1469–1539
Guru Nanak
First Sikh Guru and founder of Sikhism
70years old at death
25,727days lived
51%of the people on this site died younger
Guru Nanak was born on 24 April 1469 and died on 2 October 1539, aged 70 years and 161 days. That is 25,727 days in all.
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- Ahmed ZewailEgyptian chemist · 1946–201670 yrs
- Orson WellesAmerican actor and filmmaker · 1915–198570 yrs
- Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGerman mathematician and philosopher · 1646–171670 yrs
- Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet · 1805–187570 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Giovanni Antonio CanalItalian painter of landscapes · 1697–176870 yrs
- Ivan MazepaHetman of Ukrainian Cossacks from 1687 to 1708 · 1639–170970 yrs
- Henryk SienkiewiczPolish writer, novelist, journalist, philanthropist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1846–191670 yrs
- Mikhail Ivanovich KalininSoviet politician · 1875–194670 yrs
Others who died at 70
- Hans Christian AndersenDanish writer and poet · 1805–187570 yrs
- Nicolaus CopernicusPolish mathematician and astronomer · 1473–154370 yrs
- Gottfried Wilhelm LeibnizGerman mathematician and philosopher · 1646–171670 yrs
- Muḥammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi9th-century Persian mathematician and astronomer · c. AD 780–850c. 70 yrs
- Stanley KubrickAmerican filmmaker and photographer · 1928–199970 yrs
- Cyrus the GreatFounder of the Achaemenid Empire · c. 600–530 BCc. 70 yrs
- Denis DiderotFrench Enlightenment philosopher writer and encyclopædist · 1713–178470 yrs
- Satyajit RayIndian filmmaker and writer · 1921–199270 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 70
Also born on 24 April
- Leonardo da VinciItalian Renaissance polymath · 1452–151967 yrs
- Philippe PétainFrench military and political leader · 1856–195195 yrs
- Carl SpittelerSwiss writer · 1845–192479 yrs
- Philip III of SpainKing of Castilla and León and King of Aragon and Portugal · 1578–162142 yrs
- Erich Raeder ↗German admiral · 1876–196084 yrs
- Anthony Trollope ↗English novelist of the Victorian period · 1815–188267 yrs
Famous people born on 24 April
Where this comes from
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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