José Flores, the 119‑year‑old from Costa Rica that experts are trying to certify as the world’s oldest person

Costa Rica’s Civil Registry says that on July 11, 1907—119 years ago—a woman named Josefa in the province of Guanacaste, on the country’s north Pacific coast, gave birth to a boy who was christened José Flores Flores. José Flores Flores in Sardinal de Carrillo on July 11. Singapore has recently been added, as a result of large government investments that neither Mr. José nor his granddaughter can possibly imagine. José Flores Flores and his granddaughter Hellen Flores. So far the oldest living person is the Englishwoman Ethel Caterham, who will turn 117 on August 21, according to GRC data.