1962–2003
Kalpana Chawla
American astronaut
40years old at death
14,931days lived
8%of the people on this site died younger
Kalpana Chawla was born on 17 March 1962 and died on 1 February 2003, aged 40 years and 321 days. That is 14,931 days in all.
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- Paul WalkerAmerican actor · 1973–201340 yrs
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Also born on 17 March
- Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPresident of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh · 1920–197555 yrs
- Nat King ColeAmerican singer and jazz pianist · 1919–196545 yrs
- Gottlieb DaimlerGerman engineer and industrialist · 1834–190065 yrs
- Rudolf NureyevSoviet ballet dancer and choreographer · 1938–199354 yrs
- Manon Roland ↗French revolutionary · 1754–179339 yrs
- Walter Rudolf Hess ↗Swiss physiologist · 1881–197392 yrs
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