Roger Penrose
Born August 8, 1931 · 95 years old
black hole physics, the Nobel Prize at 89
He won his Nobel in 2020 at an age when most science careers are already anecdotes, so people assumed the award was posthumous courtesy. It was not. He is still doing physics that hurts to think about.
95, still publishing about the universe before the Big Bang.
Confirmed alive as of September 23, 2026 · source: Wikidata