When Was Centenarians Born?

A centenarian is a person who has reached the age of 100 years. Because life expectancies worldwide are below 100 years, the term is invariably associated with longevity.

Who was the first 100 year old?

The oldest well-documented person seems to be Jeanne Calment from Arles in France, who was investigated as 115 years old in the French centenarian study (Allard 1991).

When did the first person reach 100 years old?

So defined, our best guess is that the emergence of centenarians occurred once world population rose to about 100 million around 2500 B.C. at the time of the first great civilizations of the ancient world.