1904–1990
Pavel Cherenkov
Soviet physicist
85years old at death
31,208days lived
83%of the people on this site died younger
Pavel Cherenkov was born on 28 July 1904 and died on 6 January 1990, aged 85 years and 162 days. That is 31,208 days in all.
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