1891–1940
Mikhail Bulgakov
Russian author
48years old at death
17,831days lived
14%of the people on this site died younger
Mikhail Bulgakov was born on 15 May 1891 and died on 10 March 1940, aged 48 years and 300 days. That is 17,831 days in all.
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