1858–1922
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda
Russian hebrew linguist, grammarian, journalist, lexicographer, newspaper editor and Zionist activist
64years old at death
23,718days lived
39%of the people on this site died younger
Eliezer Ben-Yehuda was born on 7 January 1858 and died on 16 December 1922, aged 64 years and 343 days. That is 23,718 days in all.
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- Ichirō MizukiJapanese singer, voice actor · 1948–202274 yrs
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