World's Oldest Man Since 1979, updated June 10, 2002
Nation	Name	Born	Died	Age	Days	R	Year(s)	Range
Japan	Shigechiyo Izumi	June 29, 1865	Feb. 21, 1986	120	237	O	1973-1986	107-120
U.S. (TX)	Walter Harris	Mar. 15, 1875	June  9, 1986	111	86	B	1986	110-111
U.S. (LA)	Joe Thomas	May  1, 1875	Feb. 14, 1987	111	289	B	1986-1987	111
U.S. (NJ)	Alphaeus Cole	July 12, 1876	Nov. 25, 1988	112	136	W	1987-1988	110-112
Wales (UK)	John Evans	Aug. 19, 1877	June 10, 1990	112	295	W	1988-1990	111-112
France	Henri Perignon	Oct. 14, 1879	June 18, 1990	110	247	W	1990	110
U.S. (AR)	James Wiggins	Oct. 15, 1879	Oct. 16, 1991	112	1	B	1990-1991	110-112
U.S. (AL)	Frederick Frazier	Jan. 27, 1880	June 14, 1993	113	138	W	1991-1993	111-113
Denmark	Christian Mortensen	Aug. 16, 1882	Apr. 25, 1998	115	252	W	1993-1998	110-115
U.S. (GA)	Johnson Parks	Oct. 15, 1884	July 17, 1998	113	275	B	1998	113
U.S. (IL)	Walter Richardson	Nov.  7, 1885	Dec. 25, 1998	113	48	W	1998	112-113
Japan	Denzo Ishizaki	Oct. 20, 1886	Apr. 29, 1999	112	191	O	1998-1999	112
Japan	Sadayoshi Tanabe	Oct. 20, 1888	Jan. 18, 2000	111	90	O	1999-2000	110-111
Italy	Antonio Todde	Jan. 22, 1889	Jan.  3, 2002	112	346	W	2000-2002	110-112
Japan	Yukichi Chuganji	Mar. 23, 1889		112*		O	2002-	112-
	Notes:
	The Shigechiyo Izumi case is disputed by some.  The list only includes validated Centenarians,
	and is subject to change if other cases are validated.
	Only Mr. Shigechiyo Izumi was also the "World's Oldest Person" titleholder.