Oldest Living All-Time
Posted October 29, 2007, 5:50 pm by Growing Bolder| Rank | Name | Age | Born | Died | Sex | Notes |
| 1 | Jeanne Calment |
122 years 164 days |
Feb 21, 1875 |
Aug. 4, 1997 |
F | Oldest documented and fully validated supercentenarian ever |
| 2 | Shigechiyo Izumi |
120? years 237 days | June 29, 1865? |
Feb. 21, 1896 |
M | Oldest male supercentenarian (Disputed) |
| 3 | Sarah Knauss |
119 years 97 days | Sept. 24, 1880 |
Dec. 30, 1999 | F | Oldest in U.S. history, oldest recognized in world 1998–99 |
| 4 | Lucy Hannah |
117 years 248 days | July 16, 1875 |
March 21, 1993 |
F | Oldest African American |
| 5 | Marie-Louise Meilleur |
117 years 230 days | Aug. 29, 1880 | Aprill 16, 1998 |
F | Oldest Canadian, oldest recognized in world 1997 – 98 |
| 6 | Maria Capovilla |
116 years 347 days | Sept. 14, 1889 | Aug. 27, 2006 |
F | Oldest in Ecuador ever, oldest living person 2004 – 2006 |
| 7 | Tane Ikai |
116 years 175 days | Jan. 18, 1879 |
July 12, 1995 |
F | Oldest Japanese woman |
| 8 | Elizabeth Bolden |
116 years 118 days | Aug. 15, 1890 |
Dec.11, 2006 |
F | Oldest living person at time of her death, Tennesseean |
| 9 | Carrie White |
116? years 88 day | Nov. 18, 1874 |
Feb.14, 1991 |
F |
Formerly oldest in U.S. history, fourth-oldest American ever recorded (disputed) |
| 10 | Kamato Hongo |
116? years 45 days | Sept. 16, 1887 |
Oct. 31, 2003 |
F | Third-oldest Japanese person (disputed) |
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Posted 11:21 pm March 23rd, 2008Mom just turned 100 least week. Her secret, she says, is to marry a good man and take your vitamins every day! My take on it is simplicity of life and work at being the "glue" in the family. 'Simplicity': she never drove a car and walked everywhere including to church almost daily, eat like a bird. 'Glue': visit, write, host, celebrate all persons and events in the family.
Now, about those genes......