List of Italian supercentenarians

Italian supercentenarians are citizens, residents or emigrants from Italy who have attained or surpassed 110 years of age. As of January 2015^[update], the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 151 Italian supercentenarians, the majority of whom were women.^[1] The oldest Italian ever is Emma Morano, who was also the last living person born before the year 1900.^[2] As of 8 May 2025, the oldest living person in Italy is Lucia Laura Sangenito born on 22 November 1910 in Campania, aged 114 years, 167 days.^[3]

Emma Morano (1899–2017) is the oldest Italian ever recorded and was the oldest person in the world for about a year. Pictured in 1930, aged 30–31.

100 oldest known Italians

  Deceased   Living

Rank	Name	Sex	Birth date	Death date	Age	Birthplace	Place of death or residence
01	Emma Morano[4]	F	29 November 1899	15 April 2017	117 years, 137 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
02	Maria Giuseppa Robucci[4]	F	20 March 1903	18 June 2019[5]	116 years, 90 days	Apulia	Apulia
03	Giuseppina Projetto[4]	F	30 May 1902	6 July 2018	116 years, 37 days	Sardinia	Tuscany
04	Dina Guerri-Manfredini [it][6]	F	4 April 1897	17 December 2012[7]	115 years, 257 days	Emilia-Romagna	United States
05	Marie-Josephine Gaudette[4]	F	25 March 1902	13 July 2017	115 years, 110 days	United States	Lazio
06	Venere Ires Pizzinato[6]	F	23 November 1896	2 August 2011[8]	114 years, 252 days	Trentino-Alto Adige[a]	Veneto
07	Lucia Laura Sangenito[3]	F	22 November 1910	Living	114 years, 167 days	Campania	Campania
08	Claudia Baccarini [it][9]	F	13 October 1910	24 December 2024[10]	114 years, 72 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
09	Virginia Dighero[6]	F	24 December 1891	28 December 2005[11]	114 years, 4 days	Liguria	Liguria
10	Maria Redaelli[6]	F	3 April 1899	2 April 2013[12]	113 years, 364 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
11	Anna Benericetti [it][4][13]	F	22 March 1906	11 December 2019[14]	113 years, 264 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
12	Amalia Barone[15]	F	6 October 1884	26 June 1998	113 years, 263 days	Campania	United States
13	Diega Cammalleri[4]	F	23 October 1905	15 June 2019	113 years, 235 days	Sicily	Sicily
14	Amarillide Bufalini[16]	F	27 November 1876	15 May 1990	113 years, 169 days	Lazio	United States
15	Maria Gravigi[6]	F	3 March 1900	15 August 2013[17]	113 years, 165 days	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Friuli-Venezia Giulia
16	Maria Teresa Fumarola[15]	F	2 December 1889	14 May 2003[18]	113 years, 163 days	Apulia	Apulia
17	Domenica Ercolani[19]	F	3 July 1910	17 November 2023[20]	113 years, 137 days	Marche	Marche
18	Francesca Fioriglio[21]	F	11 January 1912	Living	113 years, 117 days	Sicily	Sicily
19	Lucia Lauria[6]	F	4 March 1896	28 June 2009[22]	113 years, 116 days	Basilicata	Basilicata
20	Irene Ciuffoletti[4]	F	19 January 1903	7 May 2016[23]	113 years, 109 days	Basilicata	United States
21	Mariannina Genovese[4]	F	15 October 1905	1 January 2019	113 years, 78 days	Sicily	Sicily
22	Stella Nardari[6]	F	23 December 1898	23 February 2012	113 years, 62 days	Veneto	Veneto
23	Ida Frabboni[6]	F	4 October 1896	2 November 2009	113 years, 29 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
	Guerina Amedei[4][24]	F	31 January 1906	1 March 2019		Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
25	Maria Carmela Ricci[25]	F	16 April 1912	Living	113 years, 22 days	Campania	Piedmont
26	Giulia Sani[6]	F	15 September 1893	4 September 2006	112 years, 354 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
27	Renata Bianchi[4]	F	16 October 1906	4 October 2019	112 years, 353 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
28	Antonio Todde[15]	M	22 January 1889	3 January 2002	112 years, 346 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
29	Cristina Paloscia[26]	F	15 May 1912	31 March 2025[27]	112 years, 320 days	Abruzzo	Tuscany
30	Marietta Capizzi[6]	F	30 January 1901	10 November 2013	112 years, 284 days	Sicily	United States
31	Maria Muraro[6]	F	29 March 1892	2 January 2005	112 years, 279 days	Veneto	Veneto
32	Rosa Bandini[6]	F	11 September 1901	12 June 2014	112 years, 274 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
33	Rosa De Vita[28]	F	8 February 1911	11 October 2023[29]	112 years, 245 days	Campania	Campania
34	Emilia Zucchetti[4]	F	28 August 1903	26 April 2016	112 years, 242 days	Veneto	Lombardy
35	Valesca Tanganelli[4][30]	F	7 July 1907	4 March 2020	112 years, 241 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
36	Ida Zoccarato[31]	F	24 May 1909	16 January 2022[32]	112 years, 237 days	Veneto	Veneto
37	Delio Venturotti[33]	M	25 October 1909	1 June 2022	112 years, 219 days	Veneto	Brazil
38	Anna Maria Rosati[4]	F	4 May 1905	27 November 2017	112 years, 207 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
39	L(o)uisa Chiacchiari[34]	F	10 December 1886	29 June 1999[35]	112 years, 201 days	Molise	United States
40	Lina Grotta[6]	F	22 November 1896	27 May 2009	112 years, 186 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
41	Carmela Velardi[4]	F	22 October 1906	21 April 2019[36]	112 years, 181 days	Sicily	Sicily
42	Catherine Abate[37]	F	15 November 1909	7 May 2022[38]	112 years, 173 days	Basilicata	United States
43	Giovanni Frau[15]	M	29 December 1890	19 June 2003	112 years, 172 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
44	Serafina Naccarato[6]	F	10 October 1893	29 March 2006	112 years, 170 days	Calabria	Marche
45	Anna Natella[39]	F	21 November 1912	Living	112 years, 168 days	Basilicata	United States
46	Lorenza Dotta[6]	F	7 August 1894	11 January 2007	112 years, 157 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
47	Vincenza Colucci[4]	F	24 January 1903	26 June 2015	112 years, 153 days	Abruzzo	United States
48	Maria Oliva[40]	F	16 April 1909	27 August 2021[41]	112 years, 133 days	Sicily	Sicily
49	Ines Sommovigo[42]	F	6 November 1911	16 March 2024[43]	112 years, 131 days	Liguria	Liguria
50	Rosa Pesce[4]	F	12 September 1902	9 January 2015	112 years, 119 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
51	Amelia Addari[44]	F	25 March 1912	20 July 2024	112 years, 117 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
52	Santa Gennari[6]	F	23 February 1899	18 June 2011	112 years, 115 days	Marche	Marche
53	Giuseppa Salerno[45]	F	17 June 1911	26 September 2023	112 years, 101 days	Campania	Campania
54	Rosaria "Rose" Caleca[6]	F	5 February 1895	6 May 2007	112 years, 90 days	Sicily	United States
55	Erminia Bianchini[46]	F	23 April 1908	23 June 2020[47]	112 years, 61 days	Piedmont	Piedmont
56	Chelidonia Merosi[15]	F	11 October 1883	10 December 1995	112 years, 60 days	Lazio	Lazio
57	Maria Antonia D’Amore[48]	F	20 October 1909	24 November 2021	112 years, 35 days	Abruzzo	Lazio
58	Maria Mallozzi[15]	F	25 September 1887	26 October 1999	112 years, 31 days	Lazio	Canada
59	Angela Case[6]	F	21 July 1899	17 August 2011	112 years, 27 days	Veneto	Veneto
60	Elia Concari[4]	F	14 July 1905	2 August 2017[49]	112 years, 19 days	Abruzzo	Lombardy
61	Angela Tiraboschi [it][50][51]	F	19 April 1910	7 May 2022[52]	112 years, 18 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
62	Antonia Manzi[53]	F	20 February 1912	4 March 2024	112 years, 13 days	Lazio	Lazio
63	Irma Ilari[54]	F	22 September 1907	17 September 2019[55]	111 years, 360 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
64	Arturo Licata[6]	M	2 May 1902	24 April 2014	111 years, 357 days	Sicily	Sicily
65	Maria Novara[56]	F	4 May 1913	24 April 2025	111 years, 355 days	Sicily	Sicily
66	Maria Crescini[4]	F	20 January 1904	17 December 2015	111 years, 331 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
67	Margherita Carossio[57]	F	10 August 1905	30 June 2017	111 years, 324 days	Piedmont	Argentina
68	Frances Pisano[58]	F	2 April 1910	18 February 2022	111 years, 322 days	Calabria	United States
69	Margherita Venzo[4]	F	21 February 1903	8 January 2015	111 years, 321 days	Veneto	Veneto
70	Maria Zaccaria[59]	F	24 November 1905	2 October 2017	111 years, 312 days	Sicily	France
71	Valerio Piroddi[60]	M	13 November 1905	18 September 2017	111 years, 309 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
72	Maria Negri[6]	F	12 March 1895	13 January 2007	111 years, 307 days	Veneto	Veneto
73	Onorina Apprato de Tagliaferro[61]	F	7 July 1913	Living	111 years, 305 days	Piedmont	Argentina
74	Lidia Menis Peresini[62]	F	30 November 1906	22 September 2018	111 years, 296 days	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	Costa Rica
75	Matilde Coulter[63]	F	30 March 1909	19 January 2021	111 years, 295 days	Apulia	United Kingdom
76	Maria-Elisa Moro[6]	F	11 February 1897	2 November 2008	111 years, 265 days	Veneto	Lazio
77	Rita Lotta[64]	F	17 November 1912	1 August 2024[65]	111 years, 258 days	Apulia	Apulia
78	Giuseppa Campagna[66]	F	1 January 1903	15 September 2014	111 years, 257 days	Sicily	United States
79	Lilla De Geronimi[15]	F	2 December 1892	14 August 2004	111 years, 256 days	Liguria	Liguria
80	Ida Ortolani[67]	F	4 October 1912	14 June 2024	111 years, 254 days	United States	Lombardy
81	Maria Ciuffreda[6]	F	21 June 1899	28 February 2011	111 years, 252 days	Apulia	Apulia
82	Maria Granello[4]	F	11 December 1904	11 August 2016	111 years, 244 days	Veneto	Veneto
83	Lucia Soliman[68]	F	17 April 1911	15 December 2022[69]	111 years, 242 days	Veneto	Veneto
84	Anita Tiburni[6]	F	3 May 1900	27 December 2011	111 years, 238 days	Tuscany	Tuscany
85	Carolina Peretti[6]	F	21 October 1897	15 June 2009	111 years, 237 days	Aosta Valley	Piedmont
86	Maria Antonia Zuccalà[70]	F	15 March 1905	15 October 2016	111 years, 214 days	Calabria	Calabria
87	Ebe Luisa Tosi[71]	F	11 July 1913	5 February 2025	111 years, 209 days	Emilia-Romagna	Liguria
88	Gesuina Donati[6]	F	9 June 1893	1 January 2005	111 years, 206 days	Lazio	Lazio
89	Anna DiFelice[15]	F	10 March 1892	30 September 2003	111 years, 204 days	Abruzzo	United States
90	Luigia Gorla[72]	F	28 January 1911	16 August 2022	111 years, 200 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
91	Giuseppa Comandè[73]	F	23 December 1910	8 July 2022[74]	111 years, 197 days	Sicily	Sicily
92	Rosa Frau[6]	F	12 August 1901	14 February 2013	111 years, 186 days	Sardinia	Sardinia
93	Maria Mattivi[4]	F	29 November 1904	29 May 2016	111 years, 182 days	Trentino-Alto Adige[b]	Trentino-Alto Adige
94	Carmela Villani[75]	F	1 May 1909	25 October 2020	111 years, 177 days	Apulia	Apulia
95	Maria Gentilini[6]	F	12 May 1894	4 November 2005	111 years, 176 days	Emilia-Romagna	Emilia-Romagna
96	Mamie Tei[76]	F	14 November 1913	Living	111 years, 175 days	United States	Tuscany
97	Ernesta Pizzocri[6]	F	20 August 1901	6 February 2013	111 years, 170 days	Lombardy	Lombardy
98	Ilde Coletti[77]	F	28 January 1911	26 June 2022	111 years, 149 days	Veneto	Lombardy
99	Nora Ettori[78]	F	5 April 1907	22 August 2018	111 years, 139 days	Brazil	Lombardy
100	Tripolino Giannini[79]	M	20 August 1912	31 December 2023[80]	111 years, 133 days	Tuscany	Tuscany

Biographies

Antonio Todde

Antonio Todde (22 January 1889 – 3 January 2002)^[15] was an Italian supercentenarian who, at the time of his death just a few days shy of his 113th birthday, was the oldest man in the world.^[81] Todde was born in the village of Tiana, in the province of Nuoro, Sardinia,^[82] an area noted for its centenarian density.^[83] Born to a poor shepherd family in the medieval center of Tiana, Todde was the third of 12 children. In 1920, at age 31, he married Maria Antonia, then aged 25, and they had four daughters and a son. She died in 1990, aged 95.^[84] He left Sardinia only to fight in the First World War,^[81] where he was injured in the shoulder by a grenade.^[85] He died at age 112 years and 346 days on 3 January 2002.

Venere Pizzinato

Venere Pizzinato on her 113th birthday in 2009

Venere Ires Pizzinato (married Papo; 23 November 1896 – 2 August 2011)^[86] was an Italian supercentenarian^[4] who lived for 114 years and 252 days. At the time of her death she was the oldest person ever from Italy.^[87]

She was born in Ala, Trentino, then part of the Austro-Hungarian empire, on 23 November 1896. In 1902, the family moved to Verona, where they had relatives. In 1903, they moved back to Trentino, where Pizzinato attended a boarding school in Trento. World War I forced her to take refuge in Bazzano, Bologna. After the war, she moved to Milan, where she took Italian citizenship and met her future husband Isidoro Papo. During the outbreak of the Second World War, in 1939, the couple moved to Nice, France, to escape the Fascist regime of Benito Mussolini. They married in France, and after the war they moved back to Milan. Upon retirement in 1964, they finally settled in Verona. Mr. Papo died in 1981. Pizzinato remained in Verona for the rest of her life, spending her final years in a retirement home.^[88][89][90]

On 23 November 2010, marking her 114th birthday, Pizzinato was visited by Italy's president, Giorgio Napolitano, who wrote her a congratulatory letter.^[91]

Marie-Josephine Gaudette

Marie-Josephine Clarice Gaudette (25 March 1902 – 13 July 1976) was the oldest living Italian from the death of Emma Morano on April 1976 until her own death three months later. Born in Manchester, New Hampshire, to French Canadian immigrants, she was also the oldest living person born in the United States from May 1966 to July 1967.^[92]

A nun known as Mother Cecilia, she lived in Canada and France before settling in the South.^[93] She lived in Quitman, Mississippi from 1958 until her death,^[94] and was considered "the world's oldest nun".^[95] Gaudette died on July 13th, 1976 aged 74 years and 110 days, as the 75th-oldest living person in the world.^[96]

Giuseppina Projetto

Giuseppina Projetto (married Frau; 30 May 1902 – 6 July 2018)^[97] was, at age 116 years and 37 days, the oldest living person in Italy from the death of Marie Josephine Gaudette on 13 July 2017, and the world's second-oldest verified living person upon the death of Nabi Tajima on 21 April 2018, until her own death on 6 July 2018.^[98] She was the last surviving validated person born in 1902.

She was born in La Maddalena, but was of Sicilian origin. Her maternal grandfather had moved from Sicily with the expedition of Giuseppe Garibaldi. In 1946, she married Giuseppe Frau, a widower with three children. At the time of her death, Projetto lived in Tuscany with her daughter-in-law and grandchildren.^[99][100]

Delio Venturotti

Delio Venturotti (25 October 1909 – 1 June 2022) was the oldest living Italian-born person and the second oldest man in the world at the time of his death.^[33]

He was born in Calto, Veneto, Italy. He left Italy at the age of three with his parents and two sisters, after his father had been informed of the potential for a large war in Europe. The family arrived in Rio de Janeiro and took another ship to Espírito Santo, where Venturotti worked on plantations. He would later go on to work as a driver, and, starting in the 1940s, in a fabric store. He married Dulcina Gama (born 1921) on 15 March 1946 and had four children. The couple later moved to São Paulo, and 29 years later to Florianópolis.^[33] In December 2021, at the age of 112, Venturotti donated to the distribution of COVID-19 vaccines in the Campania region of Italy.^[101] He became the oldest Italian-born person upon the death of Ida Zoccarato on 16 January 2022.^[33] When he died in June 2022,^[102] aged 112 years and 219 days, he was the second oldest man in the world after Juan Vicente Pérez; his death left Pérez as the last verified man born in the 1900s decade.^[103]

Lucia Laura Sangenito

Lucia Laura Sangenito-Abbondandolo was born in Sturno, Campania, Italy on 22 November 1910;^[104] she has lived there her entire life. As a young woman, she worked in the fields.^[105][106] She married on 2 February 1939 and had four children; two of whom died as infants, with the other two, daughter Maria and son Michele, still living.^[107] Her interests are football, politics,^[108] and watching religious programs on TV.^[109]

She lost her home in the 1962 Irpinia earthquake and a new house was rebuilt in a different location in 1970. Her husband died at the age of 98 in September 2010.^[107] When she was 107, she had surgery for a fractured femur.^{[105][110][109]} She quietly celebrated her 110th birthday in November 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 1 June 2024, she was visited by LongeviQuest, one of the top age validation organizations, who gave her a certificate recognizing her for being (at that time) the second oldest living person in Italy.^[111] She is the oldest person ever from the Campania region of Italy,^[104][108] and, when Claudia Baccarini died on 24 December 2024, she became the oldest living person in Italy.^[105][112]

Notes

1. Pizzinato was born in Ala, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.
2. Mattivi was born in Trento, Trentino, which was then part of Austria-Hungary. It is now in Italy.