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Top 10 oldest people in the world: From Jeanne Calment to Kane Tanaka, the longest-living humans in history

August 30, 2025 3:09 pm

Top 10 oldest people in the world: Jeanne Calment of France holds the title of the oldest verified person ever, living an astonishing 122 years and 164 days.

World's oldest living person, who contracted Covid-19 at the age of 110, shares secret to long life at 116

August 25, 2025 1:31 pm

Ethel Caterham was officially recognised by the Guinness World Records and the LongevityQuest organization to be the oldest living person since April 30.

At 116, world’s oldest person Tomiko Itooka dies in Japan

January 04, 2025 6:48 pm

She became the world’s oldest person last year following the death of 117-year-old Maria Branyas, according to the Gerontology Research Group.

World’s oldest person, Maria Branyas Morera, dies aged 117

August 20, 2024 8:35 pm

Branyas, who experienced the 1918 flu pandemic, both World Wars, and Spain’s civil war, contracted Covid-19 in 2020 shortly after her 113th birthday.

Guinness alert: Meet the world’s oldest living person at 115 years

January 22, 2023 10:16 am

Morera who has three children, 11 grandchildren, and 13 great-grandchildren got married in 1931

Guinness World Records: The oldest living person in the world is also a Covid-19 survivor; see video

April 27, 2022 6:03 pm

The nun has lived an interesting life, for in her younger years, she worked as a teacher and a governess, and also looked after children during World War II

World's oldest person dies in New York at age 116

May 13, 2016 2:08 pm

Susannah Mushatt Jones, 116, died in New York. She had been ill for the past 10 days.

World's oldest person in US, Susannah Mushatt Jones turns 116

July 06, 2015 6:26 pm

Guinness World Records has confirmed that Susannah Mushatt Jones of Brooklyn, New York, born on July 6, 1899, is now the world's oldest living person.

World’s oldest living person celebrates 116th birthday in Japan

April 20, 2013 3:02 am

People: Kimura lives with granddaughter-in-law; maintains diet of rice,pumpkins and sweet potatoes

Genetic code unlocked of world’s oldest person

October 15, 2011 7:31 pm

This could help us understand the biology of aging.

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