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List of Archicentenarians
This wiki comes from the paper Review of Longevity Validations at Extreme Ages You can navigate to the review of a specific validation by clicking on the name below. -
Israel Kristal
During the first half of the twentieth century Israel Kristal endured privations and trauma of an intensity that few people have to face. His hardships are told according to his testimony reported in his old -
Sarah Knauss
Born as Sarah Deremer Clark, she is the only supercentenarian other than Calment currently validated to have lived beyond her 119 birthday. Her case was researched in 1997 by genealogist Edith Rodgers Mayer for Phoebe -
Christian Mortensen
Christian Mortensen’s birth in Denmark in 1882 is well documented in both official and church records. His validation reports (Wilmoth, Skytthe, Friou, Jeune) can justifiably claim to match the gold standard of the validations -
Mathew Beard
Mathew Beard was validated in 2003 in the same SSA Kestenbaum study that led wrongly to the validation of Lucy Hannah [68]. His case is marked as “disputable” on the Gerontology Wiki [27]. He had -
Walter Breuning
Walter Breuning does not have the benefit of a published scientific validation. Unfortunately, there is no birth or baptism record from his early years that confirm his full birth date. For that we need to -
Marie-Louise Meilleur
At fifth place on the women’s list, Marie-Louise Meilleur is another verified supercentenarian alongside Sarah Knauss for whom we believe that a strong validation may be achievable with the available evidence. A validation -
Jiroemon Kimura
Jiroemon Kimura is currently the world’s oldest ever man in the validated lists. He was validated scientifically by a Japanese team [33] and is one of the few other cases which we consider to -
Ana María Vela Rubio
Ana Vela Rubio was born in Puente Genil, Spain in 1901. She died in 2017 at the age of 116 having lived her whole life in the same country. A comprehensive validation report was published -
Emma Morano
Emma Morano born in 1899 was the eldest of eight siblings including her four younger sisters. She died in 2017 and the details of her validation were published by Jeune and Poulain in 2020 [51 -
Joan Riudavets
There is a brief validation report by Poulain for Joan Riudavets born in Menorca in 1889, which provides at least some of the details we require [29]. We are not told what suitable birth records -
Archicentenarians Wiki
This wiki comes from the paper Review of Longevity Validations at Extreme Ages Scientists who specialise in the study of supercentenarian lifespans warn us of the inherent dangers and pitfalls that have dogged the history -
Dina Manfredini
Dina Manfredini, born Dina Gueri in 1897 emigrated from her home in Italy to the United States in 1920 with her husband Riccardo Manfredini. A validation report was published in 2020 by Young and Kroczek -
Violet Brown
At this time, no scientific report has provided details of the evidence used to validate the case of Violet Brown. Robert Young delivered a record breaker’s certificate on behalf of GWR, but he has -
Lucy Hannah
Lucy Hannah - 117 years, 248 days, United States Lucy Hannah first appeared in lists of supercentenarians after 2003 when the Kestenbaum Study of US social security records uncovered her apparent longevity [68]. They appear to -
Maggie Barnes
Maggie Hinnant was born sometime in the 1880s in North Carolina. According to the official validation, her birth date was 6 March 1882 [36,48,68]. This date is said to be recorded in the -
Susannah Mushatt Jones
Susie Mushatt appears on the 1900 census in Alabama at 11 months old and she can also be traced in the 1910, 1920, 1930 and 1940 US census returns. Although this gives a good confirmation -
Tane Ikai
Tane Ikai died in Japan in 1995 when she is claimed to have been over 116 years old. A one page report was published in 2010 by a US/European team [48], but it only -
Misao Okawa
A validation report for Misao Okawa was published in 2020 along with the similar case of Chiyo Miyako [76]. The validators are very honest about the shortcomings in her case and it provides an insight -
Besse Cooper
A validation report for Besse Cooper was published in 2020 by Young and Kroczek [39]. Young had first met her at age 111 when she was found to be in great shape. He gathered her -
Shigechiyo Izumi
Shigechiyo Izumi who died in 1986 was originally validated by the Guinness Book of Records and included in the GRG published lists [75]. Doubts about his longevity were raised well before his death [33]. Some -
Yukichi Chuganji
Yukichi Chuganji died in 2003. His validation is credited to Japanese gerontologist Yasuhiko Saito. There is no specific validation report and only a few biographical details are known about him and his family. It can -
Carrie C. White
Carrie C. White was verified as a 116 year old by the Guinness World Records in 1989 before the modern era of longevity validations which led to her case being debunked. She is mentioned here -
Chiyo Miyako
A validation for Chiyo Miyako was provided by the Japanese teams for the IDL in 2020 [76]. The birth verification is based on a Koseki which is reproduced in the validation report, and also a -
Jeralean Talley
Jeralean Talley was born into the Curtz family in Georgia in 1899. The 1900 census records her birth month as May 1899 which is consistent with her age claim. She appears with changing members of
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