Lambis Kounoupas

Lambis Kounoupas
Birth:	1 November 1905 Amari, Crete, Greece
Death:	10 September 2013 Amari, Crete, Greece
Age:	107 years, 314 days
Country:	GRE
Centenarian

Lambis Kounoupas [Greek; Λάμπης Κούνουπας] (1 November 1905 – 10 September 2013) was a Greek centenarian who was the oldest known living man and person in Greece at the time of his death.

Biography

Lambis Kounoupas was born in the village Amari in Rethymno regional unit, Crete, Greece on 1 November 1905. He spent his whole life in the countryside, and in the last few years of his life he stayed in Athens with his son during the winter, returning to his birthplace with the arrival of spring.

He became the oldest known living person in Greece, following the death of 109-year-old Panagiota Kraniou on 25 October 2012.

Kounoupas died in the same village of Amari, Crete, Greece on 10 September 2013, at the age of 107 years, 314 days. Following his death, then 107-year-old Eugenia Vrantis, became the oldest known living person in Greece.

References

• Γεννημένος το… 1905! News Beast, 24 August 2011
• Χαίρε Λάμπη των 107 χρόνων… Made in Creta, 8 November 2012
• Χαίρε Λάμπη των 107 χρόνων… I News.com, 8 November 2012
• Απίστευτο: Ο Λάμπης των 108 χρόνων νοσηλεύεται και λέει… μαντινάδες! Made in Creta, 10 June 2013
• Έφυγε και κηδεύτηκε στα 108 του χρόνια στο Αμάρι ο Λάμπης Κούνουπας Made in Creta, 10 September 2013

Greece's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • E)

Ekaterini Zacharopoulos • Anastasia Athanassoulas • Elpida Moschopoulos • Konstantinos Papadamis • Maria Papakyriakou • Panagiota Kraniou • Lambis Kounoupas • Eugenia Vrantis • Haido Katsara • Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou • Kallistheni Meleonitou • Magdalini Pavlidou • Paressa Orfanidou

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

Konstantinos Papadamis • Lambis Kounoupas • Tryfon Sivenas • Konstantinos Economidis • Manolis Karastergios • Antonis Sagonas • Manolis Peponis • Giannis Papadimitriou • Stelios Fragiadoulakis • Thomas Katsanos • Georgios Koliopoulos • Unknown