List of supercentenarians

People who have lived 110 years or longer From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

The following is a list of famous people who have attained the age of at least 110 years known for reasons other than just longevity. As such, this list does not include every person who has reached this age. For more specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.

For living people known just for their longevity, see List of oldest living people.

List of supercentenarians, the oldest and most notable living people

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Marita Camacho QuirósF10 March 191120 June 2025114 years, 102 daysCosta RicaNorth AmericanFirst Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich[1]
Leila DenmarkF1 February 18981 April 2012114 years, 60 daysAmericanNorth AmericanPediatrician who helped develop the pertussis vaccine[2]
Madeleine DellamonicaF23 July 1912Living114 years, 14 daysFrenchEuropeEgyptologist[3]
Virginia McLaurinF12 March 190914 November 2022113 years, 247 daysAmericanNorth AmericanCommunity volunteer, seamstress, manager of a laundry and farmworker[4]
  • Note: McLaurin's birth date is disputed. Several sources have claimed she was 105 at the time of her death.
Teresa HsuF7 July 18987 December 2011113 years, 153 daysChinese-SingaporeanAsiaCharity worker, social worker, yoga teacher and nurse[5]
Ruth ApiladoF30 April 190815 August 2021113 years, 107 daysAmericanNorth AmericanNewspaper editor, novelist, anti-racism campaigner for African-American civil rights, magazine founder, and teacher[6][7]
Ilie CiocanM10 June 191327 May 2026112 years, 351 daysRomanianEuropeSoldier and World War II veteran[8][9]
Shi PingM1 November 191129 June 2024112 years, 241 daysChineseAsiaAcademic and political administrator[10]
Alphaeus Philemon ColeM12 July 187625 November 1988112 years, 136 daysAmericanNorth AmericanArtist, engraver and etcher[11]
Lawrence BrooksM12 September 19095 January 2022112 years, 115 daysAmericanNorth AmericanLongest-lived American World War II veteran[12]
Stanisław KowalskiM14 April 19105 April 2022111 years, 356 daysPolishEuropeMasters athlete[13]
Theresa BernsteinF1 March 189013 February 2002111 years, 349 daysPolish-AmericanEurope-North AmericanArtist and writer[14]
Katherine PlunketF22 November 182014 October 1932111 years, 327 daysAnglo-IrishEuropeAristocrat, botanical illustrator and the oldest person ever to die in Ireland[15]
Vera Korolyova [ru]F30 September 1914Living111 years, 310 daysRussianAsiaAgricultural worker, Hero of Socialist Labour[16]
Shivakumara SwamiM1 April 190721 January 2019111 years, 295 daysIndianAsiaHumanitarian, spiritual leader and educator[17]
Maria PogonowskaF30 October 189715 July 2009111 years, 258 daysPolish-IsraeliEurope-West AsiaScientist[18]
Juliana Young KooF26 September 190524 May 2017111 years, 240 daysChinese-AmericanAsia-North AmericanDiplomat[19]
Herman Smith-JohannsenM15 June 18755 January 1987111 years, 204 daysNorwegian-CanadianEurope-North AmericanCross-country skier[20]
Viola FletcherF10 May 191424 November 2025111 years, 198 daysAmericanNorth AmericanLongest-lived known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre[21]
Frederica Sagor MaasF6 July 19005 January 2012111 years, 183 daysAmericanNorth AmericanScreenwriter, playwright, memoirist and author[22]
Qin HanzhangM19 February 190815 August 2019111 years, 177 daysChineseAsiaEngineer and scientist[23]
Edith Renfrow SmithF14 July 19142 January 2026111 years, 172 daysAmericanNorth AmericanFirst African-American woman to graduate from Grinnell College[24]
Emma DidlakeF13 March 190416 August 2015111 years, 156 daysAmericanNorth AmericanSoldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[25]
Dorothy BurnhamF22 March 1915Living111 years, 137 daysAmericanNorth AmericanCivil rights activist and microbiologist[26]
Anne BakerF14 May 191423 September 2025111 years, 132 daysBritishEuropeWriter and fundraiser[27]
Alexander ImichM4 February 19038 June 2014111 years, 124 daysPolishEuropeChemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer[28]
Manolita PiñaF24 February 188311 June 1994111 years, 107 daysSpanish-UruguayanEurope-South AmericaPainter; widow of Joaquín Torres-García[29]
Ruthie TompsonF22 July 191010 October 2021111 years, 80 daysAmericanNorth AmericanCamera technician and animation checker[30]
Cecilia SeghizziF5 September 190822 November 2019111 years, 78 daysItalianEuropeComposer, painter and teacher[31][32]
Ram Nath SharmaM5 November 19041 December 2015111 years, 26 daysIndiaAsiaJudge[33]
Luís TorrasM29 December 191214 January 2024111 years, 16 daysSpanishEuropePainter[34]
Silas SimmonsM14 October 189529 October 2006111 years, 15 daysAmericanNorth AmericanLongest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[35]
Zhou YouguangM13 January 190614 January 2017111 years, 1 dayChineseAsiaEconomist, banker, linguist, sinologist, Esperantist, publisher and "father of Pinyin"[36]
Nicholas Kao Se TseienM15 January 189711 December 2007110 years, 330 daysChineseAsiaTrappist priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation[37]
Leopold VietorisM4 June 18919 April 2002110 years, 309 daysAustrianEuropeMathematician and World War I veteran[38]
Zoltan SarosyM23 August 190619 June 2017110 years, 300 daysHungarian-CanadianEurope-North AmericanChess master[39]
James Clayton FlowersM25 December 1915Living110 years, 224 daysAmericanNorth AmericanTuskegee Airman[40]
Huang MulanF9 July 19067 February 2017110 years, 213 daysChineseAsiaSpy[41]
Laura ScalesF13 November 187912 June 1990110 years, 211 daysAmericanNorth AmericanEducator and Smith College dean[42]
Carla Porta MusaF15 March 190210 October 2012110 years, 209 daysItalianEuropeEssayist and poet[43]
Donald RoseM24 December 191411 July 2025110 years, 199 daysBritishEuropeWorld War II veteran[44]
Muazzez İlmiye ÇığF20 June 191417 November 2024110 years, 150 daysTurkishAsiaArchaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist and writer[45]
Morrie MarkoffM11 January 19143 June 2024110 years, 144 daysAmericanNorth AmericanBlogger, writer, and artist; oldest known active blogger in the world[46]
Bhante DharmawaraM12 February 188926 June 1999110 years, 134 daysCambodianAsiaTheravada monk and educator[47]
Zhang LixiongM21 November 19132 April 2024110 years, 133 daysChineseAsiaMilitary officer and politician[48]
Elza BrandeiszF18 September 19076 January 2018110 years, 110 daysHungarianEuropeTeacher and artist; humanitarian for Righteous Among the Nations[49]
Anita MackeyF1 January 191416 April 2024110 years, 106 daysAmericanNorth AmericanSocial worker[50]
Lois HoldenF2 February 19105 May 2020110 years, 93 daysAmericanNorth AmericanSinger, member of the Gospel Stars, who released the first Motown album in the label's history[51]
Bruno KantM26 February 191629 May 2026110 years, 92 daysGermanEuropePriest[52]
Alice Herz-SommerF26 November 190323 February 2014110 years, 89 daysCzechEuropeClassic pianist, music teacher and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[53]
Abby Crawford MiltonF6 February 18812 May 1991110 years, 85 daysAmericanNorth AmericanSuffragist[54]
Zheng JiM6 May 190029 July 2010110 years, 84 daysChineseAsiaNutritionist and biochemist[55]
Lucio Chiquito CaicedoM22 May 1916Living110 years, 76 daysColombiaSouth AmericaEngineer and degree holder[56]
Eileen AshF30 October 19113 December 2021110 years, 34 daysBritishEuropeCricketer and spy[57][58]
Yakup SatarM11 March 18982 April 2008110 years, 22 daysTurkishAsiaLast surviving Turkish veteran of World War I[60]
Eileen KramerF8 November 191415 November 2024110 years, 7 daysAustralianOceaniaDancer, artist, performer and choreographer[61]
Norman SpencerM13 August 191416 August 2024110 years, 3 daysBritishEuropeFilm producer, production manager and screenwriter[62]
Jane Ising F 2 February 1902 2 February 2012 110 years, 0 days German-American Europe-North American Economist[63]
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