Flashcards: Supercentenarians

Abba Poemen (Greek: Ὁ Ἅγιος Ποιμήν; ποιμήν means "shepherd") (c. 340–450) was an Egyptian monk and early Desert Father who is the most quoted Abba (Father) in the Apophthegmata Patrum (Sayings of the Desert Fathers).

Saint Charalambos (Greek: Άγιος Χαράλαμπος) (also variously Charalampus, Charalambos, Haralampus, Haralampos, Haralabos or Haralambos) was an early Christian bishop in Magnesia on the Maeander, a region of Asia Minor, in the diocese of the same name.

Jacques Roitfeld (1889–1999) was a Russian-born French film producer.

Silas Joseph "Si" Simmons (October 14, 1895 – October 29, 2006) was an American semi-professional and professional baseball player for African-American teams in the pre-Negro League era, and became the longest-lived professional baseball player in history.

Andrejs Krūkliņš (10 January 1891 – 10 November 2001) was a Latvian track and field athlete who competed for the Russian Empire in the 1912 Summer Olympics.

Paul of Thebes, commonly known as Paul, the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite (d. c. 341) is regarded as the first Christian hermit.

Cécile Fatiman (fl. 1791), was a Haitian vodou priestess, a mambo (Voodoo).

Fulla Nayak (died 18 November 2006) was an Indian woman who was claimed to have died aged 125, which would make her the oldest woman ever.

Blessed Gregorio Celli (1225 - 11 May 1343) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and a professed member of the Order of Saint Augustine.

Nyala Rinpoche Rigdzin Changchub Dorje (1826 – 1961/1978) was a teacher of Dzogchen, terton and practitioner of Tibetan medicine.

Jane Lewson (née Vaughan) (1700-1816), commonly known as Lady Lewson, was an eccentric centenarian.