List of the verified oldest people
This article is about specific supercentenarian claims validated by modern standards. For the oldest currently living people, see
List of oldest living people .
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days.[ a]
The oldest person ever whose age has been independently verified is Jeanne Calment (1875–1997) of France, who lived to the age of 122 years and 164 days.[ b] The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest known living person is Tomiko Itooka of Japan, aged 116 years, 163 days.[ 5] The oldest known living man is John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom, aged 112 years, 68 days.[ 6] The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men.
100 verified oldest women
The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG),[ 5] [ 7] [ 8] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Deceased
Living
Rank
Name
Birth date
Death date
Age
Place of death or residence
0 1
Jeanne Calment [ 9]
21 February 1875
4 August 1997
122 years, 164 days[ b]
France
0 2
Kane Tanaka [ 7]
2 January 1903
19 April 2022[ 10]
119 years, 107 days
Japan
0 3
Sarah Knauss [ 11]
24 September 1880
30 December 1999
119 years, 97 days
United States
0 4
Lucile Randon [ 12]
11 February 1904
17 January 2023[ 13]
118 years, 340 days
France
0 5
Nabi Tajima [ 7]
4 August 1900
21 April 2018
117 years, 260 days
Japan
0 6
Marie-Louise Meilleur [ 14]
29 August 1880
16 April 1998
117 years, 230 days
Canada
0 7
Violet Brown [ 7]
10 March 1900
15 September 2017
117 years, 189 days
Jamaica
0 8
Maria Branyas [ 15]
4 March 1907
19 August 2024[ 16]
117 years, 168 days
Spain[ c]
0 9
Emma Morano [ 7] [ 17]
29 November 1899
15 April 2017
117 years, 137 days
Italy
10
Chiyo Miyako[ 7] [ 18]
2 May 1901
22 July 2018[ 19]
117 years, 81 days
Japan
11
Delphia Welford [ 20]
9 September 1875
14 November 1992
117 years, 66 days
United States
12
Misao Okawa [ 7]
5 March 1898
1 April 2015
117 years, 27 days
Japan
13
Francisca Celsa dos Santos[ 7]
21 October 1904
5 October 2021
116 years, 349 days
Brazil
14
María Capovilla [ 21]
14 September 1889
27 August 2006
116 years, 347 days
Ecuador
15
Susannah Mushatt Jones [ 7]
6 July 1899
12 May 2016
116 years, 311 days
United States
16
Gertrude Weaver[ 7]
4 July 1898
6 April 2015
116 years, 276 days
United States
17
Julia Maria Francisca Simao[ 22]
9 January 1901
8 October 2017
116 years, 272 days
Brazil
18
Fusa Tatsumi [ 12]
25 April 1907
12 December 2023[ 23]
116 years, 231 days
Japan
19
Antonia da Santa Cruz[ 7]
13 June 1905
23 January 2022
116 years, 224 days
Brazil
20
Tane Ikai [ 24]
18 January 1879
12 July 1995
116 years, 175 days
Japan
21
Tomiko Itooka [ 5]
23 May 1908
Living
116 years, 163 days
Japan
22
Inah Canabarro Lucas [ 5]
8 June 1908
Living
116 years, 147 days
Brazil
23
Jeanne Bot[ 7]
14 January 1905
22 May 2021[ 25]
116 years, 128 days
France
24
Elizabeth Bolden [ 26]
15 August 1890
11 December 2006
116 years, 118 days
United States
25
Besse Cooper [ 27]
26 August 1896
4 December 2012
116 years, 100 days
United States
26
Maria Giuseppa Robucci [ 7]
20 March 1903
18 June 2019[ 28]
116 years, 90 days
Italy
27
Tekla Juniewicz [ 7]
10 June 1906
19 August 2022
116 years, 70 days
Poland[ d]
28
Ana María Vela Rubio [ 7]
29 October 1901
15 December 2017
116 years, 47 days
Spain
29
Giuseppina Projetto [ 7]
30 May 1902
6 July 2018
116 years, 37 days
Italy
30
Easter Wiggins[ 29]
1 June 1874
7 July 1990
116 years, 36 days
United States
31
Jeralean Talley [ 7]
23 May 1899
17 June 2015
116 years, 25 days
United States
32
Edith Ceccarelli [ 15]
5 February 1908
22 February 2024[ 30]
116 years, 17 days
United States
33
Ella Miller[ 31]
6 December 1884
21 November 2000
115 years, 351 days
United States
34
Shigeyo Nakachi[ 7]
1 February 1905
11 January 2021
115 years, 345 days
Japan
35
Maggie Barnes [ 32] [ e]
6 March 1882
19 January 1998
115 years, 319 days
United States
36
Dina Manfredini[ 8]
4 April 1897
17 December 2012
115 years, 257 days
United States[ f]
37
Shimoe Akiyama[ 7]
19 May 1903
29 January 2019
115 years, 255 days
Japan
38
Hester Ford[ 7]
15 August 1905
17 April 2021
115 years, 245 days
United States
39
Charlotte Hughes [ 33]
1 August 1877
17 March 1993
115 years, 228 days
United Kingdom
40
Edna Parker [ 34]
20 April 1893
26 November 2008
115 years, 220 days
United States
41
Mary Ann Rhodes[ 35]
12 August 1882
3 March 1998
115 years, 203 days
Canada
42
Anonymous of Tokyo [ 7]
15 March 1900
27 September 2015
115 years, 196 days
Japan
43
Margaret Skeete[ 36]
27 October 1878
7 May 1994
115 years, 192 days
United States
44
Magdalena Oliver Gabarró[ 37]
31 October 1903
1 May 2019
115 years, 182 days
Spain
45
Bernice Madigan [ 7]
24 July 1899
3 January 2015[ 38]
115 years, 163 days
United States
46
Gertrude Baines[ 39]
6 April 1894
11 September 2009
115 years, 158 days
United States
47
Bettie Wilson [ 40]
13 September 1890
13 February 2006
115 years, 153 days
United States
48
Shin Matsushita[ 7]
30 March 1904
27 August 2019
115 years, 150 days
Japan
49
Iris Westman[ 7]
28 August 1905
3 January 2021[ 41]
115 years, 128 days
United States
50
Julie Winnefred Bertrand[ 42]
16 September 1891
18 January 2007
115 years, 124 days
Canada
51
Maria de Jesus[ 43]
10 September 1893
2 January 2009
115 years, 114 days
Portugal
52
Marie-Josephine Gaudette [ 7]
25 March 1902
13 July 2017[ 44]
115 years, 110 days
Italy[ g]
53
Susie Gibson[ 45]
31 October 1890
16 February 2006
115 years, 108 days
United States
Thelma Sutcliffe[ 7]
1 October 1906
17 January 2022
United States
55
Edna Kern[ 20]
14 October 1900
20 January 2016
115 years, 98 days
United States
56
Elizabeth Francis [ 15]
25 July 1909
22 October 2024[ 46]
115 years, 89 days
United States
57
Casilda Benegas Gallego[ 7]
8 April 1907
28 June 2022[ 47]
115 years, 81 days
Argentina[ h]
58
Augusta Holtz[ 48]
3 August 1871
21 October 1986
115 years, 79 days
United States[ i]
59
Valentine Ligny[ 7]
22 October 1906
4 January 2022
115 years, 74 days
France
60
Ethel Caterham [ 5]
21 August 1909
Living
115 years, 73 days
United Kingdom
61
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper [ 49]
29 June 1890
30 August 2005
115 years, 62 days
Netherlands
62
Okagi Hayashi [ 5]
2 September 1909
Living
115 years, 61 days
Japan
63
Bessie Hendricks[ 12]
7 November 1907
3 January 2023[ 50]
115 years, 57 days
United States
64
Mina Kitagawa[ 7]
3 November 1905
19 December 2020
115 years, 46 days
Japan
65
Marie Brémont [ 51]
25 April 1886
6 June 2001
115 years, 42 days
France
66
Yoshi Otsunari[ 7]
17 December 1906
26 January 2022
115 years, 40 days
Japan
67
Maude Farris-Luse [ 52]
21 February 1887
18 March 2002[ 53]
115 years, 25 days
United States
68
Koto Okubo[ 54]
24 December 1897
12 January 2013
115 years, 19 days
Japan
69
Antonia Gerena Rivera[ 7]
19 May 1900
2 June 2015
115 years, 14 days
United States[ j]
70
Chiyono Hasegawa[ 55]
20 November 1896
2 December 2011
115 years, 12 days
Japan
71
Annie Jennings[ 56]
12 November 1884
20 November 1999
115 years, 8 days
United Kingdom
72
Anonymous of Hyōgo [ 7]
29 April 1907
30 April 2022
115 years, 1 day
Japan
73
Eva Morris [ 57]
8 November 1885
2 November 2000
114 years, 360 days
United Kingdom
74
Diolinda Maria da Conceição[ 37]
10 March 1906
4 March 2021
114 years, 359 days
Brazil
75
Kama Chinen[ 58]
10 May 1895
2 May 2010
114 years, 357 days
Japan
76
Mary Bidwell [ 59]
9 May 1881
25 April 1996[ 60]
114 years, 352 days
United States
77
Sofia Rojas[ 7]
13 August 1907
30 July 2022
114 years, 351 days
Colombia
78
Maria Gomes Valentim[ 61]
9 July 1896
21 June 2011
114 years, 347 days
Brazil
79
Hazel Plummer[ 12]
19 June 1908
25 May 2023[ 62]
114 years, 340 days
United States
80
Ophelia Burks[ 29]
25 October 1903
27 September 2018
114 years, 337 days
United States
81
Kahoru Furuya[ 7]
18 February 1908
25 December 2022[ 63]
114 years, 310 days
Japan
82
Mary Josephine Ray[ 64]
17 May 1895
7 March 2010
114 years, 294 days
United States[ k]
83
Goldie Steinberg[ 7] [ 65]
30 October 1900
16 August 2015[ 66]
114 years, 290 days
United States[ l]
84
Kiyoko Ishiguro[ 7]
4 March 1901
5 December 2015
114 years, 276 days
Japan
85
Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes [ 8]
24 October 1890
25 July 2005
114 years, 274 days
Portugal
Eudoxie Baboul[ 7]
1 October 1901
1 July 2016
France (French Guiana )
87
Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan[ 67]
1 September 1889
29 May 2004[ 68]
114 years, 271 days
Puerto Rico
Yukie Hino[ 7]
17 April 1902
13 January 2017
Japan
Olindina Juvêncio Atanásio da Silva[ 37]
25 May 1906
20 February 2021
Brazil
90
Charlotte Kretschmann [ 15]
3 December 1909
27 August 2024[ 69]
114 years, 268 days
Germany[ m]
91
Delphine Gibson[ 7]
17 August 1903
9 May 2018
114 years, 265 days
United States
92
Eugénie Blanchard[ 70]
16 February 1896
4 November 2010
114 years, 261 days
France (Saint Barthélemy )
93
Mary Royster[ 71]
15 April 1875
28 December 1989
114 years, 257 days
United States
94
Venere Pizzinato [ 8]
23 November 1896
2 August 2011
114 years, 252 days
Italy[ n]
95
Neva Morris[ 72]
3 August 1895
6 April 2010
114 years, 246 days
United States
96
Hide Ohira[ 8]
15 September 1880
9 May 1995
114 years, 236 days
Japan
97
Blanche Cobb[ 7] [ 73]
8 September 1900
1 May 2015[ 74]
114 years, 235 days
United States
98
Ethel Lang [ 7]
27 May 1900
15 January 2015
114 years, 233 days
United Kingdom
99
Mila Mangold[ 7]
14 November 1907
2 July 2022[ 75]
114 years, 230 days
United States
100
Masa Matsumoto[ 15]
29 November 1909
9 July 2024[ 76]
114 years, 223 days
Japan
^ The exact lifespan of people listed with the same number of years and days may differ because of leap days that occurred during their lifetime.
^ a b Calment's case was disputed in a Russian study posted online in 2018,[ 1] [ 2] and a followup paper published in January 2019,[ 3] although other researchers have dismissed this on the basis of extensive prior research into Calment's life.[ 4]
^ Branyas was born in the United States.
^ Juniewicz was born in Krupsko near Lviv , then in Austria-Hungary , now in Ukraine.
^ May have been older (116 or 117); possibly born in 1881 or 1880.
^ Manfredini was born in Italy.
^ Gaudette was born in the United States.
^ Benegas Gallego was born in Paraguay.
^ Holtz was born in the German Empire ; her birthplace is now in Poland.
^ Gerena Rivera was born in Puerto Rico.
^ Ray was born in Canada.
^ Steinberg was born in Chișinău , then part of the Russian Empire , now the capital of Moldova.
^ Kretschmann was born in Breslau , Silesia, then in the German Empire, now in Poland.
^ Pizzinato was born in Ala , then part of Austria-Hungary, now in Italy.
100 verified oldest men
The list includes supercentenarians validated by an organisation specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG),[ 5] [ 7] [ 8] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Deceased
Living
Rank
Name[ a]
Birth date
Death date
Age
Place of death or residence
0 1
Jiroemon Kimura
19 April 1897
12 June 2013
116 years, 54 days
Japan
0 2
Christian Mortensen
16 August 1882
25 April 1998
115 years, 252 days
United States[ b]
0 3
Emiliano Mercado del Toro
21 August 1891
24 January 2007
115 years, 156 days
Puerto Rico
0 4
Juan Vicente Pérez [ 15]
27 May 1909
2 April 2024[ 77]
114 years, 311 days
Venezuela
0 5
Horacio Celi Mendoza[ 78]
3 January 1897
25 September 2011
114 years, 265 days
Peru
0 6
Walter Breuning
21 September 1896
14 April 2011
114 years, 205 days
United States
0 7
Yukichi Chuganji
23 March 1889
28 September 2003
114 years, 189 days
Japan
0 8
Tomás Pinales Figuereo[ 79]
31 March 1906
24 September 2020
114 years, 177 days
Dominican Republic
0 9
Joan Riudavets
15 December 1889
5 March 2004
114 years, 81 days
Spain
10
Fred Harold Hale
1 December 1890
19 November 2004
113 years, 354 days
United States
11
Israel Kristal [ 7]
15 September 1903
11 August 2017
113 years, 330 days
Israel[ c]
12
Efraín Antonio Ríos García[ 15]
4 April 1910
11 January 2024[ 80]
113 years, 282 days
Colombia
13
Tomoji Tanabe
18 September 1895
19 June 2009
113 years, 274 days
Japan
14
John Ingram McMorran
19 June 1889
24 February 2003
113 years, 250 days
United States
15
Masazō Nonaka [ 7]
25 July 1905
20 January 2019
113 years, 179 days
Japan
16
Mauro Ambriz Tapia[ 81]
21 November 1897
18 April 2011
113 years, 148 days
Mexico
17
Frederick Frazier
27 January 1880
14 June 1993
113 years, 138 days
United States
18
Eusebio Quintero López[ 12]
6 March 1910
16 July 2023[ 82]
113 years, 132 days
Colombia
19
James Sisnett
22 February 1900
23 May 2013
113 years, 90 days
Barbados[ d]
Wenceslao Leyva González[ 83]
28 September 1903
27 December 2016
Mexico
21
Domingo Villa Avisencio[ 84]
26 August 1906
3 November 2019
113 years, 69 days
Mexico
22
Maximiano José dos Santos[ 29]
22 February 1893
25 April 2006
113 years, 62 days
Brazil
23
Walter Richardson
7 November 1885
25 December 1998
113 years, 48 days
United States
24
Francisco Núñez Olivera [ 7]
13 December 1904
29 January 2018
113 years, 47 days
Spain
25
Henry Allingham
6 June 1896
18 July 2009
113 years, 42 days
United Kingdom
26
Emilio Flores Márquez[ 85]
8 August 1908
12 August 2021[ 86]
113 years, 4 days
Puerto Rico
27
Chitetsu Watanabe[ 7] [ 87]
5 March 1907
23 February 2020
112 years, 355 days
Japan
28
Antonio Todde
22 January 1889
3 January 2002
112 years, 346 days
Italy
29
Saturnino de la Fuente García [ 88]
11 February 1909
18 January 2022[ 89]
112 years, 341 days
Spain
30
Moses Hardy
6 January 1894
7 December 2006
112 years, 335 days
United States
31
Yasutaro Koide [ 7]
13 March 1903
19 January 2016[ 90]
112 years, 312 days
Japan
32
John Evans
19 August 1877
10 June 1990
112 years, 295 days
United Kingdom
33
Shi Ping [ 22]
1 November 1911
29 June 2024
112 years, 241 days
China
34
Richard Arvin Overton [ 7]
11 May 1906
27 December 2018
112 years, 230 days
United States
35
Delio Venturotti [ 91]
25 October 1909
1 June 2022[ 92]
112 years, 219 days
Brazil[ e]
36
Denzō Ishizaki [ 93] [ f]
2 October 1886
29 April 1999
112 years, 209 days
Japan
37
George Francis
6 June 1896
27 December 2008
112 years, 204 days
United States
38
James King[ 78]
15 November 1854
5 June 1967
112 years, 202 days
United States
39
Georges Thomas[ 96]
19 November 1911
1 June 2024
112 years, 195 days
France
40
Josep Armengol
23 July 1881
20 January 1994
112 years, 181 days
Spain
41
Giovanni Frau
29 December 1890
19 June 2003
112 years, 172 days
Italy
42
Jules Théobald[ 37]
17 April 1909
5 October 2021
112 years, 171 days
France (Martinique )
43
John Painter
20 September 1888
1 March 2001
112 years, 162 days
United States
44
Marcel Meys[ 97]
12 July 1909
15 December 2021
112 years, 156 days
France
45
Masamitsu Yoshida[ 7]
30 May 1904
29 October 2016
112 years, 152 days
Japan
46
Sakari Momoi[ 7]
5 February 1903
5 July 2015
112 years, 150 days
Japan
47
Victor Chanca Santos[ 37]
14 June 1910
9 November 2022
112 years, 148 days
Peru
48
Gisaburō Sonobe[ 15]
6 November 1911
31 March 2024[ 98]
112 years, 146 days
Japan
49
Efraín Núñez Núñez[ 37]
28 December 1904
22 May 2017
112 years, 145 days
Dominican Republic
50
Alphaeus Philemon Cole
12 July 1876
25 November 1988
112 years, 136 days
United States
51
Augusto Moreira
6 October 1896
13 February 2009
112 years, 130 days
Portugal
52
João Zanol[ 37]
13 October 1907
12 February 2020
112 years, 122 days
Brazil
53
George Johnson
1 May 1894
30 August 2006
112 years, 121 days
United States
Mikizō Ueda[ 99]
11 May 1910
9 September 2022[ 100]
Japan
55
Lawrence Brooks [ 101]
12 September 1909
5 January 2022
112 years, 115 days
United States
56
Salustiano Sanchez
8 June 1901
13 September 2013
112 years, 97 days
United States[ g]
57
CP Crawford[ 7]
25 August 1907
23 November 2019
112 years, 90 days
United States
58
Jorge Durán Coral[ 102]
23 April 1909
21 July 2021
112 years, 89 days
Mexico
59
Yoshikazu Yamashita[ 7]
10 April 1907
7 July 2019
112 years, 88 days
Japan
60
Gengan Tonaki
30 October 1884
24 January 1997
112 years, 86 days
Japan
61
John Tinniswood [ 5]
26 August 1912
Living
112 years, 68 days
United Kingdom
62
Robert Weighton[ 7] [ 103]
29 March 1908
28 May 2020
112 years, 60 days
United Kingdom
63
Tadanosuke Hashimoto
27 April 1891
31 May 2003
112 years, 34 days
Japan
64
Kumekichi Tani
20 April 1891
12 May 2003
112 years, 22 days
Japan
65
Ernest Peronneau[ 104]
7 March 1902
26 March 2014
112 years, 19 days
United States
66
George Feldman[ 105]
2 December 1906
2 December 2018[ 106]
112 years, 0 days
United States
67
Tsunahei Ogawa[ 107]
9 January 1907
4 January 2019
111 years, 360 days
Japan
68
Arturo Licata
2 May 1902
24 April 2014
111 years, 357 days
Italy
69
Stanisław Kowalski [ 79]
14 April 1910
5 April 2022
111 years, 356 days
Poland[ h]
70
Silverio Pereira Ayala[ 37]
11 June 1906
30 May 2018
111 years, 353 days
Paraguay
71
Frank Morimitsu[ 79]
26 December 1886
9 December 1998
111 years, 348 days
United States[ i]
72
Walter H. Seward
13 October 1896
14 September 2008
111 years, 337 days
United States
73
Faustino Vargas Pérez[ 29]
27 September 1896
20 August 2008
111 years, 328 days
Costa Rica
74
Maurice Floquet
25 December 1894
10 November 2006
111 years, 320 days
France
75
Valerio Piroddi[ 108]
13 November 1905
18 September 2017
111 years, 309 days
Italy
76
Shigeru Nakamura[ 109]
11 January 1911
15 November 2022
111 years, 308 days
Japan
77
Arthur Nash[ 110]
7 January 1885
4 November 1996
111 years, 302 days
Canada[ j]
78
James McCoubrey
13 September 1901
5 July 2013
111 years, 295 days
United States[ k]
79
Mikhail Krichevsky
9 March 1897
26 December 2008
111 years, 292 days
Ukraine
80
Ezra Hill[ 111]
19 December 1910
4 October 2022[ 112]
111 years, 289 days
United States
81
John Mosley Turner
15 June 1856
21 March 1968
111 years, 280 days
United Kingdom
82
Hermann Dörnemann
27 May 1893
2 March 2005
111 years, 279 days
Germany
83
Laurence Thompson[ 113]
23 January 1887
24 October 1998
111 years, 274 days
United States
84
Agustín Reyes Ortiz[ 114]
8 February 1887
6 November 1998
111 years, 271 days
Puerto Rico
85
Antonio Urrea
18 February 1888
15 November 1999
111 years, 270 days
Spain
86
Choki Miyagi[ 7]
15 November 1904
7 August 2016
111 years, 266 days
Japan
87
Reuben Sinclair [ 115]
5 December 1911
27 August 2023[ 116]
111 years, 265 days
Canada
88
Pedro Batista Layana[ 29]
25 June 1909
7 March 2021
111 years, 255 days
Cuba
89
Arthur Carter
5 October 1889
11 June 2001
111 years, 249 days
United States
90
Santos Hildebrando Rivas García[ 117]
17 August 1911
17 April 2023
111 years, 243 days
El Salvador
91
Jan Machiel Reyskens
11 May 1878
7 January 1990
111 years, 241 days
Netherlands[ l]
92
Jésus Mosteo Pérez[ 37]
1 January 1908
28 August 2019
111 years, 239 days
Spain
93
Frank Sylvester[ 113]
25 June 1893
12 February 2005
111 years, 232 days
United States
94
Henry Tseng[ 79]
12 July 1907
27 February 2019
111 years, 230 days
United States[ m]
95
Tōichi Sasaki[ 118]
4 September 1905
20 April 2017
111 years, 228 days
Japan
96
Joe Thomas
1 May 1875
14 December 1986
111 years, 227 days
United States
97
André Boite[ 119]
6 December 1910
15 July 2022
111 years, 221 days
France
98
Dumitru Comănescu[ 85]
21 November 1908
27 June 2020
111 years, 219 days
Romania
99
André Ludwig[ 15]
6 June 1912
7 January 2024[ 120]
111 years, 215 days
France
100
Josino Levino Ferreira
3 April 1913
Living
111 years, 213 days
Brazil
^ All entries are sourced to GRG "table B" dated 1 January 2015, unless otherwise noted.[ 8]
^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
^ Kristal was born in Maleniec , then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
^ Sisnett was born in Barbados, which was at the time of his birth part of the British colony of the Leeward Islands ; it is now an independent country.
^ Venturotti was born in Italy.
^ Although the Gerontology Research Group verified Ishizaki's birth date as 20 October 1886, he claimed himself to be born in 1884 and asserted that his birth record was "delayed by two years".[ 94] LongeviQuest subsequently determined Ishizaki was born 18 days earlier than previously believed, based on family records.[ 95]
^ Sanchez was born in Spain.
^ Kowalski was born in Rogówek , then part of the Russian Empire, now in Poland.
^ Morimitsu was born in Japan.
^ Nash was born in the United Kingdom.
^ McCoubrey was born in Newfoundland , then a separate British colony, now part of Canada.
^ Reyskens was born in Belgium, lived (from 1897) and died in the Netherlands, but never obtained Dutch citizenship.
^ Tseng was born in Japan.
References
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^ Hopper, Tristin (31 December 2018). "History's oldest woman a fraud? Russian researchers claim 122-year-old Jeanne Calment was actually a 99-year-old imposter" . National Post .
^ Zak, Nikolay (30 January 2019). "Evidence that Jeanne Calment died in 1934, not 1997" . Rejuvenation Research . 22 (1): 3–12. doi :10.1089/rej.2018.2167 . PMC 6424156 . PMID 30696353 .
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