Eva Morris

Eva Morris née Sharpe (8 November 1885 – 2 November 2000) was the oldest recognised person in the world, by the Guinness Book of Records, from December 1999 until November 2000. She was a native of Stone, Staffordshire, England.

Morris had become the oldest person in the UK following the death of Annie Jennings (12 November 1884 – 20 November 1999), who died only eight days after turning 115. Morris, for her part, died in her sleep at 1.25 am at the Autumn House Nursing Home in Stone. She was the last surviving person documented as born in 1885 and the person with the earliest birthdate that lived into the year 2000.