1940–2011
Wangari Muta Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004
71years old at death
26,109days lived
53%of the people on this site died younger
Wangari Muta Maathai was born on 1 April 1940 and died on 25 September 2011, aged 71 years and 177 days. That is 26,109 days in all.
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- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–190871 yrs
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- George SandFrench novelist and memoirist · 1804–187671 yrs
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- Ferenc PuskásHungarian association football player · 1927–200679 yrs
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