Emiliano Mercado del Toro
Emiliano Mercado del Toro (August 21, 1891 – January 24, 2007) was a Puerto Rican longevity record-holder 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, and the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004 (death of Fred H. Hale, Sr.) until his own death on January 24, 2007.