Eugénie Blanchard

Eugénie Blanchard (16 February 1896 – 4 November 2010) was a French-Saint Barthélemy supercentenarian, who at the age of 114 years, 261 days was the oldest living person at the time of her death. She became the recognised titleholder upon the death of Japanese supercentenarian Kama Chinen on 2 May 2010. At the time of her death, Blanchard was the 33rd oldest person ever verified, the 3rd oldest verified French person ever and the oldest verified person everfrom the island of Saint Barthélemy, which is an overseas collectivity of France.