1930–2012
Neil Armstrong
American astronaut and lunar explorer
82years old at death
29,971days lived
75%of the people on this site died younger
Neil Armstrong was born on 5 August 1930 and died on 25 August 2012, aged 82 years and 20 days. That is 29,971 days in all.
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Slightly shorter lives
- Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker · 1746–182882 yrs
- Alessandro VoltaItalian chemist and physicist · 1745–182782 yrs
- Chandrasekhara Venkata RamanIndian physicist · 1888–197082 yrs
- RudakiPersian poet, the father of Persian poetry · c. AD 859–941c. 82 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Mary CassattAmerican painter and printmaker · 1844–192682 yrs
- Francesco Cossiga8th President of Italy · 1928–201082 yrs
- Daniel DennettAmerican philosopher · 1942–202482 yrs
- Daniel BernoulliSwiss mathematician and physicist · 1700–178282 yrs
Others who died at 82
- Leo TolstoyRussian author · 1828–191082 yrs
- Johann Wolfgang von GoetheGerman writer, artist, natural scientist and politician · 1749–183282 yrs
- Mao Zedong1st chairman of the Chinese Communist Party and founder of the People's Republic of China · 1893–197682 yrs
- Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker · 1746–182882 yrs
- PeléBrazilian footballer · 1940–202282 yrs
- Huang XianfanChinese historian, ethnologist and educator · 1899–198282 yrs
- Kim Il-sungSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 · 1912–199482 yrs
- Frank SinatraAmerican singer and actor · 1915–199882 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 82
Also born on 5 August
- Guy de MaupassantFrench writer · 1850–189342 yrs
- Niels Henrik AbelNorwegian mathematician · 1802–182926 yrs
- Ilya RepinRussian-empire painter of Ukrainian birth · 1844–193086 yrs
- Vitus BeringDanish-born Russian explorer · 1681–174160 yrs
- John HustonAmerican film director, screenwriter, and actor · 1906–198781 yrs
- Wassily LeontiefRussian economist · 1906–199992 yrs
Famous people born on 5 August
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