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George Washington
Founding Father and first U.S. president
dead
no longer with us. rest easy.
- born
- 1732
- died
- 1799
- age at death
- 67
- known for
- politician, farmer, cartographer
1732 – 1799
where this comes from
wikidata records a date of death for George Washington in 1799, which is how we know. your browser re-checks this against wikidata on every visit, so it’s current even if the page itself was cached a while ago.
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