Do you know anyone over hundred years of age? Chances are that if you live in Japan, you do. In September 2018 Japan’s centenarian population hit a record-high of 69,785 with women accounting for about 88 % of the total.
Chances are also that some distant day in the future, hundred years will be the new middle age. But for now it means being very old, and people who have lived that long, have certainly something worthwhile to tell us younger people. Listen to this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9AThycGCakk
If you live to be more than 110 years old, you would be called supercentenarian! There have been quite a few of those in the world, but only one known case of a person of 120 years of age or older whose birth was independently verified by historical documents: Jeanne Calment. Here below you have a list of all centenarians appearing in this blog - later on there will be a separate article on supercentenarians!
1620-0806 William Hiseland* soldier/ reputed supercentenarian – Wiltshire, England (1732/111) the birthdate is a claimed one
1628-1120 Matthias Sention Jr.* Connecticut settler/selectman/inn keeper – New Windsor, Berkshire, England (1728/100)
1656-0102 Paolo Panelli* Italian painter/active in Verona – (1759/103)
1682-0310 Martti Rekonpoika Hastig* soldier/wildlife manager – Parkano, Sweden-Finland (1784/101)
1863-0713 Margaret Murray* Anglo-Indian egyptologist/ anthropologist/ historian – Calcutta, British India (1963/100)
1889-1031 Susie Gibson* (b Potts) /supercentenarian – Corinth, MS USA (2006/116) year of birth possibly 1890 – Find a Grave – [Gerontology Wiki](https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/Susie_Gibson#:~:text=Susan%20Elizabeth%20%22Susie%22%20Gibson%20(,several%20'world's%20oldest%20persons'.)
1909-0527 Dolores Hope* (b DeFina) singer/philanthropist/wife of Bob Hope – New York City, NY USA (2011/102)
1909-1104 Evelyn Bryan Johnson* (b Stone) “Mama Bird”, the female pilot with the most number of flying hours in the world – Corbin, KY USA (2012/102)
1910-0704 Gloria Stuart* actress/ visual artist/activist – Santa Monica, CA USA (2010/100)
1910-0727 Lupita Tovar* Mexican-American actress – Matias Romero, Mexico (2016/106)
1910-0826 Katherine Fryer* artist/wood engraver – England (2017/106)
1910-0829 Georges Loinger* French soldier and resistance fighter who helped hundreds of Jewish children escape from occupied France – Strasbourg, Alsace-Lorraine, German Empire (2018/108)
1910-1214 Errie Ball* Welsh-American golfer – Wales (2014/103)
1910-1221 Rosa Bouglione* circus performer/matriarch of the Bouglione circus family – Ixelles, Belgium (2018/107)
1910-1229 Ronald Coase* economist/N/author – Willesden, London, England (2013/102)
1910-1230 Howard W. Jones* gynecological surgeon/in vitro fertilization specialist – Baltimore, MD USA (2015/104)
1912-0207 Roberta McCain* oil heiress/socialite/ centenarian – Muskogee, OK USA (2020/108)
1912-0319 William Frankland* allergist/ immunologist – Battle, Sussex, England (2020/108)
1912-0627 E. R. Braithwaite* novelist/teacher/diplomat – Georgetown, British Guyana (2016/104)
1912-0919 Michael Wright* architect – Hong Kong (2018/105)
1912-0929 Lukas Ammann* actor – Basel, Switzerland (2017/104)
1912-1129 Viola Smith* (b Schmitz) drummer – Mount Calvary, WI USA (2020/107)
1919-1115 Leo Marx* historian/literary critic/educator – New York City, NY USA (2022/102)
Updated 29.3.2023
Sources:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Centenarian
https://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/g5114/secrets-to-a-long-life/