1937–2008
George Carlin
American stand-up comedian
71years old at death
25,974days lived
52%of the people on this site died younger
George Carlin was born on 12 May 1937 and died on 22 June 2008, aged 71 years and 41 days. That is 25,974 days in all.
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- Adrian VPope · 1205–127671 yrs
- Ramsay MacDonaldBritish prime minister in 1924 and 1929 to 1935 · 1866–193771 yrs
- Roberto RosselliniItalian film director · 1906–197771 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Ayman al-ZawahiriAl-Qaeda terrorist leader (1951–2022), Muslim jurist and theologian (Sunni), surgeon · 1951–202271 yrs
- Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician · 1859–193071 yrs
- Mirza GhalibIndian poet · 1797–186971 yrs
- Élie MetchnikoffRussian-French immunologist, embryologist, biologist · 1845–191671 yrs
Others who died at 71
- Socrates5th-century BCE Greek philosopher · c. 470–399 BCc. 71 yrs
- CharlemagneKing of Franks, regarded as the first Holy Roman Emperor · AD 742–81471 yrs
- Arthur Conan DoyleBritish writer and physician · 1859–193071 yrs
- Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1494–156671 yrs
- Grover Cleveland22nd & 24th President of the United States · 1837–190871 yrs
- John TylerPresident of the United States from 1841 to 1845 · 1790–186271 yrs
- George SandFrench novelist and memoirist · 1804–187671 yrs
- Wangari Muta MaathaiKenyan environmentalist and politician who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2004 · 1940–201171 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 71
Also born on 12 May
- Niccolò MachiavelliFlorentine statesman, diplomat, and political theorist · 1469–152758 yrs
- Florence NightingaleEnglish social reformer, statistician, and founder of modern nursing · 1820–191090 yrs
- Katharine HepburnAmerican actress · 1907–200396 yrs
- Justinian IEastern Roman Emperor who ruled from 527 to 565 · AD 482–56583 yrs
- Dorothy HodgkinBritish chemist · 1910–199484 yrs
- Jiddu KrishnamurtiIndian spiritual philosopher, mystic, speaker and writer · 1895–198690 yrs
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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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