| Gerontology Research Group | ||||||||||||
| Table M - World's Oldest Men (WOM) Titleholders Since 1973 | ||||||||||||
| Revision #4: As of April 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| World's Oldest Man | ||||||||||||
| Gerontology Research Group | case accepted | |||||||||||
| number | birthplace | residence | name | born | died | age | days | race | years | age range | as validated on | |
| 1 | Germany | West Germany | Karl Friedrich Wedeking | Oct. 10, 1862 | May 5, 1973 | 110 | 207 | W | -1973 | ?-110 | Jan. 29, 2009 | |
| 2 | England (UK) | England (UK) | Frederick Butterfield | Feb. 28, 1864 | Mar. 9, 1974 | 110 | 9 | W | 1973-1974 | 109-110 | July 8, 2006 | |
| 3 | France | France | Jean Teillet | Nov. 6, 1866 | Mar. 17, 1977 | 110 | 131 | W | 1974-1977 | 107-110 | Apr. 21, 2000 | |
| 4 | U.S. (OH) | U.S. (IA) | Charlie Nelson | Sept. 21, 1867 | Aug. 20, 1978 | 110 | 333 | W | 1977-1978 | 109-110 | Apr. 20, 2013 | |
| 5 | U.S. (MS) | U.S. (MS) | Charlie Phillips | May 5, 1870 | Sept. 5, 1980 | 110 | 123 | B | 1978-1980 | 108-110 | June 10, 2002 | |
| 6 | U.S. (VA) | U.S. (FL) | Mathew Beard | July 9, 1870 | Feb. 16, 1985 | 114 | 222 | B | 1980-1985 | 110-114 | July 1, 2003 | |
| 7 | U.S. (LA) | U.S. (LA) | Joe Thomas | May 1, 1875 | Dec. 14, 1986 | 111 | 227 | B | 1985-1986 | 110-111 | July 12, 2002 | |
| 8 | Norway | Norway | Herman Smith-Johannsen | June 15, 1875 | Jan. 5, 1987 | 111 | 204 | W | 1986-1987 | 111 | on original 1998 list | |
| 9 | U.S. (NJ) | U.S. (NY) | Alphaeus Cole | July 12, 1876 | Nov. 25, 1988 | 112 | 136 | W | 1987-1988 | 110-112 | on original 1998 list | |
| 10 | Wales (UK) | Wales (UK) | John Evans | Aug. 19, 1877 | June 10, 1990 | 112 | 295 | W | 1988-1990 | 111-112 | on original 1998 list | |
| 11 | France | France | Henri Perignon | Oct. 14, 1879 | June 18, 1990 | 110 | 247 | W | 1990 | 110 | Apr. 21, 2000 | |
| 12 | U.S. (AR) | U.S. (AR) | James Wiggins | Oct. 15, 1879[1] | Oct. 16, 1991 | 112 | 1 | B | 1990-1991 | 110-112 | July 12, 2002 | |
| 13 | U.S. (AL) | U.S. (AL) | Frederick Frazier | Jan. 27, 1880 | June 14, 1993 | 113 | 138 | W | 1991-1993 | 111-113 | July 12, 2002 | |
| 14 | Denmark | U.S. (CA) | Christian Mortensen | Aug. 16, 1882 | Apr. 25, 1998 | 115 | 252 | W | 1993-1998 | 110-115 | on original 1998 list | |
| 15 | U.S. (GA) | U.S. (FL) | Johnson Parks | Oct. 15, 1884 | July 17, 1998 | 113 | 275 | B | 1998 | 113 | Aug. 10, 2002 | |
| 16 | U.S. (IL) | U.S. (IL) | Walter Richardson | Nov. 7, 1885 | Dec. 25, 1998 | 113 | 48 | W | 1998 | 112-113 | Aug. 10, 2002 | |
| 17 | Japan | Japan | Denzo Ishizaki | Oct. 20, 1886 | Apr. 29, 1999 | 112 | 191 | O | 1998-1999 | 112 | 1999 | |
| 18 | Spain | Spain | Antonio Urrea-Hernandez | Feb. 16, 1888 | Nov. 15, 1999 | 111 | 272 | W | 1999 | 111 | Dec. 7, 2005 | |
| 19 | U.S. (TN) | U.S. (TN) | John Painter | Sept. 20, 1888 | Mar. 1, 2001 | 112 | 162 | W | 1999-2001 | 110-112 | June 9, 2003 | |
| 20 | Italy | Italy | Antonio Todde | Jan. 22, 1889 | Jan. 3, 2002 | 112 | 346 | W | 2000-2002 | 112 | Feb. 1, 2000 | |
| 21 | Japan | Japan | Yukichi Chuganji | Mar. 23, 1889 | Sept. 28, 2003 | 114 | 189 | O | 2002-2003 | 112-114 | Mar. 7, 2000 | |
| 22 | Spain | Spain | Joan Riudavets-Moll | Dec. 15, 1889 | Mar. 5, 2004 | 114 | 81 | W | 2003-2004 | 113-114 | Feb. 2, 2002 | |
| 23 | U.S. (ME) | U.S. (NY) | Fred Hale | Dec. 1, 1890 | Nov. 19, 2004 | 113 | 354 | W | 2004 | 113 | Dec. 1, 2000 | |
| 24 | Puerto Rico | Puerto Rico | Emiliano Mercado del Toro | Aug. 21, 1891 | Jan. 24, 2007 | 115 | 156 | H | 2004-2007 | 113-115 | Dec. 7, 2004 | |
| 25 | Japan | Japan | Tomoji Tanabe | Sept. 18, 1895 | June 19, 2009 | 113 | 274 | O | 2007-2009 | 111-113 | Oct. 30, 2005 | |
| 26 | U.S. (MN) | U.S. (MT) | Walter Breuning | Sept. 21, 1896 | Apr. 14, 2011 | 114 | 205 | W | 2009-2011 | 112-114 | Sept. 23, 2006 | |
| 27 | Japan | Japan | Jiroemon Kimura | Apr. 19, 1897 | June 12, 2013 | 116 | 54 | O | 2011-2013 | 113-116 | Oct. 16, 2007 | |
| 28 | Spain | U.S. (NY) | Salustiano Sanchez | June 8, 1901 | Sept. 13, 2013 | 112 | 97 | W | 2013 | 112 | July 25, 2013 | |
| 29 | Italy | Italy | Arturo Licata | May 2, 1902 | Apr. 24, 2014 | 111 | 357 | W | 2013-2014 | 111 | Nov. 13, 2012 | |
| 30 | Poland 1 | U.S. (NY) | Dr. Alexander Imich | Feb. 4, 1903 | June 8, 2014 | 111 | 124 | W | 2014 | 111 | Sept. 14, 2013 | |
| 31 | Japan | Japan | Sakari Momoi | Feb. 5, 1903 | 112* | O | 2014- | 111- | Dec. 6, 2013 | |||
| *believed still living as of Apr. 28, 2015 | ||||||||||||
| notes | ||||||||||||
| List only includes validated supercentenarians, and is subject to change if other cases are later validated. | ||||||||||||
| The oldest verified man in history was Jiroemon Kimura of Japan (Apr 19 1897-June 12 2013), who reached age 116 years, 54 days in 2013. | ||||||||||||
| 1. Poland was part of the Russian Empire in 1903 | ||||||||||||
| table by Robert Douglas Young | ||||||||||||
| For historical versions of Table M, please see below: | ||||||||||||
| #1 (June 10, 2002): | ||||||||||||
| https://grg.org/Archives/M1.htm | ||||||||||||
| #2 (Mar. 1, 2007): | ||||||||||||
| https://grg.org/Archives/M2.htm | ||||||||||||
| #3 (Sept. 19, 2010): | ||||||||||||
| https://grg.org/Archives/M3.htm | ||||||||||||