1890–1969
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnamese communist leader, founder of North Vietnam
79years old at death
28,960days lived
69%of the people on this site died younger
Ho Chi Minh was born on 19 May 1890 and died on 2 September 1969, aged 79 years and 106 days. That is 28,960 days in all.
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Also born on 19 May
- Malcolm XAmerican Black rights activist · 1925–196539 yrs
- Pol PotFormer General Secretary of the Communist Party of Kampuchea · 1925–199872 yrs
- Johann Gottlieb FichteGerman philosopher · 1762–181451 yrs
- Innocent XIPope of the Catholic Church from 1676 to 1689 · 1611–168978 yrs
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- Max Perutz ↗Austrian-born British molecular biologist · 1914–200287 yrs
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