Eunice Sanborn

Who was Eunice Sanborn?

Eunice Sanborn was an American supercentenarian who was thought to be the oldest verified living person in the world at the time of her death at age 114 years, 195 days. Sanborn became the recognized titleholder upon the death of Eugénie Blanchard on November 4, 2010. Subsequently, Guinness World Records recognized the claim of Maria Gomes Valentim, who was born July 9, 1896, but her claim was not verified until May 2011. Sanborn became one of the 50 verified longest lived people in the United States on March 2, 2010, and one of the 40 undisputed oldest people on January 27, 2011.

Sanborn's family claimed that the Census Bureau erroneously recorded her birth year, and that she was born on July 20, 1895, which, if true, would have made her 115 years, 195 days at the time of her death.