News World’s oldest known person dies at 118, now making an American-born woman the oldest human January 18, 2023 Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY Comments Off on World’s oldest known person dies at 118, now making an American-born woman the oldest human After the death of Lucile Randon, the world's oldest known living person is an American-born woman, 115-year-old Maria Branyas Morera.