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JEWISH NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS
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Jews and persons of half-Jewish ancestry have been awarded at least 159
Nobel Prizes, accounting for 22% of all such prizes awarded to individuals
worldwide between 1901 and 2002.1
These individuals constitute 36% of all US Nobel Prize winners.
In the scientific research fields of Chemistry, Economics, Medicine, and
Physics, the corresponding world and US percentages are 25% and 38%,
respectively. (Jews currently make up approximately 0.25% of the world's
population and 2% of the US population.)
Chemistry (25 prize winners, 18% of world total, 27% of US total)
Economics (21 prize winners, 41% of world total, 53% of US total)
Literature (11 prize winners, 11% of world total, 25% of US total)
Medicine (51 prize winners, 28% of world total, 40% of US total)
Peace (9 prize winners, 10% of world total, 12% of US total)2
Physics (42 prize winners, 26% of world total, 37% of US total)
NOTES
1. This enumeration constitutes an update and an expansion of the
information on Jewish Nobel Prize winners contained in the 1997 CD ROM
edition of the Encyclopedia Judaica (EJ97), from which 118 of the
individuals listed herein were obtained. All of the additional entries (as
well as some of those obtained from EJ97) are accompanied by explanatory
footnotes.
2. Percentages are based on awards to individuals only, i.e., the
computation excludes awards to organizations.
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