Francisco Nunez Olivera

Francisco Nunez Olivera
Nunez Olivera on his 110th birthday in 2014
Birth:	13 December 1904 Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain
Death:	29 January 2018 Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain
Age:	113 years, 47 days
Country:	ESP
Validated

Francisco Nunez Olivera [Spanish: Francisco Núñez Olivera] (13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018) was a validated Spanish supercentenarian who was the oldest man in the world following the death of Israel Kristal on 11 August 2017. He is also the second-oldest Spanish man ever, behind Joan Riudavets-Moll.

Biography

Nunez Olivera was born in Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain on 13 December 1904. He was known fondly as "Marchena", a nickname given to him when a boy mistook him for the famous Spanish singer, Pepe Marchena. When he was 19, he joined the army and went to Morocco. At the time of his 110th birthday in 2014, he had four children, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and a 91-year-old sister.

Nunez Olivera died in Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain on 29 January 2018 at the age of 113 years, 47 days. He was succeeded as the world's oldest man by Japan's Masazo Nonaka, and as Spain's oldest man by Jesus Mosteo Perez.

Gallery

Nunez on his 112th birthday in 2016.

Nunez Olivera on his 113th birthday in 2017.

Nunez Olivera at the age of 113.

References

• Francisco Núñez Olivera, el hombre más longevo del mundo, cumple 113 años
• World’s oldest man Francisco Nunez Olivera celebrates 113th birthday with a sponge cake, milk and visits from 15 great grandkids The Sun, 14 December 2017
• Muere a los 113 años Francisco Núñez, el hombre más longevo del mundo 20 Minutos, 30 January 2018
• World’s oldest man dead at 113 – Francisco Nunez Olivera passes away in Spain having attributed his long life to a glass of red wine a day The Sun, 30 January 2018

World's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • T • E)

Sylvester Melvin • Joseph Saint-Amour • William Fullingim • John Mosley Turner • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah Blackistone • James Nash • Walter Wilcox • Gregory Pandazes • Joe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol-Jover • Christian Mortensen • Walter Richardson • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Horacio Celi Mendoza • Jiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez • Arturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo Nonaka • Tomas Pinales Figuereo • Emilio Flores Marquez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Juan Vicente Perez Mora • Shi Ping • John Tinniswood

Europe's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias Dodenhoff • Frederick Stabbins • William Mugfur • Sven Eriksson • Jean-Pierre Dupont • William Walker • Bening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-Burgin • Lars Olofsson • Marc Picq • Johan Svanstrom • Erik Jansson • Francesco Cubadda • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Karl Nilsson • Constant De Lichte • Antonio Marchi • August Karlsson • Karl Glockner • Anders Jonasson • Mathias Hansen Saether • Jan Kip • Willem Kostering • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Antonije Mladenovic • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale Cappello • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Ingebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Domenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino Stella • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets Moll • Hermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry Allingham • Harry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso Gallai • Philippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav Gerneth • Bob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Stanislaw Kowalski • Andre Boite • Georges Thomas • John Tinniswood

Spain's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Mateo Miras Torregrosa • Unknown • Aurelio Diaz • A. L. M. • Galo Leoz • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Joan Riudavets Moll • Jose Milena Munoz • Jose Maria Somohano Calvo • Miguel Rubio Gonzalez • Atilano Rivas-Iglesias • Francisco Fernandez Pellicer • Miguel Suarez • Benito Vilda • Francisco Fernandez • Bienvenido Cilveti Urquia • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Jesus Mosteo Perez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Antonio Alvarado Largo • Luis Torras Martinez • Mateo Balbuena Iglesias • Luis Carrasco-Munoz Perez de la Isla