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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.

1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (1992). 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)
Koichi Tanaka
Koichi Tanaka (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Andrew Z. Fire
Andrew Z. Fire (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Saul Perlmutter
Saul Perlmutter (1959–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physics (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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Takaaki Kajita
Takaaki Kajita (1959–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.
1959–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Donna Strickland
Donna Strickland (1959–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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Joshua D. Angrist
Joshua D. Angrist (1960–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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson (1960–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Fred Ramsdell
Fred Ramsdell (1960–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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Craig C. Mello
Craig C. Mello (1960–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Hiroshi Amano
Hiroshi Amano (1960–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.
1960–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Eric Betzig
Eric Betzig (1960–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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Dmitry Muratov
Dmitry Muratov (1961–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Moungi Bawendi
Moungi Bawendi (1961–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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Mary E. Brunkow
Mary E. Brunkow (1961–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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Eric Cornell
Eric Cornell (1961–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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Carol W. Greider
Carol W. Greider (1961–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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Barack H. Obama
Barack H. Obama (1961–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1961–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Abhijit Banerjee
Abhijit Banerjee (1961–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Ales Bialiatski
Ales Bialiatski (1962–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Ferenc Krausz
Ferenc Krausz (1962–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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
David Baker
David Baker (1962–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Chemistry (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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Shinya Yamanaka
Shinya Yamanaka (1962–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Edvard I. Moser
Edvard I. Moser (1962–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Stefan W. Hell
Stefan W. Hell (1962–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.
1962–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Olga Tokarczuk
Olga Tokarczuk (1962–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Literature (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.
1963–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Maria Ressa
Maria Ressa (1963–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Peace (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.
1963–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Guido W. Imbens
Guido W. Imbens (1963–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.
1963–… (as of 2026-09-01)
Simon Johnson
Simon Johnson (1963–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Economic Sciences (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.
1963–… (as of 2026-09-01)
May-Britt Moser
May-Britt Moser (1963–present) appears in the official census of individual laureates for Physiology or Medicine (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.