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Alfred Nobel was born in Stockholm, Sweden on 21 October 1833. He was the third son of Immanuel Nobel (1801–1872), an inventor and engineer, and Andriette Nobel (née Ahlsell 1805–1889).
Distribution of atheists, agnostics, and freethinkers in Nobel Prizes between 1901-2000. [1] This list of nonreligious Nobel laureates comprises laureates of the Nobel Prize who have self-identified as atheist, agnostic, freethinker, or otherwise nonreligious at some point in their lives. [2] Many of these laureates earlier identified with a ...
Pages in category "Lists of Nobel laureates by religion" The following 6 pages are in this category, out of 6 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. -
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.
Prince Alfred of Liechtenstein (1842–1907) Pope Benedict XV (baptismal name: Giacomo della Chiesa) 21 November 1854 Pegli, Genoa, Italy 22 January 1922 Rome, Italy 1915, 1916, 1920 "for his peace efforts and his work to ensure that prisoners of war were treated humanely." [19]
Sign on Nobel Laureates Boulevard in Rishon LeZion saluting Jewish Nobel laureates. Of the 965 individual recipients of the Nobel Prize and the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences between 1901 and 2023, [1] at least 216 have been Jews or people with at least one Jewish parent, representing 22% of all recipients. Jews comprise only 0.2% of ...
Alfred Nobel's last will of 1895 only included five prizes, covering outstanding achievements who confer the "greatest benefit on mankind" in the fields of chemistry, physics, literature, peace, and physiology or medicine. The original Nobel prizes thus includes: Nobel Prize in Chemistry; Nobel Prize in Physics; Nobel Prize in Literature
The Nobel Prize was funded by Alfred Nobel's personal fortune. According to the official sources, Alfred Nobel bequeathed most of his fortune to the Nobel Foundation that now forms the economic base of the Nobel Prize. [25] The Nobel Foundation was founded as a private organisation on 29 June 1900.