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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.

1953–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jean Tirole
Jean Tirole (1953–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Morten Meldal
Morten Meldal (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
László Krasznahorkai
László Krasznahorkai (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Shuji Nakamura
Shuji Nakamura (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Kailash Satyarthi
Kailash Satyarthi (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Kazuo Ishiguro
Kazuo Ishiguro (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1954–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe (1954–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2019). 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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Svante Pääbo
Svante Pääbo (1955–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Philip Dybvig
Philip Dybvig (1955–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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Katalin Karikó
Katalin Karikó (1955–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1955–2017
Liu Xiaobo
Liu Xiaobo (1955–2017) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (2010). 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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Brian Kobilka
Brian Kobilka (1955–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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Thomas C. Südhof
Thomas C. Südhof (1955–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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Denis Mukwege
Denis Mukwege (1955–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Paul M. Romer
Paul M. Romer (1955–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1955–… (as of 2026-09-01)
David Julius
David Julius (1955–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2021). 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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
David Card
David Card (1956–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (2021). 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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Philippe Aghion
Philippe Aghion (1956–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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Roderick MacKinnon
Roderick MacKinnon (1956–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Mo Yan
Mo Yan (1956–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Frances H. Arnold
Frances H. Arnold (1956–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.
1956–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Gregg L. Semenza
Gregg L. Semenza (1956–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2019). 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.
1957–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Wolfgang Ketterle
Wolfgang Ketterle (1957–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.
1957–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Bruce A. Beutler
Bruce A. Beutler (1957–present) 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.
1957–… (as of 2026-09-01)
William G. Kaelin Jr
William G. Kaelin Jr (1957–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (2019). 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.
1958–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Anne L’Huillier
Anne L’Huillier (1958–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1958–… (as of 2026-09-01)
John M. Martinis
John M. Martinis (1958–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.
1958–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Andre Geim
Andre Geim (1958–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (2010). 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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Drew Weissman
Drew Weissman (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Jon Fosse
Jon Fosse (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.