The Gerontology Research Group is pleased to pass on news that Naomi Whitehead, the oldest known living person in the US, is celebrating her 115th birthday today.
She is the third oldest living person right now.
It was estimated in 2015 that between 150 and 600 living people had reached the age of 110. The true number is uncertain, as not all supercentenarians are known to researchers at a given time, and some claims cannot be validated or are fraudulent.
Ethel Caterham (born 21 August 1909) of the United Kingdom is the world’s oldest living person whose age has been validated.
João Marinho Neto (born 5 October 1912) of Brazil is the world’s oldest living man whose age has been validated.
João is the 25th oldest living person. Men are scarce on the lsit of oldest.
Top 50 is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_oldest_living_people
It’s pretty dangerous being the oldest living person. Nobody seems to survive very long in that position.