Nobel Prize Winners from the LGBTQ Community

• Jane Addams, United States, 1931 - Peace. First American woman to receive the honour.
• Vicente Aleixandre, Spain, 1977 - Literature.
• Jacinto Benavente, Spain, 1922 - Literature.
• Carolyn Bertozzi, United States, 1922 - Chemistry.
• Bjornstjerne Bjornson, Norway, 1903 - Literature.
• Andre Gide, France, 1947 - Literature.
• Dag Hammarskjold, Sweden,
• Selma Lagerlof, Sweden, 1909 - Literature. First Woman, and first Swedish individual, to receive the honour.
• Thomas Mann, Germany, 1929 - Literature.
• Roger Martin du Gard, France, 1937 - Literature.
• Gabriela Mistral, Chile, 1945 - Literature. First Latin American to receive the honour.
• Svante Paabo, Sweden, 2022 - Physiology and Medicine.
• Maria Ressa, Philippines, 2021 - Peace.
• Otto Heinrich Warburg, Germany, 1931 - Physiology and Medicine.
• Patrick White, Australia, 1973 - Literature. Only Australian individual to win the prize.

See Also

• Pulitzer Prize Winning LGBTQ Authors and Poets
• Order of Canada
• New Zealand Order of Merit
• Order of Australia
• LGBTQ Recipients of the Order of Merit
• LGBTQ Recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
• LGBTQ Individuals Who Have Received France's Highest Honours
• LGBTQ Members of the Order of Orange-Nassau

Further Reading/Research

• https://qnotescarolinas.com/over-100-years-of-recognizing-greatness-a-look-at-10-lgbtq-recipients-of-the-nobel-prize/

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