List of Balkan supercentenarians

This is a list of supercentenarians from the Balkan countries. The countries within this region are as follows: Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovinia, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Romania, and Serbia.

• So far, the oldest person ever in the Balkans is Ilie Ciocan (born 10 June 1913) of Romania who is alive at the age of 112 years, 158 days, and the oldest woman ever in the Balkans was Jelisaveta Veljković (1904–2016) of Serbia who died at the age of 112 years, 94 days.
• Currently, the oldest living person in the Balkans is World War II veteran Ilie Ciocan (born 10 June 1913) of Romania aged 112 years, 158 days, and the oldest living woman in the Balkans is Milka Bauković (born 5 February 1915) of Serbia aged 110 years, 283 days.

See also: List of oldest living people in the Balkans

List of Balkan supercentenarians

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

						Country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
1	Ilie Ciocan	M	10 June 1913	Living	112 years, 158 days	ROU	ROU
2	Jelisaveta Veljković	F	18 July 1904	20 Oct 2016	112 years, 94 days	CRO	SRB
3	Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou	F	15 July 1911	5 Apr 2023	111 years, 264 days	GRE	GRE
4	Dumitru Comănescu	M	21 Nov 1908	27 June 2020	111 years, 219 days	ROU	ROU
5	Eugenia Vranti	F	26 Feb 1906	22 Aug 2017	111 years, 177 days	GRE	GRE
6	Anastasia Athanassoulas	F	20 June 1898	15 Aug 2009	111 years, 56 days	GRE	GRE
7	Zenepe Piranić	F	10 May 1910	5 July 2021	111 years, 56 days	MNE	ALB
8	Karamfila Stoyanova	F	17 Sep 1903	26 May 2014	110 years, 251 days	BUL	BUL
9	Fikrije Loki	F	10 Jan 1914	13 Sept 2024	110 years, 247 days	KOS	MKD
10	Milka Bauković	F	5 Feb 1915	Living	110 years, 283 days	CRO	SRB
11	Maria Papakyriakou	F	18 July 1901	20 Jan 2012	110 years, 186 days	GRE	GRE
12	Nina Valjalo	F	6 July 1908	29 Oct 2018	110 years, 115 days	CRO	CRO
13	Ajka Lokmić	F	4 May 1914	17 Aug 2024	110 years, 105 days	BIH	BIH
14	Tamara Krutikov	F	27 Mar 1912	6 July 2022	110 years, 101 days	RUS	SRB
15	Lili Theotoka-Alivizatou	F	20 Oct 1911	13 Jan 2022	110 years, 85 days	TUR	GRE
16	Nurie Dermendzieva	F	25 Oct 1912	12 Jan 2023	110 years, 79 days	BUL	BUL
17	Paladia Noja	F	20 July 1915	Living	110 years, 118 days	ROU	ROU
18	Fana Naci	F	9 May 1914	1 July 2024	110 years, 53 days	ALB	ALB
19	Jovan Jovanović	M	16 Sep 1906	1 Oct 2016	110 years, 15 days	MNE	BIH

Balkan emigrant supercentenarians

						Country of
Rank	Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
1	Veronika Zsilinszki	F	4 Feb 1908	20 Apr 2021	113 years, 75 days	SRB	HUN
2	Amalia Arvanetes	F	6 Feb 1903	20 Mar 2016	113 years, 43 days	GRE	USA
3	Margherita Buttiri	F	8 May 1908	23 June 2020	112 years, 46 days	CRO	CAN
4	Istvánné Fejes	F	15 Feb 1911	17 Dec 2022	111 years, 305 days	ROU	HUN
5	Bertha Touriel	F	2 Nov 1906	9 Aug 2018	111 years, 280 days	GRE	USA
6	Barbara Poth	F	10 May 1882	4 Jan 1994	111 years, 239 days	ROU	USA
7	Gregory Pandazes	M	15 Jan 1873	22 Dec 1983	110 years, 341 days	GRE	USA
8	Marija Ruljančić	F	14 June 1913	18 May 2024	110 years, 339 days	CRO	AUS
9	Elisabeth Kimoff	F	20 Nov 1904	15 Oct 2015	110 years, 329 days	MKD	CAN
10	Maria Carpatachi	F	14 Oct 1913	11 July 2024	110 years, 271 days	GRE	ITA
11	Karavilka Petrović	F	15 June 1902	9 Mar 2013	110 years, 267 days	MKD	USA
12	Helen Stamelos	F	30 Nov 1906	7 Aug 2017	110 years, 251 days	GRE	AUS
13	Vasilika Anastas	F	15 Dec 1912	16 July 2023	110 years, 213 days	ALB	USA
14	Maria Corba	F	15 Aug 1878	8 Mar 1989	110 years, 205 days	ROU	GER
15	Hermina Dunz	F	24 Feb 1898	14 June 2008	110 years, 111 days	CRO	AUT
16	Katharina Stahl	F	10 Nov 1913	24 Feb 2024	110 years, 106 days	BUL	GER
17	Helen Gewlas	F	17 Mar 1892	26 June 2002	110 years, 101 days	GRE	USA
18	Caroline Pullar	F	9 Nov 1908	16 Feb 2019	110 years, 89 days	CRO	USA
19	Frank Fountas	M	15 Aug 1898	4 Nov 2008	110 years, 81 days	GRE	USA
20	Luise Imbery	F	4 Jan 1881	14 Feb 1991	110 years, 41 days	ROU	USA
21	Ekaterini Tselios	F	21 Jan 1905	24 Feb 2015	110 years, 34 days	GRE	USA
22	Rosina Neubauer	F	11 Oct 1909	13 Nov 2019	110 years, 33 days	ROU	GER
23	Ioanna Lambropoulos	F	8 May 1884	2 June 1994	110 years, 25 days	GRE	USA

Chronological list of the oldest living Balkan person since 1999

From	To	Name	Sex	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Country of death
Un­known	13 Aug 1999	Dumitrașcu Lăcătușu	M	N/A–108	22 Mar 1891 – 13 Aug 1999 108 years, 144 days	ROU
13 Aug 1999	9 Dec 2001 (2 yrs, 118 days)	Jela Kranjčić	F	106–108	15 Mar 1893 – 9 Dec 2001 108 years, 269 days	CRO
9 Dec 2001	4 Oct 2002 (299 days)	Ruža Sertić	F	108–109	16 May 1893 – 4 Oct 2002 109 years, 141 days	CRO
4 Oct 2002	16 Oct 2003 (1 yr, 12 days)	Joka Janičić	F	108–109	30 Nov 1893 – 16 Oct 2003 109 years, 320 days	MNE
16 Oct 2003	4 Apr 2004 (171 days)	Kostadina Šimbo	F	108–109	20 Oct 1894 – 4 Apr 2004 109 years, 167 days	SRB
4 Apr 2004	26 Dec 2004 (264 days)	Elena Lungoci	F	109	14 Jan 1895 – 26 Dec 2004 109 years, 347 days	ROU
26 Dec 2004	3 July 2005 (189 days)	Luca Bulić	F	109	11 Dec 1895 – 3 July 2005 109 years, 203 days	BIH
3 July 2005	9 Feb 2007 (1 yr, 219 days)	Ekaterini Zacharopoulos	F	108–109	19 Feb 1897 – 9 Feb 2007 109 years, 355 days	GRE
9 Feb 2007	15 Aug 2009 (2 yrs, 186 days)	Anastasia Athanassoulas	F	108–111	20 June 1898 – 15 Aug 2009 111 years, 56 days	GRE
15 Aug 2009	19 Mar 2010 (216 days)	Elpida Moschopoulos	F	109	23 May 1900 – 19 Mar 2010 109 years, 300 days	GRE
19 Mar 2010	4 Aug 2010 (138 days)	Konstantinos Papadamis	M	109	26 Dec 1900 – 4 Aug 2010 109 years, 221 days	GRE
4 Aug 2010	21 Jan 2012 (1 yr, 170 days)	Maria Papakyriakou	F	109–110	18 July 1901 – 21 Jan 2012 110 years, 186 days	GRE
21 Jan 2012	6 Feb 2012 (16 days)	Velika Sabeva	F	109	22 Aug 1902 – 6 Feb 2012 109 years, 168 days	BUL
6 Feb 2012	16 Aug 2012 (192 days)	Fahrija Mučić	F	109	5 Sep 1902 – 16 Aug 2012 109 years, 346 days	MNE
16 Aug 2012	4 Dec 2012 (110 days)	Mara Kvrgić	F	109	19 July 1903 – 4 Dec 2012 109 years, 138 days	BIH
4 Dec 2012	26 May 2014 (1 yr, 173 days)	Karamfila Stoyanova	F	109–110	17 Sep 1903 – 26 May 2014 110 years, 251 days	BUL
26 May 2014	20 Oct 2016 (2 yrs, 147 days)	Jelisaveta Veljković	F	109–112	18 July 1904 – 20 Oct 2016 112 years, 94 days	SRB
20 Oct 2016	22 Aug 2017 (306 days)	Eugenia Vranti	F	110–111	26 Feb 1906 – 22 Aug 2017 111 years, 177 days	GRE
22 Aug 2017	29 Oct 2018 (1 yr, 68 days)	Nina Valjalo	F	109–110	6 July 1908 – 29 Oct 2018 110 years, 115 days	CRO
29 Oct 2018	27 June 2020 (1 yr, 242 days)	Dumitru Comănescu	M	109–111	21 Nov 1908 – 27 June 2020 111 years, 219 days	ROU
27 June 2020	5 July 2021 (1 yr, 8 days)	Zenepe Piranić	F	110–111	10 May 1910 – 5 July 2021 111 years, 56 days	ALB
5 July 2021	5 Apr 2023 (1 yr, 274 days)	Ioanna Proiou-Dimitriadou	F	109–111	15 July 1911 – 5 Apr 2023 111 years, 264 days	GRE
5 Apr 2023	Present (2 years, 224 days)	Ilie Ciocan	M	109–112*	Born 10 June 1913 112 years, 158 days	Living in ROU

Chronological list of the oldest living Balkan man since 1999

From	To	Name	Age when oldest	Lifespan	Country of death
Un­known	13 Aug 1999	Dumitrașcu Lăcătușu	N/A–108	22 Mar 1891 – 13 Aug 1999 108 years, 144 days	ROU
13 Aug 1999	27 July 2002 (2 yrs, 348 days)	Ante Toni Beritić	104–107	14 Jan 1895 – 27 July 2002 107 years, 194 days	CRO
27 July 2002	28 Dec 2002 (154 days)	Aleksandar Tošić	105–106	19 Dec 1896 – 28 Dec 2002 106 years, 9 days	SRB
28 Dec 2002	13 July 2006 (3 yrs, 197 days)	Peter Ivanov Cincarski	103–107	6 Feb 1899 – 13 July 2006 107 years, 157 days	BUL
13 July 2006	21 Jan 2007 (192 days)	Ivan Jaklič	106–107	4 Dec 1899 – 21 Jan 2007 107 years, 48 days	CRO
21 Jan 2007	4 Dec 2007 (317 days)	Rade Grujičić	106–107	15 Feb 1900 – 4 Dec 2007 107 years, 292 days	SRB
4 Dec 2007	4 Aug 2010 (2 yrs, 243 days)	Konstantinos Papadamis	106–109	26 Dec 1900 – 4 Aug 2010 109 years, 221 days	GRE
4 Aug 2010	15 Apr 2011 (254 days)	Jovo Latinović	108–109	19 Aug 1901 – 15 Apr 2011 109 years, 239 days	SRB
15 Apr 2011	12 Sept 2011 (148 days)	Nicolae Dumitrescu	107	1 Mar 1904 – 12 Sept 2011 107 years, 195 days	ROU
12 Sep 2011	8 Mar 2013 (1 yr, 177 days)	Nicolae Pasculescu	106–107	13 June 1905 – 8 Mar 2013 107 years, 268 days	ROU
8 Mar 2013	15 Jan 2014 (313 days)	Gheorghe Covaci	107–108	23 July 1905 – 15 Jan 2014 108 years, 176 days	ROU
15 Jan 2014	18 May 2014 (123 days)	Traian Grancea	108	24 Dec 1905 – 18 May 2014 108 years, 145 days	ROU
18 May 2014	20 June 2015 (1 yr, 33 days)	Tryfon Sivenas	107–108	1 July 1906 – 20 June 2015 108 years, 353 days	GRE
20 June 2015	22 Nov 2015 (155 days)	Krsto Vojvodić	108–109	13 Sep 1906 – 22 Nov 2015 109 years, 70 days	MNE
22 Nov 2015	1 Oct 2016 (314 days)	Jovan Jovanović	109–110	16 Sep 1906 – 1 Oct 2016 110 years, 15 days	BIH
1 Oct 2016	27 June 2020 (3 yrs, 270 days)	Dumitru Comănescu	107–111	21 Nov 1908 – 27 June 2020 111 years, 219 days	ROU
27 June 2020	31 July 2020 (34 days)	Ndue Mëlyshi	109	13 Feb 1911 – 31 July 2020 109 years, 169 days	ALB
31 July 2020	5 Mar 2021 (217 days)	Josip Kršul	108–109	10 Dec 1911 – 5 Mar 2021 109 years, 85 days	CRO
5 Mar 2021	15 Mar 2021 (10 days)	Stelios Fragiadoulakis	108	15 Dec 1912 – 15 Mar 2021 108 years, 91 days	GRE
15 Mar 2021	Present (4 years, 245 days)	Ilie Ciocan	107–112*	Born 10 June 1913 112 years, 158 days	Living in ROU

References

• GRG World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group