List of the Oldest Living Famous Person, Plus Female & Male Lists Separately

William Coward (?/?/1648-4/28/1738), ?/?/173?-4/28/1738, 8?-89, died at age 89 yrs., 4+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Merchant, planter, and philantropist
Girolamo Amati (2/26/1649-2/21/1740), 4/28/1738-2/21/1740, 89-90, died at age 90 yrs., 360 d., Italy, Italy, Violin maker
Jean-Jacques Manget (?/?/1652-?/?/1742), 2/21/1740-?/?/1742, 87-89, died at age 89 yrs., 0+ mos. Switzerland, Switzerland, Physician and writer
André-Hercule de Fleury (6/26/1653-1/29/1743), ?/?/1742-1/29/1743, 88-89, died at age 89 yrs., 7 mos., France, France, Cardinal and the chief minister of Louis XV
Maria Francesca de Bournonville (7/15/1654-7/16/1748), 1/29/1743-7/16/1748, 88-94, died at age 94 yrs., 0 mos., France, France, Noblewoman and aristocrat
Maria Oriana Galli Bibiena (?/?/1656-?/?/1749), 7/16/1748-?/?/1749, 91-92, died at age 92 yrs., 0+ mos., Italy, Italy, Painter
Bernard Fontenelle (2/11/1657-1/9/1757), ?/?/1749-1/9/1757, 91-99, died at age 99 yrs., 11 mos., France, France, Writer and essayist
Gyorgy Zovanyi (9/?/1666-2/16/1758), 1/9/1757-2/16/1758, 90-91, died at age 91 yrs., 4.5+ mos., Hungary (now Romania), Hungary (now Romania), Bishop of Debrecen
Florent-Jean de Vallière (?/?/1667-?/?/1759), 2/16/1758-?/?/1759, 90-91, died at age 91 yrs., 1.5+ mos., France, France, Lieutenant General and artillery officer
George Cobb, 3rd Baronet (?/?/1670–?/?/1762), ?/?/1759-?/?/1762, 88-91, died at age 91 yrs., 0+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Nobleman and aristocrat
Claude de Beaufort-Canillac, Marquis de Montboissier (?/?/1671-?/?/1765), ?/?/1762-?/?/1765, 90-93, died at age 93 yrs., 0+ mos., Lieutenant General, nobleman, and aristocrat
Edmond Hoyle (?/?/1672-8/29/1769), ?/?/1765-8/29/1679, 92-96, died at age 96 yrs., 8+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Writer and game expert
Jean-Jacques d'Ortous de Mairan (11/26/1678-2/20/1771), 8/29/1769-2/20/1771, 90-92, died at age 92 yrs., 3 mos., France, France, Geophysicist, astronomer, and chronobiologist
Sir George Jerningham, 5th Baronet (?/?/1680-?/?/1774), 2/20/1771-?/?/1774, 90-95, died at age 95 yrs., 0+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Nobleman and aristocrat
Giacobbe Cervetto (?/?/1682-1/14/1783), ?/?/1774 -1/14/1783, 91-100, died at age 100 yrs., 0.5+ mos., Italy, United Kingdom (England), Musician and composer
Thomas Amory (?/?/1691-11/25/1788), 1/14/1783-11/25/1788, 91-97, died at age 97 yrs., 0+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Writer
George Browne (6/15/1698-2/18/1792), 8/8/1788-2/18/1792, 90-93, died at age 93 yrs., 8 mos., Ireland (Britain), Russian Empire (now Russia), Nobleman and Russian FIeld Marshal
Jean-Baptiste de Machault d'Arnouville (12/13/1701-7/12/1794), 2/18/1792-7/12/1794, 90-92, died at age 92 yrs., 7 mos., France, France, Statesman and politician
Simeon Ellerton (?/?/1702-?/?/1799), 7/12/1794-?/?/1799, 91-96, died at age 96 yrs., 0+ mos., England, United Kingdom (England), Eccentric and fitness fanatic
Charles-Antoine, Duc de Biron (?/?/1708–?/?/1800), ?/?/1799-?/?/1800, 90-91, died at age 91 yrs., 0+ mos., France, France, Aristocrat
Mollie Sneden (1/13/1709-1/31/1810), ?/?/1800-1/31/1810, 91-101, died at age 101 yrs., 0.5 mos., Ferry operator
John Metcalf (8/15/1717-4/26/1810), 1/31/1810-4/26/1810, 92, died at age 92 yrs., 8.5 mos., United Kingdom (England), United Kingdom (England), Civil engineer and professional road builder
Francis Home (11/17/1719-2/15/1813), 4/26/1810-2/15/1813, 90-93, died at age 93 yrs., 3 mos., United Kingdom (Scotland), United Kingdom (Scotland), Physician who made the first attempt to vaccinate against measles
Joseph Frederick Wallet DesBarres (11/22/1721-10/24/1824), 2/15/1813-10/24/1824, 91-102, died at age 102 yrs., 11 mos., Switzerland, British Canada, Cartographer and statesman
Edward Augustus Holyoke (8/1/1728-3/31/1829), 10/24/1824-3/31/1829, 96-100, died at age 100 yrs., 8 mos., Massachusetts Colony (Britain), U.S. (MA), Educator and physician
Thomas Sumter (8/14/1734-6/1/1832), 3/31/1829-6/1/1832, 94-97, died at age 97 yrs., 9.5 mos., Virginia Colony (Britain), U.S. (SC), Senator and Congressman
Charles Carroll (9/19/1837-11/14/1832), 6/1/1732-11/14/1832, 94-95, died at age 95 yrs., 2 mos., Maryland Colony (Britain), U.S. (MD), Senator
Andrey Bolotov (10/18/1738-10/16/1833), 11/14/1832-10/16/1833, 94, died at age 94 yrs., 363 d., Russian Empire (now Russia), Russian Empire (now Russia), Agriculturist
Paine Wingate (5/14/1739-3/7/1838), 10/16/1833-3/7/1838, 94-98, died at age 98 yrs., 9.5 mos., Massachuetts Colony (Britain), U.S. (NH), Senator and Congressman
Sampson Salter Blowers (3/10/1742-10/25/1842), 3/7/1838-10/25/1842, 95-100, died at age 100 yrs., 7.5 mos., Massachusetts Colony (Britain), British Canda (Nova Scotia), Lawyer and jurist
Bernhard Wilhelm von Wrangell (11/1/1747-3/17/1845), 10/25/1842-3/17/1845, 94-97, died at age 97 yrs., 4.5 mos., Germany, Germany, German nobleman
Dominique, comte de Cassini (6/30/1748-10/18/1845), 3/17/1845-10/18/1845, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 3.5 mos., France, France, Astronomer
Caroline Herschel (3/16/1850-1/9/1848), 10/18/1845-1/9/1848, 95-97, died at age 97 yrs., 9.5 mos., Germany (Hanover), Germany (Hanover), Astronomer
Andreas Joseph Hofmann (7/14/1852-9/6/1849), 1/9/1848-9/6/1849, 95-97, died at age 97 yrs., 1.5 mos., Germany, Germany, Philosopher and revolutionary
William Vaughan (9/22/1752-5/5/1850), 9/6/1849-5/5/1850, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 7.5 mos., United Kingdom (England), United Kingdom (England), Merchant and author
William Watts (?/?/1752-12/7/1851), 5/5/1850-12/7/1851, 97-98/99, died at age 98 yrs. 11.5+ mos., United Kingdom (England), United Kingdom (England), Line-engraver
Martin Routh (9/18/1755-12/22/1854), died at age 99 yrs., 3 mos., United Kingdom (England), United Kingdom (England), Classical scholar and President of Magdalen College
Laban Ainsworth (7/19/1757-3/17/1858), 12/22/1854-3/17/1858, 97-100, died at age 100 yrs., 8 mos., New Hampshire Colony (Britain), U.S. (NH), Clergyman and pastor
William Turner (9/20/1761-4/24/1859), 3/17/1858-4/24/1859, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 7 mos., United Kingdom (England), United Kingdom (England), Unitarian minister and educator
Sir John Swinburne, 6th Baronet (3/6/1762-9/26/1860), 4/24/1859-9/26/1860, 97-98, died at age 98 yrs., 6.5 mos., France, United Kingdom (England), Politician and patron of the arts
Daniel Waldo (9/10/1762-7/30/1864), 9/26/1860-7/30/1864, 98-101, died at age 101 yrs., 10.5 mos., Connecticut Colony (Britain), U.S. (NY), Clergyman
Teresa Saporiti (?/?/1763-3/17/1869), 7/30/1864-3/17/1869, 100-105, died at age 105 yrs., 2.5+ mos., Italy, Italy, Soprano
William Hamlin (10/15/1772-11/22/1869), 3/17/1869-11/22/1869, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 1 mo., Rhode Island Colony (Britain), U.S. (RI), Entrepreneur and engraver
Richard McHeffy (12/26/1773-12/5/1874), 11/22/1869-12/5/1874, 95-100, died at age 100 yrs., 11.5 mos., British Canada (Nova Scotia), Canada (Nova Scotia), Politician
Henry Boehm (6/8/1775-12/28/1875), 12/5/1874-12/28/1875, 99-100, died at age 100 yrs., 6.5 mos., Pennsylvania Colony (Britain), U.S. (PA), Clergyman and pastor
Bror Cederstrom (9/21/1780-12/21/1877), 12/28/1875-12/21/1877, 95-97, died at age 97 yrs., 3 mos., Sweden, Sweden, Baron, military commander, and Minister of War
Yosai Kikuchi (11/28/1781-6/16/1878), 12/21/1877-6/16/1878, 96, died at age 96 yrs., 6.5 mos., Japan, Japan, Painter
Philip Westphal (?/?/1782-3/16/1880), 6/16/1878-3/16/1880, 95-97, died at age 97 yrs., 2.5+ mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Admiral
Alvin Bronson (5/19/1783-4/2/1881), 3/16/1880-4/2/1881, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 10.5 mos., U.S. (CT), U.S. (NY), Congressman
Artemas Hale (10/20/1783-8/3/1882), 4/2/1881-8/3/1882, 97-98, died at age 98 yrs., 9.5 mos., U.S. (MA), U.S. (MA), Congressman
Moses Montefiore (10/24/1784-7/28/1885), 8/3/1882-7/28/1885, 97-100, died at age 100 yrs., 9 mos., Italy, U.K. (England), Financier, philantropist, and Sheriff of London
Michel Eugène Chevreul (8/31/1786-4/9/1889), 7/28/1885-4/9/1889, 98-102, died at age 102 years., 7.5 mos., France, France, Chemist
Provo Wallis (5/12/1791-2/13/1892), 4/9/1889-2/13/1892, 97-100, died at age 100 yrs., 9 mos., Canada (then a British colony), the U.K. (England), Admiral
John Chessell Buckler (12/8/1793-1/10/1894), 2/13/1892-1/10/1894, 98-100, died at age 100 yrs., 1 mo., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Architect
Nathaniel S. Berry (9/1/1796-4/27/1894), 1/10/1894-4/27/1894, 97, died at age 97 yrs., 8 mos., U.S. (NH), U.S. (NH), New Hampshire Governor
James Bacon (2/11/1798-6/1/1895), 4/27/1894-6/1/1895, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 3.5 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Bankrupcy judge
Christian Drewsen (8/30/1799-6/2/1896), 6/1/1895-6/2/1896, 95-96, died at age 96 yrs., 9 mos., Denmark, Denmark, Industrialist
Andrei Lishin (5/26/1801-9/9/1898), 6/2/1896-9/9/1898, 95-97, died at age 97 yrs., 3.5 mos., Russian Empire (now Russia), Russian Empire (now Russia), Lieutenant-General
James W. Bradbury (6/10/1802-1/6/1901), 9/9/1898-1/6/1901, 96-98, died at age 98 yrs., 7 mos., U.S. (ME), U.S. (ME), Senator
Robert Chapman (4/1/1803-12/6/1902), 1/6/1901-12/6/1902, 97-99, died at age 99 yrs., 8 mos., Denmark, U.K. (England), Pastor and evangelist
David Wark (2/19/1804-8/20/1905), 10/15/1902-8/20/1905, 98-101, died at age 101 yrs., 6 mos., Ireland, Canada, Senator
Manuel Garcia (3/17/1805-7/1/1906), 8/20/1905-7/1/1906, 100-101, died at age 101 yrs., 3.5 mos., Spain, Spain, Singer and music educator
Daniel T. Jewett (9/14/1807-10/7/1906), 7/1/1906-10/7/1906, 98-99, died at age 99 yrs., 0.5 mos., U.S. (ME), U.S. (MO), Senator
Isaac Charles Johnson (1/28/1811-11/29/1911), 10/7/1906-11/29/1911, 95-100, died at age 100 yrs., 10 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Cement manufacturer
Dmitry Milyutin (6/28/1816-1/25/1912), 11/29/1911-1/25/1912, 95, died at age 95 yrs., 7 mos., Russian Empire (now Russia), Russian Empire (now Russia), Russian Field Marshal and Minister of War
William Bernhardt Tegetmeier (11/4/1816-11/19/1912), 1/25/1912-11/19/1912, 95-96, died at age 96 yrs., 0.5 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Naturalist and writer
Frederick Young (6/21/1817-11/9/1913), 11/19/1912-11/9/1913, 95-96, died at age 96 yrs., 4.5 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Traveller and writer
Osmond Fisher (11/17/1817-7/12/1914), 11/9/1913-7/12/1914, 95-96, died at age 96 yrs., 8 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Geologist and geophysicist
George William Palmer (1/13/1818-3/12/1916), 7/12/1914-3/12/1916, 96-98, died at age 98 yrs., 2 mos., U.S. (NY), U.S. (NY), Congressman
Artur Gorgey (1/30/1818-5/21/1916), 3/12/1916-5/21/1916, 98, died at age 98 yrs., 3.5 mos., Austrian Empire (now Slovakia), Austria-Hungary (now Hungary), Military leader
William Greenwell (3/23/1820-1/27/1918), 5/21/1916-1/27/1918, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 10 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Archaeologist
Johan Engholm (9/1/1820-10/25/1918), 1/27/1918-10/25/1918, 97-98, died at age 98 yrs., 1.5 mos., Sweden, Sweden, Weaponsmith
Katherine Plunket (11/22/1820-10/14/1932), 10/25/1918-10/14/1932, 97-111, died at age 111 yrs., 10.5 mos., Ireland, Ireland, Aristocrat and artist
Adelbert Ames (10/31/1835-4/12/1933), 10/14/1932-4/12/1933, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 5.5 mos., U.S. (ME), U.S. (FL), Union Civil War General, Senator, and Mississippi Governor,
Aaron S. Daggett (6/14/1837-5/14/1938), 4/12/1933-5/14/1938, 95-100, died at age 100 yrs., 11 mos., U.S. (ME), U.S. (MA), Union Civil War General
Henry R. Gibson (12/24/1837-5/25/1938), 5/14/1938-5/25/1938, 100, died at age 100 yrs., 5 mos., U.S. (MD), U.S. (D.C.), Congressman
Roswell K. Colcord (4/25/1839-10/30/1939), 5/25/1938-10/30/1939, 99-100, died at age 100 yrs., 6 mos., U.S. (ME), U.S. (NV), Nevada Governor
William Mulock (1/19/1843-10/1/1944), 10/30/1939-10/1/1944, 96-101, died at age 101 yrs., 8.5 mos., Canada (Ontario), Canada (Ontario), Lawyer, politician, and philantropist
Charles D. Barney (7/9/1844-10/24/1945), 10/1/1944-10/24/1945, 100-101, died at age 101 yrs., 3.5 mos., U.S. (OH), U.S. (PA), Stockbroker
Lemuel W. Royse (1/19/1847-12/18/1946), 10/24/1945-12/18/1946, 98-99, died at age 99 yrs., 11 mos., U.S. (IN), U.S. (IN), Congressman
Addison James (2/27/1850-6/10/1947), 12/18/1946-6/10/1947, 96-97, died at age 97 yrs., 3.5 mos., U.S. (KY), U.S. (KY)
Hallie Quinn Brown (3/10/1850-9/16/1949), 6/10/1947-9/16/1949, 97-99, died at age 99 yrs., 6 mos., U.S. (PA) U.S. (OH), Educator and writer
Theodore Cooke Taylor (8/3/1850-10/19/1952), 9/16/1949-10/19/1952, 99-102, died at age 102 yrs., 2.5 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Businessman and politician
Ruth May Fox (11/16/1853-4/12/1958), 10/19/1952-4/12/1958, 98-104, died at age 104 yrs., 5 mos., U.K. (England), U.S. (UT), Women's rights activist
Arthur Judson Brown (12/3/1856-1/11/1963), 4/12/1958-1/11/1963, 101-106, died at age 106 yrs., 1 mos., U.S. (MA), U.S. (NY), Clergyman, missionary, and author
Anna J. Cooper (8/10/1858-2/27/1964), 1/11/1963-2/27/1964, 104-105, died at age 105 yrs., 6.5 mos., U.S. (NC), U.S. (DC), Scholar
Walter Francis Willcox (3/22/1861-10/12/1964), 2/27/1964-10/12/1964, 102-103, died at age 103 yrs., 6.5 mos., U.S. (MA), U.S. (MA), Statistician
Herbert George Welch (11/7/1862-4/4/1969), 10/12/1964-4/4/1969, 101-106, died at age 106 yrs., 5 mos., U.S. (NY), U.S. (NY), Church Bishop
Richard H. Jackson (5/10/1866-10/2/1971), 4/4/1969-10/2/1971, 102-105, died at age 105 yrs., 4.5 mos., U.S. (AL), U.S. (CA), Admiral
Margaret Ruthven Lang (11/27/1867-5/29/1972), 10/2/1971-5/29/1972, 103-104, died at age 104 yrs., 6 mos., U.S. (MA), U.S. (MA), Composer
Henry Jacques Gaisman (12/5/1869-8/6/1974), 5/29/1972-8/6/1974, 102-104, died at age 104 yrs., 8 mos., U.S. (TN), U.S. (NY), Inventor and philantropist
Constance Applebee (2/24/1873-1/26/1981), 8/6/1974-1/26/1981, 101-107, died at age 107 yrs., 11 mos., U.K. (England), U.K. (England), Field hockey player
Herman Smith-Johannsen (6/15/1875-1/5/1987), 1/26/1981-1/5/1987, 105-111, died at age 111 yrs., 6.5 mos., Norway, Norway, Cross-country skier
Alphaeus Cole (7/12/1876-11/25/1988), 1/5/1987-11/25/1988, 110-112, died at age 112 yrs., 4.5 mos. U.S. (NJ), U.S. (NY), Painter
Galo Leoz (4/22/1879-1/23/1990), 11/25/1988-1/23/1990, 109-110, died at age 110 yrs., 9 mos., Spain, Spain, Doctor
Laura Scales (11/13/1879-6/12/1990), 1/23/1990-6/12/1990, 110, died at age 110 yrs., 7 mos., U.S. (MA), U.S. (MA), College Dean
Claire Cayot O'Rourke (1/23/1885-6/26/1996), 6/12/1990-6/26/1996, 105-111, died at age 111 yrs., 5 mos., U.S. (CA), U.S. (CA), Politician/County treasurer
Sadayoshi Tanabe (10/20/1888-1/18/2000), 6/26/1996-1/18/2000), 107-111, died at age 111 yrs., 3 mos., Japan, Japan, Bibliographer
Leopold Vietoris (6/4/1891-4/9/2002), 1/18/2000-4/9/2002, 108-110, died at age 110 yrs., 10 mos., Austria-Hungary (now Austria), Austria, Mathematician
Tonio Selwart (6/9/1896-11/2/2002), 4/9/2002-11/2/2002, 105-106, died at age 106 yrs., 5 mos., Germany, U.S. (NY), Stage performer
William F. Cotton (10/23/1897-4/23/2006), 11/2/2002-4/23/2006, 105-108, died at age 108 yrs., 6 mos., U.S. (AR), U.S. (LA), Businessman
Silas Simmons (11/?/1897-10/29/2006), 4/23/2006-10/29/2006, 108, died at age 108 yrs., 11 mos., U.S. (DE), U.S. (FL), Baseball player
Leila Denmark (2/1/1898-4/1/2012), 10/29/2006-4/1/2012, 108-114, died at age 114 yrs., 2 mos., U.S. (GA), U.S. (GA), Doctor who discovered whooping cough vaccine
Carla Porta Musa (3/15/1902-10/10/2012), 4/1/2012-10/10/2012, 110, died at age 110 yrs., 7 mos., Italy, Italy, Poet and author
Alexander Imich (2/4/1903-present*), 10/10/2012-present*, 109*, currently living at age 109 yrs., 9+ mos., Poland, U.S. (NY), Chemist and parapsychologist

Males are bolded. Living are italicized. I might take this list even farther back. Any corrections for errors are always welcome.

This post has been edited by Futurist on Nov 22 2012, 05:03 PM

I think it would be useful and relevant to provide the reason for each person's pre-longevity fame.

I'll do that once I get back to working on this list.

I'm surprised this hasn't been done before. Very interesting. Wikipedia's lists of centenarians would be useful for this purpose, but you might already know about that.

This is more of a personal thing, but what's the oldest person you would have heard of even if they didn't live to extreme old age? For me it would probably be Rose Kennedy, with Wade Mainer (I had no idea he was still alive when I first heard his music) as a close second. People like Leila Denmark were locally famous more than anything, but that doesn't mean they don't belong on your list.

Maybe Leila Denmark, Frederica Sagor Maas, or Alphaeus Cole. I would have eventually found out about Maas by reading about 1920s films and Hollywood. I might have found out about Cole by reading about art and American artists, which I'm also kinda interested in. I might have still found out about Mrs. Denmark from some page about the whooping cough.

I stretched this list back to 1932 for now. I might stretch it back even farther.

Maybe Leila Denmark, Frederica Sagor Maas, or Alphaeus Cole. I would have eventually found out about Maas by reading about 1920s films and Hollywood. I might have found out about Cole by reading about art and American artists, which I'm also kinda interested in. I might have still found out about Mrs. Denmark from some page about the whooping cough.

I'm not a much of an art student (most of my knowledge comes from an introductory Survey of Western Art course), but Cole's paintings remind me a lot of the American Impressionist John Singer Sargent, and sure enough, the two were friends. He may have lived in the shadow of more famous figures, but he has a likable enough style in a painting like this one. I wonder if the price of his art shot up once he was recognized as oldest man.

Nice work on the rest of your list.

Maybe Leila Denmark, Frederica Sagor Maas, or Alphaeus Cole. I would have eventually found out about Maas by reading about 1920s films and Hollywood. I might have found out about Cole by reading about art and American artists, which I'm also kinda interested in. I might have still found out about Mrs. Denmark from some page about the whooping cough.

I'm not a much of an art student (most of my knowledge comes from an introductory Survey of Western Art course), but Cole's paintings remind me a lot of the American Impressionist John Singer Sargent, and sure enough, the two were friends. He may have lived in the shadow of more famous figures, but he has a likable enough style in a painting like this one. I wonder if the price of his art shot up once he was recognized as oldest man.

Nice work on the rest of your list.

Thank you for your kind compliments.

It's interesting that the men and women on this list are pretty evenly divided, especially for the post-WWII part of this list.

Walter Breuning is a railroader, but he is famous by age rather than hisoccupation becuase quite many people work in railway transport

Yeah, my list only mentions people who would have still been considered at least mildly famous even if they died 50 years before their real life deaths but still did all the same things that they did in real life.

Now I stretched it back 131 years ago, to 1881.

Records (for now):

100: 1884 (Moses Montefiore)
101: 1887 (Michel Eugene Chevreul)---3 yrs. since last record
102: 1888 (same)---1 yr. .......
103: 1923 (Katherine Plunket)------35 yrs. .....
104: 1924 (same)-------- 1 yr. .....
105: 1925 (same)---------1 yr. .....
106: 1926 (same)---------1 yr. .....
107: 1927 (same)---------1 yr. .....
108: 1928 (same)---------1 yr. .....
109: 1929 (same)---------1 yr. .....
110: 1930 (same)---------1 yr. .....
111: 1931 (same)---------1 yr. .....
112: 1988 (Alphaeus Cole)--------56 yrs. ..........
113: 2011 (Leila Denmark)--------13 yrs. ..........
114: 2012 (Leila Denmark)--------1 yr. ..............
115: No famous person has ever verifiably reached this age yet.---------------5+ yrs. ............

If I have any errors, please let me know. Thank you. I spent many hours researching and working on this list, so comments would be greatly appreciated.

It looks like it must have taken a lot of time! I can't think of an efficient way to search for 90+-year-olds who died in a particular year, short of searching news and book archives with terms like "died at age 97" (and hoping that some of the names that came up were notable) or scouring the year-of-death categories on Wikipedia. I can see why you didn't go back farther for the time being.

The records would look a lot different if you took out Katherine Plunket, who was related to notable people but who had no greater personal claim to fame than an unpublished volume of drawings. Without her, the gap between someone on your list reaching 102 and someone reaching 103 would be a whopping 68 years. But deciding what qualifies as fame can be tricky.

Had I extended my list back to the 1860s, Teresa Saporiti would have been on my list at age 106. However, though I don't question her age, I would like at least a month of birth to be known for everyone on my list, and so far only the year of birth is known for her.

Plunket was an Irish aristocrat. Even had she died at age 60, she would have still been famous for her drawings had she made them before that point.

Keep in mind that all the people on my list are consistently aged 95 or over for now. As of yet, there are no exceptions to this rule. I stopped this list at 1881 because that is the year that President Garfield was assassinated, because I just got extremely tired, exhauted, and sore, and because I wanted to stretch this list back at least 130 years from today. If you see any errors, please let me know.