1916–2001
Claude Shannon
American mathematician and information theorist
84years old at death
30,981days lived
81%of the people on this site died younger
Claude Shannon was born on 30 April 1916 and died on 24 February 2001, aged 84 years and 300 days. That is 30,981 days in all.
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