List of Hungarian Nobel laureates
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 humankind." In 1968, a sixth prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, was established.
Hungarians have won 13 Nobel Prizes since 1905. Following is a complete list of the Nobel laureates of Hungary, as recognised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.[1][2]
Laureates
Hungarians have received Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economics – in all fields except Peace.
| Year | Winner | Field | Contribution |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1905 | Philipp Lenard | Physics | "for his work on cathode rays" |
| 1914 | Robert Bárány | Physiology or Medicine | "for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus" |
| 1925 | Richard Adolf Zsigmondy | Chemistry | "for his demonstration of the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry" |
| 1937 | Albert Szent-Györgyi | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to Vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid" |
| 1943 | George de Hevesy | Chemistry | "for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes" |
| 1961 | Georg von Békésy | Physiology or Medicine | "for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea" |
| 1963 | Eugene Wigner | Physics | "for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles" |
| 1971 | Dennis Gabor | Physics | "for his invention and development of the holographic method" |
| 1986 | John Polanyi | Chemistry | "for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes" |
| 1994 | George Andrew Olah | Chemistry | "for his contribution to carbocation chemistry" |
| 1994 | John Harsanyi | Economics | "for pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games" |
| 2002 | Imre Kertész | Literature | "for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history" |
| 2004 | Avram Hershko | Chemistry | "for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation" |
Born in Hungary
- Leopold Ružička, born in the Kingdom of Hungary, ethnic Croat[3]
- Isidor Isaac Rabi, born in Austrian part of Austria-Hungary, Polish-Jewish[3][4]
- Ivo Andrić, born in Austria-Hungary, ethnic Croat
- Vladimir Prelog, born in Austria-Hungary, ethnic Croat
Born abroad
- Elie Wiesel, Hungarian-Jewish, born in Sighet, Kingdom of Romania[3][4][5][6][7]
- Daniel Carleton Gajdusek, parents from the Kingdom of Hungary, father ethnic Slovak from Büdöskő, mother ethnic Hungarian from Debrecen[3][5][6][7]
- Milton Friedman, Hungarian-Jewish parents, from Beregszász, Kingdom of Hungary[3][4][5][6]
- Louise Glück,US-born, Hungarian-Jewish father (parents from Érmihályfalva, Kingdom of Hungary)[5]
- George Stigler, US-born, mother ethnic Hungarian from the Kingdom of Hungary[8]
- Hugh David Politzer, US-born, Hungarian-Jewish, father from Pozsony,[9] Kingdom of Hungary
Mother appears to be hungarian to since there are a lot of hungarian names in her family. Tamar Diamant[10]
Nominees
| Year(s) | Nominee | Field | Nominator(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1911, 1914, 1917 | Loránd Eötvös[11] | Physics | Izidor Fröhlich, Radó von Kövesligethy, Jenő Klupathy, Philipp Lenard |
| 1901 | Vilmos Schulek[12] | Physiology or Medicine | Lajos Thanhoffer, Antal Genersich |
| 1901 | Endre Hőgyes[13] | Physiology or Medicine | Frigyes Korányi, Antal Genersich |
| 1901 | Josef von Fodor[14] | Physiology or Medicine | Endre Hőgyes, Antal Genersich |
| 1901, 1931, 1937 | Sándor Korányi[15] | Physiology or Medicine | Ottó Pertik, Pál Hári, Louis Nékám, Emil Grósz, Zoltán Vámossy, József Frigyesi, István Tóth, Géza Illyés, László Kétly, Tibor Verebélÿ, Philipp Schwartz, Lajos Ádám |
| 1904 | István Apáthy[16] | Physiology or Medicine | Willem Rommelaere |
| 1928, 1940 | Géza Mansfeld[17] | Physiology or Medicine | László Rhorer, István Rusznyák |
| 1943 | Ladislas J. Meduna[18] | Physiology or Medicine | Jakob Klaesi |
| 1949-53 | Hans Selye[19] | Physiology or Medicine | ... |
| 1950 | Miklós Jancsó[20] | Physiology or Medicine | József Frigyesi, Béla Issekutz, Sándor Mozsonyi |
| 1901, 1902 | Ferenc Kemény[21] | Literature | Imre Pauer, Gusztáv Heinrich |
| 1925, 1926, 1927 | Ferenc Herczeg[22] | Literature | Members of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences |
| 1935 | Dezső Szabó[23] | Literature | Björn Collinder |
| 1936, 1937 | Cécile Tormay[24] | Literature | János Hankiss, Károly Pap, János Horváth, Jenő Pintér, Fredrik Böök |
| 1965, 1966 | Gyula Illyés[25] | Literature | John Lotz |
| 1967 | György Lukács[26] | Literature | Erik Lindegren |
| 1969, 1970 | László Mécs[27] | Literature | Watson Kirkconnell |
| 1970, 1971 | Sándor Weöres[28] | Literature | Áron Kibédi Varga |
| 1911, 1928, 1929, 1930, 1932 | Albert Apponyi[29] | Peace | 19 Professors of Law, Members of the Faculty of Law at the University of Pécs, Members of the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Szeged, Members of the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Pécs, Members of the Faculty of Law at the University of Debrecen (József Tisza), The Hungarian Inter-Parliamentary Group (Albert Berzeviczy), The professors at the Faculty of Law at the Elisabeth University of Pécs, 3 professors at the Faculty of Philosophy at the University of Pécs, Professors at the Faculty of History and Philosophy at the University of Szeged} |
| 2022 | Katalin Karikó | Physiology or Medicine | ... |
See also
- Friedrich Hayek, Austrian, grandfather from Arad, Kingdom of Hungary[30] Josef Juraschek married magyar Elisabeth Bartha (born ca 1738)
Christian Zembsch was born 1707 in Eger, Kingdom of Hungary.
- Erwin Schrödinger, grandfather from Mosonmagyaróvár, Kingdom of Hungary[31][32]
- Robert F. Furchgott, US-born, Hungarian-Jewish, grandfather from Sarlóska, Kingdom of Hungary,[33] grandmother from Nyitra, Kingdom of Hungary[34]
- Herta Müller, ethnic German, grandparents born in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Stefan Hell, ethnic German, grandparents born in the Kingdom of Hungary
- Carl Ferdinand Cori Austrian, hungarian ancestry on mothers side: Grandfather: Lippich[35](/Kastenholz Honorius Vilmos[hu]13 juni 1799 in Igló, Szepes county (now Spišská Nová Ves, Slovakia) [36] (Who married Terézia Zsitkovszky)
- Osheroff US-born, Mothers father (Ondo) lutheran priest from what is now Slovakia, then Felvidék, Upper Hungary ca 895-1920.
- David Gross, US-born, father had ancestry from Hungary/Czechoslovakia[37]
- Patrick Modiano french, grandmother hungarian-jewish: Cecile Burdej[38] from Budapest
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