1900 - 2017
Violet Brown (née Mosse; 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017) was a Jamaican supercentenarian. She was the oldest verified living person in the world for five months, following the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death at the age of 117 years, 189 days on 15 September 2017. She is the oldest person ever from the Caribbean. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Violet Brown has received more than 1,656,680 page views. Her biography is available in 29 different languages on Wikipedia. Violet Brown is the 1,306th most popular religious figure (down from 1,115th in 2019), the 13th most popular biography from Jamaica (down from 9th in 2019) and the most popular Religious Figure.
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Among religious figures, Violet Brown ranks 1,306 out of 2,238. Before her are Bernard of Menthon, Raniero Cantalamessa, Andrew Corsini, Gaspar del Bufalo, Darío Castrillón Hoyos, and John Smyth. After her are Ieronymos II of Athens, Junia, Andrew Dũng-Lạc, Simon Kimbangu, Danilo I, Metropolitan of Cetinje, and Andrew Bobola.
923 - 1008
HPI: 55.25
Rank: 1,300
1934 - Present
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,301
1301 - 1373
HPI: 55.24
Rank: 1,302
1786 - 1837
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,303
1929 - 2018
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 1,304
1570 - 1612
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 1,305
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,306
1938 - Present
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 1,307
50 - Present
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,308
1795 - 1839
HPI: 55.19
Rank: 1,309
1887 - 1951
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,310
1670 - 1735
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 1,311
1591 - 1657
HPI: 55.17
Rank: 1,312
Among people born in 1900, Violet Brown ranks 103. Before her are Herbert Blumer, Muhammad Asad, Duy Tân, Miguel Alemán Valdés, Valko Chervenkov, and Zhang Wentian. After her are Hassan Fathy, George Antheil, Ernst Krenek, Marc Allégret, James Hilton, and Fritz London. Among people deceased in 2017, Violet Brown ranks 125. Before her are Kate Millett, Robert Miles, Jerry Fodor, Jean d'Ormesson, John Hillerman, and Don Rickles. After her are Pierre Henry, Manuel Marín, Naim Süleymanoğlu, Omar Abdel-Rahman, Jiro Taniguchi, and Todor Veselinović.
1900 - 1987
HPI: 55.72
Rank: 97
1900 - 1992
HPI: 55.65
Rank: 98
1900 - 1945
HPI: 55.55
Rank: 99
1900 - 1983
HPI: 55.54
Rank: 100
1900 - 1980
HPI: 55.27
Rank: 101
1900 - 1976
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 102
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 103
1900 - 1989
HPI: 55.18
Rank: 104
1900 - 1959
HPI: 55.13
Rank: 105
1900 - 1991
HPI: 55.11
Rank: 106
1900 - 1973
HPI: 55.08
Rank: 107
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.76
Rank: 108
1900 - 1954
HPI: 54.68
Rank: 109
1934 - 2017
HPI: 55.43
Rank: 119
1969 - 2017
HPI: 55.41
Rank: 120
1935 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 121
1925 - 2017
HPI: 55.38
Rank: 122
1932 - 2017
HPI: 55.23
Rank: 123
1926 - 2017
HPI: 55.22
Rank: 124
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 125
1927 - 2017
HPI: 55.02
Rank: 126
1949 - 2017
HPI: 54.95
Rank: 127
1967 - 2017
HPI: 54.91
Rank: 128
1938 - 2017
HPI: 54.90
Rank: 129
1947 - 2017
HPI: 54.83
Rank: 130
1930 - 2017
HPI: 54.69
Rank: 131
Among people born in Jamaica, Violet Brown ranks 13 out of 168. Before her are Jimmy Cliff (1948), Marcus Garvey (1887), Lee "Scratch" Perry (1936), Ben Johnson (1961), Liz Mitchell (1952), and Trevor Berbick (1954). After her are Patrick Ewing (1962), Madge Sinclair (1938), Desmond Dekker (1941), Martine Beswick (1941), Mary Seacole (1805), and Sean Paul (1973).
1948 - Present
HPI: 58.43
Rank: 7
1887 - 1940
HPI: 58.30
Rank: 8
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 9
1961 - Present
HPI: 57.51
Rank: 10
1952 - Present
HPI: 55.96
Rank: 11
1954 - 2006
HPI: 55.60
Rank: 12
1900 - 2017
HPI: 55.21
Rank: 13
1962 - Present
HPI: 53.56
Rank: 14
1938 - 1995
HPI: 52.08
Rank: 15
1941 - 2006
HPI: 51.58
Rank: 16
1941 - Present
HPI: 51.02
Rank: 17
1805 - 1881
HPI: 50.60
Rank: 18
1973 - Present
HPI: 49.95
Rank: 19
Among religious figures born in Jamaica, Violet Brown ranks 1.