1933–2020
Ruth Bader Ginsburg
American lawyer and jurist
87years old at death
31,964days lived
87%of the people on this site died younger
Ruth Bader Ginsburg was born on 15 March 1933 and died on 18 September 2020, aged 87 years and 187 days. That is 31,964 days in all.
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- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–201487 yrs
- Mother TeresaAlbanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary · 1910–199787 yrs
- Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer · 1813–190187 yrs
- Helen KellerAmerican deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar · 1880–196887 yrs
- HirohitoEmperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 · 1901–198987 yrs
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Also born on 15 March
- MichelangeloItalian artist and architect · 1475–156488 yrs
- Andrew JacksonPresident of the United States from 1829 to 1837 · 1767–184578 yrs
- Paul HeyseGerman writer · 1830–191484 yrs
- Emil von BehringGerman physiologist who received the first Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1901 for his discovery of a diphtheria antitoxin · 1854–191763 yrs
- Reza ShahShah of Iran from 1925 to 1941 and founder of the Pahlavi Dynasty · 1878–194466 yrs
- Zhores AlferovSoviet-Russian physicist · 1930–201988 yrs
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