Hungarian Nobel Prize Winners
The Hungarians or people of Hungarian descent listed below were each awarded a Nobel Prize for their distinguished work and contributions to society.
Róbert Bárány
1914 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy
1925 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Albert Szent-Györgyi
1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
George de Hevesy
1943 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Georg von Békésy
1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Eugene Wigner
1963 Nobel Prize in Physics
Dennis Gabor
1971 Nobel Prize in Physics
Elie Wiesel
1986 Nobel Peace Prize
John Harsanyi
Co-recipient of the 1994 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics
George Andrew Olah
1994 Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Imre Kertész
2002 Nobel Prize in Literature
Avram Hershko
2004 Nobel Prize in Chemistry