1471–1528
Albrecht Dürer
German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist
56years old at death
20,775days lived
25%of the people on this site died younger
Albrecht Dürer was born on 30 May 1471 and died on 16 April 1528, aged 56 years and 322 days. That is 20,775 days in all.
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