Walter Breuning was an American super centenarian who was the oldest recognized living man between July 18, 2009 and April 14, 2011. Breuning is the third-oldest verified American man ever behind Danish-born Christian Mortensen and Mathew Beard as well as the second-oldest man ever born in the United States, as Christian Mortensen was born in Denmark. At the time of his death he was the fourth-oldest verified man ever.
