1.? Villius Vilsaint, b. 13 August 1895?
2. Walter Breuning, b. 21 September 1896
3.? John Redhawk, b. 12 January 1898?
4. Albert Plummer, b. 27 March 1900
5. Emanual Mendoz, b. 26 September 1900

Addendum- replace disputed

6. Frank Buckles, b. 1 February 1901
7. Roy Neuberger, b. 21 July 1903


Atleast im assuming

I hope Villius Vilsaint dosen't get validated.

He hasn't been mentioned alive since May '08.

My father lives in Ft. Lauderdale and he heard about him from the family not that long ago (maybe 2009).

This seems to be "grasping at straws" and, worse, selection bias. In reality it is human nature to want to make lists and ranks and order everything, but the fact of the matter is, the vast majority of centenarians in the U.S. aged 107-109 do NOT get reported in major news media coverage. I wouldn't even bother to mention someone born in 1903 in this discussion yet.

I agree, 1903 is too young. He wouldn't even be the 7th oldest man in the UK.

if his age claim is right then why shouldnt he get validated, even if he does hopefully Walter Breuning will be healthy enough to outlast anyone older than him.

John Redhawk must be indian, that sounds like it would be a challenge to validate.

BTW Villius Vilsaint would be third oldest person if validated.

Roy Neuberger and Frank Buckles have like a two year gap, i would be surprised if USA has no living men born between Frank Buckles and Roy Neuberger, maybe some American men born between that them will be discovered.

If you look at Frank Buckles & Roy Neuberger, they look alike. Compare both when pictured with George W. Bush.

My great-grandmother lived in Ft. Lauderdale till she was 93. She died at my grandparents house in Maryland when she went to visit in November last year. If you type up Annette Haimowitz on google search, her name will pop up. She was mentioned in an article, not her obituary.

Why on Earth not? I think it would be great news! Were always on the search for someone older.

Let us do the exercise for Belgium.(just year of birth ;))

1. Born 1900, aged 109
2. Born 1904, aged 106
3. Born 1904, aged 105
4. Born 1904, aged 105
5. Born 1905, aged 105

We sadly do not have any man born between 1901 and 1903 anymore. :( There is a 3+ year gap between the oldest and the second oldest male.

We should make a topic for the biggest countries oldest living men/people. (e.g. USA, Canada, Australia, Japan).

Useless, because from most countries, we do not have the full list of oldest males.(Belgium is an exception) You would miss 90% of them.

108-year-old man in NYC

March 19, 2010, 5:12 pm
At 108, Still Pulsing With Vigor
By JANO TANTONGCO AND FERNANDA SANTOS
Carl Berner, Feb. 2010.Photographs by Jano Tantongco for The New York Times Carl Berner at home in Middle Village, Queens.

Seventy-two years ago, a 36-year-old German immigrant named Carl Berner moved into a modest single-family house in Middle Village, Queens.

He still lives there.

Doing the math, that makes Mr. Berner, a former toolmaker, toymaker, factory owner and civic activist, 108 years old.

It also makes him almost certainly the city’s oldest man, according to the Gerontology Research Group, which tracks centenarians worldwide. And with the death earlier this month of a 111-year-old woman in Staten Island , Mr. Berner is probably only a few days shy of being the oldest person in the city –- he was born on Jan. 27, 1902, 12 days after Julia Morrell, who lives in a nursing home in Manhattan.

In any case, Mr. Berner is very, very, very old. On a recent Tuesday, he welcomed a visitor and offered a brief glimpse into his world.

A pair of monkey wrenches rested on a windowsill. Mr. Berner said he once used them to repair his furnace. He closed his eyes and gave his head a quick shake, as if stirring a submerged memory to the surface. “I was good in creating,” Mr. Berner said.

Mr. Berner came from Stuttgart. His parents died from tuberculosis when he was very young. He learned to make tools, but could not get a job doing so when he came to New York in 1928. He found work in maintenance at the Chrysler building and eventually became night shift supervisor.
monkey wrenchesThe monkey wrenches sit on the window sill.

Still, he wanted to create with his hands. Skilled at cutting the plush material used to make stuffed animals and dolls, he opened a toy manufacturing business in his garage in Jackson Heights. He met a woman named Margaret and married her. They bought the brick house on 81st Street in Middle Village. They had a daughter, Emily. Later he bought a factory in Long Island.

Mr. Berner’s wife passed away years ago. His daughter still lives with him.

One cloudy afternoon last month, Mr. Berner sat in his dining room, Emily by his side.

His eyes widened when he talked about the past. At one point, he mimicked plush cutting on his dining table, exposing hands weathered by industry and age.

“Even though life is disgusting sometimes, I’ll get up again,” Mr. Berner said.

The dining room is lined with decades worth of awards and plaques, including one from the Department of Sanitation for his efforts to keep the neighborhood clean.

Mr. Berner complained that neighbors no longer knew each other as they used to, that inflation abounded and that the neighborhood was building up too much, too quickly.

“New York has changed between day and night,” he said.

He is still energized, he said, but his health has been failing him. “I’m not very well in my heart,” he said. “This I know. This I can feel.”

Mr. Berner has recently recovered from a broken left hip, but he said he still feels spirited.

“I still have some…” Mr. Berner said, leaving the sentence unfinished. He searched for words, but could only close his eyes, raise his fists and shake them with vigor, energy still pulsing.

is he in good health?