Ana María Vela Rubio
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This is a list of Spanish supercentenarians (people from Spain who have attained the age of at least 110 years). There have been, including 4 emigrant supercentenarians, 61 verified Spanish supercentenarians, the oldest of whom, and the oldest living person in Spain and Europe as of 16 May 2017, is Ana María Vela Rubio, born 29 October 1901, age 115 years, 199 days.
Spanish supercentenarians
Deceased Living
†^ denotes age at death, or, if living, age as of 17 May 2017
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Autonomy of birth | Autonomy of death |
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1 | Ana María Vela Rubio | F | 29 October 1901 | Living | 7004422040000000000♠115 years, 200 days | Andalusia | Living in Catalonia |
2 | María Antonia Castro | F | 10 June 1881 | 16 January 1996 | 114 years, 220 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
3 | María del Carmen López | F | 3 April 1883 | 3 July 1997 | 114 years, 91 days | Murcia | Murcia |
4 | Joan Riudavets Moll | M | 15 December 1889 | 5 March 2004 | 114 years, 81 days | Balearic Islands | Balearic Islands |
5 | María del Carmen Figueiró | F | 28 October 1883 | 25 May 1997 | 113 years, 209 days | Galicia | Galicia |
6 | Manuela Fernández Fojaco | F | 18 June 1895 | 6 January 2009 | 113 years, 202 days | Asturias | Asturias |
7 | María Concha Pérez Cidad | F | 9 December 1901 | 30 September 2014 | 112 years, 295 days | Castile and León | Madrid |
8 | Josefa Salas Mateo | F | 14 July 1860 | 27 February 1973 | 112 years, 228 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
9 | Josep Armengol Jover | M | 23 July 1881 | 20 January 1994 | 112 years, 181 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
10 | María Esperanza Onieva | F | 1 September 1889 | 15 February 2002 | 112 years, 167 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
11 | Francisca García Torres | F | 13 September 1901 | 25 February 2014 | 112 years, 165 days | Andalusia | Navarre |
12 | Francisco Núñez Olivera | M | 13 December 1904 | Living | 7004410630000000000♠112 years, 155 days | Extremadura | Living in Extremadura |
13 | Adelaida González Alonso | F | 23 October 1902 | 20 November 2014 | 112 years, 28 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
14 | E.M.M. | F | 20 July 1885 | 21 June 1997 | 111 years, 336 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
15 | Antonio Urrea Hernández | M | 18 February 1888 | 15 November 1999 | 111 years, 270 days | Murcia | Catalonia |
16 | María de la O Soria Berbel | F | 9 April 1898 | 23 December 2009 | 111 years, 258 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
17 | Andresa Guerrero-Ortiz | F | 30 November 1898 | 5 August 2010 | 111 years, 248 days | Aragon | Aragon |
18 | Carmen Romero | F | 27 August 1895 | 8 April 2007 | 111 years, 224 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
19 | E.E.A. | F | 18 August 1890 | 25 March 2002 | 111 years, 219 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
20 | Dolors Subirana | F | 18 July 1897 | 9 November 2008 | 111 years, 114 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
21 | Eulalia Hernández | F | 28 July 1891 | 16 November 2002 | 111 years, 111 days | Andalusia | Madrid |
22 | Remei Company Ventura | F | 10 February 1903 | 28 May 2014 | 111 years, 107 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
23 | Filomena Arán | F | 4 May 1888 | 9 August 1999 | 111 years, 97 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
24 | Lucía Madaria Vesga | F | 13 December 1894 | 2 February 2006 | 111 years, 51 days | Castile and León | Andalusia |
25 | Francisco Fernández Fernández | M | 24 July 1901 | 7 September 2012 | 111 years, 45 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
26 | Francisca Barracel | F | 18 June 1902 | 18 July 2013 | 111 years, 30 days | Galicia | Galicia |
27 | A.P.L. | F | 26 March 1884 | 12 April 1995 | 111 years, 17 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
28 | Plázida Insausti | F | 5 October 1896 | 12 September 2007 | 110 years, 342 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
29 | Ramona Agudín | F | 9 March 1870 | 12 January 1981 | 110 years, 309 days | Asturias | Asturias |
30 | U.H.R. | F | 19 June 1891 | 21 April 2002 | 110 years, 306 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
31 | Telesfora de la Torre | F | 5 January 1876 | 8 October 1986 | 110 years, 276 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
Galo Leoz | M | 22 April 1879 | 23 January 1990 | 110 years, 276 days | Aragon | Madrid | |
33 | Elisa de Iglesia Alonso | F | 28 June 1895 | 28 March 2006 | 110 years, 273 days | Galicia | Galicia |
34 | A.R.S. | F | 1 March 1885 | 24 November 1995 | 110 years, 268 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
35 | A.L.M. | M | 11 April 1879 | 1 January 1990 | 110 years, 265 days | Basque Country | Basque Country |
M.C.M.G. | F | 15 February 1886 | 6 November 1996 | 110 years, 265 days | Andalusia | Andalusia | |
37 | Gregorio Merino | M | 24 December 1886 | 9 September 1997 | 110 years, 259 days | Castile and León | Andalusia |
38 | Dámasa Carrascosa | F | 11 December 1895 | 9 August 2006 | 110 years, 241 days | Castile-La Mancha | Madrid |
39 | Aurelio Diaz | M | 16 October 1878 | 13 June 1989 | 110 years, 240 days | Asturias | Asturias |
40 | Dolores Gou | F | 27 March 1892 | 20 November 2002 | 110 years, 238 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
41 | Julia Fournier | F | 9 November 1897 | 30 June 2008 | 110 years, 234 days | Catalonia | Catalonia |
42 | Gabriela Izquierdo | F | 18 March 1887 | 27 October 1997 | 110 years, 223 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
43 | Felipa Gutiérrez | F | 11 April 1900 | 16 October 2010 | 110 years, 188 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
44 | Remedios Ultra | F | 23 August 1896 | 21 February 2007 | 110 years, 182 days | Navarre | Madrid |
45 | Rosa Martínez | F | 3 May 1900 | 30 October 2010 | 110 years, 180 days | Galicia | Galicia |
46 | María Juana Rodriguez | F | 8 August 1886 | 1 December 1996 | 110 years, 115 days | Galicia | Galicia |
Francisca Villán Pérez | F | 17 September 1902 | 10 January 2013 | 110 years, 115 days | Castile and León | Castile and León | |
48 | Rosa Pajares Martinicorena | F | 24 May 1879 | 8 September 1989 | 110 years, 107 days | Navarre | Navarre |
49 | F.M.M. | F | 6 November 1887 | 19 January 1998 | 110 years, 74 days | Navarre | Navarre |
50 | Aurora Lombán | F | 26 April 1897 | 25 June 2007 | 110 years, 60 days | Galicia | Galicia |
51 | Tomasa Méndez | F | 2 June 1899 | 21 July 2009 | 110 years, 49 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
52 | Isacia Díez | F | 21 April 1895 | 2 June 2005 | 110 years, 42 days | Castile and León | Castile and León |
53 | Pablo Roy | M | 15 January 1884 | 26 January 1994 | 110 years, 11 days | Castile-La Mancha | Madrid |
54 | María Marcote-Boullosa | F | 28 September 1901 | 4 October 2011 | 110 years, 6 days | Galicia | Galicia |
55 | A.A.M. | F | 21 November 1883 | 25 November 1993 | 110 years, 4 days | Andalusia | Andalusia |
Jorja Hernando | F | 22 April 1894 | 26 April 2004 | 110 years, 4 days | Castile and León | Castile and León | |
57 | María de los Bueis-Rodriguez | F | 6 July 1900 | 8 July 2010 | 110 years, 2 days | Castile and León | Catalonia |
Spanish emigrant supercentenarians
Rank | Name | Sex | Birth date | Death date | Age | Autonomy of birth | Country of death |
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1 | Salustiano Sanchez | M | 8 June 1901 | 13 September 2013 | 112 years, 97 days | Castile and León | United States |
2 | Consuelo Moreno-López | F | 5 February 1893 | 13 November 2004 | 111 years, 282 days | Spanish Morocco | United States |
3 | Manolita Piña | F | 24 February 1883 | 11 June 1994 | 111 years, 107 days | Catalonia | Uruguay |
4 | Elisa Cubells | F | 20 August 1885 | 16 November 1995 | 110 years, 88 days | Catalonia | France |
a^ Moreno was born in Spanish Morocco, which was then part of the Spanish Empire. It is now in Morocco.
People
Galo Leoz
Galo Leoz Ortín (22 April 1879 – 23 January 1990) was a Spanish supercentenarian and Spain's oldest recognized living person when he died aged 110 years 276 days. He became Spain's oldest recognized male ever when he surpassed Aurelio Diaz. Leoz's record was surpassed in 1993 by Josep Armengol Jover (23 July 1881 – 20 January 1994), who lived to the age of 112 years 181 days. Galo Leoz was a noted ophthalmologist.
Manuela Fernández-Fojaco
Manuela Fernández Fojaco (18 June 1895 – 6 January 2009) 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.
Manuela Fernández Fojaco was born in Llamas, in the municipality of Aller, Asturias. On 2 January 2009, she became the oldest living European after the death of 115-year-old Portuguese woman Maria de Jesus. Her reign lasted for 4 days until her death on 6 January 2009. After her death, 112-year-old Lucia Lauria Vigna from Italy became Europe's oldest person (although Eugénie Blanchard was from Saint Barthélemy, which is part of the European Union).
Ana María Vela Rubio
Ana María Vela Rubio (born 29 October 1901), age 7004422040000000000♠115 years, 200 days, is Spanish supercentenarian, and she has been the oldest verified Spaniard since 6 June 2016 when, aged 114 years 221 days, she surpassed the record of María Antonia Castro who died in 1996, aged 114 years, 220 days. She is also the fourth-oldest living person in the world behind Violet Brown, Nabi Tajima and Chiyo Miyako. She became the oldest living European upon the death of former world's oldest person Emma Morano in April 2017.
Vela Rubio was born 29 October 1901 in Puente Genil, Andalucia. She worked as a dressmaker in her youth. She never married her partner as her parents objected to him, but the two had several children. Her daughter, also named Ana, lives with her.
Francisco Núñez Olivera
Francisco Núñez Olivera (born 13 December 1904), age 7004410630000000000♠112 years, 155 days, is currently the oldest man in Europe and the world's second oldest man behind Yisrael Kristal. He was born at Extremadura, and joined the army at 19 to fight in the Rif War. He had his kidney removed when he was 90 and a cataract operation aged 98, and is one of the only surviving veterans of the Spanish Civil War. He was nicknamed "Marchena" after Pepe Marchena, due to his resemblance to the singer.