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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, 266 days). This list automatically updates the ages of those still living to reflect the current date (today is December 28, 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, 266 days
47,748
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, 232 days
47,349
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, 225 days
47,342
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, 182 days
47,299
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, 147 days
47,264
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, 144 days
47,261
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).
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