As of January 2015[update], the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 45 Spanish supercentenarians, including 42 residents and 3 emigrants.
As of 16 February 2025, the oldest living Spaniard is Angelina Torres Vallbona born in Catalonia, aged 111 years, 335 days.
[3] The oldest verified Spanish person ever is Maria Branyas who emigrated from the United States in 1915 and died in Olot, Catalonia on 19 August 2024 at the age of 117 years, 168 days.
[4] Deceased Living Galo Leoz (22 April 1879 – 23 January 1990) was a Spanish professor of ophtalmology at the Complutense University of Madrid.
Joan Riudavets Moll (15 December 1889 – 5 March 2004) was born in Es Migjorn Gran, Menorca, where he lived until his death in 2004.
However, subsequent research by the International Database on Longevity has revealed that two women had been older than Riudavets at the time of their deaths.
[101] Francisco Núñez Olivera (13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018) was born and lived his whole life in the village of Bienvenida in the Badajoz province of Extremadura.
[105][106][107] He became the oldest man alive on 12 August 2021, following the death of Emilio Flores Marquez of Puerto Rico.
Upon his death in January 2022 at the age of 112 years and 341 days, Venezuelan supercentenarian Juan Vicente Pérez became the world's oldest man.