TOP 10 oldest people in the world

At a young age, it seems that until old age is still very, very long. But time flies inexorably, and life is very fleeting. Today, life expectancy is 72 years. In developed countries, this figure is higher. Today you will learn about the oldest people on the planet. Some cases are controversial, but more on that later ...

Dhakabo Ebba - 160 years old

According to unconfirmed reports, the community elder Dhakabo Ebba was born in the late 1850s. But this case is controversial, because he does not have a birth certificate - in the countryside they were simply not issued then. And the witnesses are no longer alive. It turns out that this person was born before the invention of dynamite, cinema and light bulbs.

Professional researchers claim that such a case cannot be proved. Fundamental biology would be turned upside down if it had been discovered if he had lived more than 150 years.

Tuti Yusupova - 134 years old

In April 2015, the world did not become the oldest long-lived. The woman reached the age of 134 years. Unlike Jacobo Ebba, confirmation of her age occurred at the government level. The World Health Organization conducted a survey on Tuti Yusupova, and the BBC channel broadcast a documentary about a long-lived woman. Yusupova could provide documents confirming her age.

But this unique case remains controversial due to the fact that the ministers of Uzbekistan were convicted of lies. It is suspected that the country's government deliberately exaggerated the age of the centenarian to increase the percentage of centenarians and the average life expectancy of the country. Although the first place for these indicators is Japan.

Tanzilya Bisembeev - 122 years old (lives today)

Tanzilya was born on March 14, 1896 in the territory of the Astrakhan province of the Russian Empire. In 2018, the woman turned 122 years old. The long-liver is officially recognized as the oldest woman on the planet. The record was recorded in 2016 by the Russian Book of Records.

Tanzilya Bisembeeva was the oldest child among 8 children in their family. At the moment, she is one of two people who have survived to 120 years. Tanzili has 3 sons, 10 grandchildren, 24 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-grandchildren. Today, a long-lived woman lives in the village of Alcha, Krasnodar Territory, together with her youngest son and his family. All her life she led a healthy lifestyle and before the 100th anniversary she never visited the hospital, but after she had to undergo surgery to restore her vision.

Zhanna Kalman - 122 years old

One day, Jeanne Kalman personally spoke with Vincent Van Gogh. Her father had a store in Arles that sold art supplies. It was in 1888. In 1997, Jeanne Kalman in her interview described a great artist. She said that he was unpleasant, poorly dressed and dirty. The centenarian is the oldest person on the planet. She was born in 1875, then neither the Statue of Liberty nor the Eiffel Tower existed.

Jeanne Kalman had a family. She survived her husband for 50 years, her daughter for 60 years, her grandson for 30 years. According to the longevity, she lived to such an age thanks to a wide range of interests and regular consumption of fruits and olive oil. At 85, she went to fencing classes, at 100, was fond of cycling, at 121 released her own rap disc.

Juan Choks Yak - 122 years

A resident of Guatemala was born on November 29, 1893. But only in 2012 she issued her identity card and only then did the officials know that the oldest person living on the planet appeared in the country. Throughout his life, Juan Choks Yak survived fear, poverty, adversity, a bloody Civil War, several dictatorships.

This case is controversial, despite the fact that the testimony of Juan Choks Yak is supported by the Government of Guatemala. Information cannot be verified due to lack of documentary information.

Sarah Knauss - 119 years old

A woman was born in Pennsylvania in 1880, and died on December 30, 1999. Another 2 days and she would have lived in 3 centuries.

Sarah Knauss did not bother at all that she was the oldest person on earth at that time. After the death of Maria Louise Mayor in 1998, Sarah Knauss automatically became the oldest person on earth. After telling her about this, she simply answered: “So what?”

At the time that Sarah Knauss died, she had many great-grandchildren and several great-great-great-grandchildren. At that time, her daughter was 100 years old.

Lucy Hannah - 117

While Lucy Hannah was 117 years old, Jeanne Kalman was also alive, and she was 5 months older than Lucy Hannah. After her death in 1993, Lucy Hannah never became the oldest officially registered person.

But then she was recognized as the oldest African American in history and took third place among the centenarians of the whole world.

The centenarial tracker, Club 100, doubts the validity of the year of birth of Lucy Hannah (1875) and disputes this information.

Maria Louise Mayor - 117 years 230 days

A native of Quebec, the oldest Canadian has revealed the secret of her longevity. But few people will like this advice. And the secret of longevity was work. And not just work, but hard work.

At 90, a woman smoked. She had 12 children. She survived eight of them.

After death, the woman left 4 great-great-great-grandchildren, 57 great-great-grandchildren, 80 great-grandchildren, 85 grandchildren. One day before the death of Maria Louise Mayor, and this happened presumably at 118 years old, Felicia Young Cormier died. Therefore, the title of the oldest person on the planet Maria-Louise Mayor had only 1 day.

Misao Okawa - 117 years old

At the end of the 19th century, Misao Okawa was born in Japan. At 117, she became the oldest resident of Asia and the fifth long-lived on the planet. Misao Okawa said that her life seemed short to her, everything flashed like an instant and there were many unfinished business. Probably, this is how a person works - so that he does not receive, he will always be few.

Misao Okawa survived imperial Japan, World War II, she saw the fall and rise of China, as her native country became peaceful and prosperous.

Emma Morano - 116 years old (lives today)

Emma Morano is part of a three-century history. The Italian centenarian survived several eras - the industrial revolution, the economic upsurge of some states. This is the era of a detective novel, bicycle, radio, telegraph. The era of Abraham Lincoln, Oscar Wilde, Karl Marx, Queen Victoria.

Emma Morano herself, probably, already does not remember everything. But just think about how many chapters in history this person went through.

Margaret Ann Nevey - 110 years old

Margaret Ann Nevey was born in 1792 on the island of Guernsey, and died at the end of 1903. The long-lived woman lived in 3 centuries. It turns out that she lived through the Napoleonic Wars and the French Revolution. Nevey had a tight constitution and lived her life without any painkillers or antibiotics. She found the times of rampant unsanitary conditions and cholera. What is a runny nose, a woman did not know until her 105 years. And at 110, she easily picked apples, climbing trees. Almost until her death, Margaret Ann Nevey daily loved to use a glass of whiskey or cognac.