1938–2018
Kofi Annan
7th Secretary-General of the United Nations
80years old at death
29,352days lived
71%of the people on this site died younger
Kofi Annan was born on 8 April 1938 and died on 18 August 2018, aged 80 years and 132 days. That is 29,352 days in all.
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- PlatoAncient Greek philosopher · c. 428–348 BCc. 80 yrs
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- Gautama BuddhaFounder of Buddhism · c. 563–483 BCc. 80 yrs
- Alfred HitchcockBritish filmmaker · 1899–198080 yrs
- John Quincy AdamsPresident of the United States from 1825 to 1829 · 1767–184880 yrs
- Thomas MannGerman novelist and Nobel Prize laureate · 1875–195580 yrs
- Anatole FranceFrench writer · 1844–192480 yrs
- Marlon BrandoAmerican actor · 1924–200480 yrs
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Also born on 8 April
- Mehmed IISeventh Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1432–148149 yrs
- Mary PickfordCanadian actress and producer · 1892–197987 yrs
- Edmund HusserlGerman philosopher, known as the father of phenomenology · 1859–193879 yrs
- Emil CioranRomanian-French philosopher and essayist · 1911–199584 yrs
- Philip IV of SpainKing of Spain and Portugal · 1605–166560 yrs
- Jacques BrelBelgian singer · 1929–197849 yrs
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