List of American supercentenarians
American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have reached or passed 110 years of age. Currently, the GRG lists the oldest living American as Edith Ceccarelli, born February 5, 1908. The longest-lived person ever from the United States was Sarah Knauss, of Hollywood, Pennsylvania, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years, 97 days.[1][2]
Oldest known Americans (aged 114+)[change | change source]
Below is a list of longest lived American over 114-years-old according to the GRG.[3][4]
Deceased Living[5]
| Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Birthplace | Place of death or residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Knauss[3] | F | September 24, 1880 | December 30, 1999 | 119 years, 97 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| 2 | Delphia Welford[6] | F | September 9, 1875 | November 14, 1992 | 117 years, 66 days | Mississippi | Tennessee |
| 3 | Susannah Mushatt Jones[4] | F | July 6, 1899 | May 12, 2016 | 116 years, 311 days | Alabama | New York |
| 4 | Gertrude Weaver[4] | F | July 4, 1898 | April 6, 2015 | 116 years, 276 days | Arkansas | Arkansas |
| 5 | María Brañas Morera[5] | F | March 4, 1907 | Living | 117 years, 53 days | California | Spain |
| 6 | Elizabeth Bolden[3] | F | August 15, 1890 | December 11, 2006 | 116 years, 118 days | Tennessee | Tennessee |
| 7 | Besse Cooper[4] | F | August 26, 1896 | December 4, 2012 | 116 years, 100 days | Tennessee | Georgia |
| 8 | Jeralean Talley[4] | F | May 23, 1899 | June 17, 2015 | 116 years, 25 days | Georgia | Michigan |
| 9 | Maggie Barnes[3][a] | F | March 6, 1882 | January 19, 1998 | 115 years, 319 days | North Carolina | North Carolina |
| 10 | Dina Manfredini[4] | F | April 4, 1897 | December 17, 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Italy | Iowa |
| 11 | Christian Mortensen[3] | M | August 16, 1882 | April 25, 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | California |
| 12 | Hester Ford[4][7] | F | August 15, 1905 | April 17, 2021 | 115 years, 245 days | South Carolina | North Carolina |
| 13 | Edna Parker[4] | F | April 20, 1893 | November 26, 2008 | 115 years, 220 days | Indiana | Indiana |
| 14 | Margaret Skeete[3] | F | October 27, 1878 | May 7, 1994 | 115 years, 192 days | Texas | Virginia |
| 15 | Edie Ceccarelli[4] | F | February 5, 1908 | February 22, 2024 | 116 years, 17 days | California | California |
| 16 | Bernice Madigan[4] | F | July 24, 1899 | January 3, 2015 | 115 years, 163 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
| 17 | Gertrude Baines[4] | F | April 6, 1894 | September 11, 2009 | 115 years, 158 days | Georgia | California |
| 18 | Bettie Wilson[3] | F | September 13, 1890 | February 13, 2006 | 115 years, 153 days | Mississippi | Mississippi |
| 19 | Iris Westman[4] | F | August 28, 1905 | January 3, 2021[8] | 115 years, 128 days | North Dakota | North Dakota |
| 20 | Marie Josephine Gaudette[5] | F | March 25, 1902 | July 13, 2017 | 115 years, 110 days | New Hampshire | Italy |
| 21 | Susie Gibson[3] | F | October 31, 1890 | February 16, 2006 | 115 years, 108 days | Mississippi | Alabama |
| Thelma Sutcliffe[4] | F | October 1, 1906 | January 17, 2022[9] | Nebraska | Nebraska | ||
| 23 | Augusta Holtz[4] | F | August 3, 1871 | October 21, 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Prussia[b] | Missouri |
| 24 | Bessie Hendricks[5] | F | November 7, 1907 | January 3, 2023 | 115 years, 57 days | Iowa | Iowa |
| 25 | Maude Farris-Luse[3] | F | January 21, 1887 | March 18, 2002 | 115 years, 56 days | Michigan | Michigan |
| 26 | Antonia Gerena Rivera[4] | F | May 19, 1900 | June 2, 2015 | 115 years, 14 days | Puerto Rico[c] | Florida |
| 27 | Mary Bidwell[3] | F | May 19, 1881 | April 25, 1996 | 114 years, 342 days | Connecticut | Connecticut |
| 28 | Hazel Plummer[5] | F | June 19, 1908 | May 25, 2023 | 114 years, 340 days | Massachusetts | Massachusetts |
| 29 | Ophelia Burks[6] | F | October 25, 1903 | September 27, 2018 | 114 years, 337 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
| 30 | Mary Josephine Ray[4] | F | May 17, 1895 | March 7, 2010 | 114 years, 294 days | Canada | New Hampshire |
| 31 | Goldie Steinberg[4] | F | October 30, 1900 | August 16, 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | Moldova[d] | New York |
| 32 | Delphine Gibson[4] | F | August 17, 1903 | May 9, 2018 | 114 years, 265 days | South Carolina | Pennsylvania |
| 33 | Neva Morris[4] | F | August 3, 1895 | April 6, 2010 | 114 years, 246 days | Iowa | Iowa |
| 34 | Blanche Cobb[4] | F | September 8, 1900 | May 1, 2015 | 114 years, 235 days | Georgia | Florida |
| 35 | Mila Mangold[5] | F | November 14, 1907 | July 2, 2022 | 114 years, 230 days | Nebraska | California |
| 36 | Carrie Lazenby[3] | F | February 9, 1882 | September 14, 1996 | 114 years, 218 days | Georgia | Illinois |
| 37 | Myrtle Dorsey[3] | F | November 22, 1885 | June 25, 2000 | 114 years, 216 days | Ohio | Ohio |
| 38 | Walter Breuning[4] | M | September 21, 1896 | April 14, 2011 | 114 years, 205 days | Minnesota | Montana |
| 39 | Eunice Sanborn[4] | F | July 20, 1896 | January 31, 2011 | 114 years, 195 days | Louisiana | Texas |
| 40 | Grace Clawson[3] | F | November 15, 1887 | May 28, 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | New York |
| 41 | Wilhelmina Kott[3] | F | March 7, 1880 | September 6, 1994 | 114 years, 183 days | Illinois | Illinois |
| Adelina Domingues[3] | F | February 19, 1888 | August 21, 2002 | Cape Verde[e] | California | ||
| 43 | Lucy Mirigian[4] | F | August 15, 1906 | February 12, 2021 | 114 years, 181 days | Armenia[f] | California |
| 44 | Charlotte Benkner[3] | F | November 16, 1889 | May 14, 2004 | 114 years, 180 days | Germany | Ohio |
| 45 | Ettie Mae Greene[3] | F | September 8, 1877 | February 26, 1992 | 114 years, 171 days | West Virginia | West Virginia |
| 46 | Dominga Velasco[4] | F | May 12, 1901 | October 11, 2015 | 114 years, 152 days | Mexico | California |
| 47 | Irene Frank[3] | F | October 1, 1881 | February 28, 1996 | 114 years, 150 days | Texas | Missouri |
| 48 | Olivia Patricia Thomas[4] | F | June 29, 1895 | November 16, 2009 | 114 years, 140 days | Iowa | New York |
| Alelia Murphy[4] | F | July 6, 1905 | November 23, 2019 | North Carolina | New York | ||
| 50 | Irene Dunham[5] | F | December 16, 1907 | May 1, 2022 | 114 years, 136 days | Michigan | Michigan |
| 51 | Nina Willis[5] | F | January 14, 1909 | May 17, 2023 | 114 years, 123 days | Georgia | Georgia |
| 52 | Anna Henderson[4] | F | March 5, 1900 | July 1, 2014 | 114 years, 118 days | Georgia | Pennsylvania |
| 53 | Emma Verona Johnston[3] | F | August 6, 1890 | December 1, 2004 | 114 years, 117 days | Iowa | Ohio |
| Mamie Rearden[3] | F | September 7, 1898 | January 2, 2013 | South Carolina | Georgia | ||
| Erna Zahn[5] | F | April 14, 1908 | August 9, 2022 | Wisconsin | Minnesota | ||
| 56 | Bettie Chatmon[3] | F | April 30, 1884 | August 16, 1998 | 114 years, 108 days | Louisiana | Texas |
| Lessie Brown[4] | F | September 22, 1904 | January 8, 2019 | Georgia | Ohio | ||
| 58 | Odie Matthews[3] | F | December 28, 1878 | April 14, 1993 | 114 years, 107 days | Texas | Arizona |
| 59 | Florence Knapp[3] | F | October 10, 1873 | January 11, 1988 | 114 years, 93 days | Pennsylvania | Pennsylvania |
| Elena Slough[3] | F | July 4, 1889 | October 5, 2003 | Pennsylvania | New Jersey | ||
| 61 | Mary Anna Boone[3] | F | February 10, 1887 | May 13, 2001 | 114 years, 92 days | Kentucky | Kentucky |
| 62 | Minnie Whicker[4] | F | July 24, 1906 | October 22, 2020 | 114 years, 90 days | Arkansas | California |
| 63 | Delma Kollar[4] | F | October 31, 1897 | January 24, 2012 | 114 years, 85 days | Kansas | Oregon |
| 64 | Ila Jones[4] | F | August 21, 1903 | November 10, 2017 | 114 years, 81 days | Georgia | Georgia |
| 65 | Maggie Renfro[4] | F | November 14, 1895 | January 22, 2010 | 114 years, 69 days | Louisiana | Louisiana |
| 66 | Emma Tillman[3] | F | November 22, 1892 | January 28, 2007 | 114 years, 67 days | North Carolina | Connecticut |
| Anna Stoehr[4] | F | October 15, 1900 | December 21, 2014 | Iowa | Minnesota | ||
| 68 | Leila Denmark[4] | F | February 1, 1898 | April 1, 2012 | 114 years, 60 days | Georgia | Georgia |
| 69 | Adele Dunlap[4] | F | December 12, 1902 | February 5, 2017 | 114 years, 55 days | New Jersey | New Jersey |
| 70 | Naomi Conner[4] | F | August 30, 1899 | October 18, 2013 | 114 years, 49 days | Texas[11] | Texas |
| Ora Holland[4] | F | December 24, 1900 | February 11, 2015 | Missouri | Oklahoma | ||
| 72 | Ellen Goodwill[4] | F | February 2, 1907 | March 2, 2021[12] | 114 years, 28 days | Kentucky | Michigan |
| 73 | Elizabeth Francis[5] | F | July 25, 1909 | Living | 114 years, 276 days | Louisiana | Texas |
| 74 | Grace Thaxton[3] | F | June 18, 1891 | July 6, 2005 | 114 years, 18 days | New York | Kentucky |
| 75 | Soledad Mexia[4] | F | August 13, 1899 | August 30, 2013 | 114 years, 17 days | Mexico | California |
| 76 | Minnie Ward[3] | F | November 19, 1885 | December 2, 1999 | 114 years, 13 days | Tennessee | Massachusetts |
| 77 | Arbella Ewing[4] | F | March 13, 1894 | March 22, 2008 | 114 years, 9 days | Texas | Texas |
| 78 | Catherine Hagel[4] | F | November 28, 1894 | December 6, 2008 | 114 years, 8 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
| 79 | Emma Otis[4] | F | October 22, 1901 | October 25, 2015 | 114 years, 3 days | Minnesota | Minnesota |
References[change | change source]
- ↑ "World's oldest person misses millennium". BBC News. December 31, 1999. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ↑ Frassinelli, Mike (September 25, 1999). "Mrs. Sarah Knauss, the World's Oldest Person, Turns 119". The Morning Call. Archived from the original on March 23, 2008.
- ↑ 3.00 3.01 3.02 3.03 3.04 3.05 3.06 3.07 3.08 3.09 3.10 3.11 3.12 3.13 3.14 3.15 3.16 3.17 3.18 3.19 3.20 3.21 3.22 3.23 3.24 3.25 3.26 3.27 Wikkerink, Marco; Kroczek, Wacław Jan (January 1, 2015). "GRG Database by Nation". Gerontology Research Group. Archived from the original on April 9, 2018. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
- ↑ 4.00 4.01 4.02 4.03 4.04 4.05 4.06 4.07 4.08 4.09 4.10 4.11 4.12 4.13 4.14 4.15 4.16 4.17 4.18 4.19 4.20 4.21 4.22 4.23 4.24 4.25 4.26 4.27 4.28 4.29 4.30 4.31 4.32 4.33 4.34 4.35 4.36 4.37 4.38 4.39 4.40 4.41 Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Adams, Johnny; Muir, Mark (July 14, 2021). "GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Validated Deceased Supercentenarians". GRG. Retrieved July 15, 2021.
- ↑ 5.00 5.01 5.02 5.03 5.04 5.05 5.06 5.07 5.08 5.09 Epstein, Louis; Young, Robert; Adams, Johnny; Muir, Mark (October 27, 2020). "GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List – Validated Living Supercentenarians". GRG. Retrieved October 27, 2020.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Historical validations by the Gerontology Research Group". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
- ↑ Korynta, Emma; Mendis, Tanya (17 April 2021). "She was a pillar | Hester Ford, oldest living American, has died at 116". WCNC. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ↑ "Obituary for Iris Westman | Iverson - Kassian Funeral Services". Obituary for Iris Westman | Iverson - Kassian Funeral Services.
- ↑ Conley, Alia (2022-01-20). "Omaha woman who was oldest living person in U.S. has died at 115". Omaha World-Herald. Retrieved 2022-01-20.
- ↑ Levinson, Sanford; Sparrow, Bartholomew H. (2005). The Louisiana Purchase and American Expansion: 1803–1898. New York: Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. pp. 166 and 178.
U.S. citizenship was extended to residents of Puerto Rico by virtue of the Jones Act, chap. 190, 39 Stat. 951 (1971)(codified at 48 U.S.C. § 731 (1987))
- ↑ "World's Fifth Oldest Person Turns 114 In Central Texas". KWTX.com. August 30, 2013. Archived from the original on January 31, 2016. Retrieved January 24, 2016.
- ↑ Buckley, Nick (March 5, 2021). "Battle Creek's Ellen Goodwill, Michigan's oldest resident, dies at 114". Battle Creek Enquirer. Retrieved March 7, 2021.
Notes[change | change source]
- ↑ May have been older (116 or even 117); possibly born in 1881 or even 1880
- ↑ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was a part of the German Empire at the time of her birth. Today, this area is a part of Poland.
- ↑ Residents of Puerto Rico born on or after 25 April 1898 are United States citizens.[10]
- ↑ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire. It is now the capital of Moldova.
- ↑ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a Portuguese colony. Now it is an independent country.
- ↑ Mirigian was born in Armenia, then part of the Ottoman Empire.