List of South American supercentenarians

This is an incomplete list of verified South American supercentenarians (people from South America who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 6 verified supercentenarians from South America,.[1] The Gerontology Research Group lists persons as living whose ages have been validated and confirmed to be alive within the past year. The oldest South American ever was Ecuadorian woman María Capovilla, who died at the age of 116 years and 347 days. As of 30 April 2015, there is 1 verified living supercentenarian,[2] along with 1 pending and 22 unverified.[3]

Living South American supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from South America. Those entries color-coded as verified have been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). Those color-coded as pending are backed by at least one document reviewed by the GRG supporting the reported age, but not the three necessary for validation by that institution. Those color-coded as unverified have submitted no documents to support the claimed age.

      Verified       Pending       Unverified

Rank Name Sex Race Reported birth date Reported age as of April 30, 2015 Place of birth Place of residence
1 Eudoxie Baboul[2] F B 1 October 1901 113 years, 211 days French Guiana French Guiana
Antônio Manoel de Brito[4] M B 2 February 1902 113 years, 87 days Brazil Brazil
Martinho de Abreu Lima[5] M ? 2 March 1902 113 years, 59 days Brazil Brazil
Sebastião Batista dos Santos[6] M ? 15 March 1902 113 years, 46 days Brazil Brazil
Lázara Rodrigues da Costa[7] F W 15 April 1902 113 years, 15 days Brazil Brazil
Geolina de Godoi Faria[8] F W 8 June 1902 112 years, 326 days Brazil Brazil
Cristóbal Atahue Arias[9] M ? 26 August 1902 112 years, 247 days Peru Peru
Gregorio Mosqueda[10] M W 4 January 1903 112 years, 117 days Argentina Argentina
Telésfora Bogado[11] F W 5 January 1903 112 years, 115 days Argentina Argentina
Olindina Maria da Conceição[12] F B 7 January 1903 112 years, 113 days Brazil Brazil
Aldegundes Pereira de Castro[13] M B 3 March 1903 112 years, 58 days Brazil Brazil
Alida Victória Grubba Rudge[3] F W 10 July 1903 111 years, 294 days Brazil Brazil
Irene Lanna[14] F ? 11 June 1903 111 years, 323 days Brazil Brazil
Georgina Martínez Rivera[15] F W 23 August 1903 111 years, 250 days Peru Peru
José del Socorro Ferreira[16] M ? 14 September 1903 111 years, 228 days Paraguay Paraguay
Amélia Nunes dos Santos[17] F W 20 September 1903 111 years, 222 days Brazil Brazil
Cenobia Pertuz Narváez[18] F W 13 December 1903 111 years, 138 days Colombia Colombia
Maria Francisca Meruoca do Nascimento[19] F W 14 January 1904 111 years, 106 days Brazil Brazil
Francisco Lomes do Nascimento[20] M W 15 January 1904 111 years, 105 days Brazil Brazil
Luzia Mohrs[21] F W 23 March 1904 111 years, 38 days Germany[a] Brazil
Ana Sara Márquez de Ramírez[22] F W 8 August 1904 110 years, 265 days Colombia Colombia

a^ Mohrs was born in the then German Empire. It is now Germany.

Oldest South Americans by country

Below is a list of supercentenarians from South America. Coincidentally, all the people on this list also hold the national longevity record for their respective countries.

      Deceased and age verified       Living and age verified       Pending

Country Name Sex Birth date Death date Age
Brazil Maria Gomes Valentim[1] F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years and 347 days
Colombia Daniel Guzmán-García[1] M 6 February 1897 21 May 2008 111 years and 105 days
Ecuador María Capovilla[1] F 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 116 years and 347 days
French Guiana[a] Eudoxie Baboul[2] F 1 October 1901 Living 113 years, 211 days
Peru Julia Dougherty[1] (died in the USA) F 20 August 1893 4 December 2003 110 years and 106 days
Uruguay Manolita Piña[1] (born in Spain) F 24 February 1883 11 June 1994 111 years and 107 days

a^ French Guiana is considered to be an overseas department and region of France.

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 GRG Table A
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 GRG Table E
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Pending GRG Cases". Gerontology Research Group. Retrieved February 2015.
  4. ↑ Do G1 GO, com informações da TV Anhanguera. "G1 - Idoso completa 112 anos e ganha festa de aniversário, em Porangatu - notícias em Goiás". G1.globo.com. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
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  18. ↑ "Cenobia Pertuz es una mujer que tiene 110 años". Eltiempo.Com. 2014-01-22. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  19. ↑ "Aos 110 anos, dona Meruoca ensina e a arte de colher alegrias". Opovo.com.br. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  20. ↑ http://jorgequixabeira.ucoz.com/news/quixabeira_homem_completa_110_anos_e_comemora_com_amigos_e_familiares/2014-01-20-28083. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  21. ↑ "Deutsche Missionarin Sr. Maria Electis SND feiert in Brasilien 110". Orden.de. Retrieved 2014-04-26.
  22. ↑ (Spanish)