1922–2020
Arthur Ashkin
American physicist
98years old at death
35,814days lived
99%of the people on this site died younger
Arthur Ashkin was born on 2 September 1922 and died on 21 September 2020, aged 98 years and 19 days. That is 35,814 days in all.
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- Hans BetheGerman-American nuclear physicist · 1906–200598 yrs
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- IsocratesGreek rhetorician and writer · c. 436–338 BCc. 98 yrs
- Irena SendlerPolish resistance fighter and Holocaust rescuer · 1910–200898 yrs
- Saint Valentine3rd-century Roman Christian saint · c. AD 175–273c. 98 yrs
- Otto von HabsburgHead of the House of Habsburg and German politician · 1912–201198 yrs
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- Wilhelm OstwaldBaltic German chemist · 1853–193278 yrs
- Frederick SoddyEnglish radiochemist · 1877–195679 yrs
- Ahmad Shah MassoudTajik military leader · 1953–200148 yrs
- LiliʻuokalaniMonarch of the Hawaiian Kingdom · 1838–191779 yrs
- Bill Shankly ↗Scottish footballer and manager · 1913–198168 yrs
- Joseph Roth ↗Austrian novelist and journalist · 1894–193944 yrs
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