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Nobel Prize Winners in Physics, Country Comparison by Birthplace (1901–2026)

The 230 Nobel laureates in physics, from Wilhelm Röntgen in 1901 to Francis Halzen, honoured in 2026 for the IceCube Neutrino Observatory.

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Nobel Prize Outreach (the Nobel Prize API) for laureates, birthplaces and prize motivations; Wikimedia Commons, archives, Nobel Prize pages and university sources for the portraits in the video and thumbnail, cropped to fit. Georges Charpak is counted for Ukraine, where his birthplace Dąbrowica (Dubrovytsia) lies today, although the official Nobel Prize record lists Poland. Not affiliated with or endorsed by the Nobel Foundation or Nobel Prize Outreach; Nobel Prize® is a registered trademark of the Nobel Foundation.

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