Jeanne Calment

Jeanne Louise Calment was a French supercentenarian who has the longest confirmed human lifespan on record, living to the age of 7009386419680000000 122160years, 164160days. She lived in Arles, France, for her entire life, outliving both her daughter and grandson by several decades. Calment became especially well known from the age of 113, when the centenary of Vincent van Goghs visit brought reporters to Arles. Her lifespan has been thoroughly documented by scientific study.

Calment was born in Arles onFebruary 1875. Her father, Nicolas Calment , was a shipbuilder, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles , was from a family of millers. She had an older brother, Franois . Some of her close family members also lived an aboveaverage lifespan, although none lived anywhere near as long as Jeanne her older brother Franois lived to the age of 97, her father to six days shy of 93, and her mother to 86.

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