List of Portuguese supercentenarians

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Portuguese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Portugal or its former colonies who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015, the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 9 Portuguese supercentenarians, including 7 residents and 2 emigrants.[1] Maria de Jesus was the oldest Portuguese citizen whose age was validated; she lived 115 years and 114 days, from 1893 to 2009.[2]

Oldest known Portuguese people

  Deceased   Living

More information Rank, Name ...
Rank Name Sex Birth date Death date Age Birthplace Place of death
or residence
1 Maria de Jesus[1]
F
 10 September 1893 2 January 2009[2] 115 years, 114 days Santarém Santarém
2 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes[1]
F
 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 114 years, 274 days Porto Porto
3 Adelina Domingues[1]
F
 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 114 years, 183 days Portuguese Cape Verde United States
4 Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida[3]
F
 28 May 1912 Living 114 years, 0 days Coimbra Brazil
5 Maria da Conceição Brito[4]
F
 31 December 1912 Living 113 years, 148 days Faro Faro
6 Maria da Encarnação Nunes de Sousa[5]
F
 20 March 1909 20 July 2022 113 years, 122 days Guarda Coimbra
7 Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva[1]
F
 7 July 1898 26 September 2011 113 years, 81 days Porto Lisbon
8 Catarina Carreiro-Pascoal[1]
F
 9 January 1891 13 February 2004 113 years, 35 days Castelo Branco Castelo Branco
9 Lourdina Conceição Lobo[6]
F
 8 December 1908 3 November 2021 112 years, 330 days Portuguese India India
10 Maria da Conceição[7]
F
 7 December 1904 9 October 2017 112 years, 306 days Coimbra Braga
11 Clara Lopes dos Santos[1]
F
 26 March 1894 25 October 2006 112 years, 213 days Viseu Lisbon
12 Carmelina Augusta Delgado[8]
F
 8 November 1900 19 May 2013 112 years, 192 days Bragança Bragança
13 Augusto Moreira de Oliveira[1]
M
 6 October 1896 13 February 2009 112 years, 130 days Aveiro Porto
14 Matilda D'Souza[9]
F
 25 October 1911 17 September 2023 111 years, 327 days Portuguese India India
15 Mary Marques[1]
F
 11 February 1896 3 January 2008 111 years, 326 days Leiria United States
16 Camilia Gonçalves[10]
F
 23 October 1911 21 August 2023 111 years, 302 days (unknown) Brazil
17 Celestina Rebelo[11]
F
 26 August 1914 Living 111 years, 275 days Guarda Guarda
18 Joaquina Martins[12]
F
 13 January 1907 14 October 2018 111 years, 274 days Lisbon Lisbon
19 Ilda da Silva[13] F 16 April 1913 12 January 2025[14] 111 years, 271 days Faro Lisbon
20 Benvinda Marques Matias[15]
F
 15 February 1906 23 September 2017 111 years, 220 days Coimbra Leiria
21 Albano Andrade[16]
M
 14 December 1909 29 June 2021[17] 111 years, 197 days Aveiro Aveiro
22 Antonio Fernandes de Castro[1]
M
 6 January 1898 22 June 2009 111 years, 167 days Braga Braga
23 Maria Dolores Ferreira[18]
F
 22 July 1902 31 July 2013 111 years, 9 days Braga Braga
24 Joaquim Varela[19]
M
 1 June 1915 Living 110 years, 361 days Beja Faro
25 Romana Sousa Marques[20]
F
 22 July 1908 15 June 2019[21] 110 years, 328 days Leiria Leiria
26 Joaquina Guilhermina[22]
F
 23 July 1915 Living 110 years, 309 days Santarém Santarém
27 Ana Pires[23]
F
 28 July 1915 Living 110 years, 304 days Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo
28 Alice Sanders[1]
F
 12 May 1897 7 November 2007 110 years, 179 days Azores United States
29 Rosa Quaresma Furtado[24]
F
 3 December 1915 Living 110 years, 176 days Azores United States
30 José Fernandes Morgado[25]
M
 10 January 1912 18 June 2022 110 years, 159 days Leiria Brazil
Fernanda da Costa [26]
F
 2 June 1914 8 November 2024 Viseu Viseu
32 Olinda Paulo Baeta[27]
F
 9 October 1911 8 January 2022[28] 110 years, 91 days Coimbra Coimbra
33 Custódia Maria Inácia[29]
F
 26 April 1913 14 July 2023 110 years, 79 days Beja Faro
34 Herminia dos Santos Correa[30]
F
 17 July 1910 27 September 2020 110 years, 72 days Bragança Bragança
35 José Martins[31]
M
 7 March 1912 14 May 2022 110 years, 68 days Madeira Madeira
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Biographies

Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes

Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes (24 October 1890 – 25 July 2005) is the 2nd longest-lived person to be documented in Portugal. She was born and lived in Grijó, in Vila Nova de Gaia, which is near the city of Porto.

She had a total of eight daughters, seven grandchildren, ten great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren. Her husband died in 1942. One of her great-granddaughters married a grandson of Portugal's oldest ever man, Augusto Moreira de Oliveira (1896 – 2009).[32] Maia-Lopes died on 25 July 2005, aged 114 years 274 days.

Alice Sanders

Alice Sanders (São Jorge Island, 12 May 1897 – Merced, California, 7 November 2007)[1] was one of the last survivors of the 1906 San Francisco earthquake. Alice Catarina Matos was born in the Azores archipelago. Her family emigrated to Half Moon Bay (California) in 1903, when Alice was six years old. In 1912, the Matos family moved to Gustine, where Alice met Clarence Leonard Sanders, whom she married in 1913.[33][34]

Maria da Conceição Brito

Maria da Conceição Brito was born in São Romão (Seia) Faro, Portugal, on 31 December 1912. She worked as a farmer. She married and had at least one son. Da Conceição Brito was reported to be mentally sharp by staff at her nursing home.[35] On 20 August 2023, following the death of Inacia Carmelino, Da Conceição Brito became Portugal's oldest living resident.[36]

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