SettingsWomen Nobel Laureates
Ada Yonath
Ada E. Yonath ( עדה יונת, ) (born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Ada E. Yonath ( עדה יונת, ) (born 22 June 1939) is an Israeli crystallographer best known for her pioneering work on the structure of the ribosome.
Alva Myrdal
Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician.
Alva Myrdal (née Reimer; 31 January 1902 – 1 February 1986) was a Swedish sociologist and politician.
Aung San Suu Kyi
Aung San Suu Kyi (; born June 19, 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy.
Aung San Suu Kyi (; born June 19, 1945) is a Burmese opposition politician and the General Secretary of the National League for Democracy.
Barbara McClintock
Barbara McClintock FRS, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Barbara McClintock FRS, the 1983 Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine, was an American scientist and one of the world's most distinguished cytogeneticists.
Bertha von Suttner
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical (...
Bertha Felicitas Sophie Freifrau von Suttner (Baroness Bertha von Suttner, Gräfin (Countess) Kinsky von Wchinitz und Tettau; 9 June 1843 – 21 June 1914) was an Austrian novelist, radical (...
Betty Williams (Nobel laureate)
Betty Williams is a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a p...
Betty Williams is a co-recipient with Mairead Corrigan of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1976 for her work as a cofounder of Community of Peace People, an organisation dedicated to promoting a p...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard (born October 20, 1942 in Magdeburg) is a German biologist who won the Albert Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research in 1991 and the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Med...
Dorothy Hodgkin
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS, née Crowfoot, was a British chemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography.
Dorothy Mary Hodgkin OM, FRS, née Crowfoot, was a British chemist, credited with the development of protein crystallography.
Emily Greene Balch
Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American academic, writer, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 (the prize that year was shared with John M...
Emily Greene Balch (January 8, 1867 – January 9, 1961) was an American academic, writer, and pacifist who received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1946 (the prize that year was shared with John M...
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 30 July 1947) is a French virologist and director of the Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi (born 30 July 1947) is a French virologist and director of the Unité de Régulation des Infections Rétrovirales at the Institut Pasteur in Paris, France.
Gabriela Mistral
Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was...
Gabriela Mistral (April 7, 1889 – January 10, 1957) was the pseudonym of Lucila de María del Perpetuo Socorro Godoy Alcayaga, a Chilean poet, educator, diplomat, and feminist who was...
Gertrude B. Elion
Gertrude Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gertrude Belle Elion was an American biochemist and pharmacologist, and a 1988 recipient of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.
Gerty Cori
Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz, August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the...
Gerty Theresa Cori (née Radnitz, August 15, 1896 – October 26, 1957) was an American biochemist who became the third woman—and first American woman—to win a Nobel Prize in science, and the...
Grazia Deledda
Grazia Deledda was an Italian writer whose works won her the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1926.
Grazia Deledda was an Italian writer whose works won her the Nobel Prize for Literature for 1926.
Herta Müller
Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Comm...
Herta Müller (born 17 August 1953) is a Romanian-born German novelist, poet and essayist noted for her works depicting the effects of violence, cruelty and terror, usually in the setting of Comm...
Irène Joliot-Curie
Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
Irène Joliot-Curie (12 September 1897 – 17 March 1956) was a French scientist, the daughter of Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Pierre Curie and the wife of Frédéric Joliot-Curie.
Jane Addams
Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace.
Jane Addams was a pioneer settlement worker, founder of Hull House in Chicago, public philosopher, sociologist, author, and leader in woman suffrage and world peace.
Jody Williams
Jody Williams is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Jody Williams is an American teacher and aid worker who received the 1997 Nobel Peace Prize jointly with the campaign she worked for, the International Campaign to Ban Landmines.
Linda B. Buck
Linda B. Buck, Ph.D., (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system.
Linda B. Buck, Ph.D., (born January 29, 1947) is an American biologist best known for her work on the olfactory system.
Mairead Maguire
Mairead Maguire, also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is an Irish peace activist.
Mairead Maguire, also known as Mairead Corrigan Maguire and formerly as Mairéad Corrigan, is an Irish peace activist.
Maria Goeppert-Mayer
Maria Goeppert-Mayer was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
Maria Goeppert-Mayer was a German-born American theoretical physicist, and Nobel laureate in Physics for proposing the nuclear shell model of the atomic nucleus.
Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity.
Marie Skłodowska Curie (7 November 1867 – 4 July 1934) was a Polish-born French physicist and chemist famous for her work on radioactivity.
Marie Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish–French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
Marie Skłodowska Curie was a Polish–French physicist–chemist famous for her pioneering research on radioactivity.
Mother Teresa
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (pronounced ), was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionar...
Mother Teresa (26 August 1910 5 September 1997), born Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu (pronounced ), was a Roman Catholic nun of Albanian ethnicity and Indian citizenship, who founded the Missionar...
Nadine Gordimer
Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer and political activist.
Nadine Gordimer (born 20 November 1923) is a South African writer and political activist.
Nelly Sachs
Nelly Sachs was a German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings...
Nelly Sachs was a German poet and playwright whose experiences resulting from the rise of the Nazis in World War II Europe transformed her into a poignant spokeswoman for the grief and yearnings...
Pearl S. Buck
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was an award-winning American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China.
Pearl Sydenstricker Buck also known by her Chinese name Sai Zhenzhu, was an award-winning American writer who spent most of her time until 1934 in China.
Rigoberta Menchú
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born 9 January 1959, Laj Chimel, El Quiché, Guatemala) is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group.
Rigoberta Menchú Tum (born 9 January 1959, Laj Chimel, El Quiché, Guatemala) is an indigenous Guatemalan, of the K'iche' ethnic group.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of Nerv...
Rita Levi-Montalcini, Knight Grand Cross is an Italian neurologist who, together with colleague Stanley Cohen, received the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery of Nerv...
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and...
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow (July 19, 1921 – May 30, 2011) was an American medical physicist, and a co-winner of the 1977 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (together with Roger Guillemin and...
Selma Lagerlöf
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author.
Selma Ottilia Lovisa Lagerlöf (; 20 November 1858 – 16 March 1940) was a Swedish author.
Shirin Ebadi
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran.
Shirin Ebadi is an Iranian lawyer, a former judge and human rights activist and founder of Defenders of Human Rights Center in Iran.
Sigrid Undset
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.
Sigrid Undset was a Norwegian novelist who was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1928.
Toni Morrison
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor.
Toni Morrison is a Nobel Prize and Pulitzer Prize-winning American novelist, editor, and professor.
Wangari Maathai
Wangari Muta Mary Jo Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist.
Wangari Muta Mary Jo Maathai (1 April 1940 – 25 September 2011) was a Kenyan environmental and political activist.