Wednesday, July 2, 2008

Asking for peace and equality between people, he became very famous.
After saying a speech, he was shot.
When getting the Nobel Price in 1964, he was the yougest winner ever.
Being a dreamer, he expressed his ideas in a famous speech.

Who I am???

1 comment:

spinete said...

Nodody knows the answer of that question Sophie. What is more, even Google doesn't know the answer.

LOOK !!!!!!!!!

In that year, only one Franchute ( spanish word, not very Polite to call the France people) won that prize.


Who is the youngest ever to receive a Nobel Prize, and who is the oldest?

The youngest Nobel Laureates at the time of the award, 10 December each year.

Age Name Category/Year Date of birth
25 Lawrence Bragg Physics 1915 31 March 1890
31 Werner Heisenberg Physics 1932 5 December 1901
31 Tsung-Dao Lee Physics 1957 24 November 1926
31 Carl D. Anderson Physics 1936 3 September 1905
31 Paul A. M. Dirac Physics 1933 8 August 1902
32 Frederick G. Banting Medicine 1923 14 November 1891
32 Rudolf Mössbauer Physics 1961 31 January 1929
32 Mairead Corrigan Peace 1976 27 January 1944
33 Joshua Lederberg Medicine 1958 23 May 1925
33 Betty Williams Peace 1976 22 May 1943
33 Rigoberta Menchú Tum Peace 1992 9 January 1959
33 Brian D. Josephson Physics 1973 4 January 1940



The oldest Nobel Laureates at the time of the award, 10 December each year.

Age Name Category/Year Date of birth
90 Leonid Hurwicz Economics 2007 1917
88 Raymond Davis Jr. Physics 2002 14 October 1914
88 Doris Lessing Literature 2007 22 October 1919
87 Vitaly L. Ginzburg Physics 2003 4 October 1916
87 Peyton Rous Medicine 1966 5 October 1879
87 Joseph Rotblat Peace 1995 4 November 1908
87 Karl von Frisch Medicine 1973 20 November 1886
85 Ferdinand Buisson Peace 1927 20 December 1841
85 John B. Fenn Chemistry 2002 15 June 1917
85 Theodor Mommsen Literature 1902 30 November 1817
84 William S. Knowles Chemistry 2001 1 June 1917
84 Pyotr Kapitsa Physics 1978 9 July 1894



Youngest Nobel Laureates in their respective Nobel Prize areas

Category Name Year of Award Age of
Nobel Laureate
Physics William Lawrence Bragg 1915 25
Chemistry Frédéric Joliot 1935 35
Physiology or Medicine Frederick Banting 1923 32
Literature Rudyard Kipling 1907 42
Peace Mairead Corrigan 1976 32
Economics Kenneth J. Arrow 1972 51


Oldest Nobel Laureates in their respective Nobel Prize areas

Category Name Year of Award Age of
Nobel Laureate
Physics Raymond Davis Jr. 2002 88
Chemistry John B. Fenn 2002 85
Physiology or Medicine Peyton Rous 1966 87
Literature Doris Lessing 2007 88
Peace Joseph Rotblat 1995 87
Economics Leonid Hurwicz 2007 90


How many have been awarded the Nobel Prize since 1901 up to the present?

A total of 797 Nobel Laureates have been awarded since 1901, comprising 777 individuals and 20 organizations. Below is a breakdown:

Category No. of Nobel Laureates
Physics 180 persons
Chemistry 150 persons
Medicine 189 persons
Literature 104 persons
Peace 95 persons
20 organizations
Economics 61 persons

Total 799*

* Two Nobel Laureates were awarded in two different categories (Marie Curie and Linus Pauling); the actual figure is, therefore, 777 persons plus 20 organizations or a total 797. Four other Nobel Laureates, both persons and organizations, received the Nobel Prize more than once in respective categories. See following question for details.



Which person or organization has received the Nobel Prize more than once?

Marie Curie received the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics, and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry;
John Bardeen received the 1956 and the 1972 Nobel Prize in Physics;
Frederick Sanger received the 1958 and the 1980 Nobel Prize in Chemistry;
Comité International de la Croix Rouge received the 1917, 1944 and 1963 Nobel Peace Prize;
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees received the 1954 and the 1981 Nobel Peace Prize;
Linus Pauling received the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.


Who is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes?

Linus Pauling was awarded the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.