Nobel Laureates In Physics 2022 – Check The List Of Award Winners In Physics

Nobel Laureates in Physics 2022: The name of the Nobel Prize was taken from the surname of Alfred Nobel. The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded every year by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences to scientists in the various fields of physics. Before we get into the Nobel Laureates in Physics 2022, let us have a brief idea about the Nobel Prize. 

• This is the world’s highest award in the fields of literature, chemistry, physics, peace, medicine, and economics.
• The Nobel Foundation administers the award.
• It is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences.
• Each recipient receives a Medal, a Monetary Award Prize, and a Diploma.

Some Facts About Nobel Prize In Physics

Let’s check out some quick facts about Nobel Laureates in Physics.

• First Nobel Laureate In Physics is Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen. He hails from Germany. He got the award in 1901.
• In the year 1902, 2 recipients received the Nobel Prize in Physics and in 1903, the Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to 3 recipients.
• To date, the Nobel Prize in Physics has not been awarded to more than 3 people in a particular year.
• John Bardeen is the only one to win the prize for Physics twice in 1956 and in 1972.
• William Lawrence Bragg is the youngest Nobel laureate to win the prize at the age of 25 in 1915.
• Since the inception of the award, in 120 years 219 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics.
• Nobel Prize in Physics was not awarded for a total of 6 years, due to World War I and World War II.
• The oldest Nobel Prize Laureate is Arthur Ashkin who received the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2018 at the age of 96.
• 47 physics prizes have been awarded to one laureate only, 32 prizes have been shared between two laureates and 36 physics prizes have been shared by three laureates.
• Till now no posthumous Nobel Prizes in Physics have been given.

Nobel Laureates in Physics 2022

Nobel Laureates in Physics 2022 will be announced on Tuesday, 4 October 2022. The venue is The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Sessionssalen, Lilla Frescativägen 4A, Stockholm. Till then let’s have a look at the list of previous years’ awardees. 

Nobel Prize Winners in Physics (Last 10 Years)

The complete list of winners of the Nobel Prize in Physics from 2012 to 2021 is provided down below. 

Year	Name of the Person	Country
2021	Syukuro Manabe	Japan
	Klaus Hasselmann	Germany
	Giorgio Parisi	Italy
2020	Roger Penrose	United kingdom
	Reinhard Genzel	Germany
	Andrea Ghez	USA
2019	James Pebbles	Canada
	Michel Mayor	Switzerland
	Didier Queloz	Switzerland
2018	Arthur Ashkin	USA
	Gerard Mourou	France
	Donna Strickland	Canada
2017	Rainer Weiss	Germany
	Kip Thorne	USA
	Barry Barish	USA
2016	David J. Thouless	United Kingdom
	F. Duncan M. Haldane	United Kingdom
	John M. Kosterlitz	United Kingdom
2015	Takaaki Kajita	Japan
	Arthus B. McDonald	Canada
2014	Isamu Akasaki	Japan
	Hiroshi Amano	Japan
	Shuji Nakamura	Japan
2013	Francois Englert	Belgium
	Peter Higgs	United Kingdom
2012	Serge Haroche	France
	David J. Wineland	USA

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