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Women Nobel Prize Laureates

April 27, 2025

The Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel have been awarded to women 66 times between 1901 and 2024. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1911. This means that 65 women in total have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2024.

Source: NobelPrize.org

YearLaureateCountryCategory
2024Han KangSouth KoreaLiterature
2023Claudia GoldinUnited StatesEconomic Sciences
Anne L'HuillierSwedenPhysicsShared prize
Katalin KarikóUnited StatesPhysiology or MedicineShared prize
Narges MohammadiIranPeace
2022Carolyn BertozziUnited StatesChemistryShared prize
Annie ErnauxFranceLiterature
2021Maria RessaPhilippinesPeaceShared prize
2020Andrea GhezUnited StatesPhysicsShared prize
Emmanuelle CharpentierGermanyChemistryShared prize
Jennifer A. DoudnaUnited StatesChemistryShared prize
Louise GlückUnited StatesLiterature
2019Esther DufloUnited StatesEconomic SciencesShared prize
2018Olga TokarczukPoland
Donna StricklandCanadaPhysicsShared Prize
Frances ArnoldUnited StatesChemistry
Nadia MuradIraqPeace
2015Tu YouyouChinaPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
Swetlana AlexandrownaBelarusLiterature
2014May-Britt MoserNorwayPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
Malala YousafzaiPakistanPeace
2013Alice MunroCanadaLiterature
2011Ellen Johnson SirleafLiberiaPeaceShared Prize
Leymah Gbowee
Tawakkul KarmanYemenShared Prize
2009Elizabeth BlackburnAustralia & United StatesPhysiology or Medicine
Carol W. GreiderUnited States
Ada E. YonathIsraelChemistryShared Prize
Müller, HertaGermany and RomaniaLiterature
Elinor OstromUnited StatesEconomics
2008Françoise Barré-SinoussiFrancePhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
2007Doris LessingUnited KingdomLiterature
2004Wangari MaathaiKenyaPeace
LindaBuckUnited StatesPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
2003Shirin EbadiIranPeace
Elfriede JelinekAustriaLiterature
1997Jody WilliamsUnited StatesPeaceShared Prize
1996Wislawa SzymborskaPolandLiterature
1995Christiane Nüsslein-VolhardGermanyPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
1993Toni MorrisonUnited StatesLiterature
1992Rigoberta MenchúGuatemalaPeace
1991Nadine GordimerSouth AfricaLiterature
Aung San Suu KyiBurmaPeace
1988Gertrude B. ElionUnited StatesPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
1986Rita Levi-MontalciniItalyPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
1983Barbara McClintockUnited StatesPhysiology or Medicine
1982Alva MyrdalSwedenPeaceShared Prize
1979Mother TeresaIndia & YugoslaviaPeace
1977Rosalyn Sussman YalowUnited StatesPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
1976Betty WilliamsUnited KingdomPeace
Mairead Corrigan GazaShared Prize
1966Nelly SachsSweden and GermanyLiteratureShared Prize
1964Dorothy Crowfoot HodgkinUnited KingdomChemistry
1963Maria Goeppert-MayerUnited StatesPhysicsShared Prize
1947Gerty Theresa CoriUnited StatesPhysiology or MedicineShared Prize
1946Emily Greene BalchUnited StatesPeaceShared Prize
1945Gabriela MistralChileLiterature
1938Pearl S. BuckUnited StatesLiterature
1935Irène Joliot-CurieFranceChemistryShared Prize
1931Jane AddamsUnited StatesPeaceShared Prize
1928Sigrid UndsetNorwayLiterature
1926Grazia DeleddaItalyLiterature
1911Marie Sklodowska CuriePoland & FranceChemistry
1909Selma LagerlöfSwedenLiterature
1905Bertha von SuttnerAustria–HungaryPeace
1903Marie Sklodowska CuriePoland & FrancePhysicsShared Prize

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