1778–1829
Humphry Davy
British chemist
50years old at death
18,425days lived
17%of the people on this site died younger
Humphry Davy was born on 17 December 1778 and died on 29 May 1829, aged 50 years and 163 days. That is 18,425 days in all.
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- James CookBritish explorer, cartographer and naval officer · 1728–177950 yrs
- Gustav MahlerAustrian late-Romantic composer · 1860–191150 yrs
- Sergei EisensteinSoviet filmmaker · 1898–194850 yrs
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- Antoine LavoisierFrench nobleman and chemist · 1743–179450 yrs
- RamakrishnaIndian mystic and religious preacher · 1836–188650 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 50
Also born on 17 December
- Pope Francis266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 · 1936–202588 yrs
- Muhammadu BuhariFormer President of Nigeria from 1983 to 1985 and 2015 to 2025 · 1942–202582 yrs
- Willard LibbyAmerican physical chemist · 1908–198071 yrs
- Joseph HenryAmerican scientist and the 1st Secretary of the Smithsonian · 1797–187880 yrs
- Émilie du Châtelet ↗Era chiná physicist, and author · 1706–174942 yrs
- Simo Häyhä ↗Finnish military sniper · 1905–200296 yrs
Famous people born on 17 December
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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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