The oldest person to ever live, Jeanne Calment reached the age of 122 before dying in her hometown of Arles, France in 1997.

The world has a new reigning champion in the age category. Kane Tanaka, of Fukuoka, Japan, has just been crowned the oldest person on the planet by Guinness World Records. At 116 years, 66 days ...

The oldest verified person in the world is a woman who lived to the incredible age of of 122 years and 164 days before passing away on August 4, 1997. Jeanne Calment was born in Arles, France on ...

Bob Weighton was officially named the world's oldest man by Guinness World Records in March Joelle Goldstein is a Senior News Editor on the TV team for PEOPLE Digital. She has been with the brand ...

Kane Tanaka died on April 19, according to Guinness World Records Jason Hahn is a former Human Interest and Sports Reporter for PEOPLE. He started at PEOPLE's Los Angeles Bureau as a writer and ...

The world's oldest man who died at the age of 112 last year left £300,000 to his British family in his will. John Alfred Tinniswood, who lived through both world wars, was born in Liverpool on ...

ASHIYA, Hyogo Prefecture—Even at the age of 116, Tomiko Itooka never forgets to express gratitude to the employees of her intensive care home here. When an employee told her on Aug. 21 that she ...

Art Schallock, a little-known New York Yankees left-hander who treasured his late-in-life fame as the oldest living former major-league ballplayer, died Wednesday at age 100. Schallock pitched a ...

Genevieve Marszalek of Warren has passed away at the age of 111. Her caretaker, Candace, said Marszalek passed away Sunday morning. NBC 10 first met her when she turned 108. Marszalek was the ...

The 116-year-old Francisca Celsa dos Santos considered the oldest person in Brazil, has died on Tuesday at her home in Fortaleza in the state of Ceará, it was reported Sunday. Dos Santos passed ...