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Sarah Knauss

1880 - 1999

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Sarah DeRemer Knauss (née Clark; September 24, 1880 – December 30, 1999) was an American supercentenarian. She is the oldest person ever from the United States and, on April 16, 1998, became the world's oldest living person. She is the third-oldest verified person ever, living to the age of 119 years and 97 days. Her birthdate has been independently verified through numerous census and other records. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Sarah Knauss is the 32nd most popular celebrity (up from 38th in 2019), the 1,514th most popular biography from United States (down from 1,403rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular American Celebrity.

Sarah Knauff is most famous for being the first woman to ski down the Eiger North Face.

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Among celebrities, Sarah Knauss ranks 32 out of 265. Before her are Dodi Fayed, Marie Duplessis, Rodney King, Besarion Jughashvili, Jacques Mayol, and Kim Kardashian. After her are Mehran Karimi Nasseri, Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Rosemary Kennedy, Thérésa Tallien, Peggy Guggenheim, and Myrtle Corbin.

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Among people born in 1880, Sarah Knauss ranks 39. Before her are Vojtech Tuka, Ernest Bloch, Kuniaki Koiso, Milan Rastislav Štefánik, Elizabeth Christ Trump, and Álvaro Obregón. After her are Giuseppe Moscati, Andrei Bely, Akiba Rubinstein, Lionel Logue, Otto Meissner, and Archie Hahn. Among people deceased in 1999, Sarah Knauss ranks 35. Before her are Iris Murdoch, Jerzy Grotowski, Daniel Nathans, Akio Morita, Mary Ainsworth, and George C. Scott. After her are Henry Way Kendall, João Figueiredo, Hélder Câmara, Desmond Llewelyn, Dennis W. Sciama, and Amintore Fanfani.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Sarah Knauss ranks 1,514 out of 20,380. Before her are Tom Berenger (1949), John Denver (1943), Phil Hill (1927), Andie MacDowell (1958), Kary Mullis (1944), and Jerry Bruckheimer (1943). After her are Jerry Lee Lewis (1935), Francis Gary Powers (1929), Arthur Ashe (1943), James Van Allen (1914), Clifford D. Simak (1904), and John Gotti (1940).

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Among CELEBRITIES In United States

Among celebrities born in United States, Sarah Knauss ranks 13. Before her are Jon Brower Minnoch (1941), Don King (1931), Roy Sullivan (1912), Monica Lewinsky (1973), Rodney King (1965), and Kim Kardashian (1980). After her are Rosemary Kennedy (1918), Peggy Guggenheim (1898), Myrtle Corbin (1868), Black Dahlia (1924), Anna Nicole Smith (1967), and Joseph Augustus Zarelli (1953).

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