1879–1960
Max von Laue
German physicist, Nobel laureate and anti-Nazi
80years old at death
29,417days lived
72%of the people on this site died younger
Max von Laue was born on 9 October 1879 and died on 24 April 1960, aged 80 years and 198 days. That is 29,417 days in all.
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