1943–2020
Betty Williams
Northern Irish peace activist
76years old at death
28,059days lived
64%of the people on this site died younger
Betty Williams was born on 22 May 1943 and died on 17 March 2020, aged 76 years and 300 days. That is 28,059 days in all.
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- Gottlob FregeGerman philosopher, logician, and mathematician · 1848–192576 yrs
- Gioachino RossiniItalian opera composer · 1792–186876 yrs
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- Arnold SchoenbergAustrian-Jewish American composer · 1874–195176 yrs
- John UpdikeAmerican novelist, poet · 1932–200976 yrs
- Louis-Philippe IKing of the French from 1830 to 1848 · 1773–185076 yrs
- Friedrich Max MüllerGerman-born British philologist, orientalist and indologist · 1823–190076 yrs
Others who died at 76
- Albert EinsteinGerman-born theoretical physicist · 1879–195576 yrs
- Stephen HawkingBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author · 1942–201876 yrs
- Leonhard EulerSwiss mathematician, physicist, and engineer · 1707–178376 yrs
- Louis XIV of FranceKing of France and Navarre from 1643 to 1715 · 1638–171576 yrs
- Boris YeltsinSoviet and Russian politician, 1st President of Russia · 1931–200776 yrs
- T. S. EliotUS-British poet · 1888–196576 yrs
- Benjamin DisraeliBritish statesman · 1804–188176 yrs
- Anna AkhmatovaRussian poet · 1889–196676 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 76
Also born on 22 May
- Richard WagnerGerman composer · 1813–188369 yrs
- Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician · 1859–193071 yrs
- Charles AznavourArmenian-French singer and diplomat · 1924–201894 yrs
- Laurence OlivierEnglish actor and director · 1907–198982 yrs
- Mary CassattAmerican painter and printmaker · 1844–192682 yrs
- George BestNorthern Irish footballer · 1946–200559 yrs
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