List of Belgian supercentenarians

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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]

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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

RankName [lower-alpha 1] SexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Joanna DerooverF3 June 18906 December 2002112 years, 186 days Flemish Brabant Flemish Brabant
2Fanny GodinF27 May 19027 September 2014112 years, 103 days Liège [4] Flemish Brabant [4]
3Alicia Van den Berghe-Corveleyn [2] [5] F8 January 190531 January 2017112 years, 23 days West Flanders West Flanders
4Julia Van Hool [6] F7 May 190929 April 2021111 years, 357 days Antwerp Antwerp
5Elisabeth De Proost [7] F5 February 190825 January 2020111 years, 354 days Brussels Brussels
6Adele Rodenstein [8] F3 September 190818 July 2020111 years, 319 daysLiège [lower-alpha 2] Germany
7Maria RichardF28 November 190011 October 2012111 years, 318 days Luxembourg France
8Jan Machiel ReyskensM11 May 18787 January 1990111 years, 241 days Limburg Netherlands
9Marcelle Levaz [9] F18 March 191113 November 2022 [10] 111 years, 240 daysLiègeLiège
10Germaine DegueldreF26 September 190011 May 2012111 years, 228 days Hainaut Hainaut
11Marietta Joanna Bouverne [7] [11] F25 December 19083 August 2020111 years, 222 days East Flanders East Flanders
12Adrienne LedentF13 December 189923 June 2011111 years, 192 daysLuxembourgLuxembourg
13Magda Janssens [12] F16 March 191218 September 2023 [13] 111 years, 186 daysAntwerpAntwerp
14Jan GoossenaertsM30 October 190021 March 2012111 years, 143 daysAntwerpAntwerp
15Anne de Clerque-Wissocq de Sousberghe
(a.k.a. Sœur Romain) [14] [15] 		F7 November 190412 February 2016111 years, 97 daysBrussels England, UK
16Mariette Barszczewicz [16] [17] F8 January 19094 April 2020 [17] 111 years, 87 daysLiège [17] Canada
17Maria van SprengelF30 January 188222 April 1993111 years, 82 daysAntwerpAntwerp
18R.T. [ citation needed ]F18 January 191021 February 2021111 years, 34 daysHainautBrussels
19Bernardina van DommelenF15 March 189916 April 2010111 years, 32 daysAntwerpAntwerp
20Fernande Everaert-De Raeve [18] F3 December 19066 December 2017 [19] 111 years, 3 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders
21Anna De Guchtenaere [20] F10 April 19046 April 2015110 years, 361 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders
22Madeleine Dullier [21] F30 April 190720 April 2018110 years, 355 daysHainautHainaut
23Aimée RensonnetF18 January 190015 December 2010110 years, 331 daysBrusselsHainaut
24Romanie PolletF21 December 189817 October 2009110 years, 300 daysWest FlandersBrussels
25Anne-Marie VandermerschF14 December 18928 October 2003110 years, 298 days Namur Brussels
26Bertha Noe [22] F22 March 191127 November 2021110 years, 250 daysFlemish BrabantFlemish Brabant
27Gabriëlle DemetsF26 August 18991 May 2010110 years, 248 daysWest FlandersWest Flanders
28Lazarie Maes, aka Zuster Genoveva [23] F24 July 191025 March 2021 [24] 110 years, 244 daysWest FlandersWest Flanders
29Maria Pierson-LedentF20 June 18996 January 2010110 years, 200 daysLuxembourgNamur
30Maria Irma Casteur-VanderhaegenF26 June 188711 November 1997110 years, 138 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders
31Maria de JaegerF15 January 190130 April 2011110 years, 105 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders
32Catherina VerversF27 October 188824 January 1999110 years, 89 daysFlemish BrabantFlemish Brabant
33Louis MarionM10 October 189328 December 2003110 years, 79 daysNamurNamur
34Marie-Jeanne Pirenne-Lempereur [4] [25] F8 April 190418 May 2014110 years, 40 daysLiègeLiège
35Marie de RuyverF10 February 188914 March 1999110 years, 32 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders
36Felicitas Van Oudenhove [26] F6 December 19081 January 2019110 years, 26 daysEast FlandersEast Flanders

Notes

  1. ↑ All entries are sourced to GRG "table B" as of 1 January 2015, unless otherwise noted. [3]
  2. ↑ Rodenstein was born in what is today the Eupen-Malmedy region, this area was at the time of her birth part of the German Empire.

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