| Maria Diaz | |
 Diaz on her 113th birthday in 2011 | |
| Birth: | 22 February 1898 Sidi Bel Abbès, French Algeria |
| Death: | 29 October 2011 Le Port, Réunion, France |
| Age: | 113 years, 249 days |
| Country: |  F-ALG, FRAREU, FRA
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| Validated | |
Maria Diaz (née Rodriguez; 22 February 1898 – 29 October 2011) was an Algerian-French supercentenarian whose age was validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 7 July 2014.
Biography
Marie Isabelle "Maria Isabel" Rodriguez was born on 22 February 1898, in Sidi Bel Abbès, capital of the Sidi Bel Abbès wilaya, Algeria, then an overseas territory of France, located on the northern Africa continent. She died in Le Port, Réunion, a French island located in the Indian Ocean, on 29 October 2011, at the age of 113 years 249 days.
Maria Diaz is currently the third-oldest Algerian-born validated person ever, behind Anne Primout and Marcelle Narbonne. Following the death of Eugenie Blanchard of Saint Barthelemy in November 2010, Maria Diaz was the oldest living person in France until her own death and was succeeded by Marcelle Narbonne.
References
- Photo Gallery for Supercentenarians born in the year 1898 GRG
- Table A - Verified Supercentenarians (Listed Chronologically By Birth Date) GRG
- Marie Diaz, 113 ans : la vraie doyenne des Français vit à La Possession Linfo.re
| France's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • T • E) |
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Marie Langlois • Rose Sarda • Calixte Razimbaud • Catherine Mouche • Auguste Decate • Desiree Delory • Ferdinise Nebolle • Georgette Jeanmaire • Eugenie Marchand • Eugenie Proux • Emilie Coqueran • Laurence Entiope • Marie-Ernestine Compain • Marie-Virginie Duhem • Frederique Noel • Augustine Tessier • Elisa Esnault • Elvire Mendiboure • Eugenie Roux • Jeanne Calment • Marie-Helene Chanteperdrix • Jeanne Dumaine • Marie Bremont • Germaine Haye • Anne Primout • Camille Loiseau • Marie-Simone Capony • Clementine Solignac • Eugenie Blanchard • Maria Diaz • Marcelle Narbonne • Marie-Therese Bardet • Paule Bronzini • Irenise Moulonguet • Suzanne Burrier • Marie Liguinen • Olympe Amaury • Eudoxie Baboul • Elisabeth Collot • Honorine Rondello • Lucile Randon |
