List of European supercentenarians

This is a list of European supercentenarians (people who reached the age of at least 110 years) include:

Oldest Europeans ever (Top 40)

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	Age in days	Country
1	Jeanne Calment	F	February 21, 1875	August 4, 1997	122 years, 164 days	44724	France
2	Christian Mortensen	M	August 16, 1882	April 25, 1998	115 years, 252 days	42255	Denmark United States
3	Charlotte Hughes	F	August 1, 1877	March 17, 1993	115 years, 228 days	42231	United Kingdom
4	Aniţica Butariu^[1]^[2]	F	June 17, 1882?	November 21, 1997	115? years, 157 days	42160?	Romania
5	Maria de Jesus	F	September 10, 1893	January 2, 2009	115 years, 114 days	42117	Portugal
6	Henny van Andel	F	June 29, 1890	August 30, 2005	115 years, 62 days	42065	Netherlands
7	Marie Brémont	F	April 25, 1886	June 6, 2001	115 years, 42 days	42045	France
8	Annie Jennings	F	November 12 1884	November 20, 1999	115 years, 8 days	42010	United Kingdom
9	Eva Morris	F	November 8, 1885	November 2, 2000	114 years, 360 days	41997	United Kingdom
10	Maria do Couto Maia	F	October 24, 1890	July 25, 2005	114 years, 274 days	41912	Portugal
11	Anna Eliza Williams	F	June 2, 1873	December 27, 1987	114 years, 208 days	41845	United Kingdom
12	Grace Clawson	F	November 15, 1887	May 28, 2002	114 years, 194 days	41832	United Kingdom United States
13	Lydie Vellard	F	March 18, 1875	September 17, 1989	114 years, 183 days	41821	France
14	Camille Loiseau	F	February 13, 1892	August 12, 2006	114 years, 180 days	41818	France
14	Charlotte Benkner	F	November 16, 1889	May 14, 2004	114 years, 180 days	41817	Germany United States
16	Anne Primout	F	October 5, 1890	March 26, 2005	114 years, 172 days	41810	French Algeria (now Algeria) France
17	Lucy Jane Askew	F	September 8, 1883	December 9, 1997	114 years, 92 days	41730	United Kingdom
18	Joan Riudavets	M	December 15, 1889	March 5, 2004	114 years, 81 days	41718	Spain
19	Amy Hulmes	F	October 5 1887	October 27 2001	114 years, 22 days	41660	United Kingdom
20	Virginia Dighero	F	December 24, 1891	December 28, 2005	114 years, 4 days	41642	Italy
21	Luce Maced	F	May 2, 1886	February 25, 2000	113 years, 299 days	41571	France
22	Rosa Comfort	F	January 21, 1879	November 6, 1992	113 years, 290 days	41562	United Kingdom
23	Amalia Ruggieri	F	October 6, 1884	June 26, 1998	113 years, 263 days	41535	Italy United States
24	Clémentine Solignac	F	September 7, 1894	May 25, 2008	113 years, 261 days	41533	France
25	Carmen Figueiroa Freiria	F	October 28, 1883	May 25, 1997	113 years, 209 days	41482	Spain
26	Manuela Fernández	F	June 18, 1895	January 6, 2009	113 years, 202 days	41475	Spain
27	Lucy d'Abreu	F	May 24, 1892	December 7, 2005	113 years, 197 days	41469	India United Kingdom
28	Germaine Haye	F	October 10, 1888	April 18, 2002	113 years, 190 days	41462	France
29	Marie-Simone Capony	F	March 14, 1894	September 15, 2007	113 years, 185 days	41457	France
30	Teresa Fumarola	F	December 2, 1889	May 14, 2003	113 years, 163 days	41435	Italy
31	Daisy Adams	F	June 30 1880	December 8 1993	113 years, 161 days	41433	United Kingdom
32	Florence Finch	F	December 22, 1893	April 10, 2007	113 years, 109 days	41381	United Kingdom New Zealand
33	Catharina van Dam	F	November 20, 1887	February 16, 2001	113 years, 88 days	41361	Netherlands
34	Adelheid Kirschbaum	F	September 29, 1883	December 21, 1996	113 years, 83 days	41356	Germany United States
35	Betsy Baker	F	August 20, 1842	October 24, 1955	113 years, 65 days	41337	United Kingdom United States
36	Annie Scott	F	March 15, 1883	April 21, 1996	113 years, 37 days	41310	United Kingdom
37	Catarina Carreiro	F	January 9, 1891	February 13, 2004	113 years, 35 days	41307	Portugal
38	Ruby Gilliam	F	September 21, 1885	October 22, 1998	113 years, 31 days	41303	United Kingdom
39	Astrid Zachrison	F	May 15, 1895	May 15, 2008	113 years, 0 days	41273	Sweden
40	Lucia Lauria	F	March 4 1896	Living	128 years, 208 days	46959	Italy

40 oldest male Europeans ever

Rank	Name	Birth	Death	Age	Age in days	Country
1	Christian Mortensen	16 August 1882	25 April 1998	115 years, 252 days	42,255	Denmark United States
2	Joan Riudavets	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	41,718	Spain
3	Antonio Todde	22 January 1889	3 January 2002	112 years, 346 days	41,253	Italy
4	John Evans	19 August 1877	10 June 1990	112 years, 295 days	41,202	United Kingdom
5	Henry Allingham	6 June 1896	Living	128 years, 114 days	46,865	United Kingdom
6	Josep Armengol Jover	23 July 1881	20 January 1994	112 years, 181 days	41,088	Spain
7	Giovanni Frau	29 December 1890	19 June 2003	112 years, 172 days	41,079	Italy
8	Augusto Moreira	6 October 1896	13 February 2009	112 years, 130 days	41,037	Portugal
9	Thomas Peters^[3]	6 April 1745?	26 March 1857	111? years, 354 days	40,896?	Netherlands
10	Maurice Floquet	25 December 1894	10 November 2006	111 years, 320 days	40,862	France
11	John Mosely Turner	15 June 1856	21 March 1968	111 years, 280 days	40,821	United Kingdom
12	Hermann Dörnemann	27 May 1893	2 March 2005	111 years, 279 days	40,821	Germany
13	Antonio Urrea	16 February 1888	15 November 1999	111 years, 272 days	40,814	Spain
14	Jan Machiel Reyskens	11 May 1878	7 January 1990	111 years, 241 days	40,783	Belgium
15	Herman Smith-Johannsen	15 June 1875	5 January 1987	111 years, 204 days	40,746	Norway
16	Jan Pieter Bos	12 July 1891	15 December 2002	111 years, 156 days	40,698	Netherlands
17	Emile Fourcade	29 July 1884	29 December 1995	111 years, 153 days	40,694	Algeria France
18	Aarne Arvonen	4 August 1897	1 January 2009	111 years, 150 days	40,692	Finland
19	George Frederick Ives	17 November 1881	12 April 1993	111 years, 146 days	40,688	United Kingdom Canada
20	Anders Engberg	1 July 1892	6 November 2003	111 years, 128 days	40,669	Sweden
21	Antonio de Castro	6 January 1898	Living	126 years, 266 days	46,286	Portugal
22	Antonio Baldo	6 July 1887	28 August 1998	111 years, 53 days	40,595	Italy
23	Domenico Minervino	10 May 1880	21 May 1991	111 years, 11 days	40,552	Italy
24	Valentino Stella	2 January 1886	1 January 1997	110 years, 365 days	40,541	Italy
25	Antonio Pierro	22 February 1896	8 February 2007	110 years, 351 days	40,528	Italy United States
26	Gregory Pandazes	15 January 1873	22 December 1983	110 years, 341 days	40,517	Template:Gre United States
27	Leopold Vietoris	4 June 1891	9 April 2002	110 years, 309 days	40,486	Austria
28	Galo Leoz-Ortin	22 April 1879	23 January 1990	110 years, 276 days	40,453	Spain
29	Harry Patch	17 June 1898	Living	126 years, 103 days	46,124	United Kingdom
30	Henri Pérignon	14 October 1879	18 June 1990	110 years, 247 days	40,424	France
31	Alexis Daigneau	4 August 1890	3 April 2001	110 years, 242 days	40,419	France
32	Aurelio Diaz	16 October 1878	13 June 1989	110 years, 240 days	40,417	Spain
33	Bernard Delhom	9 July 1885	7 February 1996	110 years, 213 days	40,389	France
34	Friedrich Wedeking	10 October 1862	5 May 1973	110 years, 207 days	40,384	Germany
35	Aimé Avignon	2 February 1897	23 August 2007	110 years, 202 days	40,378	France
36	Arno Wagner	4 June 1894	22 December 2004	110 years, 201 days	40,378	Germany
37	Olav Hovatn	23 October 1892	26 April 2003	110 years, 185 days	40,361	Norway
38	Vincenzo Izzillo	29 July 1883	23 January 1994	110 years, 178 days	40,355	Italy United States
39	Salvatore Fiore	10 September 1888	11 February 1999	110 years, 154 days	40,330	Italy United States
40	Geert Boomgaard	September 21, 1788	February 3, 1899	110 years, 135 days	40,311	Netherlands

Oldest living verified person in Europe

From	To	Name	Age when oldest	Lived	Sex	Country
?	20 November 1948	Sarah Olive Fitt	? -108	16 November 1838 – 14 January 1947, 108 years, 59 days	F	United Kingdom
14 January 1947	20 November 1948	Isabella Shepheard	107 -109	22 August 1839 – 20 November 1948, 109 years, 90 days	F	United Kingdom
20 November 1948	22 December 1951	Matilda Coppins	106 -109	11 October 1842 – 22 December 1951, 109 years, 72 days	F	United Kingdom
22 December 1951	18 April 1954	Marie Flassayer	107 -109	13 June 1844 – 18 April 1954, 109 years, 309 days	F	France
18 April 1954	20 February 1957	Rosalia Spoto	106 -109	25 August 1847 – 20 February 1957, 109 years, 179 days	F	Italy
20 February 1957	7 October 1959	Christina Backs-Karnebeek	107-110	2 October 1949 – 7 October 1959, 110 years, 5 days	F	Netherlands
7 October 1959	24 November 1959	Marie Olsen	109	1 May 1850 – 24 November 1959, 109 years, 207 days	F	Norway
24 November 1959	9 December 1960	Wilhelmus Kostering	108-109	22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960, 109 years, 17 days	M	Netherlands
9 December 1960	17 February 1963	Lovisa Svensson	107-109	20 November 1853 – 17 February 1963, 109 years, 89 days	F	Sweden
17 February 1963	8 October 1963	Ellen Dart	108	1 November 1854 – 8 October 1963, 108 years, 341 days	F	United Kingdom
8 October 1963	6 March 1965	Elizabeth Kensley	108-109	12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965, 109 years, 298 days	F	United Kingdom
6 March 1965	24 July 1965	Auguste Pahl	109	23 November 1855 – 24 July 1965, 109 years, 243 days	F	Germany
24 July 1965	10 January 1966	Hannah Smith	109-110	7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966, 110 years, 3 days	F	United Kingdom
10 January 1966	21 March 1968	John Turner	109-111	15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968, 111 years, 280 days	M	United Kingdom
21 March 1968	October? 1968	Marie Bernátková^[4]	110-111	22 October 1857 – fl. October 1968, 111 years, 0+ days	F	Czechoslovakia
c. October 1968	11 January 1970	Ada Roe	110?-111	6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970, 111 years, 339 days	F	United Kingdom
11 January 1970	27 February 1973	Josefa Salas Mateo	109-112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973, 112 years, 228 days	F	Spain
27 February 1973	18 August 1973	Alice Stevenson	111-112	10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973, 112 years, 39 days	F	United Kingdom
18 August 1973	31 October 1973	Elizabeth Watkins	110	10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973, 110 years, 235 days	F	United Kingdom
31 October 1973	9 March 1974	Frederick Butterfield	109–110	28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974, 110 years, 9 days	M	United Kingdom
9 March 1974	24 December 1975	Rose Heeley	109-111	25 August 1864 – 24 December 1975, 111 years, 121 days	F	United Kingdom
24 December 1975	25 April 1978	Virginie Duhem	109-111	2 August 1866 – 25 April 1978, 111 years, 327 days	F	France
25 April 1978	14 April 1979	Frederique Noël	109-110	10 June 1868 – 14 April 1979, 110 years, 308 days	F	France
14 April 1979	20 October 1980	Florence Pannell	110-111	26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980, 111 years, 299 days	F	United Kingdom
20 October 1980	8 March 1981	Augustine Teissier	111-112	2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981, 112 years, 65 days	F	France
8 March 1981	5 January 1982	Janetta J. Thomas	111-112	2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982, 112 years, 34 days	F	United Kingdom
5 January 1982	9 October 1982	Alice Brewster	110-111	16 September 1871 – 9 October 1982, 111 years, 23 days	F	United Kingdom
9 October 1982	22 July 1983	Petronella Ribbens	109-110	2 February 1873 – 22 July 1983, 110 years, 170 days	F	Netherlands
22 July 1983	27 December 1987	Anna Eliza Williams	110-114	2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987, 114 years, 208 days	F	United Kingdom
27 December 1987	4 August 1997	Jeanne Calment	112-122	21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997, 122 years, 164 days	F	France
4 August 1997	9 December 1997	Lucy Jane Askew	113-114	8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997, 114 years, 92 days	F	United Kingdom
9 December 1997	20 November 1999	Annie Jennings	114-115	12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999, 115 years, 8 days	F	United Kingdom
20 November 1999	2 November 2000	Eva Morris	114	8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000, 114 years, 360 days	F	United Kingdom
2 November 2000	6 June 2001	Marie Brémont	114-115	25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001, 115 years, 42 days	F	France
6 June 2001	27 October 2001	Amy Hulmes	113-114	5 October 1887 – 27 October 2001, 114 years, 22 days	F	United Kingdom
27 October 2001	18 April 2002	Germaine Haye	113	10 October 1888 – 18 April 2002, 113 years, 190 days	F	France
18 April 2002	14 May 2003	Teresa Fumarola	112-113	2 December 1889 – 14 May 2003, 113 years, 163 days	F	Italy
14 May 2003	5 March 2004	Joan Riudavets	113-114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004, 114 years, 81 days	M	Spain
5 March 2004	30 August 2005	Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper	113-115	29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005, 115 years, 62 days	F	Netherlands
30 August 2005	28 December 2005	Virginia Dighero	113-114	24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005, 114 years, 4 days	F	Italy
28 December 2005	12 August 2006	Camille Loiseau	113-114	13 February 1892 – 12 August 2006, 114 years, 180 days	F	France
12 August 2006	2 January 2009	Maria de Jesus	112-115	10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009, 115 years, 114 days	F	Portugal
2 January 2009	6 January 2009	Manuela Fernández	113	18 June 1895 – 6 January 2009, 113 years, 202 days	F	Spain
6 January 2009	Present	Lucia Lauria^[5]	112-113*	Born 4 March 1896 age 128 years, 208 days	F	Italy

Living European supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Age	Country of Residence
1	Lucia Lauria^[6]	F	March 4, 1896	128 years, 208 days	Italy
2	Florrie Baldwin^[6]	F	March 31, 1896	128 years, 181 days	United Kingdom, ENG
3	Henry Allingham^[6]	M	June 6, 1896	128 years, 114 days	United Kingdom, ENG
4	Ida Frabboni^[6]	F	October 4, 1896	127 years, 360 days	Italy
5	Lina Grotta^[6]	F	November 22, 1896	127 years, 311 days	Italy
6	Venere Pizzinato^[6]	F	November 23, 1896	127 years, 310 days	Italy
7	Olympe Pidancet^[6]	F	January 24, 1897	127 years, 248 days	France
8	Dina Manfredini^[6]	F	April 4, 1897	127 years, 177 days	Italy United States
9	Annie Butler^[6]	F	June 4, 1897	127 years, 116 days	United Kingdom, ENG
10	Grietje Jansen^[6]	F	September 12, 1897	127 years, 16 days	Netherlands
11	Carolina Peretti^[6]	F	October 21, 1897	126 years, 343 days	Italy
12	Antonia Plaat^[6]	F	January 6, 1898	126 years, 266 days	Netherlands
12	Antonio de Castro^[6]	M	January 6, 1898	126 years, 266 days	Portugal
14	Catharina Peters^[6]	F	March 14, 1898	126 years, 198 days	Netherlands
15	María de la O Soria^[6]	F	April 9, 1898	126 years, 172 days	Spain
16	Emilia Revello^[6]	F	June 1, 1898	126 years, 119 days	Italy
17	Harry Patch^[6]	M	June 17, 1898	126 years, 103 days	United Kingdom, ENG
17	Aline Beslay^[6]	F	June 17, 1898	126 years, 103 days	France
19	Maria Nunes da Silva^[6]	F	July 7, 1898	126 years, 83 days	Portugal
20	Jeanne Berget^[6]	F	July 13, 1898	126 years, 77 days	France
21	Eufemia Domenici^[6]	F	August 12, 1898	126 years, 47 days	Italy
22	Eunice Bowman^[6]	F	August 23, 1898	126 years, 36 days	United Kingdom, ENG
23	Louisa Shephard^[6]	F	September 14, 1898	126 years, 14 days	United Kingdom, WAL
24	Annie Turnbull^[6]	F	September 21, 1898	126 years, 7 days	United Kingdom, SCO
25	Theresia Staffler^[6]	F	November 15, 1898	125 years, 318 days	Italy
26	Andresa Guerrero^[6]	F	November 30, 1898	125 years, 303 days	Spain
27	Pasqualina Franco^[6]	F	December 2, 1898	125 years, 301 days	Italy Canada
28	Romanie Pollet^[6]	F	December 21, 1898	125 years, 282 days	Belgium
29	Stella Nardari^[6]	F	December 23, 1898	125 years, 280 days	Italy
30	Elsie Steele^[6]	F	January 6, 1899	125 years, 266 days	United Kingdom, ENG

References

^ Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim.
^ Butariu's stated birthdate is June 17, 1882, however Romania did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until March 1919 and therefore her age may be inflated by 13 days. The sources do not indicate whether her date of birth was as reckoned by the Julian calendar or had been adjusted to reflect the date as reckoned by the Gregorian calendar. June 17, 1882 on the Julian calendar was June 30, 1882 on the Gregorian calendar.
^ The Peters claim was accepted by Guinness but documentation, if it ever existed, has been lost. The claim is therefore subject to doubt.
^ Bernátková was first included in the 1970 Guinness Book of Records. She was reportedly alive in October 1968, but the exact date of her death is not known.
^ Although Lauria is the oldest in Europe, Eugénie Blanchard of Saint Barthélemy, France is the oldest in the European Union. As an overseas collectivity, Saint Barthélemy is not within the European continent, although as an integral part of France, it is within the European Union.
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External links

Louis Epstein: The Oldest Human Beings — list of validly-documented supercentenarians (by age and chronological), including a chronological list of the oldest living listed persons since 1955 (however, for a time in the 1960s the oldest living person did not officially reach supercentenarian status).
Supercentenarian tables at the Gerontology Research Group
International Database on Longevity
World's Oldest People hosted by Yahoo! Groups

[Butariu1-1] Butariu's claim was accepted by Romanian authorities, but supporting documentation for the claim has never been produced for inspection by international gerontology organizations. However, nothing has been published to dispute the claim.

[Butariu2-2] Butariu's stated birthdate is June 17, 1882, however Romania did not adopt the Gregorian calendar until March 1919 and therefore her age may be inflated by 13 days. The sources do not indicate whether her date of birth was as reckoned by the Julian calendar or had been adjusted to reflect the date as reckoned by the Gregorian calendar. June 17, 1882 on the Julian calendar was June 30, 1882 on the Gregorian calendar.

[Peters-3] The Peters claim was accepted by Guinness but documentation, if it ever existed, has been lost. The claim is therefore subject to doubt.

[Bernatkova-4] Bernátková was first included in the 1970 Guinness Book of Records. She was reportedly alive in October 1968, but the exact date of her death is not known.

[5] Although Lauria is the oldest in Europe, Eugénie Blanchard of Saint Barthélemy, France is the oldest in the European Union. As an overseas collectivity, Saint Barthélemy is not within the European continent, although as an integral part of France, it is within the European Union.

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