List of Belgian supercentenarians


Belgian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Belgium who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. The Gerontology Research Group has validated the longevity claims of 20 Belgian supercentenarians, including 18 residents and 2 emigrants.
The oldest known Belgian person was Joanna Deroover, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 186 days. The oldest Belgian man ever was Jan Machiel Reyskens, who lived 111 years and 241 days from 1878 to 1990.

Oldest Belgian people ever

The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the Gerontology Research Group. Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data, from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.
RankNameSexBirth dateDeath dateAgeBirthplacePlace of death
or residence
1Joanna DerooverF3 June 18906 December 2002Flemish BrabantFlemish Brabant
2Fanny Godin F27 May 19027 September 2014LiègeFlemish Brabant
3Alicia Van den Berghe-CorveleynF8 January 190531 January 2017West FlandersWest Flanders
4Elisabeth De ProostF5 February 190825 January 2020BrusselsBrussels
5Adele RodensteinF3 September 1908LivingLiègeGermany
6Maria RichardF28 November 190011 October 2012LuxembourgFrance
7Jan Machiel Reyskens M11 May 18787 January 1990LimburgNetherlands
8Germaine DegueldreF26 September 190011 May 2012HainautHainaut
9Marietta Joanna BouverneF25 December 1908LivingEast FlandersEast Flanders
10Adrienne LedentF13 December 189923 June 2011LuxembourgLuxembourg
11Jan GoossenaertsM30 October 190021 March 2012AntwerpAntwerp
12Anne de Clerque-Wissocq de Sousberghe
F7 November 190412 February 2016BrusselsEngland, UK
13Mariette BarszczewiczF8 January 19094 April 2020LiègeCanada
14Maria van SprengelF30 January 188222 April 1993AntwerpAntwerp
15Bernardina van DommelenF15 March 189916 April 2010AntwerpAntwerp
16Fernande Everaert-De RaeveF3 December 19066 December 2017East FlandersEast Flanders
17Anna De GuchtenaereF10 April 19046 April 2015East FlandersEast Flanders
18Madeleine DullierF30 April 190720 April 2018HainautHainaut
19Aimée RensonnetF18 January 190015 December 2010BrusselsHainaut
20Romanie PolletF21 December 189817 October 2009West FlandersBrussels
21Anne-Marie VandermerschF14 December 18928 October 2003NamurBrussels
22Gabriëlle DemetsF26 August 18991 May 2010West FlandersWest Flanders
23Maria Pierson-LedentF20 June 18996 January 2010LuxembourgNamur
24Maria Irma Casteur-VanderhaegenF26 June 188711 November 1997East FlandersEast Flanders
25Maria de JaegerF15 January 190130 April 2011East FlandersEast Flanders
26Catherina VerversF27 October 188824 January 1999Flemish BrabantFlemish Brabant
27Louis MarionM10 October 189328 December 2003NamurNamur
28Marie-Jeanne Pirenne-LempereurF8 April 190418 May 2014LiègeLiège
29Marie de RuyverF10 February 188914 March 1999East FlandersEast Flanders
30Felicitas Van OudenhoveF6 December 19081 January 2019East Flanders