Hryhoriy Nestor

Infobox Person
name = Hryhoriy Nestor


caption =
birth_date = March 15, 1891?cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/6454317.stm |title=Ukraine's 'oldest man' turns 116 |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 16 |accessyear=2007 |work=BBC News |language=English |publisher=]
birth_place = Austro-Hungarian Empire
death_date = December 14, 2007
death_place = Lviv, Ukraine
residence = Kamianka-Buzka, Lviv Oblast, Ukraine
known_for = Allegedly being one of the world's oldest people ever
occupation =

Hryhoriy Nestor ( _uk. Григорій Дмитрович Нестор; also Grigory Nestor) (March 15, 1891? – December 14, 2007) claimed to be the oldest man in the world. As the time of his death, he would have been 116 years old, if his age were verified, an age that has never been scientifically proven to be reached by a male (the case of Shigechiyo Izumi being disputed).cite web|url=http://www.rferl.org/featuresarticle/2007/03/9D3681E9-E319-4ED6-88D6-C44AB4A0124B.html |title=World's Oldest Person Turns 116 |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 16 |accessyear=2007 |work=RadioFreeEurope |language=English |publisher=] cite web|url=http://www.interfax-religion.com/print.php?act=news&id=2740 |title=116-year-old Ukrainian says daily prayers, holds fasts and loves to sing religious songs |accessdate= |accessmonthday=March 16 |accessyear=2007 |work=Interfax |language=English |publisher=]

Nestor claimed to have been born on March 15, 1891 in Western Ukrainecite web|url=http://www.loda.gov.ua/oda/news/article;1184/|title=Ukraine's oldest person lives in Lviv Oblast|date=2004-07-04|work=L'viv Regional State Administration Web Site|language=Ukrainian|accessdate=2007-03-17] , and at his death resided in Stariy Yarychiv in the Kamianka-Buzka region of Lviv Oblast.

He never married, and claimed that this was one of the secrets of his longevity. He never fell ill, never took medicines and although he said that one of his life long passions was drinking vodka, he never drank alcohol in large amounts.

At the time, Nestor's relatives were in the process of applying to Guinness World Records for the title of the world's oldest person and oldest man. It should be noted that many claims in the past have been applied, but were not accepted for lack of evidence (if sent to them at all), like in the case of Leonid Stadnyk (whose claim to be the tallest living man was rejected for some time until verified by Guinness personnel in August 2007). Nestor reportedly had original old passports from the Austrian-Hungarian Empire and the Soviet Union, major powers who occupied Western Ukraine since 1891; however, he never provided copies to Guinness, the Gerontology Research Group or even Ukrainian scientists.Fact|date=December 2007. Note the passport shown in videos was issued by authorities in 1991, and so does not serve as proof of birth.

Nestor died in his sleep.

ee also

* Longevity
* Longevity claims
* Longevity myths

References

External links

* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sK7B5_J0V08&NR=1# A video of Nestor with his passport]