1925–2003
Alija Izetbegović
Bosnian politician, lawyer, philosopher and author
78years old at death
28,561days lived
67%of the people on this site died younger
Alija Izetbegović was born on 8 August 1925 and died on 19 October 2003, aged 78 years and 72 days. That is 28,561 days in all.
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Also born on 8 August
- Paul DiracBritish theoretical physicist · 1902–198482 yrs
- Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary · 1879–191939 yrs
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature · 1887–197082 yrs
- Ernest LawrenceAmerican nuclear physicist · 1901–195857 yrs
- Philip III the Good ↗Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 · 1396–146770 yrs
- Johann Friedrich Gmelin ↗German naturalist · 1748–180456 yrs
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