Giovanni Frau | |
Frau with Dr. Michel Poulain | |
Birth: | 29 December 1890 Orroli, Sardinia, Italy |
Death: | 19 June 2003 Sardinia, Italy |
Age: | 112 years, 172 days |
Country: | ITA |
Validated |
Giovanni Frau (29 December 1890 – 19 June 2003) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is the second-oldest validated Italian man ever, behind Antonio Todde, and is one of the top 30 oldest validated men of all time.
Biography[]
Giovanni Frau was born in Orroli, Sardinia, Italy on 29 December 1890. He married and had eight children. His wife died in 1995 at the age of 90.
He became the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of 112-year-old Antonio Todde on 3 January 2002.
He became the oldest known living person in Italy, following the death of 113-year-old Teresa Fumarola on 14 May 2003.
Frau died in Sardinia, Italy on 19 June 2003 at the age of 112 years, 172 days. He was survived by two sons and one daughter. At the time of his death, he was the fourth-oldest living man in the world, behind Yukichi Chuganji, Joan Riudavets, Fred Hale.
Following his death, then-111-year-old Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi became the oldest known living person in Italy and then-109-year-old Pasquale Frasconi became the oldest known living man in Italy.
References[]
- Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) Gerontology Research Group
- Giovanni Frau, 112 GRG Gallery
- Giovanni Frau, 112; Italy's Oldest Man Los Angeles Times, 22 June 2003
Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E) |
Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea Lattari • Lorenzo Berzero • Luigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino Turturici • Gaudenzio Nobili • Giuseppe Venturi • Tripolino Giannini • Michele Cicora • Vitantonio Lovallo |