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List of Latin American Nobel laureates

The Nobel Prize is an annual, international prize first awarded in 1901 for achievements in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace, with an associated prize in Economics awarded since 1969.[1] As of November 2022, Nobel Prizes had been awarded to 954 individuals,[2] of whom 17 were Latin American recipients (1.7% of the 954 individual recipients).

Latin Americans have received awards in four of the six award categories: six in Literature (35.3% of the Latin recipients), six in Peace (35.3%), three in Physiology or Medicine (17.6%), and two in Chemistry (11.8%). The first Latin American recipient, Carlos Saavedra Lamas, was awarded the Peace Prize in 1936. The most recent, Juan Manuel Santos, was awarded the Peace Prize in 2016.

Among the Latin American laureates, two served as heads of state or government of their respective countries upon receiving the Nobel Prize. Those include Óscar Arias Sánchez of Costa Rica and Juan Manuel Santos of Colombia, who were presidents; both of them were awarded the Peace Prize.

Chemistry

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Two Latin Americans have been given the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

Year Image Laureate Country Comment
1970
 
 Luis F. Leloir   Argentina [3] First Hispanic to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1995
 
 Mario J. Molina   Mexico

Physiology or Medicine

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Three Latin Americans have been given the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Year Image Laureate Country Comment
1947
 
 Bernardo Alberto Houssay   Argentina First Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
1980
 
 Baruj Benacerraf   Venezuela
  United States
1984
 
 César Milstein   Argentina
  United Kingdom

Literature

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Six Latin Americans have been given the Nobel Prize in Literature.

Year Image Laureate Country Comment
1945
 
 Gabriela Mistral   Chile First Latin American to win a Nobel Prize in literature
1967
 
 Miguel Ángel Asturias   Guatemala
1971
 
 Pablo Neruda   Chile
1982
 
 Gabriel García Márquez   Colombia
1990
 
 Octavio Paz   Mexico
2010
 
 Mario Vargas Llosa   Peru

Peace

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Six Latin Americans have been given the Nobel Peace Prize.

Year Image Laureate Country Comment
1936
 
 Carlos Saavedra Lamas   Argentina First Latin American to win a Nobel Prize, first Hispanic to win a Nobel Peace Prize
1980
 
 Adolfo Pérez Esquivel   Argentina [4]
1982
 
 Alfonso García Robles   Mexico
1987
 
 Óscar Arias Sánchez   Costa Rica
1992
 
 Rigoberta Menchú   Guatemala
2016
 
 Juan Manuel Santos   Colombia

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Nobel Prize" (2007), in Encyclopædia Britannica, accessed 14 November 2007, from Encyclopædia Britannica Online:

    An additional award, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was established in 1968 by the Bank of Sweden and was first awarded in 1969
  2. ^ "All Nobel Laureates". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2023-03-01.
  3. ^ "Biography of Luis Leloir". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. ^ "Adofo Pérez Esquivel". Nobel Prize Committee.
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