1892–1946
Alexander Alekhine
Russian-French chess player
53years old at death
19,501days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
Alexander Alekhine was born on 31 October 1892 and died on 24 March 1946, aged 53 years and 144 days. That is 19,501 days in all.
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