Misplaced Pages

Revision as of 16:28, 26 September 2022

The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to Mankind."

Hungarians have won 13 Nobel Prizes since 1905. The following is a complete list of Nobel laureates from Hungary:

Hungarian laureates

Also included sometimes

• Vladimir Prelog, born in Austria-Hungary, ethnic Croat
• Ivo Andrić, born in Austria-Hungary, ethnic Croat
• Leopold Ružička, born in the Kingdom of Hungary, ethnic Croat
• Elie Wiesel, Hungarian-Jewish, born in Sighet, Kingdom of Romania
• Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, parents from the Kingdom of Hungary, father ethnic Slovak from Büdöskő, mother ethnic Hungarian (parents from Debrecen)
• Milton Friedman, Hungarian-Jewish, parents from Beregszász, Kingdom of Hungary
• Louise Glück, father Hungarian-Jewish (parents from Érmihályfalva, Kingdom of Hungary)
• George Stigler, mother ethnic Hungarian from the Kingdom of Hungary

Some Hungarian background

• Friedrich Hayek, grandfather from Arad, Kingdom of Hungary
• Erwin Schrödinger, grandfather from Mosonmagyaróvár, Kingdom of Hungary
• Patrick Modiano, Hungarian-Jewish, grandmother from Budapest, Kingdom of Hungary
• Robert F. Furchgott, Hungarian-Jewish, grandfather from Sarlóska, Kingdom of Hungary, grandmother from Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary
• Herta Müller, ethnic German, grandparents born in the Kingdom of Hungary
• Stefan Hell, ethnic German, grandparents born in the Kingdom of Hungary
• Hugh David Politzer, Hungarian-Jewish, father from Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary

References

1. "Hungary's Nobel Prize Winners". Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Archived from the original on 6 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. "George J. Stigler". The Nobel Prize. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
3. "Ki az a Patrick Modiano?". La femme (in Hungarian). October 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
4. "Dora Bruder". The Free Library. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
5. "Bertha Furchgott".
6. https://www.geni.com/people/Moritz-Politzer/6000000013112665769

v t e Nobel Prizes
Lists of Nobel laureates Nobel Prize medal
Prizes	Chemistry Economics Literature Peace Physics Physiology or Medicine
Laureates	by occupation Heads of state and government by year by subject Chemistry Economics Literature Peace Physics Physiology or Medicine by population group Bengali Black Christian Female Jewish Latin American Muslim Non-religious by continent and nationality African Egyptian South African Asian Chinese Filipino Indian Israeli Japanese Korean Pakistani Vietnamese European Belgian Danish German Greek Hungarian Irish Italian Polish Romanian Russian Spanish Swedish Swiss Welsh Oceanian Australian North American American Mexican South American Argentine Brazilian Venezuelan by university City University of New York Columbia University ETH Zurich Harvard University Princeton University Washington University in St. Louis
Nominees	Catholic priests and religious Couples Women by subject Chemistry Economics Literature Peace Individuals Organizations Physics Physiology or Medicine by groups Peace AFSC Nobel nominees PRIO Director's Shortlist by Clarivate Female Chemistry Economics Physics Physiology or Medicine
Organisations	Nobel Foundation Nobel Committees Chemistry Economics Literature Physics Physiology or Medicine Norwegian Nobel Committee Nobel Assembly at the Karolinska Institute
Related	Controversies Alfred Nobel Björkborn Manor Nobel Laboratory Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates Prizes known as the "Nobel" of their fields
Nobel Memorial Prize (not one of the original Nobel Prizes).

• Hungarian Nobel laureates
• Lists of Nobel laureates by nationality