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 since | Titleholder until | Duration | Name | Age when oldest | Birthdate | Deathdate | Years | Days | Country of death |
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Unknown | 1951-03-27 | Unknown | James Smith | N/A–108 | 1842-07-10 | 1951-03-27 | United States | ||
1951-03-27 | 1953-03-12 | (1 yr, 350 days) | James Hard | 107–109 | 1843-07-15 | 1953-03-12 | United States | ||
1953-03-12 | 1953-10-10 | (212 days) | Karl Glöckner | 107 | 1845-12-29 | 1953-10-10 | Germany | ||
1953-10-10 | 1954-09-17 | (342 days) | Wayland Newell | 107–108 | 1846-09-15 | 1954-09-17 | United States | ||
1954-09-17 | 1954-09-23 | (6 days) | Anders Johansson | 106 | 1848-03-24 | 1954-09-23 | Sweden | ||
1954-09-23 | 1954-12-03 | (71 days) | Euclid Story | 106 | 1848-07-30 | 1954-12-03 | United States | ||
1954-12-03 | 1955-03-14 | (101 days) | Daniel Cummings | 106 | 1848-09-25 | 1955-03-14 | United States | ||
1955-03-14 | 1957-01-07 | (1 yr, 299 days) | Mathias Hansen Saether | 106–108 | 1848-10-21 | 1957-01-07 | Norway | ||
1957-01-07 | 1960-10-09 | (3 yrs, 276 days) | Robert Early | 107–111 | 1849-10-08 | 1960-10-09 | United States | ||
1960-10-09 | 1960-12-09 | (61 days) | Willem Kostering | 108–109 | 1851-11-22 | 1960-12-09 | Netherlands | ||
1960-12-09 | 1962-03-12 | (1 yr, 93 days) | Sylvester Melvin | 109–110 | 1851-11-29 | 1962-03-12 | United States | ||
1962-03-12 | 1962-03-16 | (4 days) | Joseph Saint-Amour | 110 | 1852-02-26 | 1962-03-16 | Canada | ||
1962-03-16 | 1962-11-22 | (251 days) | William Smith | 108 | 1854-02-28 | 1962-11-22 | United States | ||
1962-11-22 | 1967-06-05 | (4 yrs, 195 days) | James King | 108–112 | 1854-11-15 | 1967-06-05 | United States | ||
1967-06-05 | 1968-03-21 | (290 days) | John Mosley Turner | 110–111 | 1856-06-15 | 1968-03-21 | United Kingdom | ||
1968-03-21 | 1968-11-24 | (248 days) | Eli Lindsay | 110 | 1858-02-28 | 1968-11-24 | Canada | ||
1968-11-24 | 1868-12-26 | (32 days) | John Chaney | 109 | 1859-10-12 | 1868-12-26 | United States | ||
1868-12-26 | 1969-04-22 | (117 days) | William Lamb | 109 | 1859-11-24 | 1969-04-22 | United States | ||
1969-04-22 | 1969-12-29 | (251 days) | Antonije Mladenović | 108–109 | 1860-06-30 | 1969-12-29 | Serbia | ||
1969-12-29 | 1971-12-02 | (1 yr, 338 days) | Theophilus May | 108–110 | 1861-01-05 | 1971-12-02 | United States | ||
1971-12-02 | 1973-05-05 | (1 yr, 154 days) | Friedrich Wedeking | 109–110 | 1862-10-10 | 1973-05-05 | Germany | ||
1973-05-05 | 1974-10-18 | (1 yr, 166 days) | Isaac Edwards | 109–110 | 1863-12-06 | 1974-10-18 | United States | ||
1974-10-18 | 1977-01-07 | (2 yrs, 81 days) | James Holt | 108–111 | 1865-12-25 | 1977-01-07 | United States | ||
1977-01-07 | 1977-03-17 | (69 days) | Jean Teillet | 110 | 1866-11-06 | 1977-03-17 | France | ||
1977-03-17 | 1978-08-20 | (1 yr, 156 days) | Charlie Nelson | 109–110 | 1867-09-21 | 1978-08-20 | United States | ||
1978-08-20 | 1980-09-05 | (2 yrs, 16 days) | Charlie Phillips | 109–111 | 1869-05-05 | 1980-09-05 | United States | ||
1980-09-05 | 1982-04-10 | (1 yr, 217 days) | Zachariah Blackistone | 109–111 | 1871-02-16 | 1982-04-10 | United States | ||
1982-04-10 | 1983-03-04 | (328 days) | James Nash | 109–110 | 1872-07-31 | 1983-03-04 | United States | ||
1983-03-04 | 1983-08-11 | (160 days) | Walter Wilcox | 110 | 1872-11-01 | 1983-08-11 | United States | ||
1983-08-11 | 1983-12-22 | (133 days) | Gregory Pandazes | 110 | 1873-01-15 | 1983-12-22 | United States | ||
1983-12-22 | 1984-06-25 | (186 days) | Benjamin Garner | 110 | 1873-08-10 | 1984-06-25 | United States | ||
1984-06-25 | 1984-12-15 | (173 days) | Randolph Davis | 110–111 | 1873-10-15 | 1984-12-15 | United States | ||
1984-12-15 | 1986-12-14 | (1 yr, 364 days) | Joe Thomas | 109–111 | 1875-05-01 | 1986-12-14 | United States | ||
1986-12-14 | 1987-01-05 | (22 days) | Herman Smith-Johannsen | 111 | 1875-06-15 | 1987-01-05 | Norway | ||
1987-01-05 | 1988-11-25 | (1 yr, 325 days) | Alphaeus Philemon Cole | 110–112 | 1876-07-12 | 1988-11-25 | United States | ||
1988-11-25 | 1990-06-10 | (1 yr, 197 days) | John Evans | 111–112 | 1877-08-19 | 1990-06-10 | United Kingdom | ||
1990-06-10 | 1990-06-18 | (8 days) | Henri Pérignon | 110 | 1879-10-14 | 1990-06-18 | France | ||
1990-06-18 | 1990-12-24 | (189 days) | Robert Freeman | 110–111 | 1879-12-22 | 1990-12-24 | United States | ||
1990-12-24 | 1993-06-14 | (2 yrs, 172 days) | Frederick Frazier | 110–113 | 1880-01-27 | 1993-06-14 | United States | ||
1993-06-14 | 1994-01-20 | (220 days) | Josep Armengol Jover | 111–112 | 1881-07-23 | 1994-01-20 | Spain | ||
1994-01-20 | 1998-04-25 | (4 yrs, 95 days) | Christian Mortensen | 111–115 | 1882-08-16 | 1998-04-25 | United States | ||
1998-04-25 | 1998-12-25 | (244 days) | Walter Richardson | 112–113 | 1885-11-07 | 1998-12-25 | United States | ||
1998-12-25 | 1999-04-29 | (125 days) | Denzō Ishizaki | 112 | 1886-10-02 | 1999-04-29 | Japan | ||
1999-04-29 | 1999-11-15 | (200 days) | Antonio Urrea Hernández | 111 | 1888-02-16 | 1999-11-15 | Spain | ||
1999-11-15 | 2001-03-01 | (1 yr, 106 days) | John Painter | 111–112 | 1888-09-20 | 2001-03-01 | United States | ||
2001-03-01 | 2002-01-03 | (308 days) | Antonio Todde | 112 | 1889-01-22 | 2002-01-03 | Italy | ||
2002-01-03 | 2003-09-28 | (1 yr, 268 days) | Yukichi Chuganji | 112–114 | 1889-03-23 | 2003-09-28 | Japan | ||
2003-09-28 | 2004-03-05 | (159 days) | Joan Riudavets Moll | 113–114 | 1889-12-15 | 2004-03-05 | Spain | ||
2004-03-05 | 2004-11-19 | (259 days) | Fred Hale | 113 | 1890-12-01 | 2004-11-19 | United States | ||
2004-11-19 | 2007-01-24 | (2 yrs, 66 days) | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | 113–115 | 1891-08-21 | 2007-01-24 | Puerto Rico | ||
2007-01-24 | 2009-06-19 | (2 yrs, 146 days) | Tomoji Tanabe | 111–113 | 1895-09-18 | 2009-06-19 | Japan | ||
2009-06-19 | 2009-07-18 | (29 days) | Henry Allingham | 113 | 1896-06-06 | 2009-07-18 | United Kingdom | ||
2009-07-18 | 2011-04-14 | (1 yr, 270 days) | Walter Breuning | 112–114 | 1896-09-21 | 2011-04-14 | United States | ||
2011-04-14 | 2011-09-25 | (164 days) | Horacio Celi Mendoza | 114 | 1897-01-03 | 2011-09-25 | Peru | ||
2011-09-25 | 2013-06-12 | (1 yr, 260 days) | Jiroemon Kimura | 114–116 | 1897-04-19 | 2013-06-12 | Japan | ||
2013-06-12 | 2013-09-13 | (94 days) | Salustiano Sánchez Blázquez | 112 | 1901-06-08 | 2013-09-13 | United States | ||
2013-09-13 | 2014-03-26 | (194 days) | Ernest Peronneau | 111–112 | 1902-03-07 | 2014-03-26 | United States | ||
2014-03-26 | 2014-04-24 | (29 days) | Arturo Licata | 111 | 1902-05-02 | 2014-04-24 | Italy | ||
2014-04-24 | 2014-06-08 | (45 days) | Dr. Alexander Imich | 111 | 1903-02-04 | 2014-06-08 | United States | ||
2014-06-08 | 2015-07-05 | (1 yr, 27 days) | Sakari Momoi | 111–112 | 1903-02-05 | 2015-07-05 | Japan | ||
2015-07-05 | 2016-01-19 | (198 days) | Yasutaro Koide | 112 | 1903-03-13 | 2016-01-19 | Japan | ||
2016-01-19 | 2017-08-11 | (1 yr, 204 days) | Israel Kristal | 112–113 | 1903-09-15 | 2017-08-11 | Israel | ||
2017-08-11 | 2018-01-29 | (171 days) | Francisco Núñez Olivera | 112–113 | 1904-12-13 | 2018-01-29 | Spain | ||
2018-01-29 | 2019-01-20 | (356 days) | Masazo Nonaka | 112–113 | 1905-07-25 | 2019-01-20 | Japan | ||
2019-10-21 | 2020-09-24 | (1 yr, 248 days) | Tomás Pinales Figuereo | 113–114 | 1906-03-31 | 2020-09-24 | Dominican Republic | ||
2020-09-24 | 2021-08-12 | (322 days) | Emilio Flores Márquez | 112–113 | 1908-08-08 | 2021-08-12 | Puerto Rico | ||
2021-08-12 | 2022-01-18 | (159 days) | Saturnino de la Fuente García | 112 | 1909-02-11 | 2022-01-18 | Spain | ||
2022-01-18 | 2024-04-02 | (2 yrs, 75 days) | Juan Vicente Pérez Mora | 112–114 | 1909-05-27 | 2024-04-02 | Venezuela | ||
2024-04-02 | 2024-06-29 | (88 days) | Shi Ping | 112 | 1911-11-01 | 2024-06-29 | China | ||
2024-06-29 | 2024-11-25 | (149 days) | John Tinniswood | 111–112 | 1912-08-26 | 2024-11-25 | United Kingdom | ||
2024-11-25 | Present | (*) | João Marinho Neto | 112* | 1912-10-05 | Living | Living in Brazil |