Validated supercentenarian deaths in 1997
« Supercentenarians by year of death
| Name | Born | Died | Years | Days | Sex | Birthplace | Last residence | Source of validation | Application | Acceptance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valentino Stella | 1886-01-02 | 1997-01-01 | M | Italy | Italy | Giovanni Alunni | 2003-11-06 | |||
| Florence Beaumont | 1886-07-29 | 1997-01-04 | F | UK (England) | UK (England) | Roger Thatcher | 2003-12-30 | |||
| Anna Brown | 1884-09-29 | 1997-01-05 | F | USA (Alabama) | USA (Florida) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-23 | |||
| Yoso Fukunaga | 1887-01-09 | 1997-01-09 | F | Japan (Shiga) | Japan (Shiga) | MHLW Japan/IDL/Tzen Wei Tseng | 2011-02-08 | 2014-01-28 | ||
| Pauline Spyra | 1886-04-24 | 1997-01-11 | F | German Empire (now Poland) | Germany | Thomas Breining/Stefan Jamin | 2009-03-09 | 2010-07-15 | ||
| Lillie Carberry | 1886-02-15 | 1997-01-16 | F | USA (Tennessee) | USA (Illinois) | Jason King/Oliver Trim/Dr. Wacław Jan Kroczek | 2013-03-22 | 2015-05-13 | ||
| Mamie Watkins | 1883-11-21 | 1997-01-21 | F | USA (North Carolina) | USA (Illinois) | Daniel Gonik | 2022-02-11 | 2025-02-09 | ||
| Pearl Roberts | 1886-11-07 | 1997-01-21 | F | USA (Texas) | USA (Texas) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-07 | |||
| Gengan Tonaki | 1884-10-30 | 1997-01-24 | M | Japan (Okinawa) | Japan (Okinawa) | Robert Young | 2002-05-07 | |||
| Winifred Lansdown | 1887-01-14 | 1997-01-26 | F | UK (England) | USA (California) | Ilias Leivaditis/Dr. Wacław Jan Kroczek/Filipe Prista Lucas | 2014-03-08 | 2020-03-02 | ||
| Martha Buford | 1886-10-16 | 1997-01-28 | F | USA (West Virginia) | USA (West Virginia) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-04 | |||
| Henry Blake | 1886-09-10 | 1997-02-02 | M | USA (South Carolina) | USA (South Carolina) | Oliver Trim | 2024-12-24 | 2025-01-03 | ||
| Sarah Saggs | 1885-10-17 | 1997-02-15 | F | USA (Kansas) | USA (Kansas) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-05 | |||
| Clarina Ragland | 1884-06-28 | 1997-02-18 | F | USA (North Carolina) | USA (Pennsylvania) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-26 | |||
| Fannie Miller | 1886-09-28 | 1997-02-28 | F | USA (North Carolina) | USA (South Carolina) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-29 | |||
| Florence Kinberger | 1884-05-22 | 1997-03-04 | F | USA (Kentucky) | USA (Kentucky) | Ilias Leivaditis/Jimmy Lindberg/Dr. Wacław Jan Kroczek | 2014-07-26 | 2019-01-16 | ||
| Jane Markle | 1883-10-10 | 1997-03-12 | F | USA (Pennsylvania) | USA (Pennsylvania) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-06-30 | |||
| Bessie Short | 1886-09-10 | 1997-05-02 | F | USA (Illinois) | USA (Colorado) | Jeff Knight/B. Reneé Ferguson | 2006-01-13 | |||
| Sue Utagawa | 1884-01-19 | 1997-05-04 | F | Japan (Yamaguchi) | Japan (Yamaguchi) | MHLW Japan | 2002-01-22 | |||
| Lena McLachlan | 1886-01-13 | 1997-05-14 | F | USA (California) | USA (California) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-11 | |||
| María Carmen Figueiró Freiría | 1883-10-28 | 1997-05-25 | F | Spain | Spain | Miguel Quesada | 2004-11-14 | |||
| Frances Darby | 1885-12-28 | 1997-05-28 | F | USA (Louisiana) | USA (Montana) | Ilias Leivaditis/Jimmy Lindberg | 2016-03-15 | 2022-08-16 | ||
| Eleonora Casagrande | 1886-07-09 | 1997-06-06 | F | Italy | Italy | Giovanni Alunni | 2005-03-11 | |||
| E. M. M. | 1885-07-20 | 1997-06-21 | F | Spain | Spain | IDL/Rosa Gómez Redondo/Juan García González | 2010-04-09 | 2020-01-18 | ||
| María del Carmen López | 1883-04-03 | 1997-07-03 | F | Spain | Spain | IDL/Rosa Gómez Redondo/Juan García González | 2010-06-22 | 2011-09-19 | ||
| Kathryn Bassich | 1885-07-26 | 1997-07-06 | F | USA (New York) | USA (New York) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-02 | |||
| Ellen Johansson | 1887-01-23 | 1997-07-06 | F | Sweden | Sweden | Foti Tillo | 2004-04-18 | |||
| Amy Carpenter | 1887-01-08 | 1997-07-07 | F | UK (England) | UK (England) | Roger Thatcher | 2004-04-15 | |||
| Carrie Davis | 1887-01-12 | 1997-07-09 | F | USA (Missouri) | USA (California) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-13 | |||
| Emma Godfrey | 1887-04-01 | 1997-07-09 | F | USA (Iowa) | USA (Iowa) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-19 | |||
| Takatoshi Odate | 1887-05-04 | 1997-07-15 | M | Japan (Kanagawa) | Japan (Kanagawa) | IDL/Tzen Wei Tseng | 2002-04-10 | |||
| Minnie Mudie | 1885-11-18 | 1997-07-27 | F | Canada (Saskatchewan) | Canada (British Columbia) | Bertrand Desjardins | 2009-09-19 | 2011-02-21 | ||
| Shizue Hasegawa | 1885-01-27 | 1997-07-31 | F | Japan (Aichi) | Japan (Aichi) | Yasuhiko Saito/Bert Kestenbaum | 2002-12-18 | |||
| Jeanne Calment | 1875-02-21 | 1997-08-04 | F | France | France | Guinness World Records/Dr. Jean-Marie Robine | 1987-02-21 | 1988-01-11 | ||
| Flora Van Artsdale | 1886-01-09 | 1997-08-12 | F | USA (Illinois) | USA (California) | Ilias Leivaditis | 2014-03-12 | 2022-08-17 | ||
| Geertje Roelinga-de Groot | 1887-06-29 | 1997-08-14 | F | Netherlands | Netherlands | Gert Jan Kuiper | 2004-05-12 | |||
| Pedro Zorrilla Caballero | 1886-04-24 | 1997-09-02 | M | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | Jeffrey Xu | 2021-06-21 | 2022-11-30 | ||
| Gregorio Merino Calvo | 1886-12-24 | 1997-09-09 | M | Spain | Spain | IDL/David Guarnizo/Miguel Quesada | 2011-06-07 | 2013-11-27 | ||
| Masaki Moriyama | 1885-12-21 | 1997-09-14 | F | Japan (Fukuoka) | Japan (Fukuoka) | Yasuhiko Saito/Bert Kestenbaum | 2003-04-13 | |||
| Audrey Phillips | 1887-06-16 | 1997-09-20 | F | USA (Maryland) | USA (Maryland) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-10-01 | |||
| Maud Jones | 1887-04-06 | 1997-09-23 | F | USA (Colorado) | USA (California) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-22 | |||
| Emma Duvoisin | 1886-07-05 | 1997-09-30 | F | Switzerland | Switzerland | Thomas Breining | 2007-01-16 | 2007-03-29 | ||
| Susie Nelson | 1885-11-12 | 1997-10-18 | F | USA (Missouri) | USA (Missouri) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-08-08 | |||
| Allie Wilkerson | 1886-10-07 | 1997-10-21 | F | USA (Texas) | USA (Texas) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-01 | |||
| Lora Trueblood | 1887-05-07 | 1997-10-24 | F | USA (Indiana) | USA (Indiana) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-25 | |||
| Gabriela Izquierdo Barriocanal | 1887-03-18 | 1997-10-27 | F | Spain | Spain | IDL/Miguel Quesada | 2018-10-05 | 2020-01-25 | ||
| Maria Casteur | 1887-06-26 | 1997-11-11 | F | Belgium | Belgium | Dany Chambre | 2004-05-06 | |||
| Mary Greggs | 1887-10-25 | 1997-11-14 | F | USA (Louisiana) | USA (California) | Ilias Leivaditis | 2014-03-09 | 2022-08-25 | ||
| Bess Davis | 1887-09-03 | 1997-11-16 | F | USA (Missouri) | USA (Missouri) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-10-04 | |||
| Bertha Flathers | 1885-03-30 | 1997-11-21 | F | USA (Minnesota) | USA (Minnesota) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-07-30 | |||
| Maria Laborie | 1887-04-26 | 1997-11-22 | F | France | France | Dr. Jean-Marie Robine/Laurent Toussaint | 2002-04-07 | |||
| Carlotta Ollino | 1887-08-10 | 1997-12-01 | F | Italy | Italy | Giovanni Alunni | 2003-11-09 | |||
| Leora Sparrow | 1886-12-16 | 1997-12-08 | F | USA (Kentucky) | USA (Indiana) | Daniel Gonik | 2016-01-21 | 2025-02-11 | ||
| Lucy Askew | 1883-09-08 | 1997-12-09 | F | UK (England) | UK (England) | Guinness World Records | 2001-12-15 | |||
| Mélanie Dormois | 1887-07-08 | 1997-12-13 | F | France | France | Dr. Jean-Marie Robine | 2005-01-04 | |||
| Hester Payne | 1887-05-08 | 1997-12-19 | F | USA (Tennessee) | USA (New York) | United States (SSA)/Kestenbaum study | 2002-09-28 | |||
| María Echeandía Cumpiano | 1887-09-11 | 1997-12-25 | F | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | Nick Eriksson | 2022-05-22 | 2023-06-20 | ||
| Annie Price | 1886-01-12 | 1997-12-26 | F | UK (Wales) | UK (England) | Roger Thatcher | 2003-05-04 |
