Chemistry
Multiple Nobel Prize laureates in chemistry
Frederick Sanger, Barry Sharpless
The number of individuals awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics
224
One organisation has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize three times
The International Committee of the Red Cross has been awarded a Nobel Peace Prize three times (year 1917, 1944 and 1963)
This prominent public figure was never awarded a Nobel Peace Prize
Mahatma Gandhi was never awarded the Nobel Peace Prize
The first Nobel Prize awarded
1901
The youngest Nobel Prize laureate in chemistry
Frédéric Joliot,aged 35, when he was awarded the chemistry prize in 1935, together with his wife, Irène Joliot-Curie.
This person has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice
John Bardeen is the only laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972
Number of women awarded the Nobel Prize in Medicine
Of the 227 individuals awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 13 are women
Nobel laureates receive as part of their award
A gold medal, a diploma, and a sum of money
The Nobel Prize award ceremonies are traditionally held on...
10 December, the anniversary of Alfred Nobel's death
The number of women awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry throughout the whole period
Of the 192 individuals awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, eight are women so far.
This person became the youngest Nobel Prize winner in Physics
William Lawrence Bragg in Physics at the age of 25 in 1915
This person was nominated 32 times for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, but was never awarded it
Austrian neurologist and founder of psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill was awarded a Nobel Prize in 1953 in this prize category
The Nobel Prize in Literature 1953 was awarded to Winston Churchill "for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values"
The nomination process starts this month each year
in September each year
The only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes, one of them in Chemistry
Linus Pauling,the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize
The number of women to be awarded with Nobel Prize in Physics
5
(Marie Curie, Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Donna Strickland, Andrea Ghez, Anne L’Huillier)
Number of Multiple Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine
No one has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine more than once
The number of Russian Nobel Prize winners
25
All the Nobel Prizes are awarded in Stockholm except this one
Alfred Nobel's will states that the Nobel Peace Prize should be awarded in Oslo, Norway
The oldest person to receive a Nobel Prize
John B. Goodenough when he received the chemistry prize in 2019 for developing lithium ion batteries
He designed the Nobel Prize medal in physics
Swedish sculptor and engraver Erik Lindberg
In 1951, Max Theiler was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the development of ...
a vaccine against yellow fever
The number of posthumous Nobel Prize winners
The Nobel Prize has only been awarded posthumously twice: to Dag Hammarskjöld (Nobel Peace Prize 1961) and Erik Axel Karlfeldt (Nobel Prize in Literature 1931)
This country, where different nationalities and cultures mixed, shaped Alfred Nobel as a human being in his early years
Russia, where he spent his childhood and youth with his family