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This is a list of Ukrainian supercentenarians (people born or lived in present-day Ukraine who have reached the age of 110 or over).

So far, the oldest validated person ever born in the territory of present-day Ukraine was a Tekla Juniewicz (1906–2022), who died in Silesia, Poland at the age of 116 years, 70 days.[1]

Other notable supercentenarians from Ukraine were Goldie Michelson (1902–2016) who was the oldest living person in the USA, and Tamara Krutikov (1912–2022) who was the oldest living person in Serbia as well as Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski (1894–2005) who died in the United Kingdom as the oldest living man in Europe.

List of Ukrainian supercentenarians

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Region / Country of
Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age birth death
1 Mikhail Krichevsky M 25 Feb/9 Mar 1897 26 Dec 2008 111 years, 292/305 days Poltava Oblast Donetsk Oblast
2 Evgenia Tebenchuk F 28 Jan 1902 9 Aug 2013 111 years, 193 days Vinnytsia Oblast Kyiv Oblast

Ukrainian emigrant supercentenarians

      Deceased (Validated)       Living (Validated)       Pending       Unvalidated

Region / Country of
Rank Name Sex Birth Death Age birth death
1 Tekla Juniewicz F 10 June 1906 19 Aug 2022 116 years, 70 days Lviv Oblast PolandPOL
2 Goldie Michelson F 8 Aug 1902 8 July 2016 113 years, 335 days Kirovohrad Oblast United StatesUSA
3 Pearl Lutzko F 15 Feb 1899 2 Nov 2011 112 years, 260 days Ternopil Oblast CanadaCAN
4 Tilly Oslender F 24 Mar 1907 1 June 2019 112 years, 69 days Kyiv Oblast CanadaCAN
5 Elizabeth Buhler F 8 Feb 1899 23 Jan 2011 111 years, 349 days Kharkiv Oblast CanadaCAN
6 Wanda Wierzchleyska F 3 Mar 1900 14 Jan 2012 111 years, 317 days Lviv Oblast PolandPOL
7 Wanda Szajowska F 12 Feb 1911 26 Aug 2022 111 years, 195 days Lviv Oblast PolandPOL
8 Katherine Wowchuk F 18 Aug 1901 8 Jan 2013 111 years, 143 days Austria-Hungary
(now Ukraine)
CanadaCAN
9 Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski M 19 July 1894 6 Dec 2005 111 years, 140 days Lviv Oblast United KingdomUK
10 Zhenya Broytman F 21 Aug 1899 25 Oct 2010 111 years, 65 days Kharkiv Oblast GermanyGER
11 Maria Hoffner F 20 June 1905 30 July 2016 111 years, 40 days Austria-Hungary
(now Ukraine)
HungaryHUN
12 Andrew Small M 26 Dec 1891 31 Jan 2003 111 years, 36 days Austria-Hungary
(now Ukraine)
United StatesUSA
13 Serge Koolish M 31 Mar 1906 29 Jan 2017 110 years, 304 days Russian Empire
(now Ukraine)
United StatesUSA
14 Irmgard Genthe F 7 May 1914 30 Sept 2024 110 years, 146 days Chernivtsi Oblast GermanyGER
15 Tamara Krutikov F 27 Mar 1912 6 July 2022 110 years, 101 days Dnipropetrovsk Oblast SerbiaSRB
16 Jonathan Richter M 6 Sept 1888 12 Oct 1998 110 years, 36 days Chernihiv Oblast GermanyGER

Chronological list of oldest living person in Ukraine since 2008

From To Name sex When oldest Age Oblast
? 26 Dec 2008 Mykhaylo Krichevsky M ?-111 9 Mar 1897 - 26 Dec 2008
111 years, 293 days
Donetsk Oblast
26 Dec 2008 9 Aug 2013
(4 yrs, 226 days)
Evgenia Yebenchuk F 106-111 28 Jan 1902-9 Aug 2013
111 years, 193 days
Kyiv Oblast
9 Aug 2013 fl.31 May 2017
(3 yrs, 295+ days)
Efrosiniya Stefan F 105-109 30 May 1908 - fl.31 May 2017
109 years, 1+ days
Cherkasy Oblast
fl.31 May 2017 20 Oct 2018
(1 yrs, 144- days)
Sara Nikiforenko F 107-109 7 Aug 1909 - 20 Oct 2018
109 years, 74 days
Lviv Oblast
20 Oct 2018 24 Jan 2019
(96 days)
Mariya Moroz F 107 25 Mar 1911 - 24 Jan 2019
107 years, 305 days
Zhytomyr Oblast
24 Jan 2019 fl.1 July 2021
(2 yrs, 157+ days)
Alexander Budkov (b.RussiaRUS) M 106-109 26 Feb 1912 - fl. 1 July 2021
109 years, 159+ days
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
1 July 2021(?) 2 Aug 2021
(33- days)
Pelageya Kozmenko F 109 13 May 1912 - 2 Aug 2021
109 years, 80 days
Ivano-Frankivsk Rajon
2 Aug 2021 15 May 2022
(287 days)
Olena Malevska F 108 20 May 1913 - 15 May 2022
108 years, 360 days
Odessa Oblast
15 May 2022 fl.18 Aug 2022
(95+ days)
Evgenia Yakovenko F 106-107 2 July 1915 - fl.18 Aug 2022
107 years, 47+ days
Odessa Oblast
18 Aug 2022(?) Present
2 years, 270 days-
Kateryna Kots F 105-108* Born 3 Oct 1916 108 years, 224 days Living in Volyn Oblast

Chronological list of oldest living man in Ukraine since 2021

From To Name When oldest Lifespan Oblast
? fl.1 July 2021 Alexander Budkov (b.RussiaRUS) ?-109 26 Feb 1912 - fl.1 July 2021
109 years, 159 days
Autonomous Republic of Crimea
1 July 2021(?) 14 Mar 2022
(252 days-)
Onisym Kunichkin 107-108 26 Feb 1914 - 14 Mar 2022
108 years, 16 days
Kharkiv Oblast
14 Mar 2022 25 Dec 2022
(292 days)
Petro Fedak 104-105 7 July 1917 - 25 Dec 2022
105 years, 171 days
Ternopil Oblast
25 Dec 2022 14 Oct 2024
(1 yrs, 293 days)
Mykola Derevlyanyk (b.HungaryHUN) 105-106 22 Oct 1917 - 14 Oct 2024
106 years, 358 days
Zakarpattia Oblast
14 Oct 2024 Present
(0 years, 213 days)
Mykhaylo 106-107* 3 Nov 1917 107 years, 193 days Living in Zakarpattia Oblast

References

  1. World Sunterian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group
    World Supercentenarian Rankings List Gerontology Research Group