About LongeviQuest

LongeviQuest is the global authority on maximum human longevity. The LongeviQuest Directory is the premier database on the life and times of the world’s oldest people. We admire the strength and wisdom of the people we research, and we created this platform to share their stories. Our international organization has united expert age validators worldwide who previously worked apart. The LongeviQuest Global Validation Commission maintains validation standards and accredits researchers. Beyond that, LongeviQuest empowers local researchers who are best equipped to conduct research in accordance with conditions in their countries. In addition to the work of our own researchers, LongeviQuest recognizes research conducted by Accredited Partners, notably the European Supercentenarian Organisation (ESO).

1873
Birth of the Superlongevity Field
William Thomas pioneers the practice of age validation in his work “Human Longevity, Its Facts and Its Fictions.”
1898
First Validated Supercentenarian
Geert Adriaans Boomgaard of the Netherlands celebrates his 110th birthday, becoming the first validated supercentenarian in history.
1902
First Validated Female Supercentenarian
Margaret Ann Neve of the Channel Islands celebrates her 110th birthday, becoming the first validated female supercentenarian in history.
1955
Start of Guinness World Records Tracking
Guinness World Records publishes first edition including “Oldest Living Person” – Betsy Baker of the United States, age 113.
1995
Calment Sets Age Record
Jeanne Calment of France becomes the oldest validated person in human history at the age of 120, later reaching the age of 122.
2012
Kimura Sets Male Age Record
Jiroemon Kimura of Japan becomes the oldest validated man in human history at the age of 115, later reaching the age of 116.
2022
Founding of LongeviQuest
LongeviQuest is founded, uniting superlongevity researchers across the globe.

Meet the Researchers

YUMI YAMAMOTO
President, LongeviQuest Japan
FABRIZIO VILLATORO
President, LongeviQuest América
EUROPEAN SUPERCENTENARIAN ORGANISATION
Accredited Partner Organisation
STEFAN MAGLOV
Global Administrator
YU LI
Senior Researcher, LongeviQuest Japan
GEORG FÜRHOLZER
Community Relations Director
JACK ELLIS
Directory Administrator

Our Mission Statement

“We want everyone involved. Bottom up not top down. LongeviQuest will succeed by being the most modern, most inclusive, most accurate, most scientific, most democratic, most meritocratic, fairest, and most efficient superlongevity research organization in the world.” – LongeviQuest Founder Ben Meyers

Declaration of
Political Neutrality

LongeviQuest and the Global Validation Commission are apolitical entities. Neither LongeviQuest nor the Global Validation Commission are empowered to render decisions on matters of state. As such, LongeviQuest identifies the nations of the world – and their borders – as those nations recognized as States by the United Nations. In our dealings with all persons, LongeviQuest operates in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, Article 2: “Everyone is entitled to all the rights and freedoms set forth in this Declaration, without distinction of any kind, such as race, colour, sex, language, religion, political or other opinion, national or social origin, property, birth or other status. Furthermore, no distinction shall be made on the basis of the political, jurisdictional or international status of the country or territory to which a person belongs, whether it be independent, trust, non-self-governing or under any other limitation of sovereignty.”