1913–1996
Paul Erdős
Hungarian mathematician
83years old at death
30,494days lived
78%of the people on this site died younger
Paul Erdős was born on 26 March 1913 and died on 20 September 1996, aged 83 years and 178 days. That is 30,494 days in all.
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