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This is intended to be a list of every known man in the United States who is alive at the age of 106 or older. Entries must have at least a 106th birthday confirmation to be included in this list. There are likely many men currently undiscovered, so the rankings may be slightly lower in reality.

Currently, the oldest living man in the USA is Eugene Baltes (born 29 October 1914) aged 109 years, 246 days of Illinois. His age is validated by the Gerontology Research Group (GRG).

List of oldest living men in the U.S. (106+)

      Validated       Under 110       Pending       Unvalidated

State / Country of
Rank Name Birth date Age as of
2 Jul 2024
birth residence Last update
1 Eugene Baltes 29 Oct 1914 109 years, 246 days Minnesota Illinois June 2024
2 Henry Polichetti 3 July 1915 108 years, 364 days Rhode Island Rhode Island Dec 2023
3 Chester Meros 14 July 1915 108 years, 353 days Pennsylvania Maryland July 2023
4 Major McDonald 1 Nov 1915 108 years, 243 days Mississippi Mississippi Feb 2024
5 John Curran 11 Nov 1915 108 years, 233 days Unknown California Nov 2023
6 Clayton Flowers 25 Dec 1915 108 years, 189 days Virginia New Mexico Jan 2024
7 Del Marlow 12 Feb 1916 108 years, 140 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Feb 2024
8 Phillip Thomas 5 Mar 1916 108 years, 119 days Maine Maine Mar 2024
9 Georgios Zikos 13 Mar 1916 108 years, 111 days GreeceGRE Connecticut Mar 2024
10 Donald Johnson 27 Mar 1916 108 years, 97 days Iowa Iowa Mar 2024
11 Mike Teig 17 May 1916 108 years, 46 days Montana Montana May 2024
12 George Thiessen 30 May 1916 108 years, 33 days New York New York May 2023
13 Aloysius "Al" Klugiewicz 14 June 1916 108 years, 18 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania June 2024
14 Joe Harris 19 June 1916 108 years, 13 days California California June 2024
15 Joe Burgess 14 July 1916 107 years, 353 days New York Nebraska June 2024
16 Franklin Estes 29 July 1916 107 years, 338 days Massachusetts New Hampshire July 2023
17 Oakley Hacker 2 Oct 1916 107 years, 273 days Kentucky Kentucky Dec 2023
18 Fred Quam 2 Oct 1916 107 years, 273 days North Dakota North Dakota Oct 2023
19 Sam Jones 8 Oct 1916 107 years, 267 days North Carolina North Carolina Oct 2022
20 Ellis Amdall 12 Oct 1916 107 years, 263 days Wisconsin Wisconsin Nov 2023
21 Edgar "Henry" Bachrach 24 Oct 1916 107 years, 251 days Illinois Florida July 2023
22 Arthur Green 9 Dec 1916 107 years, 205 days Maryland Maryland May 2024
23 Bill Monfort 17 Dec 1916 107 years, 197 days Georgia Florida Jan 2024
24 Alfred Blaschke 4 Jan 1917 107 years, 179 days Wisconsin Texas Jan 2024
25 Kenneth Neilson 16 Jan 1917 107 years, 167 days New York New York Jan 2024
26 Morry Casso 28 Jan 1917 107 years, 155 days Massachusetts Massachusetts sunday/ Jan 2024
27 Duane Brewton 5 Feb 1917 107 years, 147 days Florida Florida Feb 2024
28 Warren Nolan 9 Feb 1917 107 years, 143 days ? California Feb 2024
29 Ray Curtis 11 Feb 1917 107 years, 141 days North Dakota North Dakota Feb 2024
30 Buddy Kunkle Sr 1 Apr 1917 107 years, 92 days South Carolina South Carolina May 2024
31 Augustine "Gus" Preno 13 Apr 1917 107 years, 80 days South Carolina South Carolina Apr 2024
32 Joe Haenn 16 Apr 1917 107 years, 77 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Apr 2024
33 Richard Durette 24 Apr 1917 107 years, 69 days New Hampshire New Hampshire Apr 2023
34 Reynolds Tomter 26 Apr 1917 107 years, 67 days Wisconsin Wisconsin June 2024
John Cantor 26 Apr 1917 107 years, 67 days Minnesota California May 2023
36 Flor Mosqueda 4 May 1917 107 years, 59 days Florida Florida May 2023
37 Bob Aumiller 10 May 1917 107 years, 53 days Unknown California May 2024
38 Lawrence Shaffield 23 May 1917 107 years, 40 days Alabama Alabama May 2024
39 Louis Benvenuto 6 June 1917 107 years, 26 days Nebraska Alabama June 2024
40 John L'hote 15 June 1917 107 years, 17 days Michigan Maine Jan 2024
41 George Jedenoff 5 July 1917 106 years, 362 days RussiaRUS California July 2023
42 Paul Thompson 9 July 1917 106 years, 358 days ? California July 2023
43 Merrill Moore 22 Aug 1917 106 years, 314 days Nebraska Washington Aug 2023
44 Thell Ellison 14 Sept 1917 106 years, 291 days Arkansas Arkansas May 2024
45 Kenneth Gosnell 17 Sept 1917 106 years, 288 days West Virginia West Virginia [Contact with family Dec 2023]
46 Lloyd Gathright 20 Sept 1917 106 years, 285 days Arkansas Arkansas Sept 2023
47 Oscar Norris 25 Sept 1917 106 years, 280 days Alabama North Carolina Sept 2023
48 Elton Cleveland 10 Oct 1917 106 years, 265 days Connecticut Texas Mar 2024
49 David Jergenson 1 Jan 1918 106 years, 182 days Minnesota Minnesota Jan 2024
50 Elmer Elliott 11 Jan 1918 106 years, 172 days Kentucky Kentucky Jan 2024
51 Richard Overman 23 Jan 1918 106 years, 160 days Florida Florida Feb 2024
52 Mitchinson "Mitchie" James 2 Feb 1918 106 years, 150 days Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCT New York Feb 2024
53 Fred Smalls 5 Feb 1918 106 years, 147 days South Carolina South Carolina Feb 2024
54 Leo Cuttill 8 Feb 1918 106 years, 144 days Illinois Illinois Feb 2024
55 Eldred Gerhold 15 Mar 1918 106 years, 109 days Iowa Iowa Mar 2024
56 Karl Schlessinger 18 Mar 1918 106 years, 106 days GermanyGER Texas June 2024*
57 Bill Wheeler 24 Mar 1918 106 years, 100 days Georgia Georgia Mar 2024
58 John Drake 24 Mar 1918 106 years, 100 days Alabama Alabama Mar 2024
59 Antonio Garcia 25 Mar 1918 106 years, 99 days ? Texas Mar 2024
60 Herman Whilby 22 Apr 1918 106 years, 71 days JamaicaJAM Pennsylvania Apr 2024
61 Mike Zaderecky 22 Apr 1918 106 years, 71 days Michigan Ohio Apr 2024
62 Robert Holt 30 Apr 1918 106 years, 63 days Missouri Michigan May 2024
63 Dick Lohness 2 May 1918 106 years, 61 days Illinois Illinois Apr 2024
64 Florian Ozimek 26 May 1918 106 years, 37 days Unknown Pennsylvania May 2024
65 Al Hochwald 30 May 1918 106 years, 33 days Unknown Georgia May 2024
66 Carl Phillips 5 June 1918 106 years, 27 days Pennsylvania Pennsylvania June 2024
67 Bob Putnam 12 June 1918 106 years, 20 days North Dakota Texas June 2024
68 Frank White 13 June 1918 106 years, 19 days New York New York June 2024

Limbo cases/no 106th birthday confirmation/no death confirmation

State/ Country of
Rank Name Birth date Age as of
2 Jul 2024
birth residence Last update
- Ed Martin 22 July 1915 108 years, 345 days? Maryland Florida July 2022
- Harry White 30 Aug 1916 107 years, 306 days? South Carolina District of Columbia Aug 2021
Richard Cheevers 9 Aug 1917 106 years, 327 days? Illinois California [Aug 2022]
Roman Johnnie Bridges 14 Sept 1917 106 years, 291 days? Mississippi California [Sept 2022]
Vance Hill 20 Sept 1917 106 years, 285 days? Ohio Ohio [Sept 2022]
Carlo Domenichini 20 Apr 1918 106 years, 73 days? Vermont Massachusetts Apr 2023
Claude Bell 3 June 1918 106 years, 29 days? Arkansas Arkansas [June 2023]

Oldest living male American emigrants

State / Country of
Rank Name Birth date Age as of
2 Jul 2024
birth residence Last update
1 Burdett Sisler 14 Apr 1915 109 years, 79 days Ohio CanadaCAN Apr 2024
2 Frank Chuman 29 Apr 1917 107 years, 64 days California ThailandTHA Unkown
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