List of Chinese Nobel laureates

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Since 1957, there have been thirteen Chinese (including Chinese-born) winners of the Nobel Prize . The Nobel Prize is a Sweden-based international monetary prize. The award was established by the 1895 will and estate of Swedish chemist and inventor Alfred Nobel. It was first awarded in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, and Peace in 1901. An associated prize, The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel, was instituted by Sweden's central bank in 1968 and first awarded in 1969.

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Following is a list of Nobel laureates who have been citizens of the Republic of China or the People's Republic of China [1] and of overseas birth.

Laureates

Chinese citizens

Citizens of Flag of the Republic of China.svg  Republic of China [Taiwan]

The following are the Nobel laureates who are or were citizens of Republic of China (currently capital in Taipei City) at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize. [2]

YearLaureateChinese nameEnglish nameCategoryLifeRationalePlace of Birth
1957 Yang.jpg 楊振寧 Yang Chen-Ning Physics1922–"for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles" [3] Hefei, Anhui, China
TD Lee.jpg 李政道 Tsung-Dao Lee Physics1926– Shanghai, China
1976 Samuel ting 10-19-10.jpg 丁肇中 Samuel C. C. Ting Physics1936–"for pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind." [4] Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Dual-citizen of Flag of the United States.svg  United States and Flag of the Republic of China.svg Republic of China
1986 Yuan T. Lee official portrait.jpg 李遠哲 Yuan T. Lee Chemistry1936–"for contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes". [5] Shinchiku City, Shinchiku Prefecture, Japanese Taiwan
Citizens of Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  People's Republic of China

The following are the Nobel laureates who were citizens of People's Republic of China at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize. [6]

YearLaureateChinese nameEnglish nameCategoryLifeRationalePlace of Birth
2010刘晓波 Liu Xiaobo Peace1955–2017"for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China". [7] Changchun, Jilin, China
2012 MoYan Hamburg 2008.jpg 莫言 Mo Yan Literature1955–"who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary". [8] Gaomi, Shandong, China
2015 Tu Youyou 5012-1-2015.jpg 屠呦呦 Tu Youyou Physiology or Medicine1930–"for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria". [9] Ningbo, Zhejiang, China

Chinese diaspora

YearLaureateChinese nameEnglish nameCategoryLifeRationalePlace of Birth [note 1]
1976 Samuel ting 10-19-10.jpg 丁肇中 Samuel C. C. Ting Physics1936–"for pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind" [10] Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States [11]
1997 Professor Steven Chu ForMemRS headshot.jpg 朱棣文 Steven Chu Physics1948–"for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light". [12] St. Louis, Missouri, United States [13]
1998 Daniel Chee Tsui.jpg 崔琦 Daniel C. Tsui Physics1939–"for discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations" [14] Pingdingshan, Henan, China
2000 Gao Xingjian Galerie Simoncini Luxembourg.jpg 高行健 Gao Xingjian Literature1940–"for an œuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama". [15] Ganzhou, Jiangxi, China
2008 Roger Tsien-press conference Dec 07th, 2008-2.jpg 錢永健 Roger Y. Tsien Chemistry1952–2016"for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP" [16] New York City, New York, United States [17]
2009 Charles K. Kao cropped 2.jpg 高錕 Charles K. Kao Physics1933–2018"for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication" [18] Shanghai, China

Others

Tibetan

The following are the Nobel laureates who were of uncertain citizenship at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize.

YearLaureateCategoryLifeRationalePlace of Birth
1989 Dalailama1 20121014 4639.jpg བསྟན་འཛིན་རྒྱ་མཚོ་ 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso)Peace1935–"for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people." [19] Taktser, Qinghai, China [note 2]

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ The Nobel website lists the country of Residence at the time of the award for both the Literature and Peace (if goes to a person) prizes; see "Facts" information of the individuals at and . While the prizes for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Sciences are listed by Affiliation at the time of the award; see "Facts" information of the individuals at , , , and . The official Nobel website only lists the country of the person's affiliated insititions for Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economic Sciences prizes, and not the citizenship of the person himself.
  2. ↑ The Nobel Peace Prize 1989 indicates Dalai Lama was born in Tibet in 1935. Taktser is a village located in Greater Tibet, the eastern part of which was called Qinghai (spelled Tsinghai at the time) by the Nationalist Government of the Republic of China. Although Tibet itself was not controlled by the Republic of China government, Tsinghai (Qinghai) province was under the authority of the government of the Republic of China. [20]

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References

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  20. ↑ The Tsinghai Province was established as early as 1928, and Taktser since then has been a city within its region; see also the 1930 national map of the Republic of China (ROC) Archived 18 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine , and the 1936 political regional map of the ROC Archived 6 April 2010 at the Wayback Machine in Wikimedia Commons.
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