1906–1978
Kurt Gödel
Austrian-American logician, mathematician, and philosopher of mathematics
71years old at death
26,194days lived
53%of the people on this site died younger
Kurt Gödel was born on 28 April 1906 and died on 14 January 1978, aged 71 years and 261 days. That is 26,194 days in all.
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