1893–1980
Mae West
American actress, singer, screenwriter, and writer
87years old at death
31,873days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
Mae West was born on 17 August 1893 and died on 22 November 1980, aged 87 years and 97 days. That is 31,873 days in all.
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- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–201487 yrs
- Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary · 1910–199787 yrs
- Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer · 1813–190187 yrs
- Helen KellerAmerican deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar · 1880–196887 yrs
- HirohitoEmperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 · 1901–198987 yrs
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC · 1887–197587 yrs
- Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor · 1927–201587 yrs
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Also born on 17 August
- V. S. NaipaulTrinidadian-British writer · 1932–201885 yrs
- Jiang ZeminFormer General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party · 1926–202296 yrs
- John III SobieskiKing of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania · 1629–169666 yrs
- Mikhail BotvinnikSoviet chess player · 1911–199583 yrs
- Charles I of AustriaLast monarch of Austria-Hungary · 1887–192234 yrs
- Marcus Garvey ↗Jamaica-born British political activist, Pan-Africanist, orator, and entrepreneur · 1887–194052 yrs
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Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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