List of Hungarian Nobel laureates


The Nobel Prizes are five separate prizes that, according to Alfred Nobel's will of 1895, are awarded to "those who, during the preceding year, have conferred the greatest benefit to humankind." In 1968, a sixth prize, the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences, was established.
Hungarians have won 16 Nobel Prizes since 1905. Eight were born in Budapest. Following is a complete list of the Nobel laureates of Hungary, as recognised by the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Laureates

Hungarians have received Nobel Prizes in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Economics – in all fields except Peace.
YearImageLaureateFieldContribution
1905Philipp LenardPhysicsfor his work on cathode rays
1914Robert BárányPhysiology or Medicinefor his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus
1925Richard Adolf ZsigmondyChemistryfor his demonstration of the heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry
1937Albert Szent-GyörgyiPhysiology or Medicinefor his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to Vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid
1943George de HevesyChemistryfor his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes
1961Georg von BékésyPhysiology or Medicinefor his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea
1963Eugene WignerPhysicsfor his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles
1971Dennis GaborPhysicsfor his invention and development of the holographic method
1986John PolanyiChemistryfor his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes
1994George Andrew OlahChemistryfor his contribution to carbocation chemistry
1994John HarsanyiEconomicsfor pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games
2002Imre KertészLiteraturefor writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history
2004Avram Hershko
Chemistry
2023Katalin KarikóPhysiology or Medicinefor their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19
2023Ferenc KrauszPhysicsfor experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter
2025László KrasznahorkaiLiteraturefor his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art

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