List of European supercentenarians
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This is an incomplete list of verified European supercentenarians (people from Europe who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been over 300 verified supercentenarians from Europe.[1] The oldest European ever was French woman Jeanne Calment, who is also the oldest verified person ever and died at the age of 122 years 164 days. The oldest verified European man was Spaniard Joan Riudavets Moll who died at the age of 114 years 81 days. As of 7 August 2024, there are 11 verified living supercentenarians, along with 7 pending[2], the oldest of whom is Italian woman Emma Morano,[1] aged 124 years, 252 days.
Living European supercentenarians
Below is a list of the oldest living people from Europe. Those whose lifespan is listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' have attained lifespans backed by at least one document, but not the three necessary for validation according to the standards of modern longevity research. Those listed as 'unverified' are backed by no documentary evidence, as yet.
Verified Pending
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 7 August 2024 | Country of residence |
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1 | Emma Morano[1] | F | 29 November 1899 | 124 years, 252 days | Italy |
2 | Ana María Vela Rubio[1] | F | 29 October 1901 | 122 years, 283 days | Spain |
3 | Marie-Josephine Gaudette[1] | F | 25 March 1902 | 122 years, 135 days | Italy[a] |
4 | Giuseppina Projetto[1] | F | 30 May 1902 | 122 years, 69 days | Italy |
5 | Gladys Hooper[1] | F | 18 January 1903 | 121 years, 202 days | United Kingdom |
6 | Maria Giuseppa Robucci[1] | F | 20 March 1903 | 121 years, 140 days | Italy |
7 | Elisabeth Collot[1] | F | 21 June 1903 | 121 years, 47 days | France |
8 | Honorine Rondello[1] | F | 28 July 1903 | 121 years, 10 days | France |
9 | Emilia Zucchetti[1] | F | 28 August 1903 | 120 years, 345 days | Italy |
10 | Mélanie Leblais[1] | F | 4 September 1903 | 120 years, 338 days | France |
Mathilde Dupray[2] | F | 31 October 1903 | 120 years, 281 days | France | |
Henriette Boeuf[2] | F | 4 November 1903 | 120 years, 277 days | France | |
11 | Ivy Frampton[1] | F | 22 November 1903 | 120 years, 259 days | United Kingdom |
Edith Kaufmann[2] | F | 12 December 1903 | 120 years, 239 days | United Kingdom[b] | |
Maria Crescini[2] | F | 20 January 1904 | 120 years, 200 days | Italy | |
Hermione Cock[2] | F | 1 March 1904 | 120 years, 159 days | United Kingdom | |
Doris Punchard[2] | F | 19 July 1904 | 120 years, 19 days | United Kingdom | |
Filomena Marongiu[2] | F | 23 October 1904 | 119 years, 289 days | Italy |
a^ Gaudette was born in the United States.
b^ Kaufmann was born in Tetschen, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
Living European emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Age as of 7 August 2024 | Country of birth | Country of residence |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Irene Ciuffoletti[1] | F | 19 January 1903 | 121 years, 201 days | Italy | United States |
Doris Lillian Cornell[3] | F | 21 August 1904 | 119 years, 352 days | United Kingdom | Canada |
Oldest supercentenarians in Europe top 50
Deceased Living Pending
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Jeanne Calment[4] | F | 21 February 1875 | 4 August 1997 | 122 years, 164 days | France |
2 | Emma Morano[1] | F | 29 November 1899 | Living | 124 years, 252 days | Italy |
3 | Charlotte Hughes[4] | F | 1 August 1877 | 17 March 1993 | 115 years, 228 days | United Kingdom |
4 | Maria de Jesus[5] | F | 10 September 1893 | 2 January 2009 | 115 years, 114 days | Portugal |
5 | Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper[6] | F | 29 June 1890 | 30 August 2005 | 115 years, 62 days | Netherlands |
6 | Marie Brémont[4] | F | 25 April 1886 | 6 June 2001 | 115 years, 42 days | France |
7 | Annie Jennings[4] | F | 12 November 1884 | 20 November 1999 | 115 years, 8 days | United Kingdom |
8 | Eva Morris[4] | F | 8 November 1885 | 2 November 2000 | 114 years, 360 days | United Kingdom |
9 | Maria do Couto Maia[6] | F | 24 October 1890 | 25 July 2005 | 114 years, 274 days | Portugal |
10 | Venere Pizzinato-Papo[1] | F | 23 November 1896 | 2 August 2011 | 114 years, 252 days | Italy[a] |
11 | Ethel Lang[1] | F | 27 May 1900 | 15 January 2015 | 114 years, 233 days | United Kingdom |
12 | María Antonia Castro[7] | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Spain |
13 | Anna Eliza Williams[4] | F | 2 June 1873 | 27 December 1987 | 114 years, 208 days | United Kingdom |
14 | Lydie Vellard[4] | F | 18 March 1875 | 17 September 1989 | 114 years, 183 days | France |
15 | Camille Loiseau[8] | F | 13 February 1892 | 12 August 2006 | 114 years, 180 days | France |
16 | Anne Primout[6] | F | 5 October 1890 | 26 March 2005 | 114 years, 172 days | France[b] |
17 | Lucy Jane Askew[4] | F | 8 September 1883 | 9 December 1997 | 114 years, 92 days | United Kingdom |
18 | María del Carmen López[7] | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Spain |
19 | Joan Riudavets Moll[9] | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Spain |
20 | Florrie Baldwin[1] | F | 31 March 1896 | 8 May 2010 | 114 years, 38 days | United Kingdom |
21 | Amy Isabel Hulmes[4] | F | 5 October 1887 | 27 October 2001 | 114 years, 22 days | United Kingdom |
Marie Liguinen[2] | F | 26 March 1901 | 2 April 2015 | 114 years, 7 days | France | |
22 | Marie-Thérèse Bardet[1] | F | 2 June 1898 | 8 June 2012 | 114 years, 6 days | France |
23 | Virginia Dighero[6] | F | 24 December 1891 | 28 December 2005 | 114 years, 4 days | Italy |
24 | Maria Redaelli-Granoli[1] | F | 3 April 1899 | 2 April 2013 | 113 years, 364 days | Italy |
25 | Grace Jones[10] | F | 7 December 1899 | 14 November 2013 | 113 years, 342 days | United Kingdom |
26 | Olympe Amaury[1] | F | 19 June 1901 | 12 May 2015 | 113 years, 327 days | France |
27 | Ana María Vela Rubio | F | 29 October 1901 | Living | 122 years, 283 days | Spain |
28 | Rosa Ann Comfort[4] | F | 21 January 1879 | 6 November 1992 | 113 years, 290 days | United Kingdom |
29 | Marcelle Narbonne | F | 25 March 1898 | 1 January 2012 | 113 years, 282 days | France[c] |
30 | Clémentine Solignac[11] | F | 7 September 1894 | 25 May 2008 | 113 years, 261 days | France |
31 | María del Carmen Figueiró[4] | F | 28 October 1883 | 25 May 1997 | 113 years, 209 days | Spain |
32 | Manuela Fernández-Fojaco[5] | F | 18 June 1895 | 6 January 2009 | 113 years, 202 days | Spain |
33 | Lucy d'Abreu[6] | F | 24 May 1892 | 7 December 2005 | 113 years, 197 days | United Kingdom[d] |
34 | Germaine Haye[4] | F | 10 October 1888 | 18 April 2002 | 113 years, 190 days | France |
35 | Marie-Simone Capony[12] | F | 14 March 1894 | 15 September 2007 | 113 years, 185 days | France |
36 | Maria Gravigi-de Candia[1] | F | 3 March 1900 | 15 August 2013 | 113 years, 165 days | Italy |
37 | Teresa Fumarola[13] | F | 2 December 1889 | 14 May 2003 | 113 years, 163 days | Italy |
38 | Daisy Adams[4] | F | 30 June 1880 | 8 December 1993 | 113 years, 161 days | United Kingdom |
39 | Marie Josephine Gaudette[1] | F | 25 March 1902 | Living | 122 years, 135 days | Italy[e] |
40 | Mathilde Aussant[1] | F | 27 February 1898 | 23 July 2011 | 113 years, 146 days | France |
41 | Lucia Lauria[5] | F | 4 March 1896 | 28 June 2009 | 113 years, 116 days | Italy |
42 | Catharina van Dam-Groeneveld[4] | F | 20 November 1887 | 16 February 2001 | 113 years, 88 days | Netherlands |
43 | Giuseppina Projetto[1] | F | 30 May 1902 | Living | 122 years, 69 days | Italy |
44 | Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva[1] | F | 7 July 1898 | 26 September 2011 | 113 years, 81 days | Portugal |
45 | Stella Nardari-Vecchiato[1] | F | 23 December 1898 | 23 February 2012 | 113 years, 62 days | Italy |
46 | Henry Allingham[5] | M | 6 June 1896 | 18 July 2009 | 113 years, 42 days | United Kingdom |
47 | Annie Scott[4] | F | 15 March 1883 | 21 April 1996 | 113 years, 37 days | United Kingdom |
48 | Catarina Carreiro[9] | F | 9 January 1891 | 13 February 2004 | 113 years, 35 days | Portugal |
49 | Ruby Gilliam[4] | F | 21 September 1885 | 22 October 1998 | 113 years, 31 days | United Kingdom |
50 | Ida Frabboni[5] | F | 4 October 1896 | 2 November 2009 | 113 years, 29 days | Italy |
a^ Pizzinato was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.
b^ Primout was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
c^ Narbonne was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
d^ d'Abreu was born in Dharwar, which was then part of the British Raj. It is now in India.
e^ Gaudette was born in the United States.
European emigrant supercentenarians top 5
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Country of birth | Country of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Dina Manfredini[1] | F | 4 April 1897 | 17 December 2012 | 115 years, 257 days | Italy | United States |
2 | Christian Mortensen[4] | M | 16 August 1882 | 25 April 1998 | 115 years, 252 days | Denmark | United States |
3 | Augusta Holtz[4] | F | 3 August 1871 | 21 October 1986 | 115 years, 79 days | Poland[f] | United States |
4 | Goldie Steinberg | F | 30 October 1900 | 16 August 2015 | 114 years, 290 days | Moldova[g] | United States |
5 | Grace Clawson[4] | F | 15 November 1887 | 28 May 2002 | 114 years, 194 days | United Kingdom | United States |
f^ Holtz was born in the Province of Posen, which was at the time of her birth a part of the German Empire. Today this area is part of Poland.
g^ Steinberg was born in Russian Empire. It is now Moldova.
Chronological list of the oldest living person in Europe since 1947
Deceased (Verified)/Under 110 Living (Verified)
From | To | Name | Sex | Age(s) when oldest | Lifespan | Country of death |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unidentified | 14 January 1947 | Sarah Olive Fitt | F | ? – 108 | 16 November 1838 – 14 January 1947 108 years, 59 days |
United Kingdom |
14 January 1947 | 19 March 1948 (1 year, 65 days) |
Elizabeth Sellwood | F | 106 – 107 | 21 June 1840 – 19 March 1948 107 years, 272 days |
United Kingdom |
19 March 1948 | 29 June 1948 (102 days) |
Petronella Braams | F | 106 | 8 December 1841 – 29 June 1948 106 years, 204 days |
Netherlands |
29 June 1948 | 22 December 1951 (3 years, 176 days) |
Matilda Coppins | F | 105 – 109 | 11 October 1842 – 22 December 1951 109 years, 72 days |
United Kingdom |
22 December 1951 | 18 April 1954 (2 years, 117 days) |
Marie Flassayer | F | 107 – 109 | 13 June 1844 – 18 April 1954 109 years, 309 days |
France |
18 April 1954 | 1 December 1954 (227 days) |
Julia Gray | F | 107 | 21 March 1847 – 1 December 1954 107 years, 255 days |
United Kingdom |
1 December 1954 | 20 February 1957 (2 years, 81 days) |
Rosalia Spoto | F | 107 – 109 | 25 August 1847 – 20 February 1957 109 years, 179 days |
Italy |
20 February 1957 | 12 April 1957 (51 days) |
Josephine Marchal | F | 107 | 27 April 1849 – 12 April 1957 107 years, 350 days |
Germany |
12 April 1957 | 7 October 1959 (2 years, 178 days) |
Christina Karnebeek-Backs[4] | F | 107 – 110 | 2 October 1849 – 7 October 1959 110 years, 5 days |
Netherlands |
7 October 1959 | 24 November 1959 (48 days) |
Marie Olsen | F | 109 | 1 May 1850 – 24 November 1959 109 years, 207 days |
Norway |
24 November 1959 | 9 December 1960 (1 year, 15 days) |
Wilhelminus H. Kostering | M | 108 – 109 | 22 November 1851 – 9 December 1960 109 years, 17 days |
Netherlands |
9 December 1960 | 19 September 1962 (1 year, 284 days) |
Ella Ille Rentel | F | 108 – 110 | 19 May 1852 – 19 September 1962 110 years, 123 days |
Germany |
19 September 1962 | 17 February 1963 (151 days) |
Lovisa Svensson | F | 108 – 109 | 20 November 1853 – 17 February 1963 109 years, 89 days |
Sweden |
17 February 1963 | 8 October 1963 (233 days) |
Ellen Dart | F | 108 | 1 November 1854 – 8 October 1963 108 years, 341 days |
United Kingdom |
8 October 1963 | 6 March 1965 (1 year, 149 days) |
Elizabeth Kensley | F | 108 – 109 | 12 May 1855 – 6 March 1965 109 years, 298 days |
United Kingdom |
6 March 1965 | 24 July 1965 (140 days) |
Auguste Pahl | F | 109 | 23 November 1855 – 24 July 1965 109 years, 243 days |
Germany |
24 July 1965 | 10 January 1966 (170 days) |
Hannah Smith | F | 109 – 110 | 7 January 1856 – 10 January 1966 110 years, 3 days |
United Kingdom |
10 January 1966 | 21 March 1968 (2 years, 71 days) |
John Turner | M | 109 – 111 | 15 June 1856 – 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days |
United Kingdom |
21 March 1968 | 4 May 1969 (1 year, 44 days) |
Marie Bernátková[14] | F | 110 – 111 | 22 October 1857 – 4 May 1969 111 years, 194 days |
Czechoslovakia |
4 May 1969 | 11 January 1970 (252 days) |
Ada Roe | F | 111 | 6 February 1858 – 11 January 1970 111 years, 339 days |
United Kingdom |
11 January 1970 | 27 February 1973 (3 years, 47 days) |
Josefa Salas Mateo | F | 109 – 112 | 14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days |
Spain |
27 February 1973 | 18 August 1973 (172 days) |
Alice Stevenson | F | 111 – 112 | 10 July 1861 – 18 August 1973 112 years, 39 days |
United Kingdom |
18 August 1973 | 31 October 1973 (74 days) |
Elizabeth Watkins | F | 110 | 10 March 1863 – 31 October 1973 110 years, 235 days |
United Kingdom |
31 October 1973 | 9 March 1974 (129 days) |
Frederick Butterfield | M | 109 – 110 | 28 February 1864 – 9 March 1974 110 years, 9 days |
United Kingdom |
9 March 1974 | 24 December 1975 (1 year, 290 days) |
Rose Heeley | F | 109 – 111 | 25 August 1864 – 24 December 1975 111 years, 121 days |
United Kingdom |
24 December 1975 | 25 April 1978 (2 years, 122 days) |
Marie-Virginie Duhem | F | 109 – 111 | 2 August 1866 – 25 April 1978 111 years, 266 days |
France |
25 April 1978 | 5 February 1979 (286 days) |
Katharina Braun | F | 110 – 111 | 23 September 1867 – 5 February 1979 111 years, 135 days |
Germany |
5 February 1979 | 14 April 1979 (68 days) |
Frédérique Noël | F | 109 – 110 | 10 June 1868 – 14 April 1979 110 years, 308 days |
France |
14 April 1979 | 20 October 1980 (1 year, 189 days) |
Florence Pannell | F | 110 – 111 | 26 December 1868 – 20 October 1980 111 years, 299 days |
United Kingdom |
20 October 1980 | 8 March 1981 (139 days) |
Augustine Tessier | F | 111 – 112 | 2 January 1869 – 8 March 1981 112 years, 65 days |
France |
8 March 1981 | 5 January 1982 (303 days) |
Janetta Thomas | F | 111 – 112 | 2 December 1869 – 5 January 1982 112 years, 34 days |
United Kingdom |
5 January 1982 | 9 October 1982 (277 days) |
Alice Brewster | F | 110 – 111 | 16 September 1871 – 9 October 1982 111 years, 23 days |
United Kingdom |
9 October 1982 | 22 July 1983 (286 days) |
Petronella Ribbens | F | 109 – 110 | 2 February 1873 – 22 July 1983 110 years, 170 days |
Netherlands |
22 July 1983 | 27 December 1987 (4 years, 158 days) |
Anna Eliza Williams | F | 110 – 114 | 2 June 1873 – 27 December 1987 114 years, 208 days |
United Kingdom |
27 December 1987 | 4 August 1997 (9 years, 220 days) |
Jeanne Calment | F | 112 – 122 | 21 February 1875 – 4 August 1997 122 years, 164 days |
France |
4 August 1997 | 9 December 1997 (127 days) |
Lucy Jane Askew | F | 113 – 114 | 8 September 1883 – 9 December 1997 114 years, 92 days |
United Kingdom |
9 December 1997 | 20 November 1999 (1 year, 346 days) |
Annie Jennings | F | 113 – 115 | 12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999 115 years, 8 days |
United Kingdom |
20 November 1999 | 2 November 2000 (348 days) |
Eva Morris | F | 114 | 8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000 114 years, 360 days |
United Kingdom |
2 November 2000 | 6 June 2001 (216 days) |
Marie Brémont | F | 114 – 115 | 25 April 1886 – 6 June 2001 115 years, 42 days |
France |
6 June 2001 | 27 October 2001 (143 days) |
Amy Isabel Hulmes | F | 113 – 114 | 5 October 1887 – 27 October 2001 114 years, 22 days |
United Kingdom |
27 October 2001 | 18 April 2002 (173 days) |
Germaine Haye | F | 113 | 10 October 1888 – 18 April 2002 113 years, 190 days |
France |
18 April 2002 | 14 May 2003 (1 year, 26 days) |
Teresa Fumarola | F | 112 – 113 | 2 December 1889 – 14 May 2003 113 years, 163 days |
Italy |
14 May 2003 | 5 March 2004 (296 days) |
Joan Riudavets Moll | M | 113 – 114 | 15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days |
Spain |
5 March 2004 | 30 August 2005 (1 year, 178 days) |
Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper | F | 113 – 115 | 29 June 1890 – 30 August 2005 115 years, 62 days |
Netherlands |
30 August 2005 | 28 December 2005 (120 days) |
Virginia Dighero | F | 113 – 114 | 24 December 1891 – 28 December 2005 114 years, 4 days |
Italy |
28 December 2005 | 12 August 2006 (227 days) |
Camille Loiseau | F | 113 – 114 | 13 February 1892 – 12 August 2006 114 years, 180 days |
France |
12 August 2006 | 2 January 2009 (2 years, 143 days) |
Maria de Jesus | F | 112 – 115 | 10 September 1893 – 2 January 2009 115 years, 114 days |
Portugal |
2 January 2009 | 6 January 2009 (4 days) |
Manuela Fernández Fojaco | F | 113 | 18 June 1895 – 6 January 2009 113 years, 202 days |
Spain |
6 January 2009 | 28 June 2009 (173 days) |
Lucia Lauria[15] | F | 112 – 113 | 4 March 1896 – 28 June 2009 113 years, 116 days |
Italy |
28 June 2009 | 8 May 2010 (314 days) |
Florrie Baldwin[15] | F | 113 – 114 | 31 March 1896 – 8 May 2010 114 years, 38 days |
United Kingdom |
8 May 2010 | 2 August 2011 (1 year, 86 days) |
Venere Pizzinato-Papo | F | 113 – 114 | 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011 114 years, 252 days |
Italy |
2 August 2011 | 1 January 2012 (152 days) |
Marcelle Narbonne | F | 113 | 25 March 1898 – 1 January 2012 113 years, 282 days |
France |
1 January 2012 | 8 June 2012 (159 days) |
Marie-Thérèse Bardet | F | 113 – 114 | 2 June 1898 – 8 June 2012 114 years, 6 days |
France |
8 June 2012 | 2 April 2013 (298 days) |
Maria Redaelli-Granoli | F | 113 | 3 April 1899 – 2 April 2013 113 years, 364 days |
Italy |
2 April 2013 | Present (11 years, 127 days) |
Emma Morano[1] | F | 113 – 115* | born 29 November 1899 age 124 years, 252 days |
Living in Italy |
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac Validated Living Supercentenarians Retrieved November 2014. The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose age has been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "PENDING GRG CASES". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.
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(help) - ^ "Everybody Has a Story — Lilian Cornell: Supercentenarian". mysask.com.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE as of 28 April 2007. Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e GRG Deaths for 2009 (in Chronological Order) (as of 24 December 2010). Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b c d e GRG Deaths for 2005 (in Chronological Order) (Last Updated 6 October 2010). Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b International Database on Longevity: Spaniard cases
- ^ GRG Deaths for 2006 (in Chronological Order) (As of May 2010). Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ a b Recent Deaths for 2004 (in Chronological Order) (as of 6 July 2011) Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ "Oldest person in UK Grace Jones dies aged 113". BBC News.
- ^ GRG Deaths for 2008 (in Chronological Order) (as of 18 June 2011) Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ GRG Deaths for 2007 (in Chronological Order) (As of 9 July 2011) Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ GRG Deaths for 2003 (in Chronological Order) (as of 10 April 2010) Retrieved 8 August 2011.
- ^ Rudé právo, Prague, p. 2, 6 May 1969 http://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1969/5/6/2.png
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(help) - ^ a b Although she was the oldest in Europe, Eugénie Blanchard of Saint-Barthélemy, France, was 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.[citation needed]