Deaths: ages
This question only tends to get asked about people who died when they were either very young or very old.
Hence there aren't many people listed between the ages of 40 and 90; there's
only one between 60 and 80, and only two between 80 and 90.
Name |
Born |
Died |
|
Years |
|
Days |
Anne Frank | 12 June 1929 |
February 1945 |
|
15 |
|
|
Ritchie Valens | 13 May 1941 | 3 February 1959 |
|
17 |
|
266 |
Joan of Arc | c. 1412 | 30 May 1431 |
|
18 / 19 |
| |
Tutankhamun |
c. 1341 BC | c. 1323 BC |
|
19 |
| |
Billy the Kid | 17 September 1859 | 14 July 1881 |
|
21 |
| |
Buddy Holly | 7 September 1936 | 3 February 1959 |
|
22 |
| |
James Dean | 8 February 1931 | 30 September 1955 |
|
24 |
| |
Ned Kelly | December 1854 | 11 November 1880 |
|
25 |
| |
John Keats | 31 October 1795 | 23 February 1821 |
|
26 |
| |
Kurt Cobain | 20 February 1967 | 5 April 1994 |
|
27 |
|
44 |
Brian Jones | 28 February 1942 | 3 July 1969 |
|
27 |
|
65 |
Robert Johnson | 8 May 1911 | 16 August 1938 |
|
27 |
|
100 |
Jim Morrison | 8 December 1943 | 3 July 1971 |
|
27 |
|
207 |
Janis Joplin | 19 January 1943 | 4 October 1970 |
|
27 |
|
258 |
Jade Goody | 5 June 1981 | 22 March 2009 |
|
27 |
|
290 |
Jimi Hendrix | 27 November 1942 | 18 September 1970 |
|
27 |
|
295 |
Amy Winehouse | 14 September 1983 | 23 July 2011 |
|
27 |
|
312 |
Paul Hunter (snooker player) | 14 October 1978 | 9 October 2006 |
|
27 |
|
360 |
Mrs. Beeton | 12 March 1836 | 6 February 1865 |
|
28 |
|
331 |
Hank Williams | 17 September 1923 | 1 January 1953 |
|
29 |
|
75 |
Christopher Marlowe | 26 February 1564 | 30 May 1593 |
|
29 |
|
94 |
Percy Bysshe Shelley | 4 August 1792 | 8 July 1822 |
|
29 |
|
338 |
Marc Bolan | 30 September 1947 | 16 September 1977 |
|
29 |
|
351 |
Red Rum | 3 May 1965 | 18 October 1995 |
|
30 |
|
168 |
Patsy Cline | 8 September 1932 | 5 March 1963 |
|
30 |
|
178 |
Rudolf Valentino | 6 May 1895 | 23 August 1926 |
|
31 |
|
109 |
Richard Beckinsale | 6 July 1947 | 19 March 1979 |
|
31 |
|
256 |
Franz Schubert | 31 January 1797 | 19 November 1828 |
|
31 |
|
285 |
Keith Moon | 23 August 1946 | 7 September 1978 |
|
32 |
|
15 |
Charles Rolls | 27 August 1877 | 12 July 1910 |
|
32 |
|
319 |
Karen Carpenter | 2 March 1950 | 4 February 1983 |
|
32 |
|
339 |
Alexander the Great | 20/21 July 356 BC | 10/11 June 323 BC |
|
32 / 33 |
| |
Jesus (according to tradition) | (7-2 BC) | (30-33 AD) |
|
33 |
| |
Ayrton Senna | 21 March 1960 | 1 May 1994 |
|
34 |
| |
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | 27 January 1756 | 5 December 1791 |
|
35 |
| |
Princess Diana | 1 July 1961 | 31 August 1997 |
|
36 |
|
61 |
Marilyn Monroe | 1 June 1926 | 5 August 1962 |
|
36 |
|
65 |
Henry Purcell | 10 September 1659
| 21 November 1695 |
|
36 |
|
72 |
Bob Marley | 6 February 1945 | 11 May 1981 |
|
36 |
|
74 |
Lord Byron | 22 January 1788 | 19 April 1824 |
|
36 |
|
86 |
Raphael | 28 March 1483 | 6 April 1520 |
|
37 |
|
9 |
Vincent van Gogh | 30 March 1853 | 29 July 1890 |
|
37 |
|
90 |
Robert Burns | 25 January 1759 | 21 July 1796 |
|
37 |
|
178 |
Dylan Thomas | 27 October 1914 | 9 November 1953 |
|
39 |
|
13 |
Martin Luther King | 15 January 1929 | 4 April 1968 |
|
39 |
|
80 |
John Lennon | 9 October 1940 | 8 December 1980 |
|
40 |
|
60 |
Glenn Miller | 1 March 1904 | 15 December 1944 |
|
40 |
|
290 |
Jim Reeves | 20 August 1923 | 31 July 1964 |
|
40 |
|
346 |
Elvis Presley | 8 January 1935 | 16 August 1977 |
|
42 |
|
220 |
Captain (Robert Falcon) Scott | 6 June 1868 | c. 29 March 1912 |
|
43 |
|
297 |
Mary Queen of Scots | 8 December 1542 | 8 February 1587 |
|
44 |
|
62 |
Oscar Wilde | 16 October 1854 | 30 November 1900 |
|
46 |
|
45 |
John F. Kennedy | 29 May 1917 | 22 November 1963 |
|
46 |
|
177 |
T. E. Lawrence (Lawrence of Arabia) | 16 August 1888 | 19 May 1935 |
|
46 |
|
284 |
Ernest Shackleton | 15 February 1874 | 5 January 1922 |
|
47 |
|
324 |
Michael Jackson | 29 August 1958 | 25 June 2009 |
|
50 |
| |
Bobby Moore | 12 April 1941 | 24 February 1993 |
|
51 |
| |
King George VI | 14 December 1895 | 12 February 1952 |
|
56 |
| |
Prince | 7 June 1958 | 21 April 2016 |
|
57 |
|
319 |
George Harrison | 25 February 1943 | 29 November 2001 |
|
58 |
|
277 |
George Best | 22 May 1946 | 25 November 2005 |
|
59 |
|
187 |
David Bowie | 8 January 1947 | 10 January 2016 |
|
69 |
|
2 |
Queen Victoria | 24 May 1819 | 22 January 1901 |
|
81 |
| |
Leonard Cohen | 21 September 1934 | 7 November 2016 |
|
82 |
| |
Winston Churchill | 30 November 1874 | 24 January 1965 |
|
90 |
| |
George Bernard Shaw | 26 July 1856 | 2 November 1950 |
|
94 |
| |
HM Queen Elizabeth II | 21 April 1926 | 8 September 2022 |
|
96 |
|
140 |
Barbara Cartland | 9 July 1901 | 21 May 2000 |
|
98 |
|
317 |
HRH Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh | 10 June 1921 | 9 April 2021 |
|
99 |
|
303 |
George Burns | 20 January 1896 | 9 March 1996 |
|
100 |
|
49 |
Bob Hope | 29 May 1903 | 27 July 2003 |
|
100 |
|
59 |
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother | 4 August 1900 | 30 March 2002 |
|
101 |
|
238 |
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester | 25 December 1901 | 29 October 2004 |
|
102 |
|
309 |
James Lovelock (scientist) | 26 July 1919 | 26 July 2022 |
|
103 |
|
0 |
Kirk Douglas | 9 December 1916 | 5 February 2020 |
|
103 |
|
58 |
Vera Lynn | 20 March 1917 | 18 June 2020 |
|
103 |
|
90 |
Olivia de Havilland | 1 July 1916 | 26 July 2020 |
|
104 |
|
25 |
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