1919–1965
Nat King Cole
American singer and jazz pianist
45years old at death
16,772days lived
11%of the people on this site died younger
Nat King Cole was born on 17 March 1919 and died on 15 February 1965, aged 45 years and 335 days. That is 16,772 days in all.
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Others who died at 45
- Sung Jae-giSouth Korean masculism activist · 1967–201345 yrs
- Friedrich SchillerGerman playwright, poet, philosopher and historian · 1759–180545 yrs
- Freddie MercuryBritish singer, songwriter and musician, frontman of the rock band Queen · 1946–199145 yrs
- ParmenidesLate 6th/early 5th century BC Greek pre-Socratic philosopher · c. 515–470 BCc. 45 yrs
- Yukio MishimaJapanese author · 1925–197045 yrs
- Jan HusCzech theologian, philosopher and preacher · c. 1370–1415c. 45 yrs
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Also born on 17 March
- Sheikh Mujibur RahmanPresident of the Provisional Government of Bangladesh and the 2nd Prime Minister and first President of Bangladesh · 1920–197555 yrs
- Gottlieb DaimlerGerman engineer and industrialist · 1834–190065 yrs
- Rudolf NureyevSoviet ballet dancer and choreographer · 1938–199354 yrs
- Kalpana ChawlaAmerican astronaut · 1962–200340 yrs
- Manon Roland ↗French revolutionary · 1754–179339 yrs
- Walter Rudolf Hess ↗Swiss physiologist · 1881–197392 yrs
Famous people born on 17 March
Where this comes from
Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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