Emiliano Mercado del Toro, Puerto Rican-American soldier (died 2007)

Emiliano Mercado del Toro

Puerto Rican supercentenarian (1891–2007)

Emiliano Mercado del Toro 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…