Tuesday, January 15, 2008

Has anyone won more than one Nobel Prize?

A quick look over the list of Nobel laureates at Wikipedia does not reveal anything obvious: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nobel_laureates

But, the real place to look is the source: the Nobel Prize website itself. In fact, there have been four individuals who have won two Nobel Prizes:
J. Bardeen
M. Curie
L. Pauling (good pick, Len!)
F. Sanger.

Also, the ICRC organisation (whatever that is) has won four times and the UNHCR twice.

Also interesting is the overall performance of the Curie family: M.Curie twice, her husband Pierre, daughter Irene Joliot-Curie, and son-in-law Federic Joloit (Irene's husband) once each.

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