The longest unambiguously documented lifespan is that of Jeanne Calment of France (1875–1997), who was aged 122 years. She met Vincent van Gogh when aged 14, and in 1988 this led to her, at age 113, becoming noticed by the media. Subsequent investigation found that her life was documented in the records of her native city of Arles beyond reasonable question. More evidence for the Calment case has been produced than for any other supercentenarian case, which makes her case a “gold standard” among the “oldest people” recordholders. This is contrasted with the now-disputed claim of age 120 for the oldest man ever, Shigechiyo Izumi. While currently still recognized by Guinness World Records, even the Japanese authorities have hinted that his age was not certain. This claim was accepted in 1978, but subsequent additional research (as early as 1984) has raised doubt as to whether his birth date was confused with a brother’s who died at a young age.

Currently (since 29 January 2007), the oldest living person is 114-year-old Yone Minagawa of Japan, born on 4 January 1893.

The current oldest person I have no clue of. But the oldest ever was Methuselah who lived to be 969 years old. This was back in the biblical times when people could live a long time.

Dont know but my great great grandma is about to be 101 so i think shes in the top 20 and yes shes alive.

some americans claim to be over 200 years old.

(they dont actually say it but they sure act like they know every f*****g thing!)