List of Brazilian Nobel laureates and nominees

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Since 1901, the Nobel Prize and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel have been awarded to a total of 965 individuals and 27 organizations as of 2023.[1]

While numerous notable Brazilians have been nominated for the prize,[2][3] to date, no individual has received a Nobel Prize while concurrently being a Brazilian citizen. One Nobel Prize recipient, the biologist Peter Medawar[a] (who won the 1960 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Australian virologist Frank Macfarlane Burnet), was born a Brazilian citizen but renounced his Brazilian citizenship at the age of 18, long before receiving the prize.[4][5]

Additionally, a number of Brazilians and Brazilian-based organizations were members of organizations at the time those organizations won a Nobel Prize, such as Sérgio Trindade and Carlos Nobre, members of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) when it was awarded the prize in 2007.[6]

A single individual has won the Nobel Prize who ever held Brazilian citizenship; however, he was not a Brazilian citizen at the time the award was granted:

YearImageLaureateBornDiedFieldCitation
Citizens
1960 Peter Medawar[a] 28 February 1915
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 October 1987
London, United Kingdom
Physiology or Medicine "for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance."
(awarded together with Australian virologist Frank Macfarlane Burnet)

Nominations

Since 1909, Brazilians have started to receive nominations for the prestigious Swedish prize in different categories. The following list are the nominees with verified nominations from the Nobel Committee and recognized international organizations. There are also other purported nominees whose nominations are yet to be verified since the archives are revealed 50 years after,[9] among them:

ImageNominee[28]BornDiedYears NominatedCitationNominator(s)
Physics
César Lattes 11 July 1924
Curitiba, Paraná, Brazil
8 March 2005
Campinas, São Paulo, Brazil
1949 "for his pioneering discovery and researches of the pion, a composite subatmic particle made of a quark and an antiquark."[29] Walter Scott Hill Rodríguez
(1903–1987)
Uruguay
James Holley Bartlett
(1904–2000)
United States
1951 Gleb Wataghin
(1899–1986)
Italy
1952 Marcel Schein
(1902–1960)
United States
1952, 1953, 1954 Leopold Ružička
(1887–1976)
 Switzerland
David Bohm[b] 20 December 1917
Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, United States
27 October 1992
London, United Kingdom
1958 "for his causal and deterministic interpretation of quantum theory (now known as De Broglie–Bohm theory)."[31] H. Nakano (?)
Japan
Chemistry
René Wurmser[c] 4 September 1890
Paris, France
9 November 1993
Boulogne-Billancourt, Paris, France
1942 "for his research on blood preservation and transfusion."[32] Jean Baptiste Perrin[d]
(1870–1942)
France
Fritz Feigl[e] 15 May 1891
Vienna, Austria
23 January 1971
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1955 "for his development of spot analysis (spot test) and luminol."[33] R. Strebinger (?)
Austria
1957 Felix Machatschki
(1895–1970)
Austria
1962 R. Belcher (?)
United Kingdom
1963, 1966 Hanns Malissa
(1920–2010)
Austria
1963, 1969 Friedrich Hecht
(1903–1980)
Austria
1966, 1967, 1969 P. W. West (?)
United States
1967 Ami Glasner (?)
Israel
Johanna Döbereiner 28 November 1924
Ústí nad Labem, Czech Republic
5 October 2000
Seropédica, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1995, 1997 "for her research on the effectivity of using nitrogen-fixing bacteria in soybean farming."[34][35]
Physiology or Medicine
Carlos Chagas 9 July 1879
Oliveira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
8 November 1934
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1913 "for his discovery of a new trypanosome disease (thyroidite parasitaire)."[36] Pirajá da Silva
(1873–1961)
Brazil
1921 "for his research on malaria and paludism, and the discovery of Trypanozoma cruzi.[36] Hilário de Gouvêa
(1843–1929)
Brazil
Antônio Cardoso Fontes 6 October 1879
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
27 March 1943
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1934[f] "for his work on the ultravirus of the tubercle bacillus."[37] Michel Weinberg
(1868–1940)
France
Adolfo Lutz 18 December 1855
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 October 1940
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1938 "for his work on tropical diseases (lepra, sporotrichosis, yellow fever, malaria) and their transmission." Octávio Coelho de Magalhães
(1880–1972)
Brazil
Manuel de Abreu 4 January 1894
São Paulo, Brazil
30 January 1962
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1946 "for his introduction of collective radiology photography: abreugraphy."[38] Ugo Pinheiro Guimarães
(1901–1992)
Brazil
Arnaldo de Moraes
(1893–1961)
Brazil
Alfredo Monteiro
(1893–1961)
Brazil
Henrique Roxo
(1877–1969)
Brazil
1951 "for his development of a collective systematic X-ray photography."[38] António Egas Moniz
(1874–1955)
Portugal
1953 No motivation given. Francisco R. d'Ovidio (?)
Brazil
Literature
Henrique Coelho Neto 21 February 1864
Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
28 November 1934
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1933 O Rajá de Pendjab (1898)
O Morto, Memórias de um Fuzilado (1898)
Theatro, vol. I–V (1897–1909)
Mano, Livro da Saudade (1924)[39]
Hjalmar Hammarskjöld
(1862–1953)
Sweden
20 members of the Brazilian Academy of Letters
Flávio de Carvalho 10 August 1899
Barra Mansa, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
4 June 1973
Valinhos, São Paulo, Brazil
1939 A Cidade do Homem Nu (1930)
Dança do Deus Morto (1933)[40]
Paul V. Shaw (?)
Brazil
Manoel Wanderley
(prob. Manuel Bandeira (1886–1968))
Brazil Brazil 1941 [41] Francisco de Aquino Correia
(1885–1956)
Brazil
Pietro Ubaldi* 18 August 1886
Foligno, Perugia, Italy
29 February 1972
São Vicente, São Paulo, Brazil
1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969 A Grande Síntese (1932–35)
Ascensio Uma (1951)
Ascese Mística (1983)
Academia Santista de Letras
1964 João de Freitas Guimarães (?)
Brazil
1968 [g]
Erico Verissimo 17 December 1905
Cruz Alta, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
28 November 1975
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
1963 As Aventuras do Avião Vermelho (1936)
O Tempo e o Vento
(1949–1961)
Noite (1954)
O Senhor Embaixador (1965)
Jean Roche
(1901–1992)
France
1968 [g]
Alceu Amoroso Lima 11 December 1893
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
14 August 1983
Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1965 Mitos de Nosso Tempo (1943)
O Existencialismo e Outros Mitos de Nosso Tempo (1951)
Meditações Sobre o Mundo Interior (1953)
O Humanismo Ameaçado (1965)[42]
Academia Mineira de Letras
Carlos Drummond de Andrade 31 October 1902
Itabira, Minas Gerais, Brazil
17 August 1987
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1967 Sentimento do Mundo (1940)
A Rosa do Povo (1945)
As Impurezas do Branco (1973)
O Amor Natural (1992)[43]
Gunnar Ekelöf
(1907–1968)
Sweden
1969 Artur Lundkvist
(1906–1991)
Sweden
Jorge Amado 10 August 1912
Itabuna, Bahia, Brazil
6 August 2001
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1967 O País do Carnaval (1931)
Jubiabá (1935)
Capitães da Areia (1937)
Terras do Sem Fim (1945)
Gabriela, Cravo e Canela (1958)
Tieta do Agreste (1977)
Farda Fardão Camisola de Dormir (1978)[44]
Sociedade Brasileira de Autores Teatrais
Fred P. Ellison
(1922–2004)
United States
Earl William Thomas
(1915–1981)
United States
1967, 1968 Brazilian Writers Association
1967, 1968, 1969, 1970 Antônio Olinto
(1919–2009)
Brazil
1968, 1969 Jean Subirats (?)
France
1969 Joracy Camargo
(1898–1973)
Brazil
Vitorino Nemésio
(1901–1978)
Portugal
1969, 1971 Laurent Versini
(1932–2021)
France
1970 Marcos Almir Madeira
(1916–2003)
Brazil
Gerardo Melo Mourão 8 January 1917
Ipueiras, Ceará, Brazil
9 March 2007
Humaitá, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1979 O País dos Mourões (1963)
Peripécia de Gerardo (1972)
Valete de Espadas (1986)
O Bêbado de Deus (2000)[45]
Ferreira Gullar 10 September 1930
São Luís, Maranhão, Brazil
4 December 2016
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2002 A Luta Corporal (1954)
Poema Sujo (1976)
Barulhos (1987)
Indagações de Hoje (1989)[46]
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Ariano Suassuna 16 June 1927
João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil
23 July 2014
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
2012 O Auto da Compadecida (1955)
A Caseira e a Catarina (1962)
O Santo e a Porca (1964)
A Pedra do Reino (1971)[47][48]
Cássio Cunha Lima
(b. 1963)
Brazil
Moniz Bandeira 30 December 1935
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
10 November 2017
Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, Brazil
2015 Retrato e Tempo (1960)
O Feudo – A Casa da Torre de Garcia d'Ávila (2001)
Formação do Império Americano (2005)[49]
Brazilian Writers Union
Lygia Fagundes Telles 19 April 1918
São Paulo, Brazil
3 April 2022
São Paulo, Brazil
2016 Ciranda de Pedra (1955)
Antes do Baile Verde (1970)
As Meninas (1973)
Seminário dos Ratos (1998)[50]
Carlos Nejar 11 January 1939
Porto Alegre, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
N/a 2017 Livro de Silbion (1963)
Ordenações (1971)
Árvore do Mundo (1977)
A Idade da Eternidade (2001)[51]
Brazilian Academy of Letters
Emanuel Medeiros Vieira 31 March 1945
Florianópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
29 July 2019
Brasília, Brazil
2018 Sexo, Tristeza e Flores (1976)
Um Dia Estarás Comigo no Paraíso (1985)
No Altiplano: Contemplando o Comandante Ernesto (2000)
Olhos Azuis – Ao Sul do Efêmero (2009)[52]
International Writers Association
Deonísio da Silva 1948
Siderópolis, Santa Catarina, Brazil
N/a 2022 Avante, Soldados: Para Trás (1992)
Teresa D'Ávila (1997)
Goethe e Barrabás (2008)
Stefan Zweig Deve Morrer (2012)[53]
Academia Internacional de Escritores Basileiros
Peace
Sebastião de Magalhães Lima 30 May 1850
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
7 December 1928
Lisbon, Portugal
1909 No motivation given.[54] Feio Terenas
(1850–1920)
Portugal
José Paranhos, Baron of Rio Branco 20 April 1845
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
10 February 1912
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1911 "for his efforts to secure Brazil's borders through several boundary settlements and to solve the conflicts between Brazil and its neighboring countries, and also for participating in the Brazilian abolitionist movement and directly engaging in 27 arbitration treaties."[55] Gonzalo de Quesada y Aróstegui
(1868–1915)
Cuba
  • Carlos Peixoto
    (1845–1928)
    Brazil
  • J. de Medeinos (?)
    Brazil
Érico da Gama Coelho 7 March 1849
Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
26 November 1922
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1916 No motivation given.[56] Alcindo Guanabara
(1865–1918)
Brazil
Raimundo Teixeira Mendes 5 January 1855
Caxias, Maranhão, Brazil
28 June 1927
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1924 "for his role as the leader of 'Eglis positiviste' in Brazil."[57] Joaquim Luís Osório (?)
Brazil
Brazilian Historic and Geographic Institute founded on 21 October 1838 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil 1924 No motivation given.[58] Clóvis Beviláqua
(1859–1944)
Brazil
Afrânio de Melo Franco 25 February 1870
Paracatu, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1 January 1943
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1935 "for his role as mediator in the conflict between Colombia and Peru."[h][59] Elihu Root (1845–1937) et al.[i]
United States
1935, 1937 Carlos Concha Cárdenas
(1888–1944)
Peru
1937
1938[j]
Oswaldo Aranha 15 February 1894
Alegrete, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil
27 January 1960
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1948 "for his peace efforts when he was serving as Brazilian ambassador to the United States, and for his work while serving as president of the United Nations General Assembly."[60] members of the Costa Rican Government
Americano Jorge (?)
Brazil
Enrique García Sayán
(1905–1978)
Peru
Edwin Borchard
(1884–1951)
United States
Philadelpho Azevedo
(1894–1951)
Brazil
83 members of the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies
40 members of the Brazilian Senate
Carlos Saavedra Lamas
(1878–1959)
Argentina
Cordell Hull (1871–1955)
United States
Henrique Vasconcellos Brazil Brazil 1952 "for his books on World Government."[61] Saulo Ramos
(1929–2013)
Brazil
Josué de Castro 5 September 1908
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
24 September 1973
Paris, France
1953 "for his work on increase in population and access to food through his book Geography of Hunger (1952)."[62]
Richard Acland
(1906–1990)
United Kingdom
Aneurin Bevan
(1897–1960)
United Kingdom
1963 "for his book The Geography of Hunger (1952)."[62] Lewis Silkin
(1889–1972)
United Kingdom
1965 "for his efforts in the pursuit of a world at peace, a world freed from war, and a world freed from hunger."[62]
1964 "for his outstanding service to the establishment of permanent peace and towards the abolishment of hunger."[62] Gilbert McAllister
(1906–1964)
United Kingdom
1965 "for his relentless work to eradicate hunger."[62] R. B. Vieilleville (?)
France
1970 "for his active part in all organizations working for world peace."[62] John Boyd Orr
(1880–1971)
United Kingdom
1973 [63] David Wismark (?)
Sweden
Raul Fernandes 24 October 1877
Valença, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
6 January 1968
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1953, 1954 "for his contribution in establishing The International Court of Justice."[64] Haroldo Valladão
(1901–1987)
Brazil
1953 Sousa Arruda (?)
Brazil
Cândido Rondon 5 May 1865
Santo Antônio do Leverger, Mato Grosso, Brazil
19 April 1958
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1953 "for promoting peace in the territorial dispute between Colombia and Peru and working with the Indian Protection Service."[65] Emily Greene Balch
(1867–1961)
United States
Álvaro Pereira de Sousa Lima
(1890–1968)
Brazil
Damião Peres
(1889–1976)
Portugal
Jean Silvandre
(1896–1960)
France
1957 "for his outstanding devotion to protect the Indians of Brazil, and his contribution to creating peace in the conflict between Peru and Columbia, concerning Leticia."[65] Nereu Ramos
(1888–1958)
Brazil
"for his splendid work for the civilization of Indians in Brazil, in addition he did much for cordiality and world peace as in de conflicts of Leticia between Peru and Colombia."[65] Mario Faria[k] (?)
Brazil
"for his outstanding work for the civilization of Indians in Brazil, among whom he had lived for many years and having done much for cordiality and world peace as in the conflicts of Leticia between Peru and Columbia."[65] Henry P. De Vries
(1911–1986)
United States
"for his activities in favour of the Indians of Brazil and for promoting peace while acting as a president of the Arbitration Committee in the conflict between Columbia and Peru, concerning Leticia."[65] Raul Jobim Bittencourt
(1902–1985)
Brazil
"for his lengthy work in Brazil where he demonstrated extraordinary qualities by helping to ensure Peace."[65] Damião Peres
(1889–1976)
Portugal
"for his extraordinary humanitarian work on behalf of the indigenous people in Brazil, and his efforts to restore peace during the conflicts of Leticia between Peru and Columbia."[65] Cesar Salay (?)
Cuba
Hélder Câmara 7 February 1909
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
27 August 1999
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
1970 "for his work to promote development as a foundation for peace and his belief that progress must be made in a non-violent way."[66] Brendan Corish
(1918–1990)
Ireland
14 members of the Irish Parliament
Cláudio Villas-Bôas 8 December 1916
Botucatu, São Paulo, Brazil
1 March 1998
São Paulo, Brazil
1971,[l] 1972, 1973[63] "in recognition of their lifelong struggle to save the Indians in Amazonia, and their unique achievements in approaching and pacifying primitive tribes and protecting them in Brazil's first national park."[67][68] Alan Lennox-Boyd
(1904–1983)
United Kingdom
Orlando Villas-Bôas 12 January 1914
Santa Cruz do Rio Pardo, São Paulo, Brazil
12 December 2002
São Paulo, Brazil
Abdias do Nascimento 14 March 1914
Franca, São Paulo, Brazil
23 May 2011
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1978 "for his important contributions to black civil rights and Afro-Brazilian culture for several decades in Brazil through art and education."[69] Gerardo Melo Mourão
(1917–2007)
Brazil
2004 "for his dedications to combat racism in the diverse realms of social and political activism as well as culture and the arts." Institute of Racial and Environmental Advocacy[m]
2009 "for his major contributions to Négritude and Pan-African movements, and for his efforts to end and resist racial discrimination in Brazil."[70] Clóvis Brigagão[n] (?)
Portugal
Chico Xavier 2 April 1910
Pedro Leopoldo, Minas Gerais, Brazil
30 June 2002
Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil
1981, 1982 "for his contributions to Spiritist movement and for his outstanding charity towards the poor in Brazil."[71][72]
Dulce de Souza Pontes, S.M.I.C. 26 May 1914
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
13 March 1992
Salvador, Bahia, Brazil
1988, 1992 "for her tireless caring of the poor and defending the rights of workers in Bahia."[73][72] José Sarney (b. 1930)
Brazil
Paulo Evaristo Arns, O.F.M. 14 September 1921
Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, Brazil
14 December 2016
São Paulo, Brazil
1989 "for his courageous struggle and relentless opposition against the Brazilian military dictatorship and its human rights abuses."[72]
Paulo Freire 19 September 1921
Recife, Pernambuco, Brazil
2 May 1997
São Paulo, Brazil
1993 "for helping people both through his philosophy and his practice of critical pedagogy."[74]
Herbert de Souza 3 November 1935
Bocaiúva, Minas Gerais, Brazil
9 August 1997
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
1994 "for having carried out various activities in defense of human rights and action against economic injustices and government corruption."[72]
52 Brazilian women (part of the 1000 PeaceWomen)[o] began in 2003 in Bern, Switzerland 2005 "in recognition of women's efforts and visibility in promoting peace all over the world."[76] Ruth-Gaby Vermont-Mangold
(b. 1941)
 Switzerland
Zilda Arns Neumann 25 August 1934
Forquilhinha, Santa Catarina, Brazil
12 January 2010
Port-au-Prince, Haiti
2005 being part of the 1000 PeaceWomen
2006 "for her humanitarian work on behalf of Pastoral da Criança."[72]
Augusto Boal 16 March 1931
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2 May 2009
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2008 "for the importance of his work, considerably helping expand the use and practice of Theatre of the Oppressed techniques for the benefit of many oppressed people and communities."[77]
Flávio Duncan 12 September 1979
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
N/a 2012 "in recognition of his social engagements and innovative projects benefitting thousands of youths and children."[78][79]
Gaetano Brancati Luigi[p] Italy N/a 2015 "for his work in sowing the culture of peace on all continents."[72][80]
Maria da Penha 1 February 1945
Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil
N/a 2017 "for her courageous commitment to end domestic violence against women."[72][81]
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva 27 October 1945
Caetés, Pernambuco, Brazil
N/a 2018 "for throughout his social commitments to trade unions and as a politician, he has developed public policies to overcome hunger and poverty in his country."[82][83][84] Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
(b. 1931)
Argentina
Luiz Gabriel Tiago N/a N/a 2018 "for his social actions in Brazil and abroad on behalf of his enterprise, Pontinho de Luz."[85][86] Célio Celli de Oliveira Lima (?)
Brazil
Raoni Metuktire c. 1932
Kapot Indigenous Territory, Mato Grosso, Brazil
N/a 2020 "for a lifetime of work protecting the Amazon rainforest."[87][88] Darcy Ribeiro Foundation
Moura Ribeiro 28 September 1953
Santos, São Paulo, Brazil
N/a 2020 "for his application of humanistic capitalism in the judicial activity."[89][90] Ricardo Sayeg
(b. 1967)
Brazil
Alysson Paolinelli 10 July 1936
Bambuí, Minas Gerais, Brazil
N/a 2021 "for his efforts, as an agronomist, to reduce hunger in the country and in the world."[91][92] Durval Dourado Neto (?)
Brazil
Economic Sciences
Celso Furtado 26 July 1920
Pombal, Paraíba, Brazil
20 November 2004
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
2004 "for his research on development and underdevelopment and on the persistence of poverty in peripheral countries throughout the world – a key contribution to economic structuralism."[93][94]

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