RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Emma Morano

1899 - 2017

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Emma Martina Luigia Morano (29 November 1899 – 15 April 2017) was an Italian supercentenarian. She was the world's oldest living person from 13 May 2016 until her death on 15 April 2017, aged 117 years and 137 days. Until her death, she was also the last living person verified to have been born in the 1800s. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Emma Morano has received more than 3,981,751 page views. Her biography is available in 48 different languages on Wikipedia. Emma Morano is the 1,116th most popular religious figure (down from 753rd in 2019), the 1,639th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,008th in 2019) and the 328th most popular Italian Religious Figure.

Emma Morano is most famous for being the oldest living person in the world. She was born on November 29, 1899 and is 116 years old.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Emma Morano ranks 1,116 out of 3,187Before her are Ulrich of Augsburg, Beatus of Liébana, Adam Rainer, Pat Garrett, Ibn Asakir, and Nicholas of Japan. After her are Franz Jägerstätter, Saint Marcella, Julian the Hospitaller, Raël, Fidelis of Sigmaringen, and Charles III William, Margrave of Baden-Durlach.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1899, Emma Morano ranks 71Before her are Burt Munro, Princess Margaretha of Sweden, Aksel Sandemose, Yaakov Dori, Erwin Bowien, and Adam Rainer. After her are Marcel Achard, Raoul Salan, Artur da Costa e Silva, Ernst-Robert Grawitz, Abu al-Qasim al-Khoei, and Hayato Ikeda. Among people deceased in 2017, Emma Morano ranks 96Before her are Colin Dexter, Paolo Villaggio, Karin Dor, Tom Regan, Juan Goytisolo, and Robert Hardy. After her are Loalwa Braz, George Young, Bruce McCandless II, Pierre Bergé, Dick Bruna, and Bill Paxton.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Emma Morano ranks 1,639 out of 5,161Before her are Pier Luigi Nervi (1891), Thiago Alcântara (1991), Moses Montefiore (1784), Catherine of Bologna (1413), Andrea Sansovino (1467), and Grimoald, King of the Lombards (610). After her are Saint Marcella (325), Domitilla the Elder (50), Matteo Carcassi (1792), Asconius Pedianus (-9), Gerolama Orsini (1503), and Frederick V, Duke of Swabia (1164).

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Italy

Among religious figures born in Italy, Emma Morano ranks 328Before her are Felix of Cantalice (1515), Felicitas of Rome (101), Anthony Maria Zaccaria (1502), Alfredo Ottaviani (1890), Nicholas of Tolentino (1245), and Pope Pontian (200). After her are Saint Marcella (325), Agostino Casaroli (1914), Antipope Christopher (900), Pier Giorgio Frassati (1901), Gianna Beretta Molla (1922), and Maria Celeste (1600).