Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman

Jane Addams

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1931 was awarded to Otto Heinrich Warburg “for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme.”

Rabindranath Tagore

Chandrashekhar Venkataraman

Among the recipients, 12 are Indians (five Indian citizens and eight of Indian ancestry or residency). Rabindranath Tagore was the first Indian citizen to be awarded and also first Asian to be awarded in 1913. Mother Teresa is the only woman among the list of recipients.

Jean-Paul Sartre

The Nobel Peace Prize 2002 was awarded to Jimmy Carter “for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development.”

The winner of the Nobel Peace Prize receives a medal, the title of Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, a personal diploma, and 10 million Swedish crowns (which works out to more than $1.4 million US dollars).

Nobel Prizes were first awarded in 1901. The prize ceremonies take place annually. Each recipient (known as a “laureate”) receives a gold medal, a diploma, and a monetary award. In 2020, the Nobel Prize monetary award is 10,000,000 SEK, or US$1,145,000, or €968,000, or £880,000.

the Nobel Committee

It is one of the quirks in history that has rattled many and while there are many layers to the reasons as to why Mahatma Gandhi missed the prize, one of the grounds that was seen through all his nominations was that he was too “nationalistic” or “patriotic” to be given the beacon of peace award for the world, as …

One reason Woese was not ‘Nobel-worthy’ is that there is no Nobel prize in biology. The closest one being awarded is for medicine. In 2003 the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences awarded Woese the Crafoord Prize in Biosciences for his discovery of the third domain of life.

Prizes

The Nobel Prize is considered to be the most prestigious award available in the field of chemistry, literature, physics, physiology, peace activism, or medicine.

Top 10 Most Famous Awards and Highest Honors in the World

• The Nobel Prize. Arguably the world’s top-most, best-known and most famous award is THE NOBEL PRIZE!
• The Academy Awards. Popularly known as Oscars, these coveted awards are given for cinematic achievements.
• The Pulitzer Prize.
• Fields Medal.
• The Grammy Awards.
• Ramon Magsaysay Award.
• Booker Prize.
• Michelin Star.

1. The Nobel Prize. This prestigious award is named for Alfred Nobel, who created dynamite.

The Triple Crown of Acting is a term used in the American entertainment industry to describe actors who have won a competitive Academy Award, Emmy Award, and Tony Award in the acting categories, the highest accolades recognized in American film, television and theatre respectively.

Here’s the big top-sheet number: Of the 404 Golden Globes that have been handed out in the 14 film categories since 1991, 201 have gone on to win the Academy Award. In other words, juuuust under half of all Globe winners — 49.8 percent to be exact — will go on to win the Oscar.

Why are the Oscars considered to be more prestigious? Because the people voting for the awards are all industry members, the awards are generally based on merit. Directors vote for Best Director, actors vote for the Best Actor and Best Actress awards, screenwriters vote for the Best Screenplay awards – and so on.

Tatum O’Neal: Best Supporting Actress The 10-year-old became the youngest Oscars winner in a competitive category in 1974. Tatum took home the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress for her portrayal of Addie Loggins in Paper Moon.

Katharine Hepburn’s monumental career spanned more than 60 years in Hollywood, with the actress currently still holding the record for the most Academy Awards in the acting category, having won four Best Actress accolades for her work in Morning Glory (1934), Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner (1968), The Lion In Winter ( …