Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo (; born 13 January 1911) is a Brazilian supercentenarian who, aged , has been the oldest living person in both Brazil and South America since 24 September 2025.
Biography Yolanda Beltrão de Azevedo was born on 13 January 1911 in Coruripe, Alagoas, Brazil, the eldest of fifteen children. On 18 July 1928, she married Francisco de Araújo Azevedo, who was mayor of Coruripe from 1947-1950. Francisco and Yolanda had four children together: Maria Isa Beltrão de Azevedo Cavalcanti, João Beltrão de Azevedo, Irmã (Sister) Yolanda Maria Beltrão de Azevedo, and José Beltrão de Azevedo. Throughout her life, she was a housewife and a devoted mother to her children.
Aged 107, Yolanda had 13 grandchildren, 30 great-grandchildren, 19 great-great-grandchildren, and one great-great-great-grandchild.
On 28 January 2021, she was vaccinated against COVID-19, being one of the oldest people in Brazil to be vaccinated against the disease.
She became Brazil's oldest living person on 24 September 2025, following the death of Izabel Rosa Pereira.
On 9 January 2026, Yolanda received a congratulatory message from João Marinho Neto, Brazil's oldest living man, who is additionally the oldest living man in the world, four days before her 115th birthday.
See also
List of Brazilian supercentenarians List of the verified oldest people List of oldest living people
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