This list shows the Nobel Prize laureates by age at the year of the award.
The Nobel Peace Prize 2014
Malala Yousafzai
Awarded at age 17
“for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1915
Lawrence Bragg
Awarded at age 25
“for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays”
The Nobel Peace Prize 2018
Nadia Murad
Awarded at age 25
“for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1957
Tsung-Dao Lee
Awarded at age 30
“for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1936
Carl D. Anderson
Awarded at age 31
“for his discovery of the positron”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1933
Paul A.M. Dirac
Awarded at age 31
“for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1932
Werner Heisenberg
Awarded at age 31
“for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen”
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1923
Frederick G. Banting
Awarded at age 31
“for the discovery of insulin”
The Nobel Peace Prize 2011
Tawakkol Karman
Awarded at age 32
“for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work”
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1961
Rudolf Mössbauer
Awarded at age 32
“for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name”