Which country has most Nobel Prize winners?
Summary
| Country | Number of Nobel laureates (Number of Nobel Prizes) |
|---|---|
| United Kingdom | 137 (138) |
| Germany | 112 |
| France | 70 (71) |
| Russia/ Soviet Union | 32 |
Which country has the most Nobel Peace prize winners per capita?
All prizes
| Rank | Entity | Nobel laureates |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Lucia | 2 |
| 2 | Luxembourg | 2 |
| 3 | Switzerland | 27 |
| 4 | Sweden | 30 |
Has India ever won a Nobel Prize?
Rabindranath Tagore, Nobel Prize in Literature (1913) C.V. Raman, Nobel Prize in Physics (1930) Har Gobind Khorana, Nobel Prize in Medicine (1968) Mother Teresa, Nobel Peace Prize (1979)
How many Nobel Prizes did India win?
The remaining 4 people are decided by the trustees of the Prize Distributing Institute, which are given to the winners by the hands of the King of Sweden. Here are the 10 Nobel prize winners of India: Rabindranath Tagore – The Nobel Prize in Literature 1913 (Indian Citizen)
Who are the Indian Nobel Prize winners?
Overseas citizens of Indian origin
| Year | Laureate | Field |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Har Gobind Khorana | Physiology or Medicine |
| 1983 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Physics |
| 2009 | Venki Ramakrishnan | Chemistry |
| 2019 | Abhijit Banerjee | Economics |
Who got Nobel Prize after death?
The only posthumous Nobel Peace Prize was given in 1961 to the youngest United Nations Secretary-General, Dag Hammarskjöld. In 1996, economist William Vickrey died before the presentation ceremony while Ralph Steinman was given 2011 Medicine Nobel posthumously as the Committee wasn’t aware of his death.
How many Africans have won Nobel?
Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 800 individuals. Africans have received awards in five of the six Nobel prize categories: Peace, Physics, Physiology or Medicine, Literature and Chemistry….Laureates.
| Year | 1979 |
|---|---|
| Name | Allan M. Cormack |
| Country | South Africa |
| Category | Physiology or Medicine |