Hungarian and Hungarian-born Nobel laureates, from Philipp Lenard to László Krasznahorkai
The top 3 according to 48 votes from people: Philipp Lenard (1905) · Robert Bárány (1914) · George Olah (1994). (Updated Dec 8, 2025.)
From Philipp Lenard's physics prize in 1905 by way of Albert Szent-Györgyi, Imre Kertész, Katalin Karikó and Ferenc Krausz to László Krasznahorkai's 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature: Nobel laureates who were Hungarian or of Hungarian origin, in chronological order, with the prize category.
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Top 20
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1
Philipp Lenard (1905)
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1905.
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2
Robert Bárány (1914)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1914. Austrian of Hungarian origin.
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3
George Olah (1994)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1994.
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4
Albert Szent-Györgyi (1937)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1937.
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5
Elie Wiesel (1986)
Nobel Prize in Peace, 1986. Born in Romania, American of Hungarian Jewish descent.
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6
Richard Zsigmondy (1925)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1925. Austrian of Hungarian origin.
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7
Georg von Békésy (1961)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine, 1961.
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8
Eugene Wigner (1963)
Nobel Prize in Physics (shared), 1963.
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9
Dennis Gabor (1971)
Nobel Prize in Physics, 1971.
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10
Milton Friedman (1976)
Nobel Prize in Economics, 1976. American of Hungarian Jewish descent.
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11
Avram Hershko (2004)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared), 2004. Israeli.
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12
László Krasznahorkai (2025)
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2025.
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13
George de Hevesy (1943)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry, 1943.
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14
Daniel Carleton Gajdusek (1976)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared), 1976. American of Slovak-Hungarian descent.
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15
John Harsanyi (1994)
Nobel Prize in Economics (shared), 1994.
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16
Imre Kertész (2002)
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2002.
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17
John Polanyi (1986)
Nobel Prize in Chemistry (shared), 1986. Canadian, born in Germany.
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18
Louise Glück (2020)
Nobel Prize in Literature, 2020. Her paternal grandparents emigrated from Hungary.
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19
Katalin Karikó (2023)
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (shared), 2023.
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20
Ferenc Krausz (2023)
Nobel Prize in Physics (shared), 2023.
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