List of notable supercentenarians

The following is a list of famous people who have attained the age of at least 110 years known for reasons other than just longevity. As such, this list does not include every person who has reached this age. For more lists of centenarians, see lists of centenarians. People highlighted in blue are living.

Name Sex Born Died Age Notability
Leila DenmarkF1 February 18981 April 2012114 years, 60 daysAmerican pediatrician who helped develop the pertussis vaccine[1]
Virginia McLaurinF12 March 190914 November 2022113 years, 237 daysAmerican activist and social worker[2]
Teresa HsuF7 July 18987 December 2011113 years, 153 daysChinese-born Singaporean social worker[3]
Marita Camacho QuirósF10 March 1911Living113 years, 108 daysFirst Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich[4]
Ruth ApiladoF30 April 190815 August 2021113 years, 107 daysAmerican magazine editor and activist[5][6]
Shi PingM1 November 1911Living112 years, 238 daysChinese academic administrator and politician[7]
Alphaeus Philemon ColeM12 July 187625 November 1988112 years, 136 daysAmerican painter[8]
Stanisław KowalskiM14 April 19105 April 2022111 years, 356 daysPolish masters athlete[9]
Theresa BernsteinF1 March 189013 February 2002111 years, 349 daysPolish-born American painter[10]
Katherine PlunketF22 November 182014 October 1932111 years, 327 daysAnglo-Irish aristocrat, botanical illustrator and the oldest person ever to die in Ireland[11]
Shivakumara SwamiM1 April 190721 January 2019111 years, 295 daysIndian religious leader[12]
Juliana Young KooF26 September 190524 May 2017111 years, 240 daysChinese-American diplomat[13]
Herman Smith-JohannsenM15 June 18755 January 1987111 years, 204 daysNorwegian-Canadian cross-country skier[14]
Frederica Sagor MaasF6 July 19005 January 2012111 years, 183 daysAmerican screenwriter, playwright and essayist[15]
Qin HanzhangM19 February 190815 August 2019111 years, 177 daysChinese engineer and scientist[16]
Emma DidlakeF13 March 190416 August 2015111 years, 156 daysAmerican soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)[17]
Alexander ImichM4 February 19038 June 2014111 years, 124 daysPolish parapsychologist[18]
Manolita PiñaF24 February 188311 June 1994111 years, 107 daysWife of Joaquín Torres García[19]
Ruthie TompsonF22 July 191010 October 2021111 years, 80 daysAmerican animator and artist[20]
Cecilia SeghizziF5 September 190822 November 2019111 years, 78 daysItalian composer[21][22]
Luís TorrasM29 December 191214 January 2024111 years, 16 daysSpanish painter[23]
Silas SimmonsM14 October 189529 October 2006111 years, 15 daysLongest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player[24]
Zhou YouguangM13 January 190614 January 2017111 years, 1 dayChinese linguist and father of Pinyin[25]
Nicholas Kao Se TseienM15 January 189711 December 2007110 years, 330 daysChinese Catholic priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation[26]
Leopold VietorisM4 June 18919 April 2002110 years, 309 daysAustrian mathematician[27]
Zoltan SarosyM23 August 190619 June 2017110 years, 300 daysHungarian-Canadian chess master[28]
Huang MulanF9 July 19067 February 2017110 years, 213 daysChinese spy[29]
Laura ScalesF13 November 187912 June 1990110 years, 211 daysAmerican academician; Smith College dean[30]
Carla Porta MusaF15 March 190210 October 2012110 years, 209 daysItalian essayist and poet[31]
Anita MackeyF1 January 1914Living110 years, 177 daysAmerican social worker[32]
Morrie MarkoffM11 January 19143 June 2024110 years, 144 daysAmerican blogger, writer, and artist; oldest known active blogger in the world[33]
Bhante DharmawaraM12 February 188926 June 1999110 years, 134 daysCambodian-born monk and educator[34]
Zhang LixiongM21 November 19132 April 2024110 years, 133 daysChinese military officer and politician[35]
Elza BrandeiszF18 September 19076 January 2018110 years, 110 daysHungarian humanitarian, Righteous Among the Nations[36]
Alice Herz-SommerF26 November 190323 February 2014110 years, 89 daysAustro-Hungarian-born pianist and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors[37]
Zheng JiM6 May 190029 July 2010110 years, 84 daysChinese nutritionist and biochemist[38]
Viola FletcherF10 May 1914Living110 years, 47 daysAmerican woman and oldest survivor of the Tulsa race massacre[39]
Anne BakerF14 May 1914Living110 years, 43 daysBritish writer and fundraiser[40]
Eileen AshF30 October 19113 December 2021110 years, 34 daysBritish cricketer and spy[41][42]
Moon Fun ChinM13 April 19139 May 2023110 years, 26 daysCNAC pilot[43]
Yakup SatarM11 March 18982 April 2008110 years, 22 daysLast surviving Turkish veteran of World War I[44]
Muazzez İlmiye ÇığF20 June 1914Living110 years, 6 daysTurkish archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist and writer[45]

See also

For people known just for their longevity,

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