# Nobel laureates connected to Poland: from Marie Skłodowska-Curie to Olga Tokarczuk

Poland's eight Nobel laureates, from Marie Skłodowska-Curie and Henryk Sienkiewicz to Wisława Szymborska and Olga Tokarczuk, plus twelve other laureates who were born on Polish soil, lived in Poland or have Polish roots.

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- Jun 15, 2026 · bartosz.wroclaw
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## Top 20

1. **Maria Skłodowska-Curie** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1903, 1911, Physics. Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911); the only person to win in two different sciences.
2. **Władysław Reymont** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1924, Literature.
3. **Czesław Miłosz** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1980, Literature.
4. **Lech Wałęsa** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1983, Peace.
5. **Isidor Isaac Rabi** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1944, Physics. Born in Rymanów, Galicia.
6. **Georges Charpak** (1 · ▲1 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1992, Physics. Born in Poland as Jerzy Charpak.
7. **Henryk Sienkiewicz** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1905, Literature.
8. **Józef Rotblat** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1995, Peace.
9. **Wisława Szymborska** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 1996, Literature.
10. **Olga Tokarczuk** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Polish laureate. 2018, Literature. The 2018 prize, awarded in 2019.
11. **Albert Michelson** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1907, Physics. Born in Strzelno, in Prussian-ruled Poland.
12. **Tadeusz Reichstein** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1950, Physiology or Medicine. Born in Włocławek.
13. **Andrew Schally** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1977, Physiology or Medicine. Born in Wilno as Andrzej Wiktor Schally.
14. **Menachem Begin** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1978, Peace. Born in Brest-Litovsk; law graduate of the University of Warsaw.
15. **Isaac Bashevis Singer** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1978, Literature. Born Icek-Hersz Zynger; lived in Poland for 33 years.
16. **Roald Hoffmann** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1981, Chemistry. Born in Złoczów.
17. **Szimon Peres** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 1994, Peace. Born in Wiszniew as Szymon Perski.
18. **Frank Wilczek** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 2004, Physics. American of Polish and Italian descent.
19. **Victor Ambros** (0 · ▲0 ▼0) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 2024, Physiology or Medicine. His father was born in interwar Poland.
20. **Leonid Hurwicz** (-1 · ▲0 ▼1) — Laureate with ties to Poland. 2007, Economics. Lived in Poland 1919–1938; graduate of the University of Warsaw.

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