As of December 1, 2002

1.
Name Years Days Born Died
FRANCE      
Jeanne Calment 122 164 February 21,1875 August 4,1997
(Mesange) Lemaitre Bremont 115 42 April 25,1886 June 6,2001
Lydie Vellard 114 183 March 18,1875 September 17,1989
Germaine (Germain) Haye 113 190 October 10,1888 April 18,2002
Pauline Eugenie (Gauthier) Chabanny 112 358 August 20,1881 August 13,1994
Jeanne Dumaine 112 290 March 19,1886 January 3, 1999
Marguerite (Poinsot) Petit 112 172 July 2,1883 December 21,1995
Eugenie (Clegnac) Roux 112 147 January 24,1874 June 20,1986
Jeanne (Charlier) Colas 112 128 June 9,1886 October 15,1998
Augustine Teissier (Sister Julia) 112 66 January 2,1869 March 9,1981
Eva (Aubert) Jourdan 112 42 March 25,1880 May 6,1992
Louise (Mallet) Fleury 112 1 March 8,1888 March 9,2000
JAPAN 112      
Shigechiyo Izumi 120 237 June 29,1865 February 21,1986
Tane Ikai 116 175 January 18,1879 July 12,1995
Kamato Hongo 115 52+ September 16,1887 STILL ALIVE NOV 7 2002
Tase Matsunaga 114 191 May 11,1884 November 18,1998
Asa Takii 114 94 April 28,1884 July 31,1998
Waka Shirahama 114 85 March 23,1878 June 16,1992
Suekiku Miyanaga 114 74 April 7,1884 June 20, 1998
Yasu Akino 113 348 March 1,1885 February 12,1999
Mitsu Fujisawa 113 283 April 9,1876 January 17,1990
Yukichi Chuganji 113 184+ March 23,1889 ALIVE 9/23/2002
Mitoyo Kawate 113 118+ May 15,1889 ALIVE SEP 10 2002
Sue Utagawa 113 105 January 19,1884 May 4,1997
Niwa Kawamoto 113 103 August 5,1863 November 16,1976
Mie Ishiguro 113 73 June 2,1888 August 14,2001
Take Hayasaka 113 22 July 1,1885 July 23,1998
Matsu Kayo 112 338 January 9,1886 December 13,1998
Matsuno Oikawa 112 317 February 20,1889 January 3,2002
Denzo Ishisaki 112 191 October 20,1886 April 29,1999
Shizue Hasegawa 112 185 January 27,1885 July 31,1997
Chiyo Kowada 112 106 September 16,1886 December 31,1998
called Furuwada in some sources 112      
Genkan Tonaki 112 86 October 30,1884 January 24,1997
Mito Umeta 112 65 March 27,1863 May 31,1975
Ura Koyama 112 11+ August 30,1890 ALIVE SEP 10 2002
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 112      
Sarah DeRemer (Clark) Knauss 119 97 September 24,1880 December 30,1999
Estella (Thone) Jones 117 229 November 10,1881 June 27,1999
Certification supposedly by Georgia Centenarian Study 117      
Carrie C. (Joyner) White 116 88 November 18,1874 February 14,1991
Margaret (Seward) Skeete 115 192 October 27,1878 May 7,1994
Wilhelmina (Geringer) Kott 115 183 March 7,1879 September 6,1994
some reports claim born 1880? 115      
Maud (Davis) Farris Luse 115 56 January 21,1887 March 18,2002
Mary Electa Bidwell 114 352 May 9,1881 April 25,1996
Carrie L. Lazenby 114 218 February 9,1882 September 14,1996
Myrtle (Burkmier) Dorsey 114 216 November 22,1885 June 25,2000
authentication by New England Centenarian Study 114      
Martha Graham 114 c. 180 December 1844 June 25,1959
Ettie Mae (Thomas) Greene 114 171 September 8,1877 February 26,1992
Irene Frank 114 150 October 1,1881 February 28,1996
Odie S. Matthews 114 107 December 28,1878 April 14,1993
Florence Knapp 114 93 October 10,1873 January 11,1988
Minnie B. Ward 114 13 November 19,1885 December 2,1999
authentication by New England Centenarian Study 114      
Johnson Parks 113 275 October 15,1884 July 17,1998
Fannie Leona Thomas 113 273 April 24,1867 January 22,1981
Mary L. Parr 113 270 February 1,1889 October 29,2002
by some reports three days older 113      
Zora G. Wriggle 113 256 February 24,1880 November 7,1993
Mary Elizabeth (Wallace) McKinney 113 248 May 30,1873 February 2,1987
Delina (Ecker) Filkins 113 214 May 4,1815 December 4,1928
Nelle Margaret (Helton) Hunt 113 195 July 28,1887 February 8,2001
authenticated by New England Centenarian Study 113      
Mamie Eva (Walter) Keith 113 182 March 22,1873 September 20,1986
Mary (Perry) Christian 113 159+ June 12,1889 ALIVE 11/18/2002
Emma Wilson 113 153 May 12,1870 October 12,1983
Jane K. Markle 113 153 October 10,1883 March 12,1997
John Ingram McMorran 113 141+ June 18,1889 ALIVE NOV 6 2002
Frederick L. Frazier 113 138 January 27,1880 June 14,1993
Gertrude W. Croker 113 137 July 12,1881 November 26,1994
Elana (Rodenbaugh) Proctor Slough 113 134+ July 8,1889 ALIVE 11/19/2002
Nellie Spencer 113 81 August 24,1869 November 13,1982
Cora L. Humphrey 113 72 September 4,1879 November 15,1992
Mary Delvina (Morisette) Dahlheimer 113 72 December 31,1888 March 13,2002
birth registered 1889,1942 revision was attested to by mother 113      
Ollie Bay 113 c. 50 November 11,1872 December 31?,1985
Walter C. Richardson 113 48 November 7,1885 December 25,1998
Birdie May (Musser) Vogt 112 354 August 3,1876 July 23,1989
Hazel Houghton (Penniman) Luther 112 341+ December 11,1889 ALIVE 11/17/2002
Maggie (Pettiford) Murdock 112 338 August 19,1887 July 22,2000
John B. Salling 112 305 May 15,1846 March 16,1959
Cleo Benson (Dunaway) Craig 112 280+ February 12,1890 ALIVE 11/19/2002
Sadie B. Mayer 112 274 November 7,1879 August 7,1992
Bertha Flathers 112 236 March 30,1885 November 21,1997
Orpha Nusbaum 112 230 August 13,1875 March 30,1988
Anna Lidia (Marty) Balsiger 112 215 February 11,1889 September 14,2001
   authentication by New England Centenarian Study pending;family has original baptism and wedding certificates        
Victoria Evinger 112 206 February 1,1883 August 26,1995
Mary E. Stout 112 204 June 4,1883 December 25,1995
Elizabeth Fisher 112 201 January 15,1884 August 3,1996
Sammie Earl (Angle) Howe 112 189 March 7,1887 September 12,1999
Nellie Florence (Wakefield) Cross 112 157 October 28,1889 April 3,2002
Nellie H. Richards 112 152 August 14,1885 January 13,1998
Maude E. Ross 112 148 January 13,1880 June 9,1992
Elzona Maxey 112 147 November 30,1875 April 25,1988
Mary (Cully) Bittlebrun 112 140 March 19,1864 August 6,1976
Alphaeus Philemon Cole 112 136 July 12,1876 November 25,1988
not in Guinness,but a known artist before old age 112      
Jessie Mae Kettering 112 115 January 17,1888 May 11,2000
Brigida DeArroyo 112 85 October 7,1888 December 31,2000
Amy V. Harris 112 70 November 6,1881 January 15,1994
Minerva J. Bedford 112 52 September 13,1886 November 4,1998
Geneva Arlene (Grazier) McNicholl 112 43 December 10,1889 January 22,2002
Nettie Huber 112 39 January 22,1880 March 1,1992
Claire B. Dunning 112 38 August 20,1878 September 27,1990
Susie Elizabeth (Potts) Gibson 112 25+ October 31,1890 ALIVE 11/25/2002
Lou A. Shively 112 24 May 14,1880 June 7,1992
Emma Vanderkarr 112 6 November 29,1869 December 5,1981
Emma Verona (Calhoun) Johnston 112 4+ August 6,1890 ALIVE AUG 10 2002
James W. Wiggins 112 1 October 15,1879 October 16,1991
CANADA 112      
Marie Louise Febronie (Chasse) Meilleur 117 230 August 29,1880 April 16,1998
Lillian Ross 113 208 August 24,1879 March 20,1993
Zelda Viola (Strongman) McCague 113 131 March 28,1888 August 6,2001
birthdate as reported by family,some records vary by days 113      
Marie-Laure (Nadon) Lauzon 112 128 April 12,1889 August 18,2001
IMMIGRANT:UKRAINE=>POLAND 112      
Janina Izykowska 116 + February 27,1882 alive Feb 1998
   Certification apparently only by Warsaw authorities;apparently deceased by mid-1999        
IMMIGRANT:DENMARK=>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA        
Christian Mortensen 115 252 August 16,1882 April 25,1998
UNITED KINGDOM 115      
Charlotte Marion (Milburn) Hughes 115 228 August 1,1877 March 17,1993
Annie (Thomas) Jennings 115 8 November 12,1884 November 20,1999
Eva (Sharpe) Morris 114 360 November 8,1885 November 2,2000
Anna Eliza (Davies) Williams 114 208 June 2,1873 December 27,1987
Lucy Jane Askew 114 92 Sept 8,1883 December 9,1997
Amy Isabel (Matthews) Hulmes 114 22 October 5,1887 October 27,2001
Rosa Ann (Dossett) Comfort 113 289 January 21,1879 November 6,1992
Daisy Irene (Woodward) Adams 113 161 June 30,1880 December 8,1993
Annie Scott 113 37 March 15,1883 April 21,1996
Ruby Gilliam 113 31 September 21,1885 October 22,1998
Daisy Sanders 113 12 November 28,1881 December 10,1994
Rebecca (Ramsdale) Hewison 112 338 October 19,1881 September 22,1994
John Evans 112 295 August 19,1877 June 10,1990
Guinness inexplicably miscounts as 292 days 112      
Nellie (Greenwood) Bradley 112 180 September 12,1889 March 11,2002
Alice Stevenson 112 39 July 10,1861 August 18,1973
Jeanetta Thomas 112 34 December 2,1869 January 5,1982
ROMANIA 112      
Anicuta Batariu 115 157 June 17,1882 November 21,1997
Certification apparently only by Romanian authorities 115      
IMMIGRANT:UNITED KINGDOM=>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 115      
Grace M. (Taylor) Clawson 114 194 November 15,1887 May 28,2002
Betsy (Russell) Baker 113 65 August 20,1842 October 24,1955
IMMIGRANT:PORTUGESE CAPE VERDE=>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 113      
Adelina (Engargiola) Domingues 114 183 February 19,1888 August 21,2002
AUSTRALIA 114      
Christina (Clay) Cock 114 147 December 25,1887 May 22,2002
Beatrice Flora (McPherson) Mears 113 274 March 4,1888 December 3,2001
Mary Morehead "Molly" (Langwill) Yeomans 112 333 July 1,1888 May 30,2001
Caroline Maud Mockridge 112 330 December 11,1874 November 6,1987
Jessie (Stubbs) Hurley 112 52 June 15,1890 August 6,2002
authenticated by New England Centenarian Study from Australian records 112      
NETHERLANDS 112      
"Kaatje" (Groeneveld) Van Dam 113 88 November 20,1887 February 16,2001
Hendrikje (Schipper) Van Andel 112 125+ June 29,1890 ALIVE NOV 1 2002
IMMIGRANT:GERMANY=>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 112      
Adelheid Kirschbaum 113 77 September 29,1883 December 15,1996
Charlotte (Enterlein) Benkner 113 5+ November 16,1889 ALIVE 11/21/2002
ITALY 113      
Antonio Todde 112 346 January 22,1889 January 3,2002
Teresa Fumarola 112 80+ December 2,1889 ALIVE 2/20/2002
**Has she passed him...or died?** 112      
Chelidonia Merosi 112 c. 60 October 11,1883 December 1995
SPAIN 112      
Joan Riudavets 112 333+ December 15,1889 ALIVE 11/13/2002
Josefa Salas Mateo 112 228 July 14,1860 February 27,1973
IMMIGRANT:JAPAN=>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 112      
Ito (Tsurumaki) Konno Kinase 112 316+ December 31,1889 ALIVE NOV 12 2002
FINLAND 112      
Lempi Maria "Maija" (Sparfven) Rothovius 112 259 October 2,1887 June 17,2000
BELGIUM 112      
Joanna Catharina (Turcksin) DeRoover 112 165+ June 3,1890 ALIVE 11/15/2002
SWEDEN 112      
Elsa Moberg 112 143 June 30,1889 November 20,2001
Hulda Beata (Andersson) Johansson 112 105 February 24,1882 June 9,1994
NORWAY 112      
Maren Bolette Torp 112 61 December 21,1876 February 20,1989
POLAND 112      
Rozwlia Mielzcarak 112 +?? 1868 January 7,1981
MOROCCO 112      
El Hadj Mohammed El Mokri 112 +?? 1844 September 16,1957
   Gunther's INSIDE AFRICA claims he was younger,1851 or so,and some sources say 1854