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Nobel Prize 2022: List of all Nobel Prize winners from 2016

The prize was instituted in 1901 to recognize the contributions of people who could affect change with their discoveries and help the world.

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Nobel Prizes for the year of 2022 are being announced. Each year the prestigious prize is awarded for Physiology or Medicine, Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Peace, and Economic Sciences.


2022

Physics: Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser, Anton Zeilinger
Chemistry: Carolyn Bertozzi, Morten Meldal, Barry Sharpless

Medicine: Svante Pääbo
Literature: Annie Ernaux
Peace: Ales Bialiatski, Memorial and Center for Civil Liberties.

2021

Physics: S. Manabe, K. Hasselmann, G. Parisi.
Chemistry: B. List, D. MacMillan
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Medicine: D. Julius, A. Patapoutian
Literature: A. Gurnah
Peace: M. Ressa, D. Muratov
Economic Sciences: D. Card, J. Angrist, G. Imbens

2020

Physics: R. Penrose, R. Genzel, A. Ghez
Chemistry: E. Charpentier, J. Doudna
Medicine: H. Alter, M. Houghton, and C. Rice
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Literature: L. Gluck
Peace: World Food Programme (WFP)
Economic Sciences: P. Milgrom and R. Wilson

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2019

Physics: J. Peebles, M. Mayor, and D. Queloz
Chemistry: J. Goodenough, M. Whittingham, and A. Yoshino
Medicine: W. Kaelin Jr, Sir P. Ratcliffe, and G. Semenza
Literature: P. Handke
Peace: A. Ahmed Ali
Economic Sciences: A. Banerjee, E. Duflo and M. Kremer

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Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2019 alongside Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.
Abhijit Banerjee won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2019 alongside Esther Duflo and Michael Kremer “for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty.

Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”


Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai shared the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014 “for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education.”
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan along with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.”

Venkatraman Ramakrishnan along with Thomas A. Steitz and Ada Yonath, shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 2009 for “studies of the structure and function of the ribosome.”

Amartya Sen is an economist and philosopher who won a Nobel Prize Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics” and India’s Bharat Ratna in 1999.

Amartya Sen is an economist and philosopher who won a Nobel Prize Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 1998 for his contributions to welfare economics” and India’s Bharat Ratna in 1999.
Chandrasekhar, along with William A. Fowler, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for “theoretical studies of the important physical processes of star structure and evolution.”

Chandrasekhar, along with William A. Fowler, was awarded the Nobel Prize for Physics for “theoretical studies of the important physical processes of star structure and evolution.”
In 1979, she was awarded the Noble Peace Prize “in recognition of her work in bringing help to suffering humanity”. Mother Teresa was the first woman Indian Nobel Prize Winner.

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In 1979, she was awarded the Noble Peace Prize “in recognition of her work in bringing help to suffering humanity”. Mother Teresa was the first woman Indian Nobel Prize Winner.​
​Har Gobind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1968 “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function of protein synthesis.” with Marshall W. Nirenberg and Robert W. Holley.

​Har Gobind Khurana was awarded the Nobel Prize for physiology or medicine in 1968 “for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function of protein synthesis.” with Marshall W. Nirenberg and..
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CV Raman was the first Asian to be awarded a Nobel Prize in all fields of science “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him in 1930.”

CV Raman was the first Asian to be awarded a Nobel Prize in all fields of science “for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him in 1930.”
He was the first Asian and the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.

He was the first Asian and the first Indian to win the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
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2018

Physics: A. Ashkin, G. Mourou, and D. Strickland
Chemistry: F. Arnold, G. Smith, and Sir G. Winter
Medicine 2018: J. Allison and T. Honjo
Literature: O. Tokarczuk
Peace: D. Mukwege and N. Murad
Economic Sciences: W. Nordhaus, P. Romer

2017

Physics: R. Weiss, B. Barish, and K. Thorne
Chemistry: J. Dubochet, J. Frank and R. Henderson
Medicine: J. Hall, M. Rosbash and M. Young
Literature : K. Ishiguro
Peace: International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN)
Economic Sciences: R. Thaler

2016

Physics: D. J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane and J. Michael Kosterlitz
Chemistry: J. Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. F. Stoddard and B. L. Feringa
Medicine: Yoshinori Ohsumi
Literature: B. Dylan
Peace: J. M. Santos
Economic Sciences: O. Hart, B. Holmstrom


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