1900–1979
Dennis Gabor
Nobel Prize-winning physicist and inventor of holography
78years old at death
28,737days lived
68%of the people on this site died younger
Dennis Gabor was born on 5 June 1900 and died on 8 February 1979, aged 78 years and 248 days. That is 28,737 days in all.
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