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List of Catholic priests and religious awarded the Nobel Prize; List of Christian Nobel laureates; J. List of Jewish Nobel laureates; L.
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The Nobel Prizes (/ n oʊ ˈ b ɛ l / noh-BEL; Swedish: Nobelpriset [nʊˈbɛ̂lːˌpriːsɛt]; Norwegian: Nobelprisen [nʊˈbɛ̀lːˌpriːsn̩]) are five separate prizes awarded to those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind, as established by the 1895 will of Swedish chemist, engineer, and industrialist Alfred Nobel, in the year before he died.
Different organisations are responsible for awarding the individual prizes; the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awards the Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, and Economics; the Swedish Academy awards the Prize in Literature; the Karolinska Institute awards the Prize in Physiology or Medicine; and the Norwegian Nobel Committee awards the Prize in Peace. [3]
In an estimate by Baruch Shalev, between 1901 and 2000 about 65.4% of Nobel prize winners were either Christians or had a Christian background. [1] Here is a non exhaustive list of some of the prize winners who publicly identified themselves as Christians.
Regarding the subject on the distribution of Nobel Prizes by religion between 1901 and 2000, the data taken from Baruch A. Shalev, shows that between the years 1901 and 2000 reveals that 654 Laureates belong to 28 different religion. 65.4% have identified Christianity in its various forms as their religious preference.
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The Nobel Prize. Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 965 individuals and 27 organizations as of 2023. [1] The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 420 Nobel laureates. [2] Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other ...