List of Portuguese supercentenarians


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 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

RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Maria de JesusF10 September 18932 January 2009SantarémSantarém
2Maria do Couto Maia-LopesF24 October 189025 July 2005PortoPorto
3Adelina DominguesF19 February 188821 August 2002Cape VerdeUnited States
4Maria Jorge Esteves de AlmeidaF28 May 1912LivingCoimbraBrazil
5Maria da Encarnação Nunes de SousaF20 March 190920 July 2022GuardaCoimbra
6Maria Luíza Nunes da SilvaF7 July 189826 September 2011PortoLisbon
7Maria da Conceição BritoF22 December 1912LivingFaroFaro
8Catarina Carreiro-PascoalF9 January 189113 February 2004Castelo BrancoCastelo Branco
9Lourdina Conceição LoboF8 December 19083 November 2021Portuguese IndiaIndia
10Maria da ConceiçãoF7 December 19049 October 2017CoimbraBraga
11Clara Lopes dos SantosF26 March 189425 October 2006ViseuLisbon
12Carmelina Augusta DelgadoF8 November 190019 May 2013BragançaBragança
13Augusto Moreira de OliveiraM6 October 189613 February 2009AveiroPorto
14Isabel Gomes SarmentoF27 December 191012 January 2023BrazilViseu
15Matilda D'SouzaF25 October 191117 September 2023Portuguese IndiaIndia
16Mary MarquesF11 February 18963 January 2008LeiriaUnited States
17Camilia GonçalvesF23 October 191121 August 2023Brazil
18Joaquina MartinsF13 January 190714 October 2018LisbonLisbon
19Ilda da SilvaF16 April 191312 January 2025FaroLisbon
20Fernanda da CostaF2 June 1914LivingViseuViseu
21Benvinda Marques MatiasF15 February 190623 September 2017CoimbraLeiria
22Albano AndradeM14 December 190929 June 2021AveiroAveiro
23Antonio Fernandes de CastroM6 January 189822 June 2009BragaBraga
24Celestina RebeloF26 August 1914LivingGuardaGuarda
25Maria Dolores FerreiraF22 July 190231 July 2013BragaBraga
26Romana Sousa MarquesF22 July 190815 June 2019LeiriaLeiria
27Joaquim VarelaM1 June 1915LivingBejaFaro
28Joaquina GuilherminaF23 July 1915LivingSantarémSantarém
29Ana PiresF28 July 1915LivingViana do CasteloViana do Castelo
30[|Alice Sanders]F12 May 18977 November 2007AzoresUnited States
31José Fernandes MorgadoM10 January 191218 June 2022LeiriaBrazil
32Olinda Paulo BaetaF9 October 19118 January 2022CoimbraCoimbra
33Custódia Maria InáciaF26 April 191314 July 2023BejaFaro
34Herminia dos Santos CorreaF17 July 191027 September 2020BragançaBragança
35José MartinsM7 March 191214 May 2022MadeiraMadeira
36Virginia MonteiroF28 March 18957 April 2005Cape VerdeUnited States

Biographies

Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes

Maria do Couto Maia-Lopes 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. Maia-Lopes died on 25 July 2005, aged 114 years 274 days.

Alice Sanders

Alice Sanders 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 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 22 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.