1977–2017
Maryam Mirzakhani
Iranian mathematician
40years old at death
14,673days lived
7%of the people on this site died younger
Maryam Mirzakhani was born on 12 May 1977 and died on 14 July 2017, aged 40 years and 63 days. That is 14,673 days in all.
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