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This is intended to be a list of every man in Switzerland who has reached the age of 106 or older.

List of oldest Swiss men ever (106+)[]

      Validated       Under 110       Living       Unvalidated

Canton or country of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Pierre Gremion 5 Mar 1902 13 Feb 2012 109 years, 345 days Fribourg Fribourg
2 Fritz Boesch 25 Feb 1877 25 Nov 1986 109 years, 273 days Fribourg Fribourg
3 Alfred Ziegler 22 Feb 1913 12 Mar 2022 109 years, 18 days Zurich Zurich
4 Herbert Kreibich 24 Mar 1910 7 Jan 2019 108 years, 289 days Czech RepublicCZE Vaud
5 Numa Bissat-Sueur 10 Mar 1884 5 Dec 1992 108 years, 270 days Vaud Vaud
6 Jules Nidegger 26 May 1893 20 Jan 2002 108 years, 239 days Vaud Vaud
7 Gino Migliore 3 June 1913 c.22 Jan 2022 108 years, c.233 days TunisiaTUN Geneva
8 Battista Sargenti 3 Oct 1908 7 May 2017 108 years, 216 days Ticino Geneva
9 Friedrich Gerber 16 Aug 1886 11 Mar 1995 108 years, 207 days Bern Bern
10 Hugues-Adhemar Cuenod 26 June 1902 6 Dec 2010 108 years, 163 days Vaud Vaud
11 Felix Sierro 21 Mar 1908 30 Mar 2016 108 years, 9 days Valais Valais
12 Alex Montani 13 Oct 1894 19 Oct 2002 108 years, 6 days Valais Valais
13 Wilhelm Engels 25 Feb 1914 2 Feb 2022 107 years, 342 days Bern Bern
14 Walter Muller 21 June 1914 26 May 2022 107 years, 341 days Zurich Zurich
15 Paul Trachsel 22 June 1915 13 Mar 2023 107 years, 264 days Vaud Vaud
16 Werner Tschaggelar 5 Nov 1907 28 May 2015 107 years, 204 days Bern Bern
17 Alberto Annoni 18 Feb 1915 14 Aug 2022 107 years, 177 days Italy ITA Geneva
18 Fritz Feldmann 12 May 1899 2 Nov 2006 107 years, 174 days Bern Bern
19 Robert Vaney 24 Mar 1903 12 Sept 2010 107 years, 172 days Vaud Vaud
20 Hans Schaeren 26 Sept 1904 27 Feb 2012 107 years, 154 days Bern Bern
21 Richard Mercier 28 Jan 1916 25 June 2023 107 years, 148 days Vaud Vaud
22 Hans Putzi 7 Aug 1904 27 Dec 2011 107 years, 142 days Grisons Grisons
23 Felix Kober 13 Aug 1910 26 Nov 2017 107 years, 105 days Thurgau Thurgau
24 Camille Schlaeppi 29 Nov 1878 8 Mar 1986 107 years, 99 days Bern Zurich
25 Johann Kuehlein 11 Feb 1868 27 Feb 1975 107 years, 16 days Zurich Zurich
26 Lucien Brunner 9 Jan 1915 19 Jan 2022 107 years, 10 days Vaud Vaud
27 Cesare Gianinazzi 3 Sept 1899 12 Sept 2006 107 years, 9 days Ticino Ticino
28 Max Landolt 23 Jan 1915 16 Jan 2022 106 years, 358 days Zurich Zurich
29 Jakob Hug 15 Apr 1912 2 Mar 2019 106 years, 321 days Thurgau Thurgau
30 Robert Meier 29 Aug 1867 2 July 1974 106 years, 307 days Aargau Aargau
31 Adolphe Brugger 9 Mar 1909 7 Jan 2016 106 years, 304 days Valais Valais
32 Othmar Balzer 24 June 1906 25 Mar 2013 106 years, 274 days Geneva Geneva
33 Pierre Beuret 14 Apr 1916 26 Dec 2022 106 years, 256 days Jura Jura
34 Thomas Snow 21 May 1890 24 Jan 1997 106 years, 248 days United Kingdom UK Vaud
35 Henri Felix Ducret 10 Dec 1899 12 Aug 2006 106 years, 245 days Geneva Geneva
36 Martin Besio-Lutz 5 Apr 1911 9 Nov 2017 106 years, 218 days Graubunden Graubunden
37 Hans Jundt-Koller 1 Oct 1908 5 May 2015 106 years, 216 days Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt
38 Arthur Mueller-Hunziker 17 Aug 1907 Mar 2014 106 years, 196+ days ? Basel-Landschaft
39 Gottfried Ehrsam 24 Dec 1913 30 June 2020 106 years, 189 days Basel-Stadt Basel-Stadt
40 Léon Beuret 22 Nov 1912 15 May 2019 106 years, 174 days Jura Jura
41 August Mueller-Buri 30 Dec 1908 19 June 2015 106 years, 171 days Thurgau Thurgau
42 Max Koch-Lacher 21 Oct 1914 8 Apr 2021 106 years, 169 days Zurich Zurich
43 Otto Bucher 12 May 1885 25 Oct 1991 106 years, 166 days Geneva Geneva
44 Paul Baumgartner 11 June 1917 9 Nov 2023 106 years, 151 days ? Basel-Stadt
45 Johann Mehltretter 26 July 1895 20 Dec 2001 106 years, 147 days Lucerne Lucerne
46 Julien Rochat 16 Sept 1886 7 Feb 1993 106 years, 144 days Neuchatel Neuchatel
47 Joseph Bruehwiler 20 Nov 1914 3 Apr 2021 106 years, 134 days Thurgau Thurgau
48 Alois Koch-Bachofer 19 Sept 1911 18 Jan 2018 106 years, 121 days Zug Zug
49 Otto Meier-Masciadri 3 May 1907 15 July 2013 106 years, 73 days Thurgau Thurgau
Bruno Piotti 23 Dec 1914 6 Mar 2021 106 years, 73 days Ticino Ticino
51 Max Meyer 4 Nov 1917 12 Jan 2024 106 years, 69 days Aargau Aargau
52 Alfred-Félix Vaucher 18 Mar 1887 22 May 1993 106 years, 65 days Italy ITA Vaud
53 Gottfried Zimmermann 14 Feb 1898 16 Apr 2004 106 years, 62 days Schwyz Schwyz
Lothar de Bary 14 Apr 1910 15 June 2016 106 years, 62 days BelgiumBEL Vaud
55 Emil Kaempf 12 Aug 1903 26 Sept 2009 106 years, 45 days Bern Bern
56 Emil Landolt-Fulterer 8 Aug 1906 20 Sept 2012 106 years, 43 days Glarus Glarus
57 Isak Kopelmann 8 May 1905 17 June 2011 106 years, 40 days UkraineUKR Lucerne
58 Oscar Denereaz 16 Feb 1884 27 Mar 1990 106 years, 39 days Vaud Vaud
59 Hans Erni 21 Feb 1909 21 Mar 2015 106 years, 28 days Lucerne Lucerne
60 Fritz Kaech 1 June 1885 26 June 1991 106 years, 25 days Bern Bern
61 Albert Honegger 12 Jan 1918 Living 106 years, 97 days ? Zurich
62 Hans Mosimann 26 May 1913 8 June 2019 106 years, 13 days Bern Bern
63 Willy Peyer-Zahner 19 June 1910 29 June 2016 106 years, 10 days Bern Bern
64 Sven Grimbuehler 15 Mar 1914 23 Mar 2020 106 years, 8 days Bern Bern

Incomplete cases

Canton or country of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
UR Anonymous Mar 1915 Living 109 years, 19 days+ Vaud Vaud
UR Walter Berger 1911 fl.Dec 2019 108 years, 0+ days ? Bern

Oldest male Swiss emigrants ever (106+)[]

Canton or country of
Rank Name Birth Death Age birth death
1 Maurice Butty 20 Oct 1912 29 Dec 2022 110 years, 69 days Fribourg FranceFRA
2 Wilfried de Beauclair 4 Apr 1912 22 Apr 2020 108 years, 18 days Ticino GermanyGER
3 Arthur Blesi Jun 1873 7 Nov 1980 107 years, 130+ days Glarus United StatesUSA
4 Oscar Inglin 25 May 1905 28 June 2012 107 years, 34 days ? CanadaCAN
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