1908–1995
Hannes Alfvén
Swedish electrical engineer, plasma physicist and science fiction author (1908–1995), winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Physics
86years old at death
31,718days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
Hannes Alfvén was born on 30 May 1908 and died on 2 April 1995, aged 86 years and 307 days. That is 31,718 days in all.
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