<P> 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 . </P>
<P> 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 . </P>
who was the last person born in 1899
who was the last person born in 1899
Emma Martina Luigia Morano
Emma Martina Luigia Morano