List of South American supercentenarians

This is a list of validated South American supercentenarians (people from South America who have attained the age of at least 110 years). Currently, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG), an organization that tracks supercentenrians and verifies their age claims, has verified 10 supercentenarians from South America,[1] the oldest ever of whom was Ecuadorian woman María Capovilla, who died at the age of 116 years 347 days.[2]

South American supercentenarians

  Deceased   Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 7 December 2016

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age [†] Country of birth Country of death or residence
1 Maria Capovilla[1] F 14 September 1889 27 August 2006 116 years, 347 days Ecuador Ecuador
2 Maria Gomes Valentim[1] F 9 July 1896 21 June 2011 114 years, 347 days Brazil Brazil
3 Eudoxie Baboul[2] F 1 October 1901 1 July 2016 114 years, 274 days French Guiana[lower-alpha 1] French Guiana
4 Alida Victória Grubba Rudge[2] F 10 July 1903 Living 113 years, 150 days Brazil Living in Brazil
5 Luzia Mohrs[2] F 23 March 1904 Living 112 years, 259 days Germany Living in Brazil
6 Virginia Secundina Moyano[2] F 17 May 1904 Living 112 years, 204 days Argentina Living in Argentina
7 Luisa Roncoroni de Bizzozero[1] F 30 June 1903 1 September 2015 112 years, 63 days Argentina Argentina
8 Ana Sara Marquez de Ramirez[2] F 25 July 1904 27 August 2016 112 years, 33 days Colombia Colombia
9 Manolita Piña[1] F 24 February 1883 11 June 1994 111 years, 107 days Spain Uruguay
10 Daniel Guzmán-García[1] M 6 February 1897 21 May 2008 111 years, 105 days Colombia Colombia

Notes

  1. ↑ French Guiana is considered to be an overseas department and region of France.

South American emigrant supercentenarians

Below is a list of known oldest people born in South America who emigrated to another country before their death.

Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age [†] Country of birth Country of death or residence
1 Julia Dougherty[1] F 20 August 1893 4 December 2003 111 years, 106 days Peru United States

Oldest South Americans by country

See List of oldest people by country

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date)". Gerontology Research Group. 1 January 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2015.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Supercentenarian Data -- Table E". Gerontology Research Group. 1 September 2015. Retrieved 2 September 2015.
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