Question: who was the last person born in 1899
Answer: 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 .