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  • Wanda Szajowska (1911 - 2022)
    Oldest Polish pianist. Was believed to be the oldest known living pianist in the world at the time of her death. When she was young, Szajowska graduated from a conservatory, where she took part in si...
  • Aleksandra Dranka (1903 - 2014)
    She emigrated to the United States with her parents in February 1905, where they opened a restaurant in Chicago, Illinois, USA. After Aleksandra survived a shooting at the restaurant and a kidnapping i...
  • Dr. Alexander Herbert Imich (1903 - 2014)
    holocaust survivor. . . Polish-American chemist, parapsychologist, zoologist and writer who was the president of the Anomalous Phenomena Research Center in New York City. He was born in 1903 in Częs...
  • Augusta Holtz (1871 - 1986)
    Holtz maintained her cognitive faculties into her final years, retaining a good memory which allowed for her to list off the names of all 23 US presidents she had lived under. She also enjoyed keeping ...
  • Józefa Bąk (1905 - 2014)

This list includes Polish supercentenarians (people who have attained the age of at least 110 years) and foreign supercentenarians who were born in Poland and whose lifespans have been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). As of June 2019 there have been three validated supercentenarians in Poland. In addition, there are several pending Polish supercentenarians. As of 20 August 2022, there is no validated living supercentenarian in Poland.

There have been 12 validated emigrant supercentenarians who were born in present-day Poland. Five more are currently pending. The oldest ever validated emigrant from the area of present-day Poland is Augusta Holtz (1871–1986), who lived in the USA and achieved the age of 115 years, 79 days. The oldest male emigrants from Poland, are Dr. Alexander Imich of New York (1903–2014), who achieved the age of 111 years, 124 days in 2014, and Israel Kristal of Israel (1903–2017) who reached the age of 113 years, 330 days. Both were recognized as World's Oldest Man by Guinness World Records.

Two Polish emigrant supercentenarians were born outside the modern borders of Poland. The older of them is Jerzy Pajaczkowski-Dydynski, Polish Colonel, who emigrated from Poland in 1939 to the United Kingdom and reached the age of 111 years, 140 days.

https://gerontology.fandom.com/wiki/List_of_Polish_supercentenarians

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Tekla Juniewicz is the first recorded supercentenarian from Poland's Silesia Voivodship. Juniewicz became the oldest living person in Poland, following the death of 111-year-old Jadwiga Szubartowicz 20 July 2017. Juniewicz was the second-oldest living person in the world whose age is validated by the GRG, after Frenchwoman Lucile Randon.

On 24 April 2018, Juniewicz became the longest-lived person ever documented in the history of Poland after surpassing the previous record of 111 years, 317 days set by Wanda Wierzchleyska. On 10 June 2018, Juniewicz became the first Polish person on record to reach the age of 112. She subsequently became the first Pole to reach the ages of 113, 114, 115, and 116 (in 2019, 2020, 2021, and 2022 respectively).

Juniewicz's age was validated by the GRG after the age validation work performed by GRG-Poland Correspondent Waclaw Jan Kroczek in 2018, following the diplomatic action between Poland and Ukraine, with the close cooperation of Juniewicz's family.

On 11 May 2020, Juniewicz became the oldest validated person ever born in present-day Ukraine, after surpassing the previous record of 113 years, 335 days set by Goldie Michelson.

On 18 February 2021, Juniewicz surpassed Venere Pizzinato-Papo’s final age of 114 years, 252 days to become the oldest validated person ever born in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

Juniewicz became the last surviving validated person born in 1906, following the death of Yoshi Otsunari on 26 January 2022.

On 23 February 2022, Juniewicz surpassed Dina Manfredini’s final age of 115 years, 257 days to become the oldest validated emigrant ever.

In June 2022, Juniewicz celebrated her 116th birthday, making her the first validated supercentenarian on record to have lived north of the 50th parallel to reach this age, as well as one of only eight validated European supercentenarians on record to reach this age.

Juniewicz is currently the sixth-oldest validated European person ever, after Jeanne Calment, Lucile Randon, Emma Morano, Jeanne Bot, and Maria Giuseppa Robucci. She is also the oldest validated non-French and non-Italian European person ever.

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Konstanty Jung | 1.11.1901 - 13.01.2010 | 108 lat 73 dni

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Marianna Misiewicz | 26.01.1902 - 28.06.2012 | 110 lat 154 dni
Józefa Karczewska | 23.11.1902 - 18.01.2013 | 110 lat 56 dni

--1903--

Julia Tałajko | 8.01.1903 - 7.04.2011 | 108 lat 89 dni
Józefa Stanisława Szyda | 11.03.1903 - 1.05.2013 | 110 lat 51 dni
Wanda Rzewuska | 4.04.1903 - 26.11.2011 | 108 lat 236 dni
Filomena Tojka | 5.07.1903 - 15.03.2012 | 108 lat 223 dni
Weronika Mróz | 26.07.1903 - 19.07.2012 | 108 lat 358 dni
Marianna Mróz | 18.09.1903 - 14.05.2013 | 109 lat 238 dni
Aleksandra Dranka | 3.10.1903 - 29.04.2014 | 110 lat 208 dni

--1904--

Janina Kuźniarska | 28.06.1904 - 22.12.2012 | 108 lat 177 dni
Anna Wójcik | 12.09.1904 - 26.12.2013 | 109 lat 105 dni
Antoni Dobrowolski | 8.10.1904 - 21.10.2012 | 108 lat 13 dni
Stefania Sokołowska | 13.11.1904 - 25.03.2013 | 108 lat 132 dni

--1905--

Stanisława Czeredrecka | 5.01.1905 - 28.03.2013 | 108 lat 82 dni
Józefa Bąk | 4.02.1905 - 10.06.2014 | 109 lat 126 dni
Waleria Fidelus | 14.02.1905 - 14.10.2013 | 108 lat 242 dni
Helena Zembala | 6.04.1905 - 11.05.2014 | 109 lat 35 dni
Maria Gryczyk | 11.06.1905 - 31.07.2013 | 108 lat 50 dni
Jadwiga Młynek | ur. 1.10.1905 | 109 lat*
Jadwiga Szubartowicz | ur. 16.10.1905 | 109 lat*

--1906--

Marianna Marcińska | ur. 8.07.1906 | 108 lat*
Antoni Wojciechowski | ur. 15.11.1906 | 108 lat*
Stefania Zacharska | ur. 25.11.1906 | 108 lat*
Józefa Piotrowska | ur. 19.12.1906 | 108 lat*

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Antonina Piątkowska | 6.01.1907 - 14.01.2015 | 108 lat 8 dni
Marta Niechwiejczyk | ur. 12.01.1907 | 108 lat*
Balbina Głąb | 17.01.1907 - 18.04.2015 | 108 lat 91 dni
Marianna Jaskólska | ur. 23.02.1907 | 108 lat*
Marianna Świątkowska | 7.03.1907 - 20.03.2015 | 108 lat 14 dni