List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine by age
This is a list of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine by age.
To allow for the differing amount of leap years within the life of each laureate, two measures of longevity are given. The first is the number of days lived by the laureate. Following that comes the number of whole years the laureate lived, and days past their last birthday. Where the person in question is still living, the longevity is calculated up to .
Overview
The median age for a person winning the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine is 56 years and 5 months, which is how old Rosalyn S. Yalow was when she won the 1977 prize. The youngest person to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was Frederick Banting, who won the 1923 prize at the age of 32 years, 26 days. The oldest person to win the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine was Francis P. Rous, who won the 1966 prize at the age of 87 years, 66 days.
The Physiology or Medicine laureate who lived the longest after receiving the prize was Archibald Hill. Hill died 54 years, 175 days after he received his prize, at the age of 90 years, 250 days. The next in line to tie this is James D. Watson, who received the prize in 1962. Should Watson live to 3 June 2017, he would tie Hill's record. Watson's age on that date would be .
The oldest living Physiology or Medicine laureate is Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), at the age of . The youngest living Physiology or Medicine laureate is Carol W. Greider (born 15 April 1961), at the age of .
The longest lived Physiology or Medicine laureate is Rita Levi-Montalcini (born 22 April 1909), who is still living As of 2009 at the age of . She is the first Nobel laureate in any field to reach the age of 100 years. She passed second-oldest Physiology or Medicine laureate Tadeus Reichstein on 4 May 2008. The shortest lived Physiology or Medicine laureate was Niels R. Finsen, who died at the age of 43 years, 284 days.
List of Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine by age
# |
Laureate |
Date of birth |
Date of |
Age upon |
Days lived |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
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1 |
Emil von Behring |
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2 |
Ronald Ross |
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3 |
Niels R. Finsen |
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4 |
Ivan Pavlov |
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5 |
Robert Koch |
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6 |
Camillo Golgi |
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7 |
Santiago Ramón y Cajal |
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8 |
Charles Laveran |
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9 |
Paul Ehrlich |
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10 |
Ilya I. Mechnikov |
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11 |
Emil T. Kocher |
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12 |
Albrecht Kossel |
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13 |
Allvar Gullstrand |
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14 |
Alexis Carrel |
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15 |
Charles Richet |
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16 |
Robert Bárány |
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17 |
Jules Bordet |
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18 |
August Krogh |
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19 |
Archibald Hill |
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20 |
Otto F. Meyerhof |
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21 |
Frederick Banting |
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22 |
John J.R. Macleod |
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23 |
Willem Einthoven |
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24 |
Johannes Fibiger |
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25 |
Julius Wagner-Jauregg |
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26 |
Charles Nicolle |
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27 |
Christiaan Eijkman |
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28 |
Frederick G. Hopkins |
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29 |
Karl Landsteiner |
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30 |
Otto H. Warburg |
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31 |
Edgar Adrian |
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32 |
Charles S. Sherrington |
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33 |
Thomas H. Morgan |
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34 |
George Minot |
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35 |
William P. Murphy |
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36 |
George Whipple |
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37 |
Hans Spemann |
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38 |
Henry H. Dale |
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39 |
Otto Loewi |
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40 |
Albert Szent-Györgyi |
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41 |
Corneille Heymans |
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42 |
Gerhard Domagk |
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43 |
Henrik Dam |
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44 |
Edward A. Doisy |
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45 |
Joseph Erlanger |
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46 |
Herbert S. Gasser |
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47 |
Ernst B. Chain |
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48 |
Alexander Fleming |
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49 |
Howard Florey |
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50 |
Hermann J. Muller |
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51 |
Carl F. Cori |
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52 |
Gerty Cori |
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53 |
Bernardo Houssay |
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54 |
Paul H. Müller |
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55 |
Walter R. Hess |
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56 |
António E. Moniz |
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57 |
Philip S. Hench |
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58 |
Edward C. Kendall |
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59 |
Tadeus Reichstein |
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60 |
Max Theiler |
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61 |
Selman Waksman |
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62 |
Hans A. Krebs |
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63 |
Fritz A. Lipmann |
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64 |
John F. Enders |
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65 |
Frederick C. Robbins |
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66 |
Thomas H. Weller |
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67 |
Hugo Theorell |
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68 |
André F. Cournand |
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69 |
Werner Forssmann |
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70 |
Dickinson W. Richards |
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71 |
Daniel Bovet |
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72 |
George W. Beadle |
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73 |
Joshua Lederberg |
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74 |
Edward L. Tatum |
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75 |
Arthur Kornberg |
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76 |
Severo Ochoa |
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77 |
Frank M. Burnet |
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78 |
Peter Medawar |
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79 |
Georg von Békésy |
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80 |
Francis Crick |
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81 |
James D. Watson |
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82 |
Maurice Wilkins |
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83 |
John C. Eccles |
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84 |
Alan L. Hodgkin |
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85 |
Andrew Huxley |
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86 |
Konrad E. Bloch |
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87 |
Feodor Lynen |
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88 |
François Jacob |
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89 |
André M. Lwoff |
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90 |
Jacques Monod |
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91 |
Charles B. Huggins |
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92 |
Francis P. Rous |
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93 |
Ragnar Granit |
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94 |
Haldan K. Hartline |
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95 |
George Wald |
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96 |
Robert W. Holley |
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97 |
Har G. Khorana |
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98 |
Marshall W. Nirenberg |
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99 |
Max Delbrück |
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100 |
Alfred Hershey |
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101 |
Salvador Luria |
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102 |
Julius Axelrod |
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103 |
Bernard Katz |
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104 |
Ulf von Euler |
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105 |
Earl W. Sutherland |
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106 |
Gerald Edelman |
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107 |
Rodney R. Porter |
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108 |
Konrad Lorenz |
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109 |
Nikolaas Tinbergen |
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110 |
Karl von Frisch |
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111 |
Albert Claude |
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112 |
Christian de Duve |
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113 |
George E. Palade |
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114 |
David Baltimore |
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115 |
Renato Dulbecco |
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116 |
Howard M. Temin |
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117 |
Baruch S. Blumberg |
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118 |
Daniel C. Gajdusek |
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119 |
Roger Guillemin |
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120 |
Andrew Schally |
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121 |
Rosalyn S. Yalow |
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122 |
Werner Arber |
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123 |
Daniel Nathans |
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124 |
Hamilton O. Smith |
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125 |
Allan M. Cormack |
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126 |
Godfrey Hounsfield |
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127 |
Baruj Benacerraf |
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128 |
Jean Dausset |
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129 |
George D. Snell |
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130 |
David H. Hubel |
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131 |
Roger W. Sperry |
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132 |
Torsten Wiesel |
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133 |
Sune Bergström |
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134 |
Bengt I. Samuelsson |
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135 |
John R. Vane |
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136 |
Barbara McClintock |
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137 |
Niels K. Jerne |
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138 |
Georges Köhler |
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139 |
César Milstein |
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140 |
Michael S. Brown |
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141 |
Joseph L. Goldstein |
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142 |
Stanley Cohen |
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143 |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
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144 |
Susumu Tonegawa |
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145 |
James W. Black |
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146 |
Gertrude B. Elion |
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147 |
George H. Hitchings |
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148 |
John M. Bishop |
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149 |
Harold E. Varmus |
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150 |
Joseph Murray |
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151 |
Edward D. Thomas |
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152 |
Erwin Neher |
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153 |
Bert Sakmann |
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154 |
Edmond H. Fischer |
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155 |
Edwin G. Krebs |
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156 |
Richard J. Roberts |
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157 |
Phillip A. Sharp |
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158 |
Alfred G. Gilman |
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159 |
Martin Rodbell |
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160 |
Edward B. Lewis |
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161 |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
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162 |
Eric F. Wieschaus |
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163 |
Peter C. Doherty |
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164 |
Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
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165 |
Stanley B. Prusiner |
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166 |
Robert F. Furchgott |
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167 |
Louis Ignarro |
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168 |
Ferid Murad |
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169 |
Günter Blobel |
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170 |
Arvid Carlsson |
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171 |
Paul Greengard |
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172 |
Eric Kandel |
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173 |
Leland H. Hartwell |
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174 |
Tim Hunt |
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175 |
Paul Nurse |
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176 |
Sydney Brenner |
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177 |
Howard R. Horvitz |
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178 |
John E. Sulston |
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179 |
Paul Lauterbur |
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180 |
Peter Mansfield |
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181 |
Richard Axel |
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182 |
Linda B. Buck |
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183 |
Barry Marshall |
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184 |
Robin Warren |
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185 |
Andrew Fire |
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186 |
Craig Mello |
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187 |
Mario Capecchi |
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188 |
Martin Evans |
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189 |
Oliver Smithies |
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190 |
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi |
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191 |
Luc Montagnier |
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192 |
Harald zur Hausen |
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193 |
Elizabeth Blackburn |
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194 |
Carol W. Greider |
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195 |
Jack W. Szostak |
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# |
Laureate |
Date of birth |
Date of |
Age upon |
Days lived |
Date of death |
Lifespan |
Trivia
- Births by century
- 19th century: 1st, Emil T. Kocher; last, Ragnar Granit (71 total)
- 20th century: 1st, Charles B. Huggins; most recent, Carol W. Greider (124 total)
- Deaths by century
- 20th century: 1st, Niels R. Finsen; last, Konrad E. Bloch (108 total)
- 21st century: 1st, César Milstein; most recent, Marshall W. Nirenberg (20 total)