Momofuku Ando

Birth: 1910-03-05
Death: 2007-01-05
Days since birth: 41,662
Days between birth and death: 35,370
Days since death: 6,292

Inventor of the instant ramen noodle.

1958 August 25 - Momofuku announces the invention of the instant ramen noodle. 17,705

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