| Friedrich Wedeking | |
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| Birth: | 10 October 1862 Blomberg, Germany |
| Death: | 5 May 1973 Dortmund, Germany |
| Age: | 110 years, 207 days |
| Country: |  GER
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| Validated | |
Heinrich Karl Friedrich Wedeking (10 October 1862 – 5 May 1973) was the first German supercentenarian. He was born in Blomberg and died in Dortmund.[1]
He was the world's oldest validated man from the death of John Mosely Turner on 21 March, 1968 until his own death (however, data from the 1968-1973 period remains woefully incomplete and this may reflect a "placeholder" value at the start of his "title reign" at age only 105 in 1968).