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Thomas Peter Thorvald Kristian Ferdinand Mortensen (August 16, 1882 – April 25, 1998), known as Christian Mortensen, was a Danish-American supercentenarian who resided in California. [1] When he died, his age of 115 years and 252 days was the longest verified male lifespan at the time, until Jiroemon Kimura surpassed him in 2012. [ 2 ]
This list comprises Danish supercentenarians (people from Denmark who have attained the age of at least 110 years), according to the Gerontology Research Group (GRG). The oldest Dane is Christian Mortensen, who emigrated to the United States in 1903, where he died on 25 April 1998, aged 115 years, 252 days.
2 Christian Mortensen [5] M 16 August 1882 25 April 1998 115 years, 252 days Denmark: United States 3 Augusta Holtz [5] F 3 August 1871 21 October 1986 115 years, 79 days Germany [a] United States 4 Goldie Steinberg [8] F 30 October 1900 16 August 2015 114 years, 290 days Moldova [b] United States 5 Grace Clawson [5] F 15 November 1887 28 May 2002
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By January 2015 the Gerontology Research Group (GRG) had validated the longevity claims of 782 American supercentenarians. [1] [needs update] The oldest living American is Naomi Whitehead (born in Georgia on September 26, 1910, and now residing in Greenville, Pennsylvania), aged 114 years, 161 days. [2]
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Such records can only be determined to the extent that the given country's records are reliable. Comprehensive birth registration is largely a 20th-century phenomenon, so records establishing human longevity are necessarily fragmentary. The earliest comprehensive recordkeeping systems arose in Western Europe.