List of Bengali Nobel laureates
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Since the inauguration of Nobel Prize in 1901, until 2024, three Bengali persons and one Bengali origin person—four in all, have won this award. The first Bengali as well as the first Asian to be awarded the Nobel Prize in 1913, was Rabindranath Tagore (born in British India, now India), in literature.[1] Later in 1998, Amartya Sen (born in British India, now India) in Economics, in 2006 Muhammad Yunus (born in British India, now Bangladesh) in Peace,[2] and in 2019 Abhijit Banerjee (born in India), won this award in Economics.[3]
List
| Portrait | Name | Born & Died | Country | Field | Year | Rational |
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Rabindranath Tagore | Born: 7 May 1861 Kolkata, Bengal, British India Died: 7 August 1941 Kolkata, Bengal, British India |
 British India |
Literature | 1913 | For his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West[4] |
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Amartya Sen | Born: 3 November 1933 |  India |
Economics | 1998 | For his contributions to welfare economics[5] |
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Muhammad Yunus | Born: 28 June 1940 Hathazari, Chittagong, Bengal, British India |
 Bangladesh |
Peace | 2006 | For his contribution of the concept of the microcredit concept. and creating economic and social development from below.[6]Shared the Prize with Grameen Bank.[7] |
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Abhijit Banerjee | Born: 21 February 1961 Mumbai, Maharashtra, India |
 USA IND |
Economics | 2019 | For their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty[8]
Use of RCTs in development economics |
Nominees
The following list consists of individuals who were nominated for the Nobel Prize but never won it.
| Portrait | Nominee | Born | Died | Year(s) | Field | Country | Note |
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 Rabindranath Tagore |
7 May 1861 | 7 August 1941 | 1913 | Literature | British India |
For his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West.[4] Nominated by:
Won the 1913 Nobel Prize in Literature. |
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Rabindranath Datta | 1 October 1883 | 6 July 1917 | 1916 | Literature | British India |
Nominated by:
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Upendranath Brahmachari | 19 December 1873
Sardanga, Purbasthali, Bengal, British India |
6 February 1946 | 1929, 1942 | Physiology or Medicine | British India |
Discovered Urea Stibamine (antimonial compound for treatment of kala-azar) and a new disease, Post-kala-azar dermal leishmaniasis.[11] Nominated by:
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Meghnad Saha | 6 October 1893
Seoratali, Dhaka, Bengal, British India |
16 February 1956 New Delhi |
1930, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1951, 1955 | Physics | British India India |
For developing the Saha ionization equation, used to describe chemical and physical conditions in stars.[12] Nominated by:
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Harimohan Banerjee | N/a | 3 September 1960
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
1934, 1936, 1938 | Peace Literature |
British India |
For his book "Secrets of Religion and Way to Peace".[13] Nominated by:
He also wrote a pamphlet called "View of Peace".[13] |
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Bijay Chandra Majumdar | 27 October 1861
Khanakul, Faridpur, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
30 December 1942 | 1937, 1939 | Literature | British India |
Nominated by:
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Sanjib Kumar Chaudhuri | 5 September 1902 | N/a | 1938, 1939, 1950, 1951, 1955, 1959, 1967, 1968, 1970, 1971 | Peace Literature |
British India India |
For his work for World Order, World Peace and World Federalism Movement and for his book "A Constitution for World Government" and for his authorship of treaties important to the world order and his services to humanity.[15] Nominated by:
He was the Vice-President of the Asian Congress for World Federation held at Hiroshima in 1952, and Chairman of a Commission in the special Session of the People's World Convention held in Paris in 1951. |
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Sri Aurobindo Ghose | 15 August 1872 Kolkata, Bengal, British India |
5 December 1950 Pondicherry, French India (present-day Pondicherry, Puducherry Union Territory, India) |
1943, 1950 | Peace Literature |
British India India |
Nominated by
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Satyendra Nath Bose | 1 January 1894 | 4 February 1974 | 1956, 1959, 1962, 1968, 1969, 1970 | Physics | India |
For developing the foundation for Bose–Einstein statistics and the theory of the Bose–Einstein condensate in Quantum Mechanics.[17] Nominated by:
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Sudhindra Nath Ghose | 30 July 1899 | 30 December 1965 | 1965 | Literature |  United Kingdom |
Nominated by:
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Das Moni Roy | 12 February 1895 | N/a | 1967 | Peace | India |
Nominated by:
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Binay Ranjan Sen | 1 January 1898 | 12 June 1993 | 1967, 1968 | Peace | India |
For his exceptional contribution to the peace of the world through his work at the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).[21] Nominated by:
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Jogesh Chandra Bhattacharya | c. 1895 | 2 April 1960 | 1969 | Peace | India |
For his dedication to the propagation of spiritualism through which alone, he believes, peace will dawn on Earth. His book "Prayers for a New Advent" is groundbreaking in the field of propagation of the ideals of peace.[23] Nominated posthumously by:
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Tarasankar Bandyopadhyay | 27 July 1898 | 14 September 1971 | 1971, 1972, 1973 | Literature | India |
Nominated by: |
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Suniti Kumar Chatterji | 26 November 1890 | 29 May 1977 | 1972, 1973 | Literature | India |
Nominated by: |
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Sri Chinmoy | 27 August 1931
Boalkhali, Chittagong, Bengal, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
11 October 2007 | 1972, 1973, 1974 | Peace Literature |
India |
Nominated by:
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Mujibur Rahman | 17 March 1920
Tungipara, Bengal, British India (present-day Bangladesh) |
15 August 1975 | 1975 | Peace | Bangladesh |
Nominated by:
Assassinated before the only chance to be rewarded.[28] |
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Mahasweta Devi | 14 January 1926
(present-day Bangladesh) |
28 July 2016
Kolkata, West Bengal, India |
2012 | Literature | India |
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Taslima Nasrin | 25 August 1962
(present-day Bangladesh) |
(aged 63) | 2005 | Peace | Bangladesh |
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Muhammad Yunus |
28 June 1940 Hathazari, Chittagong, Bengal, British India |
(aged 85) | 2006 | Peace | Bangladesh |
For his contribution of the concept of the microcredit concept. and creating economic and social development from below.[6]
Shared the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize with Grameen Bank.[7] |
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Dr Ruhul Abid | 1961 | (aged 64–65) | 2020 | Peace | United States Bangladesh |
For his humanitarian healthcare initiatives through HAEFA, providing critical medical services to underprivileged communities, Rohingya refugees, and garment workers in Bangladesh, alongside pioneering digital health innovations like the Nirog system and COVID-19 response efforts.[32][33]
Jointly Nominated with HAEFA by: |
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Ryan Saadi | 6 December 1964
Ishwardi Upazila, Pabna, Bangladesh |
(aged 61) | 2023 | Peace | United States Bangladesh |
For his leadership in advancing accessible medical innovation and biotech solutions impacting global health equity through his role as CEO founder of Tevogen Bio.[34][35]
Nominated by:
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