Gerontology Research Group
Table M - World's Oldest Men (WOM) Titleholders Since 1973
Revision #2: As of March 1, 2007
	World's Oldest Man	Gerontology Research Group							case accepted
nation	name	born	died	age	days	race	years	age range	as validated on
Japan	Shigechiyo Izumi	June 29, 1865	Feb. 21, 1986	120	237	O	1973-1986	107-120	on original list
U.S. (LA)	Joe Thomas	May  1, 1875	Dec. 14, 1986	111	227	B	1986	110-111	37449
Norway	Herman Smith-Johannsen	June 15, 1875	Jan.  5, 1987	111	204	W	1986-1987	111	on original list
U.S. (NJ)	Alphaeus Cole	July 12, 1876	Nov. 25, 1988	112	136	W	1987-1988	110-112	on original list
Wales (UK)	John Evans	Aug. 19, 1877	33034	112	295	W	1988-1990	111-112	on original list
France	Henri Perignon	Oct. 14, 1879	33042	110	247	W	1990	110	circa 2002
U.S. (AR)	James Wiggins	Oct. 15, 1879	Oct. 16, 1991	112	1	B	1990-1991	110-112	37449
U.S. (AL)	Frederick Frazier	Jan. 27, 1880	34134	113	138	W	1991-1993	111-113	37449
Denmark	Christian Mortensen	Aug. 16, 1882	Apr. 25, 1998	115	252	W	1993-1998	110-115	on original list
U.S. (GA)	Johnson Parks	Oct. 15, 1884	35993	113	275	B	1998	113	Aug. 10, 2002
U.S. (IL)	Walter Richardson	Nov.  7, 1885	Dec. 25, 1998	113	48	W	1998	112-113	Aug. 10, 2002
Japan	Denzo Ishizaki	Oct. 20, 1886	Apr. 29, 1999	112	191	O	1998-1999	112	1999
Spain	Antonio Urrea-Hernandez	Feb. 16, 1888	Nov. 15, 1999	111	272	W	1999	111	Dec.  7, 2005
U.S. (TN)	John Painter	Sept. 20, 1888	Mar.  1, 2001	112	162	W	1999-2001	110-112	37781
Italy	Antonio Todde	Jan. 22, 1889	Jan.  3, 2002	112	346	W	2000-2002	112	2000
Japan	Yukichi Chuganji	Mar. 23, 1889	Sept. 28, 2003	114	189	O	2002-2003	112-114	2000
Spain	Joan Riudavets-Moll	Dec. 15, 1889	Mar. 5, 2004	114	81	W	2003-2004	113-114	Feb.  2, 2002
U.S. (ME)	Fred Hale	Dec.  1, 1890	Nov. 19, 2004	113	354	W	2004	113	Dec.  1, 2000
Puerto Rico	Emiliano Mercado del Toro	Aug. 21, 1891	Jan. 24, 2007	115	156	H	2004-2007	113-115	Dec.  7, 2004
Japan	Tomoji Tanabe	Sept. 18, 1895		111*		O	2007-	111-	Oct. 30, 2005
	*still living Mar. 1, 2007
	notes
	Shigechiyo Izumi case disputed by some.  List only includes validated centenarians, and is subject to change if other cases are validated.
	Christian Mortensen is considered to be the 'scientific' male recordholder.
	table by Robert Douglas Young