1895–1948
Babe Ruth
American baseball player
53years old at death
19,549days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
Babe Ruth was born on 6 February 1895 and died on 16 August 1948, aged 53 years and 192 days. That is 19,549 days in all.
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Slightly shorter lives
- George MichaelEnglish singer · 1963–201653 yrs
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer · 1840–189353 yrs
- Aslan MaskhadovChechen warlord and politician · 1951–200553 yrs
- Joachim von RibbentropGerman Foreign Minister of Nazi Germany · 1893–194653 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Ivan the TerribleTsar of all Russia from 1547 to 1584 · 1530–158453 yrs
- Isabella I of CastileQueen of the Crown of Castile, from 1474 to 1504; first queen of a dynastically-united Spain, from 1479 to 1504 · 1451–150453 yrs
- James K. PolkPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · 1795–184953 yrs
- Pier Paolo PasoliniItalian writer, filmmaker, poet, and intellectual · 1922–197553 yrs
Others who died at 53
- Vladimir LeninFounding leader of the Soviet Union · 1870–192453 yrs
- René DescartesFrench philosopher, mathematician, and scientist · 1596–165053 yrs
- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer · 1840–189353 yrs
- Enrico FermiItalian–American physicist · 1901–195453 yrs
- Al-GhazaliPersian Sunni Muslim scholar and mystic · c. 1058–1111c. 53 yrs
- James K. PolkPresident of the United States from 1845 to 1849 · 1795–184953 yrs
- Mary ShelleyEnglish writer · 1797–185153 yrs
- John von NeumannHungarian and American mathematician and physicist · 1903–195753 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 53
Also born on 6 February
- Ronald ReaganPresident of the United States from 1981 to 1989 and actor · 1911–200493 yrs
- Bob MarleyJamaican reggae musician · 1945–198136 yrs
- François TruffautFrench film director · 1932–198452 yrs
- Anne of Great BritainQueen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 · 1665–171449 yrs
- Eva BraunPhotographer, longtime companion and later wife of Adolf Hitler · 1912–194533 yrs
- Zsa Zsa GaborHungarian-American socialite and actress · 1917–201699 yrs
Famous people born on 6 February
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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