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List of American supercentenarians

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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+)

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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
01 Sarah Knauss[3] F September 24, 1880 December 30, 1999 119 years, 97 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania
02 María Brañas Morera F March 4, 1907 August 19, 2024 117 years, 168 days California Spain, Catalonia
03 Delphia Welford[6] F September 9, 1875 November 14, 1992 117 years, 66 days Mississippi Tennessee
04 Susannah Mushatt Jones[4] F July 6, 1899 May 12, 2016 116 years, 311 days Alabama New York
05 Gertrude Weaver[4] F July 4, 1898 April 6, 2015 116 years, 276 days Arkansas Arkansas
06 Elizabeth Bolden[3] F August 15, 1890 December 11, 2006 116 years, 118 days Tennessee Tennessee
07 Besse Cooper[4] F August 26, 1896 December 4, 2012 116 years, 100 days Tennessee Georgia
08 Jeralean Talley[4] F May 23, 1899 June 17, 2015 116 years, 25 days Georgia Michigan
09 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 15, 1909 October 24, 2024 115 years, 164 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

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  1. ↑ "World's oldest person misses millennium". BBC News. December 31, 1999. Retrieved November 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 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. ↑ 5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5 5.6 5.7 5.8 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. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Historical validations by the Gerontology Research Group". Archived from the original on 2023-05-02. Retrieved 2023-03-22.
  7. ↑ 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.
  8. ↑ "Obituary for Iris Westman | Iverson - Kassian Funeral Services". Obituary for Iris Westman | Iverson - Kassian Funeral Services.
  9. ↑ 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.
  10. ↑ 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))
  11. ↑ "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.
  12. ↑ 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

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  1. ↑ May have been older (116 or even 117); possibly born in 1881 or even 1880
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ Residents of Puerto Rico born on or after 25 April 1898 are United States citizens.[10]
  4. ↑ Steinberg was born in Kishinev, which had then been a part of the Russian Empire. It is now the capital of Moldova.
  5. ↑ Domingues was born in Cape Verde, which was at that time a Portuguese colony. Now it is an independent country.
  6. ↑ Mirigian was born in Armenia, then part of the Ottoman Empire.
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