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Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Robert Early 8 October 1849 9 October 1960 111 years, 1 day Corbin Corbin
2 James Nash 31 July 1872 24 March 1983 110 years, 216 days Tennessee Providence
3 Benjamin Anglin 27 May 1897 15 July 2007 110 years, 49 days Rockcastle County Brodhead
4 David Klaffer 6 August 1891 22 June 2001 109 years, 318 days Cairo Henderson
5 Roscoe Taylor 3 February 1883 12 November 1992 109 years, 283 days Beaver Dam Beaver Dam
6 Thomas “Pop” Kelly 10 May 1888 30 May 1997 109 years, 20 days Georgetown Georgetown
7 Edgar Vanmeter 8 April 1887 15 March 1996 108 years, 342 days Glendale Elizebethtown
8 John Morris 21 November 1899 27 October 2008 108 years, 341 days Arkansas Horse Branch
9 Chester Wilson 25 April 1914 7 December 2022 108 years, 226 days Lexington Wilmore
10 Oakley Hacker 2 October 1916 12 May 2025 108 years, 222 days Clay County Hazard
11 Virgil Wood 26 August 1906 7 January 2015 108 years, 134 days Providence Madisonville
12 William Arnett 6 July 1883 15 October 1991 108 years, 101 days Unknown Paintsville
13 Glenn Thornberry 13 March 1909 2 June 2017 108 years, 81 days Elliot County Winchester
14 Hardin Holman 28 May 1904 2 August 2012 108 years, 66 days Barren County Three Forks
15 John Carroll Williams 22 July 1916 14 June 2024 107 years, 317 days Louisville Louisville
16 George Thompson 7 February 1909 6 October 2016 107 years, 303 days Leafdale Louisville
17 Lewis McIntosh 30 October 1888 19 August 1996 107 years, 294 days Buckhorn Owsley
18 Richard Smalley 24 March 1913 23 November 2020 107 years, 246 days Lebanon Lebanon
19 Frank Cloud 22 February 1883 22 October 1990 107 years, 242 days Kenvir Evarts
20 Robert Berry 6 January 1890 15 June 1997 107 years, 160 days Owensboro Owensboro
21 Burdett White 7 July 1868 25 November 1975 107 years, 141 days Daviston Daviston
22 Gershon Schulman 11 September 1909 6 January 2017 107 years, 117 days Unknown Versailles
22 Donald Robinson 21 November 1915 18 March 2023 107 years, 117 days Louisville Louisville
24 Robert Lee Hazelwood 10 August 1886 3 November 1993 107 years, 85 days Madison County Morrill
25 James Lawrence 27 July 1882 21 September 1989 107 years, 56 days Tennessee Cadiz
26 John Stallard 25 April 1901 29 May 2008 107 years, 34 days Letcher County Louisville
27 Reuben Robinson 26 July 1896 24 August 2003 107 years, 29 days Tennessee Louisville
28 Richard “Dick” Mosley 15 April 1911 17 March 2018 106 years, 336 days Floyd County Pikeville
29 Harvey Withrow 18 December 1900 1 November 2007 106 years, 318 days Grayson Grayson
30 John Stacy 9 November 1886 13 September 1993 106 years, 308 days Decoy Hazard
31 Tipp Davis 21 January 1905 17 November 2011 106 years, 300 days Corbin Latonia
32 Jasper McCartt 28 August 1886 13 June 1993 106 years, 289 days Tennessee New Castle
33 Elmer Elliott 11 January 1918 16 October 2024 106 years, 279 days Mayfield Mayfield
34 Curtis Ledford 26 May 1876 17 February 1983 106 years, 267 days Harlan County Lancaster
35 Oliver Tucker 2 February 1903 19 September 2009 106 years, 229 days Keno West Somerset
36 Roscoe Cassidy 5 April 1908 21 October 2014 106 years 199 days Preston Owingsville
37 McClellan “Clell” Richardson 24 March 1885 28 September 1991 106 years, 188 days Valley View Lawrenceburg
38 Henry Beavers 12 April 1914 27 September 2020 106 years, 168 days Willisburg Louisville
39 Vaughn Drake 6 November 1918 7 April 2025 106 years, 152 days Winchester Lexington
40 Clarence Paris 28 May 1912 10 October 2018 106 years 135 days Unknown Paris
40 Sherman Price 8 February 1914 22 June 2020 106 years 135 days Logan County Bowling Green
42 Robley Rex 2 January 1903 28 April 2009 106 years, 116 days Hopkinsville Louisville
43 Charles Hayden 3 June 1896 4 August 2002 106 years, 62 days Lebanon Danville
44 Edd Hollen 24 August 1866 20 October 1972 106 years, 57 days Peabody Peabody
45 Clarence Blakney 21 February 1896 17 April 2002 106 years, 55 days Palma Paducah
46 Jack Strother 8 October 1912 1 November 2018 106 years 24 days Grayson Ashland
47 William Cook 31 August 1881 4 September 1987 106 years, 5 days Illinois Fort Thomas
48 William Manus 23 January 1903 15 December 2008 105 years, 327 days Unknown Burna
49 Carl Fox 6 January 1915 12 November 2020 105 years 311 days Illinois Paducah
50 Arthur “A.C.” Pope 30 November 1912 4 September 2018 105 years 278 days Laurel County Somerset

Men who were born in Kentucky who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Loyd Hardaway 1 June 1871 31 January 1981 109 years, 243 days Bewleyville Missouri
2 James Andrews 1 August 1866 2 August 1975 109 years, 1 day Unknown Texas
3 William Rexroat 17 August 1898 10 July 2007 108 years, 327 days Russel Springs Iowa
4 Ulous Taylor 22 February 1872 10 December 1980 108 years, 292 days Butler Oklahoma
5 James Rutledge 27 December 1881 7 August 1990 108 years, 223 days Unknown Texas
6 John Morton-Finney 25 June 1889 28 January 1998 108 years, 217 days Uniontown Indiana
7 Clabe Mullins 7 July 1866 30 January 1975 108 years, 207 days Breathitt County West Virginia
8 Elijah Spencer 12 March 1900 8 May 2008 108 years, 57 days Unknown Wisconsin
9 Norman Hobgood 4 January 1872 29 February 1980 108 years, 56 days Vanderburg Arkansas
10 Louis Shaw 12 February 1877 31 March 1985 108 years, 47 days Short Creek Indiana
11 James Wilbert Hayden 10 June 1896 26 July 2004 108 years, 46 days Rome Indiana
12 James Bourne 3 September 1892 22 April 2000 107 years, 232 Days Owen County Pennsylvania
13 Thurman Carnal 6 July 1916 22 November 2023 107 years, 139 days Webster County Indiana
14 William Kiney 10 Feb 1846 23 June 1953 107 years, 133 days Unknown Indiana
15 Will Wright 14 January 1880 13 March 1987 107 years, 58 days South Elkhorn Missouri
16 Wilburn Hampton 10 April 1908 3 January 2015 106 years 268 days Millstone Oregon
17 William Hinton 12 February 1876 13 August 1981 106 years, 307 days Flemingsburg Ohio
18 William E Wolfe 12 July 1902 16 March 2009 106 years, 247 days Rush West Virginia
19 Nelson Huff 22 June 1887 25 November 1993 106 years, 156 days Leslie County Ohio
20 Joe Landrum 25 November 1914 16 December 2020 106 years 21 days Fountain Run Kansas
21 William Williams 14 April 1866 19 April 1972 106 years, 5 days Jackson County Oklahoma
22 Archie Hatfield 7 May 1907 6 May 2013 105 years 365 days Pike county Ohio
23 Elmon Myers 12 March 1914 3 March 2020 105 years 357 days Bullitt County Indiana
24 Henry Robert Smith 19 June 1851 3 June 1957 105 years, 349 days Clinton County Texas
25 Richard Ragland 30 October 1873 29 December 1979 105 years, 334 days Barren County Illinois
26 Millard Gaddie 8 June 1902 10 February 2008 105 years, 247 days Campellsville Oklahoma
27 Walter Leadingham 12 November 1881 5 August 1987 105 years, 266 days Elliott County Ohio
28 Harry Ortlieb 10 June 1882 23 February 1988 105 years, 258 days Dayton Ohio
29 James Myatt 27 April 1909 29 November 2014 105 years 216 days Mayfield Tennessee
30 William Sturgill 22 May 1881 7 December 1986 105 years, 199 days Greenup County Ohio
31 Melvin Killen 11 September 1879 1 December 1984 105 years, 81 days Letcher County Ohio
32 Robert Miller 2 March 1869 10 April 1974 105 years, 39 days Bowling Green Indiana
33 Willis White 22 August 1859 4 September 1964 105 years, 13 days Greenup Ohio



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