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Hans Schornack

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Hans Schornack
Hans Schornack
Schornack at the age of 110
Birth: 29 February 1912
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Death: 22 February 2023
Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age: 110 years, 358 days
Country: GermanyGER
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Johann "Hans" Schornack (29 February 1912 – 22 February 2023) was a German supercentenarian who was believed to be the oldest living man in Germany since the death of Heinrich Homann on 24 June 2020, and the oldest living German-born man since the death of Arnold Leissler of Poland on 13 March 2021. He was also the oldest known living person in North Rhine-Westphalia. His age is currently unvalidated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

Biography[]

Hans Schornack was born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 29 February 1912. During the second World War, he was not drafted into the German military, which he later said he was very glad about due to being a self-described pacifist. He worked as a mechanic for Opel and Ford for several years before he became self-employed in the auto trade. He also worked in a kiosk on Frohnhauser Platz and sold tobacco products there. He drove a car until the age of 95.

In January 2021, at the age of 108, he received his COVID-19 vaccine, making him one of oldest people to receive the vaccine. In 2022, he was reported to have recovered from a mild case of the infection shortly before turning 110, making him the oldest (known) person in Germany to get COVID at the time.

Schornack died in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 22 February 2023 at the age of 110 years, 358 days. Due to being born on leap day, he only experienced his birthday 28 times throughout his entire life, with his most recent birthday having occurred in 2020. He is the oldest known person ever born on leap day. Following his death, Karlheinz Stauber became the oldest known living man in Germany.

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Germany's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Karl Glockner • Unknown • Josef Callenberg • Mathias Bollinger • Unknown • Johann Hartlieb • Adolf Lange • Karl Pfeiffer • Johann Wost • Friedrich Wedeking • August Schmidt • Wilhelm Deffner • Karl Bulow • Fritz Witt • Heinrich Oppermann • Ernst Schutt • Wenzel Novotny • Otto Trost • Peter Schmitt • Friedrich von Rauchhaupt • Wilhelm Gazioch • A. Hermann Lange • Ernst Laurenty • Gustav Rupnow • Robert Hubener • Wilhelm Lehnen • Jonathan Richter • Wilhelm Schorner • Lorenz Imminger • Georg Bredtschneider • Hermann Dornemann • Robert Meier • Wilhelm Remmert • Rudolf Christmann • Georg Thalhofer • Franz Kunstler • Georg Rosenkranz • Hermann Mayer-Kaupp • Erich Berger • Richard Hinz • Friedrich Volmer • Martin Dressel • Paul Veit • Bernhard Prott • Erich Walde • Gustav Gerneth • Heinrich Homann • Hans Schornack • Karlheinz Stauber • Karl Haidle • Bruno Kant

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