Spanish supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Spain who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015[update], 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. As of 26 November 2024, the oldest living Spaniard was Teodora Cea Bermejo (born in Madrid, on 1 April 1912, died in San Lorenzo de El Escorial, on 31 October 2024), aged 112 years, 213 days.[3] The oldest verified Spanish person ever is Maria Branyas who emigrated from the United States in 1915 and died in Olot, Catalonia on 19 August 2024 at the age of 117 years, 168 days.[4]
Deceased Living
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Birthplace | Place of death or residence |
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1 | Maria Branyas[5] | F | 4 March 1907 | 19 August 2024[6] | 117 years, 168 days | United States | Catalonia |
2 | Ana María Vela Rubio[4] | F | 29 October 1901 | 15 December 2017 | 116 years, 47 days | Andalusia | Catalonia |
3 | Magdalena Oliver Gabarró[7] | F | 31 October 1903 | 1 May 2019 | 115 years, 182 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
4 | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | M | 21 August 1891 | 24 January 2007 | 115 years, 156 days | Puerto Rico[a] | Puerto Rico |
5 | Ramona Trinidad Iglesias Jordan[8] | F | 1 September 1889 | 29 May 2004 | 114 years, 271 days | Puerto Rico[a] | Puerto Rico |
6 | María Antonia Castro[2] | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
7 | María del Carmen López[2] | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Murcia | Murcia |
8 | Silveria Martín Díaz[5] | F | 20 June 1910 | 11 September 2024[9] | 114 years, 83 days | Extremadura | Extremadura |
9 | Joan Riudavets[10] | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Balearic Islands | Balearic Islands |
10 | María del Carmen Figueiró[10] | F | 28 October 1883 | 25 May 1997 | 113 years, 209 days | Galicia | Galicia |
11 | Manuela Fernández Fojaco[4] | F | 18 June 1895 | 6 January 2009 | 113 years, 202 days | Asturias | Asturias |
12 | Josefa Santos Gonzalez[4] | F | 7 September 1906 | 22 December 2019 | 113 years, 106 days | Extremadura | Madrid |
13 | Piedad Loriente Perez[11] | F | 11 September 1911 | 23 November 2024 | 113 years, 73 days | Aragon | Aragon |
14 | Francisco Núñez Olivera[4][12] | M | 13 December 1904 | 29 January 2018 | 113 years, 47 days | Extremadura | Extremadura |
15 | Cristina Collado Ramos[13] | F | 6 November 1885 | 22 November 1998 | 113 years, 16 days | Puerto Rico[a] | United States |
16 | Avelina Mouzo Leis[4] | F | 27 December 1904 | 28 December 2017 | 113 years, 1 day | Galicia | Galicia |
17 | Saturnino de la Fuente García[14][15] | M | 11 February 1909 | 18 January 2022 | 112 years, 341 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
18 | María Concha Pérez Cidad[4] | F | 9 December 1901 | 30 September 2014 | 112 years, 295 days | Castile and León | Madrid |
19 | Virtudes Tomás Navarro[16] | F | 17 July 1907 | 20 April 2020 | 112 years, 278 days | Valencia | Valencia |
20 | Josefa Salas Mateo[10] | F | 14 July 1860 | 27 February 1973 | 112 years, 228 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
21 | Teodora Cea Bermejo[17] | F | 1 April 1912 | 31 October 2024[18] | 112 years, 213 days | Madrid | Madrid |
22 | María Anastasia Colón Aponte[19] | F | 27 April 1891 | 28 October 2003 | 112 years, 184 days | Puerto Rico[a] | Puerto Rico |
23 | José Armengol Jover[2] | M | 23 July 1881 | 20 January 1994 | 112 years, 181 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
24 | María Esperanza Onieva[2][10] | F | 1 September 1889 | 15 February 2002 | 112 years, 167 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
25 | Francisca García Torres[4] | F | 13 September 1901 | 25 February 2014 | 112 years, 165 days | Andalusia | Navarre |
26 | Salustiano Sanchez[4] | M | 8 June 1901 | 13 September 2013 | 112 years, 97 days | Castile and León | United States |
27 | Brigida Dearroyo[20] | F | 7 October 1888 | 31 December 2000 | 112 years, 85 days | Puerto Rico[a] | Puerto Rico |
28 | Adelaida González Alonso[4] | F | 23 October 1902 | 20 November 2014 | 112 years, 28 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
29 | Josefa San Roman Mateos[21] | F | 1 January 1910 | 25 January 2022 | 112 years, 24 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
30 | Berthe Budet[22] | F | 3 October 1909 | 10 October 2021 | 112 years, 7 days | Valencia | France |
31 | Maria Garcia[23] | F | 29 April 1908 | 15 April 2020 | 111 years, 352 days | Galicia | United States |
32 | E.M.M.[2] | F | 20 July 1885 | 21 June 1997 | 111 years, 336 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
33 | Vicenta Prieto Santos[24] | F | 22 January 1909 | 2 December 2020 | 111 years, 315 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
34 | Consuelo Moreno-López[25] | F | 5 February 1893 | 13 November 2004 | 111 years, 282 days | Morocco (then Spanish) | United States |
35 | Agustín Reyes Ortiz[26] | M | 8 February 1887 | 6 November 1998 | 111 years, 271 days | Puerto Rico[a] | Puerto Rico |
Maria Luisa Vázquez de Silva[27] | F | 29 March 1910 | 25 December 2021[28] | Galicia | Galicia | ||
37 | Antonio Urrea Hernández[10] | M | 18 February 1888 | 15 November 1999 | 111 years, 270 days | Murcia | Catalonia |
38 | María de la O Soria Berbel[4] | F | 9 April 1898 | 23 December 2009 | 111 years, 258 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
39 | Angelina Torres Vallbona[29] | F | 18 March 1913 | Living | 111 years, 253 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
40 | Andresa Guerrero-Ortiz[30] | F | 30 November 1898 | 5 August 2010 | 111 years, 248 days | Aragon | Aragon |
41 | Jesús Mosteo[31] | M | 1 January 1908 | 28 August 2019[32] | 111 years, 239 days | Aragon | Aragon |
42 | Carmen Romero[33] | F | 27 August 1895 | 8 April 2007 | 111 years, 224 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
43 | E.E.A.[2] | F | 18 August 1890 | 25 March 2002 | 111 years, 219 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
44 | Josefa Álvarez Rodríguez[34] | F | 16 February 1906 | 19 September 2017 | 111 years, 215 days | Galicia | Galicia |
45 | Angeles Alava Jimenez[35] | F | 3 August 1910 | 21 December 2021[36] | 111 years, 140 days | Navarre | Navarre |
46 | Teresa Fernandez Casado[37] | F | 29 July 1913 | Living | 111 years, 120 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
47 | Teresa Velazquez Andres[38] | F | 13 July 1909 | 8 November 2020 | 111 years, 118 days | Valencia | Valencia |
48 | Dolores Subirana[39] | F | 18 July 1897 | 9 November 2008 | 111 years, 114 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
49 | María Cruz Martínez[40] | F | 3 May 1911 | 24 August 2022[41] | 111 years, 113 days | Navarre | Navarre |
50 | Eulalia Hernández[2] | F | 28 July 1891 | 16 November 2002 | 111 years, 111 days | Andalusia | Madrid |
51 | Manolita Piña[10] | F | 24 February 1883 | 11 June 1994 | 111 years, 107 days | Catalonia | Uruguay |
Remedios Company Ventura[4] | F | 10 February 1903 | 28 May 2014 | Catalonia | Catalonia | ||
53 | Filomena Arán[42] | F | 4 May 1888 | 9 August 1999 | 111 years, 97 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
54 | Inocencia Zofio Cajal[43] | F | 1 May 1910 | 19 July 2021 | 111 years, 79 days | Extremadura | Madrid |
55 | Adelaida Gonzalez Hernandez[44] | F | 13 April 1907 | 23 June 2018 | 111 years, 73 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
56 | Dolores Moret Ferriol[45] | F | 10 January 1907 | 17 March 2018 | 111 years, 66 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
57 | Lucía Madaria Vesga[4] | F | 13 December 1894 | 2 February 2006 | 111 years, 51 days | Castile and León | Andalusia |
58 | Francisco Fernández Fernández[46] | M | 24 July 1901 | 7 September 2012 | 111 years, 45 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
59 | Carmen Cárdenas Molina[47] | F | 12 October 1913 | Living | 111 years, 45 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
60 | Celestina Penabad[48] | F | 2 August 1907 | 13 September 2018[49] | 111 years, 42 days | Galicia | Galicia |
61 | Ana del Valle[50] | F | 20 October 1913 | Living | 111 years, 37 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
62 | Francisca Barracel[4] | F | 18 June 1902 | 18 July 2013 | 111 years, 30 days | Galicia | Galicia |
63 | Generosa Sales Ferreres[51] | F | 4 January 1907 | 27 January 2018 | 111 years, 23 days | Valencia | Catalonia |
64 | A.P.L.[2] | F | 26 March 1884 | 12 April 1995 | 111 years, 17 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
65 | Luís Torras[52] | M | 29 December 1912 | 14 January 2024[53] | 111 years, 16 days | Galicia | Galicia |
66 | Felicitas Esteban García[54] | F | 22 November 1913 | Living | 111 years, 4 days | Castile and León | Catalonia |
67 | Daniela Lopez de Lacalle[55] | F | 11 December 1909 | 13 December 2020[56] | 111 years, 2 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
68 | Josefina Villaverde Fontenla[57] | F | 19 November 1909 | 7 November 2020 | 110 years, 354 days | Galicia | Galicia |
69 | Joaquim Illas[58] | M | 26 July 1909 | 13 July 2020[59] | 110 years, 353 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
70 | Victoria de la Cruz Garcia[60] | F | 24 June 1907 | 4 June 2018 | 110 years, 345 days | Andalusia | Japan |
71 | Plácida Insausti[33] | F | 5 October 1896 | 12 September 2007 | 110 years, 342 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
María Carmen Nouche Porro[61] | F | 15 September 1911 | 23 August 2022[62] | Galicia | Galicia | ||
73 | Consolación Paz Precedo[63] | F | 28 December 1913 | Living | 110 years, 334 days | Galicia | Galicia |
74 | Teofila Gutierrez Jimenez[64] | F | 28 December 1907 | 15 November 2018[65] | 110 years, 322 days | Castilla–La Mancha | Castilla–La Mancha |
75 | Ramona Agudín[66] | F | 9 March 1870 | 12 January 1981 | 110 years, 309 days | Asturias | Asturias |
76 | U.H.R.[2] | F | 19 June 1891 | 21 April 2002 | 110 years, 306 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
77 | Mateo Balbuena Iglesias[67] | M | 21 September 1913 | 16 July 2024 | 110 years, 299 days | Castile and León | Basque Country |
78 | Luis Carrasco-Muñoz Pérez de la Isla[68] | M | 13 February 1914 | Living | 110 years, 287 days | Madrid | Madrid |
79 | Telesfora de la Torre[10] | F | 5 January 1876 | 8 October 1986 | 110 years, 276 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
Galo Leoz[10] | M | 22 April 1879 | 23 January 1990 | Aragon | Madrid | ||
81 | Elisa de Iglesia Alonso[69] | F | 28 June 1895 | 28 March 2006 | 110 years, 273 days | Galicia | Galicia |
82 | A.R.S.[2] | F | 1 March 1885 | 24 November 1995 | 110 years, 268 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
83 | 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 | ||
85 | Gregorio Merino[4] | M | 24 December 1886 | 9 September 1997 | 110 years, 259 days | Castile and León | Andalusia |
86 | Maria Varas Hernandez[70] | F | 15 February 1910 | 20 October 2020 | 110 years, 248 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
87 | Dámasa Carrascosa[69] | F | 11 December 1895 | 9 August 2006 | 110 years, 241 days | Castilla–La Mancha | Madrid |
88 | Aurelio Diaz[10] | M | 16 October 1878 | 13 June 1989 | 110 years, 240 days | Asturias | Asturias |
89 | Dolores Gou[10] | F | 27 March 1892 | 20 November 2002 | 110 years, 238 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
Ramona Costoyas Rey[71] | F | 10 August 1909 | 4 April 2020[72] | Galicia | Galicia | ||
91 | Julia Fournier[39] | F | 9 November 1897 | 30 June 2008 | 110 years, 234 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
92 | Gabriela Izquierdo[2] | F | 18 March 1887 | 27 October 1997 | 110 years, 223 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
93 | Concepción Pichel Sampayo[73] | F | 11 May 1908 | 27 November 2018 | 110 years, 200 days | Galicia | Galicia |
94 | Felipa Gutiérrez[30] | F | 11 April 1900 | 16 October 2010 | 110 years, 188 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
95 | Remedios Ultra[33] | F | 23 August 1896 | 21 February 2007 | 110 years, 182 days | Navarre | Madrid |
96 | Rosa Martínez[30] | F | 3 May 1900 | 30 October 2010 | 110 years, 180 days | Galicia | Galicia |
97 | Rosa Marcuello Sancho[74] | F | 13 May 1911 | 23 October 2021 | 110 years, 163 days | Aragon | Aragon |
98 | Rosalba Castro Bello[75] | F | 15 February 1907 | 17 July 2017 | 110 years, 152 days | Canary Islands | Canary Islands |
99 | Ana Martinez Llamas[76] | F | 17 March 1910 | 9 August 2020 | 110 years, 145 days | Castile and León | Madrid |
100 | Petronila Barbosa | F | 16 September 1908 | 13 January 2019[77] | 110 years, 119 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
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.[78] 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.[78] 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.
Joan Riudavets Moll (15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004) was born in Es Migjorn Gran, Menorca, where he lived until his death in 2004.[79][80] His mother, Catalina Moll Mercadés, died at age 25 in December 1889; his father was a cobbler.[81] Riudavets also worked as a cobbler until he retired in 1954 and was a former village councillor of Es Migjorn Gran.[81][82] Riudavets married in 1917; his wife, also born in 1889, died at age 90.[83]
When asked, Riudavets attributed his longevity to a life of moderation.[82]
Riudavets died at the age of 114 years, 81 days after having a cold for a few days.[83] He was survived by two younger half- brothers: Pere, who died in 2006 at the age of 105, and Josep, who died in 2009 at the age of 102.[81] At the time of his death, Riudavets was believed to be the oldest verified person ever in the history of Spain. However, subsequent research by the International Database on Longevity has revealed that two women had been older than Riudavets at the time of their deaths.[84] He became the oldest recognized living person in Europe following Maria Teresa Fumarola Ligorio's death on 14 May 2003, and oldest recognized living man in the world following Yukichi Chuganji's death on 28 September 2003.[85] After Riudavets' death, Fred Harold Hale became the world's oldest man.[86]
Ana María Vela Rubio (29 October 1901 – 15 December 2017) was born in Puente Genil, Andalusia. 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.[87] Rubio became the oldest verified Spaniard ever on 6 June 2016, when she surpassed the age of María Antonia Castro who had died in 1996, aged 114 years, 220 days.[87] She went on to live to 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. She became the oldest living European upon the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017.[88]
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.[89][90] He fought in the Rif War[91] and the Spanish Civil War. He was nicknamed "Marchena" after his resemblance to flamenco singer-songwriter/actor Pepe Marchena.[90] His wife died in 1988, and he survived his two sons.[91] In his later years as a pensioner, he lived with his elder daughter María Antonia.[90][91] Olivera had his kidney removed when he was 90 and a cataract operation aged 98; he was otherwise in good health.[91] He became the oldest living man after the death of Israel Kristal on August 11, 2017.[89] Olivera lived to 113 years and 47 days.[89] 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.
Saturnino de la Fuente García (11 February 1909 – 18 January 2022) was born in León. At the age of nine he caught the Spanish flu but survived. A passionate football fan, he co-founded his neighborhood's local team in 1927. He married Antonina Barrio Gutiérrez in 1933 and they had eight children, one of whom died as a child. In 1936 he was not drafted in the Civil War because of his height (1.50 m). A skilled craftsman, he would go on to establish a shoemaking business, eventually being commissioned to make boots for the army.[92][93][94]
He became the oldest man alive on 12 August 2021, following the death of Emilio Flores Marquez of Puerto Rico. He had 7 daughters, 14 grandchildren and 22 great-grandchildren. Upon his death in January 2022 at the age of 112 years and 341 days, Venezuelan supercentenarian Juan Vicente Pérez became the world's oldest man.