AD 9–79
Vespasian
Ninth Roman Emperor and founder of the Flavian dynasty
69years old at death
25,401days lived
49%of the people on this site died younger
Vespasian was born on 15 November AD 9 and died on 2 June AD 79, aged 69 years and 199 days. That is 25,401 days in all.
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- Richard WagnerGerman composer · 1813–188369 yrs
- Elizabeth I of EnglandQueen of England and Ireland from 1558 to 1603 · 1533–160369 yrs
- Muammar GaddafiMilitary officer and former Brotherly Leader and Guide of the Revolution of Libya · 1942–201169 yrs
- Louis ArmstrongAmerican jazz musician, trumpeter and singer · 1901–197169 yrs
- Saddam HusseinIraqi politician and revolutionary, president of Iraq from 1979 to 2003 · 1937–200669 yrs
- Pablo NerudaChilean poet and politician · 1904–197369 yrs
- PetrarchItalian scholar and poet · 1304–137469 yrs
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Also born on 15 November
- Suleiman the MagnificentThe tenth and greatest Sultan of Ottoman Empire · 1494–156671 yrs
- Gerhart HauptmannGerman dramatist who received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1912 · 1862–194683 yrs
- William HerschelGerman-born British astronomer and composer · 1738–182283 yrs
- Erwin RommelGerman field marshal · 1891–194452 yrs
- Ed AsnerAmerican actor · 1929–202191 yrs
- Claus Schenk Graf von StauffenbergGerman aristocrat, army officer and resistance fighter · 1907–194436 yrs
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