Long life has always attracted the attention of mankind. Just remember the attempts to create the philosopher's stone, one of the functions of which was supposed to be immortality. Yes and in modern times There are a lot of diets, recommendations about life and numerous pseudo-secrets that supposedly will allow a person to live longer than his fellow tribesmen. However, no one has yet been able to guarantee an increase, which is why people are curious about those who have managed to do it.
Let's define it in terms
First of all, we need to figure out who should be classified as “Centenarians of the Planet”. The most common definition is those whose age has exceeded 90 years. In this case, there are quite a lot of these people. There are about 350 thousand of them in Russia alone. Some sources suggest that those who have already celebrated their centenary anniversary be considered centenarians. And this is also not a record - there are almost seven thousand such people among Russians.
The second difficulty: who to believe and how to check. Anyone can claim that they turned, say, 150, and do so quite convincingly, if they know history well native land. So the planet’s centenarians are conditionally divided into two groups: verified (that is, those whose age is documented) and presumptive - those who cannot accurately prove their date of birth.
And the third problem: to choose a winner from those who are still alive, or to take into account everyone who has crossed the 110-year mark? After all, many of the planet’s long-livers, the list of which is not so short, still managed to die.
Official record holder
A proven winner who lived until 2012 was Georgian Khvichava, who fell just shy of 133 years old. Documents confirming her birth in 1880 were found to be authentic, so this is the same an old man(woman) was awarded an entry in the Guinness Book of Records and received a corresponding certificate. It is noteworthy that Khvichava before last day kept her mind alert. Despite the fact that all of her seniority was associated with agriculture, she was invariably interested in cutting-edge innovations: shortly before her death, she wanted her relatives to teach her how to communicate with a computer. It can be said that on this moment this is the most old centenarian planets. No one has yet broken the record for the duration of earthly existence.
Second winner
And this is also a woman. She died even before Khvichava, in 1997, but until that time she confidently held the lead. This time the former was born in France, five years earlier than the Georgian, but, alas, she died, nine years short of the next record. Her life span was limited to 122 and a half years. The name in the list of “Centenarians of the Planet” was also noted for its irrepressible sense of humor, demonstrated until the last day. In addition, the Frenchwoman was simply a volcano of energy: at 85 she began fencing seriously, at 100 she became interested in cycling, almost professionally.
Most common age
In the summer of 2013, another one of those who are called the planet’s centenarians died. He lived to be 115 years old, a Japanese man from Kamiukawa named Jiroemon Kimura. He received the title of winner in 2012 due to the fact that there are no older people left in the world with proof of their age. Recipes for long-livers, it must be said, are varied. If for Zhanna it was cheerfulness and activity, then for Kimura it was primarily a moderate and balanced diet.
By the way, the previous record holder, Christian Mortensen, a Dane by birth and an American by nationality, lived the same number of years (115). His contribution to recipes for longevity is no red meat, plenty of fish, optimism, friends and singing.
115 seems to be the most popular age for long-lived people. The Puerto Rican del Toro also lived up to these years and was also among the record holders. But at the moment, no one has yet reached this milestone, so now the oldest is again considered to be the Japanese Tomoji Tanabe, born in 1895. However, he doesn’t have much time left until the cherished date.
general Statistics
Noteworthy is the fact that there are much more long-lived women than men. Thus, in 2007, 84 people were officially registered in the world who were over 110 years old, and only nine of them were male.
There are almost two hundred thousand of those who are over 100 but under 110 years old in the world, and the gender ratio is again not in favor of men, although not so depressing.
Japan produces a lot of long-livers and mountainous countries, including Abkhazia, Georgia, Circassia, Azerbaijan. In Karachaevsk, a club called the “Society of Centennial Anniversaries” has even been created, which includes eight members, the youngest of whom is 104 years old. And in Japan there are more than 28 thousand people over 100, and this figure is growing every year.
Unofficial centenarians
However, so far we have listed those who, without any doubt, were able to prove their age. This list does not include other “very, very best” - long-livers of the planet who did not have the opportunity to prove this for very objective reasons: wars, destroyed churches with records of newborns, small villages where there were no literate people... However, the likelihood of their stated age matching is actually quite high. Therefore, it is still worth mentioning the Hungarians Petridge and Zortai, who lived 186 and 185 years, respectively, the Ossetian Tense Abzive, who reached 180, the Albanian Hanjer, who died at the age of 170, and the Pakistani Sayyad Mabud, who was only a year short of reaching 160.
Absolute record
If you do not demand absolutely accurate evidence from the applicant for the title, then the oldest centenarian on the planet has already been unambiguously established. The record belongs to a Chinese named Li Ching-Yun, who died in 1933. He himself considered the year of his birth to be 1736, that is, at the time of his death he was 197 years old. However, this age was refuted, and, oddly enough, to a greater extent. University professor Wu Changshin discovered documents indicating the birth of Li back in 1677. Moreover, reliable, documented data has been preserved about the congratulations of this man by the Chinese emperor, and they related to his 150 and 200 anniversary anniversaries. Such double confirmation requires painstaking research, so Lee’s title in the “Long-Livers of the Planet” category has not yet been proven, but neither has it been refuted.
Mysterious country
However, this is not the only and not the biggest mystery regarding the lifespan of individual representatives of humanity. For decades now, scientists have been haunted by the mystery of the Indian Hunza tribe. Its members do not get sick, do not suffer from caries, have excellent vision and live more than 110 years, all of them. And this despite the fact that neighboring tribes have a full range of all modern (and even forgotten by civilization) diseases, and the average does not even reach 60. The Hunza have their own recipes for long-livers: meat - only on holidays, vegetables - raw, and a lot of fruits . The main thing in these nutritional principles is to never deviate from them. Even in the spring, in the absence of fresh fruit, they do not deviate from their chosen path. Instead of breakfast-lunch-dinner during these difficult months, the Hunza drink a glass of juice from fruits harvested last summer once a day.
Perhaps the reasons for the longevity and relative youth of this people include their habit of bathing in ice water, as well as extreme physical activity. As a result, Hunza women over 60 give birth to healthy, viable offspring. Researchers have also noted the high natural cheerfulness of the Hunza, who attribute a significant part of their longevity to it.
Scientists have not figured out why some are different. There are no recipes for longevity that apply to everyone: someone did not deny themselves bad habits, some ate only fish or fruits, others led active life, and someone allowed themselves to be lazy... The only one common feature All centenarians have optimism and cheerfulness. Maybe this is the treasured philosopher's stone?
In the most ancient book it is said that a person lives “...70 years, and when greater strength 80 years..." According to average statistics, this figure is much less, but what can be said about the unique exceptions to the rules? About those who live longer than others. About people who personal experience they know what life is like after a hundred years.
According to historical data, the longest living person in the world lived in China. His name was Li Qingyun. This man was born in 1677 and died at the beginning of the twentieth century (1933). In total, he lived 256 years, and, according to eyewitnesses, he looked 50 years younger. How did he manage to live so long? During his lifetime he was often asked such a question, and he paid attention first of all to proper nutrition And physical exercise.
It is known that he was so physically strong that at the age of 70 he became a teacher in Chinese army martial arts In addition to nutrition and exercise, he early childhood devoted a lot of time to collecting and studying medicinal herbs, from which he often made infusions that improve health. Therefore in modern history of humanity, this is the most unique man who lived the longest.
Centenarians today
According to the UN decision, a person can be considered a centenarian if his age exceeds 90 years. All over the world you can find people who live the longest, but in some countries they are especially numerous. For example, in Japan there are about 50 thousand centenarians, and these are only those who survived the turn of the century. Of these, approximately 87% are women, whose average lifespan in this country is about 86 years.
Especially prominent figures entered the Guinness Book of Records. Now it includes Misao Okawa, a Japanese woman who is 115 years old. She is considered the oldest woman in the world. Before her was Koto Okubo, who died earlier this year at the age of 115 years and 19 days.
As for long-living men, the oldest is now almost 116 years old. He is the oldest living person in the world. He lives in Kyoto (Japan) and his name is Jiroemon Kimura. He twice became a Guinness World Records holder and, born in 1897, achieved three centuries during his lifetime. During his lifetime, people invented the television, the car and the Internet. While he lives, Britain has had 6 monarchs, the USA - 20 presidents, Japan - 5 emperors, collapsed Soviet Union, and with it the communist regime.
This amazing man was a postman for 40 years and a farmer until he was 90. He has a very big family: 7 children (he survived two of them), 14 grandchildren and granddaughters, 25 great-grandchildren and already 13 great-great-grandchildren. According to him, life expectancy depends on moderation in food. Therefore, he recommends never eating more than necessary, even if the dish is very tasty.
Centenarians in the past
Other longest-living people who have already died are also worthy of attention. There are not many of them, so they will be listed below.
Long-lived women:
- Jeanne Kalman lived 122 years and 164 days (02/21/1875-08/04/1997);
- Knauss Sarah lived 119 years and 97 days (09/24/1880-12/30/1999);
- Hana Lucy lived 117 years and 248 (07/16/1875-03/21/1993);
- Maria Louise Mailer lived 117 years and 230 days (08/29/1880-04/16/1998);
- Maria Esther de Capovilla lived 116 years and 347 days (09/14/1889-08/27/2006);
- Ikai Tane lived 116 years and 175 days (01/18/1879-07/12/1995);
- Elizabeth Bolden lived 116 years and 118 days (08/15/1890-12/11/2006);
- Besie Cooper lived to be 116 years old and 100 years old (08/26/1896-12/4/2012).
Long-lived men:
- Christian Mortensen lived 115 years and 252 days (08/16/1882-04/25/1998);
- Emiliano Mercado del Toro lived 115 years and 156 days (08/21/1891-01/24/2007);
- Brüning Walter lived 114 years and 205 days (09/21/1896-04/14/2011);
- Chunanji Yukichi lived 114 years and 189 days (03/23/1889-09/28/2003).
Unfortunately or fortunately, human life is limited. Few people manage to live to see their centenary anniversary. In any case, they talk about centenarians and interview them, trying to revive memories of bygone times and the secrets of health. There are several people left in modern history who can safely be considered record holders in this area.
Those whose confirmed age exceeds 115 years can generally be called supercentenarians. Interestingly, some of them for a long time smoked, abused alcohol. Others cite exclusively healthy image life.
Of course, one can recall the Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi, whose age reached 120 years, or the legendary Azerbaijani shepherd Shirali Muslimov, who according to rumors lived to be 168 years old. However, such impressive figures have never been documented. We will tell you about those supercentenarians whose age has been verified.
Christian Mortensen (1882-1998). This man is officially considered the most important long-liver among the stronger sex. Born in Denmark, he most lived his life in America. In total, Mortensen's age was 115 years and 252 days.
His birthday was August 16, 1882, and he died on April 25, 1998. The unusual thing about this centenarian is not only that he was a man. Indeed, among this category of venerable elders, nine out of ten representatives are women.
Mortensen managed to stand out because for 95 years of his life he smoked several cigars every day. Although scientists believe that marriage prolongs life, the man himself was single for most of his long life. He lived in marriage for only 10 years. In 1903, the Dane moved to the USA, where he worked as a tailor and milkman for a long time.
Maggie Pauline Barnes (1882-1998). This woman was born a slave on March 6, 1882. And she died 115 years 319 days later on January 19, 1998. Little is known about Maggie Barnes, but based on her impressive age, it can be assumed that her life was full of events. She passed through adversity with honor, including outliving 11 of her 15 children. The centenarian died from complications caused by a small infection in her leg.
Her record is also surprising because at the beginning of the 20th century, the average life expectancy for African Americans was 40-42 years, and for the white race it was slightly higher - 47 years. Although the gap is constantly narrowing, Barnes truly did the impossible - she lived 75 years longer than the average life expectancy in her time.
Bessie Cooper (1896 -). The already legendary woman was born on August 26, 1896. She has already celebrated her 116th birthday, becoming in 2011 the oldest inhabitant of our planet. She described the secret of her longevity simply - “I don’t pry into other people’s affairs,” adding, “I also don’t eat junk food.” Cooper's life spanned three centuries, she survived two world wars and witnessed significant turns in history.
Bessie started working as a teacher in Georgia. At the age of 28 she got married, her marriage lasted until the age of 69 with the death of her husband. Since then she lived alone family farm. At 105, Bessie moved into a nursing home. 4 children, 12 grandchildren, 15 great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandson congratulated her on her 115th birthday.
Elizabeth Bolden (1890 - 2006). This woman was born on August 15, 1890 and lived until December 11, 2006. At that time she was 116 years and 118 days old. She was born in Tennessee, in a family of blacks freed from slavery.
Life has been pretty hard for Mrs. Bolden. Her longevity genes were not passed on to her children, so the woman was destined to outlive five of her seven children. But thanks to her, an enviable and numerous offspring appeared, which, most likely, will preserve the valuable longevity gene.
After Elizabeth Bolden's death, it turned out that she had more than 500 direct descendants, including 75 great-great-great-great-grandchildren. The woman worked on a farm all her life. She's always been family man and loved to give valuable advice.
In 2004, Elizabeth suffered a stroke, after which she began to speak little and sleep almost all the time. She died in a nursing home, having had time to taste ice cream and candy on her 116th birthday.
Thain Ikai (1879 - 1995). Ten Ikai has a confirmed lifespan of 116 years and 175 days. She is the most important centenarian, both in Japan and in Asia. She was born on January 18, 1879 in the city of Kansei, into a family of farmers. At the age of 20, the woman got married and had four children, all of whom she outlived by 1995.
Throughout her life, Thane enjoyed embroidery and ceramics. The basis of her diet was rice. Perhaps it was traditional Japanese food that saved her from cancer and heart disease. An autopsy of the woman after her death showed that she died of kidney failure. This is the only centenarian who underwent an autopsy procedure.
Maria Capovilla (1889 - 2006). This centenarian represents Ecuador. She was born on September 14, 1889, becoming the same age as the Eiffel Tower. As a result, Mary lived 116 years and 37 days. She went down in history as the oldest South American woman and the most old resident Southern Hemisphere. Capovilla died just a month before her 117th birthday.
The centenarian led a very healthy lifestyle. She never smoked, only occasionally drinking alcohol. Maria was born into the family of a colonel, her life began among the local elite. In 1917, the woman married an officer of Italian origin, Antonio Capovilla. The couple had five children, two of whom Maria eventually outlived.
At the age of one hundred, Maria almost died and even managed to take communion. However, she managed to recover without experiencing further health problems. The supercentenarian walked without a cane, read newspapers and watched TV. Her health declined rapidly, she stopped reading and talking.
Maria Louise Mailer (1880 - 1998). The woman died on April 16, 1998, when she was 117 years and 230 days old. One of her sons was with her in the same nursing home, and her daughter was already 90 years old at that time. And the French-Canadian centenarian was born in Quebec on August 29, 1880. At the age of 30, Maria Louise became a widow - her husband died of pneumonia.
After the tragedy, she moved to the Ontario-Quebec border, where she met her future second husband, Hector Mailer. Maria Louise herself believed that her longevity was her reward for her hard work. She really had a hard time - in two marriages she gave birth to 10 children. The centenarian liked to drink a glass of wine from time to time; she also smoked for a long time, getting rid of this addiction only at the age of 90.
Lucy Hannah (1875 - 1993). Surprisingly, this long-lived woman was never considered the oldest person on the planet. The fact is that she lived at the same time with Jeanne Kalman, the owner of such an honorary title. Be that as it may, Hannah lived to be 117 years and 248 days.
She is the oldest African American woman on the planet, and only two people have lived longer than her. modern history. Although her relatives claimed that due to confusion with documents, Lucy was a year older, this fact does not change her place in our ranking.
Lucy was born in Alabama on July 16, 1875. To escape racist persecution during the Great Migration, the woman moved to Detroit. In 1901 she married John Hannah and the couple had eight children. At the time of Lucy's death, only two of them were alive. It should be noted that Lucy owes her long life to her genes - her two sisters exchanged a hundred years, and her mother lived 99 years.
Sarah Knauss (1880 - 1999). Sarah is the second oldest person in history. She died when she was 119 years and 97 days old. She was born on September 24, 1880, and died just a few days before the new millennium. However honorary title The centenarian herself was of little concern to Sarah. When she was informed that she had become the oldest person on the planet, her only response was “So what?”
The woman lived all her life in Pennsylvania. She married at 21 and worked as a professional seamstress. Even your own Wedding Dress and Sarah sewed the tablecloths for the celebration herself. She started sewing at the age of 4. Sarah's daughter described her as a very calm person who could not be disturbed by anything.
This is precisely where her secret of longevity lies, because it is known that stress greatly affects human health. Sarah had one child who lived to be 102 years old. She survived both her daughter and her husband, having been married for 64 years. Sarah Knauss survived 7 wars in America, the Great Depression, and lived under 23 US presidents. At the time of her death, she was older than the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty.
Sarah herself, at the age of 115, said that she liked living this long because she was still healthy enough to do some things on her own. Her passions became watching golf on TV and making sharp needles. She loved milk chocolate, nuts and chips.
Jeanne Kalman (1875 - 1997). This woman's record remains unsurpassed; she is the oldest person to ever live on the planet. It's hard to believe that anyone will soon be able to beat her record of 122 years and 164 days. Jeanne was born in Arles, France on February 21, 1875, and she died on August 4, 1997. During Jeanne's lifetime, humanity invented the automobile, cinema, learned to build airplanes and smelt stainless steel, and television appeared.
There was an amazing meeting in the life of Jeanne Kalman. At the age of 13, she met Vincent Van Gogh himself. She recalled that great artist seemed to her dirty, gloomy and unkemptly dressed. Like Sarah Knauss, Zhanna's longevity is directly related to her immunity from stress. The woman was also witty, telling at each of her new birthdays about the new secret of her longevity.
On her 120th birthday, Jeanne was asked how she saw the future. To which she wittily and sadly replied: “Very short.” Up until she was a hundred years old, Jeanne Calment was still riding a bicycle and drinking port, and she generally smoked almost until her death. The woman claimed that she was able to deceive her age thanks to her strong stomach and physical activity. She advised people: "If you can't do anything about the problem, then there's no need to worry."
Interestingly, at the age of 90, Zhanna made a deal to sell her apartment to lawyer Raffrey. He undertook to pay a certain monthly amount to Mrs. Kalman, and after her death, the old woman’s property was to become his property. At that time, the cost of the apartment was equal to 10 years of contributions. As a result, Zhanna outlived the greedy lawyer by two years, living another 30 years after the deal was completed.
Throughout history, there have been people whose life expectancy exceeded our wildest expectations.
All of these people lived more than 115 years, which means they can be called supercentenarians (people who lived to at least 110 years). Some of them drank and smoked all their lives, and some led a very healthy lifestyle and all went down in history with their own secret to longevity.
There are several people, such as the Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi, who, according to some estimates, reached 120 years old, as well as Shirali Muslimov, an Azerbaijani shepherd, who allegedly reached the age of 168 years - long-livers who have reached an unprecedented old age. But these cases have not been confirmed.
Here are 10 supercentenarians whose lifespans have been tested.
10. Christian Mortensen (1882-1998) 
Danish-American centenarian Christian Mortensen, who lived 115 years, 252 days, is considered oldest man of those registered. He was born on August 16, 1882 and died on April 25, 1998.
Mortenson is unusual not only because he was a man (only 9.8 percent of verified supercentenarians are men), but also because he smoked several cigars a week during the 95 years of his life. He was also single for most of his life, which usually has a negative impact on longevity. But Mortenson became an exception to the rule here, having been married for only 10 years.
This amazing man immigrated to America in 1903, where he worked as a tailor and milkman. So what is the secret of longevity, according to Mortenson himself? “Friends, good cigars, drinking plenty of good water, abstaining from alcohol, an optimistic outlook on life and singing will provide you long life", he asserted.
9. Maggie Pauline Barnes (1882 -1998)
Maggie Pauline Barnes was born into slavery on March 6, 1882. She died on January 19, 1998 at the age of 115 years and 319 days. Although little is known about her, her age alone suggests amazing life. Not only did Maggie endure the hardships of slavery in the United States, but she also outlived 11 of her 15 children.
The woman died from complications caused by a minor infection in her leg. Her story is all the more amazing because at the beginning of the 20th century, the average life expectancy was 47 years for representatives of the white Caucasian race and 40-42 years for African Americans. And although this gap is increasingly narrowing, Bruns has done the impossible, living 75 years longer than average life expectancy.
8. Bessie Cooper (1896 -)
Bessie Cooper was born on August 26, 1896. She recently celebrated her 116th birthday, becoming the oldest living person in the world. When asked the secret to her long life, she replied, “I don’t pry into other people’s business,” and added, “And I don’t eat junk food.”
Bessie's life spans three centuries, she lived through two world wars and many other historical events.
Cooper worked as a school teacher, and after her husband died at the age of 68, she lived alone on the family farm. At 105, she moved into a nursing home.
7. Elizabeth Bolden (1890 - 2006)
Elizabeth Bolden lived from August 15, 1890 to December 11, 2006. At the time of death she was 116 years 118 days old.
She was born into a family of freed slaves in Tennessee, USA, and her life was not easy. Her longevity genes were apparently not passed on to her children, and only two of Elizabeth's seven children were alive at the time of her death. And yet, one of her descendants may be able to put new record longevity. When she died, she left behind more than 500 direct descendants, including 75 great-great-great-great grandchildren.
Although Boden herself hasn't spoken much since her stroke in 2004, she happily celebrated her 116th birthday by trying two of her favorite treats: ice cream and candy.
6. Thain Ikai (1879 -1995)
With an incredible lifespan of 116 years 175 days, Tein Ikai is both the oldest confirmed specimen in Japan and Asia. The woman was born on January 18, 1879 into a family of farmers in the city of Kansei in Japan. She married at age 20 and had 4 children, whom she outlived by the time of her death on July 12, 1995.
Thane enjoyed making embroidery and ceramics. She ate mostly rice porridge, which, combined with a traditional Japanese diet, may have helped protect her from heart disease and cancer.
An autopsy after her death revealed that the centenarian died of kidney failure. So far, she is the only supercentenarian who has undergone an autopsy.
5. Maria Capovilla (1889 - 2006)
Ecuadorian centenarian Maria Capovilla was born on September 14, 1889, the same year the Eiffel Tower was unveiled to the public. Having lived 347 days to 116 years, she became the oldest South American woman in history, as well as the most long-lived person V southern hemisphere. Capovilla died on August 27, 2006, just under a month shy of her 117th birthday.
She was the picture of health and energy almost until the end of her life, although she drank a little alcohol, but never smoked. She was born into the family of a colonel and lived among the elite of Ecuador, and in 1917 she married an officer, Italian by birth, Antonio Capovilla.
When she was 99 years old, she suddenly fell ill and was practically buried in catholic church. But she survived, and after that she walked without a cane, read newspapers, watched TV and was in good health. Three of her five children were alive at the time of her death, and they were 78, 80 and 81 years old.
4. Maria Louise Mailer (1880 – 1998)
Marie Louise Mailer was 117 years 230 days old when she died on April 16, 1998. Interestingly, at the time of her death, one of her sons lived in the same nursing home as herself, and her daughter was 90 years old.
The French-Canadian centenarian was born in Quebec, Canada on August 29, 1880. Her first husband died of pneumonia when she was 30 years old. Mailer then moved to the Quebec-Ontario border, where she met her second husband, Hector Mailer.
The woman believed that her longevity was due to hard work and this is not surprising, given that she had 10 children and two marriages. The centenarian also liked to occasionally drink a glass of wine, and quit smoking when she was 90 years old, 27 years before her death.
3. Lucy Hannah (1875 -1993)
Lucy Hannah was never awarded the title of oldest person in history, simply because she lived at the same time as Jeanne Calment, who received this title.
Despite this, Hannah lived to a ripe 117 years and 248 days and is the oldest African American woman and the third oldest person in history.
She was born in Alabama in the USA on July 16, 1875. In 1901 she married John Hannah and had 8 children, 6 of whom she survived. Two of Hannah's sisters lived to be 100 years old, and her mother lived to be 99 years old.
2. Sarah Knauss (1880 -1999) 
Sarah Knauss is the second oldest person in history. She died at the age of 119 years 97 days. This amazing woman born September 24, 1880 and died December 30, 1999, just a few days shy of the 21st century. Obviously this didn't bother Sarah at all. When she was told that she had become the oldest person in the world, she replied: “So what.”
Her daughters described their mother as incredibly calm, undisturbed by anything. Perhaps this was the secret of her long life, since excessive stress negatively affects human health.
Knauss survived 7 American wars, the Great Depression and the death of her husband after 64 years of marriage. At the time of her death, she was already older than the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty in the United States.
1. Jeanne Kalman (1875 – 1997)
Jeanne Kalment is the oldest person who has ever lived on Earth, and so far no one has been able to beat her record of 122 years 164 days. She was born in Arles, France on February 21, 1875 and died on August 4, 1997. During her life, she witnessed the invention of the automobile, cinema, stainless steel, television and airplanes.
Surprisingly, she even met Vincent van Gogh when she was 13, whom she described as "dirty, unkempt and scowling."
Kalman, like Sarah Knauss, had “immunity to stress.” She could also boast of wit and at every birthday she announced a new secret to longevity.
The centenarian rode a bicycle and drank port until she was 100 years old, and also smoked almost until she died. She claimed that laughter physical activity and a strong stomach helped her live to an old age. And her best advice there was a saying: “If you can’t do anything about it, don’t bother.”
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Duration human life depends on many factors: lifestyle, nutrition, place of residence, genetic predisposition to certain diseases. In the CIS countries, the average life expectancy is somewhere around 60 years for men and 65 for women. In countries Western Europe this figure is slightly higher. But the people who will be discussed further broke all records and demonstrated a great love for life.
Supercentenarians
Oldest man in history
The person who lived the longest was a woman (according to statistics, women live longer than men). The name of this heroine is Jeanne Louise Calment, this woman was born back in 1875 on February 21 in France, and died on August 4, 1997. Her total life expectancy is 122 years and 164 days (44724 total days). Jeanne became the person who lived the longest life of anyone known to science. The woman outlived her daughters and even her grandchildren. Information about the life expectancy of this heroine is carefully documented in scientific papers.
Oldest man
There is some debate regarding the age of the oldest man. The Guinness Book of Records claims that the record holder is the Japanese Shigechiyo Izumi. He is said to have been born on June 29, 1865, and died on February 21, 1986. If the date of his birth is correct (apparently no documents have survived), then the centenarian from Japan lived 120 years and 237 days. Only a long-liver from France, Jeanne Calment, survived it. Shigechio was not only the oldest man on the planet, he also set the record for the longest labor activity for a person, 98 years old. Surprisingly, the Japanese have a much longer work experience average duration life in Europe today. His name was recorded in Japan's first census in 1871. Interestingly, the man started smoking at the age of 70. However, after the death of the centenarian, the Department of Epidemiology in Tokyo and the Institute of Gerontology reported that, based on family registration records, Shigechio died at the age of 105 years. Whether this is true or not, we probably won’t be able to find out.
The second candidate for the right to be called the oldest man who ever lived on Earth is Thomas Peter Thorvald Christian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 - April 25, 1998). Although Thomas's date of birth is not shrouded in darkness, the Guinness Book of Records nevertheless considers him second, after Shigechio Izumi. Christian Mortensen is the oldest person born in Denmark, he is one of the ten oldest people on the planet. In total he lived 115 years and 252 days. There can be no doubt about Christian Mortensen's lifespan, and there are birth records, church baptism records, and even Danish census records that indicate his date of birth is correct.
Oldest person alive today
The oldest woman turned out to be Anna Eugenie Blanchard (born February 16, 1896), a French centenarian. The woman has lived for more than 114 years and 142 days. The oldest man alive today is Walter Breuning, born September 21, 1896, a long-lived American. At the age of 113 years 290 days, he ranked 4th among the oldest people on the planet, ahead of him were only three women, one of whom was Anna Blanchard.
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