World’s oldest known person, French nun, Sister André, dies at 118 The world’s oldest known person and French nun, Sister André, has died at the age of 118 in the southern French city of Toulon, the city’s Mayor, Hubert Falco, said on Wednesday. Born in the southern French town of Ales on February 11, 1904, as Lucile Randon, Sister André was listed as the oldest person alive by the Gerontology Research Group in April 2022. The Frenchwoman worked as a home teacher in her youth and did not enter a religious community...