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This is a list of Nobel laureates who have reached the age of 100, as well as living Nobel laureates who are at least 95 years old.

Oldest Nobel laureates Ever (100+)[]

      Deceased       Living

Rank Name Sex Prize Birth Death Age Country
1 Rita Levi-Montalcini F Physiology or Medicine (1986) 22 Apr 1909 30 Dec 2012 103 years, 252 days ItalyITA
2 Yang Chen-Ning M Physics (1957) 1 Oct 1922 18 Oct 2025 103 years, 17 days ChinaCHN
3 Ronald Coase M Economics (1991) 29 Dec 1910 2 Sept 2013 102 years, 247 days United KingdomUK United StatesUSA
4 Rudolph A. Marcus M Chemistry (1992) 21 July 1923 Living 102 years, 141 days CanadaCANUnited StatesUSA
5 Torsten Wiesel M Physiology or Medicine (1981) 3 June 1924 Living 101 years, 189 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
6 Edmond H. Fischer M Physiology or Medicine (1992) 6 Apr 1920 27 Aug 2021 101 years, 143 days ChinaCHNUnited StatesUSA
7 John B. Goodenough M Chemistry (2019) 25 July 1922 25 June 2023 100 years, 335 days GermanyGERUnited StatesUSA
8 Leo Esaki M Physics (1973) 12 Mar 1925 Living 100 years, 272 days JapanJPN
9 Henry Kissinger M Peace (1973) 27 May 1923 29 Nov 2023 100 years, 186 days GermanyGERUnited StatesUSA
10 James Earl Carter M Peace (2002) 1 Oct 1924 29 Dec 2024 100 years, 89 days United StatesUSA
11 Roger Guillemin M Physiology or Medicine (1977) 11 Jan 1924 21 Feb 2024 100 years, 41 days FranceFRAUnited StatesUSA

Oldest living Nobel laureates (95+)[]

Rank Name Sex Prize Birth Age Country
1 Rudolph A. Marcus M Chemistry (1992) 21 July 1923 102 years, 141 days CanadaCANUnited StatesUSA
2 Torsten Wiesel M Physiology or Medicine (1981) 3 June 1924 101 years, 189 days SwedenSWEUnited StatesUSA
3 Leo Esaki M Physics (1973) 12 Mar 1925 100 years, 272 days JapanJPN
4 Vernon L. Smith M Economics (2002) 1 Jan 1927 98 years, 342 days United StatesUSA
5 Elias James Corey M Chemistry (1990) 12 July 1928 97 years, 150 days United StatesUSA
6 John Polanyi M Chemistry (1986) 23 Jan 1929 96 years, 320 days GermanyGERCanadaCAN
7 Ivar Giaever M Physics (1973) 5 Apr 1929 96 years, 248 days NorwayNORUnited StatesUSA
8 Werner Arber M Physiology or Medicine (1978) 3 June 1929 96 years, 189 days SwitzerlandSUI
9 Eric Kandel M Physiology or Medicine (2000) 7 Nov 1929 96 years, 32 days AustriaAUTUnited StatesUSA
10 Jerome Isaac Friedman M Physics (1990) 28 Mar 1930 95 years, 256 days United StatesUSA
11 Robert Aumann M Economics (2005) 8 June 1930 95 years, 184 days GermanyGERIsraelISR
12 William C. Campbell M Physiology or Medicine (2015) 28 June 1930 95 years, 164 days IrelandIRLUnited StatesUSA
13 Akira Suzuki M Chemistry (2010) 12 Sept 1930 95 years, 88 days JapanJPN