1859–1917
L. L. Zamenhof
Polish-Jewish physician and inventor of Esperanto
57years old at death
20,939days lived
25%of the people on this site died younger
L. L. Zamenhof was born on 15 December 1859 and died on 14 April 1917, aged 57 years and 120 days. That is 20,939 days in all.
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