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Henri Content
Henri Content
Henri Content on his 110th birthday in 2026
Birth: 4 January 1916
Vault-de-Lugny, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France
Age: 110 years, 36 days
Country: FranceFRA
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Henri Charles Marie Content (born 4 January 1916) is a French supercentenarian who is currently the oldest known living man in France. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Henri Charles Marie Content was born in Vault-de-Lugny, Yonne, Bourgogne-Franche-Comte, France, on 4 January 1916, to Émile Content and Jeanne Clément, landowners and farmers, as the eldest of two brothers.

After a brilliant academic career (he received an award for his primary school certificate results), he was admitted to the teacher training college in Auxerre, where in 1936 he met Paulette Baudot, to whom he became engaged in 1939. The couple, both teachers, married on 22 April 1940 in Cravant. Henri was taken prisoner in June 1940 and spent five years in captivity in Czechoslovakia. He was liberated in May 1945 and from there returned to France, resuming his teaching career. Henri and Paulette had two children, Jean-Francis (born 1946), and Annette (born 1947). He worked until 1972, when he retired. During his retirement, Henri remained very active, participating in sports and other activities.

His wife died on 5 July 2021, at the age of 101 years, 261 days, after 81 years, 74 days of marriage.

On 4 January 2026, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming a supercentenarian.

On 23 January 2026, following the death of 111-year-old Maurice Le Coutour, he became the oldest known living man in France.

Henri Content currently lives in Bellerive-sur-Allier, Allier, Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes, France, at the age of 110 years, 36 days.

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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 • Henri Content

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