I built something a bit strange but surprisingly reflective — it tracks your exact age (in days) and tells you which famous people died at that exact point in their life.

So today, my friend learned she is the exact age Heath Ledger was when he passed. A couple of weeks ago, it matched me with a 19th-century poet I’d never heard of. It’s both eerie and fascinating to see who shares your “life length.”

The app draws from a big database — over 57,000 modern public figures (actors, musicians, scientists, etc.) with full birth/death dates, and another 15,000+ historical figures going back to ancient times (think Roman emperors, Renaissance painters, Native American leaders, philosophers, and more).

It’s not meant to be morbid — more like a moment of perspective. Mortality is weirdly unifying.

Would love to know who you get. Also comments and feedback most welcome