1908–1964
Ian Fleming
British author
56years old at death
20,530days lived
24%of the people on this site died younger
Ian Fleming was born on 28 May 1908 and died on 12 August 1964, aged 56 years and 76 days. That is 20,530 days in all.
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- Julius CaesarRoman general and dictator · c. 100–44 BCc. 56 yrs
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- Dante AlighieriFlorentine poet, writer, and philosopher · c. 1265–1321c. 56 yrs
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Everyone famous who died at 56
Also born on 28 May
- Patrick WhiteEnglish-born Australian writer · 1912–199078 yrs
- William Pitt the YoungerBritish statesman · 1759–180646 yrs
- Bülent Ecevit16th Prime Minister of the Republic of Turkey · 1925–200681 yrs
- Edvard BenešCzechoslovak politician · 1884–194864 yrs
- Thomas Moore ↗Irish poet, singer and songwriter · 1779–185272 yrs
- Ernst Cassirer ↗German philosopher · 1874–194570 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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