1592–1666
Shah Jahan
The fifth Mughal Emperor from 1628 to 1658
74years old at death
27,036days lived
58%of the people on this site died younger
Shah Jahan was born on 15 January 1592 and died on 22 January 1666, aged 74 years and 7 days. That is 27,036 days in all.
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- A. A. MilneBritish author known for creating Winnie-the-Pooh · 1882–195674 yrs
- Dennis HopperAmerican actor and film director · 1936–201074 yrs
- Giovanni Battista TiepoloItalian painter · 1696–177074 yrs
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Others who died at 74
- Joseph StalinPolitician and leader of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics from 1924 to 1953 · 1878–195374 yrs
- Mark TwainAmerican author and humorist · 1835–191074 yrs
- Jean-Paul SartreFrench existentialist philosopher · 1905–198074 yrs
- Friedrich EngelsGerman philosopher, sociologist and economist · 1820–189574 yrs
- Jawaharlal NehruPrime Minister of India from 1947 to 1964 · 1889–196474 yrs
- Muhammad AliAmerican boxer · 1942–201674 yrs
- Ibn KhaldunHistoriographer and historian · c. 1332–1406c. 74 yrs
- Sun Tzu6th century BCE Chinese general and military strategist · c. 544–470 BCc. 74 yrs
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Also born on 15 January
- Martin Luther King Jr.American Baptist minister and civil rights leader · 1929–196839 yrs
- MolièreFrench playwright and actor · 1622–167351 yrs
- Gamal Abdel NasserPresident of Egypt from 1956 to 1970 · 1918–197052 yrs
- Pierre-Joseph ProudhonFrench politician, philosopher, anarchist and socialist · 1809–186556 yrs
- Ibn SaudKing of Saudi Arabia from 1932 to 1953 · 1876–195377 yrs
- Sofia Kovalevskaya19th-century Russian mathematician · 1850–189141 yrs
Famous people born on 15 January
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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