Top 10 Oldest People in the World By litgoddess  [23 more lists]

Born August 6th, 1895

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Born November 14th, 1895

Maggie Mae Renfro, at 113 years old, is the fifth-oldest living person in the United States and the oldest person in Louisiana. Renfro is also the seventh-oldest person in the world and the second-oldest African American person after Gertrude Baines.

She was born in Athens in Claiborne Parish, Louisiana, the fourth of eleven children born to Wylie and Dellie Thornton.

At the age of nineteen, she became a cook for a road crew. Soon afterward, she moved to Madisonville, the seat of Madison County west of Bryan, Texas, and later to Houston, where she met her husband, Rudy. The two had no children, and, following his death in 1971, Renfro moved to Minden, the seat of Webster Parish, where she currently lives.

She attributed her longevity to being "a good servant for God." "Love everybody; treat everybody right," she once said. She also never drank or smoked.

Renfro is also reportedly in good health, according to her niece and caretaker, Mattie Ellis. "I feel good," Maggie said. "Nothing hurts me right now, and I'm not sick."

Renfro and her sisters Carrie Thornton (born in 1902) and Rosie Thornton Warren (born in 1906) are the oldest living sisters in the world, at 323 combined years.

Rosie lives in the care of her relatives, like Maggie, while Carrie lives in an extensive care hospital in Shreveport. The trio were honored by the Minden City Council in July 2006.

Born February 16, 1896

A French supercentenarian who, at 113 years, is the world's 8th-oldest validated person since the death of Japanese supercentenarian Tomoji Tanabe on 19 June 2009.

Born in the Merlet neighborhood of St. Barths, Blanchard for a time became a nun, moving to Curaçao in the Netherlands Antilles at age 33. She returned to St. Barths at age 60, where she lived at home until 1980. She then moved into a retirement home.

Children from the neighborhood named her Douchy because she worked as a sweet seller.

Born March 30th, 1896

Limited information available online about Ms. Bailey, except that she considers forgiveness to be an element of longevity.

Born March 31st, 1896

Florence Emily "Florrie" Baldwin is a supercentenarian and, at the age of 113 years, recognized as the oldest living person in the United Kingdom following the death of 111-year-old Aida Mason on 9 February 2007.

Guinness World Records paid her a visit when Baldwin became the new British recordholder. As of 28 June 2009, she is the 10th oldest verified person in the world and the oldest person in Europe.

Born Florence Davies in the Hunslet district of Leeds, she remembers the Boer War and seeing Queen Victoria when she visited Leeds, when Baldwin was 4 years old. In 1920, she married painter and decorator Clifford Baldwin and moved to Woodhouse. After his death in 1973, Baldwin lived alone until she was 105, still being able to put up curtains and clean windows. She then moved to Radcliffe Gardens, a nursing home in Leeds.

She reportedly credits her longevity to eating a fried egg sandwich every day. However doctors reputedly thought it could be due to her job as a clerk at an engineering firm for 50 years, which she retired from at the age of 75.

The company was based on top a steep hill in Woodhouse, Leeds. "She would walk up that hill, come home at lunchtime and then back up it" commented a grandson. Baldwin's daughter believes her mother's longevity is due to no smoking, no drinking and hard work.

Baldwin is reportedly in very good health and takes no regular medication. Baldwin spent time in hospital in her 70s due to cataracts. Following the death of Italian woman Lucia Lauria on 28 June 2009, Baldwin became the oldest living person in Europe.