The Nobel Prize is the most distinguished and coveted global honour. First awarded in 1901, it has recognized individuals and groups from over 30 countries or territories. In the 104 years of its existence, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to close to 1,000 laureates. The Nobel Laureates can be groups or individuals. There have even been multiple time nominees and awards. The highest number of recognitions has been given to the International Committee of the Red Cross. It has received the Peace prize three times in history.


History of the Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prize was created through the final will of Alfred Nobel, an accomplished Swedish inventor. Although Nobel’s will was read after his death in 1895, it was highly controversial and took six years before the awards came into being. The Nobel Prize recognizes significant contributions to the advancement of various aspects of culture, science and academics. In Alfred Nobel’s will, he dictated that the interest from his estate fund will be awarded to those recognized in Physics, Chemistry, Literature, Medicine and Peace. In 1968, a further category of Economics was introduced after the Central Bank of Sweden made a donation to the Nobel Foundation.


The first multiple recipient of the Nobel Prize was Marie Curie, a Polish-born and naturalized-French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radiation. Curie’s awards were also unique because she received the prizes in two different categories. In 1903, Marie Curie, alongside her husband and another physicist were awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics. This was in recognition of their achievements in studying the radioactive behavior of elements and successfully isolating isotopes. She repeated the feat in 1911 by winning the prize in Chemistry after isolating pure radium. The Curie family in total has had five Nobel Laurates.


Nobel Prize Winners By Country
The United States is the highest Nobel prize winning country, with a total of 368 winners. The majority of these prizes have been in the Nobel Prize for Physics. It is commonly thought that the access to improving technology has led to this accomplishment in the US. As a matter of fact, the only category of Nobel Prizes in which the North American country doesn’t lead is the Nobel Prize for Literature. France has the highest number of recipients for the Nobel Prize for Literature, with 16 Laureates.


Famous Nobel Prize Winnners
The Nobel Peace Prize is usually seen as the most coveted prize for both individuals and organizations. It also has a reputation of throwing surprises in the annual event. In the early years up to the Second World War, the Nobel Peace Prize was always awarded to diplomatic mediators and anti-war activists. However, as the 20th Century progressed, the type of nominee and Laureates diversified to works done in other humanitarian ventures. An example of a distinctive Nobel Peace Laureate is Muhammad Yunus of Bangladesh. He believes that economically empowering rural women will help to eliminate the poverty experienced in his country.


Perhaps the most famous Nobel Peace Prize Laureate was Nelson Mandela, the first president of post-apartheid South Africa. He jointly received the 1993 Peace award with Frederik de Klerk for their efforts in ending apartheid in South Africa. The anti-apartheid efforts in South Africa had earlier seen Reverend Desmond Tutu being awarded the same recognition in 1984.

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This USA sha

Olympics(Sports) they lead
Education they lead
Defense they lead
-Truly the greatest Nation on Earth.

That only one for Naija is the "Lion and the Jewel" master himself

America the king of countries, I hail thee.

My thumb up!

Nigeria has one but it feels like zero to me. Osusu intellect.

Who gives it?

That is why the US will never rush into a war with relatively backward Russia.

She has much more to lose than any nation on earth.

God bless America. By far the greatest nation on the planet.

naija try sha. but I no dey feel this Soyinka guy

Nigeria with one gold medal.

I almost nor see naija...

We Nigerians reject this list.Nigeria should be topping

I will represent my country some day..... #nobleprizeinchemistryloading

Till date Prof. Wole Soyinka remains the only distinguished living legend

HigherED this your list looks stupid, ordinary South Africa doing better than naija ? And with their ugly chinko terrorist Mandela being the most recognisable in the list , you must be high on some igbo you ipob terrorist. Nigeria still remains the best country in Africa.

HigherEd:
This USA sha

Olympics(Sports) they lead
Education they lead
Defense they lead
-Truly the greatest Nation on Earth.

And to think most their nobel prizes came in the field of science and technology is doubly impressive.

This world would be highly primitive without american ingenuity.

To me South Africa is the true Giant of Africa,
Nigeria is Overrated.

pls sort out noble peace prize winners from the list

So basically even from the ridiculously hard waece and jamb and also with the constant flogging we're almost last.

RTSC:
That is why the US will never rush into a war with relatively backward Russia.

She has much more to lose than any nation on earth.

God bless America. By far the greatest nation on the planet.

Don't you ever call Russia backwards.

Iwantslavesgone:
HigherED this your list looks stupid, ordinary South Africa doing better than naija ? And with their ugly chinko terrorist Mandela being the most recognisable in the list , you must be high on some igbo you ipob terrorist. Nigeria still remains the best country in Africa.

South Africa is a 2nd world country.
We're a 3rd world country(poor)
Get educated before you speak.

Lloydfather:
To me South Africa is the true Giant of Africa,
Nigeria is Overrated.

On population not otherwise.

Lucifer66:

South Africa is a 2nd world country.
We're a 3rd world country(poor)
Get educated before you speak.

What is this one saying

Lloydfather:
To me South Africa is the true Giant of Africa,
Nigeria is Overrated.

To a dullard like you, but to the rest of the world Nigeria is the giant of Africa and there are no fake stats or posts or nairaland that could change that we lead and other follow .

Slaveryisgood:



What is this one saying

Google is there.
Don't quote me again

Slaveryisgood:


To a dullard like you, but to the rest of the world Nigeria is the giant of Africa and there are no fake stats or posts or nairaland that could change that we lead and other follow .

You're a fool honestly.
Have you even taken time to view Nigerian and South Africa economically?
Have you heard of a south African running to Nigeria for a better life or is it the other way around?

Lucifer66:

Google is there.
Don't quote me again

You are a self hating idiot

Iwantslavesgone:
HigherED this your list looks stupid, ordinary South Africa doing better than naija ? And with their ugly chinko terrorist Mandela being the most recognisable in the list , you must be high on some igbo you ipob terrorist. Nigeria still remains the best country in Africa.

South Africa is far far ahead of nigeria in many aspects, dont let ur hate blind ur sense of reasoning, mandela is a globally recognized hero Nigeria doesnot have a hero that can compare, stop the hate man!!! Peace...

Slaveryisgood:


To a dullard like you, but to the rest of the world Nigeria is the giant of Africa and there are no fake stats or posts or nairaland that could change that we lead and other follow .

Stop beating about the bush, present facts SA's power capacity is 45000MW Nigeria is 7000MW Literacy level of SA is 94% that of Nigeria is about 68%, what more facts do u need to jettison ur ignorance

PhenomenalMorgan:
Stop beating about the bush, present facts SA's power capacity is 45000MW Nigeria is 7000MW Literacy level of SA is 94% that of Nigeria is about 68%, what more facts do u need to jettison ur ignorance

Shut up your stupid mouth you ipob bastard .

Informative.