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. An associated prize in Economics has been awarded since 1969.[1] Nobel Prizes have been awarded to over 800 individuals.[2]

Latin Americans have been the recipients in three of six award categories: Chemistry, Literature, and Peace. The first Latin American to receive the prize was Carlos Saavedra Lamas in 1936. The most recent recipient Juan Manuel Santos was awarded the Peace prize in October 2016.

Two Latino laureates — Óscar Arias Sánchez and Juan Manuel Santos — were president of their country (Costa Rica and Colombia respectively) when they were awarded the prize.

Chemistry

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

YearImageLaureateCountryComment
1970 Luis F. Leloir  Argentina [3] First Hispanic to win a Nobel Prize in Chemistry
1995 Mario J. Molina  Mexico

Literature

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

YearImageLaureateCountryComment
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/ Spain

Peace

Six Latin Americans have been given the Nobel Peace Prize.

YearImageLaureateCountryComment
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

References
  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 2010-03-01.
  3. "Biography of Luis Leloir". Nobelprize.org. Retrieved 7 June 2010.
  4. "Adofo Pérez Esquivel". Nobel Prize Committee.
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