1927–2019
Sydney Brenner
South African-British biologist, Nobel prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002
92years old at death
33,685days lived
94%of the people on this site died younger
Sydney Brenner was born on 13 January 1927 and died on 5 April 2019, aged 92 years and 82 days. That is 33,685 days in all.
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- Rosa ParksCivil rights activist · 1913–200592 yrs
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Also born on 13 January
- Wilhelm WienGerman physicist · 1864–192864 yrs
- George Gurdjieff ↗Philosopher, mystic, and writer · 1866–194983 yrs
- Michael III ↗Byzantine emperor from 842 to 867 · AD 840–86727 yrs
- Paul Feyerabend ↗Austrian-born philosopher of science · 1924–199470 yrs
- Marco Pantani ↗Italian road racing cyclist · 1970–200434 yrs
- Chaïm Soutine ↗Belarusian-French painter · 1893–194350 yrs
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