Jiroemon Kimura
Jiroemon Kimura 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 15 April 2011, shortly before his 114th birthday, upon Walter Breuning's death, and later also the verified oldest man in history 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.
19 April 1897
Born on the same birth date (19 April 1897): Peter de Noronha
Born on the same birth day (19 April): Anna Lee Aldred • Anne Glover (biologist) • Christoph Bach (musician) • Deaf Smith • Dickie Goodman • Kelly Olynyk • Loren Gray • Samuel C. Morrison Jr. • Willem Drost • William Carnegie, 7th Earl of Northesk
Born in the same month (April 1897): Douglas Sirk • Edouard Wyss-Dunant • Hans Schuberth • Humberto Mauro • Joe Kirkwood Sr. • Manuel Ávila Camacho • Mary, Princess Royal and Countess of Harewood • Odd Lindbäck-Larsen • Prafulla Chandra Sen • Thrasyvoulos Tsakalotos • Werner Voss • Ye Jianying