1885–1962
Niels Bohr
Danish physicist
77years old at death
28,165days lived
64%of the people on this site died younger
Niels Bohr was born on 7 October 1885 and died on 18 November 1962, aged 77 years and 42 days. That is 28,165 days in all.
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Also born on 7 October
- Desmond TutuSouth African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner · 1931–202190 yrs
- Heinrich HimmlerGerman Nazi politician; leader of the German SS & main architect of the Holocaust · 1900–194544 yrs
- Henry A. WallaceAmerican politician (1888–1965); Vice President of the United States from 1941 to 1945 · 1888–196577 yrs
- Nicholas IVPope of the Catholic Church from 1288 to 1292 · 1227–129264 yrs
- Harry Kroto ↗British chemist · 1939–201676 yrs
- Ulrike Meinhof ↗German left-wing militant, journalist and author · 1934–197641 yrs
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