Early centenarians
This page lists centenarians whose ages have been officially verified, listing any centenarians born before 1780, and any centenarians aged over 105 who were born after 1780.
This page is a work in progress aimed at understanding the emergence of centenarians worldwide. If you have done your own family history research and have found centenarians born in the 1700s (or previously), then please contact me. Please include any documentation you have, such as census records, newspaper reports, baptism, marriage, and burial entries.
| Rank | Forename | Surname | Sex | Date of birth | Date of death | Age (y & d) | Place of birth | Place of death (modern country) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eilif | Philipsen | M | bap. 21 Jul 1682 | 20 Jun 1785 | 102 | 334 | Denmark-Norway | Norway |
| 2 | Cornelius | Crich | M | bap. 24 Oct 1687 | 23 Mar 1789 | 101 | 150 | England | England |
| 3 | Ferdinand | Ashmall | M | 9 Jan 1695 | 5 Feb 1798 | 103 | 27 | England | England |
| 4 | Bartholomew | Johnson | M | bap. 3 Oct 1710 | 7 Feb 1814 | 103 | 127 | England | England |
| 5 | Johanna | Perryman | F | bap. 1 Nov 1713 | bur. 4 Feb 1816 | 102 | 95 | England | England |
| 6 | Marie-Louise | Plante | F | 10 Mar 1725 | 14 Jun 1832 | 107 | 96 | Quebec | Canada |
| 7 | Pierre | Darcourt | M | bap. 23 Jan 1729 | 11 May 1837 | 108 | 108 | Austrian Netherlands | Belgium |
| 8 | Marie-Anne | Lizotte | F | 6 Jul 1731 | 14 Jan 1835 | 103 | 192 | Quebec | Canada |
| 9 | Marie-Therese | Laveau | F | 26 Jun 1736 | 21 May 1838 | 101 | 329 | Quebec | Canada |
| 10 | Jeanne | Hudenot | F | 28 Feb 1737 | 20 May 1843 | 106 | 81 | France | France |
| 11 | Jožef | Kenda | M | 21 Mar 1740 | 3 Dec 1846 | 106 | 257 | Slovenia | Slovenia |
| 12 | Marie-Therese | Hamel | F | 14 Feb 1741 | 17 Jul 1841 | 100 | 153 | Quebec | Canada |
| 13 | Anne-Charlotte | Dumont | F | 18 Jul 1742 | 14 Aug 1842 | 100 | 27 | Quebec | Canada |
| 14 | Marie-Anne | Colin | F | 20 Mar 1743 | 24 Jul 1849 | 106 | 126 | Austrian Netherlands | Belgium |
| 15 | William | Shuldham | M | 16 Jul 1743 | 9 May 1845 | 101 | 297 | England | England |
| 16 | Marie Françoise | Fleury | F | 15 Oct 1750 | 28 Apr 1857 | 106 | 195 | France | France |
| 17 | David | Rennie | M | 28 Feb 1755 | 2 Mar 1857 | 102 | 2 | Scotland | Scotland |
| 18 | Agnes | Forrester | F | 4 Oct 1755 | 20 Feb 1861 | 105 | 139 | Scotland | Scotland |
| 19 | Jacob William | Luning | M | 19 May 1767 | 23 Jun 1870 | 103 | 35 | Germany | England |
| 20 | Lady Catherine Duncombe | Shafto | F | 10 Feb 1771 | 19 Mar 1872 | 101 | 38 | England | England |
| 21 | Lady Pleasance | Smith | F | 11 May 1773 | 3 Feb 1877 | 103 | 268 | England | England |
| 22 | Willem | van Renterghem | M | 9 Dec 1782 | 24 Oct 1888 | 105 | 320 | Austrian Netherlands | Belgium |
| 23 | Marie Jeanne | d'Evergroote | F | 18 Oct 1783 | 14 Mar 1892 | 108 | 148 | Austrian Netherlands | Belgium |
| 24 | Elisabeth | Vandevraye | F | 19 Nov 1784 | 26 Nov 1889 | 105 | 7 | Austrian Netherlands | Belgium |
| 25 | John | Brooks | M | 18 Jun 1786 | 19 Jun 1891 | 105 | 1 | United States | United States |
| 26 | Martin | Kellogg | M | 21 Sep 1786 | 17 Aug 1892 | 105 | 331 | United States | United States |
| 27 | Lavina | Hansdatter | F | 5 Sep 1787 | 16 May 1893 | 105 | 253 | Norway | Norway |
| 28 | Kirsti | Skagen | F | 1 Jun 1788 | 24 Nov 1897 | 109 | 176 | Denmark-Norway | Norway |
| 29 | Geert Adriaans | Boomgaard | M | 21 Sep 1788 | 3 Feb 1899 | 110 | 135 | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 30 | Betty | Webster | F | 25 Feb 1790 | 14 Jun 1896 | 106 | 110 | England | England |
| 31 | Dr. William | Salmon | M | 16 Mar 1790 | 10 May 1896 | 106 | 55 | England | Wales |
| 32 | Letitia | Turner | F | 9 May 1790 | 15 Oct 1895 | 105 | 159 | England | England |
| 33 | Jane | Major | F | 2 Apr 1791 | 1 Aug 1896 | 105 | 121 | England | England |
| 34 | Marian Wood | Garland | F | 16 May 1791 | 21 Feb 1897 | 105 | 281 | England | England |
| 35 | Margaret Ann | Neve | F | 18 May 1792 | 4 Apr 1903 | 110 | 321 | Guernsey | Guernsey |
| 36 | Elizabeth | Hanbury | F | 9 Jun 1793 | 31 Oct 1901 | 108 | 144 | England | England |
| 37 | Sophia | Wijnberg | F | 12 Mar 1799 | 11 Jul 1905 | 106 | 121 | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 38 | Agnete | Olsdatter | F | 6 Jan 1800 | 11 Oct 1907 | 107 | 278 | Norway | Norway |
| 39 | Salome | Sellers | F | 19 Oct 1800 | 9 Jan 1909 | 108 | 82 | United States | United States |
| 40 | Honor | Coleman | F | bap. 22 Feb 1801 | 24 Jan 1908 | 106 | 336 | England | England |
| 41 | Sophie | Lacomte | F | 12 May 1804 | 2 Apr 1910 | 105 | 325 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 42 | Marie Theresia | Vleminckx | F | 8 Oct 1805 | 29 Oct 1913 | 108 | 21 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 43 | Anna | Gabrielsson | F | 19 Mar 1806 | 14 May 1912 | 106 | 56 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 44 | Louisa | Carpenter | F | 26 Aug 1806 | 20 Dec 1914 | 108 | 116 | United States | United States |
| 45 | Johanna | Lindahl | F | 25 Jan 1808 | 31 Jan 1913 | 105 | 6 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 46 | Ann | Pouder | F | 3 May 1808 | 10 Jul 1917 | 109 | 68 | England | United States |
| 47 | Johanna | Berns | F | 10 Sep 1808 | 16 Mar 1915 | 106 | 187 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 48 | Marie Marguerite | Gomain | F | 25 Sep 1808 | 30 Apr 1914 | 105 | 217 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 49 | Sedgwick Woodford | Bidwell | M | 6 Dec 1809 | 13 Dec 1914 | 105 | 7 | United States | United States |
| 50 | Eliza | Merrill | F | 31 Dec 1810 | 20 Mar 1916 | 105 | 80 | United States | United States |
| 51 | Matthias | Dodenhoff | M | 22 Feb 1812 | 27 Dec 1917 | 105 | 308 | Germany | Germany |
| 52 | Sarah | Gardiner | F | 9 Jul 1812 | 25 Dec 1918 | 106 | 169 | England | England |
| 53 | Elisabeth | Jensen | F | 9 Jan 1813 | 11 Jun 1920 | 107 | 154 | Norway | Norway |
| 54 | Stina | Jansson | F | 13 Mar 1813 | 15 Mar 1918 | 105 | 2 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 55 | Ann Maria | Tayspill | F | 11 Oct 1813 | 7 Mar 1919 | 105 | 147 | England | England |
| 56 | Britta | Njeldsdatter | F | bap. 26 Jun 1814 | 6 Mar 1921 | 106 | 253 | Norway | Norway |
| 57 | Louisa | Thiers | F | 2 Oct 1814 | 17 Feb 1926 | 111 | 138 | United States | United States |
| 58 | Delina | Filkins | F | 4 May 1815 | 4 Dec 1928 | 113 | 214 | United States | United States |
| 59 | Frederick William | Stabbins | M | 18 Jul 1815 | 22 Jan 1922 | 106 | 188 | England | England |
| 60 | Edmund Turner | Pearse | M | bap. 1 Aug 1815 | 18 Oct 1920 | 105 | 78 | England | England |
| 61 | Emily Grace | Whalley-Smythe-Gardiner | F | 30 Sep 1815 | 30 Apr 1921 | 105 | 212 | England | England |
| 62 | Jane | Lister | F | 3 Feb 1816 | 25 Apr 1923 | 107 | 81 | England | England |
| 63 | Martha Ann | Truelove | F | 7 Aug 1816 | 20 May 1924 | 107 | 287 | England | England |
| 64 | Miriam | Bannister | F | 19 Mar 1817 | 9 Apr 1928 | 111 | 21 | England | United States |
| 65 | William | Mugfur | M | 26 Dec 1817 | 6 May 1924 | 106 | 132 | England | England |
| 66 | Ann | Sharp | F | 22 Jun 1818 | 8 Nov 1924 | 106 | 139 | England | England |
| 67 | Gertrud | Kübbeler | F | 1 Oct 1818 | 30 Dec 1925 | 107 | 90 | Germany | Germany |
| 68 | Marie Catherine | Delfairiere | F | 21 Jun 1819 | 26 Dec 1926 | 107 | 188 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 69 | Sven | Eriksson | M | 19 Jul 1819 | 13 Jan 1925 | 105 | 178 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 70 | Jane Lang | Raby | F | 25 Oct 1819 | 11 Jun 1926 | 106 | 229 | Wales | England |
| 71 | Frances Jane Ross | Smith | F | 21 May 1820 | 20 Jan 1927 | 106 | 244 | England | England |
| 72 | Katherine | Plunket | F | 22 Nov 1820 | 14 Oct 1932 | 111 | 327 | Ireland | Ireland |
| 73 | Johanna | Svensdotter | F | 26 Nov 1820 | 8 Oct 1926 | 105 | 316 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 74 | Jean Pierre | Dupont | M | 26 Jun 1821 | 2 Nov 1926 | 105 | 129 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 75 | Johanna Margaretha Catharina | Prigge | F | 5 Nov 1821 | 21 Jan 1928 | 106 | 77 | Germany | Germany |
| 76 | William | Walker | M | 8 Jan 1822 | 28 Feb 1929 | 107 | 51 | England | England |
| 77 | Jan | Jonsson | M | 22 Feb 1822 | 20 Dec 1927 | 105 | 301 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 78 | Elisabeth | De Witte | F | 1 Nov 1822 | 9 Sep 1928 | 105 | 313 | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 79 | Herlindis | Goeminne | F | 18 Oct 1823 | 21 Jan 1929 | 105 | 95 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 80 | Ann Grace | Russell | F | 19 Nov 1823 | 7 Feb 1931 | 107 | 80 | England | England |
| 81 | Bening | Arnold | M | 25 May 1824 | 17 Aug 1930 | 106 | 84 | England | England |
| 82 | Eliza | Roff | F | 10 Jul 1824 | 11 Jun 1933 | 108 | 336 | England | England |
| 83 | Victoire Joseph | Desrumaux | F | 11 Jan 1825 | 1 Feb 1932 | 107 | 21 | France | France |
| 84 | Stina | Abarhamsson | F | 18 Sep 1825 | 23 Sep 1930 | 105 | 5 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 85 | Maria Fedela | Montemurro | F | 20 Sep 1825 | 14 Oct 1934 | 109 | 24 | Italy | Italy |
| 86 | Lars | Olofsson | M | 5 Apr 1826 | 24 Oct 1931 | 105 | 202 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 87 | Anna | Poker | F | 28 Aug 1826 | 10 Mar 1932 | 105 | 195 | Germany | Germany |
| 88 | Karolina | Andersson | F | 10 Jun 1827 | 2 Jun 1933 | 105 | 357 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 89 | Ellen | Palmer | F | 4 Sep 1827 | 2 Dec 1935 | 108 | 89 | England | England |
| 90 | Rachel | Macarthur | F | 26 Nov 1827 | 10 Dec 1936 | 109 | 14 | Scotland | Scotland |
| 91 | Janetta | Hynde | F | 27 Sep 1828 | 23 Feb 1936 | 107 | 149 | England | England |
| 92 | Johan | Svanström | M | 10 Feb 1829 | 13 Mar 1935 | 106 | 31 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 93 | Gebke Hinrichs | Tjaden | F | 29 Mar 1829 | 13 May 1935 | 106 | 45 | Germany | Netherlands |
| 94 | Maria | Schöpperle | F | 5 Jun 1829 | 25 Aug 1934 | 105 | 81 | Germany | Germany |
| 95 | Märet | Olofsson | F | 12 Apr 1830 | 6 Aug 1935 | 105 | 116 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 96 | Rachel | Swain | F | 1 Sep 1830 | 12 Oct 1938 | 108 | 41 | England | England |
| 97 | Erik Gustaf | Jansson | M | 20 Jul 1831 | 9 Apr 1937 | 105 | 263 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 98 | Wilhelmine | Olschewski | F | 24 Aug 1831 | 31 May 1939 | 107 | 280 | Prussia | Germany |
| 99 | Giovanni Battista Borea | d'Olmo | M | 11 Oct 1831 | 19 Oct 1936 | 105 | 8 | Italy | Italy |
| 100 | Sofia | Deijenberg | F | 28 Nov 1831 | 9 Oct 1937 | 105 | 315 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 101 | Mary | Davey | F | 3 Jun 1832 | 2 Oct 1940 | 108 | 121 | England | England |
| 102 | Wilhelmine | Scharnikow | F | 9 Aug 1832 | 22 Aug 1938 | 106 | 13 | Germany | Germany |
| 103 | Francesco | Cubadda | M | 28 Nov 1832 | 14 Dec 1940 | 108 | 16 | Italy | Italy |
| 104 | Anna | Wheeler | F | 5 Mar 1833 | 18 Dec 1943 | 110 | 288 | United States | United States |
| 105 | Marie Louise | Van Hoorebeeck | F | 12 Dec 1833 | 3 Dec 1939 | 105 | 356 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 106 | Karolina | Nilsson | F | 17 Jun 1834 | 28 Nov 1939 | 105 | 164 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 107 | Thomas | Pope | M | 22 Jan 1835 | 17 Feb 1943 | 108 | 26 | England | England |
| 108 | Anna Katarina | Skatt | F | 11 Mar 1835 | 26 Nov 1940 | 105 | 260 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 109 | Ellen | Fletcher | F | bap. 10 Apr 1835 | 3 Dec 1941 | 106 | 237 | England | England |
| 110 | John Christian | Francklow | M | 30 May 1835 | 15 Oct 1944 | 109 | 138 | England | England |
| 111 | Ulrika Sofia | Pettersson | F | 26 Jul 1835 | 31 Dec 1941 | 106 | 158 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 112 | Per | Granlöf | M | 20 Oct 1835 | 13 Apr 1942 | 106 | 175 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 113 | Henry | King | M | 10 Nov 1835 | 30 Dec 1943 | 108 | 50 | England | England |
| 114 | Mary Ann | Crow | F | 2 Feb 1836 | 31 Jul 1945 | 109 | 179 | England | Australia |
| 115 | Rebecca Sarah | Lees | F | Aug 1837 | 5 Mar 1946 | 108 | 188 | England | England |
| 116 | Angiolina | Patriarca | F | 11 Apr 1838 | 8 Jan 1945 | 106 | 272 | Italy | Italy |
| 117 | Sarah Olive | Fitt | F | 16 Nov 1838 | 14 Jan 1947 | 108 | 59 | England | England |
| 118 | Harriet | Rainbird | F | 14 Mar 1839 | 17 Nov 1946 | 107 | 248 | England | England |
| 119 | Maria | Vred | F | 26 Jul 1839 | 27 Nov 1944 | 105 | 124 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 120 | Karl August | Nilsson | M | 3 Oct 1839 | 15 Nov 1944 | 105 | 43 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 121 | Anna Lisa | Berg | F | 10 Mar 1840 | 26 Jan 1946 | 105 | 322 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 122 | Johanna | Johansson | F | 6 May 1840 | 2 Nov 1947 | 107 | 180 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 123 | Elizabeth Jane | Sellwood | F | 21 Jun 1840 | 19 Mar 1948 | 107 | 272 | England | England |
| 124 | Brita | Lindgren | F | 3 Dec 1840 | 20 Dec 1945 | 105 | 17 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 125 | Petronella | Braams | F | 8 Dec 1841 | 29 Jun 1948 | 106 | 204 | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 126 | Beata | Brolin | F | 11 Mar 1842 | 9 Jan 1948 | 105 | 304 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 127 | Antionio | Marchi | M | 15 Jul 1842 | 22 Mar 1948 | 105 | 251 | Italy | Italy |
| 128 | Betsy | Baker | F | 20 Aug 1842 | 24 Oct 1955 | 113 | 65 | England | United States |
| 129 | Velgjer | Svien | F | 10 Oct 1842 | 23 Jan 1953 | 110 | 105 | Norway | United States |
| 130 | Matilda | Coppins | F | 11 Oct 1842 | 22 Dec 1951 | 109 | 72 | England | England |
| 131 | James | Hard | M | 15 Jul 1843 | 12 Mar 1953 | 109 | 240 | United States | United States |
| 132 | Marie | Flassayer | F | 13 Jun 1844 | 18 Apr 1954 | 109 | 309 | France | France |
| 133 | Erika | Erlandsson | F | 24 Jul 1844 | 15 Mar 1950 | 105 | 234 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 134 | Elizabeth | Whitehead | F | 30 Aug 1844 | 5 Mar 1953 | 108 | 187 | England | England |
| 135 | Johanna | Andersson | F | 17 Sep 1844 | 11 Aug 1952 | 107 | 329 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 136 | August | Karlsson | M | 26 Dec 1844 | 7 Feb 1950 | 105 | 43 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 137 | Catherine | Barr | F | 20 Feb 1845 | 9 Dec 1952 | 107 | 293 | England | England |
| 138 | Bertha | Ganzlin | F | 21 Nov 1845 | 15 Nov 1951 | 105 | 359 | Germany | Germany |
| 139 | Karl | Glöckner | M | 28 Dec 1845 | 10 Oct 1953 | 107 | 286 | Germany | Germany |
| 140 | Emma Louisa | Rooke | F | 26 Jan 1846 | 7 May 1953 | 107 | 101 | England | England |
| 141 | Margaret Bebb | Lunn | F | 14 Mar 1846 | 2 Jun 1953 | 107 | 80 | England | England |
| 142 | Wayland | Newell | M | 15 Sep 1846 | 17 Sep 1954 | 108 | 2 | United States | United States |
| 143 | Sarah Jane | Humphrey | F | 25 Feb 1847 | 28 May 1955 | 108 | 92 | England | England |
| 144 | Julia | Gray | F | 21 Mar 1847 | 1 Dec 1954 | 107 | 255 | England | England |
| 145 | Anders Johan | Jonasson | M | 24 Mar 1848 | 23 Sep 1954 | 106 | 183 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 146 | Maria | Johansson | F | 9 Apr 1848 | 29 Feb 1956 | 107 | 326 | Sweden | Sweden |
| 147 | Catherine Emerence | Baert | F | 25 May 1848 | 27 Dec 1955 | 107 | 216 | Belgium | Belgium |
| 148 | Michelina | Macchia | F | 23 Nov 1848 | 9 Aug 1956 | 107 | 260 | Italy | Italy |
| 149 | Caroline Mary | Beale | F | 30 Dec 1848 | 9 Dec 1956 | 107 | 345 | England | England |
| 150 | Josephine | Marchal | F | 27 Apr 1849 | 12 Apr 1957 | 107 | 350 | France | Germany |
| 151 | Luise | Rissmann | F | 27 Sep 1849 | 2 Feb 1958 | 108 | 128 | Germany | Germany |
| 152 | Christina | Backs-Karnebeek | F | 2 Oct 1849 | 7 Oct 1959 | 110 | 5 | Netherlands | Netherlands |
| 153 | Robert Alexander | Early | M | 8 Oct 1849 | 9 Oct 1960 | 111 | 1 | United States | United States |