Nobel Prize winners
from South Africa.

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Recognized “for the development of computer assisted tomography”.

• 1979Medicine

Born in Klerksdorp, South Africa. Recognized “for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa”.

• 1984Peace

Born in Johannesburg, South Africa. Recognized “for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa”.

• 1993Peace

Born in Cape Town, South Africa. Recognized “who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider”.

• 2003Literature

Born in Pretoria, South Africa. Recognized “for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it”.

• 1951Medicine

Born in Pretoria, South Africa. Recognized “for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems”.

• 2013Chemistry

Born in Springs, South Africa. Recognized “who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity”.

• 1991Literature

Born in Mvezo, South Africa. Recognized “for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa”.

• 1993Peace

Born in Germiston, South Africa. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death”.

• 2002Medicine