Portuguese supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Portugal or its former colonies who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. , the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 9 Portuguese supercentenarians, including 7 residents and 2 emigrants. Maria de Jesus was the oldest Portuguese citizen whose age was validated; she lived 115 years and 114 days, from 1893 to 2009.
Oldest known Portuguese people
RankNameSex Birth date Death dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death or residence 1 Maria de Jesus 10 September 1893 2 January 2009 Santarém Santarém 2 Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes 24 October 1890 25 July 2005 Porto Porto 3 Adelina Domingues 19 February 1888 21 August 2002 Portuguese Cape Verde United States 4 Maria Jorge Esteves de Almeida 28 May 1912 8 July 2026 Coimbra Brazil 5 Maria da Conceição Brito 31 December 1912 22 August 2026 Faro Faro 6 Maria da Encarnação Nunes de Sousa 20 March 1909 20 July 2022 Guarda Coimbra 7 Maria Luíza Nunes da Silva 7 July 1898 26 September 2011 Porto Lisbon 8 Catarina Carreiro-Pascoal 9 January 1891 13 February 2004 Castelo Branco Castelo Branco 9 Lourdina Conceição Lobo 8 December 1908 3 November 2021 Portuguese India India 10 Maria da Conceição 7 December 1904 9 October 2017 Coimbra Braga 11 Clara Lopes dos Santos 26 March 1894 25 October 2006 Viseu Lisbon 12 Carmelina Augusta Delgado 8 November 1900 19 May 2013 Bragança Bragança 13 Augusto Moreira de Oliveira 6 October 1896 13 February 2009 Aveiro Porto 14 Matilda D'Souza 25 October 1911 17 September 2023 Portuguese India India 15 Mary Marques 11 February 1896 3 January 2008 Leiria United States 16 Elvira de Jesus Caldeira de Figueiredo 27 July 1886 5 June 1998 Coimbra Coimbra 17 Camilia Gonçalves 23 October 1911 21 August 2023 Coimbra Brazil 18 Joaquina Martins 13 January 1907 14 October 2018 Lisbon Lisbon 19 Ilda da Silva 16 April 1913 12 January 2025 Faro Lisbon 20 Benvinda Marques Matias 15 February 1906 23 September 2017 Coimbra Leiria 21 Albano Andrade 14 December 1909 29 June 2021 Aveiro Aveiro 22 Laurinda da Conceição 18 May 1904 09 November 2015 Leiria Leiria 23 Antonio Fernandes de Castro 6 January 1898 22 June 2009 Braga Braga 24 Joaquim Varela 1 June 1915 Living Beja Faro 25 Maria Virgínia de Abreu Ferreira de Almeida Pestana 3 April 1899 1 August 2010 Porto Coimbra 26 Joaquina Guilhermina 23 July 1915 Living Santarém Santarém 27 Susana Correia Conceição Silva Reis 23 April 1905 9 May 2016 Lisbon Lisbon 28 Maria Pereira 14 June 1868 24 June 1979 Viseu Lisbon 29 Maria Dolores Ferreira 22 July 1902 31 July 2013 Braga Braga 30 Maria d’Almeida 29 September 1899 11 September 2010 Coimbra Lisbon 31 Mariana Damas Romão de Almeida 22 February 1911 29 January 2022 Aveiro Porto 32 Romana Sousa Marques 22 July 1908 15 June 2019 Leiria Leiria 33 Rosa Quaresma Furtado 3 December 1915 Living Azores United States 34 Celestina Rebelo 26 August 1914 20 June 2025 Guarda Guarda 35 Maria Felícia Roseiro Bento 8 April 1901 29 December 2011 Coimbra Coimbra 36 Adelaide Sofia 1 November 1913 12 July 2024 Viseu Viseu 37 Julia Rose 27 January 1902 21 September 2012 Azores United States 38 Deolinda Nazaré d'Almeida 20 February 1913 12 October 2023 Lisbon Aveiro 39 Alice Sanders 12 May 1897 7 November 2007 Azores United States 40 José Fernandes Morgado 10 January 1912 18 June 2022 Leiria Brazil Fernanda da Costa 2 June 1914 8 November 2024 Viseu Viseu 42 Joaquim Valente 30 January 1911 10 May 2021 Guarda Guarda 43 Olinda Paulo Baeta 9 October 1911 7 January 2022 Coimbra Coimbra 44 Custódia Maria Inácia 26 April 1913 14 July 2023 Beja Faro 45 Ana Pires 28 July 1915 12 October 2025 Viana do Castelo Viana do Castelo 46 Herminia dos Santos Correa 17 July 1910 27 September 2020 Bragança Bragança 47 José Martins 7 March 1912 14 May 2022 Madeira Madeira 48 Maria Rosalina do Carmo Fernandes 23 January 1902 21 February 2012 Castelo Branco Castelo Branco 49 Maria José Rodrigues 14 January 1886 16 January 1996 Leiria Brazil 50 Carlota dos Anjos Guerra 9 October 1911 10 October 2021 Bragança Bragança
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). 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) 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.
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. On 20 August 2023, following the death of Inacia Carmelino, Da Conceição Brito became Portugal's oldest living resident. She died on 22 August 2026, in Alportel, Portugal.
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