Julio Saldarriaga Hernández was a Colombian supercentenarian who was the nation’s oldest living man at the time of his passing.
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BIOGRAPHY
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez was born in El Carmen de Viboral, Antioquia, Colombia on 3 November 1913 (claims 30 July). As a young man, he lived in various towns and cities throughout Colombia, where he found work chopping wood and making charcoal. When he was 15 years old, he met a girl named María Calista García. After three years of dating, the couple were married and would have 19 children. They remained together for 79 years until Calista’s death.
As of 2020, he had 65 grandchildren, 85 great-grandchildren, and 64 great-great-grandchildren.
Julio Saldarriaga Hernandez passed away in Carmen de Viboral, on 10 October 2025, at the age of 111 years, 341 days.
RECOGNITION
His age was verified by Santiago García Medina, Stefan Maglov, Fabrizio Villatoro and an anonymous researcher and listed as a pending validation on the LAS as of 15 November 2021. The case was later completed and validated by LongeviQuest on 7 August 2025.
ATTRIBUTION
* “¡En El Carmen, un hombre llegó a los 108 años de edad!” – Mi Oriente, 31 July 2021
* “A sus 112 años, falleció Julio Saldarriaga Hernández, el colombiano más longevo” – MiOriente, 10 October 2025
GALLERY
Undated, with his wife. (Source: Courtesy of the family).
In August 2020, at the age of 106. (Source: MiOriente)
In 2020. (Source: MiOriente)
Around the age of 107. (Source: Facebook/Oriente Antioqueño)
In July 2022, on his claimed 109th birthday. (Source: Facebook/Primero Oriente)
In July 2023, aged 109. (Source: MiOriente)
On 31 July 2025, aged 111. (Source: Radio Cadena Voces).
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