1643–1727
Isaac Newton
English mathematician and physicist
84years old at death
30,766days lived
80%of the people on this site died younger
Isaac Newton was born on 4 January 1643 and died on 31 March 1727, aged 84 years and 86 days. That is 30,766 days in all.
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- Benjamin FranklinAmerican polymath and statesman · 1706–179084 yrs
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- Thomas EdisonAmerican inventor and businessman · 1847–193184 yrs
- Salvador DalíSpanish artist · 1904–198984 yrs
- Benjamin FranklinAmerican polymath and statesman · 1706–179084 yrs
- John Paul IIPope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author · 1920–200584 yrs
- Henri MatisseFrench artist · 1869–195484 yrs
- Umberto EcoItalian semiotician, essayist, philosopher, literary critic, and novelist · 1932–201684 yrs
- Kurt VonnegutAmerican author · 1922–200784 yrs
- Octavio PazMexican writer, poet an diplomat · 1914–199884 yrs
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Also born on 4 January
- Louis BrailleFrench organist and teacher (1809-1852), inventor of braille, a system for reading and writing text and music, used by people who are blind or visually impaired · 1809–185243 yrs
- Jacob GrimmGerman philologist, linguist, jurist and mythologist · 1785–186378 yrs
- Carlos Saura ↗Spanish photographer and film director · 1932–202391 yrs
- Giovanni Battista Pergolesi ↗Italian composer, violinist and organist · 1710–173626 yrs
- Katsura Tarō ↗Japanese general and politician · 1848–191365 yrs
- Günter Schabowski ↗German politician · 1929–201586 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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