Gerontology Research Group
Table C - World's Oldest Person (WOP) Titleholders Since 1955
Revision #6: As of November 15, 2013
		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
					Years	Days				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	Italy	Rosalia Spoto	Aug. 25, 1847	Feb. 20, 1957	109	179	W	F	Italy	1955-1957	108-109	1	119	1.33	108	60	N.A. (less than 110)
3	Netherlands	Christina Backs-Karnebeek	Oct.  2, 1849	Oct.  7, 1959	110	5	W	F	Netherlands	1957-1959	107-110	2	229	2.62	107	141	original 1999 list
4	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)
5	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
6	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
7	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
8	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
9	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
10	South Africa	Johanna Booyson	Jan. 17, 1857	June  16, 1968	111	151	W	F	South Africa	1968	111	0	87	0.24	111	64
11	Czechoslovakia	Marie Bernatkova	Oct. 22, 1857	May  4, 1969	111	194	W	F	Czechoslovakia	1968-1969	110-111	0	322	0.88	110	238
12	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
13	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
14	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
15	N. Ireland (UK)	Elizabeth Watkins	Mar. 10, 1863	Oct. 31, 1973	110	235	W	F	N. Ireland (UK)	1973	110	0	74	0.20	110	161
16	Japan	Mito Umeta	Mar. 27, 1863	May 31, 1975	112	65	O	F	Japan	1973-1975	110-112	1	212	1.58	110	218
17	Japan	Niwa Kawamoto	Aug.  5, 1863	Nov. 16, 1976	113	103	O	F	Japan	1975-1976	111-113	1	169	1.46	111	299
18	U.S. (MO)	Sophia De Muth 2.	June 30, 1866	Dec.  2, 1977	111	155	W	F	U.S. (MO)	1976-1977	110-111	1	16	1.04	110	139
19	France	Marie-Virginie Duhem	Aug.  2, 1866	Apr. 25, 1978	111	266	W	F	France	1977-1978	111	0	144	0.39	111	122
20	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
21	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
22	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
23	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
24	U.S. (VA)	Mathew Beard 3.	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
25	Germany (now Poland) 4.	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
26	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
27	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
28	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
29	France	Jeanne Calment 5.	Feb. 21, 1875	Aug.  4, 1997	122	164	W	F	France	1988-1997	112-122	9	205	9.56	112	324	original 1999 list
30	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
31	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
32	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
33	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
34	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
35	England (UK)	Grace Clawson 6.	Nov. 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114	194	W	F	U.S. (FL)	2002	114	0	71	0.19	114	123	June 13, 2002
36	Cape Verde (Portugal) 7.	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.
37	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
38	Japan	Yukichi Chuganji	Mar. 23, 1889	Sept. 28, 2003	114	189	O	M	Japan	2002-2003	113-114	0	273	0.75	113	281	N.A.
39	Japan	Mitoyo Kawate	May 15, 1889	Nov. 13, 2003	114	182	O	F	Japan	2003	114	0	46	0.13	114	136	2000
40	Puerto Rico	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	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.
41	Ecuador	Maria Esther de Capovilla	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.
42	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
43	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
44	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
45	Japan	Yone Minagawa 10.	Jan.  4, 1893	Aug. 13, 2007	114	221	O	F	Japan	2007	114	0	197	0.54	114	24	Sept. 15, 2004
46	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
47	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
48	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
49	Japan	Kama Chinen	May 10, 1895	May  2, 2010	114	357	O	F	Japan	2009-2010	114	0	233	0.64	114	124	Sept. 20, 2008
50	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
51	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
52	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
53	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
54	Japan	Jiroemon Kimura	Apr. 19, 1897	June 12, 2013	116	54	O	M	Japan	2012-2013	115-116	0	177	0.48	115	242	Oct. 16, 2007
55	Japan	Misao Okawa	Mar.  5, 1898		115*		O	F	lives in Japan	2013-	115-	0*	156*	0.43	115	99	Sept. 14, 2011
		*still living Nov. 15, 2013
											Average Reign Length:			1.08
	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?-February 21, 1986) was withdrawn by Guinness World Records, effective Sept. 14, 2010.
	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 13.
	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 13.
	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. It was actually the next day in Japan when Ms Minagawa acceded to the title. Age of 114 years and '24' days is used here for convenience.
	11. 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.
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