List of Belgian supercentenarians
People from Belgium who have attained or surpassed the age of 110 years
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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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Joanna Deroover | F | 3 June 1890 | 6 December 2002 | 112 years, 186 days | Flemish Brabant | Flemish Brabant |
| Yvonne Francier[4] | F | 28 February 1913 | 2 September 2025 | Antwerp | France | ||
| 3 | Fanny Godin | F | 27 May 1902 | 7 September 2014 | 112 years, 103 days | Liège[5] | Flemish Brabant[5] |
| 4 | Alicia Van den Berghe-Corveleyn[2][6] | F | 8 January 1905 | 31 January 2017 | 112 years, 23 days | West Flanders | West Flanders |
| 5 | Julia Van Hool[7] | F | 7 May 1909 | 29 April 2021 | 111 years, 357 days | Antwerp | Antwerp |
| 6 | Elisabeth De Proost[8] | F | 5 February 1908 | 25 January 2020 | 111 years, 354 days | Brussels | Brussels |
| 7 | Adele Rodenstein[9] | F | 3 September 1908 | 18 July 2020 | 111 years, 319 days | Liège[b] | Germany |
| 8 | Maria Richard | F | 28 November 1900 | 11 October 2012 | 111 years, 318 days | Luxembourg | France |
| 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 | Denise Waelbers[26] | F |
26 September 1915 | 16 April 2026 | 110 years, 202 days | Limburg | Antwerp |
| 31 | Maria Pierson-Ledent | F | 20 June 1899 | 6 January 2010 | 110 years, 200 days | Luxembourg | Namur |
| 32 | Maria Irma Casteur-Vanderhaegen | F | 26 June 1887 | 11 November 1997 | 110 years, 138 days | East Flanders | East Flanders |
| 33 | Martha Wolf[27] | F | 1 September 1904 | 18 December 2014 | 110 years, 108 days | Liège[b] | Germany |
| 34 | Maria de Jaeger | F | 15 January 1901 | 30 April 2011 | 110 years, 105 days | East Flanders | East Flanders |
| 35 | Catherina Ververs | F | 27 October 1888 | 24 January 1999 | 110 years, 89 days | Flemish Brabant | Flemish Brabant |
| 36 | Louis Marion | M | 10 October 1893 | 28 December 2003 | 110 years, 79 days | Namur | Namur |
| 37 | Marie-Jeanne Pirenne-Lempereur[5][28] | F | 8 April 1904 | 18 May 2014 | 110 years, 40 days | Liège | Liège |
| 38 | Marie de Ruyver | F | 10 February 1889 | 14 March 1999 | 110 years, 32 days | East Flanders | East Flanders |
| 39 | Felicitas Van Oudenhove[29] | F | 6 December 1908 | 1 January 2019 | 110 years, 26 days | East Flanders | East Flanders |