The Oldest Man in the World

Juan Vicente Pérez Mora, born May 27, 1909.
January 18, 2022 -

Saturnino de la Fuente Garcia, born February 11, 1909.
August 12, 2021 - January 18, 2022.

Emilio Flores Marquez, born August 8, 1908.
May 28, 2020 - August 12, 2021.

Bob Weighton, born March 29, 1908.
February 23, 2020 - May 28, 2020.

Chitetsu Watanabe, born March 5, 1907.
November 3, 2019 - February 23, 2020.

Domingo Villa-Avisencio, born August 26, 1906.
January 20, 2019 - November 3, 2019.
113 years 69 days.

Domingo was from Mexico.

Masazo Nonaka, born July 25, 1905.
January 27, 2018 - January 20, 2019.
113 years 179 days.

Francisco Nunez Olivera, born December 13, 1904.
August 11, 2017 - January 27, 2018.
113 years 47 days.

Francisco is from Spain.

Izrael Krysztal, born September 15, 1903.
January 19, 2016 - August 11, 2017.
113 yers 330 days.

Izrael is a Holocaust survivor.

Yasutaro Koide, born March 13, 1903.
July 5, 2015 - January 19, 2016.
112 years 312 days.

Sakari Momoi, born February 5, 1903.
June 8, 2014 - July 5, 2015.
112 years 150 days.

Dr. Alexander Imich, born February 4, 1903.
April 24, 2014 - June 8, 2014.
111 years 124 days.

Arturo Licata, born May 2, 1902.
September 13, 2013 - April 24, 2014.
111 years 357 days.

Salustiano Sanchez, born June 8, 1901.
June 12, 2013 - September 13, 2013.
112 years 97 days.

Jiroemon Kimura (born Kinjiro Miyake), born April 19, 1897.
September 25, 2011 - June 12, 2013.
116 years 54 days.

Oldest in Japan after Tomoji Tanabe.

Horacio Celi Mendoza, born January 3, 1897.
April 14, 2011 - September 25, 2011.

Walter Breuning, born September 21, 1896. *
July 18, 2009 - April 14, 2011.
112 years 300 days - 114 years 205 days.

Walter Breuning is from Great Falls, Montana, U.S.A. He was a railroader.

Henry Allingham, born June 6, 1896. *
June 19, 2009 - July 18, 2009.
113 years 13 days - 113 years 42 days.

Oldest living World War I veteran since February 8, 2007.

Oldest man in Europe since November 10, 2006.

Henry was born in Clapton, County of London. He is a World War I veteran. His father died when he was 3 years old.

He was able to walk at age 110.

Tomoji Tanabe, born September 18, 1895. *
January 24, 2007 - June 19, 2009.
111 years 128 days - 113 years 274 days.

Oldest in Japan since June 12, 2006.

September 12, 2008.

112th birthday - September (18?) 2007.

June 2007, age 111.

Tomojji was born in Miyakonojo, Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan. He worked as a civil engineer in the city office. He drinks milk daily, his meals consists mostly of vegetables, and his favorite food is fried shrimp. He does not smoke or drink. At his 112th birthday, he walks around outside on his own everyday. He is 4 foot 9.

When he was crowned the oldest man in the world, he said he did not want to die. On his 112th birthday, he said he would like to live forever / he does not want to die. On his 113th birthday, he said he would like to live for 10 more years.

Tomoji gets up at 5:30 a.m. everyday and reads the newspapers before breakfast.

Emiliano Mercado del Toro, born August 21, 1891. **
Oldest man in world, November 19, 2004 - January 24, 2007 [796 days].
113 years 90 days - 115 years 156 days [12th oldest person - oldest].

Oldest person in world, December 11, 2006 - January 24, 2007 [44 days].
115 years 112 days - 115 years 156 days.

Emiliano was born in Cabo Rojo, Puero Rico. He never married nor had any kids! He is a World War I veteran! He worked in the cane fields until he was 81. He had a fall in his home at age 102 which affected his hipbone. He liked to eat funche, a boiled corn, codfish, and milk cream-like dish which he ate everyday. The dancer, singer, and entertainer Iris Chacon, attended his 114th and 115th birthday (as Emiliano was her fan).

Emiliano could reminisce about being a child when U.S. troops invaded Puerto Rico in 1898, and he clearly remembered the fighting that marked the end of Spain's colonial empire in the Americas.

Fred Harold Hale, born December 1, 1890. *
March 5, 2004 - November 19, 2004 [259 days].
113 years 95 days - 113 years 355 days [13th oldest - 10th oldest].

Oldest man in the United States, since February 24, 2003.

Fred was born in New Sharon, Maine. He was the oldest licensed driver in the U.S. at 108. He outlived his wife of course and 3 of his 5 children. He liked to eat bee pollen and honey he ate everyday, along with an occasional nip of whiskey. He died of pneumonia.

Joan Riudavets Moll, born December 15, 1889. *
September 28, 2003 - March 5, 2004 [159 days].
113 years 287 days - 114 years 81 days [7th oldest - 4th oldest].

Oldest person in Spain, since February 15 2002.

Oldest man in Spain, since November 22, 1999.

Joan was from Menorca, Spain. Joan has the unofficial record for the oldest biker, being able to bike at 110. He worked as a cobbler before retiring in 1954. He had an eye operation at age 108 for cataracts. He apparently had almost 12 hours of sleep, going to bed at past midnight and waking up before noon (old age).

Joan's mother died in December 1889, the same month he was born, setting him the unofficial record of years outliving one's parent (114).

Yukichi Chuganji, born March 23, 1889. *
January 3, 2002 - September 28, 2003 8:50 P.M. [633 days].
112 years 286 days - 114 years 189 days [12th oldest - 2nd oldest].

At or before January 31, 2002.

Yukichi died in Ogoori City. He was given apple juice around 6 P.M. before he died. He drank milk every day. He was 33 days away from becoming the oldest person in the world.

Antonio Todde, born January 22, 1889. *
September 20, 2001 - January 3, 2002 [308 days].
112 years 346 days [9th oldest].

Oldest person in Italy, since July 16, 1998.

Oldest man in Italy, since August 28, 1998.

Antonio was born in the village of Tiana, in the Nuoro province of Sardinia, where it is known for its high centenarian density. He was the 3rd of 12 children. His father lived to 90, and his mother died from the poison of a rotten cheese at 99. One of his sister lived to 100. He had 4 daughters and a son. Antonio is also a World War I veteran, being wounded in the battle of Mount Grappa.

Antonio loved to eat paste and soup. He had some pork or lamb everyday plus a glass and a half of home-made red wine.

John Painter, born September 20, 1888. *
November 15, 1999 - March 1, 2001 [472 days].
111 years 56 days - 112 years 162 days [36th oldest - 15th oldest].

Oldest man in the United States, since December 25, 1998.

John is from Tennessee. At the time of his death, he was posthumously recognized as the oldest American veteran, which was from the U.S.A.'s Social Security Administration study. He is a veteran of Battery D, 115th Artillery Battalion.

The case of John Painter was accepted on June 9, 2003.

Antonio Urrea-Hernandez, born February 16, 1888. *
April 29, 1999 - November 15, 1999 [200 days].
111 years 72 days - 111 years 272 days [30th oldest - 24th oldest].

Oldest man in Spain, since January 26, 1994.

Antonio is actually a new oldest man in the world, being added in December 7, 2005, so his entire reign of being the oldest man in the world previously went to John Painter. He didn't take anyone's title, just shortened John Painter's duration of oldest man in the world (by 200 days). Therefore, Antonio did not win a Guinness award at the time before his death.

Antonio was born in Mazarron, Murcia. He spent most of his life in Barcelona. He was married for 81 years before his wife died when she was 101. They are the Spanish recordholders for the longest marriage.

Denzo Ishisaki, born October 2, 1886. *
December 25, 1998 - April 29, 1999 [125 days].
112 years 209 days [12th oldest - 9th oldest].

Donald Butler, born August 21, 1885.
April 25, 1998 - December 27, 1998.

Claimed to be 115.

Christian Mortensen, born August 16, 1882. *
August 16, 1994 - April 25, 1998 [days].
115 years 252 days [2nd oldest].

Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen was born in Skaarup, Denmark. He was baptized in Fruering Church on that December 26. He emigrated to the United States in 1903. He was only briefly married (85 years ago from his death) and never had kids. He moved into a retirement community in California in 1978. He was 5 foot 3.5.

After the 122 year old Jeanne Calment died in August 1997, he expected to get the Guinness "oldest person" title, but on August 14th Guinness named Marie-Louise Meilleur of Canada, age 116, the "world's oldest person." Mr. Mortensen, angered, said they "just did that to spoil my birthday" (he turned 115 only two days after). When Marie-Louise Meilleur died at 117, when he found out Guinness awarded Sarah Knauss the title, 117, and only 26 days younger than Meilleur, he said "C'est la vie." In any case, Guinness should have given him the title of "oldest living man", a category they did not implement until mid-2000.. Sarah Knauss, 117, outlived him of course, as she lived to 119.

Chris always preferred the vegetarian diet, and said the key to longevity is to "Live a good, clean life."

August 5, 1997.

August 16, 1995 - 113th birthday

Josep Armengol Jover, born July 23, 1881.
June 14, 1993 - January 20, 1994.
112 years 181 days.

Frederick Frazier, born January 27, 1880. *
June 18, 1990 - June 14, 1993 [607 days].
113 days 138 days [16th oldest - 4th oldest].

Oldest man in the United States, since October 16, 1991.

The cases of Frederick Frazier, James Wiggins (now debunked a year), and Joe Thomas, were accepted on July 12, 2002.

Henri Perignon, born October 14, 1879. *
June 10, 1990 - June 18, 1990 [8 days].
110 years 239 - 110 years 247 days [18th oldest - 18th oldest].

Henri Perignon wasn't validated until 2002.

John Evans, born August 19, 1877. *
November 25, 1988 - June 10, 1990 [562 days].
111 years 98 days - 112 years 295 days [12th oldest - 5th oldest].

When asked what John's favorite food was as a boy, bread and lard with a sprinkling of salt. John's youth was dominated by rugby, singing, and chapel. John worked the life as a coal miner. John started work at Garngoch Colliery near Gorseinon in South Wales in 1889, at the age of 12 and retired reluctantly in 1949.

In 60 years of mining, he was hurt only once when a splinter in his finger caused blood poisoning. He first visited hospital at the age of 96 and was fitted with a pacemaker at 108. He lived in the same nursing home as Anna Eliza Williams.

At 108.

Alphaeus Philemon Cole, born July 12, 1876. *
January 5, 1987 - November 25, 1988 [690 days].
110 years 177 days - 112 years 136 days [16th oldest - 6th oldest].

Oldest man in the United States, since December 14, 1986.

Alphaeus was born in New Jersey. He was an artist, engraver, and etcher. He had his works displayed at the Pan-American Exposition in Buffalo, New York, in 1901. This was on the occasion in which President McKinley was assassinated. He contributed several drawings in Encyclopaedia Britannica. Prices for Cole's works reach $5,000 or more.

Herman Smith-Johannsen, born June 15, 1875. *
December 14, 1986 - January 5, 1987 [22 days].
111 years 182 days - 111 years 204 days [8th oldest - 8th oldest].

Herman was born near Oslo, Norway. He was a Norwegian-Canadian who gained widespread recognition for being one of the first people to introduce the sport of cross-county skiing to North America, and attained legendary status in Canada for his personal contributions.

Herman graduated with an engineering degree from the University of Berlin in 1899. He was posthumously thought to be the oldest man in the world in the last month of his life. He died of pneumonia.

Joe Thomas, born May 1, 1875. *
January 7, 1984 - December 14, 1986.
111 years 227 days [9th oldest].

Joe was from Lousiana. He is also a retroactive oldest man in the world, with his case being discovered in July 2002 by the Social Security Administration.

George Washington Anthony, born September 29, 1874.
December 22, 1983 - January 7, 1984.

Born in Indiana, died in Florida. His son Cloyd lived to be 104, and his brother William lived to be 96.

Gregory Pandazes, born January 15, 1873.
August 11, 1983 - December 22, 1983.
110 years 341 days.

Walter Wilcox, born November 1, 1872.
March 4, 1983 - August 11, 1983.
110 years 283 days.

James Nash, born July 31, 1872.
April 10, 1982 - March 4, 1983.
110 years 216 days.

Zachariah Blackistone, born February 16, 1871.
Septemer 5, 1980 - April 10, 1982.
111 years 61 days.

Charlie Phillips, born May 5, 1869. *
August 21, 1978 - September 5, 1980.
111 years 123 days.

Charlie Nelson, born September 21, 1867. *
March 17, 1977 - August 21, 1978.
110 years 333 days.

Jean Teillet, born November 6, 1866. *
January 7, 1977 - March 17, 1977.
110 years 131 days.

James Holt, born December 25, 1865.
October 18, 1974 - January 7, 1977.
111 years 13 days.

Isaac Nathan Edwards, born December 6, 1863.
May 5, 1973 - October 18, 1974.
110 years 316 days.

Friedrich Wedeking, born October 10, 1862. *
December 2, 1971 - May 5, 1973 .
110 years 207 days.

Friedrich was from Germany.

Theophilus May, born January 5, 1861.
May 30, 1971 - December 2, 1971.
110 years 331 days.

William R. Lamb, born November 24 1859. *
December 1, 1968 - April 22, 1969.
109 years 151 days.

John B. Chaney, born October 12, 1859. *
November 24, 1968 - December 1, 1968.
109 years 50 days.

Eli Lindsay, born February 27, 1858.
March 21, 1968 - November 24, 1968.
110 years 271 days.

Born in Wall Heath, Worchestire, England, and died at Arborfield, Saskatchewan, Canada. Had claimed to be a year younger.

John Mosely Turner, born June 15, 1856. *

June 5, 1967 - March 21, 1968 [].
111 years 280 days.

John was born in Mitcham, Surrey, England, and died in England.

James Monroe King, born November 15, 1854.
November 22, 1962 - June 5, 1967.
112 years 202 days.

William Jerry Smith, born February 28, 1854.
March 16, 1962 - November 22, 1962.
108 years 267 days.

Joseph Saint-Amour, born February 26, 1852. **
March 12, 1962 - March 16, 1962 [4 days].
110 years 14 days - 110 days 18 days.

Joseph was from Quebec, Canada.

Sylvester Melvin, born November 29, 1851.
December 9, 1960 - March 12, 1962.
110 years 103 days.

Wilhelmus Kostering, born November 22, 1851.
October 9, 1960 - December 9, 1960.
109 years 17 days.

Robert Alexander Early, born October 8, 1849.
January 7, 1957 - October 9, 1960.
111 years 1 days.

Mathias Hansen Saeter, born October 21, 1848.
Oldest man December 3, 1954 - January 7, 1957.
Oldest man 106 years 43 days - 108 years 78 days.
Oldest person December 16, 1956 - January 7, 1957.
Oldest person 108 years 56 days - 108 years 78 days.

Euclid Almont Story, born July 30, 1848.
September 23, 1954 - December 3, 1954.
106 years 125 days.

Anders Johan Johansson, born March 24, 1848.
September 17, 1954 - September 23, 1954 [6 days].
106 years 97 days - 106 years 103 days.

Wayland Newell, born September 15, 1846. *
April 2, 1954 - September 17, 1954 [342 days].
107 years 25 days - 108 years 2 days.

Karl Glockner, born December 28, 1845. *
March 12, 1953 - October 10, 1953 [212 days].
107 years 74 days - 107 years 286 days.

Karl was born in Hessen. His case was brought up by Matthias Kesselschlaeger on February 15, 2007.

James Albert Hard, born July 15, 1843. *
March 27, 1951 - March 12, 1953 [833 days].
109 years 240 days.

James was from New York. He was the last Union combat of the Civil War veterans, and 10th last Civil war veteran.

He claimed to be 2 years older (a pattern with civil war veterans that had to claim to be older in order to enlist). He was told he wasn't the oldest man ever because of a case that was debunked in the 1990s: Pierre Joubert, 113, who was a father-son case, that died in 1814.

James Wilson Smith, born July 10, 1842.
May 9, 1950 - March 27, 1951.
108 years 265 days.

John Thomas Graves, born January 21, 1842.
October 26, 1947 - May 9, 1950.
108 years 130 days.

Daniel Augustus Wedge, born October 26, 1841.
March 20, 1947 - October 26, 1947.
106 years.

Alden A. Howell, born February 18, 1841.
September 4, 1946 - March 20, 1947.
106 years 30 days.

Francis Mengoz, born January 17, 1840.
May 21, 1945 - September 4, 1946.
106 years 230 days.

Levi Wildman, born March 30, 1839.
October 15, 1944 - May 21, 1945.
106 years 52 days.

John Christian Francklow, born May 30, 1835.
May 27, 1943 - October 15, 1944.
109 years 138 days.

Enrico Danucci, born September 3, 1833.
December 14, 1940 - May 27, 1943.
109 years 266 days.

Francesco Cubbada, born November 27, 1832.
December 10, 1938 - December 14, 1940.
108 years 16 days.

William Guilford, born November 26, 1832.
April 9, 1937 - December 10, 1938.
106 years 14 days.

Erik Gustaf Jansson, born July 29, 1831.
January 16, 1937 - April 9, 1937.
105 years 254 days.

William Kramer, born June 30, 1827.
October 24, 1931 - January 16, 1937.

Claimed to be 114.

Lars Olofsson, born April 5, 1826.
February 17, 1931 - October 24, 1931.
105 years 202 days.

Hans Jakob Schaftner-Bürgin, born June 1, 1824.
February 28, 1929 - February 17, 1931.
106 years 201 days.

Bening Arnold, born May 25, 1824.
February 28, 1929 - August 17, 1930.
106 years 84 days.

William Walker, born January 5, 1822.
November 2, 1926 - February 28, 1929.
107 years 51 days.

Jean-Pierre Dupont, born June 26 1821.
September 13, 1925 - November 2, 1926.
105 years 129 days.

Joseph Singer Halstead, born March 4, 1818.
May 6, 1924 - September 13, 1925.

William Mugfur, born December 20, 1817.
January 22, 1922 - May 6, 1924.
106 years 132 days.

Frederick William Stabbins, born July 12, 1815.
September 6, 1919 - January 22, 1922.
106 years 188 days.

Henry Philander West, born May 19, 1812.
December 27, 1917 - September 6, 1919.

Matthias Dodenhoff, born February 22, 1812.
January 31, 1917 - December 27, 1917.
105 years 300 days.

Jesse Wilson Hartley, born December 12, 1811.
June 13, 1916 - January 31, 1917.
105 years 50 days.

Levi W. Richardson, born June 13, 1811.
August 10, 1915 - June 13, 1916.
105 years 0 days

Richard Kimball Potter, born November 26, 1810.
December 13, 1914 - August 10, 1915.
104 years 257 days.

Sedgwick Woodford Bidwell, born December 6, 1809.
July 26, 1912 - December 13, 1914.
105 years 7 days.

Charles Gadenne, born April 10, 1806.
May 13, 1912 - July 26, 1912.
106 years 107 days.

Niels Peter Nielsen, born January 16, 1806.
February 7, 1910 - May 13, 1912.
106 years 118 days.

Niels Nielsen, born June 17, 1803.
September 7, 1905 - February 7, 1910.
106 years 235 days.

Jean-Claude Besancon, born August 31, 1802.
May 13, 1905 - September 7, 1905.
103 years 7 days.

Hiram Cronk, born April 29, 1800.
January 27, 1902 - May 13, 1905.
105 years 14 days.

Hiram and his 2 brothers John and Casper were listed as males under the age of 10 in the 1800 census.

Nathaniel Robbins, born March 13, 1799.
July 15, 1901 - January 27, 1902.
102 years 320 days.

William Earl Cook, born January 26, 1798.
March 10, 1901- July 15, 1901.

Gulbrand Anderson, born March 17, 1796.
September 12, 1899 - March 10, 1901.
104 years 358 days.

August Wilhelm Schmidt, born February 11, 1795.
February 3, 1899 - September 12, 1899.
104 years 213 days.

Geert Adriaans Boomgaard, born September 21, 1788. ***
August 17, 1892 - February 3, 1899.
110 years 135 days.

Martin Kellogg, born September 21, 1786.
June 11, 1891 - August 17, 1892.
105 years 331 days.

John Brooks, born June 10, 1786.
May 22, 1889 - June 11, 1891.
105 years 1 day.

Jean-Pierre Caraguel, born August 16, 1784.
October 24, 1888 - May 22, 1889.
104 years 279 days.

Willem van Renterghem, born December 9, 1782.
May 10, 1884 - October 24, 1888.
105 years 320 days.

Wilhelm Buchholz, born February 26, 1778.
May 10, 1884.
106 years 80 days.

Windsor Howe, born July 31, 1776.
September 26, 1878 - April 14, 1879.
102 years 257 days.

Lomer Griffin, born April 22, 1774.
September 26, 1878.
104 years 147 days.