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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
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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.

1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Douglas D. Osheroff
Douglas D. Osheroff (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Richard R. Schrock
Richard R. Schrock (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (2005). 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.
1945–2025
George F. Smoot
George F. Smoot (1945–2025) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2006). 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)
Patrick Modiano
Patrick Modiano (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (2014). 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)
Angus Deaton
Angus Deaton (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Yoshinori Ohsumi
Yoshinori Ohsumi (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jeffrey C. Hall
Jeffrey C. Hall (1945–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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Richard Henderson
Richard Henderson (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1945–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Richard H. Thaler
Richard H. Thaler (1945–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Claudia Goldin
Claudia Goldin (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Joel Mokyr
Joel Mokyr (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2025). 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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Peter Howitt
Peter Howitt (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2025). 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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Gerardus 't Hooft
Gerardus 't Hooft (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1999). 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.
1946–2016
Ahmed Zewail
Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1999). 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.
1946–1995
Georges J.F. Köhler
Georges J.F. Köhler (1946–1995) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Richard Axel
Richard Axel (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Elfriede Jelinek
Elfriede Jelinek (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
John C. Mather
John C. Mather (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2006). 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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Robert J. Shiller
Robert J. Shiller (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2013). 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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Paul Modrich
Paul Modrich (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1946–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Aziz Sancar
Aziz Sancar (1946–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Alain Aspect
Alain Aspect (1947–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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Geoffrey Hinton
Geoffrey Hinton (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2024). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Gerd Binnig
Gerd Binnig (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (1986). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Thomas R. Cech
Thomas R. Cech (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (1989). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Eric F. Wieschaus
Eric F. Wieschaus (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (1995). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
H. Robert Horvitz
H. Robert Horvitz (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2002). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (2003). 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.
1947–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Linda B. Buck
Linda B. Buck (1947–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.