The oldest people in history
The top 3 according to 8 votes from people: Kane Tanaka · Lucile Randon (sœur André) · Nabi Tajima. (Updated Sep 16, 2025.)
Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122 in Arles, still holds the record: humanity's oldest women and men whose age has been verified. Almost all of them are women. Whose story impresses you most?
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Top 25
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1
Kane Tanaka
Japan. 119 years old, died in 2022.
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2
Lucile Randon (sœur André)
France. Almost 119 years old, died in 2023.
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3
Nabi Tajima
Japan. 117 years old, the last person born in the 19th century.
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4
Violet Brown
Jamaica. 117 years old.
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5
Chiyo Miyako
Japan. 117 years old.
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6
Inah Canabarro Lucas
Brazil. The Brazilian nun who died in 2025 aged 116.
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7
Maria Giuseppa Robucci
Italy. 116 years old.
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8
Jeanne Calment
France. 122 years and 164 days, the all-time record.
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9
Sarah Knauss
United States. 119 years old, died in 1999.
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10
Marie-Louise Meilleur
Canada. 117 years old.
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11
Maria Branyas
Spain. 117 years old, died in Catalonia in 2024.
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12
Emma Morano
Italy. 117 years old, the last person born in the 1800s.
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13
Delphia Welford
United States. 117 years old.
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14
Ethel Caterham
United Kingdom. The oldest Briton ever verified.
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15
Misao Okawa
Japan. 117 years old, died in 2015.
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16
María Capovilla
Ecuador. 116 years old.
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17
Susannah Mushatt Jones
United States. 116 years old.
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18
Gertrude Weaver
United States. 116 years old.
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19
Fusa Tatsumi
Japan. 116 years old.
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20
Tomiko Itooka
Japan. 116 years old, died at the end of 2024.
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21
Tane Ikai
Japan. 116 years old.
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22
Elizabeth Bolden
United States. 116 years old.
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23
Besse Cooper
United States. 116 years old.
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24
Tekla Juniewicz
Poland. 116 years old.
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25
Jeanne Bot
France. 116 years old.
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