The short answer is no, but the following from Medical News Today's Sunday Supplement adds some detail.:
What is the maximum human lifespan?
The number of people living past the age of 100 years is steadily increasing. Worldwide, there are around half a million people over 100 years of age, with a few supercentenarians living beyond 110 years. According to official records, the oldest person to have ever lived, Jeanne Calment, of France, died in 1997 — 164 days after her 122nd birthday.
What remains uncertain and widely debated is the maximum age it is possible to reach. Is there a biological limit to the number of years a person can live, or will medical advances push that limit beyond what is now thought possible?
This week, Medical News Today reported on a new study that investigates these questions. Researchers at the University of Washington analyzed data from over 1,000 supercentenarians in the International Database on Longevity, a resource that only includes people whose age can be confirmed with a high degree of certainty.
They found that it is nearly certain that someone will live longer than Jeanne Calment this century, but that it is highly unlikely that anyone will live to 135 years.
“Healthspan,” the number of years that a person enjoys good health, was not analyzed, but we have a wealth of evidence-based information and resources on healthy ageing that may help maximize your own.
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