History – Statistics – Winners (2018-21)
Noble Prize History
- Nobel Prizes awarded in Memory of Alfred Nobel.
- Alfred Nobel was a Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist most famously known for the invention of dynamite. He died in 1896.
- Nobel Prizes are conferred in six categories: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics.
- Between 1901 and 2021, the Nobel Prizes and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel were awarded to 943 individuals and 25 organizations.
- The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, beginning in 1969.
- Except for the Peace Prize, the Nobel Prizes are presented in Stockholm, Sweden, at the annual Prize Award Ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of the Nobel’s death.
- The Peace Prize and its recipients’ lectures are presented at the annual Prize Award Ceremony in Oslo, Norway, usually on 10 December.
Statistics
- The youngest person to receive a Nobel Prize: Malala Yousafzai; at the age of 17, received Nobel Peace Prize (2014).
- The oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize: John B. Goodenough; at the age of 97, received Nobel Prize in Chemistry (2019).
- The only person to receive more than one unshared Nobel Prize: Linus Pauling; received the prize twice. Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
Laureates who have received Multiple Nobel Prizes:
- Marie Curie; received the prize twice. Nobel Prize in Physics (1903) and Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1911).
- International Committee of the Red Cross; received the prize three times. Nobel Peace Prize (1917, 1944, 1963).
- Linus Pauling; received the prize twice. Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1954) and Nobel Peace Prize (1962).
- John Bardeen; received the prize twice. Nobel Prize in Physics (1956, 1972).
- Frederick Sanger; received the prize twice. Nobel Prize in Chemistry (1958, 1980).
- United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees; received the prize twice. Nobel Peace Prize (1954, 1981).
Married couples to receive Nobel Prizes:
- Marie Curie, Pierre Curie (along with Henri Becquerel). Received Nobel Prize in Physics (1903).
- Irène Joliot-Curie, Frédéric Joliot. Received Nobel Prize in Chemistry(1935).
- Gerty Cori, Carl Cori. Received Nobel Prize in Medicine(1947).
- Gunnar Myrdalreceived Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences(1974), and Alva Myrdal received Nobel Peace Prize (1982).
- May-Britt Moser, Edvard I. Moser. Received Nobel Prize in Medicine (2014).
- Esther Duflo, Abhijit Banerjee(along with Michael Kremer). Received Nobel Prize in Economics Sciences(2019).
Winners (2018-2021)
Noble Prize 2018
- Physics
- Arthur Ashkin
- Gérard Mourou
- Donna Strickland
- Chemistry
- Frances H. Arnold
- George P. Smith
- Sir Gregory P. Winter
- Physiology or Medicine
- James P. Allison
- Tasuku Honjo
- Literature
- Olga Tokarczuk
- Peace Prize
- Denis Mukwege
- Nadia Murad
- Economic Sciences
- William D. Nordhaus
- Paul M. Romer
Noble Prize 2019
- Physics
- James Peebles
- Michel Mayor
- Didier Queloz
- Chemistry
- John B. Goodenough
- M. Stanley Whittingham
- Akira Yoshino
- Physiology or Medicine
- William G. Kaelin Jr
- Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe
- Gregg L. Semenza
- Literature
- Peter Handke
- Peace Prize
- Abiy Ahmed Ali
- Economic Sciences
- Abhijit Banerjee
- Esther Duflo
- Michael Kremer
Noble Prize 2020
- Physics
- Roger Penrose
- Reinhard Genzel
- Andrea Ghez
- Chemistry
- Emmanuelle Charpentier
- Jennifer A. Doudna
- Physiology or Medicine
- Harvey J. Alter
- Michael Houghton
- Charles M. Rice
- Literature
- Louise Glück
- Peace Prize
- World Food Programme (WFP)
- Economic Sciences
- Paul R. Milgrom
- Robert B. Wilson
Noble Prize 2021
- Physics
- Syukuro Manabe
- Klaus Hasselmann
- Giorgio Parisi
- Chemistry
- Benjamin List
- David MacMillan
- Physiology or Medicine
- David Julius
- Ardem Patapoutian
- Literature
- Abdulrazak Gurnah
- Peace Prize
- Maria Ressa
- Dmitry Muratov
- Economic Sciences
- David Card
- Joshua D. Angrist
- Guido W. Imbens
Pakistan
- Malala Yousafzai, Peace, 2014
- Abdus Salam, Physics, 1979
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