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People (996) · Nobel laureates (990) · Medicine (233) · Physics (231) · Chemistry (201) · Literature (122) · Peace (112) · Economic Sciences (99) · Science (31) · Personas científicas (31) · British Empire (14) · Matemáticas (13)

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Ordered by start date. Long lives and processes may begin before the period you want to study.

1. 1900–1991

   Ragnar Granit

   Ragnar Granit (1900–1991) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1967). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

2. 1900–1958

   Wolfgang Pauli

   Wolfgang Pauli (1900–1958) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1945). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

3. 1900–1971

   Giorgos Seferis

   Giorgos Seferis (1900–1971) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1963). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

4. 1900–1976

   Eyvind Johnson

   Eyvind Johnson (1900–1976) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1974). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

5. 1900–1979

   Dennis Gabor

   Dennis Gabor (1900–1979) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1971). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

6. 1901–1994

   Linus Pauling

   Linus Pauling (1901–1994) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1954) and Peace (1962). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

7. 1901–1978

   Vincent du Vigneaud

   Vincent du Vigneaud (1901–1978) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1955). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

8. 1901–1976

   Werner Heisenberg

   Werner Heisenberg (1901–1976) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1932). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

9. 1901–1997

   Charles B. Huggins

   Charles B. Huggins (1901–1997) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1966). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

10. 1901–1958

    Ernest Lawrence

    Ernest Lawrence (1901–1958) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1939). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

11. 1901–1975

    Eisaku Satō

    Eisaku Satō (1901–1975) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1974). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

12. 1901–1968

    Salvatore Quasimodo

    Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1959). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

13. 1901–1986

    Jaroslav Seifert

    Jaroslav Seifert (1901–1986) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1984). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

14. 1901–1985

    Simon Kuznets

    Simon Kuznets (1901–1985) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (1971). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

15. 1901–1954

    Enrico Fermi

    An Italian-American physicist who worked in quantum, nuclear, and particle physics. His role in the first controlled nuclear reactor should be read alongside the teams, institutions, and energy and military consequences of the period.

16. 1902–1971

    Arne Tiselius

    Arne Tiselius (1902–1971) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1948). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

17. 1902–1958

    Kurt Alder

    Kurt Alder (1902–1958) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1950). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

18. 1902–1994

    André Lwoff

    André Lwoff (1902–1994) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1965). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

19. 1902–1984

    Paul A.M. Dirac

    Paul A.M. Dirac (1902–1984) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1933). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

20. 1902–1986

    Alva Myrdal

    Alva Myrdal (1902–1986) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1982). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

21. 1902–1998

    Halldór Laxness

    Halldór Laxness (1902–1998) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1955). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

22. 1902–1968

    John Steinbeck

    John Steinbeck (1902–1968) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (1962). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

23. 1902–1987

    Walter H. Brattain

    Walter H. Brattain (1902–1987) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1956). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

24. 1902–1998

    Theodore W. Schultz

    Theodore W. Schultz (1902–1998) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (1979). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

25. 1902–1995

    Eugene Wigner

    Eugene Wigner (1902–1995) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1963). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

26. 1902–1984

    Alfred Kastler

    Alfred Kastler (1902–1984) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1966). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

27. 1902–1992

    Barbara McClintock

    An American geneticist who, studying maize, showed that some genetic elements can change position on a chromosome. Her research is recognized without treating plant genetics as an isolated individual achievement.

28. 1903–1995

    Adolf Butenandt

    Adolf Butenandt (1903–1995) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1939). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

29. 1903–1979

    Giulio Natta

    Giulio Natta (1903–1979) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1963). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.

30. 1903–1976

    Lars Onsager

    Lars Onsager (1903–1976) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1968). This record represents the person’s life; each award is dated separately, and the prize year does not stand for the date of their whole body of work.