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Jeanne Calment

1875 - 1997

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Jeanne Louise Calment (French: [ʒan lwiz kalmɑ̃] ; 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997) was a French supercentenarian and, with a documented lifespan of 122 years and 164 days, the oldest person ever whose age has been verified. Her longevity attracted media attention and medical studies of her health and lifestyle. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jeanne Calment has received more than 10,940,781 page views. Her biography is available in 60 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 57 in 2019). Jeanne Calment is the 6th most popular celebrity (down from 3rd in 2019), the 238th most popular biography from France (down from 171st in 2019) and the most popular French Celebrity.

Jeanne Calment is most famous for being the oldest person to ever live, at the age of 122. She was born in 1875 and died in 1997.

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Among CELEBRITIES

Among celebrities, Jeanne Calment ranks 6 out of 265. Before her are Wallis Simpson, Ötzi, Caitlyn Jenner, Phineas Gage, and Lina Medina. After her are Kaspar Hauser, Robert Wadlow, Millvina Dean, Geli Raubal, Simonetta Vespucci, and Anna Nicole Smith.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1875, Jeanne Calment ranks 11. Before her are Albert Schweitzer, Ibn Saud, Ferdinand Porsche, Mileva Marić, Syngman Rhee, and Gerd von Rundstedt. After her are Albert I of Belgium, Aleister Crowley, Mikhail Kalinin, Vallabhbhai Patel, Gilbert N. Lewis, and Henry Hallett Dale. Among people deceased in 1997, Jeanne Calment ranks 7. Before her are Mother Teresa, Deng Xiaoping, James Stewart, Diana, Princess of Wales, Jacques Cousteau, and Viktor Frankl. After her are Mobutu Sese Seko, Toshiro Mifune, Victor Vasarely, Gianni Versace, Israel Kamakawiwoʻole, and Paulo Freire.

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In France

Among people born in France, Jeanne Calment ranks 238 out of 6,770. Before her are Alfred Sisley (1839), Henri de Saint-Simon (1760), Charles the Simple (879), Jean-Baptiste Colbert (1619), Joseph Fouché (1759), and Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac (1778). After her are Philippe I, Duke of Orléans (1640), Louis-Ferdinand Céline (1894), Richard II of England (1367), Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun (1755), Jean-Michel Jarre (1948), and Simone Weil (1909).

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Among CELEBRITIES In France

Among celebrities born in France, Jeanne Calment ranks 1. After her are Marie Duplessis (1824), Blanche Monnier (1849), Philippe Petit (1949), Joseph Meister (1876), Jean-Marie Loret (1918), Nicolas Chopin (1771), Denise Perrier (1935), Michel Lotito (1950), Apollonie Sabatier (1822), Sébastien Foucan (1974), and Iris Mittenaere (1993).

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