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Walter Wilcox
Walter Wilcox
Birth: 1 November 1872
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
Death: 11 August 1983
Anaheim, California, USA
Age: 110 years, 283 days
Country: United StatesUSA
Validated

Walter Meade Wilcox (1 November 1872 – 11 August 1983) was a validated American supercentenarian who was the world's oldest living man at the time of his death.

Biography

Walter Meade Wilcox was born in Pittsburgh, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, USA on 1 November 1872.

He became the oldest known living man in the United States and the world, following the death of 110-year-old James Nash on 4 March 1983.

Walter Meade Wilcox died Anaheim, Orange County, California, USA on 11 August 1983 at the age of 110 years, 283 days.

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World's Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • TE)

James SmithJames HardKarl GlocknerWayland NewellAnders JohanssonEuclid StoryDaniel CummingsMathias Hansen SaetherRobert EarlyWillem KosteringSylvester MelvinJoseph Saint-Amour • William Smith • James KingJohn Mosley Turner • Eli LindsayJohn ChaneyWilliam LambJohn JohnsonTheophilus MayFriedrich Wedeking • Isaac Edwards • James HoltJean Teillet • Charlie Nelson • Charlie Phillips • Zachariah BlackistoneJames NashWalter WilcoxGregory PandazesBenjamin GarnerRandolph Davis • Joe Thomas • Herman Smith-Johannsen • Alphaeus Philemon Cole • John Evans • Henri Perignon • Robert Freeman • Frederick Frazier • Josep Armengol Jover • Park HeardChristian Mortensen • Donald Butler • Denzo Ishizaki • Antonio Urrea Hernandez • John Painter • Antonio Todde • Yukichi Chuganji • Joan Riudavets Moll • Fred Hale • Emiliano Mercado del Toro • Tomoji Tanabe • Henry Allingham • Walter Breuning • Horacio Celi MendozaJiroemon Kimura • Salustiano Sanchez Blazquez • Ernest PeronneauArturo Licata • Alexander Imich • Sakari Momoi • Yasutaro Koide • Israel Kristal • Francisco Nunez Olivera • Masazo Nonaka • (Gustav Gerneth) • Tomas Pinales FiguereoEmilio Flores MarquezSaturnino de la Fuente GarciaJuan Vicente Perez MoraShi PingJohn TinniswoodJoao Marinho Neto


United States' Oldest Living Man Titleholders (VE)

James SmithJames HardWilliam KineyWayland NewellDaniel CummingsTeofil ChudzinskiRobert EarlySylvester MelvinWilliam SmithJames KingOllie StewartJohn ChaneyWilliam LambJohn JohnsonTheophilus MayOrin AkersIsaac EdwardsJames HoltCharlie NelsonCharlie PhillipsZachariah BlackistoneJames NashWalter WilcoxGregory PandazesBenjamin GarnerRandolph DavisJoe ThomasAlphaeus Philemon ColeAlton GilbertOscar DuboisRobert FreemanFrederick FrazierPark HeardChristian MortensenDonald ButlerEdward GravesJohn PainterJohn McMorranFred HaleEarl BrushMoses HardyThomas NelsonAntonio PierroGeorge FrancisWalter BreuningShelby HarrisSalustiano SanchezErnest PeronneauAlexander ImichConrad JohnsonJames RichardsonWash WesleyFelix SimoneauxFrank LevingstonClarence MatthewsRichard OvertonHenry TsengCP CrawfordIrving PikenLawrence BrooksEzra HillRaymond MonroyErasto Alvarado NunezHerbert WoldingOtis RandallHorace BaumerMorrie MarkoffVincent DransfieldEugene BaltesLuis Cano



California's Oldest Living Person Titleholders (VE)

Fannie ThomasMary Phil CotaWalter WilcoxGregory PandazesMary McKinneyBertha Blair • Unknown • Zoe HiehleKatherine JonesAmy HarrisMiriam CarpelanChristian MortensenFrances JohnsClara HuhnAdelina DominguesMary ChristianEmma TaylorElma CorningMargaret RussellMarion HigginsGertrude BainesSoledad MexiaOpal ThompsonDominga VelascoFlorence BoggsClarence MatthewsMinnie WhickerLucy MirigianMila MangoldEdie CeccarelliIlse Meingast