--- description: Man sets Guinness World Record for oldest person to get a tattoo for the first time. title: Meet the Oldest Person to Get a Tattoo for the First Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Meet the Oldest Person to Get a Tattoo for the First Time  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 8, 2016 7:44 PM CUT  by [Olivia B. Waxman](/author/olivia-b-waxman/)  ## Olivia B. Waxman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Staff Writer Apr 8, 2016 7:44 PM CUT A 104-year-old British man now holds the record for the oldest person to get a tattoo for the first time, [Guinness World Records](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/4/oldest-person-to-receive-their-first-tattoo-watch-as-104-year-old-man-goes-under-423794 "undefined") announced Thursday. For his birthday on April 6, Jack Reynolds, a former railway line foreman from Chesterfield, took a shot of whiskey, went on [_Good Morning Britain_](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U9vYdQfWi8Q "undefined")_,_ and then got a tattoo of his nickname and birth date — “Jacko 6.4.1912” — on his right shoulder. His 55-year-old daughter Jayne Goodwin [said in a statement](http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/news/2016/4/oldest-person-to-receive-their-first-tattoo-watch-as-104-year-old-man-goes-under-423794 "undefined"), “He initially joked about getting it on his bottom, but then wasn’t too keen on having to get out his bum to show people.” > [](https://twitter.com/GWR/status/718260585721270272) Footage of the “record-breaking” moment is below: ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4287222/oldest-man-tattoo-first-time-guinness-world-records/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4287222/oldest-man-tattoo-first-time-guinness-world-records/"},"headline":"Meet the Oldest Person to Get a Tattoo for the First Time","datePublished":"2016-04-08T19:44:50.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:31:29.340Z","description":"According to Guinness World Records","url":"https://time.com/4287222/oldest-man-tattoo-first-time-guinness-world-records/","keywords":["Newsfeed","society"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Olivia B. Waxman","jobTitle":"Staff Writer","url":"https://time.com/author/olivia-b-waxman/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4287222/oldest-man-tattoo-first-time-guinness-world-records/","name":"Meet the Oldest Person to Get a Tattoo for the First Time"}}]}] ```