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Birth certificate of Jeanne Calment. Calment was born on 21 February 1875 in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, Provence. [1] Some of her close family members also had an above-average lifespan as her older brother, François (1865–1962), lived to the age of 97, her father, Nicolas (1837–1931), who was a shipbuilder, 93, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (1838–1924), who was from a family of ...
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 ...
Lucile Randon. Lucile Randon DC (French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as Sister André (French: Sœur André), was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022.
A French woman believed to be the world’s oldest person has died shortly before her 119th birthday. Lucile Randon, a nun known as Sister André, was born in the town of Ales in southern France ...
Cases where longevity has been fully verified, according to modern standards of longevity research, are reflected in an established list of supercentenarians based on the work of organizations such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) or Guinness World Records. This article lists living claims greater than that of the oldest living person ...
Camille Blanche Loiseau (13 February 1892 – 12 August 2006) was the oldest living person in France until her death aged 114 years and 180 days. Loiseau was ranked fifth-oldest in the world in the 2007 edition of Guinness World Records. She was the oldest person ever to share a birthday with another living person, Japanese supercentenarian ...
The true number is uncertain, as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time, and some claims cannot be validated or are fraudulent. [ 1 ] Tomiko Itooka (born 23 May 1908) of Japan is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated. [ 2 ]
Hij leest nog elke dag met een loep de krant" [Hilversumer John Huang (110 years and 44 days) is the oldest resident of the Netherlands. He still reads the newspaper every day with a magnifying glass] (in Dutch). Noordhollands Dagblad. Retrieved 16 March 2024.