This is a list of supercentenarians born in 1897. As of 30 January 2018, 85 of them have been verified by GRG. 7 people are pending as of January 2015, which means that there is sufficient evidence to support the claims, but the verification process has not yet been completed. Cohort extinction took place on 12 June 2013 when Jiroemon Kimura of Japan passed away at the age of 116 years, 54 days.