Juan Vicente Perez Mora

  • Full name: Juan Vicente Perez Mora
  • Lifespan: (27.05.1909 – 02.04.2024)
  • Age: 114 years, 311 days
  • Birthplace: El Cobre, Tachira, Venezuela
  • Last residence: San José de Bolívar, Tachira, Venezuela
  • Application date: 27.05.2019
  • Validation date: 03.02.2023
  • Validation source: Guinness World Records/Robert Young/Nelyda Perez/Freddy Abreu

Biography

Juan Vicente Perez Mora was born in El Cobre, Tachira, Venezuela on 27 May 1909. His parents were Euquitio Perez and Edelmira Mora. In 1913, his family moved to Caserio Caricuena, San Jose de Bolivar, where they bought a farm. At the age of four, he already had eight brothers. While growing up, Perez Mora worked on the farm with his father and brothers. At the age of 10, he began to study, but only for a month since his teacher became ill. He learned to read and write from a book that the teacher gave him. His brother, Miguel, lived in the nearby village of Los Paujiles, and Perez Mora started working for him. There, he met Ediofina Garcia, and married her in San Jose de Bolivar, in 1938. After marriage, they moved to the village of Los Paujiles in the municipality of Francisco de Miranda, Tachira, where their first son was born. In next years, he saved enough money and bought a farm in Caserio Caricuena, where the rest of his children were born. The couple had six sons and five daughters. His wife died in 1997.

On 4 October 2015, following the death of 107-year-old Jose Gregorio Brito Riera, Perez became the oldest known living man and person in Venezuela.

In May 2019, he celebrated his 110th birthday, becoming the first male supercentenarian in Venezuela. As of May 2020, six of his children were still alive, three sons (Ysabelino, Angel Edecio and Andronico) and three daughters (Mary Elena and Nelida).

On 18 July 2020, he surpassed the final age of Carmen Pacheco de Carrasco (1901–2013) – 111 years, 51 days – to become the oldest validated person ever in Venezuela.

On 18 January 2022, upon the death of 112-year-old Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia of Spain, Perez Mora became the oldest validated living man in the world, which was later confirmed by Guinness World Records. Following the death of 112-year old Delio Venturotti on 1 June 2022, Perez Mora became the last surviving documented man born in the 1900s decade.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora died in San Jose de Bolivar, Tachira, Venezuela on 2 April 2024 at the age of 114 years, 311 days. At the time of his death, he was the second-oldest validated living person in South America, behind Inah Canabarro Lucas, and the fourth-oldest living person in the world whose age is validated, behind Maria Branyas MoreraTomiko Itooka and Inah Canabarro Lucas. He was the last documented man born before 1911, and his successor as the world’s oldest living man was then 112-year-old Shi Ping of China.

Longevity recognition

  • WORLD’S OLDEST LIVING MAN (18.01.2022 – 02.04.2024)
  • Longevity recordholder of Venezuela (18.07.2020 – present)
  • Oldest living person in Venezuela (04.10.2015 – 02.04.2024)
  • Oldest living man in Venezuela (04.10.2015 – 02.04.2024)

Validation

Juan Vicente Perez Mora’s age was verified by Guinness World Records, Robert Young, Nelyda Perez, Freddy Abreu, and validated by Guinness World Records in February 2022, and validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) on 3 February 2023.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora at age 114 on June 18, 2023.

Photo courtesy of Freddy Abreu.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his wedding day in 1938.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora with his wife Ediofina, undated.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora (left), aged 51.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 53, 59, and 78.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 85.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 88th birthday (1997).

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 100th birthday (2009).

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 100 (March 2010), and 101 (May 2010).

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 102nd birthday.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 104.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 104, on June 19, 2013.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, on his 107th birthday and aged 107 on Sept. 11, 2016.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 108th birthday in 2017, and on his 109th birthday in 2018.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 110th birthday in 2019.

Photo courtesy of Freddy Abreu and Beatriz Loran.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora at age 110.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 111th birthday in 2020.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 111.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 111 (June 22, 2020)

Photo courtesy of Miguel Garcia.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora aged 111 (Sept. 2020)

Juan Vicente Perez Mora aged 111, in 2021, with his family.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 112th birthday in 2021.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 112 (Sept. 6, 2021)

Juan Vicente Perez Mora and anonymous robber; aged 112, Christmas 2021.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 112 after winning 1 mln v-bucks; Feb. 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 112; March 21, 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 112; May 22, 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 113th birthday in 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora on his 113th birthday in 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 113, having lunch with his family.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 113, on Oct. 16, 2022.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 114, on June 2, 2023.

Juan Vicente Perez Mora, aged 114, on Aug. 27, 2023.

Photo courtesy of hombre mas longevo del mundo, juanvicenteperezmorasjb, https://efs.efeservicios.com, Argenis Elias Vivas Becerra, Miguel Garcia, Freddy Abreu, Guinness World Records, https://lanacionweb.com, https://efs.efeservicios.com, Carmen Sanchez, https://en.mercopress.com, San Jose de Bolivar, and Gerontology Wiki.

Gerontology Research Group
Privacy Overview

This website uses cookies so that we can provide you with the best user experience possible. Cookie information is stored in your browser and performs functions such as recognising you when you return to our website and helping our team to understand which sections of the website you find most interesting and useful.