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Individual lives from all layers. The Nobel census has substantial weight; this selection does not represent everyone who contributed to historical processes.

Canonical records: 1048
Events: 0
People: 1048
Processes and periods: 0

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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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Canonical records by regional label and start date. These are numerical analysis bins, not universal historical periods. A multi-region record appears in multiple rows; do not add rows as a unique-record total.
Region	3000–1 BCE	1–1499	1500–1799	1800–1899	1900–1999	Since 2000
Africa	0	1	1	9	28	1
Americas	0	0	3	64	421	3
Asia	2	11	2	12	81	1
Europe	3	2	8	242	321	0
Oceania	0	0	1	5	15	0
Global / no specific region	0	0	2	0	1	0

Records and sources

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

1943–2005
Richard E. Smalley
Richard E. Smalley (1943–2005) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1996). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Richard J. Roberts
Richard J. Roberts (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1993). 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.
1943–2020
Betty Williams
Betty Williams (1943–2020) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1976). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Lech Wałęsa
Lech Wałęsa (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1983). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Tim Hunt
Tim Hunt (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2001). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
A. Michael Spence
A. Michael Spence (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2001). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Joseph E. Stiglitz
Joseph E. Stiglitz (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2001). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Finn E. Kydland
Finn E. Kydland (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2004). 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.
1943–2011
Ralph M. Steinman
Ralph M. Steinman (1943–2011) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2011). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Thomas J. Sargent
Thomas J. Sargent (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2011). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Robert J. Lefkowitz
Robert J. Lefkowitz (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (2012). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Arthur B. McDonald
Arthur B. McDonald (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2015). 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.
1943–… (as of 2026-09-01)
J. Michael Kosterlitz
J. Michael Kosterlitz (1943–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2016). 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.
1943–2023
Louise Glück
Louise Glück (1943–2023) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (2020). 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.
1944–2019
Kary B. Mullis
Kary B. Mullis (1944–2019) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1993). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Erwin Neher
Erwin Neher (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1991). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Phillip A. Sharp
Phillip A. Sharp (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1993). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Rolf M. Zinkernagel (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1996). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Mairead Corrigan
Mairead Corrigan (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1976). 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.
1944–2022
David Trimble
David Trimble (1944–2022) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1998). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Robert C. Merton
Robert C. Merton (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (1997). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
James J. Heckman
James J. Heckman (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2000). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Makoto Kobayashi
Makoto Kobayashi (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2008). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Serge Haroche
Serge Haroche (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2012). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
David J. Wineland
David J. Wineland (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2012). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jean-Pierre Sauvage
Jean-Pierre Sauvage (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (2016). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Michael Rosbash
Michael Rosbash (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2017). 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.
1944–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Gérard Mourou
Gérard Mourou (1944–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2018). 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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Anton Zeilinger
Anton Zeilinger (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2022). 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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Aleksey Yekimov
Aleksey Yekimov (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (2023). 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.