As of 2026, there have been 7 Greek Nobel Laureates, 4 of which won the Nobel Prize of Literature, 1 of which won the Nobel Prize of Physiology or Medicine, 1 of which won the Nobel Prize of Economics and 1 of which won the Nobel Prize of Chemistry.
Greek Nobel Laureates Laureates from Greece Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation Citizens1963Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis13 May 1900 in Urla, İzmir, Ottoman Empire20 September 1971 in Athens, GreeceLiterature"for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture."1979Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis2 November 1911 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece18 March 1996 in Athens, GreeceLiterature"for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness."
Laureates not from Greece, but of Greek descent Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation Citizens1934Luigi Pirandello in Agrigento, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy in Rome, Kingdom of ItalyLiterature"for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art"1959Salvatore Quasimodo in Modica, Sicily, Kingdom of Italy in Naples, ItalyLiterature"for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times"1974George Emil PaladeNovember 19, 1912 in Iași, Kingdom of RomaniaOctober 8, 2008 in Del Mar, California, United StatesPhysiology or Medicine"for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell" (prize shared with Albert Claude and Christian de Duve))2010Christopher A. Pissarides20 February 1948 in Nicosia, British CyprusEconomics"for their analysis of markets with search frictions" (prize shared with Peter A. Diamond and Dale T. Mortensen)2024Demis Hassabis27 July 1976 in London, United KingdomChemistry"for protein structure prediction" (prize shared with John M. Jumper and David Baker)
Greek Nobel Nominees
Image Nominee Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s) ChemistryLeonidas Zervas21 May 1902 in Megalopolis, Greece10 July 1980 in Athens, Greece1974"For his works on the chemistry of proteins."Nominated the only time by Paul Sakellaridis (b. 1920) from Athens LiteratureDemetrios Bernardakis3 December 1833 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece12 January 1907 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece1904, 1905Athanasios Bernardakis (1844–1922)Georgios Souris2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece1907Nikolaos Levidis (1868–1942)9 members of the Greek Artists' Association1907, 1912Georgios Hatzidakis (1848–1941)1908name ineligible1909members of the Parnassos Literary Society1911Hellenic Philological Society of ConstantinopleKostis Palamas13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933Simos Menardos (1872–1933)1928, 1930, 1935 Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940)1930, 1934Frederik Poulsen (1876–1950)193110 members of the Academy of Athens1934, 1936Harry Fett (1875–1962)1935Three professors1936Sofia Antoniadou (?)1937Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958)19383 members of the Athens Academy of Science1940Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966)Yiorgos Theotokas27 April 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey30 October 1966 in Athens, Greece1945Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)Angelos Sikelianos28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece1946Anders Österling (1884–1981)1947Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958)1948Elin Wägner (1882–1949)Axel Waldemar Persson (1888–1951)1949, 1951Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)1950Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961)Hellenic Authors' SocietyGregorios Xenopoulos9 December 1867 in Istanbul, Turkey14 January 1951 in Athens, Greece1947Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966)Nikos Kazantzakis18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany1947Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958)1950Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961)1951Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970)1952Norwegian Authors' Union1953Hans Heiberg (1904–1978)1954Henry Olsson (1896–1985)1955, 1956, 1957Society of Men of Letters of Greece1955Lorentz Eckhoff (1884–1974)1956Johannes Andreasson Dale (1898–1975)1956, 1957Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986)Georgios Drossinis9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece1947Phaidōn Koukoules (1881–1956)Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966)1947, 1948Geōrgios Oikonomos (1882–1951)
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