1912–2004
Julia Child
American chef
91years old at death
33,601days lived
94%of the people on this site died younger
Julia Child was born on 15 August 1912 and died on 13 August 2004, aged 91 years and 364 days. That is 33,601 days in all.
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Also born on 15 August
- NapoleonFrench military leader, French Emperor 1804–1814 and again in 1815 · 1769–182151 yrs
- Walter ScottScottish novelist, poet and playwright · 1771–183261 yrs
- Louis de BroglieNobel laureate credited to pioneer the discovery of wave character of matter · 1892–198794 yrs
- Aurobindo GhoshIndian Bengali philosopher, yogi, maharishi, poet and nationalist · 1872–195078 yrs
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- Stieg LarssonSwedish author · 1954–200450 yrs
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