1946–2016
Ahmed Zewail
Egyptian chemist
70years old at death
25,725days lived
51%of the people on this site died younger
Ahmed Zewail was born on 26 February 1946 and died on 2 August 2016, aged 70 years and 158 days. That is 25,725 days in all.
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