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Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Peter Solum 3 May 1882 5 June 1993 111 years, 33 days Tansem Township Barnesville Township
2 Charles Young 28 December 1894 31 July 2005 110 years, 211 days Minnesota Albany
3 Joseph Athmann 23 March 1888 2 September 1998 110 years, 163 days Spring Hill Township Melrose
4 Gordon Saunders 12 July 1910 18 September 2020 110 years, 68 days Blue Earth Blue Earth
5 George Callahan 6 October 1876 14 November 1986 110 years, 39 days Winona County Brainerd
6 Carl Schevenius 27 July 1878 19 April 1988 109 years, 267 days NorwayNOR Minneapolis
7 Alois Simmer 15 January 1882 7 October 1991 109 years, 265 days Shakopee Saint Paul
8 Henry Stueber 12 April 1884 16 October 1993 109 years, 187 days Sigel Township New Ulm
9 Orin Akers 4 February 1863 2 August 1972 109 years, 180 days Indiana Winnebago
10 John Sikel 26 February 1892 20 June 2001 109 years, 114 days Nebraska Fairbault
11 Don Fanning 26 January 1911 21 April 2020 109 years, 86 days Maine Minneapolis
12 Johan Gronlie 16 September 1891 25 November 2000 109 years, 70 days NorwayNOR Minneapolis
13 Harry Camp 20 September 1910 22 April 2019 108 years, 214 days Unknown North Oaks
14 Arthur Dobberstein 19 June 1898 14 October 2006 108 years, 117 days Wasceca County Mankato
15 Herbert Yeske 7 April 1903 28 May 2011 108 years, 51 days Unknown Winona
16 Noah Smith 18 January 1908 24 September 2015 107 years 249 days Indiana New Hope
17 Herman Petermeier 18 February 1908 6 September 2015 107 years, 200 days Millwood Albany
18 Carl Johnson 3 June 1886 23 September 1993 107 years, 112 days Douglas County Douglas County
19 Charlie Otteson 12 January 1898 26 April 2005 107 years, 104 days Iowa Staples
20 David Jergenson 1 January 1918 14 March 2025 107 years 72 days Cyrus Alexandria
2Q Simon Rothenberger 6 October 1873 12 September 1980 106 years, 342 days GermanyGER? Minneapolis
22 Paul Peterson 6 January 1904 3 December 2010 106 years, 331 days North Dakota Lake Crystal
23 Henry Rohlfsen 5 June 1883 23 April 1990 106 years, 322 days Iowa Spring Park
24 Sibert Lyngen 14 November 1900 19 September 2007 106 years, 309 days Big Bend City Montevido
25 Marcus Lais 25 April 1886 22 February 1993 106 years, 303 days Wilmot Lismore
26 Axel Borgstrom 8 August 1888 3 June 1995 106 years, 299 days SwedenSWE Upsala
27 Walter Schwinghammer 13 December 1906 26 September 2013 106 years, 287 days St Joseph Belgrade
28 George Noren 15 February 1876 27 November 1982 106 years, 285 days Chisago City Chisago City
29 Isaac Enderson 10 April 1906 15 January 2013 106 years, 280 days Iowa Blue Earth
30 Lynn McCann 9 January 1907 12 October 2013 106 years, 276 days Oregon Rochester
31 Mikko “Mike” Laine 9 December 1888 18 August 1995 106 years, 252 days FinlandFIN Toivola
32 Jame Birkebak 15 November 1886 17 July 1993 106 years, 244 days Hutchinson Itasca County
33 Jack Mayfield 6 October 1879 6 June 1985 106 years, 243 days Louisiana Minneapolis
34 Albert Woolson 11 February 1850 2 August 1956 106 years, 172 days New York Duluth
35 Jens Landro 8 February 1880 12 June 1986 106 years, 124 days Norman County Norman County
36 Angelo Zankl 19 April 1901 12 July 2007 106 years, 84 days Wisconsin Collegeville
37 John Semb 1 October 1864 2 December 1970 106 years, 62 days Wisconsin Minneapolis
38 Axel Valla 27 July 1894 18 September 2000 106 years, 53 days NorwayNOR Minneapolis
39 Peter Fagerwold 7 October 1880 14 November 1986 106 years, 38 days Unknown Lake
40 Albert Baum 23 January 1881 9 February 1987 106 years, 17 days South Dakota Otter Tail County
41 Halbert Elseth 24 May 1884 7 June 1990 106 years, 14 days Newfolden Perley
42 Earl Mahoney 31 August 1907 24 August 2013 105 years 358 days Iowa Pipestone
43 Albert Anderegg 29 August 1900 8 August 2006 105 years, 344 days Le Sueur Burnsville
44 Robert Hilgers 1 April 1909 3 March 2015 105 years 336 days Mankato Fairmont
45 Louis Lofthus 16 February 1888 14 January 1994 105 years, 332 days Granite Falls Granite Falls
46 Otto Pieper 21 March 1874 19 January 1980 105 years, 304 days GermanyGER Clara City
47 Lewis Haldorson 15 August 1867 11 June 1973 105 years, 300 days NorwayNOR Glenwood
48 Harry Frounfelter 19 December 1908 5 October 2014 105 years 290 days Illinois Wheaton
49 William McGuire 20 January 1858 3 November 1963 105 years, 287 days Mississippi Northome
50 Arnold Bing 21 April 1890 9 January 1996 105 years, 263 days Yellow Medicine Minneapolis

Men who were born in Minnesota who moved[]

City of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Walter Breuning 21 September 1896 14 April 2011 114 years, 205 days Melrose Montana
2 Eugene Baltes 29 October 1914 29 December 2024 110 years, 61 days Unknown Illinois
3 Wesley Sorn 25 March 1910 26 December 2018 108 years, 276 days Farmington California
4 Alphons Hinnenkamp 8 March 1904 31 August 2012 108 years, 176 days Melrose Wisconsin
5 John Cantor 26 April 1917 Living 108 years, 79 days Saint Paul California
6 Albert Diddams 9 November 1879 9 September 1987 107 years, 304 days Le Roy Florida
7 Melvin Thompson 11 September 1903 10 May 2011 107 years, 241 days Spring Grove North Dakota
8 Edward Swedenborg 26 February 1895 4 February 2002 106 years, 343 days Hallock California
9 Joseph Dobrowski 31 January 1906 7 January 2013 106 years, 341 days Roseau County Montana
10 Knute Haugestuen 7 June 1904 8 April 2011 106 years, 305 days Grand Meadow Wisconsin
11 Raymond Styrlund 14 August 1911 9 April 2018 106 years 238 days Viking Illinois
12 Lawrence Skelton 28 July 1911 21 March 2018 106 years 236 days Duluth CanadaCAN
13 Bill Kurth 28 May 1902 6 January 2009 106 years, 223 days Rochester Washington
14 Richard Fort 5 February 1878 11 September 1984 106 years, 219 days Winona California
15 Wilbur Hof 31 May 1916 15 December 2022 106 years 198 days Trosky Iowa
16 Walter Estby 13 July 1905 10 January 2012 106 years, 181 days Akeley Washington
17 Walter Priebe 23 May 1881 29 October 1987 106 years, 159 days Racine Idaho
18 Reuben Law 14 August 1898 1 January 2005 106 years, 140 days Northfield Nevada
19 Eli Koss 25 August 1916 3 November 2022 106 years 70 days Duluth Arizona
20 Heinrich J. Siebert 26 May 1896 19 March 2002 105 years, 297 days Delft Nebraska
21 Jacob Kinzer 25 April 1871 8 December 1976 105 years, 227 days Morrison County CanadaCAN Alberta
22 Russell Chrysler 21 October 1908 1 May 2014 105 years 192 Days Duluth Idaho
23 Erik Rossing 14 May 1892 9 August 1997 105 years, 87 days Bear Park Township North Dakota
24 Bernard Robel 13 August 1896 12 September 2001 105 years, 30 days Mankato Washington
25 Emil John Hagen 7 November 1898 7 December 2003 105 years, 30 days Kittson County California



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