1963–2016
George Michael
English singer
53years old at death
19,542days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
George Michael was born on 25 June 1963 and died on 25 December 2016, aged 53 years and 183 days. That is 19,542 days in all.
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- Joachim von RibbentropGerman Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany · 1893–194653 yrs
- Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · 1797–185153 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Babe RuthAmerican baseball player · 1895–194853 yrs
- Ivan the TerribleTsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584 · 1530–158453 yrs
- Isabella I of CastileQueen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504 · 1451–150453 yrs
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Others who died at 53
- Vladimir LeninFounding leader of the Soviet Union · 1870–192453 yrs
- René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist · 1596–165053 yrs
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer · 1840–189353 yrs
- Enrico FermiItalian–American physicist · 1901–195453 yrs
- Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic · c. 1058–1111c. 53 yrs
- James K. PolkPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · 1795–184953 yrs
- Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · 1797–185153 yrs
- John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist · 1903–195753 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 53
Also born on 25 June
- George OrwellBritish writer and journalist · 1903–195046 yrs
- Antoni GaudíCatalan architect · 1852–192673 yrs
- Anthony BourdainAmerican chef and television personality · 1956–201861 yrs
- Walther Hermann NernstGerman physical chemist and physicist · 1864–194177 yrs
- Alexei AbrikosovSoviet, Russian and American theoretical physicist · 1928–201788 yrs
- B. J. Habibie3rd President of Indonesia (1998—1999) and 7th Vice President of Indonesia · 1936–201983 yrs
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Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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