Who was the youngest ever Nobel Peace Prize winner?

mk2norwich

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. http://almaz.com/nobel/peace/1964a.html b. Jan 15, 1929 - d. April 4, 1968 1964 - Receives the Nobel Peace Prize, becoming the youngest man to receive the Peace Prize. At age 35, King was the youngest up to that point to have received the Nobel Peace Prize. [Edited to add clarification - McG] Jan 04 04, 7:46 AM

shady shaker

The youngest Nobel winner overall was Sir William Lawrence Bragg who won the prize for physics in 1915, aged 25. He and his father, Sir William Bragg - who shared the prize with his son - pioneered the use of the x-ray spectometer. The Braggs were also the first Australians and first father and son to win the Nobel Prize. (SBS Australian Almanac 2003) Jan 05 04, 6:16 AM

peasypod

I just looked this up the Guinness World Book of Records 2004 and that says "Rigoberta Menchu Tum" was awarded it in 1992 aged 33 "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethnocultural reconciliation besed on respect for the rights of indigenous people." Jan 06 04, 7:14 PM

sequoianoir

I concur: Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born in Chimel, Guatemala, January 9, 1959) was the recipient of the 1992 Nobel Peace Prize, given "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples". http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Rigoberta-Menchu-Tum Jan 07 04, 6:01 AM