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Francisco Nunez Olivera
Francisco Nunez Olivera
Nunez Olivera on his 110th birthday in 2014
Birth: 13 December 1904
Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain
Death: 29 January 2018
Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain
Age: 113 years, 47 days
Country: SpainESP
Validated

Francisco Nunez Olivera [Spanish: Francisco Núñez Olivera] (13 December 1904 – 29 January 2018) was a validated Spanish supercentenarian who was the oldest man in the world following the death of Israel Kristal on 11 August 2017. He is also the second-oldest Spanish man ever, behind Joan Riudavets-Moll.

Biography

Nunez Olivera was born in Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain on 13 December 1904. He was known fondly as "Marchena", a nickname given to him when a boy mistook him for the famous Spanish singer, Pepe Marchena. When he was 19, he joined the army and went to Morocco. At the time of his 110th birthday in 2014, he had four children, nine grandchildren, 14 great-grandchildren, and a 91-year-old sister.

Nunez Olivera died in Bienvenida, Extremadura, Spain on 29 January 2018 at the age of 113 years, 47 days. He was succeeded as the world's oldest man by Japan's Masazo Nonaka, and as Spain's oldest man by Jesus Mosteo Perez.

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World's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • TE)

Sylvester MelvinJoseph Saint-Amour • William Fullingim • John Mosley Turner • Friedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah BlackistoneJames NashWalter WilcoxGregory PandazesJoe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • James Wiggins • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol-Jover • Christian Mortensen • Johnson Parks • Walter Richardson • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets-Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Jiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez • Arturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo NonakaChitetsu WatanabeBob WeightonEmilio Flores MarquezSaturnino de la Fuente GarciaJuan Vicente Perez Mora


Europe's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard • Unknown • Matthias DodenhoffFrederick StabbinsWilliam MugfurSven ErikssonJean-Pierre DupontWilliam WalkerBening Arnold • Hans Schaftner-BurginLars OlofssonMarc PicqJohan Svanstrom • Erik JanssonFrancesco CubaddaThomas PopeJohn FrancklowKarl Nilsson • Constant De LichteAntonio Marchi • August KarlssonKarl GlocknerAnders JonassonMathias Hansen SaetherJan KipWillem Kostering • Francesco Paba • John Mosley Turner • Antonije MladenovicFriedrich Wedeking • Frederick Butterfield • Jean Teillet • Pasquale CappelloGiuseppe Arena • Luigi SabaIngebrigt Johansen • Victor Guillot • Andrei Kuznetsoff • Herman Smith-Johannsen • John Evans • Henri PerignonDomenico Minervino • Josep Armengol-Jover • Pablo Roy • Emile Fourcade • Bernard Delhom • Valentino StellaGregorio Merino • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Urrea-Hernandez • Alejandro Rivera Santalla • Antonio Todde • Joan Riudavets-MollHermann Dornemann • Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski • Maurice Floquet • Henry AllinghamHarry Patch • Stanley Lucas • Jan Goossenaerts • Francisco Fernandez • Arturo Licata • Rezso GallaiPhilippe Vocanson • Harold Bracher • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Gustav GernethBob Weighton • Dumitru Comanescu • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Stanislaw Kowalski • Andre BoiteHans SchornackAndre LudwigJohn Tinniswood


Spain's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Mateo Miras Torregrosa • Unknown • Aurelio DiazA. L. M.Galo LeozJosep Armengol-JoverPablo RoyGregorio MerinoAntonio Urrea-HernandezAlejandro Rivera SantallaJoan Riudavets-MollJose Milena MunozJose Maria Somohano CalvoMiguel Rubio GonzalezAtilano Rivas-IglesiasFrancisco Fernandez PellicerMiguel SuarezBenito Vilda • Francisco Fernandez • Bienvenido Cilveti Urquia • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Jesus Mosteo Perez • Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia • Antonio Alvarado LargoLuis Torras MartinezMateo Balbuena Iglesias

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