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who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been 43 verified supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

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s from Spain. As of , there are no verified living supercentenarians in Spain, but 2 pending: Francisco Fernández age , and Francisca García Torres age . The oldest person ever from Spain was an unidentified woman with the initials M.A.C.C., who died in 1996 aged 114 years 220 days. The oldest identified person was Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets Moll was a Spanish supercentenarian and at the time of his death, 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 there were two anonymous women who were older than...

, who died in 2004 aged 114 years 81 days.

Living Spanish supercentenarians

Below is a list of the oldest living people from Spain. Those listed as 'verified' have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity

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research, such as the Gerontology Research Group. Those listed as 'pending' have provided at least one document supporting the claimed age but not the three necessary for validation. Those that are 'unverified' have provided no documents to support the age claimed.

Name	Sex	Birth date	Region of birth	Region of residence
Francisco Fernández Fernández	M	24 July 1901	Castile and León Castile and León Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...	Castile and León Castile and León Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...
Francisca García Torres	F	13 September 1901	Andalucía	Navarra
Ana Vela-Rubio	F	30 October 1901	Andalucía	Cataluña

Spanish supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Autonomy Autonomous communities of Spain An autonomous community In other languages of Spain:Catalan/Valencian .Galician .*Basque . The second article of the constitution recognizes the rights of "nationalities and regions" to self-government and declares the "indissoluble unity of the Spanish nation".Political power in Spain is... of birth	Autonomy of death
1	M.A.C.C.	F	10 June 1881	16 January 1996	114 years, 220 days	Andalusia Andalusia Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...	Andalusia
2	M.C.L.L.	F	3 April 1883	3 July 1997	114 years, 91 days	Murcia Region of Murcia The Region of Murcia is an autonomous community of Spain located in the southeast of the country, between Andalusia and Valencian Community, on the Mediterranean coast....	Murcia
3	Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Moll was a Spanish supercentenarian and at the time of his death, 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 there were two anonymous women who were older than...	M	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Balearic Islands Balearic Islands The Balearic Islands are an archipelago of Spain in the western Mediterranean Sea, near the eastern coast of the Iberian Peninsula.The four largest islands are: Majorca, Minorca, Ibiza and Formentera. The archipelago forms an autonomous community and a province of Spain with Palma as the capital...	Balearic Islands
4	Carmen Figueiró	F	28 October 1883	25 May 1997	113 years, 209 days	Galicia	Galicia
5	Manuela Fernández Manuela Fernández-Fojaco Manuela Fernández Fojaco was the fifth-oldest living person, the oldest person in Europe and the oldest living person in Spain at the time of her death, at the age of 113 years, 202 days...	F	18 June 1895	6 January 2009	113 years, 202 days	Asturias Asturias The Principality of Asturias is an autonomous community of the Kingdom of Spain, coextensive with the former Kingdom of Asturias in the Middle Ages...	Asturias
6	Josefa Salas	F	14 July 1860	27 February 1973	112 years, 228 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
7	Josep Armengol	M	23 July 1881	20 January 1994	112 years, 181 days	Catalonia Catalonia Catalonia is an autonomous community in northeastern Spain, with the official status of a "nationality" of Spain. Catalonia comprises four provinces: Barcelona, Girona, Lleida, and Tarragona. Its capital and largest city is Barcelona. Catalonia covers an area of 32,114 km² and has an...	Catalonia
8	María Esperanza Onieva	F	1 September 1889	15 February 2002	112 years, 167 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
	Josefa Llobet	F	25 February 1867	29 June 1979	112 years, 124 days	Catalonia	Catalonia
9	E.M.M.	F	20 July 1885	21 June 1997	111 years, 336 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
	Maria Alonso Gayoso	F	14 July 1882	26 April 1994	111 years, 286 days	Galicia	Galicia
10	Antonio Urrea	M	18 February 1888	15 November 1999	111 years, 272 days	Murcia	Catalonia
11	María de la O Soria	F	9 April 1898	23 December 2009	111 years, 258 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
12	Andresa Guerrero	F	30 November 1898	5 August 2010	111 years, 248 days	Aragon Aragon Aragon is a modern autonomous community in Spain, coextensive with the medieval Kingdom of Aragon. Located in northeastern Spain, the Aragonese autonomous community comprises three provinces : Huesca, Zaragoza, and Teruel. Its capital is Zaragoza...	Aragon
13	Carmen Romero	F	27 August 1895	8 April 2007	111 years, 224 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
14	E.E.A.	F	18 August 1890	25 March 2002	111 years, 219 days	Castile and León Castile and León Castile and León is an autonomous community in north-western Spain. It was so constituted in 1983 and it comprises the historical regions of León and Old Castile...	Castile and León
15	Dolors Subirana	F	18 July 1897	9 November 2008	111 years, 114 days	Catalonia	Catalonia
16	Eulalia Hernández	F	28 July 1891	16 November 2002	111 years, 111 days	Andalusia	Madrid Madrid (autonomous community) The Community of Madrid is one of the seventeen autonomous communities of Spain. It is located at the center of the country, the Iberian Peninsula, and the Castilian Central Plateau . The community is also conterminous with the province of Madrid and contains the capital of Spain, which is also...
17	Filomena Arán	F	4 May 1888	9 August 1999	111 years, 97 days	Catalonia	Catalonia
	Alejandro Rivera Santalla	M	28 August 1888	22 November 1999	111 years, 86 days	Galicia	Galicia
18	Lucía Madaria	F	13 December 1894	2 February 2006	111 years, 51 days	Castile and León	Andalusia
19	A.P.L.	F	26 March 1884	12 April 1995	111 years, 17 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
	Tomasa Mellado	F	21 December 1882	30 November 1993	110 years, 344 days	Castile-La Mancha	Valencia
20	Plázida Insausti	F	5 October 1896	12 September 2007	110 years, 342 days	Basque Country Basque Country (autonomous community) The Basque Country is an autonomous community of northern Spain. It includes the Basque provinces of Álava, Biscay and Gipuzkoa, also called Historical Territories....	Basque Country
	Ramona Agudín	F	9 March 1870	12 January 1981	110 years, 309 days	Asturias	Asturias
21	U.H.R.	F	19 June 1891	21 April 2002	110 years, 306 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
22	Telesfora de la Torre	F	5 January 1876	8 October 1986	110 years, 276 days	Basque Country	Basque Country
22	Galo Leoz	M	22 April 1879	23 January 1990	110 years, 276 days	Aragon	Madrid
	Elisa de Iglesia Alonso	F	28 June 1895	28 March 2006	110 years, 273 days	Galicia	Galicia
24	A.R.S.	F	1 March 1885	24 November 1995	110 years, 268 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
25	A.L.M.	M	11 April 1879	1 January 1990	110 years, 265 days	Basque Country	Basque Country
25	M.C.M.G.	F	15 February 1886	6 November 1996	110 years, 265 days	Andalusia	Andalusia
27	Gregorio Merino	M	24 December 1886	9 September 1997	110 years, 259 days	Castile and León	Andalusia
28	Dámasa Carrascosca	F	11 December 1895	9 August 2006	110 years, 241 days	Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha Castile-La Mancha is an autonomous community of Spain. Castile-La Mancha is bordered by Castile and León, Madrid, Aragon, Valencia, Murcia, Andalusia, and Extremadura. It is one of the most sparsely populated of Spain's autonomous communities...	Madrid
29	Aurelio Díaz	M	16 October 1878	13 June 1989	110 years, 240 days	Asturias	Asturias
30	Dolors Gou	F	27 March 1892	20 November 2002	110 years, 238 days	Catalonia	Catalonia
	Julia Fournier	F	9 November 1897	30 June 2008	110 years, 234 days	Catalonia	Catalonia
31	Gabriela Izquierdo	F	18 March 1887	27 October 1997	110 years, 223 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
32	Felipa Gutiérrez	F	11 April 1900	16 October 2010	110 years, 188 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
33	Remedios Ultra	F	23 August 1896	21 February 2007	110 years, 182 days	Navarre Navarre Navarre , officially the Chartered Community of Navarre is an autonomous community in northern Spain, bordering the Basque Country, La Rioja, and Aragon in Spain and Aquitaine in France...	Madrid
34	Rosa Martínez	F	3 May 1900	30 October 2010	110 years, 180 days	Galicia	Galicia
	Francisco Fernández	M	24 July 1901	Living		Castile and León	Living in Castile and León
35	María Juana Rodriguez	F	8 August 1886	1 December 1996	110 years, 115 days	Galicia	Galicia
36	R.P.M.	F	24 May 1879	8 September 1989	110 years, 107 days	Navarre	Navarre
	Francisca García Torres	F	13 September 1901	Living		Andalucía	Living in Navarra
37	F.M.M.	F	6 November 1887	19 January 1998	110 years, 74 days	Navarre	Navarre
38	Aurora Lombán	F	26 April 1897	25 June 2007	110 years, 60 days	Galicia	Galicia
39	Tomasa Méndez	F	2 June 1899	21 July 2009	110 years, 49 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
40	Isacia Díez	F	21 April 1895	2 June 2005	110 years, 42 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
41	Pablo Roy	M	15 January 1884	26 January 1994	110 years, 11 days	Castile-La Mancha	Madrid
42	Jorja Hernando	F	22 April 1894	26 April 2004	110 years, 4 days	Castile and León	Castile and León
42	A.A.M.	F	21 November 1883	25 November 1993	110 years, 4 days	Andalusia	Andalusia

Spanish emigrant supercentenarians

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Autonomy of birth	Country of death
1	Consuelo Moreno	F	5 February 1893	13 November 2004	111 years, 282 days	Spanish Morocco Spanish Morocco The Spanish protectorate of Morocco was the area of Morocco under colonial rule by the Spanish Empire, established by the Treaty of Fez in 1912 and ending in 1956, when both France and Spain recognized Moroccan independence.-Territorial borders:...	United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
2	Manolita Piña	F	24 February 1883	11 June 1994	111 years, 107 days	Catalonia	Uruguay Uruguay Uruguay ,officially the Oriental Republic of Uruguay,sometimes the Eastern Republic of Uruguay; ) is a country in the southeastern part of South America. It is home to some 3.5 million people, of whom 1.8 million live in the capital Montevideo and its metropolitan area...
3	Elisa Cubells	F	20 August 1885	16 November 1995	110 years, 88 days	Catalonia	France France The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

a Moreno was born in Spanish Morocco, which was then part of the Spanish Empire

Spanish Empire

The Spanish Empire comprised territories and colonies administered directly by Spain in Europe, in America, Africa, Asia and Oceania. It originated during the Age of Exploration and was therefore one of the first global empires. At the time of Habsburgs, Spain reached the peak of its world power....

. It is now in Morocco

Morocco

Morocco , officially the Kingdom of Morocco , is a country located in North Africa. It has a population of more than 32 million and an area of 710,850 km², and also primarily administers the disputed region of the Western Sahara...

Oldest Spanish person by autonomy

This is a list of the oldest people by birth from each autonomy

Autonomy	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age
Andalucia	M.A.C.C.	F	10 June 1881	16 January 1996	114 years, 220 days
Aragon	Andresa Guerrero	F	30 November 1898	5 August 2010	111 years, 248 days
Asturias	Manuela Fernández Manuela Fernández-Fojaco Manuela Fernández Fojaco was the fifth-oldest living person, the oldest person in Europe and the oldest living person in Spain at the time of her death, at the age of 113 years, 202 days...	F	18 June 1895	6 January 2009	113 years, 202 days
Balearic Islands	Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Moll was a Spanish supercentenarian and at the time of his death, 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 there were two anonymous women who were older than...	M	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days
Basque Country	Plázida Insausti	F	5 October 1896	12 September 2007	110 years, 342 days
Canary Islands Canary Islands The Canary Islands , also known as the Canaries , is a Spanish archipelago located just off the northwest coast of mainland Africa, 100 km west of the border between Morocco and the Western Sahara. The Canaries are a Spanish autonomous community and an outermost region of the European Union...	María Ángeles García	F	16 February 1899	6 February 2008	108 years, 355 days
Cantabria Cantabria Cantabria is a Spanish historical region and autonomous community with Santander as its capital city. It is bordered on the east by the Basque Autonomous Community , on the south by Castile and León , on the west by the Principality of Asturias, and on the north by the Cantabrian Sea.Cantabria...	María Calvo	F	26 November 1900	26 March 2010	109 years, 120 days
Castile-La Mancha	Dámasa Carrascosca	F	11 December 1895	9 August 2006	110 years, 241 days
Castile and León	E.E.A.	F	18 August 1890	25 March 2002	111 years, 219 days
Catalonia	Josep Armengol	M	23 July 1881	20 January 1994	112 years, 181 days
Extremadura Extremadura Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...	Teresa Acedo	F	30 September 1902	Living
Galicia	Carmen Figueiró	F	28 October 1883	25 May 1997	113 years, 209 days
La Rioja La Rioja (Spain) La Rioja is an autonomous community and a province of northern Spain. Its capital is Logroño. Other cities and towns in the province include Calahorra, Arnedo, Alfaro, Haro, Santo Domingo de la Calzada, and Nájera.-History:...	Nieves Ledesma	F	6 August 1897	29 January 2007	109 years, 176 days
Madrid	Eulalia Hernández	F	28 July 1891	16 November 2002	111 years, 111 days
Murcia	M.C.L.L.	F	3 April 1883	3 July 1997	114 years, 91 days
Navarre	Remedios Ultra	F	23 August 1896	21 February 2007	110 years, 182 days
Valencia Valencian Community The Valencian Community is an autonomous community of Spain located in central and south-eastern Iberian Peninsula. Its capital and largest city is Valencia...	Encarnación Mora	F	16 March 1892	9 December 2002	110 years, 268 days

Chronological list of the oldest living person in Spain since 1969

From	To	Name	Sex	Age(s) when oldest	Lifespan	Autonomy of death
1 February 1969	27 February 1973	Josefa Salas	F	109 – 112	14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973 112 years, 228 days	Andalusia
27 February 1973	18 March 1974	Policarpa Pérez	F	108 – 109	29 June 1864 – 18 March 1974 109 years, 262 days	Castile-La Mancha
18 March 1974	29 June 1979	Josefa Llobet	F	107 – 112	25 February 1867 – 29 June 1979 112 years, 124 days	Catalonia
29 June 1979	12 January 1981	Ramona Agudín	F	109 – 110	9 March 1870 – 12 January 1981 110 years, 309 days	Asturias
12 January 1981	13 September 1981 ( days)	Antonia Díaz	F	110 – 111	11 May 1870 – 13 September 1981 111 years, 125 days	Andalusia
13 September 1981	10 August 1982 ( days)	Soledad Muñoz	F	107 – 108	15 February 1874 – 10 August 1982 108 years, 176 days	Andalucia
10 August 1982	15 February 1983 ( days)	Salustiano Álvarez	M	107	18 February 1875 – 15 February 1983 107 years, 362 days	Castile-La Mancha
15 February 1983	24 February 1983 ( days)	Isabel Guijarro	F	107	2 July 1875 – 24 February 1983 107 years, 237 days	Castile and León
24 February 1983	8 October 1986	Telesfora de la Torre	F	107 – 110	5 January 1876 – 8 October 1986 110 years, 276 days	Basque Country
8 October 1986	19 April 1987 ( days)	Paulina García	F	108	2 June 1878 – 19 April 1987 108 years, 321 days	Galicia
19 April 1987	13 June 1989	Aurelio Díaz	M	108 – 110	16 October 1878 – 13 June 1989 110 years, 240 days	Asturias
13 June 1989	1 January 1990 ( days)	A.L.M.	M	110	11 April 1879 – 1 January 1990 110 years, 265 days	Basque Country
1 January 1990	23 January 1990 ( days)	Galo Leoz	M	110	22 April 1879 – 23 January 1990 110 years, 276 days	Madrid
30 March 1990	16 January 1996 (	M.A.C.C.	F	108 – 114	10 June 1881 – 16 January 1996 114 years, 220 days	Andalusia
16 January 1996	3 July 1997	M.C.L.L.	F	112 – 114	3 April 1883 – 3 July 1997 114 years, 91 days	Murcia
3 July 1997	9 September 1997 ( days)	Gregorio Merino	M	110	24 December 1886 – 9 September 1997 110 years, 259 days	Castile and León
9 September 1997	27 October 1997 ( days)	Gabriela Izquierdo	F	110	18 March 1887 – 27 October 1997 110 years, 223 days	Castile and León
27 October 1997	19 January 1998 ( days)	F.M.M.	F	109 – 110	6 November 1887 – 19 January 1998 110 years, 74 days	Navarre
19 January 1998	15 November 1999	Antonio Urrea	M	109 – 111	18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999 111 years, 270 days	Catalonia
15 November 1999	2 February 2002	Maria Esperanza Onieva	F	110 – 112	1 September 1889 – 2 February 2002 112 years, 167 days	Andalusia
2 February 2002	5 March 2004	Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Joan Riudavets Moll was a Spanish supercentenarian and at the time of his death, 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 there were two anonymous women who were older than...	M	112 – 114	15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days	Balearic Islands
5 March 2004	26 April 2004 ( days)	Jorja Hernando	F	109 – 110	22 April 1894 – 26 April 2004 110 years, 4 days	Castile and León
26 April 2004	7 July 2004 ( days)	Victoriana Barrero	F	109	8 November 1894 – 7 July 2004 109 years, 242 days	?
7 July 2004	2 February 2006	Lucía Madaria	F	109 – 111	13 December 1894 – 2 February 2006 111 years, 51 days	Andalusia
2 February 2006	6 January 2009	Manuela Fernández Manuela Fernández-Fojaco Manuela Fernández Fojaco was the fifth-oldest living person, the oldest person in Europe and the oldest living person in Spain at the time of her death, at the age of 113 years, 202 days...	F	110 – 113	18 June 1895 – 6 January 2009 113 years, 202 days	Asturias
6 January 2009	25 February 2010	Teresa Dosaigües	F	110 – 112	13 February 1898 – 25 February 2010 112 years, 12 days	Catalonia
25 February 2010	5 August 2010 ( days)	Andresa Guerrero	F	111	30 November 1898 – 5 August 2010 111 years, 248 days	Aragon
5 August 2010	16 October 2010 ( days)	Felipa Gutiérrez	F	110	11 April 1900 – 16 October 2010 110 years, 188 days	Castile and León
16 October 2010	30 October 2010 ( days)	Rosa Martínez	F	110	3 May 1900 – 30 October 2010 110 years, 180 days	Galicia
30 October 2010	Present ( days)	Francisco Fernández	M	109 – 110*	born 24 July 1901 age	Living in Castile and León

Josefa Salas

Josefa Salas Mateo (14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and the verified oldest recognized living person

Oldest people

This is a list of tables of the verified oldest people in the world in ordinal rank, such as oldest person or oldest man. In these tables, a supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such...

for 3 years 47 days, between the death of 111-year-old Ada Roe

Ada Roe

Ada Roe, née Giddings was a British supercentenarian. She was born in Islington, England, and moved to Lowestoft over 60 years before her death with her husband, who died shortly afterwards. Roe was the oldest recognised living person between c. October 1968 and her death aged 111 years 339 days...

on 11 January 1970 and Mateo's death at age 112 years 228 days. Mateo was succeeded in title by then 111-year-old Alice Stevenson

Alice Stevenson

Alice Stevenson was born at Piccadilly, England and became a British supercentenarian. She was the oldest recognised living person in the world between the death of 112-year-old Josefa Salas Mateo on 27 February 1973 and Stevenson's own death, aged 112 years 39 days when she died at Sutton,...

. Mateo was the first verified Spanish supercentenarian, and also the first verified person documented to die at age 112. Mateo was the last person to become the oldest living person before becoming a supercentenarian, as she became the world's oldest person at age 109 years 181 days. She was also the youngest to have made the list since its start in 1955, being 18 days younger than John Mosely Turner

John Mosely Turner

John Mosely Turner was a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person for more than two years...

was at the beginning of his title and 21 days younger than Hannah Smith

Hannah Smith (supercentenarian)

Hannah Smith was born in Salford, England and lived to become a British supercentenarian and the oldest recognised living person in the world....

was. Mateo was also the last recognized surviving person documented as born in 1860 and is the fourth oldest Spanish person ever. (She was the oldest Spanish person ever at the time of her death, but her record was broken by Carmen Figueiró on 13 June 1996).

Telesfora de la Torre

Telesfora de la Torre Mendizábal (5 January 1876 – 8 October 1986) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

, and the second person from Spain to became a supercentenarian, after Josefa Salas (14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973). Torre-Mendizibal was the oldest living Spanish person

Oldest people

at the time of her death aged 110 years 276 days.

Aurelio Diaz

Aurelio Diaz Campillo (16 October 1878 – 13 June 1989) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and Spain's oldest recognized living person

Oldest people

when he died at age 110 years 240 days. He was also the first male Spanish supercentenarian, and therefore the oldest ever male Spanish person at one point; as well as the third person from Spain to become a supercentenarian, after Josefa Salas (14 July 1860 – 27 February 1973) and Telesfora de la Torre (5 January 1876 – 8 October 1986). Aurelio Díaz was the last Spanish veteran of the Spanish-American war of Cuba.

Galo Leoz

Galo Leoz Ortín (22 April 1879 – 23 January 1990) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and Spain's oldest recognized living person

Oldest people

when he died aged 110 years 276 days. He became Spain's oldest recognized male ever when he surpassed Aurelio Díaz. Leoz's record was surpassed in 1993 by Josep Armengol (23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994), who lived to the age of 112 years 181 days. Galo Leoz was a noted ophtalmologist.

Josep Armengol Jover

Josep Armengol Jover (23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

who became the oldest recognized living Spanish male in January 1990, the oldest recognized living person in Spain in March 1990, and the oldest living man in June 1993, following the death of Frederick L. Frazier. Jover died on 20 January 1994, at the age of 112 years 181 days. At the time, he was the oldest Spanish male ever; this record was broken in 2002 by Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

.

As of July 2010, Jover is one of the 25 longest-lived men ever.

Pablo Roy

Pablo Roy Morales (15 January 1884 – 26 January 1994) was, for the last six days of his life, the second-oldest living person in Spain, behind Carmen Figueiró, and the oldest living male in Spain, following the death of 112-year-old Josep Armengol. Roy died at age .

Carmen Figueiró

María del Carmen Figueiró Freiría née de Rodriguez (28 October 1883 – 25 May 1997) was a Galician supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and the oldest recognized living Spanish person at the time of her death aged 113 years 209 days. She became the oldest undisputed person in the history of Spain in 1996, after surpassing the age of Josefa Salas. Carmen's record was broken in 2003 by Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

Antonio Urrea

Antonio Urrea Hernández (18 February 1888 – 15 November 1999) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and the world's oldest recognized living man

Oldest people

between the death of Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

's Denzo Ishizaki on 29 April 1999 and Urrea's death aged 111 years 270 days. He was succeeded in title by then 111-year-old John Painter

John Painter

John George Painter was posthumously recognized as the world's oldest man and oldest American veteran, as a result of the United States's SSA supercentenarian study. Painter was also the last surviving American veteran of the First World War to be born in the 1880s. Only recently he was also...

. He was also Spain's oldest person between 25 May 1997, with the death of fellow 113-year-old Carmen Figueiró, until Hernández's death. He was succeeded in that title by then 109-year-old Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

Dolors Gou

Dolors Gou Andreu (27 March 1892 – 20 November 2002) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

who became the second oldest living Spanish person

Oldest people

, behind Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

. Gou Andreu was still the oldest living female Spanish person at the time. She died at age 110 years 238 days.

Isacia Díez

Isacia Díez Mariscal (21 April 1895 – 2 June 2005) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

and became the oldest living

Oldest people

person in Spain following the death of 114-year-old Joan Riudavets

Joan Riudavets

on 5 March 2004, until Díez's death aged 110 years 42 days. She was succeeded in title by then 109-year-old Manuela Fernández-Fojaco

Manuela Fernández-Fojaco

Manuela Fernández Fojaco was the fifth-oldest living person, the oldest person in Europe and the oldest living person in Spain at the time of her death, at the age of 113 years, 202 days...

María de la O Soria

María de la O Soria Berbel (9 April 1898 – 23 December 2009) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

who became the oldest recognized person in Spain, following the death of 113-year-old Manuela Fernández-Fojaco

Manuela Fernández-Fojaco

Manuela Fernández Fojaco was the fifth-oldest living person, the oldest person in Europe and the oldest living person in Spain at the time of her death, at the age of 113 years, 202 days...

on 6 January 2009.

Andresa Guerrero-Ortiz

Andresa Guerrero Ortiz (30 November 1898 – 5 August 2010) was a Spanish

Spain

supercentenarian

Supercentenarian

A supercentenarian is someone who has reached the age of 110 years. This age is achieved by about one in a thousand centenarians....

who became the oldest recognized person in Spain, following the death of 111-year-old María de la O Soria on 23 December 2009. She was the last Spanish person born in the 1890s.

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