Jeanne Louise Calment, the world's longest living person (who died at the age of 122) was born in Arles,france.
Jeanne Calment, born a year before Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone and 14 years before Alexandre Gustave Eiffel built his tower, died in a nursing home in Arles.
At 122, she was the oldest person whose age had been verified by official documents.
Calment was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Southern France on 21 February 1875. Her father, Nicolas Calment (1837/1838 – 28 January 1931), was a shipbuilder, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (20 February 1838 – 18 September 1924), was from a family
of millers. She had an older brother, Francois (25 April 1865-1 December 1962).
Some of her close family members also lived an above-average lifespan, although none lived anywhere near as long as Jeanne; her older brother Francois lived to the age of 97, her father to 93, and her mother to 86.
In 1896, at the age of 21, she married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment (1868–1942). Their paternal grandfathers were brothers, hence the same surname, and their paternal grandmothers were also sisters.
Her husband, 46 when World War I broke out, was too old for military service. His business survived the Depression, but a dessert of spoiled preserved cherries killed him, but not his wife, in 1942.
Her only daughter died in 1934 at the age of 36 of pneumonia. After the death of her daughter Calment raised her grandson, who became a medical doctor and died in 1963 during a car accident.
She met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13.She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110.
A documentary film about her life, entitled Beyond 120 Years with Jeanne Calment, was released in 1995. In 1996, Time's Mistress, a four-track CD of Calment speaking over a background of rap, was released. Here is some collection of her photos according to her age.
Jeanne Calment died on 4 August 1997 around 10 am Central European Time of unspecified causes.
Jeanne Calment, born a year before Alexander Graham Bell patented his telephone and 14 years before Alexandre Gustave Eiffel built his tower, died in a nursing home in Arles.
At 122, she was the oldest person whose age had been verified by official documents.
Calment was born in Arles, Bouches-du-Rhone, Southern France on 21 February 1875. Her father, Nicolas Calment (1837/1838 – 28 January 1931), was a shipbuilder, and her mother, Marguerite Gilles (20 February 1838 – 18 September 1924), was from a family
Some of her close family members also lived an above-average lifespan, although none lived anywhere near as long as Jeanne; her older brother Francois lived to the age of 97, her father to 93, and her mother to 86.
In 1896, at the age of 21, she married her double second cousin, Fernand Nicolas Calment (1868–1942). Their paternal grandfathers were brothers, hence the same surname, and their paternal grandmothers were also sisters.
Her husband, 46 when World War I broke out, was too old for military service. His business survived the Depression, but a dessert of spoiled preserved cherries killed him, but not his wife, in 1942.
Her only daughter died in 1934 at the age of 36 of pneumonia. After the death of her daughter Calment raised her grandson, who became a medical doctor and died in 1963 during a car accident.
She met Vincent van Gogh when she was 12 or 13.She received news media attention in 1985, after turning 110.
117-year-old Nabi Tajima of Japan, born 4 August 1900, is the oldest living person in the world whose age has been documented.
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