1727–1788
Thomas Gainsborough
English portrait and landscape painter
61years old at death
22,361days lived
31%of the people on this site died younger
Thomas Gainsborough was born on 14 May 1727 and died on 2 August 1788, aged 61 years and 80 days. That is 22,361 days in all.
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