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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.

1950–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Robert B. Laughlin
Robert B. Laughlin (1950–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1950–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jody Williams
Jody Williams (1950–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1950–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Eric S. Maskin
Eric S. Maskin (1950–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2007). 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.
1950–… (as of 2026-09-01)
James E. Rothman
James E. Rothman (1950–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Shimon Sakaguchi
Shimon Sakaguchi (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Susumu Kitagawa
Susumu Kitagawa (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Carl Wieman
Carl Wieman (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Frank Wilczek
Frank Wilczek (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Barry J. Marshall
Barry J. Marshall (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Roger B. Myerson
Roger B. Myerson (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2007). 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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Alvin E. Roth
Alvin E. Roth (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
F. Duncan M. Haldane
F. Duncan M. Haldane (1951–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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Bernard L. Feringa
Bernard L. Feringa (1951–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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Juan Manuel Santos
Juan Manuel Santos (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1951–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Sir Gregory P. Winter
Sir Gregory P. Winter (1951–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Gary Ruvkun
Gary Ruvkun (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Orhan Pamuk
Orhan Pamuk (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1952–2016
Roger Y. Tsien
Roger Y. Tsien (1952–2016) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jack W. Szostak
Jack W. Szostak (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2009). 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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (2009). 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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Lars Peter Hansen
Lars Peter Hansen (1952–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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Charles M. Rice
Charles M. Rice (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1952–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Reinhard Genzel
Reinhard Genzel (1952–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Ben Bernanke
Ben Bernanke (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Douglas Diamond
Douglas Diamond (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Victor Ambros
Victor Ambros (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Michel H. Devoret
Michel H. Devoret (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Paul Krugman
Paul Krugman (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Herta Müller
Herta Müller (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (2009). 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.
1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
William E. Moerner
William E. Moerner (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.