1907–1986
Mircea Eliade
Romanian-American historian, writer, philosopher and professor at the University of Chicago
79years old at death
28,886days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
Mircea Eliade was born on 22 March 1907 and died on 22 April 1986, aged 79 years and 31 days. That is 28,886 days in all.
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