Emma Martina Luigia Morano (OMRI) (29 November 1899 -- 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian who, before her death at the age of 117 years and 137 days, was the world 's oldest living person whose age had been verified, and the last living person to have been verified as being born in the 1800s. She remains the oldest Italian person ever and the second oldest European person ever behind Frenchwoman Jeanne Calment.
who was the last person born in 1899
Emma Martina Luigia Morano