How many prizes till now ?
Nobel Prizes were inaugurated in 1901.
Since 1901 to 2010, in these 110 years, a total of 543 Nobel Prize Winners have been awarded across all disciplines.
As per the Nobel Prize guidelines, the awards need not be given every year. If no one is found suitable for a particular year, the award can be skipped.
A few times no one got the award. Also during first and second world war times, some prizes were not awarded.
How many times Nobel Prize was shared ?
Out of the prizes awarded, 332 times, the award is given to a single laureate.
The award was shared by two people 129 times.
The awards was shared by three people 84 times.
In case of Nobel Peace Prize, it is second time this year (2011) that the award is shared by three people.
What is the total number of Nobel Prize Winners?
In the last 110 years, between 1901 and 2010, a total of 840 Laureates have been awarded the prestigious Nobel prize.
How many women got Nobel Prize ?
Till 2010, only 41 women got Nobel Prize. With the Nobel Peace prize 2011, this number of women Nobel Prize winners increases to 44. Still considering the total number of Nobel Laureates, this number is quite small, only at around 5% of the total Nobel prize winners.
Who was the oldest Nobel Laureate ?
The oldest person to win Nobel Prize was Leonid Hurwicz. He was 90 years old when he was awarded Prize in Economic Sciences in 2007. He along with two others – Eric S Maskin, Roger B Myerson, got the award for laying the foundations of mechanism design theory.
Who was the Youngest Nobel prize Winner ?
Lawrence Bragg was just 25 years old when he got the Physics Nobel Prize in 1915 along with his father, William Henry Bragg. Both worked together on analyzing crystal structures using X-rays.
A note about Economic Sciences ‘Nobel’ Prize
The Prize in Economic sciences was not a part of original Nobel Prize. It was established in 1968 by the Sverigesiksbank in memory of Alfred Nobel.
This prize is called the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences. Though the name is slightly different, the winners of Sveriges Riksbank Prize are considered Nobel Prize winners.