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List of supercentenarians

People who have lived 110 years or longer

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People who have lived 110 years or longer

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 specific lists of people (living or deceased) who are known for these reasons, see lists of centenarians.

For living people known just for their longevity, see List of oldest living people.

NameSexBornDiedAgeNotability
Elizabeth Williams BerryF21 June 185426 March 1969Australian jockey
Marita Camacho QuirósF10 March 191120 June 2025First Lady of Costa Rica; widow of President of Costa Rica Francisco Orlich Bolmarcich
Leila DenmarkF1 February 18981 April 2012American pediatrician who helped develop the pertussis vaccine
Syed Mohammad Sharfuddin QuadriM25 December 190130 December 2015Indian independence activist and a physician of the Unani medicine
Virginia McLaurinF12 March 190914 November 2022American community volunteer, seamstress, manager of a laundry and farmworker
Teresa HsuF7 July 18987 December 2011Chinese-born Singaporean charity worker, social worker, yoga teacher and nurse
Ruth ApiladoF30 April 190815 August 2021url=http://sudbury.wickedlocal.com/x1943022733/Cygan-Citizens-should-voice-resolutions-for-our-new-governmenttitle=Cygan: Citizens should voice resolutions for our new governmentpublisher=Sudbury Town Crierdate=January 16, 2009access-date=November 30, 2019}}
Shi PingM1 November 191129 June 2024Chinese academic and political administrator
Ilie CiocanM10 June 1913LivingRomanian soldier and World War II veteran
Alphaeus Philemon ColeM12 July 187625 November 1988American artist, engraver and etcher
Lawrence BrooksM12 September 19095 January 2022Longest-lived American World War II veteran
Stanisław KowalskiM14 April 19105 April 2022Polish masters athlete
Theresa BernsteinF1 March 189013 February 2002Polish-born American artist and writer
Katherine PlunketF22 November 182014 October 1932Anglo-Irish aristocrat, botanical illustrator and the oldest person ever to die in Ireland
Shivakumara SwamiM1 April 190721 January 2019Indian humanitarian, spiritual leader and educator
Maria PogonowskaF30 October 189715 July 2009Polish-Israeli scientist.
Juliana Young KooF26 September 190524 May 2017Chinese-American diplomat
Herman Smith-JohannsenM15 June 18755 January 1987Norwegian-Canadian cross-country skier
Viola FletcherF10 May 191424 November 2025American woman and longest-lived known survivor of the Tulsa race massacre
Frederica Sagor MaasF6 July 19005 January 2012American screenwriter, playwright, memoirist and author
Qin HanzhangM19 February 190815 August 2019Chinese engineer and scientist
Edith Renfrow SmithF14 July 19142 January 2026First African American woman to graduate from Grinnell College
Emma DidlakeF13 March 190416 August 2015American soldier (Women's Army Auxiliary Corps)
Anne BakerF14 May 191423 September 2025British writer and fundraiser
Alexander ImichM4 February 19038 June 2014Polish chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer
Manolita PiñaF24 February 188311 June 1994Spanish-Uruguayan painter; widow of Joaquín Torres-García
Ruthie TompsonF22 July 191010 October 2021American camera technician and animation checker
Cecilia SeghizziF5 September 190822 November 2019Italian composer, painter and teacher
Ram Nath SharmaM5 November 19041 December 2015Indian judge
Luís TorrasM29 December 191214 January 2024Spanish painter
Silas SimmonsM14 October 189529 October 2006Longest-lived American semi-professional and professional baseball player
Zhou YouguangM13 January 190614 January 2017Chinese economist, banker, linguist, sinologist, Esperantist, publisher and "father of Pinyin"
Nicholas Kao Se TseienM15 January 189711 December 2007Chinese Trappist priest and oldest person ever to have a cataract operation
Dorothy BurnhamF22 March 1915LivingAmerican civil rights activist and microbiologist
Leopold VietorisM4 June 18919 April 2002Austrian mathematician and World War I veteran
Zoltan SarosyM23 August 190619 June 2017Hungarian-Canadian chess master
Huang MulanF9 July 19067 February 2017Chinese spy
Laura ScalesF13 November 187912 June 1990American educator and Smith College dean
Carla Porta MusaF15 March 190210 October 2012Italian essayist and poet
Donald RoseM24 December 191411 July 2025British World War II veteran
Muazzez İlmiye ÇığF20 June 191417 November 2024Turkish archaeologist, sumerologist, assyriologist and writer
Morrie MarkoffM11 January 19143 June 2024American blogger, writer, and artist; oldest known active blogger in the world
Bhante DharmawaraM12 February 188926 June 1999Cambodian-born Theravada monk and educator
Zhang LixiongM21 November 19132 April 2024Chinese military officer and politician
Elza BrandeiszF18 September 19076 January 2018Hungarian teacher and artist; humanitarian for Righteous Among the Nations
Anita MackeyF1 January 191416 April 2024American social worker
Lois HoldenF2 February 19105 May 2020url=https://michiganchronicle.com/2019/02/06/motown-legend-lois-holden-celebrates-her-109th-birthday/title=Motown legend Lois Holden celebrates her 109th birthdaynewspaper=Michigan Chronicledate=February 6, 2020accessdate=January 28, 2023}}
Alice Herz-SommerF26 November 190323 February 2014Czech-born classic pianist, music teacher and one of the oldest Holocaust survivors
Abby Crawford MiltonF6 February 18812 May 1991American suffragist
Zheng JiM6 May 190029 July 2010Chinese nutritionist and biochemist
James Clayton FlowersM25 December 1915LivingAmerican Tuskegee Airman
Eileen AshF30 October 19113 December 2021British cricketer and spy
Moon Fun ChinM13 April 19139 May 2023Chinese-American aviator and businessman; China National Aviation Corporation pilot
Yakup SatarM11 March 18982 April 2008Last surviving Turkish veteran of World War I
Eileen KramerF8 November 191415 November 2024Australian dancer, artist, performer and choreographer
Norman SpencerM13 August 191416 August 2024British film producer, production manager and screenwriter

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