MILITARY PERSONNEL

Emiliano Mercado del Toro

1891 - 2007

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Emiliano Mercado del Toro (August 21, 1891 – January 24, 2007) was a Puerto Rican supercentenarian and military veteran who was, at age 115, the world's oldest person following the death of 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden on December 11, 2006, until his own death on January 24, 2007. He had already been the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004, upon the death of Fred Harold Hale. At the time of his death in January 2007, aged 115 years and 156 days, Mercado was the second oldest fully validated male ever, behind Danish-American Christian Mortensen's record of 115 years 252 days. Japanese man, Shigechiyo Izumi, was still believed to be older at the time of Mercado's death, but his record was withdrawn by Guinness World Records in 2010. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the 797th most popular military personnel (up from 958th in 2019), the 9th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 10th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Military Personnel.

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 797 out of 2,058. Before him are Helmuth von Pannwitz, Nikolay Gumilyov, Hans Karl von Diebitsch, John Hanning Speke, Gustav Horn, Count of Pori, and Hans von Salmuth. After him are John French, 1st Earl of Ypres, Yazid ibn Abi Sufyan, Soemu Toyoda, Cleombrotus, Hermann Priess, and Jahangir Mirza.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 70. Before him are John Langenus, Lilya Brik, Dimitrije Ljotić, Princess Adelaide of Saxe-Meiningen, Oswald Boelcke, and Walter A. Shewhart. After him are Lajos Zilahy, Hans F. K. Günther, Kim Seong-su, Poul Nielsen, Johannes R. Becher, and Kálmán Kalocsay. Among people deceased in 2007, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 104. Before him are Viliam Schrojf, Floyd Westerman, Gianfranco Ferré, Julien Gracq, Princess Katherine of Greece and Denmark, and Edward Yang. After him are Raymond Barre, Kisho Kurokawa, Ian Stevenson, François-Xavier Ortoli, Teddy Kollek, and Michel Lotito.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 9 out of 77. Before him are Joaquin Phoenix (1974), Rita Moreno (1931), Ricky Martin (1971), José Ferrer (1912), Benicio del Toro (1967), and Luis Guzmán (1956). After him are Amaury Nolasco (1970), Héctor Lavoe (1946), Eddie Gómez (1944), José Torres (1936), Daddy Yankee (1977), and Luis Fonsi (1978).

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Among MILITARY PERSONNELS In Puerto Rico

Among military personnels born in Puerto Rico, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 1. After him are Manuel Goded Llopis (1882).

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