List of American supercentenarians
Americans who have lived to be at least 110
American supercentenarians are citizens or residents of the United States who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. By January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. The oldest living American is Naomi Whitehead, aged 115 years, 358 days. The longest-lived American ever was Sarah Knauss, of Hollywood, Luzerne County, Pennsylvania, who died on December 30, 1999, aged 119 years and 97 days. The oldest validated American man ever is Danish-born Christian Mortensen, who immigrated to the United States at age 21 in 1903. The oldest validated American-born man ever is Walter Breuning.
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