1759–1796
Robert Burns
Scottish poet and lyricist
37years old at death
13,692days lived
5%of the people on this site died younger
Robert Burns was born on 25 January 1759 and died on 21 July 1796, aged 37 years and 178 days. That is 13,692 days in all.
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- Mehmed III13th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1566–160337 yrs
- Lev VygotskySoviet psychologist · 1896–193437 yrs
- Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist · 1799–183737 yrs
- Rosalind FranklinBritish chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer · 1920–195837 yrs
Others who died at 37
- Vincent van GoghDutch painter · 1853–189037 yrs
- Alexander PushkinRussian poet, playwright, and novelist · 1799–183737 yrs
- RaphaelItalian painter and architect · 1483–152037 yrs
- Arthur RimbaudFrench poet · 1854–189137 yrs
- Marie AntoinetteLast Queen of France prior to the French Revolution · 1755–179337 yrs
- Rosalind FranklinBritish chemist, biophysicist, and X-ray crystallographer · 1920–195837 yrs
- Thomas SankaraPresident of Burkina Faso from 1983 to 1987 · 1949–198737 yrs
- Gustavus Adolphus of SwedenSwedish king · 1594–163237 yrs
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Also born on 25 January
- Virginia WoolfEnglish modernist writer · 1882–194159 yrs
- Vladimir VysotskySoviet singer-songwriter and actor · 1938–198042 yrs
- Robert BoyleAnglo-Irish natural philosopher, chemist, physicist, and inventor · 1627–169164 yrs
- William Somerset MaughamEnglish playwright and author · 1874–196591 yrs
- Corazon AquinoPresident of the Philippines from 1986 to 1992 · 1933–200976 yrs
- Joseph-Louis LagrangeMathematician and astronomer · 1736–181377 yrs
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