1818–1895
Frederick Douglass
African-American social reformer, writer, and abolitionist
77years old at death
28,130days lived
64%of the people on this site died younger
Frederick Douglass was born on 14 February 1818 and died on 20 February 1895, aged 77 years and 6 days. That is 28,130 days in all.
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Also born on 14 February
- Charles Thomson Rees WilsonScottish physicist and meteorologist · 1869–195990 yrs
- Max Horkheimer ↗German philosopher and sociologist · 1895–197378 yrs
- Alan Parker ↗British filmmaker · 1944–202076 yrs
- Sushma Swaraj ↗Indian politician · 1952–201967 yrs
- Herbert A. Hauptman ↗American mathematician · 1917–201194 yrs
- John Barrymore ↗American actor · 1882–194260 yrs
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