1848–1917
Octave Mirbeau
French writer, art critic and journalist
69years old at death
25,202days lived
48%of the people on this site died younger
Octave Mirbeau was born on 16 February 1848 and died on 16 February 1917, aged exactly 69 years. That is 25,202 days in all.
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- Richard WagnerGerman composer · 1813–188369 yrs
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- Louis ArmstrongAmerican jazz musician, trumpeter and singer · 1901–197169 yrs
- Saddam HusseinIraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 · 1937–200669 yrs
- Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician · 1904–197369 yrs
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Also born on 16 February
- Kim Jong-ilSupreme Leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011 · 1941–201170 yrs
- Thomas MoreEnglish statesman, lawyer and philosopher · 1478–153557 yrs
- Ernst HaeckelGerman zoologist · 1834–191985 yrs
- Francis GaltonBritish eugenist, polymath, and behavioural geneticist · 1822–191188 yrs
- Radoje DomanovićSerbian writer · 1873–190835 yrs
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