What follows is a list of the oldest man and woman by year of birth. When both are listed, the male recordholder is listed first.
1841 Alden Howell M Feb. 18, 1841 Mar. 20, 1947 106 80
Nancy Merriman F Dec. 19, 1841 Jan. 14, 1954 112 26
1842 James Wilson Smith M Jul. 10, 1842 Mar. 27, 1951 108 265
Betsy Baker F Aug. 20, 1842 Oct. 24, 1955 113 65
1843 James Albert Hard M Jul. 15, 1843 Mar. 12, 1953 109 240
Sarah Rockwell F Oct. 25, 1843 Nov. 24, 1953 110 29
1844 Douglas T. Story M Nov. 24, 1844 Apr. 29, 1952 107 150
Marie Flassayer F Jun. 13, 1844 Apr. 18, 1954 109 309
1845 William D. Townsend M Apr. 12, 1845 Feb. 22, 1953 107 314 [1]
Jennie Howell F Feb. 28, 1845 Dec. 16, 1956 111 292
1846 Wayland Newell M Sep. 15, 1846 Sep. 17, 1954 108 2
Amelia Treadwell F Aug. 31, 1846 Apr. 12, 1956 109 225
1847 Joseph Paul Robles M Feb. 14, 1847 Feb. 28, 1951 104 14
1848 Anders Jonasson M Mar. 24, 1848 Sep. 25, 1954 106 183 [2]
Caroline Mary Beale F Dec. 30, 1848 Dec. 9, 1956 107 345
1849 Robert Early M Oct. 8, 1849 Oct. 9, 1960 111 1
Louise Godejohann F Dec. 31, 1849 Jun. 30, 1960 110 182
1851 Sylvester Melvin M Nov. 29, 1851 Mar. 12, 1962 110 103
Mary Kelly F Jun. 7, 1851 Dec. 30, 1964 113 206
1856 John Mosely Turner M Jun. 15, 1856 Mar. 21, 1968 111 280
Yoshigiku Ito F Aug. 3, 1856 Nov. 26, 1966 110 115
1857 Haruno Shimada F Dec. 24, 1857 Dec. 31, 1969 112 7
1858 Ada Roe F Feb. 10, 1858 Jan. 11, 1970 111 339
1859 Taki Sugimoto F Apr. 17, 1859 Dec. 14, 1969 110 240
1860 Josefa Salas Mateo F Jul. 14, 1860 Feb. 27, 1973 112 228
1866 Jean Teillet M Nov. 6, 1866 Mar. 17, 1977 110 131
Eliza Underwood F Mar. 15, 1866 Jan. 27, 1981 114 318
[1] Townsend was the oldest, but not the last, man born in 1845, as Karl Glöckner (Dec. 28, 1845 - Oct. 29, 1953, 107 years, 286 days) died after him.
[2] Jonasson was the oldest, but not the last, man born in 1848.