1929–2024
Peter Higgs
British physicist and Nobel Prize winner
94years old at death
34,648days lived
96%of the people on this site died younger
Peter Higgs was born on 29 May 1929 and died on 8 April 2024, aged 94 years and 315 days. That is 34,648 days in all.
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Slightly longer lives
- Emilio AguinaldoPresident of the Philippines from 1899 to 1902 · 1869–196494 yrs
- Sidney PoitierBahamian and American actor and diplomat · 1927–202294 yrs
- Juliana of the NetherlandsQueen of the Netherlands from 1948 to 1980 · 1909–200494 yrs
- Adrian IPope from 772 to 795 · c. AD 700–795c. 95 yrs
Others who died at 94
- George H. W. Bush41st President of the United States · 1924–201894 yrs
- George Bernard ShawIrish playwright, critic, and polemicist · 1856–195094 yrs
- Naguib MahfouzEgyptian writer · 1911–200694 yrs
- Doris LessingBritish novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer, and short story writer · 1919–201394 yrs
- Milton FriedmanAmerican economist and statistician · 1912–200694 yrs
- Astrid LindgrenSwedish writer of fiction and screenplays · 1907–200294 yrs
- Valéry Giscard d'EstaingFrench official and politician · 1926–202094 yrs
- Milan KunderaFranco-Czechoslovak poet and novelist · 1929–202394 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 94
Also born on 29 May
- John F. KennedyPresident of the United States from 1961 to 1963 · 1917–196346 yrs
- G. K. ChestertonEnglish author and Christian apologist · 1874–193662 yrs
- Tenzing NorgayNepalese Indian Sherpa mountaineer · 1914–198671 yrs
- Oswald SpenglerGerman historian and philosopher · 1880–193655 yrs
- Bob HopeAmerican entertainer · 1903–2003100 yrs
- Louise Michel ↗French author and anarchist · 1830–190574 yrs
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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