COUNTRY ARCHIVE · 1905—2007
Nobel Prize winners
from Czech Republic.
6 laureates associated by birthplace or headquarters, with 6 recipient awards across 5 Nobel categories.
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Winners associated with Czech Republic
6 total
- Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, née Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau
Born in Prague, Czech Republic. Recognized “for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war”.
- 1905Peace
- Carl Ferdinand Cori
Born in Prague, Czech Republic. Recognized “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”.
- 1947Medicine
- Gerty Theresa Cori, née Radnitz
Born in Prague, Czech Republic. Recognized “for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen”.
- 1947Medicine
- Jaroslav Heyrovsky
Born in Prague, Czech Republic. Recognized “for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis”.
- 1959Chemistry
- Jaroslav Seifert
Born in Prague, Czech Republic. Recognized “for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man”.
- 1984Literature
- Peter Grünberg
Born in Plzen, Czech Republic. Recognized “for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”.
- 2007Physics
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Awards by category and decade
Recipient-award counts
Prize category
- Physics
- 1
- Chemistry
- 1
- Medicine
- 2
- Literature
- 1
- Peace
- 1
Award decade
- 2000s
- 1
- 1980s
- 1
- 1950s
- 1
- 1940s
- 2
- 1900s
- 1