1910–2008
Irena Sendler
Polish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer
98years old at death
35,881days lived
99%of the people on this site died younger
Irena Sendler was born on 15 February 1910 and died on 12 May 2008, aged 98 years and 87 days. That is 35,881 days in all.
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- Carl ReinerAmerican actor · 1922–202098 yrs
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- Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist · 1906–200598 yrs
- Tadeusz ReichsteinPolish-Swiss chemist · 1897–199699 yrs
Others who died at 98
- Giorgio NapolitanoPresident of Italy from 2006 to 2015 · 1925–202398 yrs
- Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist · 1906–200598 yrs
- Carl ReinerAmerican actor · 1922–202098 yrs
- IsocratesGreek rhetorician and writer · c. 436–338 BCc. 98 yrs
- Saint Valentine3rd-century Roman Christian saint · c. AD 175–273c. 98 yrs
- Arthur AshkinAmerican physicist · 1922–202098 yrs
- Otto von HabsburgHead of the House of Habsburg and German politician · 1912–201198 yrs
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Also born on 15 February
- Jeremy BenthamBritish philosopher, jurist, and social reformer · 1748–183284 yrs
- Louis XV of FranceKing of France and Navarre 1715 to 1774 · 1710–177464 yrs
- Alfred North WhiteheadEnglish mathematician and philosopher · 1861–194786 yrs
- Susan B. AnthonyAmerican women's rights activist · 1820–190686 yrs
- Charles Édouard GuillaumeSwiss physicist · 1861–193877 yrs
- Dzhokhar DudayevSoviet general, Chechen leader · 1944–199652 yrs
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