List of Armenian Nobel laureates explained

As of 2024, there are 3 Nobel laureates and 4 Nobel nominees of Armenian descent.

Laureates

Year	Image	Laureate	Born	Field	Citation	Ancestry
2020			1968 in France	Chemistry	"developed a method for high-precision genome editing."[1]	Partial ancestry (Armenian paternal grandfather)[2]
2021		Ardem Patapoutian	1967 in Lebanon	Physiology or Medicine	"investigated how pressure is translated into nerve impulses."[3]	Full ancestry (both parents of Lebanese Armenian descent)
2024		Daron Acemoglu	1967 in Turkey	Economics	"have demonstrated the importance of societal institutions for a country’s prosperity."[4]	Full ancestry (both parents of Turkish Armenian descent)

Nominations

Nominees

Image	Nominee	Born	Field	Years Nominated	Nominator(s)
	Armen Alchian	12 April, 1914 inLos Angeles, California, U.S.	Economics	1986	William R. Allen[5]
	Ruben Vardanyan	25 May, 1968 inYerevan, Armenian SSR, USSR	Peace	2024	Group of renowned public and political figures[6]
	Giacomo Luigi Ciamician	27 August, 1857 inTrieste, Austrian Empire	Chemistry	1905, 1907, 1908, 1911, 1912, 1914, 1916, 1919, 1921	Emile Fischer[7]
	Victor Ambartsumian[8]		Physics	1960	Unknown.

See also

• List of Armenian inventors and discoverers

Notes and References

1. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2020 . 2024-10-17 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
2. Web site: Nobel laureate Emmanuelle Marie Charpentier reveals Armenian identity . 6 September 2022. 6 September 2022. . https://archive.today/20221029160607/https://en.armradio.am/2022/09/06/nobel-laureate-emmanuelle-charpentier-reveals-armenian-identity/ . 29 October 2022.
3. Web site: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2021 . 2024-10-17 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
4. Web site: The Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 2024 . 2024-10-17 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.
5. Web site: A Life among the Econ, Particularly at UCLA · Econ Journal Watch : UCLA, Armen Alchian, William R. Allen. . 2024-10-17 . econjwatch.org.
6. Web site: Ruben Vardanyan nominated for Nobel Peace Prize . 2024-10-19 . Public Radio of Armenia . en-US.
7. Web site: Giacomo Luigi Ciamician, Scientist . 2024-10-19 . auroraprize.com . en.
8. Web site: Mehlin . Hans . 2024-05-21 . Nomination%20Physics%201960%203-0 . 2024-10-19 . NobelPrize.org . en-US.