1880–1918
Guillaume Apollinaire
French poet
38years old at death
13,953days lived
6%of the people on this site died younger
Guillaume Apollinaire was born on 26 August 1880 and died on 9 November 1918, aged 38 years and 75 days. That is 13,953 days in all.
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