Living national longevity recordholders
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In supplement to the [[national longevity recordholders]] page, which is for the oldest people ever in a certain country, this page is for '''[[living national longevity recordholders|the oldest people currently still alive in a certain country]]'''. As comprehensive birth registration largely came into being in the 20th century and no one born in that century has yet reached [[supercentenarian]] age, records are necessarily fragmentary. The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in [[Europe]], the only place that any persons born in the 19th century can be documented above the level of [[longevity myths]]. For example, the [[United Kingdom]] organized a central recordkeeping system for [[England]] and [[Wales]] in 1837, which was compulsory by 1874.
This article gives the recordholders for various countries to the extent that they have been established. Each country covered has produced at least one person who reached the age of 110 or more. Most recordholders are female with male recordholders being noted. Those born in one country who moved to another are identified.
This article uses links to those who have biographies and boldfaces the names of those who do not. It should not be assumed that every person mentioned in an article therefore merits his or her own article.
For a global overview of living [[longevity]] recordholders, see the supercentenarian article, and for the need to treat exaggerated claims with skepticism given the extreme documented mortality curves, see the longevity myths article.
==National records==
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Country'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Name'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Sex'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Birth'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Age'''
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{AUS}}
|[[E. Beatrice Riley]]
|F
|[[October 13]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|10|13}}<ref name="GRG">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated Living Supercentenarians]</ref>
|-
|[[John Campbell Ross]]
|M
|[[March 11]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|3|11}}<ref name="MAus">[http://www.news.com.au/story/0,23599,23357161-1702,00.html News Report on John Campbell Ross' 109th birthday]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Austria}}
|Hermine Hinner
|F
|[[May 16]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|5|16}}<ref name="FAut">[http://www.vienna.at/news/wien/artikel/aelteste-wienerin-feierte-109-geburtstag/cn/news-20080515-09021820 News Report on Hermine Hinner's 109th birthday {{de icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{BEL}}
|Romanie Pollet
|F
|[[December 21]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|12|21}}<ref name="FBel">[http://www.7sur7.be/7s7/fr/1504/Insolite/article/detail/139343/2008/01/19/La-doyenne-des-Belges-est-d-c-d-e-109-ans.dhtml News Report on Romanie Pollet's newly acquired status as oldest Belgian person {{fr icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Jan Goossenaerts
|M
|[[October 30]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|10|30}}<ref name="MBel">[http://essen.cdenv.be/Nieuwsbericht.4954.0.html?&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=8804&tx_ttnews%5BbackPid%5D=3657 News Report on Jan Goossenaerts' 107th birthday {{nl icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Canada}}
|Mary Josephine Ray (lives in the [[United States|US]])
|F
|[[May 17]], [[1895]]
|{{Age in years and days|1895|5|17}}<ref name="GRG">[http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM Validated Living Supercentenarians]</ref>
|-
|Margaret Fitzgerald
|F
|[[September 16]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|9|16}}<ref name="FCan1">[http://www.genarians.com/In%20Memoriam%202008.html Bessie Roffey named as oldest Canadian resident prior to death]</ref><ref name="FCan2">[http://timestranscript.canadaeast.com/news/article/270518 Margaret Fitzgerald claimed to be older than Roffey]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Czech Republic}}
|Marta Pokorná
|F
|[[July 8]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|7|8}}<ref name="Cze">[http://www.ceskenoviny.cz/magazin/index_view.php?id=321178 Report on new oldest Czech woman and man {{cs icon}}]</ref><ref name="FCze">[http://jindrichohradecky.denik.cz/zpravy_region/nejstarsi-zena-v-cechach-oslavila--20080708.html News Report on Marta Pokorna's 108th birthday {{cs icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Unidentified
|M
|[[1902]]
|>{{Age in years and days|1903|1|1}}<ref name="Cze"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Denmark}}
|Magda Hedetoft
|F
|[[September 29]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|9|29}}<ref name="FDen">[http://www.statbank.dk/BEV21 Danish Population Statistics]</ref>
|-
|Martin Gammelgaard
|M
|[[September 29]], [[1901]]
|{{Age in years and days|1901|9|29}}<ref name="MDen">[http://www.danishcrown.dk/page11535.aspx Report on Martin Gammelgaard {{da icon}}]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Estonia}}
|[[Karl Plutus]]
|M
|[[September 11]], [[1904]]
|{{Age in years and days|1904|9|11}}<ref name="MEst100">[http://www.kalale.ee/sisu/NiwzOTczMCwxLDAsMQ/ News report on Karl Plutus' 100th birthday {{et icon}}]</ref><ref name="MEst103">[http://www.maaleht.ee/?page=&grupp=artikkel&artikkel=9879 News report on Karl Plutus' 103rd birthday {{et icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Finland}}
|Tyyne Mäkinen
|F
|[[November 17]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|11|17}}<ref name="FFin">[http://www.turunsanomat.fi/ajassa/?ts=1,3:1007:0:0,4:7:0:1:2007-11-17,104:7:499094,1:0:0:0:0:0: Report on Tyyne Mäkinen's 107th birthday {{fi icon}}]</ref>
|-
|[[Aarne Arvonen]]
|M
|[[August 4]], [[1897]]
|{{Age in years and days|1897|8|4}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{flag|France}}
|Eugénie Blanchard (lives in [[Guadeloupe]])
|F
|[[February 16]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|2|16}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|Olympe Pidancet
|F
|[[January 24]], [[1897]]
|{{Age in years and days|1897|1|24}}<ref name="FFra">[http://tempsreel.nouvelobs.com/actualites/societe/20080526.OBS5683/eugenie_blanchard_112_ans_doyenne_des_francais.html Report on Olympe Pidancet as second oldest Frenchwoman {{fr icon}}]</ref>
|-
|[[Fernand Goux]]
|M
|[[December 31]], [[1899]]
|{{age in years and days|1899|12|31}}<ref name="MFra">[http://daylio.canalblog.com/archives/2008/05/26/9333146.html News report on Fernand Goux becoming France's oldest man {{fr icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Germany}}
|Berta Rosenberg (lives in the US)
|F
|[[September 5]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|9|5}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|Georg Rosenkranz
|M
|[[December 14]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|12|14}}<ref name="MGer1">[http://www.ksta.de/html/artikel/1195816946395.shtml Rosenkranz named second oldest man {{de icon}}]</ref><ref name="MGer2">[http://www.yess.de/aeltester-mann-deutschlands-mit-107-jahren-gestorben.html Georg Thalhofer death makes Rosenkranz oldest German male {{de icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Iceland}}
|Þuríður Samúelsdóttir
|F
|[[June 19]], [[1903]]
|{{Age in years and days|1903|6|19}}<ref name="Ice">[http://www.jr.is/langlifi/ Report on Þuríður Samúelsdóttir's 105th birthday {{is icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Sigsteinn Pálsson
|M
|[[February 16]], [[1905]]
|{{Age in years and days|1905|2|16}}<ref name="Ice"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{ITA}}
|Lucia Lauria Vigna
|F
|[[March 4]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|3|4}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|[[Delfino Borroni]]
|M
|[[August 23]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|8|23}}<ref name="MItl">[http://delfinoborroni.com/ Delfino Borroni's website proclaims him Italy's oldest man {{it icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{JPN}}
|Chiyo Shiraishi
|F
|[[August 6]], [[1895]]
|{{Age in years and days|1895|8|6}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|[[Tomoji Tanabe]]
|M
|[[September 18]], [[1895]]
|{{Age in years and days|1895|9|18}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|{{flag|Kosovo}}
|Feride Bucolli
|F
|[[1899]]
|>{{Age in years and days|1900|1|1}}<ref name="FKos">[http://www.ks-gov.net/ESK/esk/pdf/english/population/te%20moshuarit_%2025.01.2008anglisht.pdf Report on Kosovo's Oldest People]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Mauritius}}
|Marie Edith André
|F
|[[September 23]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|9|23}}<ref name="FMau1">[http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/ssnssite/menuitem.960853c2d856990e8f77861084d521ca/ Republic of Mauritius' List of Centenarians]</ref><ref name="FMau2">[http://www.gov.mu/portal/site/pmosite/menuitem.e031c294fa00bc1a540a600248a521ca/?content_id=66718167f2c45110VgnVCM1000000a04a8c0RCRD Mauritian government recognizes Edith André]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Moldova}}
|Elena Bordeian
|F
|[[April 13]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|4|13}}<ref name="FMol1">[http://www.azi.md/news?ID=48929 News report on Elena Bordeian's 110th birthday]</ref><ref name="FMol2">[http://www.jurnal.md/article/3857/ Report on Elena Bordeian {{ro icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Netherlands}}
|Grietje Jansen-Anker
|F
|[[September 12]], [[1897]]
|{{Age in years and days|1897|9|12}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|Adrianus van der Vaart
|M
|[[December 26]], [[1901]]
|{{Age in years and days|1901|12|26}}<ref name="MNed">[http://www.destentor.nl/algemeen/binnenland/2851200/Oudste-man-wacht-op-eerste-rimpel.ece News report on Adrianus van der Vaart becoming oldest man in the Netherlands {{nl icon}}]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|North Korea}}
|Choe Pu Yong
|F
|[[November 2]], [[1897]]
|{{age in years and days|1897|11|2}}<ref name="FNKo">[http://www.kcckp.net/en/news/news_view.php?0+9265 Report on Choe Pu Yong's 110th birthday]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Norway}}
|Gunda Harangen
|F
|[[December 28]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|12|28}}<ref name="FNor">[http://www.laagendalsposten.no/article/20071231/NYHET/705233569/1002/ABONNEMENT# News Report on Gunda Harangen's 109th birthday {{no icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Jørgen Bernhard Rustad
|M
|[[August 12]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|8|12}}<ref name="MNor">[http://www.vg.no/pub/vgart.hbs?artid=174561 News Report on Jørgen Bernhard Rustad's 107th birthday {{no icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Poland}}
|Ludwika Kosztyła
|F
|[[August 3]], [[1897]]
|{{Age in years and days|1897|8|3}}<ref name="FPol">[http://www.tvn24.pl/0,1516784,wiadomosc.html News Report on Ludwika Kosztyła's 110th birthday {{pl icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Józef Kowalski
|M
|[[February 2]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|2|2}}<ref name="MPol">[http://www.zachod.pl/articles/view/niech-zyje-200-lat News Report on Józef Kowalski's 108th birthday {{pl icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Portugal}}
|[[Maria de Jesus]]
|F
|[[September 10]], [[1893]]
|{{Age in years and days|1893|9|10}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|[[Augusto Oliveira Moreira]]
|M
|[[October 6]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|10|6}}<ref name="GRG"/>
<!-- Slovakia -> Ľudmila Koperdáková died [[January 14]], [[2008]], and I did not find the new oldest living-->
|-
|{{flag|Slovenia}}
|Katarina Marinič
|F
|[[October 30]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|10|30}}<ref name="FSlo">[http://www.vest.si/2007/10/31/najstarejsa-slovenka/ News Report on Katarina Marinič's 108th birthday {{sl icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Spain}}
|María de la O Soria-Berbel
|F
|[[April 9]], [[1898]]
|{{Age in years and days|1898|4|9}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|Miguel Suárez Orejas
|M
|[[September 23]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|9|23}}<ref name="MSpa">[http://www.diariodeleon.es/inicio/noticia.jsp?CAT=345&TEXTO=6639377 Report on Miguel Suárez Orejas at age 108 {{sp icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="3"|{{SWE}}
|Saro Dursun (born in [[Turkey]])
|F
|[[June 1]], [[1899]]
|{{age in years and days|1899|6|1}}<ref name="FSwe1">[http://www.hn.se/m_other.php?id=940911&avdelning_1=161&avdelning_2=295& News report on the oldest in Sweden {{sv icon}}]</ref><ref name="FSwe2">Born in [[Turkey]], but moved to [[Sweden]].</ref>
|-
|Rut Mikaelsson
|F
|[[October 16]], [[1899]]
|{{Age in years and days|1899|10|16}}<ref name="FSwe3">[http://www.folkbladet.nu/?p=105699 "News report on Rut Mikaelsson becoming oldest in Sweden {{sv icon}}]</ref>
|-
|Herner Mauritz Larsson
|M
|[[March 21]], [[1902]]
|{{Age in years and days|1902|3|21}}<ref name="MSwe1">[http://www.hn.se/m_standard.php?id=922589&avdelning_1=109&avdelning_2=167& News Report on the death of Bengt Helldal {{sv icon}}]</ref><ref name="MSwe2">[http://sydsvenskan.se/familj/fodelsedag/article270884.ece Report on the oldest and second-oldest in Sweden {{sv icon}}]</ref><ref name="MSwe3">[http://www.birthday.se/person/19020321/herner_mauritz/larsson/halmstad/ Report on Herner Mauritz Larsson at age 106 {{sv icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{flag|Switzerland}}
|[[Rosa Rein]]
|F
|[[March 24]], [[1897]]
|{{Age in years and days|1897|3|24}}<ref name="FSwi">[http://www.ejpress.org/article/25584 News Report on Rosa Rein's 111th birthday]</ref>
|-
|Pierre Gremion
|M
|[[March 5]], [[1902]]
|{{Age in years and days|1902|3|5}}<ref name="MSwi">[http://www.lagruyere.ch/fr/le-journal/les-anciennes-editions/2008/20080228/la-derniere-edition-20080228.html News Report on Pierre Gremion's 106th birthday {{fr icon}}]</ref>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{UK}}
|[[Florrie Baldwin]]
|F
|[[March 31]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|3|31}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|[[Henry Allingham]]
|M
|[[June 6]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|6|6}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|rowspan="2"|{{USA}}
|[[Edna Parker]]
|F
|[[April 20]], [[1893]]
|{{Age in years and days|1893|4|20}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|-
|[[George Francis (supercentenarian)|George Rene Francis]]
|M
|[[June 6]], [[1896]]
|{{Age in years and days|1896|6|6}}<ref name="GRG"/>
|}
==Territorial records==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Territory'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Name'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Sex'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Birth'''
| bgcolor="#C0C0C0"| '''Age'''
|-
|{{flag|Anguilla}} (United Kingdom)
|Victoria Charles
|F
|[[December 2]], [[1904]]
|{{Age in years and days|1904|12|2}}<ref name="FAng">[http://www.anguillian.com/article/articleview/5511/1/131/ News Report on Victoria Charles' 103rd birthday]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Greenland}} (Denmark)
|Charlotte Petersen
|F
|[[July 18]], [[1907]]
|{{Age in years and days|1907|7|18}}<ref name="Greenland">[http://www.airgreenland.com/index.php?pageid=11&newsid=589&print=true Report on Charlotte Petersen's 100th birthday] (link inactive as of [[February 25]], [[2008]])</ref>
|-
|{{flag|New Caledonia}} (France)
|Marthe Page
|F
|[[April 9]], [[1904]]
|{{Age in years and days|1904|4|9}}<ref name="FNC">[http://www.pacificmagazine.net/news/2008/01/02/new-caledonias-oldest-woman-dies-at-112 Report on Marthe Page becoming New Caledonia's oldest person]</ref>
|-
|{{flag|Scotland}} (United Kingdom)
|Bob Taggart
|M
|[[June 28]], [[1900]]
|{{Age in years and days|1900|6|28}}<ref name="MSco">[http://iclanarkshire.icnetwork.co.uk/reformer/news/tm_headline=scotland-s-oldest-man-just-got-one-year-older&method=full&objectid=21210395&siteid=50144-name_page.html News Report on Bob Taggart's 108th birthday]</ref>
|-
|}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{longevity}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:*National longevity record holders, alive}}
[[Category:Lists of people by age]]
[[Category:Supercentenarians]]