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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emiliano Mercado del Toro has received more than 346,325 page views. His biography is available in 22 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Emiliano Mercado del Toro is the 957th most popular military personnel (up from 1,144th in 2019), the 10th most popular biography from Puerto Rico (up from 11th in 2019) and the most popular Puerto Rican Military Personnel.

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    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 22

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 5.80

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.48

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among MILITARY PERSONNELS

Among military personnels, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 957 out of 2,058. Before him are Winrich von Kniprode, Shurahbil ibn Hasana, Jeffery Amherst, 1st Baron Amherst, Ilmari Juutilainen, Hans von Obstfelder, and Jack Churchill. After him are Chris Kyle, Nikolai Berzarin, Marcellin Marbot, Charles Robert Jenkins, Jean-Étienne Championnet, and Reiner Stahel.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1891, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 87. Before him are Kálmán Kalocsay, Charles Munch, Kim Seong-su, Sergey Ivanovich Vavilov, Seth Barnes Nicholson, and Hermann Scherchen. After him are Antoine Pinay, Hans Albers, Ivan Vinogradov, George Adamski, Laura Vicuña, and Milton L. Humason. Among people deceased in 2007, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 116. Before him are Wally Schirra, Henri Debehogne, Barry Nelson, Jean-Marie Lustiger, Lothar-Günther Buchheim, and Raul Hilberg. After him are Ian Stevenson, Tikhon Khrennikov, François-Xavier Ortoli, Aden Adde, Delbert Mann, and Sa'dun Hammadi.

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In Puerto Rico

Among people born in Puerto Rico, Emiliano Mercado del Toro ranks 10 out of 77. Before him are Benicio del Toro (1967), Rita Moreno (1931), Ricky Martin (1971), José Ferrer (1912), Héctor Lavoe (1946), and Luis Guzmán (1956). After him are Amaury Nolasco (1970), Daddy Yankee (1977), Roberto Clemente (1934), Luis Fonsi (1978), Roselyn Sánchez (1973), and Manuel Goded Llopis (1882).

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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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