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    Jeanne Calment

    French supercentenarian, oldest human

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  1. Aug 5, 1997 · Jeanne Calment, born a year before Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone and 14 years before Alexandre Gustave Eiffel built his tower, died today in a nursing home in Arles. At 122, she...

  2. Feb 10, 2020 · Letter from Arles. Was Jeanne Calment the Oldest Person Who Ever Lived—or a Fraud? Some researchers have cast doubt on the record of the celebrated supercentenarian. By Lauren Collins. February...

  3. Jeanne Louise Calment (21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and at the time of her death at age 122 years, 164 days the verified oldest person in history as well as the only person who has surpassed 120 years of age, although her claimed age is possibly disputed .

  4. Nov 30, 2019 · Jeanne Calment was 122 when she died. But last year a Russian scientist claimed she was a con artist, sparking an international dispute over the woman who may still hold the secret to eternal...

  5. 21 February 1875. The greatest fully authenticated age to which any human has ever lived is 122 years 164 days by Jeanne Louise Calment (France). Born on 21 February 1875 to Nicolas (1837 - 1931) and Marguerite (neé Gilles 1838 - 1924), Jeanne died at a nursing home in Arles, southern France on 4 August 1997.

  6. www.npr.org › 1997/08/04 › 1038638Jeanne Calment : NPR

    Aug 4, 1997 · Jeanne Calment (zhahn kal-MAWN) died today at the age of 122 at a rest home in the south of France. The Guinness Book of World Records recognized her as the world's oldest person because they...

  7. Feb 21, 2023 · Jeanne Calment, a French woman, achieved an incredible feat of living to age 122, thus earning the honor of being the world’s oldest person on record. But before her passing, Calment met and...

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