Recognition
Randon became the oldest known living nun in the world following the death of 115-year-old Marie-Josephine Gaudette of Italy. Randon subsequently became the oldest ecclesiastical person ever recorded after surpassing Gaudette’s final age of 115 years, 110 days on 2 June 2019. Randon is also the first and only nun to turn 116, 117, and 118.
Randon became the oldest living person in France (and in Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region), following the death of 114-year-old Honorine Rondello on 19 October 2017. Following the death of 114-year-old Gabrielle des Robert on 3 December 2018, Randon became the last known surviving French person born in 1904.
On 11 February 2019, Randon celebrated her 115th birthday, becoming the third person in the history of France to verifiably reach this age, after Jeanne Calment and Marie Brémont. Since surpassing Bremont’s final age of 115 years, 42 days on 26 March 2019, Randon has been the second-oldest validated French person ever, behind only Calment, who lived to the age of 122 years, 164 days. Randon is the second French person to verifiably reach the ages of 116, 117, and 118.
Following the death of Valentine Ligny on 4 January 2022, Randon became the last known surviving French person born before 1909.
Following the death of Juliette Bilde on 13 December 2022, Randon became the last known surviving French person born in the 1900s decade, as well as one of only two French people remaining born before 1911 (the other being Marie-Rose Tessier).
Randon is currently the oldest validated person ever born in Occitanie region, and the second-oldest validated person ever to reside in Provence-Alpes-Cote d’Azur region, after Jeanne Calment.
Following the death of fellow Frenchwoman Gabrielle des Robert on 3 December 2018, Randon became the last known person in Europe born in 1904. She subsequently became the oldest validated living person in Europe, as well as the last known validated European born before 1905, following the death of 116-year-old Maria Giuseppa Robucci of Italy on 18 June 2019.
On 11 February 2020, Randon became the sixth recorded European to verifiably reach the age of 116.
Since surpassing Emma Morano‘s final age of 117 years, 137 days in 2021, Randon has held the record as the second-oldest validated European ever recorded, after Jeanne Calment.
On 11 February 2021, Randon became the third recorded European to verifiably reach the age of 117, after Jeanne Calment and Emma Morano.
On 11 February 2022, Randon became only the second European person in history to reach the age of 118, and the first to do so since Jeanne Calment in 1993.
Since surpassing Tane Ikai‘s final age of 116 years, 175 days on 5 August 2020, Randon has been in the top-15 oldest people ever whose ages have been validated by the GRG.
On 24 January 2021, Randon surpassed María Capovilla‘s final age of 116 years, 347 days and became one of the top-10 oldest people ever whose ages have been validated by the GRG.
On 11 February 2021, Randon celebrated her 117th birthday, making her the 10th person overall in history to reach this age.
On 5 October 2021, Randon became the last surviving validated person born in 1904, following the death of Francisca Celsa dos Santos of Brazil.
On 30 October 2021, Randon surpassed Nabi Tajima‘s final age of 117 years, 260 days to become the fourth-oldest person on record whose age has been validated by the GRG.
On 23 January 2022, Randon, along with Kane Tanaka, became the last two surviving validated people born before 1906, following the death of Antonia da Santa Cruz of Brazil.
On 11 February 2022, Randon celebrated her 118th birthday, making her the fourth validated person in history to reach this age, and the first person to reach this age without holding the title of the world’s oldest living person. This also marked the first time on record in which two validated people aged 118+ were both living at the same time.
Following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022, Randon became the oldest validated living person in the world, as well as the last surviving validated person born before 1906. Randon was aged 118 years, 67 days at the time; this is the oldest age at which anyone has ever gained the title of the world’s oldest living person.
Randon is the first nun and French person since Eugénie Blanchard of the French Overseas Territory of Saint Barthelemy in 2010, the first person in Metropolitan France since Marie Brémont of Pays de la Loire in 2000, and the first European person since Emma Morano of Italy in 2016, to achieve the title of the world’s oldest validated living person.
Following the death of Tekla Juniewicz of Poland on 19 August 2022, Randon became the last surviving validated person born before 1907.
Some information in this Directory Profile may have been adapted from contributions to the Gerontology Wiki.
