Belgian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from
Belgium
Belgium, officially the Kingdom of Belgium, is a country in Northwestern Europe. Situated in a coastal lowland region known as the Low Countries, it is bordered by the Netherlands to the north, Germany to the east, Luxembourg to the southeas ...
who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. The
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, US, is a global non-profit scientific organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with validating the ages of, recording and researching ...
(GRG) has validated the longevity claims of 20 Belgian
supercentenarian
A supercentenarian, sometimes hyphenated as super-centenarian, is a person who is 110 or older. This age is achieved by about one in 1,000 centenarians. Supercentenarians typically live a life free of significant age-related diseases until short ...
s, including 18 residents and 2 emigrants.
The oldest known Belgian person was Joanna Deroover, who died in 2002 aged 112 years 186 days.
The oldest Belgian man ever was Jan Machiel Reyskens, who lived 111 years and 241 days from 1878 to 1990.
Oldest Belgian people ever
The list including known and validated supercentenarians who died before 2015 was compiled by the
Gerontology Research Group
The Gerontology Research Group (GRG) based in Los Angeles, California, US, is a global non-profit scientific organization of researchers in various fields of gerontology, primarily concerned with validating the ages of, recording and researching ...
(GRG).
Later cases were sourced either from more recent GRG data,
from administrative reports or from press coverage, as indicated in the table.
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