The youngest driver to claim a Formula 1 World Championship point is Sebastian Vettel (Germany, b. 3 July 1987) who was aged 19 years 349 days old when he finished in eighth place in the United States Grand Prix on 17 June 2007.

At 21 years 10 months 5 days, Sidney Crosby (Canada, b. 7 August 1987) became the youngest captain of a Stanley Cup winning team when the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) defeated the Detroit Red Wings (USA) in the 2009 finals.

Christopher Paolini (USA), born 17 November 1983, is the youngest author of a bestselling book series. With sales in excess of 20 million copies as of May 2011, the Inheritance Cycle, which consists of the books Eragon, Eldest, Brisingr, and Inheritance, due for release on 8 November 2011, continues to be a firm favourite of fantasy fans the world over. The first volume of the cycle, begun when Christopher was just 15, was originally released in 2002 by Paolini International LLC before being picked up Continue reading →

Darron Blankenship (USA, b.9 April 1970) became certified as an auctioneer on 17 August 1984, aged 14 years 99 days.

In the East Asian country of Laos, the minimum age for compulsory military service is 15 years.

The youngest person to reach a perfect ‘AAA’ rating on a Dance Dance Revolution game on the expert difficulty setting is Ryota Wada (Japan) who mastered the song ‘Hyper Eurobeat’ aged 9 years 288 days at his home in Wakayama, Japan, on 29 August 2010. Featured in Guinness World Records Gamers Edition 2011 Ryota has been playing DDR since he was five, achieving highly respectable scores but missing out on the elusive ‘AAA’ rating due to the mat slipping under his feet. All it took Continue reading →

At 19 years 297 days Sidney Crosby (Canada, b. 7 August 1987) of the Pittsburgh Penguins (USA) became the youngest player in NHL history to be named team captain. Vincent Lecavalier (Canada) was 27 days older when the Tampa Bay Lightning (USA) appointed him captain for the 2000-01 season.

The youngest nobel prize winner was Professor Sir Lawrence Bragg (1890-1971) who won the award for physics in 1915. Sir William Lawrence Bragg shared the award with his father for their work in establishing X-ray crystallography, the study of crystal structures with X-rays.

The youngest male Judoka to win a World Championship is Teddy Riner (France, b. 7 April 1989), aged 18 years and 192 days when he won the heavyweight championship at Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in 2007.

The youngest person to row the Atlantic solo and unsupported is Oliver Hicks (UK, b. 3 December 1981) who crossed the Atlantic West to East solo and unsupported between 27 May and 28 September 2005 on board Miss Olive, Virgin Atlantic at the age of 23 years, 175 days at the start. He rowed from Atlantic Highlands, New Jersey, USA, to St Mary’s, Isles of Scilly, UK, in 123 days 22 hr 8 min, to become the first person to row from mainland USA to Continue reading →