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Year Laureate Country Subject Rationale 1968 Har Gobind Khorana (born in Raipur, Punjab Province, British India) United States Physiology or Medicine Awarded along with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg – "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis."
This is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by country. Listings for Economics refer to the related Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. The Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded 577 times to 889 recipients, of which 26 awards (all Peace Prizes) were to organizations. Due to some recipients receiving multiple ...
Year Image Laureate Country and profession Rationale comment 1999 Ahmed Zewail (1946–2016) [2] Egyptian-American scientist: The 1999 Nobel Prize in Chemistry was awarded to Ahmed Zewail "for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy".
Among the 892 Nobel laureates, 48 have been women; the first woman to receive a Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903. [12] She was also the first person (male or female) to be awarded two Nobel Prizes, the second award being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, given in 1911. [11]
Pages in category "Pakistani Nobel laureates" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. *
The announcement of the 2008 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in Stockholm. The winner of the prize was Paul Krugman.. The Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, officially known as The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (Swedish: Sveriges riksbanks pris i ekonomisk vetenskap till Alfred Nobels minne), is an award funded by Sveriges Riksbank and ...
The prizes have been awarded with a few interruptions since 1901, though the Nobel economics honour is a later addition in memory of the Swedish businessman and philanthropist, who had made a ...
Title of Award: Winner: Portrait: Year: Achievements: United Nations Prize in the Field of Human Rights: Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan: 1978 Ra'ana Liaquat Ali Khan made countless contributions in South Asian region in the fields of politics, peace and human rights; as she was a prominent lady of British India who performed a vital role in Pakistan Movement.