Oldest Person Alive Turns 127 Today

Today, August 31, Leandra Becerra Lumbreras celebrates her 127th birthday becoming the oldest human to have ever lived.

The Mexican woman has reportedly asked her relatives to cook beans with tortillas for the birthday party, The Mirror reports.

Born in 1887, the elderly lady witnessed the Second World War start when she was 27. She took part in the 1910-1917 Mexican Revolution as a leader of women who followed their husbands to the battle front. Leandra, has overlived her 5 children, several of her 20 grandchildren and now has 73 great-grandchildren and 55 great-great-grandchildren.



Ms Lumbreras’s family members revealed her ‘secret indgredients’ to a long life, which are good nutrition, chocolate, good sleep and never getting married. The birthday girl’s grandaughter Miriam Alvear, told Mexico’s El Horizonte newspaper that despite her granny’s respectable age she still often entertains her relatives with incredible stories. For example, Ms Lumbreras narrated how they had to run away from their homes and hide in caves in order to be forced into the Mexican army.

Miriam was quoted saying:


“She is entirely lucid. She blows your mind with her stories from the revolution. She was always a woman who fought. She was still sewing and weaving until about two years ago. She never ceased to be active, that’s why we think she’s lived so long.”

Leandra Becerra Lumbreras, aged 127

The Mexican long-liver, whose parents were singers, likes singing the old songs they had taught her, another granddaughter, Celia Hernandez, disclosed. She added:

“She’s always had a good tooth, even at her old age. She has no diabetes or hypertension so can eat as many chocolates and sweets as she likes.”

The woman is said to have had 3 great loves in her life, including famous revolutionary leader Margarito Maldonado, however she has remained single.


It would be recalled that according to Guinness World Records Book, the oldest person ever is Japanese Misao Okawa, who turned 116 February 5. The lady revealed that her long life was a result of eating sushi, sleeping well and relaxing.