1902–1984
Paul Dirac
British theoretical physicist
82years old at death
30,024days lived
76%of the people on this site died younger
Paul Dirac was born on 8 August 1902 and died on 20 October 1984, aged 82 years and 73 days. That is 30,024 days in all.
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- Francisco GoyaSpanish painter and printmaker · 1746–182882 yrs
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Also born on 8 August
- Emiliano ZapataMexican revolutionary · 1879–191939 yrs
- Shmuel Yosef AgnonUkrainian-born Israeli Hebrew writer, Nobel laureate in Literature · 1887–197082 yrs
- Ernest LawrenceAmerican nuclear physicist · 1901–195857 yrs
- Alija IzetbegovićBosnian politician, lawyer, philosopher and author · 1925–200378 yrs
- Philip III the Good ↗Duke of Burgundy from 1419 to 1467 · 1396–146770 yrs
- Johann Friedrich Gmelin ↗German naturalist · 1748–180456 yrs
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