1947–2016
David Bowie
English musician and actor
69years old at death
25,204days lived
48%of the people on this site died younger
David Bowie was born on 8 January 1947 and died on 10 January 2016, aged 69 years and 2 days. That is 25,204 days in all.
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- Linus2nd Pope of the Catholic Church · c. AD 10–79c. 69 yrs
- AeschylusAncient Athenian playwright · c. 525–456 BCc. 69 yrs
- Octave MirbeauFrench writer, art critic and journalist · 1848–191769 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- James McNeill WhistlerAmerican painter · 1834–190369 yrs
- Pius VIIIPope of the Catholic Church from 1829 to 1830 · 1761–183069 yrs
- Sukarno1st President of Indonesia · 1901–197069 yrs
- Urban VIIPope of the Catholic Church in September 1590 · 1521–159069 yrs
Others who died at 69
- Marco PoloVenetian explorer and merchant who travelled through Asia · 1254–132469 yrs
- Richard WagnerGerman composer · 1813–188369 yrs
- Elizabeth I of EnglandQueen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 · 1533–160369 yrs
- Muammar GaddafiMilitary officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya · 1942–201169 yrs
- Louis ArmstrongAmerican jazz musician, trumpeter and singer · 1901–197169 yrs
- Saddam HusseinIraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 · 1937–200669 yrs
- Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician · 1904–197369 yrs
- PetrarchItalian scholar and poet · 1304–137469 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 69
Also born on 8 January
- Elvis PresleyAmerican singer and actor · 1935–197742 yrs
- Stephen HawkingBritish theoretical physicist, cosmologist and author · 1942–201876 yrs
- Alfred Russel WallaceBritish naturalist, explorer, geographer, anthropologist and biologist · 1823–191390 yrs
- Georgy MalenkovSoviet politician · 1902–198886 yrs
- Emily Greene BalchAmerican economist and writer · 1867–196194 yrs
- Walther BotheGerman physicist, mathematician and chemist · 1891–195766 yrs
Famous people born on 8 January
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