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RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Walter Breuning

1896 - 2011

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Walter Breuning (September 21, 1896 – April 14, 2011) was an American supercentenarian who lived for 114 years and 205 days and was, at the time of his death, the oldest living man in the world and the third-oldest verified man ever, behind Christian Mortensen and Emiliano Mercado del Toro. As of 2023, he is the fifth-oldest. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Walter Breuning has received more than 607,779 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia. Walter Breuning is the 2,538th most popular religious figure (down from 2,088th in 2019), the 8,251st most popular biography from United States (down from 7,668th in 2019) and the 66th most popular American Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Walter Breuning ranks 2,538 out of 2,238Before him are Sin-Iddinam, Mary MacKillop, Giovanni Nasalli Rocca di Corneliano, George Abbot, Pope Primus of Alexandria, and Adam Maida. After him are Paulinus of York, Maturino Blanchet, Sergio Obeso Rivera, Dolly Pentreath, Berhaneyesus Demerew Souraphiel, and Mario Delpini.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1896, Walter Breuning ranks 212Before him are George Parker, Kim Iryeop, Enrique Hertzog, Rogers Hornsby, John Harding, 1st Baron Harding of Petherton, and Rafael Garza Gutiérrez. After him are José Naya, Lawrence Tibbett, Virgil Thomson, Arthur Tell Schwab, Kathleen McKane Godfree, and Gösta Runö. Among people deceased in 2011, Walter Breuning ranks 342Before him are Ernő Solymosi, Ellen Winther, Assar Rönnlund, Yoshiko Tanaka, Bernard Collomb, and Radivoje Ognjanović. After him are Peggy Rea, Elisabeth Sladen, Garret FitzGerald, Oldřich Machač, G. D. Spradlin, and Célestin Oliver.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Walter Breuning ranks 8,251 out of 18,182Before him are James Ewing (1866), Adam Maida (1930), Laura Secord (1775), George Herriman (1880), Deborah Shelton (1948), and Cyrus West Field (1819). After him are Peggy Rea (1921), James Neill (1860), Jimmy Dorsey (1904), Esai Morales (1962), Rudy Tomjanovich (1948), and Charles King (1880).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In United States

Among religious figures born in United States, Walter Breuning ranks 66Before him are John Patrick Foley (1935), Isabella Stewart Gardner (1840), Roger Mahony (1936), Bruce M. Metzger (1914), William Ellery Channing (1780), and Adam Maida (1930). After him are Emma Smith (1804), Wilton Daniel Gregory (1947), Blase J. Cupich (1949), Francis George (1937), Sylvester Graham (1794), and William H. Keeler (1931).