List of Belgian Nobel laureates explained

This is a list of the Belgian Nobel laureates

Year	Laureate	Field	Life	Citation
2013	François Englert^[1]	Physics	1932–	"for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider" shared with Peter Higgs
1977	Ilya Prigogine^[2]	Chemistry	1917–2003	"for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures"
1974	Albert Claude^[3] and Christian De Duve^[4]	Physiology or Medicine	1898–1983 (Claude) 1917–2013 (De Duve)	"for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell" with George E. Palade
1958	Dominique Pire^[5]	Peace	1910–1969	No citation
1938	Corneille Heymans^[6]	Physiology or Medicine	1892–1968	"for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration"
1919	Jules Bordet^[7]	Physiology or Medicine	1870–1961	"for his discoveries relating to immunity"
1913	Henri La Fontaine^[8]	Peace	1854–1943	No citation
1911	Maurice Maeterlinck^[9]	Literature	1862–1949	"in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations"
1909	Auguste Marie François Beernaert^[10]	Peace	1829–1912	With Paul-Henri-Benjamin d'Estournelles de Constant (no citation)
1904	Institut de Droit International^[11]	Peace	Founded 1873	No citation

See also

• Science and technology in Belgium
• Belgian literature

References

1. Web site: François Englert: The Nobel Prize in Physics 2013. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 19 February 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200219012830/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2013/englert/facts/. live.
2. Web site: Ilya Prigogine: The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1977. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107020214/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/chemistry/1977/prigogine/biographical/. live.
3. Web site: Albert Claude: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107020002/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1974/claude/facts/. live.
4. Web site: Christian de Duve: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1974. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107021143/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1974/duve/facts/. live.
5. Web site: Dominique Pire: The Nobel Peace Prize 1958. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107021246/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1958/pire/biographical/. live.
6. Web site: Corneille Heymans: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1938. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 10 June 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170610202841/http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/medicine/laureates/1938/heymans-bio.html. live.
7. Web site: Jules Bordet: The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1919. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 18 October 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181018163416/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine/1919/bordet/biographical/. live.
8. Web site: Henri La Fontaine: The Nobel Peace Prize 1913. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 28 November 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20181128173428/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1913/fontaine/biographical/. live.
9. Web site: Maurice Maeterlinck: The Nobel Prize in Literature 1911. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022819/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1911/maeterlinck/biographical/. live.
10. Web site: Auguste Beernaert: The Nobel Peace Prize 1909. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107022816/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1909/beernaert/facts/. live.
11. Web site: Institute of International Law: The Nobel Peace Prize 1904. NobelPrize.org. en-US. 2019-01-06. 7 January 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190107021153/https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace/1904/international-law/facts/. live.