This is an advanced list-based query requiring a combination of knowledge about Nobel Prize winners’ **countries of birth and death**, as well as **string manipulation**: specifically, finding those whose *country of birth* has a lexicographically lower third letter than their *country of death*.

Let’s break down what you require:

- For each Nobel Prize winner:
  1. Find their **country of birth** and **country of death**.
  2. Compare the 3rd letter of both country names.
  3. Select those whose country of birth’s 3rd letter is **lexicographically less** (i.e., earlier in the alphabet) than that of their country of death.

This is not a standard list, but I can provide a few examples via well-known laureates with publicly available data. Let's do a few prominent cases for illustration:

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### Example 1: Albert Einstein
- **Country of Birth:** Germany (G**e**r)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - **Germany**’s 3rd letter is **'r'**
  - **United States**’ 3rd letter is **'i'**
  - 'r' (114) is **higher** than 'i' (105) → **Not a match**

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### Example 2: Marie Curie
- **Country of Birth:** Poland (Pol)
- **Country of Death:** France (Fra)
  - 3rd letter in "Poland": **'l'**
  - 3rd letter in "France": **'a'**
  - 'l' (108) is **higher** than 'a' (97) → **Not a match**

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### Example 3: Elie Wiesel
- **Country of Birth:** Romania (Rom)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - 'm' vs. 'i' → 'm' > 'i' → **No**

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### Example 4: Paul Samuelson
- **Country of Birth:** United States (Uni)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - 'i' vs. 'i' → equal → **No**

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### Example 5: Ilya Prigogine
- **Country of Birth:** Russia (Rus)
- **Country of Death:** Belgium (Bel)
  - 's' (115) vs. 'l' (108) → 's' > 'l' → **No**

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#### Searching for a Qualifying Example  
We need 'birth' 3rd letter < 'death' 3rd letter.

Perhaps:

#### Rita Levi-Montalcini
- **Country of Birth:** Italy (Ita)
- **Country of Death:** Italy (Ita)
  - 'a' vs. 'a' → equal → **No**

#### Czesław Miłosz
- **Country of Birth:** Poland (Pol)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - 'l' vs. 'i' → **l > i** → No

#### Ernest Rutherford
- **Country of Birth:** New Zealand (New)
- **Country of Death:** United Kingdom (Uni)
  - 'w' vs. 'i' → 'w' > 'i' → No

#### Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
- **Country of Birth:** British India (Bri)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - 'i' vs. 'i' → Same

#### Richard Feynman
- Born and died in United States.

#### Albert A. Michelson
- **Country of Birth:** Poland (Poland)
- **Country of Death:** United States (Uni)
  - 'l' vs 'i' → 'l' > 'i'

#### Max Born
- **Country of Birth:** Germany (Ger)
- **Country of Death:** United Kingdom (Uni)
  - 'r' (114) vs 'i' (105) → 'r' > 'i'

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### Let's Seek a Reverse Example:  
Maybe someone born in the **USA**, but died in a country with a *third letter* higher than 'i' (the USA's 3rd).

- **USA born…died in France ('a')**: 'i' > 'a'
- **USA born…died in Germany ('r')**: 'i' < 'r' (105 < 114) → This works!

#### Who fits this?
- **Ernest Hemingway**
  - Not a Nobel laureate.
- **Pearl S. Buck** (USA; died USA)
- **William Faulkner** (USA; USA)
- **Alexis Carrel** (France; died France)
- **T. S. Eliot** (USA; died United Kingdom (i))
- **John Steinbeck** (USA; USA)

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#### Try "Russia" (3rd letter 's'; 115) vs. "France" (3rd letter 'a'; 97): 's' > 'a'

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#### Look for a country of birth with a third letter *before* the country of death:

What about:
- Birth: **Iran** (3rd letter 'a'), Death: **United Kingdom** (3rd letter 'i')
  - 'a' < 'i' → success!

#### Sir Har Gobind Khorana
- Born: Raipur, British India (now Pakistan)
- Died: United States  
  - India (Ind 'd') vs. United States (Uni 'i'); 'd' < 'i' → YES!

#### List:

### **List of Confirmed Examples**

#### 1. Har Gobind Khorana
- **Born:** Raipur, British India
    - "India", 3rd letter: **'d'**
- **Died:** United States
    - "United States", 3rd letter: **'i'**
- **'d' < 'i'** → YES
- **Nobel Prize:** Physiology or Medicine, 1968

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#### 2. Abdus Salam
- **Born:** Santokdas, British India (now in Pakistan)
  - "India" ('d')
- **Died:** Oxford, United Kingdom ('i')
  - "United" ('i')
- 'd' < 'i' — YES
- **Nobel Prize:** Physics, 1979

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So, partial list:

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## **Nobel Laureates Whose Country of Birth Has a Lexicographically Lower 3rd Letter Than Their Country of Death**

| Name                | Country of Birth  | 3rd Letter | Country of Death  | 3rd Letter | Prize        | Year |
|---------------------|------------------|:----------:|------------------|:----------:|--------------|------|
| Har Gobind Khorana  | India            |     d      | United States    |     i      | Medicine     | 1968 |
| Abdus Salam         | India            |     d      | United Kingdom   |     i      | Physics      | 1979 |

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**Note:**  
- This list is not exhaustive; many Nobel laureates were born and died in the same country or in countries whose names' third letters do not satisfy the condition.
- Variations may occur with countries’ names (full names, “Kingdom of”, etc.), but usually Nobel resources use standard country names.

**If you have a specific set of laureates or more countries to research, I can expand!**
