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The subgiant star HD 140283, believed to be the oldest extant star discovered, is often nicknamed "The Methuselah Star" after the ancient biblical figure. [45] The name is also used to refer to the exoplanet PSR B1620−26 b, which is one of the oldest known exoplanets with an estimated age of 12.7 billion years old. [46]
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 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.
The world's oldest known living person has a very different explanation for her longevity than her predecessor did. Tomiko Itooka, who lived in Ashiya, Japan, died on December 29 at the age of 116 ...
These are biblical figures unambiguously identified in contemporary sources according to scholarly consensus.Biblical figures that are identified in artifacts of questionable authenticity, for example the Jehoash Inscription and the bullae of Baruch ben Neriah, or who are mentioned in ancient but non-contemporary documents, such as David and Balaam, [n 1] are excluded from this list.
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
Chinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation [109] Marian Tumler: 1887–1987: 100: Austrian theologian and Grand Master of the Teutonic Order [110] (Somdet Phra Sangharaja Chao Krommaluang) Vajirañāṇasaṃvara: 1913–2013: 100: 19th Supreme Patriarch of Thailand [111] Agnès-Marie Valois: 1914–2018: 103
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, 261 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 ...