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This is a list of supercentenarians from Central Europe, with cases in white verified by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) and the Guinness World Records (GWR). The countries within this region are as follows:

Poland, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Hungary.

The lists below mention supercentenarians born in each of the countries as well as those for whom the countries were the last place of residence.

Central European supercentenarians[]

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Country
1 Tekla Juniewicz F 10 June 1906 19 Aug 2022 116 years, 70 days UkraineUKRPolandPOL
2 Veronika Zsilinszki F 4 Feb 1908 20 Apr 2021 113 years, 75 days SerbiaSRBHungaryHUN
3 Antonina Partyka F 22 Sept 1908 17 Nov 2020 112 years, 56 days PolandPOL
4 Jadwiga Zak-Stuart F 15 July 1912 Living 113 years, 123 days PolandPOL
5 Stanislaw Kowalski M 14 Apr 1910 5 Apr 2022 111 years, 356 days PolandPOL
6 Anna Stys F 24 July 1908 1 July 2020 111 years, 343 days PolandPOL
7 Juze Mauriciene F 16 June 1909 30 Apr 2021 111 years, 318 days LithuaniaLTU
8 Wanda Wierzchleyska F 3 Mar 1900 14 Jan 2012 111 years, 317 days UkraineUKRPolandPOL
9 Istvanne Fejes F 15 Feb 1911 17 Dec 2022 111 years, 305 days RomaniaROUHungaryHUN
10 Jadwiga Szubartowicz F 16 Oct 1905 20 July 2017 111 years, 277 days PolandPOL
11 Julijana Zakrajsek F 28 Oct 1912 22 July 2024 111 years, 268 days SloveniaSVN
12 Joanna Lipinska F 18 Aug 1910 6 Mar 2022 111 years, 200 days PolandPOL
13 Wanda Szajowska F 12 Feb 1911 26 Aug 2022 111 years, 195 days UkraineUKRPolandPOL
14 Marie Bernatkova F 22 Oct 1857 4 May 1969 111 years, 194 days Czech RepublicCZE
15 Jozefa Ciesielska F 6 Mar 1912 3 Aug 2023 111 years, 150 days PolandPOL
Emilija Kristopaitiene F 15 Oct 1902 14 Mar 2014 111 years, 150 days LithuaniaLTU
17 Czeslawa Lasiewicz F 14 Jan 1907 29 May 2018 111 years, 135 days PolandPOL
18 Rozalia Milczarek F 5 Sept 1869 5 Jan 1981 111 years, 122 days PolandPOL
19 Ludwika Kosztyla 3 Aug 1897 1 Dec 2008 111 years, 120 days PolandPOL
20 Jadwiga Zolotucho F 29 Mar 1892 1 July 2003 111 years, 94 days LithuaniaLTUPolandPOL
21 Eleonora Losiewicz F 24 Jan 1910 13 Apr 2021 111 years, 79 days PolandPOL
22 Janosne Belik F 17 Sep 1907 3 Nov 2018 111 years, 47 days HungaryHUN
23 Anna Gawłowska F 6 June 1913 19 July 2024 111 years, 43 days PolandPOL
24 Maria Hoffner F 20 June 1905 30 July 2016 111 years, 40 days UkraineUKRHungaryHUN
25 Michalina Wasilewska F 21 Dec 1898 3 Jan 2010 111 years, 13 days PolandPOL
26 Irena Smialowska F 27 Mar 1908 30 Mar 2019 111 years, 3 days PolandPOL
27 Janosne Kerner F 23 Dec 1909 21 Dec 2020 110 years, 364 days HungaryHUN
28 Andrejs Kruklins M 10 Jan 1891 30 Nov 2001 110 years, 325 days LatviaLAT
29 Jelizaveta Kolakucka F 7 Sept 1910 28 July 2021 110 years, 324 days RussiaRUSLatviaLAT
30 Katarina Marinic F 30 Oct 1899 2 Sept 2010 110 years, 307 days SloveniaSVN
31 Anna Krslencova F 16 May 1856 12 Jan 1967 110 years, 241 days SlovakiaSVKCzech RepublicCZE
32 Gallai Rezso M 29 Jan 1904 25 Sep 2014 110 years, 239 days HungaryHUN
33 Maria Roszak F 25 Mar 1908 16 Nov 2018 110 years, 236 days PolandPOL
34 Margit Dezsone Kovacs F 25 Sep 1906 13 May 2017 110 years, 230 days HungaryHUN
35 Ona Baceviciene F 10 Jan 1904 27 Aug 2014 110 years, 229 days LithuaniaLTU
36 Niko Dragos M 27 Aug 1907 31 Mar 2018 110 years, 216 days SloveniaSVN
37 Aleksandra Dranka F 3 Oct 1903 29 Apr 2014 110 years, 208 days PolandPOL
38 Sandorne Csiki F 18 Jan 1894 20 July 2004 110 years, 184 days HungaryHUN
39 Jozsef Szuchar M 16 Feb 1857 11 Aug 1967 110 years, 176 days SlovakiaSVK
40 Emilie Dolezalova F 7 June 1894 17 Nov 2004 110 years, 163 days Czech RepublicCZE
41 Marianna Misiewicz F 26 Jan 1902 28 June 2012 110 years, 154 days PolandPOL
42 Janosne Varga F 10 Mar 1895 11 Aug 2005 110 years, 154 days HungaryHUN
43 Irena Sila-Nowicka F 30 Jan 1913 25 June 2023 110 years, 146 days PolandPOL
44 Elza Brandeisz F 18 Sep 1907 6 Jan 2018 110 years, 110 days HungaryHUN
45 Kazimiera Koralewska F 15 Jan 1910 20 Mar 2020 110 years, 65 days PolandPOL
46 Katarina Cavojova F 11 Oct 1881 ? Dec 1991 110 years, 62+ days SlovakiaSVK
47 Ottilie-Armilde Tinnuri F 3 Feb 1914 1 Apr 2024 110 years, 58 days EstoniaEST
48 Jozefa Karczewska F 23 Nov 1902 18 Jan 2013 110 years, 56 days PolandPOL
49 Jozefa Stanislawa Szyda F 11 Mar 1903 1 May 2013 110 years, 51 days PolandPOL
50 Jozsefne Szucs F 28 Oct 1890 17 Dec 2000 110 years, 50 days HungaryHUN
51 Marie Behenska F 2 Apr 1905 20 May 2015 110 years, 48 days Czech RepublicCZE
52 Marianna Smolarczyk F 16 Feb 1897 30 Mar 2007 110 years, 42 days PolandPOL
53 Julianna Garbacz F 22 June 1900 18 July 2010 110 years, 26 days PolandPOL
54 Agnieszka Strzalka F 1 Aug 1912 25 Aug 2022 110 years, 24 days PolandPOL
55 Marianna Blaziak F 14 Sept 1909 25 Sep 2019 110 years, 11 days PolandPOL
56 Leonarda Ratkiewicz F 18 Oct 1908 fl.20 Oct 2018 110 years, 2+ days PolandPOL
57 Emilia Borchert F 6 Dec 1910 6 Dec 2020 110 years, 0 days PolandPOL

Central European emigrant supercentenarians[]

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age Countries
1 Augusta Holtz F 3 Aug 1871 21 Oct 1986 115 years, 79 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
2 Gustav Gerneth M 15 Oct 1905 21 Oct 2019 114 years, 6 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
3 Israel Kristal M 15 Sept 1903 11 Aug 2017 113 years, 330 days PolandPOLIsraelISR
4 Margaret Romans F 16 Mar 1912 25 Oct 2025 113 years, 223 days LatviaLATCanadaCAN
5 Rose Girone F 13 Jan 1912 23 Feb 2025 113 years, 42 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
6 Anna Cernohorsky F 13 Sept 1909 18 Sept 2022 113 years, 5 days Czech RepublicCZEGermanyGER
7 Rachel Wieselberg F 23 June 1883 6 June 1996 112 years, 349 days LatviaLATUnited KingdomUK
7 Rosa Rein F 24 Mar 1897 14 Feb 2010 112 years, 327 days PolandPOLSwitzerlandSUI
9 Helen Obermayer F 20 Jan 1879 20 Nov 1991 112 years, 304 days HungaryHUNUnited StatesUSA
10 Hildegard Lange F 12 Jan 1907 c.20 Sept 2019 112 years, c.251 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
11 Gertruda Gorecka F 12 Nov 1911 25 Jun 2024 112 years, 226 days PolandPOLCanadaCAN
12 Maria Mika F 23 May 1882 17 Nov 1994 112 years, 178 days Czech RepublicCZEAustriaAUT
13 Meta Berndt F 9 Nov 1889 28 Dec 2001 112 years, 49 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
14 Maria Gerstman F 30 Oct 1900 7 Dec 2012 112 years, 38 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
15 Johanna Klink F 17 Jan 1903 20 Feb 2015 112 years, 34 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
16 Theresa Bernstein-Meyerowitz F 1 Mar 1890 13 Feb 2002 111 years, 349 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
17 Ida Schorn F 4 May 1864 8 Mar 1976 111 years, 308 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
18 Edith Kaufmann F 12 Dec 1903 7 Oct 2015 111 years, 299 days Czech RepublicCZEUnited KingdomUK
19 Felicia Zaiko F 30 Nov 1912 Living 112 years, 350 days PolandPOLBelarusBLR
20 Maria Pogonowska F 30 Oct 1897 15 July 2009 111 years, 258 days PolandPOLIsraelISR
21 Hedy Wegier F 25 Oct 1903 12 May 2015 111 years, 199 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
22 Margarete Ottmann F 23 Feb 1903 17 Aug 2014 111 years, 175 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
23 Frieda Borchert F 5 Jan 1897 22 June 2008 111 years, 169 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
24 Fannie Buten F 13 Apr 1899 24 Sep 2010 111 years, 164 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
25 Lillian Norris F 3 Oct 1907 18 Feb 2019 111 years, 138 days LithuaniaLTUUnited StatesUSA
26 Anna Stephan F 25 Mar 1892 3 Aug 2003 111 years, 131 days Czech RepublicCZEGermanyGER
27 Alexander Imich M 4 Feb 1903 8 June 2014 111 years, 124 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
28 Sophie Hules F 14 June 1909 15 Oct 2020 111 years, 123 days SloveniaSVNUnited StatesUSA
29 Gisela Lamm de Altschul F 16 Apr 1878 13 June 1989 111 years, 58 days Czech RepublicCZEArgentinaARG
30 Anna Lewicki F 6 Dec 1900 3 Jan 2012 111 years, 28 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
31 Anna Palarowska F 22 Oct 1902 2 Nov 2013 111 years, 11 days PolandPOLFranceFRA
32 Aloysia Tilscher F 9 Dec 1893 8 Nov 2004 110 years, 335 days Czech RepublicCZEGermanyGER
33 Belle Garfinkel F 26 Apr 1902 8 Mar 2013 110 years, 316 days LatviaLATUnited StatesUSA
34 Ida Tallin F 25 Sep 1905 5 Aug 2016 110 years, 315 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
35 Zoltan Sarosy M 23 Aug 1906 19 June 2017 110 years, 300 days HungaryHUNCanadaCAN
36 Maria Vencelj Maggi F 23 Dec 1905 8 Oct 2016 110 years, 290 days SloveniaSVNItalyITA
37 Morris Wioskowski M 27 July 1912 28 Apr 2023 110 years, 275 days PolandPOLIsraelISR
38 Elisabeth Franke F 10 Nov 1903 11 Aug 2014 110 years, 274 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
39 Pauline Spyra F 24 Apr 1886 11 Jan 1997 110 years, 262 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
40 Heinke Gilad F 11 July 1911 7 Mar 2022 110 years, 239 days LithuaniaLTUIsraelISR
41 Martha Lapsa F 21 June 1895 27 Dec 2005 110 years, 189 days LatviaLATUnited StatesUSA
42 Maria Brandes F 11 Aug 1902 6 Feb 2013 110 years, 179 days SlovakiaSVKGermanyGER
43 Mary Pollack F 6 Feb 1896 24 July 2006 110 years, 168 days SlovakiaSVKUnited StatesUSA
44 Franziska Umrath F 5 Sept 1885 18 Feb 1996 110 years, 166 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
45 Lee Robertson F 13 July 1909 fl.14 Dec 2019 110 years, 154+ days LithuaniaLTUUnited StatesUSA
46 Maria Jantke F 18 Oct 1902 9 Mar 2013 110 years, 142 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
47 Ella Ille Rentel F 19 May 1852 19 Sep 1962 110 years, 123 days LithuaniaLTUGermanyGER
48 Ruth Weyl F 6 Nov 1908 23 Feb 2019 110 years, 109 days PolandPOLUnited StatesUSA
49 Alice Herz-Sommer F 26 Nov 1903 23 Feb 2014 110 years, 89 days Czech RepublicCZEUnited KingdomUK
50 Margarethe Petermeier F 24 Sept 1910 2 Dec 2020 110 years, 69 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
51 Thea Breckerbaum F 6 Oct 1902 25 Nov 2012 110 years, 50 days PolandPOLGermanyGER
52 Anna Rohling F 12 July 1875 15 Aug 1985 110 years, 34 days Czech RepublicCZEUnited StatesUSA
53 Helen Czechowicz F 1 Jan 1896 3 Feb 2006 110 years, 33 days LithuaniaLTUUnited StatesUSA
54 Franziska Maier F 23 Apr 1898 20 May 2008 110 years, 27 days Czech RepublicCZEGermanyGER
55 Eva Grafunder F 17 June 1903 14 July 2013 110 years, 27 days PolandPOLCanadaCAN

Holtz was born in Czarnikau, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Czarnków in Poland.
  Rein was born in Myslowitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Mysłowice in Poland.
  Mika was born in Bohemia, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
  Berndt was born in Kaffzig, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Kawcze in Poland.
  Klink was born in Siemianowitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Siemianowice Śląskie in Poland.
  Bernstein-Meyerowitz was born in Kraków, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Poland.
  Pogonowska was born in Warsaw, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.
  Bernatkova was born in Prague, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. She died in the Zlín Region, which was then part of Czechoslovakia. Both are now in the Czech Republic.
  Ottmann was born in Bauerwitz, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Baborów in Poland.
  Buten was born in Wielkie Oczy, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Poland.
  Krištopaitienė was born in Joniškis, which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
  Stephan was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
  Imich was born in Częstochowa, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Poland.
  Lewicki was born in Borysławka, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Poland.
  Palarowska was born in Mroczno, which was then part of German Empire. It is now in Poland.
  Tilscher was born in Moravia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
  Garfinkel was born in Rēzekne, which was then part of Russian Empire. It is now in Latvia.
  Spyra was born in Wendzin, which was then part of German Empire. It is now Wędzina in Poland.
  Umrath was born in Danzig, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Gdańsk in Poland.
  Jantke was born in Marienburg, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Malbork in Poland.
  Rentel was born in Geldauschinken, which was then part of the Russian Empire. It is now in Lithuania.
  Breckerbaum was born in Neudorf bei Wronke, which was then part of the German Empire. It is now Nowa Wieś in Poland.
  Czechowicz was born in Vilnius, which was then part of the Russian Empire. Later, it was part of Poland, and it is now in Lithuania.
  Maier was born in Bohemia, which was then part of the Austrian part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in the Czech Republic.
  Grafunder was born in Schippenbeil, which was then part of German Empire. It is now Sępopol in Poland.

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