1864–1909
Hermann Minkowski
German mathematician and physicist
44years old at death
16,274days lived
10%of the people on this site died younger
Hermann Minkowski was born on 22 June 1864 and died on 12 January 1909, aged 44 years and 204 days. That is 16,274 days in all.
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