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In 2010, the Gerontological Society of China announced that 125-year-old Luo Meizhen was the oldest living person in China. This also made her a likely claimant to be the oldest living person in the world. [8] However, the lack of official birth records meant that Guinness World Records did not accept the claim of longevity. [9]
Li Ching-Yuen or Li Ching-Yun (simplified Chinese: 李清云; traditional Chinese: 李清雲; pinyin: Lǐ Qīngyún, (26 February 1677, 1736 or 1840 – 6 May 1933) was a Chinese herbalist, martial artist and tactical advisor, known for his supposed extreme longevity. [1] [2] His true date of birth has never been determined.
This is a list of the oldest people by country and in selected territories. It includes the individual(s) for each given country or territory who are reported to have had the longest lifespan. Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable.
Inah Canabarro Lucas (born 8 June 1908) of Brazil is the world's oldest living person whose age has been validated. [2] João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man whose age has been validated. [2]
The world's oldest man, John Alfred Tinniswood, is turning 112 today at his care home in Merseyside, the United Kingdom. The supercentenarian puts his long life down to “luck” and says that he ...
Elizabeth Franics, a 114-year-old Houston woman has become the oldest living person in the U.S., according to LongeviQuest, an organization that tracks human longevity across the globe.
Nicholas Kao Se Tseien O.C.S.O. (traditional Chinese: 高師謙; simplified Chinese: 高师谦; Cantonese Yale: Gōu Sī-hīm; Jyutping: Gou1 Si1him1; pinyin: Gāo Shīqiān; 15 January 1897 [1] – 11 December 2007), [2] was a Chinese Trappist priest in Hong Kong who was the oldest-living Catholic priest and also the oldest person ever to have had a cataract operation, according to the ...
Elizabeth Francis shared her insights on how to live a long life before she died. Elizabeth Francis, a Black woman from Texas who was the oldest known living person in the U.S., has died.