I'll need to identify Nobel Prize winners where the 3rd letter of their birth country comes before the 3rd letter of their death country in alphabetical order.

Let me work through some examples:

1. **Albert Einstein** - Born in Germany (3rd letter: 'r'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 'r', this doesn't qualify.

2. **Marie Curie** - Born in Poland (3rd letter: 'l'), Died in France (3rd letter: 'a'). Since 'a' < 'l', this doesn't qualify.

3. **Ivan Bunin** - Born in Russia (3rd letter: 's'), Died in France (3rd letter: 'a'). Since 'a' < 's', this doesn't qualify.

4. **Elias Canetti** - Born in Bulgaria (3rd letter: 'l'), Died in Switzerland (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 'l', this doesn't qualify.

5. **Czesław Miłosz** - Born in Lithuania (3rd letter: 't'), Died in Poland (3rd letter: 'l'). Since 'l' < 't', this doesn't qualify.

6. **Isaac Bashevis Singer** - Born in Poland (3rd letter: 'l'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 'l', this doesn't qualify.

7. **Gao Xingjian** - Born in China (3rd letter: 'i'), Died in France (3rd letter: 'a'). Since 'a' < 'i', this doesn't qualify.

Let me find examples where birth country's 3rd letter < death country's 3rd letter:

8. **Joseph Brodsky** - Born in Russia (3rd letter: 's'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 's', this doesn't qualify.

9. **Max Born** - Born in Germany (3rd letter: 'r'), Died in Germany (3rd letter: 'r'). Same country, doesn't apply.

10. **Chen Ning Yang** - Born in China (3rd letter: 'i'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Same letter, doesn't qualify.

Actually, let me reconsider - I need birth country 3rd letter < death country 3rd letter:

11. **Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn** - Born in Russia (3rd letter: 's'), Died in Russia. Same country, doesn't apply.

12. **André Gide** - Born in France (3rd letter: 'a'), Died in France. Same country, doesn't apply.

13. **Wassily Leontief** - Born in Germany (3rd letter: 'r'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 'r', this doesn't qualify.

Let me look for cases where the pattern works:

14. **Bertrand Russell** - Born in Wales (3rd letter: 'l'), Died in Wales. Same country, doesn't apply.

15. **T.S. Eliot** - Born in United States (3rd letter: 'i'), Died in United Kingdom (3rd letter: 'i'). Same letter, doesn't qualify.

Actually, I need to find cases where birth country has a 3rd letter that comes BEFORE the death country's 3rd letter:

16. **Enrico Fermi** - Born in Italy (3rd letter: 'a'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'a' < 'i', this DOES qualify!

17. **Hans Bethe** - Born in Germany (3rd letter: 'r'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'i' < 'r', this doesn't qualify.

18. **Franco Modigliani** - Born in Italy (3rd letter: 'a'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'a' < 'i', this DOES qualify!

19. **Emilio Segrè** - Born in Italy (3rd letter: 'a'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'a' < 'i', this DOES qualify!

20. **Salvador Luria** - Born in Italy (3rd letter: 'a'), Died in United States (3rd letter: 'i'). Since 'a' < 'i', this DOES qualify!

Here's a list of Nobel Prize winners who meet this criterion:

1. **Enrico Fermi** (Physics, 1938) - Italy → United States
2. **Franco Modigliani** (Economics, 1985) - Italy → United States  
3. **Emilio Segrè** (Physics, 1959) - Italy → United States
4. **Salvador Luria** (Medicine, 1969) - Italy → United States
5. **Rita Levi-Montalcini** (Medicine, 1986) - Italy → United States
6. **Renato Dulbecco** (Medicine, 1975) - Italy → United States

The pattern seems particularly common with Italian-born scientists who emigrated to the United States, as Italy's 3rd letter 'a' is lexicographically before United States' 3rd letter 'i'.
