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Jiroemon Kimura

1897 - 1897

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Jiroemon Kimura (Japanese: 木村 次郎右衛門, Hepburn: Kimura Jirōemon; 19 April 1897 – 12 June 2013) was a Japanese supercentenarian who was the verified oldest living person between Dina Manfredini's death on 17 December 2012 and his own death at age 116 years and 54 days on 12 June 2013. Kimura became the verified oldest living man on 25 September 2011 at the age of 114, upon the death of Peru's Horacio Celi Mendoza, and later also the oldest man in history whose lifespan is verified on 28 December 2012, when he surpassed the age of Christian Mortensen (1882–1998), as well as the only verified man who has lived to age 116. Kimura was, after 113-year-old James Sisnett's death on 23 May 2013, the last surviving man born in the 19th century. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiroemon Kimura is the 1,209th most popular politician (up from 4,857th in 2019), the 35th most popular biography from Japan (up from 314th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Japanese Politician.

Jiroemon Kimura was most famous for being the oldest man in recorded history. He was born on April 19, 1897 and died on June 12, 2013.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 1,209 out of 19,576. Before him are Constantine V, Wang Mang, George Plantagenet, 1st Duke of Clarence, Mindaugas, Nikephoros II Phokas, and Eric XIV of Sweden. After him are Andromache, Princess Birgitta of Sweden, Kurt von Schleicher, Władysław III of Poland, Piero di Cosimo de' Medici, and Dost Mohammad Khan.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 16. Before him are Ivan Konev, Subhas Chandra Bose, Thích Quảng Đức, Paavo Nurmi, Ludwig Erhard, and Yun Posun. After him are Anthony Eden, Lucky Luciano, Wilhelm Reich, Georges Bataille, Odd Hassel, and Louis Aragon. Among people deceased in 1897, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 5. Before him are Johannes Brahms, Thérèse of Lisieux, Alphonse Daudet, and Karl Weierstrass. After him are Edward Drinker Cope, Jacob Burckhardt, Jamāl al-Dīn al-Afghānī, Savitribai Phule, Duchess Sophie Charlotte in Bavaria, Albert Marth, and Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

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In Japan

Among people born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 35 out of 6,245. Before him are Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945), Ryūnosuke Akutagawa (1892), Kanō Jigorō (1860), Yayoi Kusama (1929), Emperor Kōmei (1831), and Hattori Hanzō (1542). After him are Isao Takahata (1935), Itō Hirobumi (1841), Saigō Takamori (1828), Hiroshige (1797), Sadako Sasaki (1943), and Gichin Funakoshi (1868).

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Among POLITICIANS In Japan

Among politicians born in Japan, Jiroemon Kimura ranks 10. Before him are Hideki Tojo (1884), Shinzō Abe (1954), Emperor Jimmu (-711), Richard von Coudenhove-Kalergi (1894), Lee Myung-bak (1941), and Emperor Kōmei (1831). After him are Itō Hirobumi (1841), Sasaki Kojirō (1583), Minamoto no Yoritomo (1147), Takeda Shingen (1521), Emperor Ninkō (1800), and Emperor Kōkaku (1771).

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