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Giovanni Frau
Giovanni Frau
Frau with Dr. Michel Poulain
Birth: 29 December 1890
Orroli, Sardinia, Italy
Death: 19 June 2003
Sardinia, Italy
Age: 112 years, 172 days
Country: Italy ITA
Validated

Giovanni Frau (29 December 1890 – 19 June 2003) was an Italian supercentenarian whose age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). He is the second-oldest validated Italian man ever, behind Antonio Todde, and is one of the top 30 oldest validated men of all time.

Biography[]

Giovanni Frau was born in Orroli, Sardinia, Italy on 29 December 1890. He married and had eight children. His wife died in 1995 at the age of 90.

He became the oldest known living man in Italy, following the death of 112-year-old Antonio Todde on 3 January 2002.

He became the oldest known living person in Italy, following the death of 113-year-old Teresa Fumarola on 14 May 2003.

Frau died in Sardinia, Italy on 19 June 2003 at the age of 112 years, 172 days. He was survived by two sons and one daughter. At the time of his death, he was the fourth-oldest living man in the world, behind Yukichi Chuganji, Joan Riudavets, Fred Hale.

Following his death, then-111-year-old Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi became the oldest known living person in Italy and then-109-year-old Pasquale Frasconi became the oldest known living man in Italy.

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Italy's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (V • TE)

Maria Fionda • Maria Luisa Pepe • Carmela Sansone • Paolina Picchi • Marta Cerruti • Eugenia Raco • Francesco Paba • Maria Irrigato • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Peppa Ferrante • Giuseppina Misasi • Vincenza Pannuti • Maria Imperiali • Ulrico Miani • Assunta Mazzotta • Caterina Cipolla • Lida Bertonati • Nazzarena Di Leo • Santa Caddeo • Carolina Piatti • Annunziata Di Vincenzo • Luigi Saba • Ida Pietrobon • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Ottavia Trafeli • Rosalinda Del Duca • Paolo Gioletta • Luigina Pepe • Francesca Adelfio • Domenico Minervino • Maddalena Figone • Maria Sirianni • Giuseppa Spolitu • Chelidonia Merosi-Lollobrigida • Valentino Stella • Eleonora Casagrande • Maria Addolorata de Vitis • Antonio Baldo • Giovanna Lizzio • Antonio Todde • Teresa Fumarola • Giovanni Frau • Virginia Dighero-Zolezzi • Giulia Sani-Casagli • Lorenza Dotta • Maria Negri • Lucia Lauria • Ida Frabboni • Venere Pizzinato-Papo • Stella Nardari-Vecchiato • Maria Redaelli • Emma Morano • Marie-Josephine GaudetteGiuseppina Projetto-FrauMaria Giuseppa RobucciAnna BenericettiValesca TanganelliErminia BianchiniMaria OlivaIda ZoccaratoAngela TiraboschiDomenica ErcolaniClaudia Baccarini


Italy's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

Battista Beghelli • Giuseppe Jussig • Francesco Paba • Francesco Soldati Gabbini • Vincenzo Pintorno • Unknown • Leonardo Tamasi • Ulrico Miani • Beniamino Vitone • Pasquale Capella • Giuseppe Arena • Luigi Saba • Francesco Carlino • Giuseppe De Bonis • Cesare Di Claudio • Paolo Gioletta • Giovanni Ferzini • Antonio Giacchetti • Giuseppe Varagona • Domenico Minervino • Constanzo Tizzano • Saverio Russo • Filippo Mogavero • Adelmo Meoni • Giuseppe Pinna • Valentino Stella • Antonio Baldo • Antonio Todde • Giovanni Frau • Pasquale Frasconi • Carlo Orelli • Carmine Alfano • Luigi Rava • Dante Gavagnin • Italo Sarrocco • Delfino Borroni • Carlo Dozzi • Giovanni Ligato • Giuseppe Mirabella • Arturo Licata • Salvatore Caruso • Valerio Piroddi • Andrea LattariLorenzo BerzeroLuigi Tomasi • Salvatore Cavallo • Giovanni Quarisa • Giovanni La Penna • Antonino TurturiciGaudenzio NobiliGiuseppe VenturiTripolino GianniniMichele Cicora

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