1903–1957
John von Neumann
Hungarian and American mathematician and physicist
53years old at death
19,401days lived
19%of the people on this site died younger
John von Neumann was born on 28 December 1903 and died on 8 February 1957, aged 53 years and 42 days. That is 19,401 days in all.
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