# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/sarah-knauss
# Generated: 2026-08-14T08:30:32.396Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/sarah-knauss"
name: "Sarah Knauss"
slug: "sarah-knauss"
description: "Sarah DeRemer Knauss 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."
tagline: "American supercentenarian (1880–1999)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Sarah_Knauss_1897.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "female"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
birthDate: "1880-09-24"
deathDate: "1999-12-30"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           54.87
  momentum:             0.1400933955970647
  historical:           21.66955333333334
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
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    title: "Носс, Сара"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "سارة كنوس"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sara Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%A1%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B0_%D0%9A%D0%BD%D0%B0%D1%83%D1%81"
    title: "Сара Кнаус"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knaussov%C3%A1"
    title: "Sarah Knaussová"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Σάρα Κνάους"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://et.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://he.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D7%A9%D7%A8%D7%94_%D7%A0%D7%90%D7%95%D7%A1"
    title: "שרה נאוס"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://hy.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D5%8D%D5%A1%D5%BC%D5%A1_%D4%BF%D5%B6%D5%A1%D5%B8%D6%82%D5%BD"
    title: "Սառա Կնաուս"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%82%B5%E3%83%A9%E3%83%BB%E3%83%8A%E3%82%A6%E3%82%B9"
    title: "サラ・ナウス"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Sarah Knauss"
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    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Knauss"
    title: "Sarah Knauss"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q603782"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump