Who was the oldest person in human history?
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. The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days.
The oldest currently living person in the world whose age has been validated is 118-year-old Lucile Randon of France, born 11 February 1904.
According to Guinness World Records, the oldest living person is Lucile Randon. Lucile was born in February 1904, and was verified as 118 years and 73 days old in April 2022.
| Rank | Name | Age as of 10 August 2022 |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lucile Randon, aka Sœur André | 118 years, 180 days |
| 2 | Tekla Juniewicz | 116 years, 61 days |
| 3 | María Brañas Morera | 115 years, 159 days |
| 4 | Fusa Tatsumi | 115 years, 107 days |
Newcastle University. The oldest verified person living today – the current front-runner in the longevity race – is Kane Tanaka, who was born in f*ckuoka, Japan, on January 2, 1903. She is 118 years old. If Kane Tanaka survives to age 200, making the answer 'yes', this will be in the year 2103.
According to one tradition, Epimenides of Crete (7th, 6th centuries BC) lived nearly 300 years.
Kane Tanaka, then 116, receives a Guinness World Records certificate in March 2019 declaring her the world's oldest person. Kane Tanaka, a Japanese woman recognized as the world's oldest person, has died at age 119, months short of her goal of reaching 120.
A Venezuelan man has been recorded by the Guinness World Records as the world's oldest living man. As of 17 May 2022, Juan Vincente Mora is a record-breaking 112 years and 355 days old, with his 113th birthday fast approaching.
There are, however, far fewer “supercentenarians,” people who live to age 110 or even longer. The oldest living person, Jeanne Calment of France, was 122 when she died in 1997; currently, the world's oldest person is 118-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan.
Currently aged 116 years and 166 days, Morano was born in Civiasco, Vercelli, Piedmont, Italy, during the reign of King Umberto I. She's now the oldest person in the world, following the death of American Susannah Mushatt Jones, who came to be known as "the very last American from the 1800s", at her home in New York.
Who lives the longest on Earth?
There are, however, far fewer “supercentenarians,” people who live to age 110 or even longer. The oldest living person, Jeanne Calment of France, was 122 when she died in 1997; currently, the world's oldest person is 118-year-old Kane Tanaka of Japan.
The oldest well-documented person seems to be Jeanne Calment from Arles in France, who was investigated as 115 years old in the French centenarian study (Allard 1991).
