1921–2002
John Rawls
American philosopher, philosophy teacher
81years old at death
29,861days lived
75%of the people on this site died younger
John Rawls was born on 21 February 1921 and died on 24 November 2002, aged 81 years and 276 days. That is 29,861 days in all.
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