Between 1901 and 2011, the Nobel Prizes and the Prize in Economic Sciences were awarded 549 times.
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John F. Nash Jr. won The Prize in Economic Sciences in 1994.
When Albert Einstein won the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1921, he was awarded the sum of 121,573 Swedish Krona. This sum translates to 2,285,572 Swedish Krona in 2007, which is roughly 331,000 U.S. Dollars. Please see the related links from the Nobel Prize site for the basis of calculations.
The photoelectric effect, for which he won his Nobel Prize, and the Theory of General Relativity.
Marie Curie 1903 (Physics) and 1911 (Chemistry) The United Nations as an organisation has won it 8 times.there are several others as listed on the official web site of the nobel committee website (http:/nobelprice.org)The Red Cross has won the Nobel Peace Prize three times.In addition, the founder of the RC, Henry Dunant, was awarded the first Peace Prize in 1901.J. Bardeen M. Curie L. Pauling Physics 1956Physics 1972 Physics 1903Chemistry 1911 Chemistry 1954Peace 1962F. Sanger ICRC UNHCR Chemistry 1958Chemistry 1980 Peace 1917Peace 1944Peace 1963 Peace 1954Peace 1981
The youngest person to receive the Nobel Peace Prize so far is Mairead Corrigan. She was 32 years old when she received the award in 1976. She split the award with Betty Williams. Both were founders of the North Ireland Peace Movement. Martin Luther King, Jr., who won it in 1964, when he was 35 years old, is the youngest male recipient of the award.