List of the verified oldest men

This is a list of the 100 verified oldest men, arranged in descending order, based on 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 Danish émigré to the United States Christian Mortensen, who died at the age of age 115 years 252 days. As of 29 December, there are 5 verified living supercentenarians on the list, the oldest of whom is Japanese Jiroemon Kimura age 127 years, 254 days.

100 verified oldest men

  Deceased   Living   Age disputed

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Country of death
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	Mathew Beard	9 July 1870	16 February 1985	114 years, 222 days	United States
4	Walter Breuning	21 September 1896	14 April 2011	114 Years, 200 days	United States
5	Yukichi Chuganji	23 March 1889	28 September 2003	114 years, 189 days	Japan
6	Joan Riudavets	15 December 1889	5 March 2004	114 years, 81 days	Spain
7	Jiroemon Kimura	19 April 1897	Living	127 years, 254 days	Living in Japan
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	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	Yuinosuke 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 Wiggins	15 October 1879	16 October 1991	112 years, 1 day	United States
30	Thomas Peters	6 April 1745	26 March 1857	111 years, 354 days	Netherlands
31	Walter H. Seward	13 October 1896	14 September 2008	111 years, 337 days	United States
32	Maurice Floquet	25 December 1894	10 November 2006	111 years, 320 days	France
33	John Mosely Turner	15 June 1856	21 March 1968	111 years, 280 days	United Kingdom
34	Hermann Dörnemann	27 May 1893	2 March 2005	111 years, 279 days	Germany
35	Antonio Urrea	16 February 1888	15 November 1999	111 years, 272 days	Spain
36	Arthur Carter	5 October 1889	11 June 2001	111 years, 249 days	United States
37	Jan Machiel Reyskens	11 May 1878	7 January 1990	111 years, 241 days	Netherlands
38	Joe Thomas	1 May 1875	14 December 1986	111 years, 227 days	United States
39	James Zackry	15 August 1881	14 March 1993	111 years, 211 days	United States
40	Kiyoshi Igarashi	2 August 1897	23 February 2009	111 years, 205 days	Japan
41	Herman Smith-Johannsen	15 June 1875	5 January 1987	111 years, 204 days	Norway
42	James Henry Brett, Jr.	25 July 1849	10 February 1961	111 years, 200 days	United States
43	Ernest Pusey	5 May 1895	19 November 2006	111 years, 198 days	United States
44	Thomas Nelson, Sr.	8 July 1895	9 January 2007	111 years, 185 days	United States
45	Earl Brush	17 July 1893	10 January 2005	111 years, 177 days	United States
46	Antonio de Castro	6 January 1898	22 June 2009	111 years, 167 days	Portugal
47	Sukesaburo Nakanishi	15 March 1896	22 August 2007	111 years, 160 days	Japan
48	Luther Goding	1 July 1884	5 December 1995	111 years, 157 days	United States
49	Jan Pieter Bos	12 July 1891	15 December 2002	111 years, 156 days	Netherlands
50	Emile Fourcade	29 July 1884	29 December 1995	111 years, 153 days	France[b]
51	Benjamin Holcomb	3 July 1889	2 December 2000	111 years, 152 days	United States
52	Aarne Arvonen	4 August 1897	1 January 2009	111 years, 150 days	Finland
53	George Frederick Ives	17 November 1881	12 April 1993	111 years, 146 days	Canada[c]
54	Garland Adair	30 July 1898	11 December 2009	111 years, 134 days	United States
55	Anders Engberg	1 July 1892	6 November 2003	111 years, 128 days	Sweden
56	Jack Lockett	22 January 1891	25 May 2002	111 years, 123 days	Australia
57	Henry Hartmann	14 July 1894	10 November 2005	111 years, 119 days	United States
58	Daniel Guzmán-García	6 February 1897	21 May 2008	111 years, 105 days	Colombia
59	Sadayoshi Tanabe	20 October 1888	18 January 2000	111 years, 90 days	Japan
60	Henry Pfeiffer	22 March 1881	23 May 1992	111 years, 62 days	United States
61	Zachariah Blackistone	16 February 1871	18 April 1982	111 years, 61 days	United States
62	Tanekichi Onishi	15 February 1900	Living	124 years, 318 days	Living in Japan
63	Antonio Baldo	6 July 1887	28 August 1998	111 years, 53 days	Italy
64	James Sisnett	22 February 1900	Living	124 years, 311 days	Living in Barbados
65	Edward Bernard	22 June 1889	11 August 2000	111 years, 50 days	United States
66	Norio Kawada	25 April 1892	6 June 2003	111 years, 42 days	Japan
67	Kama Nakasone	23 November 1891	1 January 2003	111 years, 39 days	Japan
68	Harry Patch	17 June 1898	25 July 2009	111 years, 38 days	United Kingdom
69	Peter Solum	3 May 1882	5 June 1993	111 years, 33 days	United States
70	Domenico Minervino	10 May 1880	22 May 1991	111 years, 12 days	Italy
71	Nijiro Tokuda	10 June 1895	12 June 2006	111 years, 2 days	Japan
72	Valentino Stella	2 January 1886	1 January 1997	110 years, 365 days	Italy
73	Giichi Okumura	18 October 1896	13 October 2007	110 years, 360 days	Japan
74	Charles Shebanek	9 September 1883	27 August 1994	110 years, 352 days	United States
75	Antonio Pierro	22 February 1896	8 February 2007	110 years, 351 days	United States[d]
76	Gregory Pandazes	15 January 1873	22 December 1983	110 years, 341 days	United States[e]
	Eiju Tsuru	4 February 1879	11 January 1990	110 years, 341 days	Japan
78	Masatake Kinoshita	20 August 1897	17 July 2008	110 years, 332 days	Japan
79	Linus Reinhart	28 July 1892	14 June 2003	110 years, 321 days	United States
80	Lloyd Myers	20 March 1892	1 February 2003	110 years, 318 days	United States
81	Frank Ahmann	11 May 1889	22 March 2000	110 years, 316 days	United States
82	Leopold Vietoris	4 June 1891	9 April 2002	110 years, 309 days	Austria
83	Takashi Hattori	12 March 1898	12 January 2009	110 years, 306 days	Japan
84	Walter Wilcox	1 November 1872	11 August 1983	110 years, 283 days	United States
85	Galo Leoz	22 April 1879	23 January 1990	110 years, 276 days	Spain
86	A.L.M.	11 April 1879	1 January 1990	110 years, 265 days	Spain
87	Gregorio Merino	24 December 1886	9 September 1997	110 years, 259 days	Spain
88	Sunao Matsuda	30 July 1900	Living	124 years, 152 days	Living in Japan
89	Hilliard Hudson	23 February 1899	6 November 2009	110 years, 256 days	United States
90	Henri Pérignon	14 October 1879	18 June 1990	110 years, 247 days	France
91	Gerald Gilman	30 April 1893	1 January 2004	110 years, 246 days	United States
92	Alexis Daigneau	4 August 1890	3 April 2001	110 years, 242 days	France
93	Aurelio Diaz	16 October 1878	13 June 1989	110 years, 240 days	Spain
94	Alton Gilbert	11 June 1878	21 January 1989	110 years, 224 days	United States
95	James Nash	31 July 1872	4 March 1983	110 years, 216 days	United States
96	Bernard Delhom	9 July 1885	7 February 1996	110 years, 213 days	France
97	Charles Young	28 December 1894	27 July 2005	110 years, 211 days	United States
98	Friedrich Wedeking	10 October 1862	5 May 1973	110 years, 207 days	Germany
99	Aimé Avignon	2 February 1897	23 August 2007	110 years, 202 days	France
100	Arno Wagner	4 June 1894	22 December 2004	110 years, 201 days	Germany

Addendum

Several claims are disputed; accordingly, an addendum of proven claims is included.

Rank	Name	Birth date	Death date	Age	Country of death
101	Chiake Nakamura	31 December 1889	7 July 2000	110 years, 189 days	Japan
102	Olav Hovatn	23 October 1892	26 April 2003	110 years, 185 days	Norway
103	Vincenzo Izzillo	29 July 1883	23 January 1994	110 years, 178 days	United States[f]

a^ Mortensen was born in Denmark.
b^ Fourcade was born in French Algeria. It is now Algeria.
c^ Ives was born in the United Kingdom.
d^ Pierro was born in Italy.
e^ Pandazes was born in Greece.
f^ Izzillo was born in Italy.