Philippe Vocanson

Philippe Vocanson
Birth:	20 October 1904 Saint-Jeures, Haute-Loire, France
Death:	17 January 2015 Saint-Etienne, Loire, France
Age:	110 years, 89 days
Country:	FRA
Validated

Philippe Vocanson (20 October 1904 – 17 January 2015) was a validated French supercentenarian who was, at the age of 110, the oldest man in Europe at the time of his death.

Biography

Vocanson was born on 20 October 1904 in the small village of Saint-Jeures in Haute-Loire, France, as one of eight siblings. One of his sisters lived to the age of 108. In his younger days, he worked as a shoemaker and a farmer. He married in 1927. During WWII, he was captured and held as a prisoner of war by the Germans in northern France. He became a widower in 1985. In 2000, he moved to the Buisson nursing home. He had two children, six grandchildren, and four great-grandchildren. He drank little alcohol, and put his longevity down to a diet of cheese and chocolate.

Philippe Vocanson became the oldest known man in France following the death of Emile Turlant on 15 September 2013 and the oldest known man in Europe following the death of Gallai Rezso of Hungary on 25 September 2014.

Vocanson died in Saint-Etienne, Loire, France on 17 January 2015, at the age of 110 years, 89 days.

References

• 2021 validations Gerontology Research Group

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

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias Dodenhoff • Frederick Stabbins • William Mugfur • Sven Eriksson • Jean-Pierre Dupont • William Walker • Bening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-Burgin • Lars Olofsson • Marc Picq • Johan Svanstrom • Erik Jansson • Francesco Cubadda • Thomas Pope • John Francklow • Karl Nilsson • Constant De Lichte • Antonio Marchi • August Karlsson • Karl Glockner • Anders Jonasson • Mathias Hansen Saether • Jan Kip • Willem Kostering • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Antonije Mladenovic • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale Cappello • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Ingebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Domenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino Stella • Gregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets Moll • Hermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry Allingham • Harry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso Gallai • Philippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav Gerneth • Bob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Stanislaw Kowalski • Andre Boite • Georges Thomas • John Tinniswood

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

Jean Teillet • Louis-Jules Lebon • Unknown • Pierre James • Adolphe Gravelines • Henri Perignon • Faustin Jaumard • Louis Brard • Andre Raynaud • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Louis Arthur Bon • Leon-Clement Estivals • Jules Many • Theophane Rifosta • Alexis Daigneau • Raymond Abescat • Joseph Rabenda • Jean Chevenet • Maurice Floquet • Aime Avignon • Louis de Cazenave • Lazare Ponticelli • Pierre Picault • Joseph Malahieude • Felix Rostaing • Philibert Parnasse • Charles De Antoni • Andre Coudrat • Louis Le Bouedec • Emile Turlant • Philippe Vocanson • Roger Gouzy • Robert Bourdon • Georges Massard • Roger Auvin • Jules Theobald • Marcel Meys • Andre Boite • Georges Thomas • Maurice Le Coutour