Jeanne Louise Calment, born on February 21, 1875, in Arles, France, lived an extraordinary life spanning 122 years and 164 days, making her the longest-lived person in recorded history. Born into a family known for longevity, Jeanne married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment, at 21 and enjoyed a comfortable, leisurely lifestyle in Arles’ upper society. She never needed to work, thanks to her husband’s successful drapery business, and pursued various hobbies including fencing, cycling, tennis, and piano playing. At 13, she claimed to have met Vincent van Gogh, describing him unfavorably. Calment remained remarkably active in her later years, riding a bicycle at 100 and living independently until just before her 110th birthday. She gained international fame as she broke longevity records, becoming widely recognized as the oldest living person at 113 and the oldest verified person ever at 120 years and 238 days. Calment briefly appeared in a film at 114 and was the subject of a documentary at 120. Despite her declining health in her final years, including being wheelchair-bound after a hip injury at 115, she continued to captivate the world with her longevity. Jeanne Calment passed away on August 4, 1997, in Arles, leaving behind a legacy that continues to intrigue researchers studying human longevity. While some controversy surrounds the verification of her age, with unproven theories suggesting her daughter may have assumed her identity, Calment’s case remains a fascinating subject in the study of human lifespan limits.
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Fun fact. An attorney offered to pay her rent in exchange of getting her property when she died. She was in her 90's already and the attorney thought she would die in a few years. He ended up passing first.
She lived from the time of classical music to rap and pop
The manliest looking woman
That is unfathomably old
Still wild that somebody could live long enough to see the first automobile and watch the first Toy Story in their lifespan.
how old is she today
I couldn't imagine the loneliness of out-living my children ⌛
Imagine living through reconstruction, World War I, the roaring 20s, the Great Depression, World War II, the Korean War, Vietnam war, the Cold War, and part of the Iraq war; that’s insane
She owned a sla— 💀🤯
She witnessed how the world entered it's new age of technology science and medicine
She was that lady in the st denis saloon
That woman live red dead Redemption, ww1 and ww2
She witnessed history. And l mean A LOT
We have people in Tunisia they're 150 and 170 what you talking about 😂
My Oma is 75, i hope she lives this long, I love her sm
1997 correct it
What a beautiful life she must have lived
100 years later 😢
Still had her fan too 😭❤️
Man imagine having lived through the some of 1800s and all of 1900s. Hopefully she made it to 2000 cuz that would be insane!
My great, great, great grandmother on my father side died at 115 years old. I always heard that she died by falling off a cliff in Ireland, but as it turns out those were tall tales. I found information on her when I did my ancestry chart and lo and behold, she moved from Ireland to Newfoundland, where she passed. She was born in 1828 and died in 1942. At one point, she was known as the oldest woman in North America. I’m not sure if this still rings true today, but she held that title. Regardless at 113 she gave a radio address…. She stood tall and straight and had a fabulous memory.. my goodness, at that age.. that is a blessing😂 my father is 80 and still can get on a roof and jump over fences. My uncle is 91 and remains one of the toughest motherf*ckers I’ve ever met. We have some serious longevity on my father side and I hope and pray I get to keep my health and wits for that long🙏🏻
Beautiful Lady
not true, there's an Algerian (my country) Old woman in my country who was born in 1894 making her 130 years old today, idk when this video was made but the Grandma wasn't known until recently
So she’s living proof the Bible isn’t real is what I’m reading.
Damn she is older than isnotreal 😂😂
so she was alive during the blackwater massacre
She lived through the invention of the plane, through humans landing on the moon, and even further than that. Wow.
She saw most of the advancement of society💀🤙
This is odettes ultimate sound right?
She was alive for the sinking of the titanic the invention of sliced bread, both world wars, the Cold War the invention of color TV the invention of the Internet Time when cars started taking over the great depression she lived through a lot
I got to see a picture of my great grandmother’s grandmother when she was 18 in the early 1900’s and she was gorgeous omgosh.
She experienced the change from horse and buggy to the internet. Absolutely incredible
BRO SHE STILL LOOKS ABOUT 60😭😭
I thought that was a guy
The oldesst KNOWN person, or maybe the oldest living person in the Western hemisphere. I have heard of a few people around me in Nigeria who have grandparents, grand aunts, great-grand parents etc who live well into their hundreds.
I met the grandson of the oldest women at a time she lived 113. The grandson whom I met was 87years old and looked to be in his 60’s still.
The music seems familiar😮
I met the grandson of the oldest women at a time she lived 113. The grandson whom I met was 87years old and looked to be in his 60’s still.
И только сейчас до меня дошло…
She probably racist as hell💀
He end matches the profile picture ._.
Wasn’t the queen like 806 when she died?
Jesus bless her
Um, Methuselah?
What a beautiful girl she was❤😢
Foi uma linda mulher, o tempo não dá tempo…
When she was 109, in response to being asked what she ate her entire life that helped her live SO long Jeanina said, "oh dear, a great many things. Antibiotic infused milk from cows, vitamin fruity pebbles cereal, chicken fried in oil made from our corn, lots and lots of corn, cornbread, wheat, pasta, butter, sour patch kids, reeses peanut butter cup ice cream, oreos, milkshakes, cokes, jolly ranchers, tootsie rolls, cinnamon rolls, hawaiin rolls, potato wedges, eggs covered with cheese and cream cheese, pasta doused in tomatoe sauce and ricotta cheese, pork bacon every day, hamburger helper, sloppy joe, pizza pies, apple pies, cake and cookies & marshmallows with hot chocolate."
She definitely knew the key to a long healthy life full of zest & vitality just like half of America. 😊
What those eyes must've seen
Wtf🤣🤣🤣💀💀💀
She saw 2 world wars and saw rise and fall of Nazi Germany and she also saw rise of Soviet Union and also saw fall of of Soviet Union. That woman saw what most people couldn’t.