1910–1995
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
Indian-American astrophysicist
84years old at death
30,987days lived
81%of the people on this site died younger
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar was born on 19 October 1910 and died on 21 August 1995, aged 84 years and 306 days. That is 30,987 days in all.
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