1913–1967
Vivien Leigh
British actress
53years old at death
19,603days lived
20%of the people on this site died younger
Vivien Leigh was born on 5 November 1913 and died on 8 July 1967, aged 53 years and 245 days. That is 19,603 days in all.
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- Pyotr Ilyich TchaikovskyRussian composer · 1840–189353 yrs
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Also born on 5 November
- Ibrahim I18th Sultan of the Ottoman Empire · 1615–164832 yrs
- Paul SabatierFrench chemist · 1854–194186 yrs
- Umar IIUmayyad caliph from 717 to 720 · AD 681–72038 yrs
- Will Durant ↗American historian, philosopher and writer · 1885–198196 yrs
- J.B.S. Haldane ↗Geneticist and evolutionary biologist · 1892–196472 yrs
- Louis the Stammerer ↗King of West Francia from 877 to 879 · AD 846–87932 yrs
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Dates are from Wikidata (free to use under CC0), last updated 22 October 2026. Dates in old records are sometimes disputed.
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