1914–1953
Dylan Thomas
Welsh poet and writer
39years old at death
14,258days lived
6%of the people on this site died younger
Dylan Thomas was born on 27 October 1914 and died on 9 November 1953, aged 39 years and 13 days. That is 14,258 days in all.
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Others who died at 39
- Martin Luther King Jr.American Baptist minister and civil rights leader · 1929–196839 yrs
- Che GuevaraArgentine Marxist revolutionary · 1928–196739 yrs
- Frédéric ChopinPolish composer and pianist · 1810–184939 yrs
- Blaise PascalFrench mathematician, physicist, inventor, writer, and Christian philosopher · 1623–166239 yrs
- CleopatraQueen of Ptolemaic Kingdom of Egypt from 51 to 30 BCE · 69–30 BC39 yrs
- Swami VivekanandaIndian Hindu monk and philosopher · 1863–190239 yrs
- Malcolm XAmerican Black rights activist · 1925–196539 yrs
- Lucretius1st-century BC Roman poet and philosopher · c. 94–55 BCc. 39 yrs
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Also born on 27 October
- Theodore Roosevelt26th President of the United States from 1901 to 1909 · 1858–191960 yrs
- James CookBritish explorer, cartographer and naval officer · 1728–177950 yrs
- Sylvia PlathAmerican poet and writer · 1932–196330 yrs
- Niccolò PaganiniItalian violinist and composer · 1782–184057 yrs
- Pius IIPope of the Catholic Church from 1458 to 1464 · 1405–146458 yrs
- Nawal El SaadawiEgyptian feminist writer · 1931–202189 yrs
Famous people born on 27 October
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