List of Belgian Nobel laureates


This is a list of the Belgian Nobel laureates
YearImageLaureateFieldLifeCitation
2013François EnglertPhysics1932–"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider" shared with Peter Higgs
1977Ilya PrigogineChemistry1917–2003"for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures"
1974
Albert Claude and Christian De DuvePhysiology or Medicine1898–1983
1917–2013 		"for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell" with George E. Palade
1958Dominique PirePeace1910–1969No citation
1938Corneille HeymansPhysiology or Medicine1892–1968"for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration"
1919Jules BordetPhysiology or Medicine1870–1961"for his discoveries relating to immunity"
1913Henri La FontainePeace1854–1943No citation
1911Maurice MaeterlinckLiterature1862–1949"in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations"
1909Auguste Marie François BeernaertPeace1829–1912With Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant
1904Institut de Droit InternationalPeaceFounded 1873No citation