1828–1882
Dante Gabriel Rossetti
English poet, illustrator, painter, and translator
53years old at death
19,690days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
Dante Gabriel Rossetti was born on 12 May 1828 and died on 9 April 1882, aged 53 years and 332 days. That is 19,690 days in all.
When do you outlive Dante Gabriel Rossetti?
Your birthday stays in this browser. It isn't sent anywhere.
Who lived about as long
Everyone here is ranked by days lived. These are the people just either side of Dante Gabriel Rossetti.
Slightly shorter lives
- Charles VI of FranceKing of France from 1380 to 1422 · 1368–142253 yrs
- René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist · 1596–165053 yrs
- Maria Meneghini CallasAmerican-Greek operatic soprano · 1923–197753 yrs
- Alfred RosenbergBaltic German architect, Nazi politician and ideologue · 1893–194653 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Dian FosseyAmerican zoologist, gorilla researcher · 1932–198553 yrs
- Mahmud II30th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1785–183953 yrs
- Marcellus IIPope of the Catholic Church and bishop of Rome from 9 April to 1 May 1555 · 1501–155553 yrs
- Xerxes IFifth Achaemenid emperor · c. 519–465 BCc. 54 yrs
Others who died at 53
- Vladimir LeninFounding leader of the Soviet Union · 1870–192453 yrs
- René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist · 1596–165053 yrs
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer · 1840–189353 yrs
- Enrico FermiItalian–American physicist · 1901–195453 yrs
- Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic · c. 1058–1111c. 53 yrs
- James K. PolkPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · 1795–184953 yrs
- Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · 1797–185153 yrs
- John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist · 1903–195753 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 53
Also born on 12 May
- Niccolò MachiavelliFlorentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist · 1469–152758 yrs
- Florence NightingaleEnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing · 1820–191090 yrs
- Katharine HepburnAmerican actress · 1907–200396 yrs
- Justinian IEastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 · AD 482–56583 yrs
- Dorothy HodgkinBritish chemist · 1910–199484 yrs
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiIndian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer · 1895–198690 yrs
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
Keep score on your phone
Outlived for iPhone tracks every famous person you outlive, tells you who is next, and gives you a nudge on the day.