List of the verified oldest people

These are lists of the 100 known verified oldest people sorted in descending order by age in years and days. 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. and a followup paper published in January 2019, which other researchers have dismissed this on the basis of extensive prior research into Calment's life.}} The oldest verified man ever is Jiroemon Kimura (1897–2013) of Japan, who lived to the age of 116 years and 54 days. __FORCETOC__ The oldest known living person is Ethel Caterham of the United Kingdom, aged . The oldest known living man is João Marinho Neto of Brazil, aged . The 100 oldest women have, on average, lived several years longer than the 100 oldest men. Provided by Wikipedia