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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 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.
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]
This article lists living claims greater than that of the oldest living person whose age has been independently verified, Brazilian woman Inah Canabarro Lucas, aged 116 years, 274 days, and deceased claims greater than that of the oldest person ever whose age has been verified, French woman Jeanne Calment, who died aged 122 years and 164 days ...
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]
Dec. 2—André 3000 was clearly not trying to generate a pop hit single from his "New Blue Sun" instrumental album, but one song debuted this week on the Billboard Hot 100 and it is now ...
This list comprises longest-lived individuals who were born and are living or died in each country. Where known, records for both males and females are noted, as are those born in one country who emigrated to another. Multiple entries for a given country and sex indicate that the oldest person is disputed.
A funny thing happened with TV show opening credits over the decades. They were long… and then got really short… and then got extra-long again! Opening title sequences used to regularly be ...