1900–1989
Ruhollah Khomeini
Supreme Leader of Iran from 1979 to 1989
89years old at death
32,524days lived
90%of the people on this site died younger
Ruhollah Khomeini was born on 17 May 1900 and died on 3 June 1989, aged 89 years and 17 days. That is 32,524 days in all.
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- Elias CanettiBulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer · 1905–199489 yrs
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- Robert RedfordAmerican actor and director · 1936–202589 yrs
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- Max PlanckGerman theoretical physicist · 1858–194789 yrs
- Ingmar BergmanSwedish director and screenwriter · 1918–200789 yrs
- Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian writer, publicist, poet and politician · 1918–200889 yrs
- Alexander von HumboldtPrussian geographer, naturalist and explorer · 1769–185989 yrs
- Mario Vargas LlosaPeruvian, Spanish and Dominican novelist and writer · 1936–202589 yrs
- Saul BellowCanadian-American writer · 1915–200589 yrs
- Arthur MillerAmerican playwright and essayist · 1915–200589 yrs
- Elias CanettiBulgarian-born Swiss and British Jewish modernist novelist, playwright, memoirist, and non-fiction writer · 1905–199489 yrs
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Also born on 17 May
- Edward JennerEnglish physician, scientist and pioneer of vaccination · 1749–182373 yrs
- Henri BarbusseFrench author · 1873–193562 yrs
- Jean GabinFrench actor and singer · 1904–197672 yrs
- Erik SatieFrench composer and pianist · 1866–192559 yrs
- Alfonso XIIIKing of Spain from 1886 to 1931 · 1886–194154 yrs
- Dennis HopperAmerican actor and film director · 1936–201074 yrs
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