1845–1923
Wilhelm Röntgen
German physicist
77years old at death
28,443days lived
66%of the people on this site died younger
Wilhelm Röntgen was born on 27 March 1845 and died on 10 February 1923, aged 77 years and 320 days. That is 28,443 days in all.
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