206,680 profiles ranked

← Every studyStudy · Oldest

The oldest living scientists

The oldest living scientists - the longest-running careers in the field.

Rudolph A. Marcus

Scientists

2nd103 · born 1923

Gerald Holton

Scientists

1st104 · born 1922

Rose Marie Dähncke

Scientists

3rd101 · born 1925
Gerald Holton tops this list.

Age: 104, ahead of Rudolph A. Marcus at 103.

Next on the board
  1. 4thLeo EsakiScientists101
  2. 5thStanislaw ZalewskiScientists101
  3. 6thErna Schneider HooverScientists100
  4. 7thJoakim DonnerScientists99
  5. 8thMadeleine M. JoulliéScientists99
  6. 9thIsaak SigalScientists99
The rest of the list16
PlaceNameCountryCategoryAge
10thPauline NewmanScientists · born 1927United StatesScientists99born 192711thHélène Langevin-JoliotScientists · born 1927FranceScientists99born 192712thBud HeldScientists · born 1927United StatesScientists98born 192713thErnst G. BauerScientists · born 1928GermanyScientists98born 192814thYoshiro NakamatsuScientists · born 1928JapanScientists98born 192815thElias James CoreyScientists · born 1928United StatesScientists98born 192816thJoachim SchubartScientists · born 1928GermanyScientists98born 192817thHelen LingScientists · born 1928United StatesScientists98born 192818thEberhard von KuenheimScientists · born 1928GermanyScientists98born 192819thVandika AvetisyanScientists · born 1928ArmeniaScientists98born 192820thMargaret G. KivelsonScientists · born 1928United StatesScientists97born 192821stSilvio GarattiniScientists · born 1928ItalyScientists97born 192822ndJean MeeusScientists · born 1928BelgiumScientists97born 192823rdMartin CooperScientists · born 1928United StatesScientists97born 192824thJohn PolanyiScientists · born 1929CanadaScientists97born 192925thRobert FischellScientists · born 1929United StatesScientists97born 1929
How far this reaches

Among people with a sourced birth date who clear our fame threshold.

More studies

The richest people in the worldWealth

The largest fortunes on record - ranked by sourced net worth, not vibes.

The most followed people in the worldReach

The biggest social audiences on record - ranked by total following, not by fame.

The youngest famous peopleYoungest

The most recognizable names barely old enough to be on the list.