The Oldest Nobel Laureates AgeNameCategory/YearDate of birth 90Leonid HurwiczEconomic Sciences 200721 August 1917 89Lloyd ShapleyEconomic Sciences 20122 June 1923 88Raymond Davis Jr.Physics 200214 October 1914 88Doris LessingLiterature 200722 October 1919 87Yoichiro NambuPhysics 200818 January 1921 87Vitaly L. GinzburgPhysics 20034 October 1916 87Peyton RousMedicine 19665 October 1879 87Joseph RotblatPeace 19954 November 1908 87Karl von FrischMedicine 197320 November 1886 85Ferdinand BuissonPeace 192720 December 1841 85John B. FennChemistry 200215 June 1917 85Theodor MommsenLiterature 190230 November 1817 85Willard S. BoylePhysics 200919 August 1929 CategoryNameYear of AwardAge of Nobel Laureate PhysicsRaymond Davis Jr.200288 ChemistryJohn B. Fenn200285 Physiology or MedicinePeyton Rous196687 LiteratureDoris Lessing200788 PeaceJoseph Rotblat199587 Economic SciencesLeonid Hurwicz200790