List of oldest people (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "List of oldest people" in English language version.

Last modified: 19:25:35, 25 July 2026 (UTC)

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Global rank English rank

4914grg-supercentenarians.org

5,261^st place

4,192^nd place

1918wpengine.com

low place

7,887^th place

1312web.archive.org

1^st place

115grg.org

6,995^th place

6,741^st place

107guinnessworldrecords.com

873^rd place

697^th place

44longeviquest.com

7,902^nd place

8,555^th place

33latimes.com

32^nd place

21^st place

22bbc.co.uk

11^th place

10^th place

11nytimes.com

7^th place

11mpg.de

1,722^nd place

1,710^th place

11catalannews.com

low place

11greenfieldreporter.com

low place

11cas.cz

1,605^th place

3,645^th place

11leafscience.org

low place

11kb.nl

753^rd place

1,482^nd place

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

"World's oldest person misses millennium". BBC. 31 December 1999. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
"World's oldest man dies aged 114, BBC News, 29 September 2003". BBC News. 29 September 2003. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.

cas.cz (Global: 1,605^th place; English: 3,645^th place)

archiv.ucl.cas.cz

"Ústav pro českou literaturu", Rudé právo (in Czech), Prague, p. 2, 6 May 1969, archived from the original on 30 January 2021, retrieved 10 January 2022

catalannews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

"Maria Branyas, world's oldest person, dies aged 117". Catalan News Agency. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.

greenfieldreporter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, dies in Montana at age 114 Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine

grg-supercentenarians.org (Global: 5,261^st place; English: 4,192^nd place)

"World Supercentenarian Rankings List". Gerontology Research Group. 8 July 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Validated supercentenarian deaths in 2023". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Validated supercentenarian deaths in 2024". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Supercentenarians validated in 2019". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 5 February 2025.
"Supercentenarians validated in 2022". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
"'World's Oldest Living Person' titleholders". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Verified deceased semi-supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Supercentenarians validated in 2020". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 20 June 2024.
"List of validated supercentenarians born before January 1 1901". Gerontology Research Group. 2 April 2025. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
"Ella Gantt". Gerontology Research Group. 16 September 2007. Retrieved 11 April 2026.
"'World's Oldest Living Man' titleholders". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 2 May 2025.
"Supercentenarians validated in 2016". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
"Former 'World's Oldest Living Man' titleholder validated". Gerontology Research Group. 30 March 2025. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
"Supercentenarians validated in 2024". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 4 August 2024.

grg.org (Global: 6,995^th place; English: 6,741^st place)

"Jeanne Calment "rehabilitated" as world's oldest person ever". Gerontology Research Group. 19 September 2019. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
Young, Robert; Adams, Johnny (24 September 2023). "GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Validated Deceased Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved 29 September 2023.
"Table M – World's Oldest Men (WOM) Titleholders Since 1973". Revision #8. Gerontology Research Group. 10 April 2018. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
"Table A – Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date)". Gerontology Research Group. 1 January 2015. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
"Oldest validated centenarian by year". Gerontology Research Group. 25 September 2007. Retrieved 24 April 2024.

guinnessworldrecords.com (Global: 873^rd place; English: 697^th place)

"Oldest woman living". Guinness World Records. 29 December 2024. Retrieved 4 January 2025.
"Oldest man living". Guinness World Records. 26 November 2024. Retrieved 28 November 2024.
Senda, Masakazu (26 July 2018). "Oldest person title officially achieved by 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako before her death". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"World's oldest man ever passes away aged 116". Guinness World Records. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Sánchez, Luisa (30 June 2021). "Emilio Flores Marquez confirmed as the world's oldest man living at 112". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 30 June 2021.
"Saturnino de la Fuente García confirmed as oldest living man aged 112". Guinness World Records. 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.
Sánchez, Luisa (17 May 2022). "World's oldest man living confirmed as Juan Vicente Pérez aged 112". Guinness World Records. Retrieved 22 May 2022.

kb.nl (Global: 753^rd place; English: 1,482^nd place)

resolver.kb.nl

"Opa Kostering overleden". Algemeen Handelsblad. 9 December 1960. Retrieved 21 April 2024.

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

"Marie-Louise Meilleur, 117; Listed as Oldest Person in World". Los Angeles Times. 18 April 1998. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
"Joan Riudavets-Moll, 114; World's Oldest Man". Los Angeles Times. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
Oliver, Myrna (22 November 2004). "Fred Hale, 113; World's Oldest Man Drove a Car Until Age 108". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 14 June 2023.

leafscience.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

Milova, Elena (4 November 2018). "Valery Novoselov: Investigating Jeanne Calment's Longevity Record". Life Extension Advocacy Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2018.

longeviquest.com (Global: 7,902^nd place; English: 8,555^th place)

Maglov, Stefan (2 April 2024). "World's Oldest Man Dies at 114". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 2 April 2024.
"Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo". LongeviQuest. 27 March 2024. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
"Beatriz Ferreira Duarte". LongeviQuest. 16 March 2025. Retrieved 16 March 2025.
"Jesús Redondo Bermejo". LongeviQuest. Retrieved 16 June 2026.

mpg.de (Global: 1,722^nd place; English: 1,710^th place)

demogr.mpg.de

Robine, Jean-Marie; Allard, Michel (1999). Jeanne Calment: Validation of the Duration of Her Life. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

query.nytimes.com

Whitney, Craig R. (5 August 1997). "Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Whitney, Craig R. (5 August 1997). "Jeanne Calment, World's Elder, Dies at 122". The New York Times. Archived from the original on 3 April 2008. Retrieved 2 March 2008.
Robine, Jean-Marie; Allard, Michel (1999). Jeanne Calment: Validation of the Duration of Her Life. Odense: University Press of Southern Denmark. Archived from the original on 29 June 2008. Retrieved 1 April 2009.
"World's oldest person misses millennium". BBC. 31 December 1999. Archived from the original on 7 August 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
"Marie-Louise Meilleur, 117; Listed as Oldest Person in World". Los Angeles Times. 18 April 1998. Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Senda, Masakazu (26 July 2018). "Oldest person title officially achieved by 117-year-old Chiyo Miyako before her death". Guinness World Records. Archived from the original on 25 July 2019. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
"World's oldest man ever passes away aged 116". Guinness World Records. 12 June 2013. Archived from the original on 28 July 2019. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
Walter Breuning, world's oldest man, dies in Montana at age 114 Archived 29 April 2011 at the Wayback Machine
"World's oldest man dies aged 114, BBC News, 29 September 2003". BBC News. 29 September 2003. Archived from the original on 12 November 2013. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
"Joan Riudavets-Moll, 114; World's Oldest Man". Los Angeles Times. 8 March 2004. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 29 October 2016.
"Ústav pro českou literaturu", Rudé právo (in Czech), Prague, p. 2, 6 May 1969, archived from the original on 30 January 2021, retrieved 10 January 2022
Milova, Elena (4 November 2018). "Valery Novoselov: Investigating Jeanne Calment's Longevity Record". Life Extension Advocacy Foundation. Archived from the original on 9 February 2020. Retrieved 5 December 2018.
"Saturnino de la Fuente García confirmed as oldest living man aged 112". Guinness World Records. 30 September 2021. Archived from the original on 30 September 2021. Retrieved 30 September 2021.

wpengine.com (Global: low place; English: 7,887^th place)

lq1.wpengine.com

"Nancy Merriman". LongeviQuest. 6 October 2023. Retrieved 7 October 2023.
"Catherine Waller". LongeviQuest. 2 October 2023. Retrieved 3 October 2023.
"Robert Early". LongeviQuest. 29 May 2023. Retrieved 29 May 2023.
"Narcissa Rickman". LongeviQuest. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 May 2023.
"Kitty Harvey". LongeviQuest. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 24 May 2023.
"Ettie Crist". LongeviQuest. 29 March 2023. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
"Niwa Kawamoto". LongeviQuest. 23 May 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
"Alice Coles". LongeviQuest. 12 September 2023. Retrieved 12 September 2023.
"Maud Farris-Luse". LongeviQuest. 27 August 2023. Retrieved 27 August 2023.
"Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan". LongeviQuest. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
"Ana Nogueira de Luca". LongeviQuest. 7 July 2023. Retrieved 8 July 2023.
"Eli Lindsay". LongeviQuest. 13 August 2023. Retrieved 11 April 2024.
"Isaac Edwards". LongeviQuest. 25 August 2023. Retrieved 25 August 2023.
"James Holt". LongeviQuest. 11 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
"Charlie Phillips". LongeviQuest. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 25 February 2024.
"Randolph Davis". LongeviQuest. 29 March 2024. Retrieved 30 March 2024.
"Denzō Ishizaki". LongeviQuest. 22 July 2023. Retrieved 23 July 2023.
"Ernest Peronneau". LongeviQuest. 14 October 2023. Retrieved 14 October 2023.

List of oldest people (English Wikipedia)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11th place; English: 10th place)

news.bbc.co.uk

cas.cz (Global: 1,605th place; English: 3,645th place)

archiv.ucl.cas.cz

catalannews.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

greenfieldreporter.com (Global: low place; English: low place)

grg-supercentenarians.org (Global: 5,261st place; English: 4,192nd place)

grg.org (Global: 6,995th place; English: 6,741st place)

guinnessworldrecords.com (Global: 873rd place; English: 697th place)

kb.nl (Global: 753rd place; English: 1,482nd place)

resolver.kb.nl

latimes.com (Global: 32nd place; English: 21st place)

leafscience.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

longeviquest.com (Global: 7,902nd place; English: 8,555th place)

mpg.de (Global: 1,722nd place; English: 1,710th place)

demogr.mpg.de

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; English: 7th place)

query.nytimes.com

web.archive.org (Global: 1st place; English: 1st place)

wpengine.com (Global: low place; English: 7,887th place)

lq1.wpengine.com

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; English: 10^th place)

cas.cz (Global: 1,605^th place; English: 3,645^th place)

grg-supercentenarians.org (Global: 5,261^st place; English: 4,192^nd place)

grg.org (Global: 6,995^th place; English: 6,741^st place)

guinnessworldrecords.com (Global: 873^rd place; English: 697^th place)

kb.nl (Global: 753^rd place; English: 1,482^nd place)

latimes.com (Global: 32^nd place; English: 21^st place)

longeviquest.com (Global: 7,902^nd place; English: 8,555^th place)

mpg.de (Global: 1,722^nd place; English: 1,710^th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; English: 7^th place)

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

wpengine.com (Global: low place; English: 7,887^th place)