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{{Infobox person
|name        = Carl Berner
|caption     = Berner in 2004
|birth_name  = Carl James Berner
|birth_date  = {{Birth date|mf=yes|1902|1|27}}
|birth_place = [[Stuttgart]], [[Kingdom of Württemberg|Württemberg]], Germany
|death_date  = {{death date|mf=yes|2013|1|7}}<br/>(aged {{Age in years and days|1902|1|27|2013|1|7}})
|death_place = [[New York City]], United States 
|occupation  =   Civic activist and toymaker
|known_for   =  Being a [[supercentenarian]]
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|education   =
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|nationality = German, American
|religion    = 
|parents     = 
|spouse      = Margaret Berner (m.1936–1987, her death)
|children    = 1⏎
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}}
'''Carl ErnJamest Berner''' (January 27, 1902 &ndash;– January 7, 2013<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/carl-berner-queens-civic-leader-dies-110-article-1.1235859 |title=Carl Berner, Queens supercentenarian and civic leader, dies at 110 |work=Daily News |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref>) was a [[Germany|German]]-born [[Americans|American]] [[supercentenarian]], activist, and former toymaker, born in the capital of the [[Kingdom of Württemberg]], [[Stuttgart]], then part of the [[German Empire]], and at the time of his death at age 110 years, 346 days the second-oldest German-born man ever, behind Hermann Dörnemann (who later became surpassed by [[Gustav Gerneth]]).<ref name="junipercivic1">{{cite web|url=http://www.junipercivic.com/juniperberryarticle.asp?nid=763 |title=The Amazing Mr. Berner...At 107 He Makes Yet Another Comeback |publisher=JuniperCivic |access-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref><ref name="nytimes1">{{cite web|last=Tantongco |first=Jano |url=http://cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/19/at-108-still-pulsing-with-vigor/ |title=At 108, Still Pulsing With Vigor |work=The New York Times |date=March 19, 2010 |access-date=September 7, 2012}}</ref> 

Berner was born on January 27, 1902 in [[Stuttgart]], [[Württemberg]], [[German Empire]]. He moved to [[France]] after his parents' deaths. Berneremigrated to [[New York City]] in 1929 at age 27. He was married to Margaret Berner from 1936 until her death in 1987. They, and had onthe daughter, Emily Berner. Berner died on January 7, 2013 (just 20 days before his 111th birthday)f natural causes at his home in [[Middle Village, Queens|Middle Village]], [[Queens]], [[New York]], of natural causes at age 110 years, 346 n January 7, 2013, just twenty days before his 111th birthdays.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/carl-berner-queens-civic-leader-dies-110-article-1.1235859 |title=Carl Berner, Queens supercentenarian and civic leader, dies at 110 |publisher=Daily News |access-date=January 8, 2013}}</ref> A, and was at the time of his death, Berner was the second-oldest German man ever behind Her the third-oldest living Americanmann Dörnemann (who later became surpassed by [[Gustav Gerneth]]), the thirdas well as the fourth-oldest living North American  man behind Barbadian [[James Sisnett]], Spanish-born [[Salustiano Sanchez]] (also living in [[New York]], who, however, was still not verified) and Canadian-born [[James McCoubrey]], and the 7seventh  -oldest living man in the world (behind [[Jiro, with even the Japanesemoen Kimura]], [[James Sisnett]], Sanchez, McCoubrey, Makaru Nakanishi and [[Jokichi Ikarashi]] who was just a day[[Jokichi Ikarashi]] (who was just one day older), [[Makaru Nakanishi]] (who was 6 weeks older than Ikarashi) and [[Jiroemon Kimura]] being older).

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