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Nobel Prize laureates

Every Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences awarded since 1901, with the laureate, motivation, prize share, birth details and affiliation at the time of the award. One row per prize awarded to a laureate.

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Stable keys — use them in the API, SQL and code

KeyNameTypeDescription
idIDstringStable row id: award year, category and Nobel Prize laureate id.
yearYearyearYear the prize was awarded for.
categoryCategorystringPrize category: Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, Literature, Peace or Economic Sciences.
laureateLaureatestringName the laureate is commonly known by, or the organization's name.
wikidataWikidataentityWikidata item for the laureate, as linked by the Nobel Prize API.
laureate_typeTypestringWhether the laureate is a person or an organization.
full_nameFull namestringFull name of a person laureate.
genderGenderstringGender of a person laureate as recorded by the Nobel Prize API; empty for organizations.
motivationMotivationstringThe official citation explaining what the prize was awarded for.
prize_shareSharestringFraction of the prize given to this laureate: 1/1 is the whole prize, 1/2 half, 1/4 a quarter.
prize_statusStatusstringreceived, declined, or restricted (the API's status for a laureate who was not permitted to accept, e.g. Boris Pasternak in 1958).
birth_dateBorn / foundeddateDate of birth, or for organizations the founding date.
age_at_awardAge at awardinteger · yearsLaureate's age in whole years on the award date (persons only).
birth_cityBirth citystringCity of birth (or founding) as recorded by the Nobel Prize API.
birth_countryBirth country (then)stringCountry of birth (or founding) as it was named at the time, e.g. Russian Empire.
birth_country_nowBirth country (now)stringPresent-day country of the birthplace.
birth_country_codeBirth countrycountryISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code of the present-day country of the birthplace.
death_dateDieddateDate of death, if the laureate has died.
affiliationAffiliationstringInstitution(s) the laureate was affiliated with when the prize was awarded; several are separated by semicolons.
affiliation_countryAffiliation countrystringCountry of the affiliation(s), as named at the time.
prize_amount_sekPrize amountinteger · SEKFull prize amount for that category and year in Swedish kronor at the time, shared among its laureates.
prize_amount_adjusted_sekPrize amount (adjusted)integer · SEKThe same amount adjusted to present-day kronor by the Nobel Foundation.
nobel_urlNobel pageurlThe laureate's facts page for this prize on nobelprize.org.

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