1898–1956
Bertolt Brecht
German poet, playwright, and theatre director
58years old at death
21,369days lived
27%of the people on this site died younger
Bertolt Brecht was born on 10 February 1898 and died on 14 August 1956, aged 58 years and 186 days. That is 21,369 days in all.
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Also born on 10 February
- Boris PasternakRussian writer · 1890–196070 yrs
- Harold MacmillanPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1957 to 1963 · 1894–198692 yrs
- Tokugawa IeyasuFounder and first shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate of Japan · 1543–161673 yrs
- Walter Houser BrattainAmerican physicist · 1902–198785 yrs
- Alexandre Millerand ↗French lawyer and statesman · 1859–194384 yrs
- Cevdet Sunay ↗5th President of the Republic of Turkey · 1899–198283 yrs
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