List of famous Brazilian centenarians (100-109)

This is a list of Brazilian centenarians (reached the age of 100 years to 109).

The following is a list of lists of well documented famous centenarians by categorized occupation (people who lived to be or are currently living at 100 years or more of age) that are therein known for reasons other than just longevity.

• See also: List of Brazilian supercentenarians
• See also: List of oldest living people in Brazil
• See also: List of last surviving Brazilian by year
• See also: List of oldest men from Brazil
• See also: List of South American supercentenarians
• See also: Oldest Brazilian ever by state
• See also: Centenarians who almost made it to 110

List of famous Brazilian centenarians

Centenarians					State / Country of		Career and reason for which they are known
Name	Sex	Birth	Death	Age	birth	death
Anselmo Antonelli	M	4 Aug 1912	11 Jan 2022	109 years, 160 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Professor
Generoza Araújo Soares	F	16 Aug 1915	25 Sept 2024	109 years, 39 days	Minas Gerais	Rio de Janeiro	Cook, scholar and COVID-19 survivor
Milton Thiago de Mello	M	5 Feb 1916	1 Oct 2024	108 years, 239 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Veterinarian and primatologist
Maria Anunciada Santana	F	31 Oct 1905	17 June 2014	108 years, 229 days	Pernambuco	Pernambuco	Oldest twins ever known with her sister, Maria do Carmo Santana
Apolônio Pereira Brito	M	7 Jan 1915	24 Aug 2023	108 years, 229 days	Maranhão	Bahia	Baptist Pastor
Ruy de Noronha Goyos	M	12 Mar 1914	3 Oct 2022	108 years, 205 days	Minas Gerais	Sao Paulo	WWII veteran
Waldemar Levy Cardoso	M	4 Dec 1900	13 May 2009	108 years, 160 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Marshal and last Brazilian WWI veteran
Frederico Fischer	M	6 Jan 1917	Living	107 years, 337 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Athlete
Ladislau Klinicki	M	1 June 1914	12 Apr 2022	107 years, 315 days	RUS	Sao Paulo	Oldest known priest in Brazil and the oldest known Holocaust survivor living in South America at the time of his death.
Nestor da Silva	M	13 July 1917	Living	107 years, 149 days	Minas Gerais	Federal District	Oldest living Brazilian WWII veteran
Luiz Hilário Pereira Garro	M	3 March 1851	7 July 1958	107 years, 124 days	Minas Gerais	Rio de Janeiro	Last know combatant of Paraguayan War
Jupira Brasil	F	6 Aug 1915	3 Dec 2022	107 years, 117 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Singer, dancer, actress, producer, and model.
Varî Vãti Marubo	F	15 Sept 1917	Living	107 years, 85 days	Acre	Acre	Oldest of the Marubo indigenous people
Fernando Penteado Cardoso	M	19 Sept 1914	7 Sept 2021	106 years, 349 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Engineer agronomist
Gioconda Rizzo	F	18 Apr 1897	22 Mar 2004	106 years, 334 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Photographer, the first woman to open a photography studio in Brazil
Evaristo Dal Maso	M	9 Aug 1899	21 June 2006	106 years, 312 days	ITA	Sao Paulo	Italian Army WWI veteran
Maria Margarida "Margot" de Alcântara Pellizzaro	F	3 Mar 1918	29 Sept 2024	106 years, 206 days	Rio de Janeiro	Federal District	Last member of the Committee for the Location of the New Federal Capital, Brasília
Cleonice Berardinelli	F	28 Aug 1916	31 Jan 2023	106 years, 153 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Academic, specialist in Portuguese literature
Arnaldo Júlio Barbosa	M	07 Nov 1918	Living	106 years, 32 days	Rio Grande do Norte	Federal District	Poet, author, composer and performer
Firmino Rodrigues Martins	M	1894?	fl. 14 Apr 2000	106 years, +	Rio Grande do Sul	Paraná	Last known "vaqueano". Last known combatant of the Contestado War
Maria de Lourdes Pinto Picarelli	F	21 June 1913	2 Apr 2019	105 years, 282 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Last veteran of the Constitutionalist Revolution
Lygia Martins Costa	F	13 Dec 1914	12 July 2020	105 years, 209 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Museologist
Arlindo Leonardo Ribeiro	M	25 July 1913	13 Jan 2019	105 years, 169 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Last male veteran of the Constitutionalist Revolution
Virgínia Maria de Niemeyer Portocarrero	F	23 Oct 1917	29 Mar 2023	105 years, 156 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Military nurse and last Brazilian female WWII veteran
Fernando Ferreira Botelho	M	2 Mar 1913	28 July 2018	105 years, 116 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Soccer goalkeeper
Dona Canô Velloso	F	16 Sept 1907	25 Dec 2012	105 years, 99 days	Bahia	Bahia	Mother of two important names in Brazilian popular music
Valdemar Caracas	M	9 Nov 1907	14 Jan 2013	105 years, 65 days	Ceara	Ceara	Sports manager
Zuleika Sucupira Kenworthy	F	24 Nov 1912	13 Dec 2017	105 years, 19 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	First female prosecutor in Latin America and veteran of the Constitutionalist Revolution
Oscar Niemeyer	M	15 Dec 1907	5 Dec 2012	104 years, 356 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Modernist architect
Araguacy Gonçalves	F	19 July 1915	7 Oct 2019	104 years, 78 days	Bahia	Bahia	Teacher and politician
Ricardina "Duca" Pereira da Silva	F	14 Apr 1920	21 May 2024	104 years, 37 days	Bahia	Bahia	Ceramician and samba dancer
Hermano de Villemor Amaral Filho	M	11 July 1920	17 July 2024	104 years, 6 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Oldest lawyer in Brazil at the time of his death
Lygia Fagundes Telles	F	19 Apr 1918	3 Apr 2022	103 years, 346 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Writer
Alberto Targino	M	24 Jan 1912	2 Jan 2016	103 years, 339 days	Ceara	Ceara	Entrepreneur
Anna Carolina de Mello Oliveira	F	5 Nov 1841	5 Oct 1945	103 years, 330 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Countess of the Empire of Brazil
Maria Hecilda Campos Salgado	F	12 Oct 1901	8 Sept 2005	103 years, 327 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Farmer and philanthropist
Felisberto Caldeira Brant Pontes	M	20 July 1802	28 May 1906	103 years, 308 days	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro	Viscount of the Empire of Brazil
Oscar dos Santos Júnior	M	18 Oct 1916	6 June 2020	103 years, 229 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Catholic priest
Rebecca Freedman	F	14 May 1881	17 Nov 1984	103 years, 183 days	POL	Rio de Janeiro	Women's activist
Barbosa Lima Sobrinho	M	22 Jan 1897	16 July 2000	103 years, 174 days	Pernambuco	Rio de Janeiro	Writer, historian and politician
Clodesmidt Riani	M	15 Oct 1920	04 Apr 2024	103 years, 170 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Politician, union leader and political prisoner
Acácio de Araújo	M	10 Jan 1911	10 May 2014	103 years, 120 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Trombonist
Aimée de Heeren	F	03 Aug 1903	14 Sept 2006	103 years, 41 days	Parana	USA	Socialite
Lucídio Chaves	M	16 Dec 1903	25 Jan 2007	103 years, 39 days	Parana	Parana	WWII veteran
José Ornellas de Sousa Filho	M	30 Nov 1921	Living	103 years, 9 days	Rio de Janeiro	Federal District	Military, politician and former Governor
Aracy de Carvalho	F	20 Apr 1908	28 Feb 2011	102 years, 308 days	Parana	Sao Paulo	Diplomatic clerk and Righteous Among the Nations
Carlos Gomes de Oliveira	M	12 Oct 1894	15 Aug 1997	102 years, 303 days	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	Last signatory of the Brazilian Constitution of 1934
Antônio Ricieri Bariani	M	24 Dec 1916	22 Sept 2019	102 years, 297 days	Minas Gerais	Goias	Catholic priest
Bob Lester	M	17 Jan 1913	06 Nov 2015	102 years, 290 days	Rio Grande do Sul	Rio de Janeiro	Singer, musician and tap dancer
Ary Ribeiro Valadão	M	14 Nov 1918	09 Aug 2021	102 years, 266 days	Goias	Goias	Farmer, industrialist and former Governor
Affonso Heliodoro dos Santos	M	17 Apr 1916	20 Oct 2018	102 years, 183 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Last living member of former President Juscelino Kubitschek's team
Raul Silveira de Melo	M	8 Feb 1882	25 July 1984	102 years, 167 days	Rio Grande do Sul	Rio de Janeiro	Military man
Mestre Tião Oleiro	M	14 May 1914	03 Oct 2016	102 years, 139 days	Rio Grande do Norte	Rio Grande do Norte	Accordionist and composer
Maria Helena Andrés	F	2 Aug 1922	Living	102 years, 129 days	Minas Gerais	Sao Paulo	Visual artist
Walter Orthmann	M	16 Apr 1922	02 Aug 2024	102 years, 107 days	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	Recognized by Guinness World Records for having the longest career at the same company (86 years)
Beatriz Bandeira	F	08 Nov 1909	02 Jan 2012	102 years, 55 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Poet, writer and human rights activist
Plínio Pompeu	M	3 Mar 1892	27 Apr 1994	102 years, 54 days	Ceara	Ceara	Engineer
Evaristo de Moraes Filho	M	05 July 1914	22 July 2016	102 years, 17 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Writer and academic
Elsie Dubugras	F	2 Mar 1904	2 Mar 2006	102 years	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Parapsychologist
Tatiana Leskova	F	6 Dec 1922	Living	102 years, 3 days	FRA	Rio de Janeiro	Ballerina and choreographer
Léa Khoury	F	04 Nov 1922	08 Oct 2024	101 years, 334 days	SYR	Bahia	Social cause volunteer, non-profit leader and philanthropist
Wladyslawa Wolowska Mussi	F	11 Aug 1910	14 July 2012	101 years, 333 days	Parana	Santa Catarina	Doctor
Francisco Prada Carrera	M	27 July 1893	17 June 1995	101 years, 321 days	ESP	Goias	Oldest know catholic bishop in Brazil
Orlando Drummond	M	19 Oct 1919	27 July 2021	101 years, 278 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Actor and voice actor
Maria Ribeiro	F	25 Mar 1923	Living	101 years, 259 days	Bahia	SUI	Actress
Marina Ibrahim	F	15 Apr 1920	02 Jan 2022	101 years, 258 days	Rio de Janeiro	Minas Gerais	Memoirist
Juan Daniel	M	20 Feb 1907	28 Oct 2008	101 years, 248 days	ESP	Rio de Janeiro	Actor, director and producer
Vicente Pacheco de Oliveira	M	25 Feb 1881	fl. 11 Oct 1985	101 years, 226 days	Bahia	Bahia	Politician and former state constituent of Bahia
Celeste Arantes	F	20 Nov 1922	21 June 2024	101 years, 211 days	Minas Gerais	Sao Paulo	Mother of Pelé
Alberto Dualib	M	14 Dec 1919	13 July 2021	101 years, 209 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Sports director and businessman
Antônio Afonso de Miranda	M	14 Apr 1920	11 Oct 2021	101 years, 177 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Catholic bishop
João Pereira dos Santos	M	26 Oct 1907	16 Apr 2009	101 years, 171 days	Pernambuco	Pernambuco	Industrialist, economist
Ângela Vaz Leão	F	01 Oct 1922	03 Mar 2024	101 years, 151 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Philologist, academic, romanist
Victor Fontana	M	16 July 1916	05 Dec 2017	101 years, 142 days	Rio Grande do Sul	Sao Paulo	Chemical engineer and politician
Maria Josephina Mignone	F	25 Mar 1923	18 July 2024	101 years, 113 days	Para	Sao Paulo	Classical pianist
Tomie Ohtake	F	21 Nov 1913	12 Feb 2015	101 years, 82 days		Sao Paulo	Visual artist
Hans Gunter Flieg	M	3 July 1923	4 Sept 2024	101 years, 61 days	GER	Sao Paulo	Photographer
Waldir Machado	M	26 Oct 1923	Living	101 years, 44 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Singer, composer, radio broadcaster
Aristides Batista Ramos	M	09 Jan 1891	22 Feb 1992	101 years, 43 days	Santa Catarina	Santa Catarina	Politician
Jerônimo Mazzarotto	M	11 Apr 1898	23 May 1999	101 years, 42 days	Parana	Parana	Catholic bishop
Joselito Falcão de Amorim	F	04 Sept 1919	05 Oct 2020	101 years, 31 days	Bahia	Bahia	Politician
Dercy Gonçalves	F	23 June 1907	19 July 2008	101 years, 26 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Actress, singer, comedian, artist
Paulo de Mello Bastos	M	25 May 1918	30 May 2019	101 years, 5 days	Alagoas	Rio de Janeiro	Pilot, military man and union leader
Christine Yufon	F	18 Jan 1923	07 Jan 2024	100 years, 350 days	CHN	Sao Paulo	Model, businesswoman and visual artist
María Irma López Daniel	F	20 July 1911	21 June 2012	100 years, 331 days	ARG	Rio de Janeiro	Actress
Nelma Costa	F	1 Feb 1923	30 Dec 2023	100 years, 328 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Actress
Beatriz Alvarenga	F	02 Jan 1923	19 Nov 2023	100 years, 317 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Physics
Antônio Ignácio "Moreno" da Silva	M	01 Nov 1909	06 Sept 2010	100 years, 305 days	Pernambuco	Minas Gerais	Lampião's bandit
Tito Costa	M	31 Dec 1922	28 Oct 2023	100 years, 297 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Politician, writer
Leandrina Augusta Proença	F	11 Nov 1863	20 Aug 1964	100 years, 279 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	First Lady of Tietê (1894-1896)
Harold Joseph Rahm	M	22 Feb 1919	30 Nov 2019	100 years, 278 days	USA	Sao Paulo	Catholic priest and anti-drug activist
Wilson Barbosa Martins	M	21 June 1917	13 Feb 2018	100 years, 233 days	Mato Grosso do Sul	Mato Grosso do Sul	Politician and former governor
Judith Lauand	F	26 May 1922	09 Dec 2022	100 years, 193 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Painter
Olegário José "Sorocabinha" de Godoy	M	3 Jan 1895	10 July 1995	100 years, 188 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Singer and guitarist
Takashi Morita	M	2 Mar 1924	13 Aug 2024	100 years, 163 days		Sao Paulo	Hiroshima Bomb Survivor and pacifist
Mãe Andresa	F	10 Nov 1853	20 Apr 1954	100 years, 160 days	Maranhao	Maranhao	Great priestess of Tambor de Mina
Octávio Joaquim Tosta da Silva	M	10 Dec 1882	16 May 1983	100 years, 156 days	Bahia	Rio de Janeiro	Admiral and military
Setembrino Petri	M	25 Sept 1922	01 Mar 2023	100 years, 154 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Naturalist, geologist, academic researcher
Waldomiro Bariani Ortêncio	M	24 July 1923	15 Dec 2023	100 years, 141 days	Sao Paulo	Goias	Folklorist
Meira Penna	M	14 Mar 1917	29 July 2017	100 years, 135 days	Rio de Janeiro	Federal District	Diplomat and writer
Wilson Figueiredo	M	29 July 1924	Living	100 years, 133 days	Espirito Santo	Rio de Janeiro	Journalist, poet and writer
Maria Isaura Pereira de Queiróz	F	26 Aug 1918	29 Dec 2018	100 years, 123 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Sociologist
Dirce Camargo	F	01 Jan 1913	20 Apr 2013	100 years, 109 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Richest woman in Brazil
Jackson Nascimento	M	24 Aug 1924	Living	100 years, 107 days	Parana	Parana	Football player
Eugênio Gudin Filho	M	12 July 1886	24 Oct 1986	100 years, 102 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Minister of Finance (1954-1955)
Maria Amélia Buarque de Hollanda	F	25 Jan 1910	04 May 2010	100 years, 99 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Painter and intellectual
João Havelange	M	08 May 1916	16 Aug 2016	100 years, 98 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	President of FIFA (1974-1998)
Aldo Parisot	M	30 Sept 1918	29 Dec 2018	100 years, 89 days	Rio Grande do Norte	USA	Cellist and cello teacher
Carlos Fernando de Carvalho	M	24 May 1924	10 Aug 2024	100 years, 77 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Engineer and businessman
Manuel Edmilson da Cruz	M	03 Oct 1924	Living	100 years, 67 days	Ceara	Ceara	Oldest living catholic bishop in Brazil
Hélio Fernandes	M	11 Jan 1921	10 Mar 2021	100 years, 57 days	Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	Journalist
Isabel Salomão	F	22 Sept 1924	11 Nov 2024	100 years, 50 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Medium
Amaro Macedo	M	10 May 1914	27 June 2014	100 years, 47 days	Minas Gerais	Minas Gerais	Botanist
Hugo Adami	M	08 Dec 1899	28 Dec 1999	100 years, 20 days	Sao Paulo	Sao Paulo	Actor, visual artist, set designer, lyrical singer
Fernando de Mendonça	M	02 Dec 1924	Living	100 years, 7 days	Ceara	Sao Paulo	Academic researcher, scientist and First Director General of the National Institute for Space Research (INPE) (1963-1976)