1908–1991
John Bardeen
American physicist and engineer
82years old at death
30,202days lived
77%of the people on this site died younger
John Bardeen was born on 23 May 1908 and died on 30 January 1991, aged 82 years and 252 days. That is 30,202 days in all.
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- Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker · 1746–182882 yrs
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- Kim Il-sungSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1948 to 1994 · 1912–199482 yrs
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- Li BaiClassical Chinese poet of the Tang dynasty · AD 701–76261 yrs
- Pär LagerkvistSwedish writer · 1891–197483 yrs
- Alan GarcíaPresident of Peru · 1949–201969 yrs
- Konstantinos VIIByzantine emperor · AD 905–95954 yrs
- Hans Frank ↗German lawyer, Nazi politician, General Governor of Nazi occupied Poland and convicted war criminal · 1900–194646 yrs
- Otto Lilienthal ↗German aviation pioneer · 1848–189648 yrs
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