Dec. 30, 1999	119	97	U.S. (PA)	1998-1999	117-119	W	F	1	258	1.71	117	204	original 1999 list
32	England (UK)	Eva Morris	Nov. 8, 1885	Nov. 2, 2000	114	360	England (UK)	1999-2000	114	W	F	0	308	0.84	114	52	Mar. 3, 2000
33	France	Marie Bremont	Apr. 25, 1886	37048	115	42	France	2000-2001	114-115	W	F	0	216	0.59	114	191	original 1999 list
34	U.S. (MI)	Maud Farris-Luse	Jan. 21, 1887	Mar. 18, 2002	115	56	U.S. (MI)	2001-2002	114-115	W	F	0	285	0.78	114	136	37024
35	England (UK)	Grace Clawson 6.	Nov. 15, 1887	37404	114	194	U.S. (FL)	2002	114	W	F	0	71	0.19	114	123	37420
36	Cape Verde (Portugal) 7.	Adelina Domingues	Feb. 19, 1888	Aug. 21, 2002	114	183	U.S. (CA)	2002	114	W	F	0	85	0.23	114	98	N.A.
37	U.S. (NY)	Mae Harrington	Jan. 20, 1889	Dec. 29, 2002	113	343	U.S. (NY)	2002	113	W	F	0	130	0.36	113	213	Mar. 31, 2003
38	Japan	Yukichi Chuganji	Mar. 23, 1889	Sept. 28, 2003	114	189	Japan	2002-2003	113-114	O	M	0	273	0.75	113	281	N.A.
39	Japan	Mitoyo Kawate	May 15, 1889	Nov. 13, 2003	114	182	Japan	2003	114	O	F	0	46	0.13	114	136	2000
40	Puerto Rico	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	Aug. 31, 1889	38136	114	272	Puerto Rico	2003-2004	114	W	F	0	198	0.54	114	74	Mar. 20, 2004 8.
41	Ecuador	Maria Esther de Capovilla	Sept. 14, 1889	Aug. 27, 2006	116	347	Ecuador	2004-2006	114-116	W	F	2	90	2.25	114	258	Dec. 9, 2005 9.
42	U.S. (TN)	Elizabeth Bolden	Aug. 15, 1890	Dec. 11, 2006	116	118	U.S. (TN)	2006	116	B	F	0	106	0.29	116	12	Apr. 22, 2005
43	Puerto Rico	Emiliano Mercado Del Toro	Aug. 21, 1891	Jan. 24, 2007	115	156	Puerto Rico	2006-2007	115	H	M	0	44	0.12	115	112	Dec. 7, 2004
44	U.S. (NC)	Emma Tillman	Nov. 22, 1892	Jan. 28, 2007	114	67	U.S. (CT)	2007	114	B	F	0	4	0.01	114	63	Dec. 31, 2005
45	Japan	Yone Minagawa	Jan. 4, 1893	Aug. 13, 2007	114	221	Japan	2007	114	O	F	0	197	0.54	114	24	Sept. 15, 2004
46	U.S. (IN)	Edna Parker	Apr. 20, 1893	Nov. 26, 2008	115	220	U.S. (IN)	2007-2008	114-115	W	F	1	105	1.29	114	115	Apr. 1, 2005
47	Portugal	Maria de Jesus	Sept. 10, 1893	Jan. 2, 2009	115	114	Portugal	2008-2009	115	W	F	0	37	0.1	115	77	Sept. 11, 2004
48	U.S. (GA)	Gertrude Baines	Apr. 6, 1894	Sept. 11, 2009	115	158	U.S. (CA)	2009	114-115	B	F	0	252	0.69	114	271	Sept. 10, 2006
49	Japan	Kama Chinen	May 10, 1895	40300	114	357	Japan	2009-2010	114	O	F	0	233	0.64	114	124	Sept. 20, 2008
50	France	Eugenie Blanchard	Feb. 16, 1896	Nov. 4, 2010	114	261	France (St. Barts)	2010	114	W	F	0	186	0.51	114	75	Aug. 9, 2007
51	Brazil	Maria Gomes Valentim 10.	July 9, 1896	40715	114	347	lives in Brazil	2010-2011	114	W	F	0	229	0.63	114	118	40681
52	U.S. (TN)	Besse Cooper	Aug. 26, 1896		116*	22*	lives in U.S. (GA)	2011-	114-	W	F	1*	88*	1.24*	114	299	Nov. 8, 2006

		* Still living on Sept. 17, 2012

		Notes:
		1. 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. Support for the Shigechiyo Izumi claim from Japan [June 29, 1865?-Feb. 21, 1986] was withdrawn by Guinness World Records, effective Sept. 14, 2010.												55.65				Note: 56.46/47 (Not including living person and two N.A. cases) = 1.20 years avg. length of reign
		3. 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.
		4. 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.
		5. Guinness World Records support for the Carrie White claim [Nov. 18, 1874? - Feb. 14, 1991], initially accepted in 1989, withdrawn in 2012, effective Sept 13th.
		6. Guinness World Records support for the Kamato Hongo claim [Sept. 16, 1887? -- Oct. 31, 2003], initially accepted in 2002, withdrawn in 2012, effective Sept 13th.
		7. Cape Verde in 1888 was a Portuguese colony; independence was achieved in 1975.
		8. 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.
		9. Documents for Maria Capovilla not submitted until Aug 30, 2005; her case was officially accepted by GWR on Dec. 9, 2004. Interim titleholders were Hendrikje Van Andel-Schipper of the Netherlands June 29, 1890 - Aug. 27, 2005] and Elizabeth Bolden of the United States (Aug 15 1890-Dec 11 2006). Bolden would re-gain her title in late 2006.
		10. 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.