List of Belgian supercentenarians People from Belgium who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years
Belgian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Belgium who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) has validated the longevity claims of 20 Belgian supercentenarians , including 18 residents and 2 emigrants.[ 1] [ 2]
The oldest known Belgian person was Joanna Deroover, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 186 days.[ 3] The oldest Belgian man ever was Jan Machiel Reyskens, who lived 111 years and 241 days from 1878 to 1990.[ 3]
Oldest Belgian people ever
The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).[ 3] Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data,[ 2] from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.
Deceased
Living
Rank
Name[ a]
Sex
Birth date
Death date
Age
Birthplace
Place of death or residence
0 1
Joanna Deroover
F
3 June 1890
6 December 2002
112 years, 186 days
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
0 2
Yvonne Francier[ 4]
F
28 February 1913
Living
112 years, 150 days
Antwerp
France
0 3
Fanny Godin
F
27 May 1902
7 September 2014
112 years, 103 days
Liège [ 5]
Flemish Brabant[ 5]
0 4
Alicia Van den Berghe-Corveleyn[ 2] [ 6]
F
8 January 1905
31 January 2017
112 years, 23 days
West Flanders
West Flanders
0 5
Julia Van Hool[ 7]
F
7 May 1909
29 April 2021
111 years, 357 days
Antwerp
Antwerp
0 6
Elisabeth De Proost[ 8]
F
5 February 1908
25 January 2020
111 years, 354 days
Brussels
Brussels
0 7
Adele Rodenstein[ 9]
F
3 September 1908
18 July 2020
111 years, 319 days
Liège[ b]
Germany
0 8
Maria Richard
F
28 November 1900
11 October 2012
111 years, 318 days
Luxembourg
France
0 9
Jan Machiel Reyskens
M
11 May 1878
7 January 1990
111 years, 241 days
Limburg
Netherlands
10
Marcelle Levaz[ 10]
F
18 March 1911
13 November 2022[ 11]
111 years, 240 days
Liège
Liège
11
Germaine Degueldre
F
26 September 1900
11 May 2012
111 years, 228 days
Hainaut
Hainaut
12
Marietta Joanna Bouverne[ 8] [ 12]
F
25 December 1908
3 August 2020
111 years, 222 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
13
Adrienne Ledent
F
13 December 1899
23 June 2011
111 years, 192 days
Luxembourg
Luxembourg
14
Magda Janssens[ 13]
F
16 March 1912
18 September 2023[ 14]
111 years, 186 days
Antwerp
Antwerp
15
Jan Goossenaerts
M
30 October 1900
21 March 2012
111 years, 143 days
Antwerp
Antwerp
16
Anne de Clerque-Wissocq de Sousberghe (a.k.a. Sœur Romain)[ 15] [ 16]
F
7 November 1904
12 February 2016
111 years, 97 days
Brussels
England , UK
17
Mariette Barszczewicz[ 17] [ 18]
F
8 January 1909
4 April 2020[ 18]
111 years, 87 days
Liège[ 18]
Canada
18
Maria van Sprengel
F
30 January 1882
22 April 1993
111 years, 82 days
Antwerp
Antwerp
19
R.T. [citation needed ]
F
18 January 1910
21 February 2021
111 years, 34 days
Hainaut
Brussels
20
Bernardina van Dommelen
F
15 March 1899
16 April 2010
111 years, 32 days
Antwerp
Antwerp
21
Fernande Everaert-De Raeve[ 19]
F
3 December 1906
6 December 2017[ 20]
111 years, 3 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
22
Anna De Guchtenaere[ 21]
F
10 April 1904
6 April 2015
110 years, 361 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
23
Madeleine Dullier[ 22]
F
30 April 1907
20 April 2018
110 years, 355 days
Hainaut
Hainaut
24
Aimée Rensonnet
F
18 January 1900
15 December 2010
110 years, 331 days
Brussels
Hainaut
25
Romanie Pollet
F
21 December 1898
17 October 2009
110 years, 300 days
West Flanders
Brussels
26
Anne-Marie Vandermersch
F
14 December 1892
8 October 2003
110 years, 298 days
Namur
Brussels
27
Bertha Noe[ 23]
F
22 March 1911
27 November 2021
110 years, 250 days
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
28
Gabriëlle Demets
F
26 August 1899
1 May 2010
110 years, 248 days
West Flanders
West Flanders
29
Lazarie Maes, aka Zuster Genoveva[ 24]
F
24 July 1910
25 March 2021[ 25]
110 years, 244 days
West Flanders
West Flanders
30
Maria Pierson-Ledent
F
20 June 1899
6 January 2010
110 years, 200 days
Luxembourg
Namur
31
Maria Irma Casteur-Vanderhaegen
F
26 June 1887
11 November 1997
110 years, 138 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
32
Martha Wolf[ 26]
F
1 September 1904
18 December 2014
110 years, 108 days
Liège[ b]
Germany
33
Maria de Jaeger
F
15 January 1901
30 April 2011
110 years, 105 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
34
Catherina Ververs
F
27 October 1888
24 January 1999
110 years, 89 days
Flemish Brabant
Flemish Brabant
35
Louis Marion
M
10 October 1893
28 December 2003
110 years, 79 days
Namur
Namur
36
Marie-Jeanne Pirenne-Lempereur[ 5] [ 27]
F
8 April 1904
18 May 2014
110 years, 40 days
Liège
Liège
37
Marie de Ruyver
F
10 February 1889
14 March 1999
110 years, 32 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
38
Felicitas Van Oudenhove[ 28]
F
6 December 1908
1 January 2019
110 years, 26 days
East Flanders
East Flanders
Notes
^ All entries are sourced to GRG "table B" as of 1 January 2015, unless otherwise noted.[ 3]
^ a b Rodenstein and Wolf were born in what is today the Eupen-Malmedy region, this area was at the time of their births part of the German Empire.
References
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