1947–2017
Ali Abdullah Saleh
President of North Yemen (1978–1990) and Yemen
70years old at death
25,826days lived
51%of the people on this site died younger
Ali Abdullah Saleh was born on 21 March 1947 and died on 4 December 2017, aged 70 years and 258 days. That is 25,826 days in all.
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- Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGerman mathematician and philosopher · 1646–171670 yrs
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Also born on 21 March
- Joseph FourierFrench mathematician and physicist · 1768–183062 yrs
- Ayrton SennaBrazilian racing driver · 1960–199434 yrs
- Torquato TassoItalian poet · 1544–159551 yrs
- Modest Petrovich MussorgskyRussian composer · 1839–188142 yrs
- Jean PaulGerman Romantic writer · 1763–182562 yrs
- Hans-Dietrich Genscher ↗German politician and member of the Free Democratic Party · 1927–201689 yrs
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