1928–2015
John Forbes Nash
American mathematician and economist
86years old at death
31,755days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
John Forbes Nash was born on 13 June 1928 and died on 23 May 2015, aged 86 years and 344 days. That is 31,755 days in all.
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- Claude MonetFrench painter · 1840–192686 yrs
- Martin HeideggerGerman philosopher · 1889–197686 yrs
- Maya AngelouAmerican poet, author, and civil rights activist · 1928–201486 yrs
- Jean-Auguste-Dominique IngresFrench painter · 1780–186786 yrs
- Maurice MaeterlinckBelgian playwright and essayist · 1862–194986 yrs
Everyone famous who died at 86
Also born on 13 June
- James Clerk MaxwellScottish physicist · 1831–187948 yrs
- William Butler YeatsIrish poet and playwright · 1865–193973 yrs
- Fernando PessoaPortuguese poet, writer, and philosopher (1888–1935); creator of the heteronymic system including Alberto Caeiro, Ricardo Reis, Álvaro de Campos, and Bernardo Soares · 1888–193547 yrs
- Thomas YoungEnglish polymath · 1773–182955 yrs
- Luis Walter AlvarezAmerican experimental physicist, inventor, and professor · 1911–198877 yrs
- Patrice de MacMahonThird President of the French Republic · 1808–189385 yrs
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