1892–1987
Louis de Broglie
Nobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter
94years old at death
34,548days lived
96%of the people on this site died younger
Louis de Broglie was born on 15 August 1892 and died on 19 March 1987, aged 94 years and 216 days. That is 34,548 days in all.
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Also born on 15 August
- NapoleonFrench military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 · 1769–182151 yrs
- Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet and playwright · 1771–183261 yrs
- Aurobindo GhoshIndian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist · 1872–195078 yrs
- Gerty CoriAustro-Hungarian-American biochemist · 1896–195761 yrs
- Julia ChildAmerican chef · 1912–200491 yrs
- Stieg LarssonSwedish author · 1954–200450 yrs
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