1910–1997
Mother Teresa
Albanian-Indian Catholic nun and missionary
87years old at death
31,787days lived
86%of the people on this site died younger
Mother Teresa was born on 26 August 1910 and died on 5 September 1997, aged 87 years and 10 days. That is 31,787 days in all.
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- Isaac Bashevis SingerPolish-American writer · 1904–199187 yrs
- Ezra PoundAmerican poet and critic · 1885–197287 yrs
- Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le BrunFrench portrait painter · 1755–184286 yrs
- Elizabeth Cady StantonAmerican writer, suffragist and Women's Rights activist · 1815–190286 yrs
Slightly longer lives
- Bahadur Shah Zafar18th and last Mughal Emperor from 1837 to 1857 · 1775–186287 yrs
- Jacques CousteauFrench naval officer, oceanographer, filmmaker and author · 1910–199787 yrs
- Max BornGerman-Jewish physicist and mathematician · 1882–197087 yrs
- Glenda JacksonBritish actress and politician · 1936–202387 yrs
Others who died at 87
- Margaret ThatcherPrime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990 · 1925–201387 yrs
- Gabriel García MárquezColombian writer and Nobel laureate · 1927–201487 yrs
- Giuseppe VerdiItalian opera composer · 1813–190187 yrs
- Helen KellerAmerican deafblind author, political activist, lecturer, scholar · 1880–196887 yrs
- HirohitoEmperor of Japan from 1926 to 1989 · 1901–198987 yrs
- Chiang Kai-shekChinese politician, military leader, and President of the ROC · 1887–197587 yrs
- Günter GrassGerman novelist, poet, playwright, illustrator, graphic artist, and sculptor · 1927–201587 yrs
- José SaramagoPortuguese novelist · 1922–201087 yrs
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Also born on 26 August
- Antoine LavoisierFrench nobleman and chemist · 1743–179450 yrs
- Guillaume ApollinaireFrench poet · 1880–191838 yrs
- Julio CortázarArgentine writer and translator · 1914–198469 yrs
- James FranckGerman-American physicist · 1882–196481 yrs
- Charles MartelFrankish military and political leader · AD 688–74153 yrs
- Katherine JohnsonAfrican-American mathematician · 1918–2020101 yrs
Famous people born on 26 August
Where this comes from
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