1853–1926
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes
Dutch physicist, Nobel prize winner
72years old at death
26,450days lived
55%of the people on this site died younger
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes was born on 21 September 1853 and died on 21 February 1926, aged 72 years and 153 days. That is 26,450 days in all.
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