National longevity recordholders 1505224 223081903 2008-07-02T14:08:42Z Bart Versieck 57614 Minor fixes {{TOCright}} {{refimprove|date=January 2008}} '''National longevity recordholders''' are those individuals who have survived to the oldest age in a given country. Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable. Comprehensive birth registration largely came into being in the 20th century, and, [[2007|currently]], reliable records are necessarily fragmentary. The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in [[Europe]], in countries such as [[Sweden]] and the [[Netherlands]]. 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. Male recordholders are also noted. Those born in one country who moved to another are identified insofar as information is available. If more than one recordholder is listed, this is due to disputed claims, alternative claims, or the lack of sufficient documentary evidence to make a clear determination between claimants. Countries are listed by nations in alphabetical order. It should be noted that some nations below were European colonies when the recordholder was born (i.e. French Algeria, Spanish Morocco) and the persons holding the record were in fact European as were the record-keeping systems. ===Notes=== [[Image:!!Capo32.JPG|thumb|left|200px|[[María Esther de Capovilla]] lived to be 116 years old.]] * For a global overview of [[longevity]] recordholders, see this [[oldest people#National longevity recordholders|table of countries sorted by age of recordholder]]. * There is a separate list of the '''[[living national longevity recordholders]]'''. * There is also a separate list of the '''[[list of oldest people by U.S. state|U.S. state longevity recordholders]]'''. * For the need to treat exaggerated claims with skepticism given the extreme documented mortality curves, see '''[[longevity myths]]'''. {{-}}<!--do not remove: whitespace before table to use full screen width--> ===National longevity recordholders chart=== {|class="wikitable" align=center |- |align=center |'''Country ''' |align=center |'''Name ''' |align=center |'''Sex ''' |align=center |'''Age ''' |align=center |'''Date of birth ''' |align=center |'''Date of death ''' |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Algeria}} | Anne Primout | align=center | F | 114 years, 172 days | [[October 5]], [[1890]] | [[March 26]], [[2005]] |- | Emile Fourcade | align=center | M | 111 years, 153 days | [[July 29]], [[1884]] | [[December 29]], [[1995]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Australia}} | [[Christina Cock|Christina (Clay) Cock]] | align=center | F | 114 years, 148 days | [[December 25]], [[1887]] | [[May 22]], [[2002]] |- | [[Jack Lockett|John Henry "Jack" Lockett]] | align=center | M | 111 years, 123 days | [[January 22]], [[1891]] | [[May 25]], [[2002]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Austria}} | Maria Mika | align=center | F | 112 years, 178 days | [[May 23]] [[1882]] | [[November 17]] [[1994]] |- | [[Leopold Vietoris]] | align=center | M | 110 years, 309 days | [[June 4]], [[1891]] | [[April 9]], [[2002]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Belgium}} | [[Joanna Deroover]] | align=center | F | 112 years, 186 days | [[June 3]], [[1890]] | [[December 6]], [[2002]] |- | Jan Machiel Reyskens (died [[Netherlands]]) | align=center | M | 111 years, 241 days | [[May 11]], [[1878]] | [[January 7]], [[1990]] |- | Louis Marion | align=center | M | 110 years, 79 days | [[October 10]], [[1893]] | [[December 28]], [[2003]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Canada}} | [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]] | align=center | F | 117 years, 230 days | [[August 29]], [[1880]] | [[April 16]], [[1998]] |- | [[George Frederick Ives]] (born [[UK]]) | align=center | M | 111 years, 204 days | [[November 17]], [[1881]] | [[April 12]], [[1993]] |- | Joseph Saint-Amour | align=center | M | 110 years, 18 days | [[February 26]], [[1852]] | [[March 16]], [[1962]] |- | {{flag|Cape Verde}} | Adelina Domingues (died [[USA]]) | align=center | F | 114 years, 183 days | [[February 19]], [[1888]] | [[August 21]], [[2002]] |- | {{flag|Colombia}} | [[Daniel Guzmán-García]] | align=center | M | 111 years, 105 days | [[February 6]], [[1897]] | [[May 21]], [[2008]] |- | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | Emilie Doležalová<ref>[http://www.radio.cz/cz/zpravy/60387 Ve věku 110 let zemřela nejstarší Češka {{cs icon}}]</ref> | align=center | F | 110 years, 153 days | [[June 7]], [[1894]] | [[November 17]], [[2004]] |- | rowspan= "3" | {{flag|Denmark}} |style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[Christian Mortensen]]''' (died [[USA]]) |style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''M''' |style="background-color:gold;"| '''115 years, 252 days''' |style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[August 16]], [[1882]]''' |style="background-color:gold;"| '''[[April 25]], [[1998]]''' |- | Johanne Svensson (died [[Sweden]]) | align=center | F | 111 years, 125 days | [[January 24]], [[1892]] | [[May 29]], [[2003]] |- | Anne Matthiesen | align=center | F | 111 years, 114 days | [[November 26]], [[1884]] | [[March 19]], [[1996]] |- | {{flag|Ecuador}} | [[María Capovilla]] | align=center | F | 116 years, 347 days | [[September 14]], [[1889]] | [[August 27]], [[2006]] |- |rowspan="2" | {{flag|Finland}} | [[Lempi Rothovius]] | align=center | F | 112 years, 259 days | [[October 2]], [[1887]] | [[June 17]], [[2000]] |- |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[Aarne Arvonen]] |bgcolor="99FF99" align=center | M |bgcolor="99FF99"| {{age in years and days|1897|8|4}} |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[August 4]], [[1897]] |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|France}} |style="background-color:gold;" |'''[[Jeanne Calment]]''' |style="background-color:gold;" align=center | '''F''' |style="background-color:gold;" |'''122 years, 164 days ''' |style="background-color:gold;" |'''[[February 21]], [[1875]]''' |style="background-color:gold;" |'''[[August 4]], [[1997]]''' |- | [[Maurice Floquet]] | align=center | M | 111 years, 320 days | [[December 25]], [[1894]] | [[November 10]], [[2006]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Germany}} | [[Charlotte Benkner]] (died [[USA]]) | align=center | F | 114 years, 180 days | [[November 16]], [[1889]] | [[May 14]], [[2004]] |- | Maria Laqua | align=center | F | 112 years, 362 days | [[February 12]], [[1889]] | [[February 9]], [[2002]] |- | [[Hermann Dörnemann]] | align=center | M | 111 years, 279 days | [[May 27]], [[1893]] | [[March 2]], [[2005]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Greece}} | Gregory Pandazes (died [[USA]]) | align=center | M | 110 years, 341 days | [[January 15]], [[1873]] | [[December 22]], [[1983]] |- | Lambrini Tsiatoura | align=center | M | 110 years, 50+ days | 1870 | [[February 19]], [[1981]] |- | Ioanna Lambropoulos | align=center | F | 110 years, 25 days | [[May 8]], [[1884]] | [[June 2]], [[1994]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Hungary}} | Elizabeth Stefan (died [[USA]]) | align=center | F | 112 years, 332 days | [[May 13]], [[1895]] | [[April 9]], [[2008]] |- | Csiki Sándorné | align=center | F | 110 years, 174 days | [[January 18]], [[1894]] | [[July 22]], [[2004]] |- | Molnár Gergely András | align=center | M | 108 years, 116 days | [[November 16]], [[1897]] | [[March 22]], [[2006]] |- | rowspan="3"|{{flag|Iceland}} | Guðrún Björnsdóttir (died [[Canada]])<ref name="Iceland">[http://www.jr.is/langlifi/pdf/20080301langelstuIslendingarnirT.pdf Report on the oldest from Iceland]</ref> | align=center | F | 109 years, 310 days | [[October 20]], [[1888]] | [[August 26]], [[1998]] |- | Sólveig Pálsdóttir<ref name="Iceland"/> | align=center | F | 109 years, 69 days | [[August 20]], [[1897]] | [[October 28]], [[2006]] |- | Helgi Símonarson<ref name="Iceland"/> | align=center | M | 105 years, 345 days | [[September 13]], [[1895]] | [[August 24]], [[2001]] |- | {{flag|India}} | [[Lucy D'Abreu]] (died [[UK]]) | align=center | F | 113 years, 197 days | [[May 24]], [[1892]] | [[December 7]], [[2005]] |- | {{flag|Ireland}} | [[Katherine Plunket]] | align=center | F | 111 years, 327 days | [[November 22]], [[1820]] | [[October 14]], [[1932]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Italy}} | [[Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi]] | align=center | F | 114 years, 4 days | [[December 24]], [[1891]] | [[December 28]], [[2005]] |- | [[Antonio Todde]] | align=center | M | 112 years, 346 days | [[January 22]], [[1889]] | [[January 3]], [[2002]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|Japan}} | '''[[Shigechiyo Izumi]]''' ([[Supercentenarian#History|disputed]]) | align=center | M | 120? years, 237 days | [[June 29]], [[1865]]? | [[February 21]], [[1986]] |- | [[Yukichi Chuganji]] | align=center | M | 114 years, 189 days | [[March 23]], [[1889]] | [[September 28]], [[2003]] |- | [[Tane Ikai]] | align=center | F | 116 years, 175 days | [[January 18]], [[1879]] | [[July 12]], [[1995]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Netherlands}} | [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper|Hendrikje van Andel]] | align=center | F | 115 years, 62 days | [[June 29]], [[1890]] | [[August 30]], [[2005]] |- | [[Thomas Peters (supercentenarian)|Thomas Peters]] | align=center | M | 111 years, 354 days | [[April 6]], [[1745]] | [[March 26]], [[1857]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|New Zealand}} | [[Florence Finch]] (born [[UK]]) | align=center | F | 113 years, 109 days | [[December 22]], [[1893]] | [[April 10]], [[2007]] |- | Ethel Booth | align=center | F | 110 years, 55 days | [[December 25]], [[1890]] | [[February 18]], [[2001]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Norway}} | Maren Bolette Torp | align=center | F | 112 years, 61 days | [[December 21]], [[1876]] | [[February 20]], [[1989]] |- | [[Herman Smith-Johannsen]] (lived in [[Canada]]) | align=center | M | 111 years, 204 days | [[June 15]], [[1875]] | [[January 5]], [[1987]] |- | {{flag|Peru}} | Julia Mendivil (Bergmann) Dougherty (died [[USA]]) | align=center | F | 110 years, 106 days | [[August 20]], [[1893]] | [[December 4]], [[2003]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Philippines}} | [[Melchora Aquino]] | align=center | F | 107 years, 55 days | [[January 6]], [[1812]] | [[March 2]], [[1919]] |- | [[Mariano Álvarez]] | align=center | M | 106 years, 163 days | [[March 15]], [[1818]] | [[August 25]], [[1924]] |- | {{flag|Poland}} | Rozalia Mielczarek | align=center | F | 112 years + | 1868 | [[January 7]], [[1981]] |- |rowspan="2" |{{flag|Portugal}} |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[Maria de Jesus]] |bgcolor="99FF99" align=center | F |bgcolor="99FF99"| {{age in years and days|1893|9|10}} |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[September 10]], [[1893]] |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' |- |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[Augusto Oliveira Moreira]] |bgcolor="99FF99" align=center | M |bgcolor="99FF99"| {{age in years and days|1896|10|6}} |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[October 6]], [[1896]] |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' |- | {{flag|Romania}} | Anitica Butariu | align=center | F | 115? years, 157 days | [[June 17]], [[1882]]? | [[November 21]], [[1997]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Russia}} | Khasako Dzugayev | align=center | M | 110 years + | [[August 7]], [[1860]] | August 1970 |- | Helen Czechowicz | align=center | F | 110 years, 33 days | [[January 1]] [[1896]] | [[February 3]] [[2006]] |- | {{flag|Slovakia}} | Alžbeta Budínska<ref>[http://www.bleskovky.sk/cl/10/109936/Zomrela-najstarsia-107-rocna-Slovenka Zomrela najstaršia 107-ročná Slovenka {{sk icon}}]</ref> | align=center | F | 107 years, 140 days | [[November 17]], [[1898]] | [[April 6]], [[2006]] |- | {{flag|Slovenia}} |bgcolor="99FF99"|Katarina Marinič |bgcolor="99FF99" align=center | F |bgcolor="99FF99"| {{age in years and days|1899|10|30}} |bgcolor="99FF99"| [[October 30]], [[1899]] |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' |- | {{flag|South Africa}} | Johanna Booyson<ref>[http://www.liebertonline.com/doi/abs/10.1089/rej.2007.0602?cookieSet=1&journalCode=rej Earliest Validated Supercentenarian By Nation of Birth], Rejuvenation Research. 2007, 10(3): 425-426. doi:10.1089/rej.2007.0602.</ref> | align=center | F | 111 years, 151 days | [[January 17]] [[1857]] | [[June 16]] [[1968]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Spain}} | [[Joan Riudavets]] | align=center | M | 114 years, 81 days | [[December 15]], [[1889]] | [[March 5]], [[2004]] |- | Maria del Carmen Figueiro Freiria de Salgueiro | align=center | F | 113 years, 209 days | [[October 28]], [[1883]] | [[May 25]], [[1997]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Sweden}} | [[Astrid Zachrison]]<ref name="FSweden">[http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article951110.ab News report from when Astrid Zachrison became oldest Swede ever]{{sv icon}}</ref><ref name="FSweden2">[http://sydsvenskan.se/familj/article323173.ece Report of Astrid Zachrison's death, on her 113th birthday]{{sv icon}}</ref> | align=center | F | 113 years, 0 days | [[May 15]], [[1895]] | [[May 15]], [[2008]] |- | Anders Engberg<ref name="MSweden">[http://www.aftonbladet.se/nyheter/article175181.ab News report: oldest man of the Nordic countries has passed away] {{sv icon}}</ref> | align=center | M | 111 years, 128 days | [[July 1]], [[1892]] | [[November 6]], [[2003]] |- |rowspan="2" |{{flag|Switzerland}} | Emma Duvoisin | align=center | F | 111 years, 67 days | [[July 5]], [[1886]] | [[September 30]], [[1997]] |- | Fritz Bösch | align=center | M | 109 years, 273 days | [[25 February]], [[1877]] | [[25 November]], [[1986]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|United Kingdom}} | [[List of British supercentenarians#Charlotte Hughes|Charlotte Hughes]] | align=center | F | 115 years, 252 days | [[August 1]], [[1877]] | [[March 17]], [[1993]] |- | [[John Evans (centenarian)|John Evans]] | align=center | M | 112 years, 295 days | [[August 19]], [[1877]] | [[June 10]], [[1990]] |- | rowspan="3" |{{flag|United States}} | [[Sarah Knauss]] | align=center | F | 119 years, 97 days | [[September 24]], [[1880]] | [[December 30]], [[1999]] |- | Mathew Beard | align=center | M | 114? years, 222 days | [[July 9]], [[1870]]? | [[February 16]], [[1985]] |- | [[Fred H. Hale, Sr.]] | align=center | M | 113 years, 354 days | [[December 1]], [[1890]] | [[November 19]], [[2004]] |- |} ===Territorial recordholders=== {|class="wikitable" align=center |- |align=center |'''Territory ''' |align=center |'''Name ''' |align=center |'''Sex ''' |align=center |'''Age ''' |align=center |'''Date of birth ''' |align=center |'''Date of death ''' |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Faroe Islands}} (Denmark) | Jóhannes Tauser<ref name="Faroe Islands">[http://www.kristnastova.dk/tidindi.php?sid=677 News Report on Jóhannes Tauser's death] {{fo icon}}</ref> | align="center" | M | 105 years, 323 days | [[February 23]], [[1902]] | [[January 12]], [[2008]] |- | Fredrikka Maria Sigvardsen | align=center | F | 105 years, 144 days | [[July 2]], [[1875]] | [[November 23]], [[1980]] |- |'''{{flag|Guadeloupe}}''' (France) |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Eugénie Blanchard''' |bgcolor="99FF99" align=center | '''F''' |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''{{age in years and days|1896|2|16}}''' |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''[[February 16]], [[1896]]''' |bgcolor="99FF99"| '''Living''' |- | {{flag|Guernsey}} (UK) | [[Margaret Ann Neve]] | align=center | F | 110 years, 321 days | [[May 18]], [[1792]] | [[April 4]], [[1903]] |- | {{flag|Martinique}} (France) | Luce Maced | align=center | F | 113 years, 299 days | [[May 2]], [[1886]] | [[February 25]], [[2000]] |- | {{flag|New Caledonia}} (France) | [[Marie-Louise Lhuillier]] | align=center | F | 112 years, 185 days | [[June 26]], [[1895]] | [[December 28]], [[2007]] |- | rowspan="2" |{{flag|Puerto Rico}} (U.S.) | [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]] | align=center | M | 115 years, 156 days | [[August 21]], [[1891]] | [[January 24]], [[2007]] |- | [[Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan]] | align=center | F | 114 years, 272 days | [[August 31]], [[1889]] | [[May 29]], [[2004]] |- | {{flag|Réunion}} (France) | [[Julia Sinédia-Cazour]] | align=center | F | 113 years, 86 days | [[July 12]], [[1892]] | [[October 6]], [[2005]] |- | [[Image:Flag of Spanish Morocco.svg|22px]] [[Spanish Morocco]] (Spain/[[Morocco]], after 1956) | [[list of supercentenarians from the United States#Consuelo_Moreno-L.C3.B3pez|Consuelo Moreno-Lopéz]] (died [[USA]]) | align=center | F | 111 years, 282 days | [[February 5]], [[1893]] | [[November 13]], [[2004]] |- |} ==Algeria== Algerian-born Frenchwoman Anne Primout ([[October 5]], [[1890]]-[[March 26]], [[2005]]) holds the Algerian record at 114 years and 172 days. The male record belongs to '''Emile Fourcade''' at 111 years and 153 days ([[July 29]], [[1884]]-[[December 29]], [[1995]]), who also went on to be the oldest Frenchman ever, but since then Maurice Noël Floquet has surpassed this (see [[France]]). Note: Algeria was legally a part of France from 1890 to 1962. Both Anne Primout and Emile Fourcade were French-speaking colonials. ==Australia== [[Christina Cock|Christina (Clay) Cock]] holds the female record at 114 years, 148 days ([[December 25]], [[1887]]–[[May 22]], [[2002]]). [[Jack Lockett|John Henry "Jack" Lockett]] holds the male record at 111 years, 123 days ([[January 22]], [[1891]]–[[May 25]], [[2002]]). ==Austria== '''Maria Mika''' holds the female record at 112 years, 178 days ([[May 23]] [[1882]]-[[November 17]] [[1994]]). [[Leopold Vietoris]], a notable [[mathematician]], holds the male national record at 110 years, 309 days ([[June 4]], [[1891]]–[[April 9]], [[2002]]). ==Belgium== [[Joanna Deroover|Joanna Catharina "Woinke" (Turcksin) DeRoover]] holds the female record at 112 years and 186 days ([[June 3]], [[1890]]–[[December 6]], [[2002]]). As '''Jan Machiel Reyskens''' (see [[#Netherlands|Netherlands]]) retained Belgian citizenship, some consider him Belgium's male recordholder, which is correct officially. The oldest man who lived his entire life in Belgium however is '''Louis Marion''', who was even their oldest inhabitant at the time of his death at age 110 years and 79 days ([[October 10]], [[1893]]-[[December 28]], [[2003]]). ==Canada== [[Marie-Louise Meilleur]] holds the documented female record at 117 years, 230 days ([[August 29]], [[1880]]–[[April 16]], [[1998]]). [[Herman Smith-Johannsen]], nicknamed ''Jackrabbit Johannsen'', is often claimed as the documented male recordholder at 111 years, 204 days ([[June 15]], [[1875]]–[[January 5]], [[1987]]). Though he was born in [[Norway]] and died there visiting family, he spent the bulk of his life in Canada (and introduced cross-country [[skiing]] to the country) and is buried there. The oldest man to actually die in Canada was UK-born [[George Frederick Ives|George Ives]] (the last [[Second Boer War]] veteran, [[November 17]], [[1881]] - [[April 12]], [[1993]]) at 111 years, 146 days. The oldest native-born Canadian man was '''Harry Chaloner''' ([[May 10]], [[1874]] - [[October 30]], [[1984]]) at 110 years, 173 days (Harry emigrated to the U.S., however, and the SSDI listed him as younger than claimed). ==Cape Verde== As Adelina Domingues was born in Cape Verde (though she later emigrated to the United States), she may be considered to hold the overall record at 114 years, 183 days ([[February 19]], [[1888]]–[[August 21]], [[2002]]). ==Czech Republic== '''Emilie Doležalová''' holds the Czech record at 110 years, 153 days ([[June 7]], [[1894]] - [[November 17]], [[2004]]). Marie Bernátková was a Czechoslovakian supercentenarian born on [[October 22]], [[1857]]. She was last known to be alive in October 1968, shortly after turning 111, but since her exact date of death is unknown, this claim is not entirely verifiable. ==Denmark== '''Anne Matthiesen''' holds the Danish record at 111 years, 114 days ([[November 26]], [[1884]]–[[March 19]], [[1996]]). Two Danish emigrants have lived longer: '''Johanne Svensson''' ([[January 24]], [[1892]]–[[May 29]], [[2003]]), who died in Sweden, is the oldest Danish-born woman (11 days older than Matthiesen), and [[Christian Mortensen]] went on to become the oldest man in the world (see below at [[#United States|United States]]). ==Ecuador== [[María Capovilla]] ([[September 14]], [[1889]] – [[August 27]], [[2006]]) was the longest-lived Ecuadorian ever and the only Ecuadorian supercentenarian on record. When she died at age 116 years and 347 days, she had been the oldest living person in the world for 2 years and 3 months. ==Estonia== [[Maria Tomson]] ([[December 27]], [[1853]] – [[April 26]], [[1966]]) is claimed to be the longest-lived Estonian ever at 112 years and 120 days, but her claim lacks documentary corroboration as of April, 2007.[http://www.grg.org/Adams/I.HTM] If validated, she would have been the world's oldest person from [[February 17]], [[1963]] until her death. [[Juhan Kallaste]] ([[December 19]], [[1891]] - [[August 28]], [[1999]]) lived to celebrate his 107th birthday. Some doubts were raised as to his true age as he changed his name in 1935 and was suspected of having added six years to his year of birth to avoid conscription during [[World War II]], but his date of birth has been confirmed by a church registration. His claim has not been verified by any international body. ==Finland== The official record is held by [[Lempi Rothovius]] at 112 years, 259 days ([[October 2]], [[1887]]–[[June 17]], [[2000]]). She also previously held the female record for the Nordic countries, before [[Astrid Zachrison]] of Sweden surpassed her in 2008. The current and all time male recordholder is [[Aarne Arvonen]], born [[August 4]], [[1897]]. ==France== [[Jeanne Calment]] is the world's oldest recorded person at 122 years, 164 days ([[February 21]], [[1875]]–[[August 4]], [[1997]]). She is therefore the oldest recorded French person and French woman as well. [[Maurice Floquet]] is the oldest recorded French man to have lived. He died aged 111 years, 320 days ([[December 25]], [[1894]]-[[November 10]], [[2006]]). ==Germany== According to the German government: '''Maria Laqua''', who died at 112 years 362 days ([[February 12]], [[1889]]–[[February 9]], [[2002]]) holds the female record. [[Hermann Dörnemann]] holds the male record at 111 years, 279 days ([[May 27]], [[1893]]–[[March 2]], [[2005]]). German-born [[Charlotte Benkner]], who emigrated to the United States, surpassed all these lifespans in reaching 114 years, 180 days, and may therefore have some claim to the record. ==Greece== As '''Gregory Pandazes''' was born in Greece (though he later emigrated to the United States), he may be considered to hold the male record at 110 years, 341 days ([[January 15]], [[1873]]–[[December 22]], [[1983]]). '''Ioanna Lambropoulos''' holds the female record at 110 years, 25 days ([[May 8]], [[1884]] - [[June 2]], [[1994]]). '''Lambrini Tsiatoura''' (1870 - [[February 19]], [[1981]]) holds the record for the longest-lived person who died in Greece at 110 years, + days. ==Hungary== '''Csiki Sándorné''', née '''Földes Rozália''' (having lived in [[Lepsény]]), born [[January 18]], [[1894]] and died [[July 22]], [[2004]], holds the female record with 110 years and 186 days. The oldest Hungarian man was '''Molnár Gergely András''', who was born [[November 16]], [[1897]] and died [[March 22]], [[2006]] at age 108 years and 116 days. Among emigrants, '''[[Elizabeth Stefan]]''' of [[Connecticut]] (born [[May 13]], [[1895]] in Hungary, emigrated to the [[United States|US]] in 1913) died [[April 9]], [[2008]] at the age of 112 years and 332 days. (Note: names are in the [[Hungarian language#Name order|Hungarian order]], with surname first.) ==Iceland== The longest lived Icelandic was '''Sólveig Pálsdóttir''' ([[August 20]], [[1897]]-[[October 28]], [[2006]]), who died at age 109 years and 69 days. The male record is held by '''Helgi Símonarson''' ([[September 13]], [[1895]]-[[August 24]], [[2001]]), who died at age 105 years and 345 days. The oldest Icelandic born woman and overall recordholder is however '''Guðrún Björnsdóttir''' ([[October 20]], [[1888]]-[[August 26]], [[1998]]), who emigrated to Canada at an early age, and lived to be 109 years and 310 days. ==India== The record for the oldest person born in India is 113 years and 197 days, held by [[Lucy D'Abreu]] ([[May 24]], [[1892]]-[[December 7]], [[2005]]). Though she moved to Ireland in 1913 and to Scotland in 1985, she was of Indian origin and maintained contact with her family in India even past age 110. ==Ireland== [[Katherine Plunket]] ([[November 22]], [[1820]]–[[October 14]], [[1932]]) holds the Irish record at 111 years and 327 days (see [http://www.trivia-library.com/b/biography-of-centenarian-katherine-plunket.htm her biography]). ==Italy== The longest-lived Italian was [[Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi]] ([[December 24]], [[1891]]-[[December 28]], [[2005]]). She is the only Italian to have reached 114 years of age. [[Antonio Todde]] holds the male record at 112 years, 346 days ([[January 22]], [[1889]]–[[January 3]], [[2002]]). ==Japan== [[Shigechiyo Izumi]]'s claim of 120 years, 237 days ([[June 29]], [[1865]]?–[[February 21]], [[1986]]) is accepted by the [[Guinness World Records|Guinness Book of World Records]], but there is serious doubt among scholars as to whether he was in fact conflated with an older brother who died young. Without more evidence for Izumi, most regard [[Tane Ikai]] ([[January 18]], [[1879]]–[[July 12]], [[1995]]) as the oldest reliably documented Japanese case at 116 years, 175 days. Certain older claims have been reported as valid by the Japanese government in the 1960s, but documentation was then of a lower standard. Without Izumi, the oldest confirmed ''male'' Japanese is [[Yukichi Chuganji]] at 114 years, 189 days ([[March 23]], [[1889]]–[[September 28]], [[2003]]). ==Netherlands== [[Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper|Hendrikje van Andel]] holds the overall national record at 115 years and 62 days and was thought to be the world's oldest living person from [[May 29]], [[2004]] until her death on [[August 30]], [[2005]] (though later superseded by Maria Capovilla). She was born [[June 29]], [[1890]]. [[Thomas Peters (supercentenarian)|Thomas Peters]] has a claim to holding the male record at 111 years, 354 days ([[April 6]], [[1745]]–[[March 26]], [[1857]]). However, the correlation of the birth and death records used to confirm his claim is considered questionable. If Peters is discounted, the Belgian-born '''Jan Machiel Reyskens''' would hold the male record at 111 years, 241 days ([[May 11]], [[1878]]–[[January 7]], [[1990]]). '''Jan Pieter Bos''' would then hold the male record as the longest-lived native Dutchman at 111 years, 156 days ([[July 12]], [[1891]]–[[December 15]], [[2002]]). ==New Zealand== The oldest native New Zealander was '''Ethel Booth''', who died aged 110 years and 55 days ([[December 25]], [[1890]]–[[February 18]], [[2001]]). [[United Kingdom|U.K.]]-born [[Florence Finch]] ([[December 22]], [[1893]]-[[April 10]], [[2007]]), however, died aged 113 years, 109 days. ==Norway== '''Maren Bolette Torp''' holds the female record at 112 years, 61 days ([[December 21]], [[1876]]–[[February 20]], [[1989]]). As [[Herman Smith-Johannsen]] (see Canada) was born in Norway, some consider him Norway's male recordholder. Otherwise it has to be native Norwegian '''Olav Hovatn''', who died at 110 years, 185 days ([[October 23]], [[1893]]-[[April 26]], [[2004]]). ==Peru== '''Julia Mendivil (Bergmann) Dougherty''', who emigrated to the USA, holds the record at 110 years, 106 days ([[20 August]], [[1893]]-[[4 December]] [[2003]]). ==Philippines== '''[[Melchora Aquino]]''' ([[January 6]], [[1812]]-[[March 2]], [[1919]]), also known as "Tandang Sora", holds the Filipino record.{{Fact|date=October 2007}} ==Poland== '''Rozalia Mielczarek''' ([[1868]]-[[January 7]], [[1981]]) holds the Polish record at 112 years + days. ==Portugal== '''[[Maria de Jesus]]''', born [[September 10]] [[1893]], is at the age of {{age in years and days|1893|9|10}}, the oldest Portuguese person on record. '''[[Augusto Oliveira Moreira]]''', born [[October 6]] [[1896]], is at the age of {{age in years and days|1896|10|6}}, the oldest Portuguese man on record. ==Puerto Rico== [[Emiliano Mercado del Toro]] (oldest person in the world at the time of his death) is the oldest Puerto Rican ever at 115 years and 156 days ([[August 21]], [[1891]]-[[January 24]], [[2007]]). [[Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan]] (also oldest person in the world at the time of her death) holds the female record at 114 years and 272 days ([[August 31]], [[1889]]–[[May 29]], [[2004]]). ==Romania== Anitica Butariu (or Anicuta Butariu) is considered to hold the record at 115 years, 157 days ([[June 17]], [[1882]]–[[November 21]], [[1997]]). However, there has been some question as to the source of the available documentation. ==Russia== Russia is one of those regions of the world where record-keeping is poor and the myths of longevity continue to thrive (for more information, see [[longevity myths]]).<ref>[http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,908667-1,00.html No Methuselahs - TIME]</ref> According to [http://www.ogoniok.com/5016/9/ official Russian statistics] for 2007, there were 6800 centenarians living in Russia, with the oldest person being [[Varvara Semennikova]] of [[Yakutia]], aged 117.<ref>[http://vladivostoktimes.com/show.php?id=15337 Woman from Yakutia Is Believed to Be the Oldest Person of Earth. Varvara SEMENNIKOVA, who is 117 years old, received a letter from the upper House of the Russian Parliament - Society - Vladivostok Times. Far East media news. RIA "PrimaMedia". Vladivostok]</ref> In March 2005, Russian media agencies reported that President [[Vladimir Putin]] congratulated [[Maria Strelnikova]] with her 115th birthday. Russia has been known for a number of extreme supercentenarian claims, especially in the mountainous areas of the [[Caucasus]], where the rarefied air, geographical isolation and millenarian habits are claimed to be perfect antidotes against the [[anxiety]] and the [[stress (medicine)|stress]]. For instance, [[Sarhat Rashidova]], who died on [[16 January]], [[2007]], had the passport claiming that she was born in 1875 and so was 131 years old. [[Dagestan]]i herder Gairkhan Iriskhanov turned 112 on [[14 June]], [[2000]], but claimed he was even older.<ref>[http://www.sptimes.ru/index.php?action_id=2&story_id=4464 The St. Petersburg Times - World - A Tumultuous Century Through One Man's Eyes]</ref> Khasako Dzugayev died aged 110 years + days ([[August 7]], [[1860]]-August 1970),{{Fact|date=December 2007}} though his grandson claims he lived to the age of 115.<ref>{{cite journal|last=Dzugayev|first=K.G.|url=http://www.viu-online.ru/science/publ/bulleten19/page3.html|title=Южная Осетия в контексте российско-грузинских отношений (South Ossetia in the context of Russian-Georgian relations)|language=Russian|quote=До 115 лет дожил и наш дед Хасако Дзугаев, также рассказывавший немало интересного и, как правило, поддающегося проверке исторической наукой.|journal=Bulletin of the Vladikavkaz Institute of Management|issue=19|date=2006}}</ref> Among Russian emigrants, Russian-born '''Helen Czechowicz''' died in the [[United States|US]] [[February 3]], [[2006]], aged 110 years and 33 days. Her age was confirmed through a 1913 ship manifest. Among better known persons, poet [[Sasha Krasny]] (1882?-1995) is reported to have died at the age of 113. ==Slovakia== '''Alžbeta Budínska''' holds the Slovak record at 107 years, 140 days ([[November 17]], [[1898]]-[[April 6]], [[2006]]). ==Slovenia== The current and all time recordholder is Katarina Marinič, born [[October 30]], [[1899]]. ==South Africa== Johanna Booyson holds the apparent [[South Africa]]n record at 111 years, 151 days ([[January 17]], [[1857]]–[[June 16]], [[1968]]). ==Spain== [[Joan Riudavets]] holds the overall and the male record for Spain at 114 years, 81 days ([[December 15]], [[1889]]–[[March 5]], [[2004]]). '''Maria del Carmen Figueiro Freiria de Salgueiro''', commonly known as '''Carmen Figueiro Freiria''', holds the female record at 113 years, 209 days ([[October 28]], [[1883]]–[[May 25]], [[1997]]). ==Sweden== '''[[Astrid Zachrison]]''' holds the female record at 113 years, 0 days ([[May 15]], [[1895]] - [[May 15]], [[2008]]). '''Anders Engberg''' holds the male record at 111 years, 128 days ([[July 1]], [[1892]]–[[November 6]], [[2003]]). ==Switzerland== The female recordholder is '''Emma Duvoisin''', at 111 years, 67 days. She was born [[5 July]], [[1886]] and died [[30 September]], [[1997]]. [[Rosa Rein]], apparently born [[24 March]], [[1897]], would be the new recordholder, but her claim is currently unverified. '''Fritz Bösch''' holds the male record at 109 years, 273 days ([[25 February]], [[1877]]-[[25 November]], [[1986]]). ==United Kingdom== [[List of British supercentenarians#Charlotte Hughes|Charlotte Hughes]] of England holds the female record at 115 years, 252 days ([[August 1]], [[1877]]–[[March 17]], [[1993]]). [[John Evans (supercentenarian)|John Evans]] of Wales holds the male record at 112 years, 295 days ([[August 19]], [[1877]]–[[June 10]], [[1990]]). ==United States== [[Sarah Knauss]] holds the female record at 119 years, 97 days ([[September 24]], [[1880]]–[[December 30]], [[1999]]). [[Christian Mortensen]] holds the male record at 115 years, 252 days ([[August 16]], [[1882]]–[[April 25]], [[1998]]). Mortensen immigrated to the USA from [[Denmark]]. Among native-born men, the [[Social Security Administration]] recognizes '''Mathew Beard''' at 114 years, 222 days ([[July 9]], [[1870]]–[[February 16]], [[1985]]); however, the census record match used in determining this case is considered questionable. The oldest American-born man clearly matched by early records is [[Fred H. Hale, Sr.]] at 113 years, 354 days ([[December 1]], [[1890]]–[[November 19]], [[2004]]). ==References== {{reflist}} {{longevity}} {{DEFAULTSORT:National longevity recordholders}} [[Category:Lists of people by age]] [[Category:Supercentenarians]] [[it:Johanna Booyson]]