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This is a list of supercentenarians from the Balkan countries. The countries within this region are as follows: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia.

List of Balkan supercentenarians[]

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Maria Tudor F 21 Sept 1903 22 Mar 2016 112 years, 183 days RomaniaROU
2 Jelisaveta Veljkovic F 18 July 1904 20 Oct 2016 112 years, 94 days CroatiaCROSerbiaSRB
3 Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou F 2 July 1911 5 Apr 2023 111 years, 277 days GreeceGRE
4 Dumitru Comanescu M 21 Nov 1908 27 June 2020 111 years, 219 days RomaniaROU
5 Eugenia Vrantis F 26 Feb 1906 22 Aug 2017 111 years, 175 days GreeceGRE
6 Anastasia Athanassoulas F 7 June 1898 15 Aug 2009 111 years, 69 days GreeceGRE
7 Zenepe Pirani F 10 May 1910 5 July 2021 111 years, 56 days MontenegroMNEAlbaniaALB
8 Eleni Tzovolou F 8 Nov 1910 6 Aug 2021 110 years, 271 days GreeceGRE
9 Karamfila Stoyanova F 4 Sept 1903 26 May 2014 110 years, 264 days BulgariaBUL
10 Ilie Ciocan M 10 June 1913 Living 110 years, 282 days RomaniaROU
11 Maria Papakyriakou F 5 July 1901 21 Jan 2012 110 years, 200 days GreeceGRE
12 Xhezide Aliu F 5 Aug 1913 Living 110 years, 226 days KosovoKOS
13 Nina Valjalo F 6 July 1908 29 Oct 2018 110 years, 115 days CroatiaCRO
14 Tamara Krutikov F 27 Mar 1912 6 July 2022 110 years, 101 days RussiaRUSSerbiaSRB
15 Lili Theotoka-Alivizatou F Oct 1911 13 Jan 2022 110 years, 98+ days TurkeyTURGreeceGRE
16 Nurie Dermendzieva F 12 Oct 1912 12 Jan 2023 110 years, 92 days BulgariaBUL
17 Fikrije Loki F 10 Jan 1914 Living 110 years, 68 days KosovoKOSMacedoniaMKD
18 Jovan Jovanovic M 16 Sept 1906 1 Oct 2016 110 years, 15 days MontenegroMNEBosnia and HerzegovinaBIH

Balkan emigrant supercentenarians[]

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Countries
1 Veronika Zsilinszki F 4 Feb 1908 20 Apr 2021 113 years, 75 days SerbiaSRBHungaryHUN
2 Amalia Arvanetes F 6 Feb 1903 20 Mar 2016 113 years, 43 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA
3 Margherita Buttiri F 8 May 1908 23 June 2020 112 years, 46 days CroatiaCROCanadaCAN
4 Istvanne Fejes F 15 Feb 1911 17 Dec 2022 111 years, 305 days RomaniaROUHungaryHUN
5 Barbara Poth F 10 May 1882 4 Jan 1994 111 years, 239 days RomaniaROUUnited StatesUSA
6 Gregory Pandazes M 15 Jan 1873 22 Dec 1983 110 years, 341 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA
7 Elisabeth Kimoff F 20 Nov 1904 15 Oct 2015 110 years, 329 days MacedoniaMKDCanadaCAN
8 Helen Stamelos F 30 Nov 1906 7 Aug 2017 110 years, 251 days GreeceGREAustraliaAUS
9 Marija Ruljancich F 14 June 1913 Living 110 years, 278 days CroatiaCROAustraliaAUS
10 Vasilika Anastas F 15 Dec 1912 16 July 2023 110 years, 213 days AlbaniaALBUnited StatesUSA
11 Maria Corba F 15 Aug 1878 8 Mar 1989 110 years, 205 days RomaniaROUGermanyGER
12 Hermina Dunz F 24 Feb 1898 14 June 2008 110 years, 111 days CroatiaCROAustriaAUT
13 Maria Carpatachi F 14 Oct 1913 Living 110 years, 156 days GreeceGREItaly ITA
14 Helen Gewlas F 17 Mar 1892 26 June 2002 110 years, 101 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA
15 Caroline Pullar F 9 Nov 1908 16 Feb 2019 110 years, 89 days CroatiaCROUnited StatesUSA
16 Frank Fountas M 15 Aug 1898 4 Nov 2008 110 years, 81 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA
17 Katharina Stahl F 10 Nov 1913 Living 110 years, 129 days BulgariaBULGermanyGER
18 Ekaterini Tselios F 21 Jan 1905 24 Feb 2015 110 years, 34 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA
19 Rosina Neubauer F 11 Oct 1909 13 Nov 2019 110 years, 33 days RomaniaROUGermanyGER
20 Ioanna Lambropoulos F 8 May 1884 2 June 1994 110 years, 25 days GreeceGREUnited StatesUSA

Chronological list of the oldest living Balkan person since 1999[]

      Validated / Under 110       Living       Pending       Unvalidated

From To Name Sex Age when
oldest
Lifespan Country of
death
Unknown 13 Aug 1999 Dumitrascu Lacatusu M ?–108 22 Mar 1891 – 13 Aug 1999
108 years, 144 days
RomaniaROU
13 Aug 1999 9 Dec 2001
(2 yrs, 118 days)
Jela Kranjcic F 106–108 15 Mar 1893 – 9 Dec 2001
108 years, 269 days
CroatiaCRO
9 Dec 2001 4 Oct 2002
(299 days)
Ruza Sertic F 108–109 16 May 1893 – 4 Oct 2002
109 years, 141 days
CroatiaCRO
4 Oct 2002 16 Oct 2003
(1 yr, 12 days)
Joka Janicic F 108–109 11 Nov 1893 – 16 Oct 2003
109 years, 339 days
MontenegroMNE
16 Oct 2003 4 Apr 2004
(171 days)
Kostadina Simbo F 108–109 20 Oct 1894 – 4 Apr 2004
109 years, 167 days
SerbiaSRB
4 Apr 2004 28 Dec 2004
(266 days)
Elena Lungoci F 109 14 Jan 1895 – 28 Dec 2004
109 years, 348 days
RomaniaROU
28 Dec 2004 3 July 2005
(187 days)
Luca Bulic F 109 11 Dec 1895 – 3 July 2005
109 years, 203 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
3 July 2005 15 Aug 2009
(4 yrs, 43 days)
Anastasia Athanassoulas F 107–111 7 June 1898 – 15 Aug 2009
111 years, 69 days
GreeceGRE
15 Aug 2009 19 Mar 2010
(216 days)
Elpida Moschopoulos F 109 23 May 1900 – 19 Mar 2010
109 years, 300 days
GreeceGRE
19 Mar 2010 4 Aug 2010
(138 days)
Konstantinos Papadamis M 109 26 Dec 1900 – 4 Aug 2010
109 years, 221 days
GreeceGRE
4 Aug 2010 21 Jan 2012
(1 yr, 170 days)
Maria Papakyriakou F 109–110 5 July 1901 – 21 Jan 2012
110 years, 200 days
GreeceGRE
21 Jan 2012 6 Feb 2012
(16 days)
Velika Sabeva F 109 22 Aug 1902 – 6 Feb 2012
109 years, 168 days
BulgariaBUL
6 Feb 2012 16 Aug 2012
(192 days)
Fahrija Mucic F 109 5 Sept 1902 – 16 Aug 2012
109 years, 346 days
MontenegroMNE
16 Aug 2012 4 Dec 2012
(110 days)
Mara Kvrgic F 109 19 July 1903 – 4 Dec 2012
109 years, 138 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
4 Dec 2012 26 May 2014
(1 yr, 173 days)
Karamfila Stoyanova F 109–110 4 Sept 1903 – 26 May 2014
110 years, 264 days
BulgariaBUL
26 May 2014 22 Mar 2016
(1 yr, 301 days)
Maria Tudor F 110–112 21 Sept 1903 – 22 Mar 2016
112 years, 183 days
RomaniaROU
22 Mar 2016 20 Oct 2016
(193 days)
Jelisaveta Veljkovic F 111–112 18 July 1904 – 20 Oct 2016
112 years, 94 days
SerbiaSRB
20 Oct 2016 22 Aug 2017
(306 days)
Eugenia Vrantis F 110–111 26 Feb 1906 – 22 Aug 2017
111 years, 175 days
GreeceGRE
22 Aug 2017 29 Oct 2018
(1 yr, 68 days)
Nina Valjalo F 109–110 6 July 1908 – 29 Oct 2018
110 years, 115 days
CroatiaCRO
29 Oct 2018 27 June 2020
(1 yr, 242 days)
Dumitru Comanescu M 109–111 21 Nov 1908 – 27 June 2020
111 years, 219 days
RomaniaROU
27 June 2020 5 July 2021
(1 yr, 8 days)
Zenepe Pirani F 110–111 10 May 1910 – 5 July 2021
111 years, 56 days
AlbaniaALB
5 July 2021 6 Aug 2021
(32 days)
Eleni Tzovolou F 110 8 Nov 1910 – 6 Aug 2021
110 years, 271 days
GreeceGRE
6 Aug 2021 5 Apr 2023
(1 yr, 274 days)
Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou F 110–111 2 July 1911 – 5 Apr 2023
111 years, 277 days
GreeceGRE
5 Apr 2023 Present
(0 years, 348 days)
Ilie Ciocan M 109–110* Born 10 June 1913
110 years, 282 days
Living in
RomaniaROU

Chronological list of the oldest living Balkan man since 1999[]

      Validated / Under 110       Living       Pending       Unvalidated

From To Name Age when
oldest
Lifespan Country of
death
Unknown 13 Aug 1999 Dumitrascu Lacatusu ?–108 22 Mar 1891 – 13 Aug 1999
108 years, 144 days
RomaniaROU
13 Aug 1999 27 July 2002
(2 yrs, 348 days)
Ante Toni Beritic 104–107 14 Jan 1895 – 27 July 2002
107 years, 194 days
CroatiaCRO
27 July 2002 28 Dec 2002
(154 days)
Aleksandar Tosic 105–106 19 Dec 1896 – 28 Dec 2002
106 years, 9 days
SerbiaSRB
28 Dec 2002 13 July 2006
(3 yrs, 197 days)
Peter Ivanov Cincarski 103–107 6 Feb 1899 – 13 July 2006
107 years, 157 days
BulgariaBUL
13 July 2006 21 Jan 2007
(192 days)
Ivan Jaklic 106–107 4 Dec 1899 – 21 Jan 2007
107 years, 48 days
CroatiaCRO
21 Jan 2007 4 Dec 2007
(317 days)
Rade Grujicic 106–107 15 Feb 1900 – 4 Dec 2007
107 years, 292 days
SerbiaSRB
4 Dec 2007 4 Aug 2010
(2 yrs, 243 days)
Konstantinos Papadamis 106–109 26 Dec 1900 – 4 Aug 2010
109 years, 221 days
GreeceGRE
4 Aug 2010 15 Apr 2011
(254 days)
Jovo Latinovic 108–109 19 Aug 1901 – 15 Apr 2011
109 years, 239 days
SerbiaSRB
15 Apr 2011 12 Sept 2011
(148 days)
Nicolae Dumitrescu 107 1 Mar 1904 – 12 Sept 2011
107 years, 195 days
RomaniaROU
12 Sept 2011 8 Mar 2013
(1 yr, 177 days)
Nicolae Pasculescu 106–107 13 June 1905 – 8 Mar 2013
107 years, 268 days
RomaniaROU
8 Mar 2013 15 Jan 2014
(313 days)
Gheorghe Covaci 107–108 23 July 1905 – 15 Jan 2014
108 years, 176 days
RomaniaROU
15 Jan 2014 18 May 2014
(123 days)
Traian Grancea 108 24 Dec 1905 – 18 May 2014
108 years, 145 days
RomaniaROU
18 May 2014 20 June 2015
(1 yr, 33 days)
Tryfon Sivenas 107–108 1 July 1906 – 20 June 2015
108 years, 353 days
GreeceGRE
20 June 2015 22 Nov 2015
(155 days)
Krsto Vojvodic 108–109 13 Sept 1906 – 22 Nov 2015
109 years, 70 days
MontenegroMNE
22 Nov 2015 1 Oct 2016
(314 days)
Jovan Jovanovic 109–110 16 Sept 1906 – 1 Oct 2016
110 years, 15 days
Bosnia and HerzegovinaBIH
1 Oct 2016 27 June 2020
(3 yrs, 270 days)
Dumitru Comanescu 107–111 21 Nov 1908 – 27 June 2020
111 years, 219 days
RomaniaROU
27 June 2020 31 July 2020
(34 days)
Ndue Melyshi 109 13 Feb 1911 – 31 July 2020
109 years, 169 days
AlbaniaALB
31 July 2020 5 Mar 2021
(217 days)
Josip Krsul 108–109 10 Dec 1911 – 5 Mar 2021
109 years, 85 days
CroatiaCRO
5 Mar 2021 15 Mar 2021
(10 days)
Stelios Fragiadoulakis 108 15 Dec 1912 – 15 Mar 2021
108 years, 91 days
GreeceGRE
15 Mar 2021 Present
(3 years, 4 days)
Ilie Ciocan 107–110* Born 10 June 1913
110 years, 282 days
Living in
RomaniaROU

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