Emiliano Mercado Del Toro

Emiliano Mercado del Toro (August 21, 1891 – January 24, 2007) was, at age 115, the world's oldest person for six weeks, and the world's oldest man from November 19, 2004 (death of Fred H. Hale, Sr.) until his own death on January 24, 2007. Aged 115 years 112 days at the time of the succession as the oldest living person, Del Toro is the oldest man ever to have held the title. He is the oldest verified military veteran ever.

At the time of his death at age 115 years 156 days, Mercado was the second oldest fully validated male ever, behind Danish-American Christian Mortensen's record of 115 years 252 days. He continued to hold this position until more than five years later, when on 23 September 2012, Jiroemon Kimura surpassed this age.

On 21 August 2006, Mercado became the second fully validated man in history to reach age 115. Del Toro was the last and oldest surviving documented person born in 1891. Del Toro was also the oldest verified Hispanic/Latino person ever. He officially became the oldest documented living person on December 11, 2006, following the death of 116-year-old Elizabeth Bolden. He was the 34th person to hold this title since its inception, and the most recent man to do so.