List of people youngest in their field is a list of people that are notable as the youngest in their respective fields.
Acting *Adrien Brody - Youngest Oscar winner for lead actor *Marlee Matlin - Youngest Oscar winner for lead actress *Timothy Hutton - Youngest Oscar winner as a supporting actor *Tatum O'Neal - Youngest Oscar winner as a supporting actress, and the youngest person ever to win a regularly awarded Oscar *Kristy McNichol - Youngest Drama acting Emmy Award *Keshia Knight Pulliam - Youngest female nominated for an acting (prime-time) Emmy *Fred Savage - Youngest male nominated for an acting (prime-time) Emmy *Roxana Zal - Youngest person to win a (prime-time) Emmy.
Music and Dance *Jordy - Youngest singer ever to have a #1 charted single in the world. *Stevie Wonder - Youngest singer ever to have a Billboard #1 hit in the United States of America (U.S.)
Business *Aran Spencer-Higgins-Youngest CEO *Sergey Brin-Currently tied for youngest self-made billionaire *Y. Siddharth Reddy-Youngest CEO ever of a Public Limited Company (age: 22) *Michael Dell-Youngest CEO ever to earn a ranking on the Fortune 500 *Lawrence E. Page-Currently tied for youngest self-made billionaire *Albert II, Prince of Thurn and Taxis-Youngest billionaire *James Morrison, MBA Graduate at age 17 years, 15 days old.
Directing *Samira Makhmalbaf-Youngest Director nominated for the Palme d'Or *John Singleton-Youngest Directing Oscar nominee (also, the only African-American to be nominated for the award) *Steven Soderbergh-Youngest director to win the Palme d'Or *Habib Azar-Youngest Director to win an Emmy Award--2007
Literature *Rita Dove-Youngest Poet Laureate of the United States *Laurence Eusden-Youngest Poet Laureate of the United Kingdom *Rudyard Kipling-Youngest Nobel Prize in Literature *Jhumpa Lahiri-Youngest Pulitzer Prize for fiction *Arthur Rimbaud-Poet who wrote his masterpiece A Season in Hell when he was 19.
Politics *John C. Breckinridge - Youngest Vice President of the United States *Joe Clark - Youngest Prime Minister of Canada *Baronet Charles Clifford - First and youngest Speaker of the New Zealand House of Representatives *Süleyman Demirel - Youngest Prime Minister of Turkey *Nicolau dos Reis Lobato — Youngest Prime Minister and President of East Timor and probably the world *Rajiv Gandhi - Youngest Prime Minister of India *Giovanni Lonfernini - Youngest elected world leader during his time as Captain Regent of San Marino *Anna Lührmann - Youngest elected Parliamentarian in Europe *Stevens T. Mason - Youngest governor in the United States history *Bobby Jindal - Youngest current governor in the United States *William Pitt the Younger - Youngest Prime Minister of the United Kingdom *Theodore Roosevelt - Youngest President of the United States *John F. Kennedy - Youngest person to be elected President of the United States *Roosevelt Skerrit - Youngest current Prime Minister of any nation *Robert Mercer Taliaferro Hunter - Youngest Speaker of the United States House of Representatives *Chris Watson - Youngest Prime Minister of Australia
Religion *George Abbot-Possibly the Youngest Archbishop of Canterbury *Maria Goretti-Youngest person canonized by the Catholic Church
Sports and Games *Freddy Adu - Youngest Major League Soccer player *James Vaughan - Youngest English Premier League scorer *Marco Andretti - Youngest driver in the IndyCar Series *Andrew Bynum - Youngest NBA player upon being drafted *Randy Orton - Youngest WWE Champion *Phil Hellmuth Jr - Youngest person ever (23) to win the World Series of Poker main event (1989) *Marjorie Gestring - Youngest individual Olympic gold medalist *Lebron James - Holds numerous "youngest" records in the National Basketball Association *Garry Kasparov — Youngest undisputed World Chess Champion *Abubaker Kaki Khamis - Youngest ever World Indoor champion at age 18 years and 262 days *Freddie Lindstrom - Youngest baseball player in a World Series *Asa Long - Youngest English draughts champion *Joe Nuxhall - Youngest Major League Baseball player *Amobi Okoye - Youngest to play College football *Cindy Parlow - Youngest player, male or female, to reach 100 caps * - Youngest Weightlifting Record Breaker *Mike Tyson - Youngest Champion in Heavyweight boxing *Norman Whiteside - Youngest player in World Cup Soccer *Boris Becker - Youngest winner of men's singles at Wimbledon *Michael Chang - Youngest men's Tennis Grand Slam Champion at 1989 French Open *Fernando Alonso - Youngest Formula 1 Champion *Annette Obrestad - Youngest Person (18) to win a World Series of Poker bracelet in the World Series of Poker Europe main event. *Victor De Leon III - Youngest Professional Video Gamer in the World * Dempsey Andrews (ICE SKATER)made history age 7 as the youngest in the world to perform with Olympic & World Champions the Russian Ice Stars on ICE.. * Sidney Crosby - (ICE HOCKEY) Youngest player to named team captain in NHL history (19).
