List of Korean Nobel laureates
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The Nobel Prize
This is a list of Nobel laureates who are either of Korean descent or were born in Korea.
Laureates
- Korean citizens
The following are the Nobel laureates who were Korean citizens at the time they were awarded the Nobel Prize.
Year | Laureate | Category | Life | Rationale | Place of Birth | |
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2000 | ![]() |
Kim Dae-jung | Peace | 1925–2009 | "for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular "[1] | Mokpo, Korea (now in South Kore) |
Non-Korean Laureates born in Korea
The laureates below were born in Korea but are not Korean.
Year | Name | Field | Year of birth | Place of birth | Affiliation at the time of the award |
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1987 | Charles J. Pedersen | Chemistry | 1904 | Busan, Korea (now South Korea) | Du Pont, ![]() |
Future candidates
- Ryoo Ryong - Chemistry, " for design of functional mesoporous materials", Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates in 2014[3]
- Charles Lee - Physiology or Medicine, " for their discovery of large-scale copy number variation and its association with specific diseases ", Thomson Reuters Citation Laureates in 2014[3]
- Ko Un - Literature,[4]
Past nominee
Nomination for Nobel Prize in the past disclosed by Nobel Foundation.
- 1938 Bun-ichi Hasama (挟間 文一) Professor of pharmacology, Keijo University nominated by Albrecht Julius Theodor Bethe Professor of physiology, University of Frankfurt [5]
See also
References
- ↑ "Kim Dae-jung - Facts". Nobel Foundation.
- ↑ "Charles J. Pedersen - Facts". Nobel Foundation.
- 1 2 "2014 Predictions". SCIENCEWATCH, Thomson Reuters.
- ↑ "Hopes high for Ko Un's chance for Nobel prize". The Korea Herald. October 7, 2010.
- ↑ "Nomination Database". Nobelprize.org.
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