The list of Nobel Prize Winners 2022 is an important topic for competitive exams. Questions on Nobel Laureates form an important part of the current affairs and general awareness sections in many government exams.
Hence, the article will provide the list of Nobel Prize winners 2022 along with related facts and questions to assist in IAS exam preparation.
List of Nobel Laureates 2022
| Field | Nobel Prize Laureate | Contribution |
| Medicine or Physiology | Svante Paabo, Swedish Geneticist | For the discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution.
(sequencing the genome of Neanderthals, an extinct relative of present-day humans. Also made the sensational discovery of a previously unknown hominin, the Denisovans). |
| Physics | Alain Aspect, John Clauser &
Anton Zeilinger |
For experiments with entangled photons. It has laid the foundation for a new era of quantum technology. |
| Chemistry | Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal and Carolyn Bertozzi | Laid the foundation of click chemistry and bio-orthogonal reactions. Bioorthogonal reactions are now contributing to more targeted cancer treatments, among many other applications. |
| Literature | Annie Ernaux, French author | For the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory. In her writing, Ernaux consistently and from different angles, examines a life marked by strong disparities regarding gender, language and class. |
| Peace | Ales Bialiatski (Human Rights Advocate),
Memorial (A Russian Human Rights Organisation) & Centre for Civil Liberties (Ukrainian Human Rights Organisation) |
Documenting war crimes, human rights abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
| Economic Sciences | Ben Bernanke, Douglas Diamond and Philip Dybvig | The role of banks in the economy particularly during the financial crises. An important finding in their research is why avoiding bank collapse is vital. |
The Nobel Prize Awarding Institutions
- The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences – responsible for selecting the Nobel Prize laureates in physics, chemistry and economic sciences.
- The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet – responsible for selecting the Nobel Prize laureates in physiology or medicine.
- The Swedish Academy – responsible for choosing the Nobel Prize laureates in literature.
- The Norwegian Nobel Committee – responsible for selecting the Nobel Peace Prize laureates.
| The Man Behind the Prize – Alfred Nobel
Alfred Nobel, known for inventing dynamite, laid the foundation of the Nobel Prize in 1895 when he wrote his last will, leaving much of his wealth to the establishment of the prize.
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Nobel Prize Quick Facts
In this section, we give you some facts about the Nobel Prize.
- Between 1901-2022, 60 women have been awarded the Nobel Prize. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903 and the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
- The work of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has been honoured with the Nobel Peace Prize thrice.
- Linus Pauling is the only person to have been awarded two unshared Nobel Prizes – the 1954 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and the 1962 Nobel Peace Prize.
- Malala Yousafzai is the youngest Nobel Laureate who received the Peace Prize in 2014 at the age of 17.
- Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian to receive a Nobel Prize in the year 1913 for Literature.
List of Nobel Prize Winners from India
Below, you can find the list of Indian or Indian-origin Nobel Prize winners.
| Winner | Year | Subject |
| Rabindranath Tagore | 1913 | Literature |
| Sir C.V. Raman | 1930 | Physics |
| Har Gobind Khorana | 1968 | Physiology or Medicine |
| Mother Theresa | 1979 | Peace |
| Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | 1983 | Physics |
| Amartya Sen | 1998 | Economic Sciences |
| Venkatraman Ramakrishnan | 2009 | Chemistry |
| Kailash Satyarthi | 2014 | Peace |
| Abhijit Banerjee | 2019 | Economic Sciences |
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