1883–1964
Victor Francis Hess
Austrian physicist and Nobel prize laureate
81years old at death
29,761days lived
74%of the people on this site died younger
Victor Francis Hess was born on 24 June 1883 and died on 17 December 1964, aged 81 years and 176 days. That is 29,761 days in all.
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