Georges Thomas

Georges Thomas
Georges Thomas (aged 112) in May 2024
Birth:	19 November 1911 Payre, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Death:	1 June 2024 Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France
Age:	112 years, 195 days
Country:	FRA
Validated

Georges Thomas (19 November 1911 – 1 June 2024) was a French supercentenarian whose age has been validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). At the time of his death, he was the oldest living man in Europe, as well as second-oldest living man in the world, behind Shi Ping of China. He is also the oldest French man ever recorded.

Biography

Georges Thomas was born in Payre, Vienne, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France on 19 November 1911.

In November 2021, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian.

On 15 July 2022, following the death of 111-year-old Andre Boite, he became the oldest known living man in France and Europe.

On 2 April 2024, following the death of 114-year-old Juan Vicente Perez Mora of Venezuela, he became the second-oldest documented living man in the world, behind Shi Ping of China.

On 9 May 2024, at the age of 112 years, 172 days, he surpassed the age of Jules Theobald (1909–2021) of 112 years, 171 days, becoming the oldest French man ever.

Georges Thomas died in Rochefort, Charente-Maritime, Nouvelle-Aquitaine, France on 1 June 2024 at the age of 112 years, 195 days. Following his death, then 110-year-old Maurice Le Coutour, became the oldest known living man in France, and then 111-year-old John Tinniswood of the United Kingdom, became the oldest known living man in Europe.

Gallery

Georges Thomas at the age of 101

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
• Personnes françaises les plus âgées de tous les temps Les Grands Centenaires Français
• Avis de décès de Monsieur Georges Thomas Pompes Funèbres Publiques à Saintes, 1 June 2024
• Supercentenaires : la vie et la mort discrète du Français le plus âgé de tous les temps… en Charente-Maritime Sud Ouest, 9 July 2024 ^(Archived)

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

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

Jean Teillet • Louis-Jules Lebon • Unknown • Pierre James • Adolphe Gravelines • Henri Perignon • Faustin Jaumard • Louis Brard • Andre Raynaud • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Louis Arthur Bon • Leon-Clement Estivals • Jules Many • Theophane Rifosta • Alexis Daigneau • Raymond Abescat • Joseph Rabenda • Jean Chevenet • Maurice Floquet • Aime Avignon • Louis de Cazenave • Lazare Ponticelli • Pierre Picault • Joseph Malahieude • Felix Rostaing • Philibert Parnasse • Charles De Antoni • Andre Coudrat • Louis Le Bouedec • Emile Turlant • Philippe Vocanson • Roger Gouzy • Robert Bourdon • Georges Massard • Roger Auvin • Jules Theobald • Marcel Meys • Andre Boite • Georges Thomas • Maurice Le Coutour