World’s oldest living man titleholders

World’s oldest living man titleholders (since 1951) according to Guinness World Records (GWR) and Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

See also: Chronological list of the oldest living person in the world since 1951

Titleholder sinceTitleholder untilDurationNameAge when
oldest
BirthdateDeathdateYearsDaysCountry of death
Un­known1951-03-27Un­knownJames SmithN/A–1081842-07-101951-03-27United States
1951-03-271953-03-12(1 yr, 350 days)James Hard107–1091843-07-151953-03-12United States
1953-03-121953-10-10(212 days)Karl Glöckner1071845-12-291953-10-10Germany
1953-10-101954-09-17(342 days)Wayland Newell107–1081846-09-151954-09-17United States
1954-09-171954-09-23(6 days)Anders Johansson1061848-03-241954-09-23Sweden
1954-09-231954-12-03(71 days)Euclid Story1061848-07-301954-12-03United States
1954-12-031955-03-14(101 days)Daniel Cummings1061848-09-251955-03-14United States
1955-03-141957-01-07(1 yr, 299 days)Mathias Hansen Saether106–1081848-10-211957-01-07Norway
1957-01-071960-10-09(3 yrs, 276 days)Robert Early107–1111849-10-081960-10-09United States
1960-10-091960-12-09(61 days)Willem Kostering108–1091851-11-221960-12-09Netherlands
1960-12-091962-03-12(1 yr, 93 days)Sylvester Melvin109–1101851-11-291962-03-12United States
1962-03-121962-03-16(4 days)Joseph Saint-Amour1101852-02-261962-03-16Canada
1962-03-161962-11-22(251 days)William Smith1081854-02-281962-11-22United States
1962-11-221967-06-05(4 yrs, 195 days)James King108–1121854-11-151967-06-05United States
1967-06-051968-03-21(290 days)John Mosley Turner110–1111856-06-151968-03-21United Kingdom
1968-03-211968-11-24(248 days)Eli Lindsay1101858-02-281968-11-24Canada
1968-11-241868-12-26(32 days)John Chaney1091859-10-121868-12-26United States
1868-12-261969-04-22(117 days)William Lamb1091859-11-241969-04-22United States
1969-04-221969-12-29(251 days)Antonije Mladenović108–1091860-06-301969-12-29Serbia
1969-12-291971-12-02(1 yr, 338 days)Theophilus May108–1101861-01-051971-12-02United States
1971-12-021973-05-05(1 yr, 154 days)Friedrich Wedeking109–1101862-10-101973-05-05Germany
1973-05-051974-10-18(1 yr, 166 days)Isaac Edwards109–1101863-12-061974-10-18United States
1974-10-181977-01-07(2 yrs, 81 days)James Holt108–1111865-12-251977-01-07United States
1977-01-071977-03-17(69 days)Jean Teillet1101866-11-061977-03-17France
1977-03-171978-08-20(1 yr, 156 days)Charlie Nelson109–1101867-09-211978-08-20United States
1978-08-201980-09-05(2 yrs, 16 days)Charlie Phillips109–1111869-05-051980-09-05United States
1980-09-051982-04-10(1 yr, 217 days)Zachariah Blackistone109–1111871-02-161982-04-10United States
1982-04-101983-03-04(328 days)James Nash109–1101872-07-311983-03-04United States
1983-03-041983-08-11(160 days)Walter Wilcox1101872-11-011983-08-11United States
1983-08-111983-12-22(133 days)Gregory Pandazes1101873-01-151983-12-22United States
1983-12-221984-06-25(186 days)Benjamin Garner1101873-08-101984-06-25United States
1984-06-251984-12-15(173 days)Randolph Davis110–1111873-10-151984-12-15United States
1984-12-151986-12-14(1 yr, 364 days)Joe Thomas109–1111875-05-011986-12-14United States
1986-12-141987-01-05(22 days)Herman Smith-Johannsen1111875-06-151987-01-05Norway
1987-01-051988-11-25(1 yr, 325 days)Alphaeus Philemon Cole110–1121876-07-121988-11-25United States
1988-11-251990-06-10(1 yr, 197 days)John Evans111–1121877-08-191990-06-10United Kingdom
1990-06-101990-06-18(8 days)Henri Pérignon1101879-10-141990-06-18France
1990-06-181990-12-24(189 days)Robert Freeman110–1111879-12-221990-12-24United States
1990-12-241993-06-14(2 yrs, 172 days)Frederick Frazier110–1131880-01-271993-06-14United States
1993-06-141994-01-20(220 days)Josep Armengol Jover111–1121881-07-231994-01-20Spain
1994-01-201998-04-25(4 yrs, 95 days)Christian Mortensen111–1151882-08-161998-04-25United States
1998-04-251998-12-25(244 days)Walter Richardson112–1131885-11-071998-12-25United States
1998-12-251999-04-29(125 days)Denzō Ishizaki1121886-10-021999-04-29Japan
1999-04-291999-11-15(200 days)Antonio Urrea Hernández1111888-02-161999-11-15Spain
1999-11-152001-03-01(1 yr, 106 days)John Painter111–1121888-09-202001-03-01United States
2001-03-012002-01-03(308 days)Antonio Todde1121889-01-222002-01-03Italy
2002-01-032003-09-28(1 yr, 268 days)Yukichi Chuganji112–1141889-03-232003-09-28Japan
2003-09-282004-03-05(159 days)Joan Riudavets Moll113–1141889-12-152004-03-05Spain
2004-03-052004-11-19(259 days)Fred Hale1131890-12-012004-11-19United States
2004-11-192007-01-24(2 yrs, 66 days)Emiliano Mercado del Toro113–1151891-08-212007-01-24Puerto Rico
2007-01-242009-06-19(2 yrs, 146 days)Tomoji Tanabe111–1131895-09-182009-06-19Japan
2009-06-192009-07-18(29 days)Henry Allingham1131896-06-062009-07-18United Kingdom
2009-07-182011-04-14(1 yr, 270 days)Walter Breuning112–1141896-09-212011-04-14United States
2011-04-142011-09-25(164 days)Horacio Celi Mendoza1141897-01-032011-09-25Peru
2011-09-252013-06-12(1 yr, 260 days)Jiroemon Kimura114–1161897-04-192013-06-12Japan
2013-06-122013-09-13(94 days)Salustiano Sánchez Blázquez1121901-06-082013-09-13United States
2013-09-132014-03-26(194 days)Ernest Peronneau111–1121902-03-072014-03-26United States
2014-03-262014-04-24(29 days)Arturo Licata1111902-05-022014-04-24Italy
2014-04-242014-06-08(45 days)Dr. Alexander Imich1111903-02-042014-06-08United States
2014-06-082015-07-05(1 yr, 27 days)Sakari Momoi111–1121903-02-052015-07-05Japan
2015-07-052016-01-19(198 days)Yasutaro Koide1121903-03-132016-01-19Japan
2016-01-192017-08-11(1 yr, 204 days)Israel Kristal112–1131903-09-152017-08-11Israel
2017-08-112018-01-29(171 days)Francisco Núñez Olivera112–1131904-12-132018-01-29Spain
2018-01-292019-01-20(356 days)Masazo Nonaka112–1131905-07-252019-01-20Japan
2019-10-212020-09-24(1 yr, 248 days)Tomás Pinales Figuereo113–1141906-03-312020-09-24Dominican Republic
2020-09-242021-08-12(322 days)Emilio Flores Márquez112–1131908-08-082021-08-12Puerto Rico
2021-08-122022-01-18(159 days)Saturnino de la Fuente García1121909-02-112022-01-18Spain
2022-01-182024-04-02(2 yrs, 75 days)Juan Vicente Pérez Mora112–1141909-05-272024-04-02Venezuela
2024-04-022024-06-29(88 days)Shi Ping1121911-11-012024-06-29China
2024-06-292024-11-25(149 days)John Tinniswood111–1121912-08-262024-11-25United Kingdom
2024-11-25Present(*)João Marinho Neto112*1912-10-05LivingLiving in Brazil