1916–2002
Alexander Prokhorov
Soviet and Russian physicist
85years old at death
31,227days lived
83%of the people on this site died younger
Alexander Prokhorov was born on 11 July 1916 and died on 8 January 2002, aged 85 years and 181 days. That is 31,227 days in all.
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