Argentines have won five Nobel Prizes since 1905. The following is a complete list of Nobel laureates from Argentina:
Laureates Year Image Laureate Born Died Field Citation 1936Carlos Saavedra Lamas1 November 1878 Buenos Aires, Argentina5 May 1959 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPeace"for his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935."1947Bernardo Houssay10 April 1887 Buenos Aires, Argentina21 September 1971 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPhysiology or Medicine"for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar." (awarded together with American biochemists Carl Ferdinand Cori and German biologist Gerty Theresa Cori née Radnitz)1970Luis Federico Leloir6 September 1906 Paris, France2 December 1987 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaChemistry"for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates."1980Adolfo Pérez Esquivel 26 November 1931 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaPeace"for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America."1984César Milstein8 October 1927 Bahía Blanca, Argentina24 March 2002 Cambridge, United KingdomMedicine"for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies" (awarded together with Danish immunologist Niels K. Jerne and German biologist Georges J. F. Köhler)
Nominees Image Laureate Born Died Years Nominated Citation Nominator(s) ChemistryLuis Federico Leloir6 September 1906 Paris, France2 December 1987 Buenos Aires, Argentina1958, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964, 1965, 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970Nomination archive – Luis Federico Leloir nobelprize.org36 nominators Physiology or MedicineÁngel Roffo30 December 1882 Buenos Aires, Argentina23 July 1947 Buenos Aires, Argentina1927, 1937, 1940"for his clinical and experimental studies on cancer."Nomination archive – Angel H Roffo nobelprize.orgBernardo Houssay10 April 1887 Buenos Aires, Argentina21 September 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948"for the discovery of the physiological role of the anterior hypophysis in carbohydrate metabolism and diabetes, work on heart sounds, and the relation of the kidney to hypertension."Nomination archive – Bernardo Alberto Houssay nobelprize.org46 nominators LiteratureManuel Gálvez18 July 1882 Paraná, Entre Ríos, Argentina14 November 1962 Buenos Aires, Argentina1932, 1933, 1934, 1951, 1952Nomination archive – Manuel Galvez nobelprize.orgCarlos María Ocantos Ziegler1860 Buenos Aires, Argentina1949 Madrid, Spain1933, 1943Nomination archive – Carlos María Ocantos nobelprize.orgEnrique Rodríguez Larreta4 March 1875 Buenos Aires, Argentina6 July 1961 Buenos Aires, Argentina1942, 1943, 1944, 1950Nomination archive – Enrique Larreta nobelprize.orgMaría Raquel Adlerca. 1900 Argentine Sea28 July 1974 Bernal, Argentina1959, 1965Nomination archive – Maria Raquel Adler nobelprize.orgJorge Luis Borges 24 August 1899 Buenos Aires, Argentina14 June 1986 Geneva, Switzerland1956, 1962, 1963, 1965, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1970, 1971Nomination archive – Jorge Luis Borges nobelprize.org26 nominatorsVictoria Ocampo7 April 1890 Buenos Aires, Argentina27 January 1979 Béccar, Argentina1970Nomination archive – Victoria Ocampo nobelprize.orgMiguel Alfredo Olivera (1922–2008) PeaceÁngela de Oliveira Cézar de Costaca. 1860 Gualeguaychú, Entre Ríos, Argentina25 June 1940 Buenos Aires, Argentina1910, 1911"for her efforts to end the conflict between Argentina and Chile."Nomination archive – Angela de Oliveira Cezar de Costa nobelprize.orgEstanislao Zeballos27 July 1854 Rosario, Santa Fe, Argentina4 October 1923 Liverpool, United Kingdom1912, 1920, 1922, 19237 nominatorsLuis María Drago6 May 1859 Mercedes, Argentina9 June 1921 Buenos Aires, Argentina1914"for having initiated the Drago Doctrine that opposed forcible collection of debts in any South American republic through military intervention."Nomination archive – Luis Marìa Drago nobelprize.orgErnesto Bosch (1863–1951)Carlos Francisco Melo1926Alejandro Mereira (?)Carlos Saavedra Lamas1 November 1878 Buenos Aires, Argentina5 May 1959 Buenos Aires, Argentina1935, 1936"for having drafted Antiwar Pact of 1934 as a means to secure an armistice in the Gran Chaco War between Bolivia and Paraguay, condemning all forms of aggressive war, and any territorial change not effected by peaceful means was not to be recognized."Nomination archive – Carlos Saavedra Lamas nobelprize.org11 nominatorsJuan Perón8 October 1895 Lobos, Argentina1 July 1974 Olivos, Buenos Aires, Argentina1949Nomination archive – Juan Domingo Perón nobelprize.orgEva Perón7 May 1919 Los Toldos, Argentina26 July 1952 Buenos Aires, Argentina1949Nomination archive – María Eva Duarte (Evita) Perón nobelprize.orgVirgilio Filippo (?)
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