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Jeanne Louise Calment (French: [ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃] ⓘ; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, the oldest person ever whose age has been verified.
Feb 21, 2024 · Jeanne, born in Arles, France, on 21 February 1875 (14 years before the Eiffel Tower was built), lived on to become the oldest person ever verified, reaching the age of 122 years 164 days when she passed away on 4 August 1997.
Jan 2, 2019 · Jeanne Louise Calment was 122 years and 164 days old when she died in 1997. Her outsized lifespan instantly put the socialite from Arles, France, into the history books as the oldest...
Sep 16, 2019 · mathematics. mothers. mortality. mathematical model. daughter. Decision Editor: Anne Newman, MD, MPH. Since she died at the age of 122 in 1997, Jeanne Calment (JC) has been recognized as the record-holder for longevity of the human species.
Aug 5, 1997 · Jeanne Calment, born a year before Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone and 14 years before Alexandre Gustave Eiffel built his tower, died today in a nursing home in Arles. At 122,...
Feb 10, 2020 · Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud? Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian. By Lauren Collins. February 10, 2020. Since...
Jan 9, 2019 · Mathematician Nikolay Zak claims that Jeanne Calment, the oldest person who ever lived, was a fraud. Demographers and experts in the science of human longevity are skeptical of this theory.
Aug 5, 1997 · Jeanne Calment, who took up fencing lessons at 85 and credited an occasional glass of port wine and a diet rich in olive oil for making her the world’s oldest person, died Monday at 122. Though...
The greatest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived is 122 years 164 days by Jeanne Louise Calment (France). Born on 21 February 1875 to Nicolas (1837 - 1931) and Marguerite (neé Gilles 1838 - 1924), Jeanne died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on 4 August 1997.
Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and at the time of her death at age 122 years, 164 days the verified oldest person in history as well as the only person who has surpassed 120 years of age, although her claimed age is possibly disputed.
