Violet Brown
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Brown on her 115th birthday in 2015, with a birthday card from Elizabeth II | |
| Born | Violet Mosse 10 March 1900 Duanvale, Trelawny, British Jamaica |
| Died | 15 September 2017 (aged 117 years, 189 days) Montego Bay, Saint James Parish, Jamaica |
| Resting place | Duanvale Cemetery |
| Other names | Violete Brown, Violet Mosse-Brown, Violet Moss |
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| Spouse | Augustus Gaynor Brown (died 1978) |
| Children | 6 |
Violet Brown (née Mosse; 10 March 1900 – 15 September 2017) was a Jamaican supercentenarian who was the oldest verified living person in the world for five months, following the death of Emma Morano on 15 April 2017 until her own death at the age of 117 years, 189 days on 15 September 2017. She was, along with Nabi Tajima of Japan, one of the last two living people known to have been born in the 19th century.