Indonesia says deceased man was born in December 1870, although his age was never verified A man who claimed to be the world's longest living human has died aged 146. According to his papers, Indonesian national Sodimedjo, also known as Mbah Ghoto (Grandpa Ghoto), was born in December 1870. He would have been 43 at the start of the first world war and turned 70 during the second world war.