List of Pakistani Nobel laureates
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Laureates
Pakistani Citizens
At this time the list of list of Pakistani Nobel laureates consists of only two people.[1]
Year | Laureate | Subject | Rationale | |
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1979 | Abdus Salam | Physics | Awarded jointly to Sheldon Lee Glashow, Abdus Salam and Steven Weinberg – "for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current"[2] | |
2014 | Malala Yousafzai | Peace | Awarded jointly to Kailash Satyarthi and Malala Yousafzai – "for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."[3] |
NON-Pakistani Laureates Born in Pakistan area of erstwhile undivided British India
The laureates below were born in undivided British India (now Pakistan) but are NOT Pakistani.
Year | Laureate | Country | Subject | Rationale | |
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1968 | Har Gobind Khorana (born in Raipur, British India) |
United States | Physiology or Medicine | Awarded along with Robert W. Holley and Marshall W. Nirenberg – "for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis."[4] | |
1983 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (born in Lahore, British India) |
United States | Physics | "For his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars."[5] |
References
- ^ "By winning the Nobel prize, Malala joins Pakistan's loneliest club". Washington Post.
- ^ "The Nobel Prize in Physics 1979". Nobel Foundation. Retrieved 2008-10-09.
- ^ "The Nobel Peace Prize 2014". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "H. Gobind Khorana". Retrieved 4 May 2015.
- ^ "Subramanyan Chandrasekhar". Retrieved 4 May 2015.