The Top 10 Verified Oldest People.
1. Jeanne Galment
Birth date: 21 February 1875
Death date: 4 August 1997
Age: 122 years, 164 days
Country of residence: France
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, 164 days.
2. Sarah Knauss
Birth date: 24 September 1880
Death date: 30 December 1999
Age: 119 years, 97 days
Country of residence: United States
Sarah DeRemer Knauss was an American supercentenarian. Knauss was the oldest person ever from the United States, and widely reported as the second-oldest fully documented person ever. She was recognized as the world's oldest living person by Guinness World Records from April 16, 1998, until her death.
3. Nabi Tajima
Birth date: 4 August 1900
Death date: 21 April 2018
Age: 117 years, 260 days
Country of residence: Japan
Nabi Tajima (田島 ナビ, Tajima Nabi, 4 August 1900 – 21 April 2018) who is the oldest Japanese person ever at the age of 117 years and 8 months. She was also the oldest living person for 7 months. She was also the oldest Japanese person ever and the oldest person ever from Asia.
4. Lucy Hannah
Birth date: 16 July 1875
Death date: 21 March 1993
Age: 117 years, 248 days
Country of residence: United States
Lucy Hannah (née Terrell; 16 July 1875/12 August 1895? – 21 March 1993) was an American supercentenarian who is validated as the fourth-oldest person ever, supposedly one of only nine people to reach 117, and the oldest African-American person ever.
5. Marie-Louise Meilleur
Birth date: 29 August 1880
Death date: 16 April 1998
Age: 117 years, 230 days
Country of residence: Canada
Marie-Louise Fébronie Meilleur was a French Canadian supercentenarian. Meilleur is the oldest validated Canadian ever and upon the death of longevity world record holder Jeanne Calment, became the world's oldest recognized living person. She was succeeded as the oldest living person by Sarah Knauss.
6. Violet Brown
Birth date: 10 March 1900
Death date: 15 September 2017
Age: 117 years, 189 days
Country of residence: Jamaica
Violet Brown was a Jamaican supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person in the world for five months, following the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death at the age of 117 years, 189 days on 15 September 2017.
7. Kane Tanaka
Birth date: 2 January 1903
Living
Age: 117 years, 166 days
Country of residence: Japan
Kane Tanaka is a Japanese supercentenarian who, at age 117 years, 161 days, is the world's oldest verified living person, and the seventh verified oldest person in recorded history.
8. Emma Morano
Birth date: 29 November 1899
Death date: 15 April 2017
Age: 117 years, 137 days
Country of residence: Italy
Emma Martina Luigia Morano OMRI was an Italian supercentenarian who, before her death at the age of 117 years and 137 days, was the world's oldest living person whose age had been verified, and the last living person to have been verified as being born in the 1800s.
9. Chiyo Miyako
Birth date: 2 May 1901
Death date: 22 July 2018
Age: 117 years, 81 days
Country of residence: Japan
Chiyo Miyako (千代宮子, Miyako Chiyo, born May 2, 1901 - 22 July 2018) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person following the death of Nabi Tajima on April 21, 2018 until her death three months later.
10. Misao Okawa
Birth date: 5 March 1898
Death date: 1 April 2015
Age: 117 years, 27 days
Country of residence: Japan
Misao Okawa (大川 ミサヲ, Ōkawa Misao, sometimes romanized as Misawo Okawa, 5 March 1898 – 1 April 2015) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living person since the death of 116-year-old Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura on 12 June 2013 until her own death on 1 April 2015.
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