Nobel laureates connected to Poland: from Marie Skłodowska-Curie to Olga Tokarczuk
The top 3 according to 7 votes from people: Maria Skłodowska-Curie · Władysław Reymont · Czesław Miłosz. (Updated Jun 15, 2026.)
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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Top 20
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Maria Skłodowska-Curie
Polish laureate. 1903, 1911, Physics. Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911); the only person to win in two different sciences.
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Władysław Reymont
Polish laureate. 1924, Literature.
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Czesław Miłosz
Polish laureate. 1980, Literature.
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Lech Wałęsa
Polish laureate. 1983, Peace.
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Isidor Isaac Rabi
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1944, Physics. Born in Rymanów, Galicia.
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Georges Charpak
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1992, Physics. Born in Poland as Jerzy Charpak.
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Henryk Sienkiewicz
Polish laureate. 1905, Literature.
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Józef Rotblat
Polish laureate. 1995, Peace.
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Wisława Szymborska
Polish laureate. 1996, Literature.
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Olga Tokarczuk
Polish laureate. 2018, Literature. The 2018 prize, awarded in 2019.
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Albert Michelson
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1907, Physics. Born in Strzelno, in Prussian-ruled Poland.
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Tadeusz Reichstein
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1950, Physiology or Medicine. Born in Włocławek.
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Andrew Schally
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1977, Physiology or Medicine. Born in Wilno as Andrzej Wiktor Schally.
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Menachem Begin
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1978, Peace. Born in Brest-Litovsk; law graduate of the University of Warsaw.
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Isaac Bashevis Singer
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1978, Literature. Born Icek-Hersz Zynger; lived in Poland for 33 years.
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Roald Hoffmann
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1981, Chemistry. Born in Złoczów.
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Szimon Peres
Laureate with ties to Poland. 1994, Peace. Born in Wiszniew as Szymon Perski.
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Frank Wilczek
Laureate with ties to Poland. 2004, Physics. American of Polish and Italian descent.
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Victor Ambros
Laureate with ties to Poland. 2024, Physiology or Medicine. His father was born in interwar Poland.
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Leonid Hurwicz
Laureate with ties to Poland. 2007, Economics. Lived in Poland 1919–1938; graduate of the University of Warsaw.
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