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List of the 100 verified oldest women

This is a list of the 100 oldest verified women in history. This list comprises only those who are fully verified and without dispute. There are six living supercentenarians listed, the oldest being American woman Gertrude Baines (age 130 years, 265 days). This list automatically updates the ages of those still living to reflect the current date (today is December 27, 2024).

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Age in days	Country
1	Jeanne Calment	F	February 21, 1875	August 4, 1997	122 years, 164 days	44,724	France
2	Sarah Knauss	F	September 24, 1880	December 30, 1999	119 years, 97 days	43,560	United States
3	Lucy Hannah	F	July 16, 1875	March 21, 1993	117 years, 248 days	42,982	United States
4	Marie-Louise Meilleur	F	August 29, 1880	April 16, 1998	117 years, 230 days	42,963	Canada
5	María Capovilla	F	September 14, 1889	August 27, 2006	116 years, 347 days	42,715	Ecuador
6	Tane Ikai	F	January 18, 1879	July 12, 1995	116 years, 175 days	42,543	Japan
7	Elizabeth Bolden	F	August 15, 1890	December 11, 2006	116 years, 118 days	42,486	United States
8	Maggie Barnes	F	March 6, 1882	January 19, 1998	115 years, 319 days	42,322	United States
9	Charlotte Hughes	F	August 1, 1877	March 17, 1993	115 years, 228 days	42,231	United Kingdom
10	Edna Parker	F	April 20, 1893	November 26, 2008	115 years, 220 days	42,223	United States
11	Margaret Skeete	F	October 27, 1878	May 7, 1994	115 years, 192 days	42,195	United States
12	Bettie Wilson	F	September 13, 1890	February 13, 2006	115 years, 153 days	42,156	United States
13	Julie Winnefred Bertrand	F	September 16, 1891	January 18, 2007	115 years, 124 days	42,127	Canada
14	Maria de Jesus	F	September 10, 1893	January 2, 2009	115 years, 114 days	42,117	Portugal
15	Susie Gibson	F	October 31, 1890	February 16, 2006	115 years, 108 days	42,111	United States
16	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	F	June 29, 1890	August 30, 2005	115 years, 62 days	42,065	Netherlands
17	Maude Farris-Luse	F	January 21, 1887	March 18, 2002	115 years, 56 days	42,059	United States
18	Marie Brémont	F	April 25, 1886	June 6, 2001	115 years, 42 days	42,045	France
19	Annie Jennings	F	November 12 1884	November 20, 1999	115 years, 8 days	42,010	United Kingdom
20	Eva Morris	F	November 8, 1885	November 2, 2000	114 years, 360 days	41,997	United Kingdom
21	Mary Bidwell	F	May 9, 1881	April 25, 1996	114 years, 352 days	41,989	United States
22	Gertrude Baines	F	April 6, 1894	Living	130 years, 265 days	47,747	United States
23	Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes	F	October 24, 1890	July 25, 2005	114 years, 274 days	41,912	Portugal
24	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan	F	August 31, 1889	May 29, 2004	114 years, 272 days	41,909	Puerto Rico
25	Hide Ohira	F	September 15, 1880	May 9, 1995	114 years, 236 days	41,873	Japan
26	Yone Minagawa	F	January 4, 1893	August 13, 2007	114 years, 221 days	41,858	Japan
27	Ura Koyama	F	August 30, 1890	April 5, 2005	114 years, 218 days	41,856	Japan
	Carrie Lazenby	F	February 9, 1882	September 14, 1996	114 years, 218 days	41,855	United States
29	Myrtle Dorsey	F	November 22, 1885	June 25, 2000	114 years, 216 days	41,853	United States
30	Anna Eliza Williams	F	June 2, 1873	December 27, 1987	114 years, 208 days	41,845	United Kingdom
31	Grace Clawson	F	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114 years, 194 days	41,832	United Kingdom  United States
32	Tase Matsunaga	F	May 11, 1884	November 18, 1998	114 years, 191 days	41,828	Japan
33	Lydie Vellard	F	March 18, 1875	September 17, 1989	114 years, 183 days	41,821	France
	Adelina Domingues	F	February 19, 1888	August 21, 2002	114 years, 183 days	41,821	Cape Verde  United States
	Wilhelmina Kott	F	March 7, 1880	September 6, 1994	114 years, 183 days	41,820	United States
36	Mitoyo Kawate	F	May 15, 1889	November 13, 2003	114 years, 182 days	41,819	Japan
37	Camille Loiseau	F	February 13, 1892	August 12, 2006	114 years, 180 days	41,818	France
	Charlotte Benkner	F	November 16, 1889	May 14, 2004	114 years, 180 days	41,817	Germany  United States
39	Anne Primout	F	October 5, 1890	March 26, 2005	114 years, 172 days	41,810	French Algeria  France
40	Ettie Mae Greene	F	September 8, 1877	February 26, 1992	114 years, 171 days	41,808	United States
41	Irene Frank	F	October 1, 1881	February 28, 1996	114 years, 150 days	41,787	United States
42	Christina Cock	F	December 25, 1887	May 22, 2002	114 years, 148 days	41,786	Australia
43	Emma Verona Johnston	F	August 6, 1890	December 1, 2004	114 years, 117 days	41,755	United States
44	Bettie Chatmon	F	April 30, 1884	August 16, 1998	114 years, 108 days	41,745	United States
45	Odie Matthews	F	December 28, 1878	April 14, 1993	114 years, 107 days	41,745	United States
46	Asa Takii	F	April 28, 1884	July 31, 1998	114 years, 94 days	41,731	Japan
47	Florence Knapp	F	October 10, 1873	January 11, 1988	114 years, 93 days	41,730	United States
	Elena Slough	F	July 4, 1889	October 5, 2003	114 years, 93 days	41,730	United States
49	Lucy Jane Askew	F	September 8, 1883	December 9, 1997	114 years, 92 days	41,730	United Kingdom
	Mary Anna Boone	F	February 10, 1887	May 13, 2001	114 years, 92 days	41,730	United States
51	Waka Shirahama	F	March 23, 1878	June 16, 1992	114 years, 85 days	41,723	Japan
52	Suekiku Miyanaga	F	April 7, 1884	June 20, 1998	114 years, 74 days	41,711	Japan
53	Emma Tillman	F	November 22, 1892	January 28, 2007	114 years, 67 days	41,704	United States
54	Amy Isabel Hulmes	F	October 5, 1887	October 27, 2001	114 years, 22 days	41,660	United Kingdom
55	Grace Thaxton	F	June 18, 1891	July 6, 2005	114 years, 18 days	41,656	United States
56	Minnie Ward	F	November 19, 1885	December 2, 1999	114 years, 13 days	41,650	United States
57	Arbella Ewing	F	March 13, 1894	March 22, 2008	114 years, 9 days	41,647	United States
58	Catherine Hagel	F	November 28, 1894	December 6, 2008	114 years, 8 days	41,646	United States
59	Virginia Dighero	F	December 24, 1891	December 28, 2005	114 years, 4 days	41,642	Italy
60	Yasu Akino	F	March 1, 1885	February 12, 1999	113 years, 348 days	41,620	Japan
	Bertha Fry	F	December 1, 1893	November 14, 2007	113 years, 348 days	41,620	United States
62	Mae Harrington	F	January 20, 1889	December 29, 2002	113 years, 343 days	41,615	United States
63	Agatha Mitchell	F	March 26, 1887	February 25, 2001	113 years, 336 days	41,609	United States
64	Clara Huhn	F	January 28, 1887	December 20, 2000	113 years, 327 days	41,599	United States
65	Corinne Dixon Taylor	F	April 2, 1893	February 14, 2007	113 years, 318 days	41,590	United States
66	Mary Christian	F	June 12, 1889	April 20, 2003	113 years, 312 days	41,584	United States
67	Luce Maced	F	May 2, 1886	February 25, 2000	113 years, 299 days	41,571	France
68	Rosa Ann Comfort	F	January 21, 1879	November 6, 1992	113 years, 290 days	41,562	United Kingdom
69	Kama Chinen	F	May 10, 1895	Living	129 years, 231 days	47,348	Japan
70	Fannie Thomas	F	April 14, 1867	January 22, 1981	113 years, 283 days	41,556	United States
	Mitsu Fujisawa	F	April 9, 1876	January 17, 1990	113 years, 283 days	41,555	Japan
72	Mary Josephine Ray	F	May 17, 1895	Living	129 years, 224 days	47,341	Canada  United States
73	Tsuneyo Toyonaga	F	May 21, 1894	February 22, 2008	113 years, 277 days	41,549	Japan
74	Anne Samson	F	February 27, 1891	November 29, 2004	113 years, 276 days	41,548	Canada
75	Beatrice Mears	F	March 4, 1888	December 3, 2001	113 years, 274 days	41,546	Australia
76	Mary Parr	F	January 29, 1889	October 29, 2002	113 years, 273 days	41,545	United States
77	Beatrice Farve	F	April 30, 1895	January 19, 2009	113 years, 264 days	41,537	United States
78	Amalia Ruggeri	F	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years, 263 days	41,535	Italy  United States
79	Clémentine Solignac	F	September 7, 1894	May 25, 2008	113 years, 261 days	41,533	France
80	Zora Wriggle	F	February 24, 1880	November 7, 1993	113 years, 256 days	41,529	United States
81	Mary McKinney	F	May 30, 1873	February 2, 1987	113 years, 248 days	41,520	United States
82	Gladys Swetland	F	April 18, 1892	December 14, 2005	113 years, 240 days	41,512	United States
83	Olivia Patricia Thomas	F	June 29, 1895	Living	129 years, 181 days	47,298	United States
84	Shitsu Nakano	F	January 1, 1894	August 19, 2007	113 years, 230 days	41,502	Japan
85	Mary Randall	F	April 1, 1887	November 12, 2000	113 years, 225 days	41,498	United States
86	Delina Filkins	F	May 4, 1815	December 4, 1928	113 years, 214 days	41,487	United States
87	Maria del Carmen Figueiroa Freiria de Salgueiro	F	October 28, 1883	May 25, 1997	113 years, 209 days	41,482	Spain
88	Lillian Ross	F	August 24, 1879	March 20, 1993	113 years, 208 days	41,481	Canada
89	Neva Morris	F	August 3, 1895	Living	129 years, 146 days	47,263	United States
90	Manuela Fernández-Fojaco	F	June 18, 1895	January 6, 2009	113 years, 202 days	41,475	Spain
91	Chiyo Shiraishi	F	August 6, 1895	Living	129 years, 143 days	47,260	Japan
92	Lucy d'Abreu	F	May 24, 1892	December 7, 2005	113 years, 197 days	41,469	British Raj (now India)  United Kingdom
93	Nelle Hunt	F	July 28, 1887	February 8, 2001	113 years, 195 days	41,468	United States
	Helen Stetter	F	November 18, 1893	June 1, 2007	113 years, 195 days	41,467	United States
95	Germaine Haye	F	October 10, 1888	April 18, 2002	113 years, 190 days	41,462	France
96	Carrie C. Hardrick	F	November 6, 1887	May 14, 2001	113 years, 189 days	41,462	United States
97	Marie-Simone Capony	F	March 14, 1894	September 15, 2007	113 years, 185 days	41,457	France
98	Mamie Eva Keith	F	March 22, 1873	September 20, 1986	113 years, 182 days	41,454	United States
99	Teresa Fumarola	F	December 2, 1889	May 14, 2003	113 years, 163 days	41,435	Italy
100	Daisy Adams	F	June 30, 1880	December 8, 1993	113 years, 161 days	41,433	United Kingdom

External links

• Louis Epstein: The Oldest Human Beings — list of validly-documented supercentenarians (by age and chronological), including a chronological list of the oldest living listed persons since 1955 (however, for a time in the 1960s the oldest living person did not officially reach supercentenarian status).