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Jan Nijenhuis
Jan Nijenhuis
Jan Nijenhuis at age 107.
Birth: 20 October 1873
Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Death: 2 May 1982
Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands
Age: 108 years, 194 days
Country: NetherlandsNED
Centenarian

Jan Nijenhuis (20 October 1873 – 2 May 1982) was a Dutch centenarian who was the oldest living man in the Netherlands and Europe (excluding the case of Andrei Kuznetsoff) at the time of his death.

Biography[]

Jan Nijenhuis was born in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands on 20 October 1873. He worked as a ship carpenter. He never married and lived his entire life in Hoogeveen. He became the oldest known living man in the Netherlands following the death of 107 year-old Gerardus Boomaerts on 23 January 1980.

Jan Nijenhuis died in Hoogeveen, Drenthe, Netherlands on 2 May 1982 at the age of 108 years, 194 days. He became bedridden during the last weeks of his life. Following his death, then-106-year-old Dirk J. van der Kooij (1875–1984) became the oldest known living man in the Netherlands.

Trivia[]

Nijenhuis moved to retirement home 'De Westerkim' in 1967, which is the same retirement home where Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper, the Dutch longevity recordholder and former oldest living person in Europe, lived until her death at age 115.

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Netherlands's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Jannes Reiling • Hendrikus van Horsen • Petrus Bartelen • Keimpe Nijdam • Jan Kip • Wilhelmus Kostering • Willem van der Hulst • Marinus Wolffensberger • Johannes Hesseling • Jacob Hazewinkel • Willem Wels • Andre Beekman • Watze Watzema • Henri van Dooren • Cornelis Bredijk • Huibert Prins • Hendrikus Verhoeven • Johannes van der Hoeven • Marcus Faasse • Gerrit van der Horst • Martin Hendrix • Hendrik Nessen • Pieter Zandee • Johannes Rijstenbil • Arthur Notte • Johannes Linning • Gerardus Boomaerts • Jan Nijenhuis • Dirk van der Kooij • Pieter Zaaijer • Albert Geerlings • Jan Machiel Reyskens • Cornelis Jansen • Hendrikus de Bijl • Johannes van Capel • Reinier Pelgrom • Jan de Winter • Frits Rijkens • Jan Pieter Bos • Frits Botterblom • Henri Timmermans • Joop Rosbach • Ko de Lavoir • Jan Voogt Pzn • Jan van der Giessen • Adrianus van der Vaart • Jos Wijnant • Cornelis Geurtz • Gerard Helders • Arie Vermeulen • Tjeerd Epema • Serop Mirzoyan • Floor van Cleemputte • Wim Hendriks • Jacob Berg • Dirk van der Noen • Jan Willem van de Kamp • Eelke BakkerJohn Huang