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Adelina Domingues (February 19, 1888 – August 21, 2002) was a Cape Verdean American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest person from the death of 114-year-old British-American woman Grace Clawson on May 28, 2002, to her own death less than three months later. [44] Domingues was born in Cape Verde.
The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. 100 verified oldest women The list includes supercentenarians validated by organisations specialising in extreme age verification such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), [ 5 ] [ 7 ] [ 8 ] with, in some cases, press coverage as a supplementary source.
Tomiko Itooka (born 23 May 1908) of Japan 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]
At the time of her death, Francis was the third-oldest known living person in the world, and among the 21st longest-lived people in American history. America's known oldest person Elizabeth ...
World War II battalion commander, Holocaust liberator and oldest living West Point graduate [28] Gerd Göran F: January 5, 1919: 105 years, 343 days: Swedish: Artist [29] Maj-Britt Håkansson F: March 29, 1919: 105 years, 259 days: Swedish: Actress [30] Hsu Li-nung: M: April 4, 1919: 105 years, 253 days: Taiwanese: General [31] Caren Marsh Doll ...
America's oldest World War II veteran, and the oldest man in America, turned 112 years old on Friday. Richard Overton is an Army veteran who served in the South Pacific, including Guam and Iwo Jima.
As women live longer than men on average, women predominate in combined records. The longest lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (1897–2013), who lived to age 116 years and 54 days. The oldest living person in the world whose age has been validated is 116-year-old Tomiko Itooka of Japan, born 23 May 1908.
Naomi Whitehead (née Washington; born 26 September 1910) is an American supercentenarian who has been the oldest living person in the United States since the death of Elizabeth Francis on October 22, 2024. [1]