Laureates
| Year | Image | Laureate | Country | Category | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | Curie-Skłodowska, MarieMarie Curie-Skłodowska |
Poland and France | Physics | "in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel" | |
| 1905 | Suttner, Bertha vonBertha von Suttner | Austria–Hungary | Peace | Honourary President of Permanent International Peace Bureau, Bern, Switzerland; Author of Lay Down Your Arms. | |
| 1909 | Lagerlof, SelmaSelma Lagerlöf | Sweden | Literature | "in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings" | |
| 1911 | Curie-Skłodowska, MarieMarie Curie-Skłodowska | Poland and France | Chemistry | "for her discovery of radium and polonium" | |
| 1926 | Deledda, GraziaGrazia Deledda | Italy | Literature | "for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general" | |
| 1928 | Undset, SigridSigrid Undset | Norway | Literature | "principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages" | |
| 1931 | Addams, JaneJane Addams |
United States | Peace | Sociologist; International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. | |
| 1935 | Joliot-Curie, IreneIrène Joliot-Curie |
France | Chemistry | "for their synthesis of new radioactive elements" | |
| 1938 | Buck, Pearl S.Pearl S. Buck | United States | Literature | "for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces" | |
| 1945 | Mistral, GabrielaGabriela Mistral | Chile | Literature | "for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world" | |
| 1946 | Balch, Emily GreeneEmily Greene Balch |
United States | Peace | Formerly Professor of History and Sociology; Honorary International President, Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. | |
| 1947 | Cori, Gerty TheresaGerty Theresa Cori |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen" | |
| 1963 | Goeppert-Mayer, MariaMaria Goeppert-Mayer |
United States | Physics | "for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure" | |
| 1964 | Hodgkin, Dorothy CrowfootDorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin | United Kingdom | Chemistry | "for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances" | |
| 1966 | Sachs, NellyNelly Sachs |
Sweden and Germany | Literature | "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength" | |
| 1976 | Williams, BettyBetty Williams | United Kingdom | Peace | Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People) | |
| 1976 | Corrigan, MaireadMairead Corrigan | United Kingdom | Peace | Founder of the Northern Ireland Peace Movement (later renamed Community of Peace People) | |
| 1977 | Sussman Yalow, RosalynRosalyn Sussman Yalow |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones" | |
| 1979 | Teresa, MotherMother Teresa | India and Albania |
Peace | Leader of Missionaries of Charity, Calcutta. | |
| 1982 | Myrdal, AlvaAlva Myrdal |
Sweden | Peace | Former Cabinet Minister; Diplomat; Writer. | |
| 1983 | McClintock, BarbaraBarbara McClintock | United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for her discovery of mobile genetic elements" | |
| 1986 | Levi-Montalcini, RitaRita Levi-Montalcini |
Italy and United States |
Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries of growth factors" | |
| 1988 | Elion, Gertrude B.Gertrude B. Elion |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment" | |
| 1991 | Gordimer, NadineNadine Gordimer | South Africa | Literature | "who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity" | |
| 1991 | Suu Kyi, Aung SanAung San Suu Kyi | Burma | Peace | "for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights" | |
| 1992 | Menchu, RigobertaRigoberta Menchú | Guatemala | Peace | "in recognition of her work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples" | |
| 1993 | Morrison, ToniToni Morrison | United States | Literature | "who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality" | |
| 1995 | Nusslein-Volhard, ChristianeChristiane Nüsslein-Volhard |
Germany | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development" | |
| 1996 | Szymborska, WislawaWisława Szymborska | Poland | Literature | "for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality" | |
| 1997 | Williams, JodyJody Williams |
United States | Peace | "for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines" | |
| 2003 | Ebadi, ShirinShirin Ebadi | Iran | Peace | "for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children" | |
| 2004 | Jelinek, ElfriedeElfriede Jelinek | Austria | Literature | "for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power" | |
| 2004 | Maathai, WangariWangari Maathai | Kenya | Peace | "for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace" | |
| 2004 | Buck, Linda B.Linda B. Buck |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system" | |
| 2007 | Lessing, DorisDoris Lessing | United Kingdom | Literature | "that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny" | |
| 2008 | Barre-Sinoussi, FrancoiseFrançoise Barré-Sinoussi |
France | Physiology or Medicine | "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus" | |
| 2009 | Blackburn, ElizabethElizabeth Blackburn |
Australia and United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" | |
| 2009 | Greider, Carol W.Carol W. Greider |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | "for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase" | |
| 2009 | Yonath, Ada E.Ada E. Yonath |
Israel | Chemistry | "for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome" | |
| 2009 | Muller, HertaHerta Müller | Germany and Romania | Literature | "who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed" | |
| 2009 | Elinor OstromElinor Ostrom |
United States | Economics | "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons" | |
| 2011 | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | Peace | "For their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work" | |
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| Tawakel Karman | Yemen |
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