RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Lucile Randon

1904 - 2023

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Lucile Randon (French: [ly.sil ʁɑ̃.dɔ̃]; 11 February 1904 – 17 January 2023), also known as Sister André (French: Sœur André), was a French supercentenarian who, until her death at the age of 118 years, 340 days, was the world's oldest verified living person following the death of Kane Tanaka on 19 April 2022. She is the fourth-oldest verified person ever, the oldest nun ever, and the oldest confirmed survivor of the COVID-19 pandemic, having tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 a month before her 117th birthday. As a young adult, Randon converted to Roman Catholicism and worked as a governess, teacher, nun, and missionary before retiring at the age of 75 in 1979. She lived in a nursing home in Toulon, France from 2009 until her death. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Lucile Randon is the 773rd most popular religious figure (down from 713th in 2019), the 940th most popular biography from France (down from 889th in 2019) and the 51st most popular French Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Lucile Randon ranks 773 out of 3,187. Before her are Nikephoros I of Constantinople, Antipope John XVI, Gregory Thaumaturgus, Expeditus, Menachem Mendel Schneerson, and Giovanni Angelo Becciu. After her are Antipope Paschal III, Mirza Ghulam Ahmad, Charles I, Count of Flanders, Peter Turkson, Willibrord, and Augustine of Canterbury.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1904, Lucile Randon ranks 38. Before her are Hans Morgenthau, Witold Gombrowicz, Glenn Miller, Dmitry Kabalevsky, Luis Carrero Blanco, and Antonín Novotný. After her are Gregory Bateson, Nikolai Ostrovsky, George F. Kennan, Willem de Kooning, Joseph Campbell, and John Gielgud. Among people deceased in 2023, Lucile Randon ranks 46. Before her are Astrud Gilberto, Pervez Musharraf, Alan Arkin, Ben Ferencz, Li Keqiang, and Ray Stevenson. After her are Antonio Negri, Ferid Murad, Wolfgang Schäuble, Tony Bennett, Lisa Marie Presley, and Robert Solow.

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In France

Among people born in France, Lucile Randon ranks 940 out of 6,770. Before her are Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque (1902), Charles Garnier (1825), Louis-Eugène Cavaignac (1802), Jean-Baptiste Dumas (1800), Francis, Count of Vendôme (1470), and Robert I, Duke of Burgundy (1011). After her are Didier Deschamps (1968), Louis, Duke of Orléans (1703), Louise Michel (1830), Louis III of Anjou (1403), Bruno Cremer (1929), and Jean-Georges Noverre (1727).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In France

Among religious figures born in France, Lucile Randon ranks 51. Before her are Ivo of Kermartin (1253), Robert of Molesme (1024), Saint Remigius (437), Célestin Freinet (1896), Martin Bucer (1491), and Victor of Aveyron (1793). After her are Philipp Spener (1635), Roger Etchegaray (1922), Peter Faber (1506), Saint Eligius (588), Louise de Marillac (1591), and Leonard of Noblac (496).

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