1601–1658
Baltasar Gracián
Aragonese Jesuit and baroque prose writer and philosopher in Castilian language
57years old at death
21,151days lived
26%of the people on this site died younger
Baltasar Gracián was born on 8 January 1601 and died on 6 December 1658, aged 57 years and 332 days. That is 21,151 days in all.
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