Debunked cases
While there are around 1000 debunked supercentenarian claims, here are a few of the more well-known cases.
| Name | Sex | Claimed date of birth | Actual/more likely date of birth | Date of death | Claimed final age | Actual/more likely final age | Place of birth | Last place of residence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shigechiyo Izumi | M | 1865-06-29 | 1880 | 1986-02-21 | 120 years, 237 days | 105 | Japan | Japan |
| Rebecca Lanier | F | 1892-03-24 | 1905 | 2012-08-13 | 120 years, 142 days | 107 | USA (Mississippi) | USA (Ohio) |
| Lucy Hannah | F | 1874/1875-07-16 | 1895 | 1993-03-21 | 117/118 years, 248 days | 97 | USA (Alabama) | USA (Alabama) |
| Carrie White | F | 1874-11-18 | 1888 | 1991-02-14 | 116 years, 88 days | 102 | USA (Florida) | USA (Florida) |
| John Hart | M | 1904-05-22 | 1911 | 2019-06-02 | 115 years, 11 days | 108 | USA (Mississippi) | USA (Oregon) |
| Matthew Beard | M | 1870-07-09 | 1886 | 1985-02-16 | 114 years, 222 days | 98 | USA (Virginia) | USA (Florida) |
| Alberta Liles | F | 1904-08-21 | 1909 | 2017-12-30 | 113 years, 131 days | 108 | USA (North Carolina) | USA (North Carolina) |
| Pierre Joubert | M | 1701-07-15 | 1732 | 1814-11-16 | 113 years, 124 days | 82 | Canada (Quebec) | Canada (Quebec) |
| John Salling | M | 1846-05-15 | 1856 | 1959-03-16 | 112 years, 305 days | 102 | USA (Virginia) | USA (Virginia) |
| Vester Bolding | F | 1905-03-23 | 1908 | 2017-12-30 | 112 years, 282 days | 109 | USA (Georgia) | USA (Georgia) |
| James Brett | M | 1849-07-25 | 1859 | 1961-02-10 | 111 years, 200 days | 101 | USA (Alabama) | USA (Texas) |
| Joe Baker | M | 1912-01-29 | 1919 | 2024-03-31 | 112 years, 62 days | 105 | USA (Louisiana) | USA (California) |
| Ercelle Chillis | F | 1914-09-14 | 1916/1917 | 2025-02-22 | 110 years, 161 days | 107/108 | USA (South Carolina) | USA (South Carolina) |
| Martha Ramsey | F | 1876-08-15 | 1886 | 1990-07-27 | 113 years, 346 days | 103 | USA (West Virginia) | USA (West Virginia) |
| Johnson Parks | M | 1884-10-15 | 1895 | 1998-07-17 | 113 years, 257 days | 102 | USA (Alabama) | USA (Florida) |
| Charlie Smith | M | 1842-07-04 | 1879 | 1979-10-05 | 137 years, 93 days | 100 | Liberia | USA (Florida) |
| Carmelo Flores Laura | M | 1890-07-16 | 1906 | 2014-06-09 | 123 years, 326 days | 107 | Bolivia | Bolivia |
| Slava Ivancevic | F | 1894-07-24 | 1908 | 2013-09-24 | 119 years, 106 days | 105 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | Serbia |
| Stephen Wright | M | 1901-08-24 | 1912 | 2021-04-03 | 119 years, 222 days | 108 | Jamaica | Jamaica |
| David Trumble | M | 1867-12-15 | 1882 | 1986-04-05 | 118 years, 111 days | 103 | Canada | Canada |
| Estella Jones | F | 1881-11-10 | 1891 | 1999-06-27 | 117 years, 229 days | 107 | USA (Georgia) | USA (Georgia) |
| Walter Williams | M | 1842-11-14 | 1854 | 1959-12-19 | 117 years, 35 days | 105 | USA (Mississippi) | USA (Texas) |
| Margaret Dowarka | F | 1902-04-01 | 1911 | 2017-07-05 | 115 years, 95 days | 106 | Jamaica | Jamaica |
| Hryhoriy Nestor | M | 1891-03-15 | 1911 | 2007-12-14 | 116 years, 275 days | 96 | Ukraine | Ukraine |
| Noeme da Silveira Freitas | F | 1905-09-07 | 1915 | 2021-04-09 | 115 years, 214 days | 105 | Brazil | Brazil |
| Nancy Lawhead | F | 1884-03-12 | 1908/1909 | 1999-09-01 | 115 years, 173 days | 90 | USA (Oklahoma) | USA (Oklahoma) |
| Emma Regina Scott McAboy | F | 1910/1911-11-15 | 1914 | 2021-01-01 | 110/109 years, 47 days | 106 | USA (Alabama) | USA (Alabama) |