Nobel Prizes

Between 1901 and 2011, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 549 times to 853 people and organizations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 826 individuals and 20 organizations. Below, you can view the full list of Nobel Prizes and Nobel Laureates. In 2012 another 06 Nobel Prizes also given.

Years when the Nobel Prize have not been awarded

Since the start, in 1901, there are some years when the Nobel Prizes have not been awarded. The total number of times are 50. Most of them during World War I (1914-1918) and II (1939-1945).

Nobel Prize	Year
Physics	1916, 1931, 1934, 1940, 1941, 1942
Chemistry	1916, 1917, 1919, 1924, 1933, 1940, 1941, 1942
Medicine	1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1921, 1925, 1940, 1941, 1942
Literature	1914, 1918, 1935, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943
Peace	1914, 1915, 1916, 1917, 1918, 1923, 1924, 1928, 1932, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1948, 1955, 1956, 1966, 1967, 1972

The youngest Nobel Laureates

Age	Name	Category/Year	Date of birth
25	Lawrence Bragg	Physics 1915	31 March 1890
31	Werner Heisenberg	Physics 1932	5 December 1901
31	Tsung-Dao Lee	Physics 1957	24 November 1926

The oldest Nobel Laureates

Age	Name	Category/Year	Date of birth
90	Leonid Hurwicz	Economic Sciences 2007	21 August 1917
88	Raymond Davis Jr.	Physics 2002	14 October 1914

Nobel Prize Awarded Women

The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 44 times between 1901 and 2011. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This means that 43 women in total have been awarded the Nobel Prize between 1901 and 2011.