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How many people are alive today who were born before 1900?

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Yes, there are still five people alive — all of them women — who saw the dawn of the 20th century. And three ... Gertrude Weaver is the oldest person in the world and also is America's oldest person. .... Born just over a month before the end of the 19th century, Emma Morano is Europe's oldest living person. read more

The two oldest living people in the world, American Susannah Mushatt Jones and Italian Emma Morano-Martinuzzi, were both born in 1899, making them the last living human links to the 1800s. The USA Today profiled both women back in June. read more

Okawa, who lives in an old people's community in Osaka, was born when Queen Victoria was still on the throne and the Spanish-American War was raging. She has been a widow for 84 years, her husband having died in 1931. read more

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