Hans Schornack

Hans Schornack
Hans Schornack at age 104.
Birth:	29 February 1912 Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
Age:	108 years, 331 days
Country:	GER
Centenarian

Hans Schornack (born 29 February 1912) is a German centenarian who is believed to be the oldest living man in Germany since the death of Heinrich Homann on 24 June 2020. However, he is not the oldest living German-born man as Arnold Leissler of Poland is older.

Biography

Hans Schornack was born in Essen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany on 29 February 1912. He worked as self-employed in the auto trade for many years. He drove a car until age 95.

Hans Schornack currently lives in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, at the age of 108 years, 331 days, although some may say 27 years, 331 days because of his leap day birth. He is also the oldest known man ever born on leap day.

References

• 104-Jähriger verlässt gesund und munter das Marienhospital Lokalkompass, 17 May 2016
• 108th birthday confirmation, 31 March 2020

Germany’s Oldest Living Man Titleholders (V • E)

Karl Glockner • Unknown • Josef Callenberg • Mathias Bollinger • Unknown • Johann Hartlieb • Adolf Lange • Karl Pfeiffer • Johann Wost • Friedrich Wedeking • August Schmidt • Wilhelm Deffner • Karl Bulow • Fritz Witt • Heinrich Oppermann • Ernst Schutt • Wenzel Novotny • Otto Trost • Peter Schmitt • Friedrich von Rauchhaupt • Wilhelm Gazioch • A. Hermann Lange • Ernst Laurenty • Gustav Rupnow • Robert Hubener • Wilhelm Lehnen • Jonathan Richter • Wilhelm Schorner • Lorenz Imminger • Georg Bredtschneider • Hermann Dornemann • Robert Meier • Wilhelm Remmert • Rudolf Christmann • Georg Thalhofer • Franz Kunstler • Georg Rosenkranz • Hermann Mayer-Kaupp • Erich Berger • Richard Hinz • Friedrich Volmer • Martin Dressel • Paul Veit • Bernhard Prott • Erich Walde • Gustav Gerneth • Heinrich Homann • Hans Schornack