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This is a list of the oldest living people who have been verified to be alive as of the dates of the cited supporting sources. It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. [1]
On August 8, 1951, Lacks, who was 31 years old, went to Johns Hopkins for a routine treatment session and asked to be admitted due to continued severe abdominal pain. She received blood transfusions and remained at the hospital until her death on October 4, 1951. [28] A partial autopsy showed that the cancer had metastasized throughout her ...
Obstetrician, gynecologist, medical writer and columnist using pen name of Dr. W. Gifford-Jones [244] Tomiichi Murayama: M: March 3, 1924: 100 years, 291 days: Japanese: Politician, Prime Minister of Japan and Chairman of the Social Democratic Party [245] Robert G. Shulman: M: March 3, 1924: 100 years, 291 days: American: Biophysicist and ...
Maggie Barnes: Barnes claimed to be 117 at her death on 19 January 1998. [13] Barnes, who was born to a former slave and married a tenant farmer, had fifteen children, 11 of whom preceded her in death. [13] Inconsistent records suggested that she was born on 6 March 1882 at the latest, but possibly a year earlier.
These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest women and men sorted in descending order by age in years and days. [ a ] 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.
Due to his military service in the army of General Yue Zhongqi, the imperial government sent a document congratulating Li on his 100th year of life, as was subsequently done on his 150th and 200th birthdays. [10] In 1908, Ching-Yuen and his disciple Yang Hexuan published a book, The Secrets of Li Qingyun's Immortality. [10]
The oldest man ever verified is Jiroemon Kimura of Japan, who died in 2013 aged 116 years and 54 days. [14] Tomiko Itooka (born 23 May 1908) of Japan is the world's oldest living person, aged 116 years, 210 days. João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world's oldest living man, aged 112 years, 75 days. [15] [16]
Name Lifespan Age Notability M. H. Abrams: 1912–2015: 102: American literary critic [1] Angelina Acuña: 1905–2006: 101: Guatemalan educator, writer and poet [2] Jacob Adler (aka: B. Kovner) 1874–1974: 100: Polish-born Jewish-American Yiddish writer, poet, and humorist [3] Nan Hayden Agle: 1905–2006: 100: American children's writer [4 ...