List of Spanish supercentenarians

Spanish supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Spain who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 45 Spanish supercentenarians, including 42 residents and 3 emigrants.[1] More supercentenarians were identified by other studies[2] and by news reports. The oldest Spanish person ever was Ana María Vela Rubio who died on 15 December 2017, aged 116 years and 47 days.[3] As of 17 August 2020, the oldest known living person in Spain is Mexican emigrant, Maria Brañas Morera aged 113 years, 166 days. The oldest living man in Spain is Saturnino de la Fuente, aged 111 years, 191 days. De la Fuente became the world’s oldest known living man following the death of Dumitru Comănescu of Romania on 27 June 2020.

Oldest known Spanish people ever

  Deceased   Living

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Place of birth Place of death
or residence
01 Ana María Vela Rubio[3] F 29 October 1901 15 December 2017 116 years, 47 days Andalusia Catalonia
02 Emiliano Mercado del Toro M 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1] Puerto Rico
03 Ramona Trinidad Iglesias-Jordan F 31 August 1889 29 May 2004 114 years, 272 days Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1] Puerto Rico
04 María Antonia Castro[2] F 10 June 1881 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days Andalusia Andalusia
05 María del Carmen López[2] F 3 April 1883 3 July 1997 114 years, 91 days Murcia Murcia
06 Juan Riudavets Moll[4] M 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days Balearic Islands Balearic Islands
07 María del Carmen Figueiró[4] F 28 October 1883 25 May 1997 113 years, 209 days Galicia Galicia
08 Manuela Fernández Fojaco[3] F 18 June 1895 6 January 2009 113 years, 202 days Asturias Asturias
09 María Brañas Morera[5][6] F 4 March 1907 Living 113 years, 166 days Mexico Catalonia
10 Josefa Santos Gonzalez[3] F 7 September 1906 22 December 2019 113 years, 106 days Extremadura Community of Madrid
11 Francisco Núñez Olivera[3][7] M 13 December 1904 29 January 2018 113 years, 47 days Extremadura Extremadura
12 Avelina Mouzo Leis[3] F 27 December 1904 28 December 2017 113 years, 1 day Galicia Galicia
13 María Concha Pérez Cidad[3] F 9 December 1901 30 September 2014 112 years, 295 days Castile and León Madrid
14 Virtudes Tomás Navarro[8] F 17 July 1907 20 April 2020 112 years, 278 days Valencian Community Valencian Community
15 Josefa Salas Mateo[4] F 14 July 1860 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days Andalusia Andalusia
16 José Armengol Jover[2] M 23 July 1881 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days Catalonia Catalonia
17 María Esperanza Onieva[2][4] F 1 September 1889 15 February 2002 112 years, 167 days Andalusia Andalusia
18 Francisca García Torres[3] F 13 September 1901 25 February 2014 112 years, 165 days Andalusia Navarre
19 Salustiano Sanchez[3] M 8 June 1901 13 September 2013 112 years, 97 days Castile and León United States
20 Brigida De Arroyo[9] F 7 October 1888 31 December 2000 112 years, 85 days Puerto Rico[lower-alpha 1] United States
21 Adelaida González Alonso[3] F 23 October 1902 20 November 2014 112 years, 28 days Castile and León Castile and León
22 Maria Garcia[10] F 29 April 1908 15 April 2020 111 years, 352 days Galicia United States
23 E.M.M.[2] F 20 July 1885 21 June 1997 111 years, 336 days Andalusia Andalusia
24 Consuelo Moreno-López[11] F 5 February 1893 13 November 2004 111 years, 282 days Morocco United States
25 Antonio Urrea Hernández[4] M 18 February 1888 15 November 1999 111 years, 270 days Murcia Catalonia
26 María de la O Soria Berbel[3] F 9 April 1898 23 December 2009 111 years, 258 days Andalusia Andalusia
27 Andresa Guerrero-Ortiz[12] F 30 November 1898 5 August 2010 111 years, 248 days Aragon Aragon
28 Jesús Mosteo[13] M 1 January 1908 28 August 2019[14] 111 years, 239 days Aragon Aragon
29 Carmen Romero[15] F 27 August 1895 8 April 2007 111 years, 224 days Andalusia Andalusia
30 E.E.A.[2] F 18 August 1890 25 March 2002 111 years, 219 days Castile and León Castile and León
31 Josefa Álvarez Rodríguez[16] F 16 February 1906 19 September 2017 111 years, 215 days Galicia Galicia
32 Vicenta Prieto Santos[17] F 22 January 1909 Living 111 years, 208 days Castile and León Castile and León
33 Saturnino de la Fuente[18] M 8 February 1909 Living 111 years, 191 days Castile and León Castile and León
34 Dolores Subirana[19] F 18 July 1897 9 November 2008 111 years, 114 days Catalonia Catalonia
35 Eulalia Hernández[2] F 28 July 1891 16 November 2002 111 years, 111 days Andalusia Madrid
36 Manolita Piña[4] F 24 February 1883 11 June 1994 111 years, 107 days Catalonia Uruguay
Remedios Company Ventura[3] F 10 February 1903 28 May 2014 Catalonia Catalonia
38 Filomena Arán[20] F 4 May 1888 9 August 1999 111 years, 97 days Catalonia Catalonia
39 Adelaida Gonzalez Hernandez[21] F 13 April 1907 23 June 2018 111 years, 73 days Castile and León Castile and León
40 Dolores Moret Ferriol[22] F 10 January 1907 17 March 2018 111 years, 66 days Catalonia Catalonia
41 Lucía Madaria Vesga[3] F 13 December 1894 2 February 2006 111 years, 51 days Castile and León Andalusia
42 Francisco Fernández Fernández[23] M 24 July 1901 7 September 2012 111 years, 45 days Castile and León Castile and León
43 Celestina Penabad[24] F 2 August 1907 13 September 2018[25] 111 years, 42 days Galicia Galicia
44 Francisca Barracel[3] F 18 June 1902 18 July 2013 111 years, 30 days Galicia Galicia
45 Generosa Sales Ferreres[26] F 4 January 1907 27 January 2018 111 years, 23 days Valencian Community Catalonia
46 A.P.L.[2] F 26 March 1884 12 April 1995 111 years, 17 days Castile and León Castile and León
47 Joaquim Illas[27] M 26 July 1909 13 July 2020[28] 110 years, 353 days Catalonia Catalonia
48 Victoria de la Cruz Garcia[29] F 24 June 1907 4 June 2018 110 years, 345 days Andalusia Japan
49 Plácida Insausti[15] F 5 October 1896 12 September 2007 110 years, 342 days Basque Country Basque Country
50 Ramona Agudín[30] F 9 March 1870 12 January 1981 110 years, 309 days Asturias Asturias
51 U.H.R.[2] F 19 June 1891 21 April 2002 110 years, 306 days Castile and León Castile and León
52 Telesfora de la Torre[4] F 5 January 1876 8 October 1986 110 years, 276 days Basque Country Basque Country
Galo Leoz[4] M 22 April 1879 23 January 1990 Aragon Madrid
54 Elisa de Iglesia Alonso[31] F 28 June 1895 28 March 2006 110 years, 273 days Galicia Galicia
55 A.R.S.[2] F 1 March 1885 24 November 1995 110 years, 268 days Andalusia Andalusia
56 A.L.M.[2] M 11 April 1879 1 January 1990 110 years, 265 days Basque Country Basque Country
M.C.M.G.[2] F 15 February 1886 6 November 1996 Andalusia Andalusia
58 Gregorio Merino[3] M 24 December 1886 9 September 1997 110 years, 259 days Castile and León Andalusia
59 Dámasa Carrascosa[31] F 11 December 1895 9 August 2006 110 years, 241 days Castile-La Mancha Madrid
60 Aurelio Diaz[4] M 16 October 1878 13 June 1989 110 years, 240 days Asturias Asturias
61 Dolores Gou[4] F 27 March 1892 20 November 2002 110 years, 238 days Catalonia Catalonia
62 Julia Fournier[19] F 9 November 1897 30 June 2008 110 years, 234 days Catalonia Catalonia
63 Gabriela Izquierdo[2] F 18 March 1887 27 October 1997 110 years, 223 days Castile and León Castile and León
64 Concepción Pichel Sampayo[32] F 11 May 1908 27 November 2018 110 years, 200 days Galicia Galicia
65 Felipa Gutiérrez[12] F 11 April 1900 16 October 2010 110 years, 188 days Castile and León Castile and León
66 Remedios Ultra[15] F 23 August 1896 21 February 2007 110 years, 182 days Navarre Madrid
67 Rosa Martínez[12] F 3 May 1900 30 October 2010 110 years, 180 days Galicia Galicia
68 Rosalba Castro Bello[33] F 15 February 1907 17 July 2017 110 years, 152 days Canary Islands Canary Islands
69 Petronila Barbosa F 16 September 1908 13 January 2019[34] 110 years, 119 days Andalusia Andalusia
70 María Juana Rodriguez[2][4] F 8 August 1886 1 December 1996 110 years, 115 days Galicia Galicia
Francisca Villán Pérez[3] F 17 September 1902 10 January 2013 Castile and León Castile and León
72 Rosa Pajares Martinicorena[2] F 24 May 1879 8 September 1989 110 years, 107 days Navarre Navarre
73 Teresa Gayarre Ripalda[35][36] F 1 April 1907 9 July 2017 110 years, 99 days Aragon Castilla-La Mancha
74 Elisa Cubells[4] F 20 August 1885 16 November 1995 110 years, 88 days Catalonia France
75 F.M.M.[2] F 6 November 1887 19 January 1998 110 years, 74 days Navarre Navarre
76 Aurora Lombán[15] F 26 April 1897 25 June 2007 110 years, 60 days Galicia Galicia
77 Tomasa Méndez[37] F 2 June 1899 21 July 2009 110 years, 49 days Castile and León Castile and León
78 Isacia Díez[4] F 21 April 1895 2 June 2005 110 years, 42 days Castile and León Castile and León
79 Salvadora Doménech Camps [38] F 29 March 1908 10 April 2018 110 years, 12 days Barcelona Barcelona
80 Pablo Roy[4] M 15 January 1884 26 January 1994 110 years, 11 days Castile-La Mancha Madrid
81 María Marcote-Boullosa[3] F 28 September 1901 4 October 2011 110 years, 6 days Galicia Galicia
Etelvina Fernández Suárez[39] F 18 November 1907 24 November 2017 Asturias Asturias
83 A.A.M.[2] F 21 November 1883 25 November 1993 110 years, 4 days Andalusia Andalusia
Jorja Hernando[40] F 22 April 1894 26 April 2004 Castile and León Castile and León
85 María de los Bueis-Rodriguez[3] F 6 July 1900 8 July 2010 110 years, 2 days Castile and León Catalonia
  1. Mercado del Toro, Iglesias-Jordan and Dearroyo were born in Puerto Rico, then part of the Spanish Empire, now an unincorporated territory of the United States.

Biographies

Galo Leoz

Galo Leoz (22 April 1879 – 23 January 1990) was a Spanish professor of ophtalmology at the Complutense University of Madrid. He performed pioneering studies on the degeneration and regeneration of optical nerves, and on cornea transplants.[41] He received the Spanish gold medal for work merit and was president of the Spanish Ophtalmological Society. He was considered the world's oldest doctor, as he kept working until the age of 103.[41] Leoz was Spain's oldest known living person when he died aged 110 years 276 days. His record was surpassed in 1992 by Josep Armengol Jover (23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994), who lived 112 years and 181 days.

Ana María Vela Rubio

Ana María Vela Rubio (29 October 1901 – 15 December 2017) was born in Puente Genil, Andalucia. She worked as a dressmaker in her youth. She never married her partner as her parents objected to him, but the two had several children. Her daughter, also named Ana, lived with her.[42] Rubio became the oldest verified Spaniard ever on 6 June 2016, when she surpassed the record of María Antonia Castro who had died in 1996, aged 114 years, 220 days.[42] She went on to live a total of 116 years and 47 days. At the time of her death she was the third-oldest living person in the world, behind Nabi Tajima and Chiyo Miyako.[3] She became the oldest living European upon the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017,[43] and she ranks as the fifth-oldest European ever recorded.[3]

Francisco Núñez Olivera

Francisco Núñez Olivera (13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018) was born and lived his whole life in the village of Bienvenida in the Badajoz province of Extremadura.[44][45] He joined the army at the age of 19 to fight in the Rif War.[46] He was also a veteran of the Spanish Civil War. He was nicknamed "Marchena" after his resemblance to native flamenco singer-songwriter/actor Pepe Marchena.[45] His wife died in 1988, and he survived his two sons.[46] In his later years as a pensioner, he lived with his elder daughter María Antonia.[45][46] Olivera had his kidney removed when he was 90 and a cataract operation aged 98; he was otherwise in good health.[46] He became the oldest living man after the death of Yisrael Kristal on August 11, 2017.[44] Olivera went on to live a total of 113 years and 47 days.[44] At the time of his death, he was the last surviving Spanish veteran of the Rif War and the oldest veteran of the Spanish Army.

María Brañas Morera

María Brañas Morera (b. 4 March 1907), also reported as Branyas or Branya, was born in Mexico in 1907 to a Pamplona journalist, then emigrated to San Francisco, California in 1909. Her father died of tuberculosis in 1915, while on the return trip to Spain, and he was buried at sea. She settled in Catalonia and married a doctor from Llagostera in 1931. They had three children, eleven grandchildren, and thirteen great-grandchildren. She moved to the Catholic Santa María del Tura elderly care home in Olot around 2002. During the COVID-19 pandemic in April 2020 she was diagnosed with a mild case of the disease; she developed a urinary tract infection and experienced malaise, but did not show the usual symptoms like fever and shortness of breath. She was quarantined in her room and overcame the disease without hospitalization, while two other residents died. She is both the oldest living Spaniard as of present and the oldest person in the world to survive the pandemic.[47][48]

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