1809–1852
Louis Braille
French 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
43years old at death
15,707days lived
9%of the people on this site died younger
Louis Braille was born on 4 January 1809 and died on 6 January 1852, aged 43 years and 2 days. That is 15,707 days in all.
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Also born on 4 January
- Isaac NewtonEnglish mathematician and physicist · 1643–172784 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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