Nobel Prize laureates by age

This list shows the Nobel Prize laureates by age at the year of the award.

Nobel Peace Prize 2014

“for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1915

“for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays”

Nobel Peace Prize 2018

“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1957

“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1936

“for his discovery of the positron”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1933

“for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1932

“for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen”

Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923

“for the discovery of insulin”

Nobel Peace Prize 2011

“for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work”

Nobel Prize in Physics 1961

“for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name”

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