World's Oldest Person Titleholders

A chronological list of the world's oldest people starting January 1, 1950.

Rank	Name	Born	Died	Gender	Age when oldest	Title Start	Title End	Days Held
1	Nancy Merriman	19/12/1841	14/01/1954	Female	101–112	19/12/1943	14/01/1954	10 yrs, 29 days
2	Betsy Baker	20/08/1842	24/10/1955	Female	111–113	14/01/1954	24/10/1955	1 yr, 283 days
3	Jennie Howell	11/02/1845	16/12/1956	Female	110–111	24/10/1955	16/12/1956	1 yr, 54 days
4	Catherine Waller	01/12/1848	04/01/1959	Female	108–110	16/12/1956	04/01/1959	2 yrs, 19 days
5	Chrissemeuje Karnebeek-Backs	02/10/1849	07/10/1959	Female	109–110	04/01/1959	07/10/1959	276 days
6	Robert Early	08/10/1849	09/10/1960	Male	109–111	07/10/1959	09/10/1960	1 yr, 3 days
7	Mary Kelly	07/06/1851	30/12/1964	Female	109–113	09/10/1960	30/12/1964	4 yrs, 83 days
8	Ferdinise Nébolle	17/05/1855	10/12/1965	Female	109–110	30/12/1964	10/12/1965	345 days
9	Narcissa Rickman	13/09/1855	21/10/1968	Female	110–113	10/12/1965	21/10/1968	2 yrs, 316 days
10	Marie Bernátková	22/10/1857	04/05/1969	Female	110–111	21/10/1968	04/05/1969	195 days
11	Ada Roe	06/02/1858	11/01/1970	Female	111	04/05/1969	11/01/1970	252 days
12	Kitty Harvey	12/01/1860	10/07/1972	Female	109–112	11/01/1970	10/07/1972	2 yrs, 181 days
13	Josefa Salas Mateo	14/07/1860	27/02/1973	Female	111–112	10/07/1972	27/02/1973	232 days
14	Alice Stevenson	10/07/1861	18/08/1973	Female	111–112	27/02/1973	18/08/1973	172 days
15	Ettie Crist	14/02/1862	10/01/1974	Female	111	18/08/1973	10/01/1974	145 days
16	Laurence Entiope	09/12/1862	07/04/1974	Female	111	10/01/1974	07/04/1974	87 days
17	Mito Umeda	14/05/1863	31/05/1975	Female	110–112	07/04/1974	31/05/1975	1 yr, 54 days
18	Niwa Kawamoto	17/09/1863	16/11/1976	Female	111–113	31/05/1975	16/11/1976	1 yr, 170 days
19	Alice Coles	28/08/1865	05/11/1978	Female	111–113	16/11/1976	05/11/1978	1 yr, 354 days
20	Eliza Underwood	15/03/1867	27/01/1981	Female	111–113	05/11/1978	27/01/1981	2 yrs, 84 days
21	Augustine Teissier	02/01/1869	08/03/1981	Female	112	27/01/1981	08/03/1981	40 days
22	Nellie Spencer	24/08/1869	13/11/1982	Female	111–113	08/03/1981	13/11/1982	1 yr, 250 days
23	Emma Wilson	12/05/1870	13/10/1983	Female	112–113	13/11/1982	13/10/1983	334 days
24	Augusta Holtz	03/08/1871	21/10/1986	Female	112–115	13/10/1983	21/10/1986	3 yrs, 9 days
25	Mary McKinney	30/05/1873	02/02/1987	Female	113	21/10/1986	02/02/1987	104 days
26	Anna Eliza Williams	02/06/1873	27/12/1987	Female	113–114	02/02/1987	27/12/1987	328 days
27	Florence Knapp	10/10/1873	11/01/1988	Female	114	27/12/1987	11/01/1988	15 days
28	Jeanne Calment	21/02/1875	04/08/1997	Female	112–122	11/01/1988	04/08/1997	9 yrs, 208 days
29	Marie-Louise Meilleur	29/08/1880	16/04/1998	Female	116–117	04/08/1997	16/04/1998	255 days
30	Sarah Knauss	24/09/1880	30/12/1999	Female	117–119	16/04/1998	30/12/1999	1 yr, 258 days
31	Eva Morris	08/11/1885	02/11/2000	Female	114	30/12/1999	02/11/2000	308 days
32	Marie Brémont	25/04/1886	06/06/2001	Female	114–115	02/11/2000	06/06/2001	216 days
33	Maud Farris-Luse	21/02/1887	18/03/2002	Female	114–115	06/06/2001	18/03/2002	285 days
34	Grace Clawson	15/11/1887	28/05/2002	Female	114	18/03/2002	28/05/2002	71 days
35	Adelina Domingues	19/02/1888	21/08/2002	Female	114	28/05/2002	21/08/2002	85 days
36	Mae Harrington	20/01/1889	29/12/2002	Female	113	21/08/2002	29/12/2002	130 days
37	Yūkichi Chūganji	23/03/1889	28/09/2003	Male	113–114	29/12/2002	28/09/2003	273 days
38	Mitoyo Kawate	15/05/1889	13/11/2003	Female	114	28/09/2003	13/11/2003	46 days
39	Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan	01/09/1889	29/05/2004	Female	114	13/11/2003	29/05/2004	198 days
40	María Esther Heredia de Capovilla	14/09/1889	27/08/2006	Female	114–116	29/05/2004	27/08/2006	2 yrs, 90 days
41	Elizabeth Bolden	15/08/1890	11/12/2006	Female	116	27/08/2006	11/12/2006	106 days
42	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	21/08/1891	24/01/2007	Male	115	11/12/2006	24/01/2007	44 days
43	Emma Tillman	22/11/1892	28/01/2007	Female	114	24/01/2007	28/01/2007	4 days
44	Yone Minagawa	04/01/1893	13/08/2007	Female	114	28/01/2007	13/08/2007	197 days
45	Edna Parker	20/04/1893	26/11/2008	Female	114–115	13/08/2007	26/11/2008	1 yr, 106 days
46	Maria de Jesus	10/09/1893	02/01/2009	Female	115	26/11/2008	02/01/2009	37 days
47	Gertrude Baines	06/04/1894	11/09/2009	Female	114–115	02/01/2009	11/09/2009	252 days
48	Kama Chinen	10/05/1895	02/05/2010	Female	114	11/09/2009	02/05/2010	233 days
49	Eugénie Blanchard	16/02/1896	04/11/2010	Female	114	02/05/2010	04/11/2010	186 days
50	Ana Nogueira de Lucas	21/06/1896	18/11/2010	Female	114	04/11/2010	18/11/2010	14 days
51	Maria Gomes Valentim	09/07/1896	21/06/2011	Female	114	18/11/2010	21/06/2011	215 days
52	Besse Cooper	26/08/1896	04/12/2012	Female	114–116	21/06/2011	04/12/2012	1 yr, 167 days
53	Dina Manfredini	04/04/1897	17/12/2012	Female	115	04/12/2012	17/12/2012	13 days
54	Jiroemon Kimura	19/04/1897	12/06/2013	Male	115–116	17/12/2012	12/06/2013	177 days
55	Misao Okawa	05/03/1898	01/04/2015	Female	115–117	12/06/2013	01/04/2015	1 yr, 293 days
56	Gertrude Weaver	04/07/1898	06/04/2015	Female	116	01/04/2015	06/04/2015	5 days
57	Jeralean Talley	23/05/1899	17/06/2015	Female	115–116	06/04/2015	17/06/2015	72 days
58	Susannah Mushatt Jones	06/07/1899	12/05/2016	Female	115–116	17/06/2015	12/05/2016	330 days
59	Emma Morano	29/11/1899	15/04/2017	Female	116–117	12/05/2016	15/04/2017	338 days
60	Violet Brown	10/03/1900	15/09/2017	Female	117	15/04/2017	15/09/2017	153 days
61	Nabi Tajima	04/08/1900	21/04/2018	Female	117	15/09/2017	21/04/2018	218 days
62	Chiyo Miyako	02/05/1901	22/07/2018	Female	116–117	21/04/2018	22/07/2018	92 days
63	Kane Tanaka	02/01/1903	19/04/2022	Female	115–119	22/07/2018	19/04/2022	3 yrs, 272 days
64	Lucile Randon	11/02/1904	17/01/2023	Female	118	19/04/2022	17/01/2023	273 days
65	María Branyas Morera	04/03/1907	19/08/2024	Female	115–117	17/01/2023	19/08/2024	1 yr, 215 days
66	Tomiko Itooka	23/05/1908	29/12/2024	Female	116	19/08/2024	29/12/2024	132 days
67	Inah Canabarro Lucas	08/06/1908	30/04/2025	Female	116	29/12/2024	30/04/2025	122 days
68	Ethel Caterham	21/08/1909	—	Female	115–116	30/04/2025	Present	1 yr, 41 days