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  • Oldest person in the world 600 years old
  • Oldest person in the world 157 years old
  • How old is the oldest person ever

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    Oldest people

    From Duration Name Sex Age(s)
    when
    oldest Lifespan Place panic about death
    or house Un­known— Lucy Woodman

    F

    N/A– 3 Might – 28 April
    &#;years, &#;days United States 28 April 2&#;years, &#;days Nancy Merriman[25]

    F

    – 19 December – 14 Jan
    &#;years, 26&#;days United States 14 Jan 1&#;year, &#;days Betsy Baker

    F

    – 20 Lordly – 24 October
    &#;years, 65&#;days United States[a]24 Oct 1&#;year, 53&#;days Jennie Howell

    F

    – 11 February – 16 Dec
    &#;years, &#;days United States 16 Dec 22&#;days Mathias Hansen Saether[26]

    M

    21 Oct – 7 January
    &#;years, 78&#;days Norway7 January 1&#;year, &#;days Catherine Waller[27]

    F

    – 1 December – 4 Jan
    &#;years, 34&#;days United States 4 Jan &#;days Christina Karnebeek-Backs

    F

    – 2 Oct – 7 October
    &#;years, 5&#;days Netherlands7 October 1&#;year, 2&#;days Robert Early[28]

    M

    – 8 October – 9 Oct
    &#;years, 1&#;day United States 9 Oct 50&#;days Nettie Minick

    F

    3 Apr – 28 November
    &#;years, &#;days United States 28 November 4&#;years, 32&#;days Mary Kelly

    F

    – 7 Ju

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    Oldest person ever

    She was born around 14 years before the Eiffel Tower was constructed (she saw it being built), and some 15 years before the advent of movies. The year after her birth, Tolstoy published Anna Karenina and Alexander Graham Bell patented the telephone.

    Jeanne lived a quiet life, but an unprecedentedly long one.

    Her marriage to a wealthy distant cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment, in meant that Jeanne didn’t have to work for a living. That may have played a part in her extraordinary longevity: she was free to swim, play tennis, cycle (she was still cycling until the age of ) and roller skate, all of which promoted excellent good health.

    Inevitably, in due course, those around her passed away – including her husband (poisoned by some spoiled cherries, aged 73), her daughter Yvonne (who died from pneumonia in ) and even her grandson, Frédéric (who died in a car accident in ).

    As she was without heirs, in a lawyer named André-François Raffray set up a “reverse mortgage” with Jeanne. According to this arrangement, he would pay her 2, francs every month until she died, whereupon he would inherit her apartment. It must have seemed like a good deal for Monseiur Raffray (then aged 47) – after all, Jeanne was 90 at the time. Incredibly, however, Jeanne outlived him.

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    Oldest people ever lived - top ten table

    1. Jeanne Calment (France, 21 Feb –4 Aug ) – years days
    2. Sarah Knauss (USA, 24 Sep –30 Dec ) – years 97 days
    3. Nabi Tajima (Japan, 4 Aug –21 Apr ) – years days
    4. Marie-Louise Meilleur (Canada, 29 Aug –16 Apr ) – years days
    5. Violet Brown (British West Indies, now Jamaica, 10 Mar –15 Sep ) – years days
    6. Emma Morano (Italy, 29 Nov –15 Apr ) – years days
    7. Chiyo Miyako (Japan, 2 May –22 Jul ) – years 81 days
    8. Misao Okawa (Japan, 5 Mar –1 Apr ) – years 27 days
    9. Maria Esther de Capovilla (Ecuador, 14 Sep –27 Aug ) – years days
    10. Susannah Mushatt Jones (USA, 6 Jul –12 May ) – years days

    Jeanne Calment secured the record for world's oldest person at the age of years days; as well as becoming the oldest person ever, she holds the record for the longest period as the world's oldest person, reigning for 9 years days.

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