At 111, Briton John Tinniswood becomes the new dean of humanity. A veteran of the Second World War, this alert and good-natured centenarian now lives in a retirement home in the seaside resort of Southport, in the northwest of England.
He attributes his longevity to his Friday chippy tea. The oldest woman, and oldest living person, of all time is 117-year-old María Branyas Morera of Spain. The oldest man was the Japanese Jiroemon Kimura, who lived 116 years and 54 days.