Marie-Louise Fébronie Chassé (1880-1998)

&nbsp Marie-Louise Meilleur (29 August 1880-16 April 1998) was the oldest living person from the death of the oldest human on record Jeanne Louise Calment on 4 August 1997 until her death, at 117 years, 230 days.

Meilleur was born on 29 August 1880 in Canada, and it currently the oldest Canadian ever. She was the 3rd person ever to have verified to reach 117, beind Jeanne Calment and Lucy Hannah.

She became the world's oldest living person on the death of Jeanne Calment on 4 August 1997, then 3 weeks shy of her 117th birthday, making her till today the 2nd oldest person to gain the title of "oldest living person", behind Sarah Knauss, her successor.

She died on 16 April 1998, as the 3rd oldest person ever on record, before being surpassed by Sarah Knauss half a month later. She was 18 days younger than Lucy Hannah.