1826–1866
Bernhard Riemann
German mathematician
39years old at death
14,551days lived
7%of the people on this site died younger
Bernhard Riemann was born on 17 September 1826 and died on 20 July 1866, aged 39 years and 306 days. That is 14,551 days in all.
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