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According to this criterion, the longest human lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (18751997), who lived to the age of 122 years, 164 days. She met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13.[1] She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110. Subsequent investigation found documentation for Calment's age, beyond any reasonable question, in the records of her native city, Arles, France.[2] More evidence of Calment's lifespan has been produced than for any other supercentenarian; her case serves as an archetype in the methodology for verifying the ages of the world's oldest people.[3]

As women live longer than men on average, combined records for both sexes are dominated by women. The longest undisputed lifespan for a man is that of Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (18972013), who died at age 116 years, 54 days.

Since the death of 116-year-old Jeralean Talley of the United States on 17 June 2015, Susannah Mushatt Jones, also of the United States, born 6 July 1899, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented. Since the death of 112-year-old Yasutaro Koide of Japan on 19 January 2016, Yisrael Kristal of Israel, born 15 September 1903, is the world's oldest living man.

Systematic verification of longevity has only been practiced in recent decades and only in certain parts of the world.

Deceased Living ^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 27 March 2016

Currently, all ten of the verified oldest people ever are women, thus a listing of the ten verified oldest women ever would be identical to the list above.

a^ Brown was born in Jamaica, then a British colony. b^ Gaudette was born in the United States.

The following is a list of men known to be over 110. However, only one of these people, Yisrael Kristal, is verified by the GRG.

a^ Kristal was born in Poland, then a part of the Russian Empire. b^ Castro was born in Peru.

This list is copied from the Gerontology Research Group's list of the World's Oldest Person Titleholders.[26] As the oldest living person is usually a female, a sequence of oldest females would be nearly redundant to this list. A sequence of oldest living men follows this sequence.

This list is copied from the Gerontology Research Group's list of the World's Oldest Man Titleholders.[13]

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