1654–1705
Jacob Bernoulli
Swiss mathematician
50years old at death
18,494days lived
17%of the people on this site died younger
Jacob Bernoulli was born on 27 December 1654 and died on 16 August 1705, aged 50 years and 232 days. That is 18,494 days in all.
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