Validated Worldwide Supercentenarians,Living and Recently Deceased

Abstract

B y definition, a validated supercentenarian is a properly documented centenarian who has lived to be at least the age of 110 years. The tables below and various other tables of supercentenarians are regularly updated by Dr. Stephen Coles, one of the members of our Editorial Board, along with other members of the Los Angeles Gerontology Research Group. For further details, please contact them through their website at www.grg.org/. These updated tables continue the series published in Rejuvenation Research in 2010^1

–4 and 2011,⁵ and give the latest list of living supercentenarians (Table 1) and the list of those who died in the past year (Table 2). As of January 25, 2012, there were 72 living supercentenarians on our list (66 females and 6 males), while 75 had died in 2011.

Table 1.

Supercentenarians Living as of January 25, 2012

Birthplace	Residence	Name	Born	Years	Days	Race	Sex	Validated by
U.S. (TN)	U.S. (GA)	Besse Cooper	Aug. 26, 1896	115	152	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas/Gabriel Ainsworth
Italy	U. S. (IA)	Dina Manfredini	Apr. 4, 1897	114	296	W	F	Giovanni Alunni/Filipe Prista Lucas/Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Jiroemon Kimura	Apr. 19, 1897	114	281	O	M	Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHW
U.S. (GA)	U.S. (GA)	Leila Denmark	Feb. 1, 1898	113	358	W	F	Robert Young/Filipe Prista Lucas
Japan	Japan	Misawo Okawa	Mar. 5, 1898	113	326	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Kame Nakamura	Mar. 8, 1898	113	323	O	F	Michel Poulain/Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
France	France	Marie-Therese Bardet	June 2, 1898	113	237	W	F	Luc Le Lay/Christine Perrier
U.S. (SC)	U.S. (SC)	Mamie Rearden	Sept. 7, 1898	113	140	B	F	Filipe Prista Lucas/Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Hatsue Ono	Oct. 31, 1898	113	86	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Stella Nardari-Vecchiato	Dec. 23, 1898	113	33	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
Japan	Japan	Tome Takaoka	Jan. 1, 1899	113	24	O	F	Hamish Todd/MHW
Japan	Japan	Hina Shikawatari	Jan. 1, 1899	113	24	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Ichi Ishida	Jan. 15, 1899	113	10	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Maria Redaelli-Granoli	Apr. 3, 1899	112	297	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
U.S. (PA)	U.S. (FL)	Elsie Thompson	Apr. 5, 1899	112	295	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
U.S. (SD)	U.S. (SD)	Beryl Kapaun	June 4, 1899	112	235	W	F	Robert Young/E. A. Kral/Steve Coles
Japan	Japan	Kame Takamiyagi	June 10, 1899	112	229	O	F	Winn Cynar/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Toshi Higano	June 19, 1899	112	220	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
U.S. (AL)	U.S. (NY)	Susannah Mushatt Jones	July 6, 1899	112	203	B	F	Robert Young/Filipe Prista Lucas/Stefan Gelow
U.S. (MA)	U.S. (MA)	Bernice Madigan	July 24, 1899	112	185	W	F	Robert Young
Mexico	U.S. (CA)	Soledad Mexia	Aug. 13, 1899	112	165	H	F	Steve Coles/Robert Young/Miguel Quesada
U.S. (NY)	U.S. (NY)	Evelyn Kozak	Aug. 14, 1899	112	164	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas/Mark Muir/anonymous
England (UK)	England (UK)	Violet Wood	Sept. 2, 1899	112	145	W	F	Melissa Page
Japan	Japan	Ine Atarashiya	Sept. 6, 1899	112	141	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
U.S. (IA)	U.S. (IA)	Meta Ilten	Sept. 7, 1899	112	140	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
Japan	Japan	Mitsue Nagasaki	Sept. 18, 1899	112	129	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Terue Ashida	Sept. 20, 1899	112	127	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW
Italy	Italy	Emma Morano-Martinuzzi	Nov. 29, 1899	112	57	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Takeno Fujita	Dec. 1, 1899	112	55	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
England (UK)	England (UK)	Grace Jones	Dec. 7, 1899	112	49	W	F	Melissa Page
Japan	Japan	Tome Tamura	Jan. 30, 1900	111	360	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Barbados (BWI)	Barbados	James Sisnett	Feb. 22, 1900	111	337	B	M	Andrew Holmes
Japan	Japan	Yoshino Tanaka	Mar. 3, 1900	111	328	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Maria Gravigi-De Candia	Mar. 3, 1900	111	328	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
U.S. (GA)	U.S. (PA)	Anna Henderson	Mar. 5, 1900	111	326	B	F	Robert Young
U.S. (VA)	U.S. (VA)	Maggie James	Mar. 10, 1900	111	321	B	F	Stefan Gelow/Filipe Prista Lucas/Mark Muir
Japan	Japan	Shun Moshino	Apr. 1, 1900	111	299	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
England (UK)	U.S. (MA)	Amelia England	May 15, 1900	111	255	W	F	Amy Reid/Lori Feldman (NESS)/Robert Young
England (UK)	U.S. (CA)	Avice Clarke	May 17, 1900	111	253	W	F	Steve Coles
Puerto Rico	U.S. (FL)	Antonia Gerena Rivera	May 19, 1900	111	251	H	F	Robert Young
England (UK)	England (UK)	Ethel Lang	May 27, 1900	111	243	W	F	Melissa Page
France	France	Paule Bronzini	July 7, 1900	111	202	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Japan	Japan	Nabi Tajima	Aug. 4, 1900	111	174	O	F	Tim Green/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Yasuko Kimura	Aug. 10, 1900	111	168	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
England (UK)	England (UK)	Margaret Cooke	Sept. 15, 1900	111	132	W	F	Andrew Holmes
Belgium	Belgium	Germaine Degueldre	Sept. 26, 1900	111	121	W	F	Anthony Croes-Lacroix
U.S. (IA)	U.S. (MN)	Anna Stoehr	Oct. 15, 1900	111	102	W	F	Robert Young/Mark Muir
Belgium	Belgium	Jan Goossenaerts	Oct. 30, 1900	111	87	W	M	Peter Vermaelen
Belgium	France	Maria Richard	Nov. 28, 1900	111	58	W	F	Luc Le Lay/Peter Vermaelen
Japan	Japan	Ryo Tobee	Nov. 28, 1900	111	58	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
France	France	Eugenie Dauzat	Dec. 6, 1900	111	50	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Austria	Austria	Hermine Nistler	Dec. 24, 1900	111	32	W	F	Thomas Breining/Stefan Jamin/Claus Ueberlacher
England (UK)	England (UK)	Irene Pearce	Jan. 5, 1901	111	20	W	F	Melissa Page
U.S. (NE)	U.S. (NE)	Mable G. Ragan	Feb. 1, 1901	110	358	W	F	E. A. Kral/Steve Coles
Italy	Italy	Giovanni Ligato	Feb. 18, 1901	110	341	W	M	Paolo Scarabaggio
England (UK)	England (UK)	Florence Green	Feb. 19, 1901	110	340	W	F	Andrew Holmes
France	France	Olive Deschamps	Feb. 22, 1901	110	337	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Japan	Japan	Kiyoko Ishiguro	Mar. 4, 1901	110	327	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
France	France	Emilienne Nacry	Mar. 10, 1901	110	321	W	F	Luc Le Lay
England (UK)	England (UK)	Ellaline Redmond	Mar. 20, 1901	110	311	W	F	Melissa Page
U.S. (IN)	U.S. (IL)	Shelby Harris	Mar. 31, 1901	110	300	B	M	Mark Muir
France	France	Madeleine Mieze	Apr. 28, 1901	110	272	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Australia	Australia	Eva McConnell	May 5, 1901	110	265	W	F	John McCormack
Japan	Japan	Yoshi Kitamura	June 1, 1901	110	238	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Concetta La Rocca-Fera	June 4, 1901	110	235	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
U.S. (MA)	U.S. (MA)	Elizabeth Gauthier	June 5, 1901	110	234	W	F	Robert Young
France	France	Olympe Amaury	June 19, 1901	110	220	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Japan	Japan	Michino Takenaka	June 22, 1901	110	217	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
England (UK)	England (UK)	Kathleen McManners	July 6, 1901	110	203	W	F	Andrew Holmes/Melissa Page
Spain	Spain	Francisco Fernandez	July 24, 1901	110	185	W	M	Miguel Quesada
Japan	Japan	Kou Takayanagi	July 24, 1901	110	185	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Masayo Ogawara	Aug. 2, 1901	110	176	O	F	Anson J/MHW, Japan

B, Black; W, white; O, Oriental; H, Hispanic; F, female; M, male.

Table 2.

Supercentenarians Who Died in 2011

Birthplace	Residence	Name	Born	Died	Years	Days	Race	Sex	Validated by
Italy	Italy	Giuseppina Deidda-Pala	Jan. 25, 1900	Jan. 2, 2011	110	342	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Komiya Miyazaki	Aug. 20, 1897	Jan. 4, 2011	113	137	O	F	Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHW
Sweden	Sweden	Maria Eriksson	Mar. 27, 1900	Jan. 10, 2011	110	289	W	F	Marten Andersson
Italy	Italy	Maria Radicati de Primeglio-Massa	July 28, 1900	Jan. 12, 2011	110	168	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio/Giovanni Alunni
U.S. (LA)	U. S. (LA)	Mississippi Winn	Mar. 31, 1897	Jan. 14, 2011	113	289	B	F	Filipe Prista Lucas/Gabriel Ainsworth
France	France	Anna Lacour	July 5, 1900	Jan. 18, 2011	110	197	W	F	Martin Miet
Japan	Japan	Aki Iizuka	Sept. 11, 1900	Jan. 20, 2011	110	131	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
England (UK)	England (UK)	Isabella Brown	Jan. 29, 1900	Jan. 24, 2011	110	360	W	F	Melissa Page
France	France	Marie Prodhomme	June 14, 1900	Jan. 30, 2011	110	230	W	F	Luc Le Lay
U.S. (LA)	U.S. (TX)	Eunice Sanborn	July 20, 1896	Jan. 31, 2011	114	195	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
France	France	Catherine Soiron	July 31, 1899	Jan. 31, 2011	111	184	W	F	Laurent Toussaint/Luc Le Lay
Scotland (UK)	England (UK)	Catherine Masters	Nov. 23, 1899	Feb. 14, 2011	111	83	W	F	Andrew Holmes/Melissa Page
Italy	Italy	Carmela Mileo-Forciniti	Nov. 27, 1899	Feb. 18, 2011	111	83	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Russia	U.S. (CA)	Mollye Marcus	Oct. 18, 1899	Feb. 18, 2011	111	123	W	F	Martin Goodman/E. A. Kral/Steve Coles
Japan	Japan	Sakura Kishi	Sept. 28, 1899	Feb. 24, 2011	111	149	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
U.S. (MO)	U.S. (WV)	Frank Woodruff Buckles	Feb. 1, 1901	Feb. 27, 2011	110	26	W	M	Mark Muir
Italy	Italy	Maria Ciuffreda-Mondelli	June 21, 1899	Feb. 28, 2011	111	252	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
England (UK)	England (UK)	Margaret Fish	Mar. 7, 1899	Mar. 12, 2011	112	5	W	F	Andrew Holmes
Italy	France	Lucia Damiano	Aug. 4, 1900	Mar. 16, 2011	110	224	W	F	Martin Miet/Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Shige Hirooka	Jan. 16, 1897	Mar. 29, 2011	114	72	O	F	Tom Li/Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Haru Kitagawa	Jan. 23, 1900	Apr. 2, 2011	111	69	O	F	Tim Green/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Domenica Di Tomasso-Cicchelli	Feb. 11, 1900	Apr. 7, 2011	111	55	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
U.S. (SC)	U.S. (NC)	Ruth Oliver Bruce	Oct. 8, 1898	Apr. 8, 2011	112	182	B	F	Filipe Prista Lucas/ Tim Green
U.S. (MN)	U.S. (MT)	Walter Breuning	Sept. 21, 1896	Apr. 14, 2011	114	205	W	M	Laurent Toussaint/Filipe Prista Lucas
France	France	Blanche Aubertin	Jan. 23, 1900	Apr. 24, 2011	111	91	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Belgium	Belgium	Maria De Jaeger	Jan. 15, 1901	Apr. 30, 2011	110	105	W	F	Peter Vermaelen
Germany	Germany	Charlotte Bauch	Oct. 12, 1900	May 2, 2011	110	202	W	F	Stefan Jamin
England (UK)	Australia	Claude Choules	Mar. 3, 1901	May 5, 2011	110	63	W	M	John McCormack/Melissa Page/Andrew Holmes
U.S. (NE)	U.S. (KS)	Ella Schuler	Sept. 5, 1897	May 7, 2011	113	244	W	F	Ann Andersen
U.S. (NY)	U.S. (NY)	Anna Ferris	Feb. 11, 1900	May 7, 2011	111	85	W	F	Amy Reid (NESS)/Joseph Begendorf/Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Kimi Nakano	Mar. 18, 1900	May 9, 2011	111	52	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Shizue Tsuji	Nov. 22, 1900	May 16, 2011	110	175	O	F	Anson J./MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Maria Artimini-Carli	Sept. 16, 1900	June 3, 2011	110	260	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Yaoe Koda	July 1, 1898	June 9, 2011	112	343	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Santa Gennari-Piroli	Feb. 23, 1899	June 18, 2011	112	115	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
Italy	Italy	Maria Cristina Cappelli-Portieri	Dec. 8, 1900	June 18, 2011	110	192	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Brazil	Brazil	Maria Gomes Valentim	July 9, 1896	June 21, 2011	114	347	WH	F	Cassio Turra/Gabriel Ainsworth
Belgium	Belgium	Adrienne Ledent	Dec. 13, 1899	June 23, 2011	111	192	W	F	Michel Poulain/Peter Vermaelen/Anthony Croes-Lacroix
Italy	Italy	Placida Antonina Flores	Oct. 21, 1900	July 3,2011	110	255	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Shinobu Kamimura	Feb. 6, 1901	July 7, 2011	110	151	O	F	Anson J./MHW, Japan
U.S. (TX)	U.S. (IL)	Ethel Darden	Feb. 17, 1900	July 17, 2011	111	150	B	F	Robert Young
France	France	Mathilde Aussant	Feb. 27, 1898	July 23, 2011	113	146	W	F	Christine Perrier/Luc Le Lay/Anthony Croes-Lacroix
U.S. (IN)	U.S. (CT)	Irma Schmidt	Oct. 7, 1898	July 25, 2011	112	291	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
Italy	Italy	Venere Pizzinato-Papo	Nov. 23, 1896	Aug. 2, 2011	114	252	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
U.S. (TX)	U.S. (TX)	Clara Davis	Nov. 28, 1900	Aug. 3, 2011	110	248	B	F	Tremaine Thompson/Robert Young
Austria (now Italy)	Italy	Elda Cattoni-Redaelli	July 20, 1901	Aug. 9, 2011	110	20	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Japan	Japan	Kou Minakuchi	Oct. 18, 1899	Aug. 10, 2011	111	296	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
U.S. (IL)	U.S. (AZ)	Elva McKittrick	Dec. 21, 1900	Aug. 10, 2011	110	232	W	F	Robert Young
Italy	Italy	Angela Case-Petrone	July 21, 1899	Aug. 17, 2011	112	27	W	F	Giovanni Alunni
U.S. (NE)	U.S. (MO)	Fern Fentiman	Aug. 30, 1900	Aug. 18, 2011	110	353	W	F	E. A. Kral/Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Hiro Nakae	Oct. 20, 1898	Aug. 19, 2011	112	303	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Channel Is (UK)	England (UK)	Ethel Wood	Jan. 16, 1901	Aug. 19, 2011	110	215	W	F	Andrew Holmes
Japan	Japan	Shike Sato	Mar. 16, 1900	Aug. 22, 2011	111	159	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Vitalia Scodina	Feb. 14, 1901	Aug. 22, 2011	110	189	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
Italy	Italy	Giuseppina Danesin-Turri	June 24, 1901	Aug. 30, 2011	110	67	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio
France	France	Emilie Taillard	Sept. 16, 1900	Aug. 31, 2011	110	349	W	F	Luc Le Lay
Scotland (UK)	England (UK)	Jeannie Pattison	May 31, 1901	Sept. 9, 2011	110	101	W	F	Andrew Holmes
Japan	Japan	Tanekichi Onishi	Feb. 15, 1900	Sept. 11, 2011	111	208	O	M	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
U.S. (PA)	U.S. (PA)	Beulah Young	Aug. 18, 1900	Sept. 19, 2011	111	32	W	F	Robert Young/Filipe Prista Lucas
Portugal	Portugal	Maria Luiza Nunes da Silva	July 7, 1898	Sept. 26, 2011	113	81	W	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
Australia	Australia	Miriam Schmierer	Aug. 20, 1899	Sept. 29, 2011	112	40	W	F	John McCormack
Japan	Japan	Miwa Sugisawa	Oct. 2, 1900	Oct. 3, 2011	111	1	O	F	Tom Li/MHW, Japan
Japan	Japan	Usa Higa	Mar. 21, 1899	Oct. 7, 2011	112	200	O	F	Michel Poulain/Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	France	Rosina Carli	Apr. 23, 1901	Oct. 8, 2011	110	168	W	F	Luc Le Lay/Paolo Scarabaggio
England (UK)	Wales (UK)	Gladys Good	Mar. 12, 1900	Oct. 24, 2011	111	226	W	F	Melissa Page
U.S. (MA)	U.S. (RI)	Beatrice Lawson	Dec. 23, 1899	Oct. 24, 2011	111	305	B	F	Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Sumie Gomagano	Apr. 15, 1900	Nov. 21, 2011	111	220	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Germany	Germany	Karolina Grober	Apr. 27, 1901	Nov. 21, 2011	110	208	W	F	Thomas Breining/Stefan Jamin
England (UK)	England (UK)	Victoria Southan	May 4, 1900	Nov. 22, 2011	111	182	W	F	Andrew Holmes
U.S. (AL)	U.S. (AL)	Hagar Young	Oct. 11, 1898	Nov. 25, 2011	113	45	B	F	Filipe Prista Lucas
Japan	Japan	Chiyono Hasegawa	Nov. 20, 1896	Dec. 2, 2011	115	12	O	F	Hamish Todd/Ken Matsuoka/MHW
England (UK)	England (UK)	Ellen Watson	Jan. 3, 1900	Dec. 16, 2011	111	347	W	F	Andrew Holmes
U.S. (MN)	U.S. (MN)	Ruth Anderson	July 24, 1899	Dec. 20, 2011	112	149	W	F	Robert Young
Japan	Japan	Suma Tamagawa	Mar. 14, 1899	Dec. 23, 2011	112	284	O	F	Stefan Gelow/MHW, Japan
Italy	Italy	Anita Tiburni	May 3, 1900	Dec. 27, 2011	111	238	W	F	Paolo Scarabaggio

B, Black; W, white; O, Oriental; H, Hispanic; F, female; M, male.

Footnotes

Acknowledgments

Our contributors come from over 20 countries, including the United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, Spain, Portugal, Italy, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, Netherlands, Belgium, Australia, and Japan. The above list was compiled for publication by Mr. Louis Epstein of New York and Mr. Robert Young of Atlanta, Georgia. A complete list of contributors is available upon request.

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