World's Oldest Person, Eunice Sanborn, Dies at 115 Max Read · 01/31/11 08:32PM Eunice Sanborn, the world's oldest person, died on Monday morning. She was born on July 20 in either 1895 or 1896, and was 114 or 115. She lived under 21 presidents! The world's oldest person is now 114-year-old Besse Cooper.
