1884–1966
Peter Debye
Dutch-American physicist and physical chemist
82years old at death
30,172days lived
77%of the people on this site died younger
Peter Debye was born on 24 March 1884 and died on 2 November 1966, aged 82 years and 223 days. That is 30,172 days in all.
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