1907–1966
Sergei Korolev
Soviet rocket engineer and spacecraft designer
59years old at death
21,552days lived
28%of the people on this site died younger
Sergei Korolev was born on 12 January 1907 and died on 14 January 1966, aged 59 years and 2 days. That is 21,552 days in all.
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- Fyodor DostoyevskyRussian novelist · 1821–188159 yrs
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- Sima QianChinese historian · c. 145–86 BCc. 59 yrs
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- Auguste ComteFrench philosopher, mathematician and sociologist · 1798–185759 yrs
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Also born on 12 January
- Jack LondonAmerican author, journalist and social activist · 1876–191640 yrs
- Swami VivekanandaIndian Hindu monk and philosopher · 1863–190239 yrs
- Edmund BurkeAnglo-Irish statesman, political theorist and conservative philosopher · 1729–179768 yrs
- Hermann GöringGerman Nazi politician, military leader, and convicted war criminal · 1893–194653 yrs
- Charles PerraultFrench author · 1628–170375 yrs
- Husayn ibn AliGrandson of Muhammad and the 3rd Shia Imam · AD 626–68054 yrs
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