1686–1736
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit
German-Polish physicist and engineer
50years old at death
18,377days lived
16%of the people on this site died younger
Daniel Gabriel Fahrenheit was born on 24 May 1686 and died on 16 September 1736, aged 50 years and 115 days. That is 18,377 days in all.
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