(The first bracketed number is the number of the woman who was the oldest woman at the 120th birthday of the woman mentioned; the second bracketed number, the 130th birthday.)
- Jeanne Calment (2/21/1875 to 8/4/1997) [1] [12] (see note below list)
- Marie-Louise Meilleur (8/29/1880 to 4/16/1998) [4] [21]
- Sarah Knauss (9/24/1880 to 12/30/1999) [4] [21]
- Ella Miller (12/6/1884 to 11/21/2000) [12] [27]
- Marie Bremont (4/25/1886 to 6/6/2001) [12] [31]
- Maude Farris-Luse (1/21/1887 to 3/18/2002) [15] [31]
- Grace Clawson (11/15/1887 to 5/28/2002) [17] [33]
- Adelina Dominigues (2/19/1888 to 8/21/2002) [17] [33]
- Mae Harrington (1/20/1889 to 12/29/2002) [19] [35]
- Mitoyo Kawate (5/15/1889 to 11/13/2003) [19] [35]
- Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan (8/31/1889 to 5/29/2004) [19] [35]
- Maria Capovilla (9/14/1889 to 8/27/2006) [20] [35]
- Elizabeth Bolden (8/15/1890 to 12/11/2006) [21] [35]
- Julie Winnefred Bertrand (9/16/1891 to 1/18/2007) [24] [35]
- Emma Tillman (11/22/1892 to 1/28/2007) [24] [36]
- Yone Minagawa (1/4/1893 to 8/13/2007) [26] [36]
- Edna Parker (4/20/1893 to 11/26/2008) [27] [37]
- Maria de Jesus (9/10/1893 to 1/2/2009) [27] [37]
- Gertrude Baines (4/6/1894 to 9/11/2009) [27] [37]
- Kama Chinen (5/10/1895 to 5/2/2010) [29]
- Eugenie Blanchard (2/16/1896 to 11/4/2010) [30]
- Ana Nogueira de Luca (6/21/1896 to 11/18/2010) [31]
- Maria Gomes Valentim (7/9/1896 to 6/21/2011) [31]
- Besse Cooper (8/26/1896 to 12/4/2012) [31]
- Dina Manfredini (4/4/1897 to 12/17/2012) [31]
- Koto Okubo (12/24/1897 to 1/12/2013) [33]
- Misao Okawa (3/5/1898 to 4/1/2015) [33]
- Gertrude Weaver (7/4/1898 to 4/6/2015) [34]
- Jerelean Talley (5/23/1899 to 6/17/2015) [35]
- Susannah Mushatt Jones (7/6/1899 to 5/12/2016) [35]
- Emma Morano (11/29/1899 to 4/15/2017) [35]
- Violet Brown (3/10/1900 to 9/15/2017) [35]
- Nabi Tajima (8/4/1900 to 4/21/2018) [35]
- Chiyo Miyako (5/2/1901 to 7/22/2018) [35]
- Kane Tanaka (1/2/1903 to 4/19/2022) [36]
- Lucile Randon (2/11/1904 to 1/17/2023) [37]
- Maria Branyas Morera (3/4/1907 to 8/19/2024)
- Tomiko Itooka (5/23/1908 to 12/29/2024)
- Inah Canabarro Lucas (6/8/1908 to present)
Note: recent research suggests that the real Jeanne Calment died in 1934 and that her daughter Yvonne (born in 1898) stole her name and birth date for tax-related reasons. Assuming this theory is true, the only change in the list is that #1 can change to Lydie Vellard, who lived from 3/18/1875 to 9/17/1989 and her bracketed number would be 2.