| OLDEST VALIDATED PERSON SINCE 1785 | (as of November 4, 2010) | |||||||||
| (Excludes disputed cases) | ||||||||||
| Nation | Year | Name | Birthdate | Deathdate | Years | Days | Race | Sex | Source | |
| Norway | 1685 | Eilif Philipsen | July 21, 1682 | June 20, 1785 | 102 | 333 | W | M | Thorkild Kjaergaard | |
| England | 1695 | Ferdinand Ashmall | Jan. 9, 1695 | Feb. 5, 1798 | 103 | 27 | W | M | Julia Hynde | |
| Quebec (New France) | 1725 | Marie-Louise Plante | Mar. 10, 1725 | June 14, 1832 | 107 | 96 | W | F | Bertrand Desjardins | |
| Belgium | 1729 | Pierre Darcourt | Jan. 23, 1729 | May 11, 1837 | 108 | 108 | W | M | Dany Chambre/Michel Poulain | |
| Belgium | 1783 | Anne D'Evergroote | Oct. 18, 1783 | Mar. 14, 1892 | 108 | 148 | W | F | Dany Chambre | |
| Netherlands | 1788 | Geert Boomgaard | Sept. 21, 1788 | Feb. 3, 1899 | 110 | 135 | W | M | Guinness Book/Gert Jan Kuiper | |
| Channel Is, UK | 1792 | Margaret Ann Neve | May 18, 1792 | Apr. 4, 1903 | 110 | 321 | W | F | Guinness Book | |
| U.S. | 1814 | Louisa Thiers | Oct. 2, 1814 | Feb. 17, 1926 | 111 | 138 | W | F | Guinness Book | |
| U.S. (NY) | 1815 | Delina Filkins | May 4, 1815 | Dec. 4, 1928 | 113 | 214 | W | F | Guinness Book/A. Ross Eckler | |
| U.S. (CA) | 1867 | Fannie Thomas | Apr. 14, 1867 | Jan. 22, 1981 | 113 | 283 | W | F | Guinness Book/SSA study | |
| Wales, UK | 1873 | Anna Eliza Williams | June 2, 1873 | Dec. 27, 1987 | 114 | 208 | W | F | Guinness Book/Roger Thatcher | |
| France | 1875 | Jeanne Calment | Feb. 21, 1875 | Aug. 4, 1997 | 122 | 164 | W | F | Guinness Book/Jean-Marie Robine | |