List of the verified oldest men

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This is a list of the 100 verified oldest men, arranged in descending order of each individual's age in years and days. A "year" typically refers to a calendar year, the time between two dates with the same name. However, years may be of different lengths due to the presence or absence of a leap day within the year, or to the conversion of dates from one calendar to another. A supercentenarian is considered 'verified' if his or her claim has been validated by an international body that specifically deals in longevity research, such as the Gerontology Research Group.

The oldest man ever was Christian Mortensen, a Danish emigrant to the United States, who died at the age of age 115 years 252 days. There are six verified living supercentenarians on this list, the oldest of whom is Jiroemon Kimura from Japan at age &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000318000000318 days.

[edit] 100 verified oldest men

      Deceased       Living       Age disputed

Rank Name Birth date Death date Age
(as of 2 March 2012)		 Place of death
or residence
1 Christian Mortensen 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days United States[a]
2 Emiliano Mercado del Toro 21 August 1891 24 January 2007 115 years, 156 days Puerto Rico
3 Jiroemon Kimura[1] 19 April 1897 Living &10000000000000114000000114 years, &10000000000000318000000318 days Japan
4 Mathew Beard 9 July 1870 16 February 1985 114 years, 222 days[2] United States
5 Walter Breuning 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days United States
6 Yukichi Chuganji 23 March 1889 28 September 2003 114 years, 189 days Japan
7 Joan Riudavets 15 December 1889 5 March 2004 114 years, 81 days Spain
8 Fred Hale 1 December 1890 19 November 2004 113 years, 354 days United States
9 Moses Hardy 6 January 1893 7 December 2006 113 years, 335 days[3][4] United States
10 Johnson Parks 15 October 1884 17 July 1998 113 years, 275 days United States
11 Tomoji Tanabe 18 September 1895 19 June 2009 113 years, 274 days Japan
12 John Ingram McMorran 19 June 1889 24 February 2003 113 years, 250 days United States
13 Frederick Frazier 27 January 1880 14 June 1993 113 years, 138 days United States
14 Walter Richardson 7 November 1885 25 December 1998 113 years, 48 days United States
15 Henry Allingham 6 June 1896 18 July 2009 113 years, 42 days United Kingdom
16 Antonio Todde 22 January 1889 3 January 2002 112 years, 346 days Italy
17 John Evans 19 August 1877 10 June 1990 112 years, 295 days United Kingdom
18 George Francis 6 June 1896 27 December 2008 112 years, 204 days United States
19 Denzo Ishizaki 20 October 1886 29 April 1999 112 years, 191 days Japan
20 Josep Armengol 23 July 1881 20 January 1994 112 years, 181 days Spain
21 Giovanni Frau 29 December 1890 19 June 2003 112 years, 172 days Italy
22 John Painter 20 September 1888 1 March 2001 112 years, 162 days United States
23 Alphaeus Philemon Cole 12 July 1876 25 November 1988 112 years, 136 days United States
24 Augusto Moreira 6 October 1896 13 February 2009 112 years, 130 days Portugal
25 George Johnson 1 May 1894 30 August 2006 112 years, 121 days United States
26 Gengan Tonaki 30 October 1884 24 January 1997 112 years, 86 days Japan
27 Tadanosuke Hashimoto 27 April 1891 31 May 2003 112 years, 34 days Japan
28 Kumekichi Tani 20 April 1891 12 May 2003 112 years, 22 days Japan
29 James Sisnett[1] 22 February 1900 Living &10000000000000112000000112 years, &100000000000000090000009 days Barbados
30 James Wiggins 15 October 1879 16 October 1991 112 years, 1 day United States
31 Thomas Peters 6 April 1745 26 March 1857 111 years, 354 days[5] Netherlands
32 Walter H. Seward 13 October 1896 14 September 2008 111 years, 337 days United States
33 Maurice Floquet 25 December 1894 10 November 2006 111 years, 320 days France
34 John Mosely Turner 15 June 1856 21 March 1968 111 years, 280 days United Kingdom
35 Hermann Dörnemann 27 May 1893 2 March 2005 111 years, 279 days Germany
36 Antonio Urrea 18 February 1888 15 November 1999 111 years, 270 days Spain
37 Arthur Carter 5 October 1889 11 June 2001 111 years, 249 days United States
38 Jan Machiel Reyskens 11 May 1878 7 January 1990 111 years, 241 days Netherlands[b]
39 Joe Thomas 1 May 1875 14 December 1986 111 years, 227 days United States
40 James Zackry 15 August 1881 14 March 1993 111 years, 211 days United States
41 Tanekichi Onishi 15 February 1900 11 September 2011 111 years, 208 days Japan
42 Kiyoshi Igarashi 2 August 1897 23 February 2009 111 years, 205 days Japan
43 Herman Smith-Johannsen 15 June 1875 5 January 1987 111 years, 204 days Norway
44 James Henry Brett, Jr. 25 July 1849 10 February 1961 111 years, 200 days[6][7][8] United States
45 Ernest Pusey 5 May 1895 19 November 2006 111 years, 198 days United States
46 Thomas Nelson, Sr. 8 July 1895 9 January 2007 111 years, 185 days United States
47 Earl Brush 17 July 1893 10 January 2005 111 years, 177 days United States
48 Antonio de Castro 6 January 1898 22 June 2009 111 years, 167 days Portugal
49 Sukesaburo Nakanishi 15 March 1896 22 August 2007 111 years, 160 days Japan
50 Luther Goding 1 July 1884 5 December 1995 111 years, 157 days United States
51 Jan Pieter Bos 12 July 1891 15 December 2002 111 years, 156 days Netherlands
52 Emile Fourcade 29 July 1884 29 December 1995 111 years, 153 days France[c]
53 Benjamin Holcomb 3 July 1889 2 December 2000 111 years, 152 days United States
54 Aarne Arvonen 4 August 1897 1 January 2009 111 years, 150 days Finland
55 George Frederick Ives 17 November 1881 12 April 1993 111 years, 146 days Canada[d]
56 Garland Adair 30 July 1898 11 December 2009 111 years, 134 days United States
57 Anders Engberg 1 July 1892 6 November 2003 111 years, 128 days Sweden
58 Jan Goossenaerts[1] 30 October 1900 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &10000000000000124000000124 days Belgium
59 Jack Lockett 22 January 1891 25 May 2002 111 years, 123 days Australia
60 Henry Hartmann 14 July 1894 10 November 2005 111 years, 119 days United States
61 Daniel Guzmán-García 6 February 1897 21 May 2008 111 years, 105 days Colombia
62 Sadayoshi Tanabe 20 October 1888 18 January 2000 111 years, 90 days Japan
63 Henry Pfeiffer 22 March 1881 23 May 1992 111 years, 62 days United States
64 Zachariah Blackistone 16 February 1871 18 April 1982 111 years, 61 days United States
65 Antonio Baldo 6 July 1887 28 August 1998 111 years, 53 days Italy
66 Edward Bernard 22 June 1889 11 August 2000 111 years, 50 days United States
67 Norio Kawada 25 April 1892 6 June 2003 111 years, 42 days Japan
68 Kama Nakasone 23 November 1891 1 January 2003 111 years, 39 days Japan
69 Harry Patch 17 June 1898 25 July 2009 111 years, 38 days United Kingdom
70 Peter Solum 3 May 1882 5 June 1993 111 years, 33 days United States
71 Giovanni Ligato[1] 18 February 1901 Living &10000000000000111000000111 years, &1000000000000001300000013 days Italy
72 Domenico Minervino 10 May 1880 22 May 1991 111 years, 12 days Italy
73 Nijiro Tokuda 10 June 1895 12 June 2006 111 years, 2 days Japan
74 Valentino Stella 2 January 1886 1 January 1997 110 years, 365 days Italy
75 Giichi Okumura 18 October 1896 13 October 2007 110 years, 360 days Japan
76 Charles Shebanek 9 September 1883 27 August 1994 110 years, 352 days United States
77 Antonio Pierro 22 February 1896 8 February 2007 110 years, 351 days United States[e]
78 Gregory Pandazes 15 January 1873 22 December 1983 110 years, 341 days United States[f]
Eiju Tsuru 4 February 1879 11 January 1990 110 years, 341 days Japan
80 Shelby Harris[1] 31 March 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000337000000337 days United States
81 Masatake Kinoshita 20 August 1897 17 July 2008 110 years, 332 days Japan
82 Linus Reinhart 28 July 1892 14 June 2003 110 years, 321 days United States
83 Lloyd Myers 20 March 1892 1 February 2003 110 years, 318 days United States
84 Frank Ahmann 11 May 1889 22 March 2000 110 years, 316 days United States
85 Leopold Vietoris 4 June 1891 9 April 2002 110 years, 309 days Austria
86 Takashi Hattori 12 March 1898 12 January 2009 110 years, 306 days Japan
87 Walter Wilcox 1 November 1872 11 August 1983 110 years, 283 days United States
88 Galo Leoz 22 April 1879 23 January 1990 110 years, 276 days Spain
89 A.L.M.[9] 11 April 1879 1 January 1990 110 years, 265 days Spain
90 Gregorio Merino[9] 24 December 1886 9 September 1997 110 years, 259 days Spain
91 Hilliard Hudson 23 February 1899 6 November 2009 110 years, 256 days United States
92 Henri Pérignon 14 October 1879 18 June 1990 110 years, 247 days France
93 Gerald Gilman 30 April 1893 1 January 2004 110 years, 246 days United States
94 Alexis Daigneau 4 August 1890 3 April 2001 110 years, 242 days France
95 Aurelio Diaz 16 October 1878 13 June 1989 110 years, 240 days Spain
96 Alton Gilbert 11 June 1878 20 January 1989 110 years, 223 days United States
97 Francisco Fernández[1] 24 July 1901 Living &10000000000000110000000110 years, &10000000000000222000000222 days Spain
98 James Nash 31 July 1872 4 March 1983 110 years, 216 days United States
99 Bernard Delhom 9 July 1885 7 February 1996 110 years, 213 days France
100 Charles Young 28 December 1894 27 July 2005 110 years, 211 days United States

[edit] Addendum

Three claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included. Note that Moses Hardy has proven to be at least 112 years, 335 days, although there is equal evidence that suggests 113 years, 335 days. Hence, taking the age as the younger one, he is still in the top 100 list, therefore no addendum is provided.

Rank Name Birth date Death date Age Place of death
101 Friedrich Wedeking 10 October 1862 5 May 1973 110 years, 207 days Germany
102 Aimé Avignon 2 February 1897 23 August 2007 110 years, 202 days France
103 Arno Wagner 4 June 1894 22 December 2004 110 years, 201 days Germany

a^ Mortensen was a native of Denmark.
b^ Reyskens was a native of Belgium.
c^ Fourcade was a native of French Algeria; it is presently Algeria.
d^ Ives was a native of the United Kingdom.
e^ Pierro was a native of Italy.
f^ Pandazes was a native of the Kingdom of Greece; it is presently Greece.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c d e f "Validated Living Supercentenarians". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/E.HTM. 
  2. ^ The USA Social Security Administration recognizes Beard's claim, based on census information, but that census match is not universally accepted.
  3. ^ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES CHRONOLOGICAL". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/AA.HTM. 
  4. ^ The GRG considers the Moses Hardy claim as subject to doubt; he may have in fact been born one year later.
  5. ^ The Thomas Peters claim was accepted by Guinness but documentation, if it ever existed, has been lost. The claim is therefore subject to doubt.
  6. ^ Young, Robert Douglas. "VERIFIED SUPERCENTENARIAN CASES -- LISTED CHRONOLOGICALLY BY DEATH DATE". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/I.HTM. 
  7. ^ "World's Oldest Person Titleholders (since 1955)". Gerontology Research Group. http://www.grg.org/Adams/CCCC.HTM. Retrieved 25 September 2011. 
  8. ^ The Gerontology Research Group labels James Henry Brett, Jr. claim a "questionable case." Due to census data, the issue of positive identification remains unresolved.
  9. ^ a b Gómez-Redondo, Rosa; García González, Juan M. (2007). Emergence and verification of supercentenarians in Spain. Madrid: National University of Distance Education. p. 166. http://www.demogr.mpg.de/books/drm/007/2-7.pdf. 
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