1823–1849
Sándor Petőfi
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary
26years old at death
9,708days lived
1%of the people on this site died younger
Sándor Petőfi was born on 1 January 1823 and died on 31 July 1849, aged 26 years and 211 days. That is 9,708 days in all.
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