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The oldest man verified by modern standards, and the only man with undisputed evidence to have lived to be over 115, is Japanese man Jiroemon Kimura (19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013), aged 116 years and 54 days. The oldest verified living person is Brazilian woman Inah Canabarro Lucas, born 8 June 1908, aged 116 years, 219 days.
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.
He claimed to be the oldest person who ever lived when he died on September 2, 1973, at the alleged age of 168 years and 162 days, based solely on a passport. National Geographic carried the claim. Some sources claimed him to be the oldest centenarian in the USSR.
The now-wheelchair-bound nun was crowned the world's oldest living person after Tomiko Itooka died in Japan at age 116 on Dec. 26, 2024. World's Oldest Man, Dead At 112, Ate This Meal Every Friday
Born May 27, 1909, Pérez was confirmed the world's oldest man at 112 years and 253 days old, ... The oldest man who ever lived was Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, dying in 2013 at 116 years and 54 days ...
Tomiko Itooka, a 116-year-old Japanese woman who became the oldest living person in August 2024, died on Dec. 29, 2024, according to Guinness World Records.
Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced since the 1950s and only in certain parts of the world. All ten oldest verified people ever are female. The longest documented and verified human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France, a woman who lived to age 122 years and 164 days. [4]
National Geographic later recanted on the claim. According to his obituary, published by Time, when Muslimov was 136 years old, he married 57-year-old Khatum-Khanum (1884–1988), and on the same year a baby girl was born to his family. This is the most advanced age in the whole world history which saw a man to become a father.