Famous Nobel Prize Winners Birthday, Biography & Family

Alfred Day Hershey

Nobel Prize Winner in Medicine

Alfred Day Hershey was an American bacteriologist and geneticist who won the 1969 Noble Prize in Medicine. This biography of Alfred Hershey provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 04 December 1908 American

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr.

Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. is an American astrophysicist who was one of the winners of the 1993 Nobel Prize in Physics. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 29 March 1941 American

William Vickrey

William Vickrey was a Canadian born American economist, who won the Nobel Prize for research into the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information. Check out this biography to know about his family, life and achievements.

Born: 21 June 1914 American

Wassily Leontief

Wassily Wassilyovich Leontief was a Russian-American economist renowned for his input–output theory of capital. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life and achievements.

Born: 05 August 1906 American

Richard Thaler

Nobel Prize Winner in Economics 2017

Richard Thaler is an American economist who won the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences in 2017. Check out this biography to know about his childhood, family life, achievements and fun facts about him.

Born: 12 September 1945 American

Sinclair Lewis

Sinclair Lewis was the first American writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 07 February 1885 American

Peter C. Doherty

Peter C Doherty is a renowned Australian scientist circle, who was received the Nobel Prize in Physiology for the discovery of how immune system recognizes virus-infected cells. Read this biography to know in details about his childhood, life, career

Born:   Australian

John Cornforth

Nobel Prize Winner Chemist

John Warcup Cornforth was an Australian-British chemist who won the 1975 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. This biography of John Cornforth provides detailed information about his childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 07 September 1917 Australian

Elfriede Jelinek

Novelist & Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

Elfriede Jelinek is a Nobel Prize winning Austrian novelist and playwright. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 20 October 1946 Austrian

Svetlana Alexievich

Write and Nobel Prize Winner in Literature

Svetlana Alexievich is an eminent Belarusian journalist and writer who won the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. Check out this biography to know about her childhood, life, achievements, works & timeline.

Born: 31 May 1948 Belarusian