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title: "Muslims Who Won Nobel Prize"
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updated: "2024-08-14"
description: "Nobel prize is the highest prize awarded to the people who achieve something very extraordinary in their life. And yes, this list includes many Muslims too."
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# Muslims Who Won Nobel Prize

Source: https://theislamicinformation.com/blogs/muslims-won-nobel-prize/
Updated: 2024-08-14

Nobel prize is the highest prize awarded to the people who achieve something very extraordinary in their life.

Achieving a milestone in life is never easy, but these Muslims have made everyone proud by putting up their contribution which helped in making a difference in the world, these are the Muslims who have won Nobel Peace Prize;

## **1. Ahmed Zewail**

![Ahmed Zewail nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Ahmed-Zewail-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: IslamiCity*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 1999

**What For**: Studies in Femtochemistry, also known as the Father of Femtochemistry.

**Country**: Egypt

## **2. Orhan Pamuk**

![Orhan Pamuk nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Orhan-Pamuk-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Minisite - ICOM*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2006

**What For**: Literature

**Country**: Turkey

## **3. Tawakkol Karman**

![Tawakkol Karman](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Tawakkol-Karman.jpg)

*Photo Credit: tawakkolkarman.net*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2011

**What For**: Leading a group “Women Journalists Without Chains,” in Journalism

**Country**: Yemen

## **4. Malala Yousafzai**

![malala nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/malala-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Forbes*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2014

**What For**: Social Activism and Awareness all around the world

**Country**: Pakistan

## **5. Muhammad Yunus**

![Muhammad Yunus nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Muhammad-Yunus-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Risingbd*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2006

**What For**: Entrepreneurial endeavors

**Country**: Bangladesh

## **6. Mohamed El Baradei**

![ElBaradei Nobel Peace Prize](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Mohamed-ElBaradei-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Academy of Achievement*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2005

**What For**: Diplomacy, he decided not to give nuclear power for military use but for the peace of the world.

**Country**: Egypt

## **7. Shirin Ebadi**

![Shirin Ebadi nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Shirin-Ebadi-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: TakePart*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2003

**What For**: Human rights

**Country**: Iran

## **8. Yasser Arafat**

![Yasser Arafat nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Yasser-Arafat-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: teleSUR*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 1994

**What For**: Efforts to create peace in the Middle East

**Country**: Palestine

## **9. Anwar Al Sadat**

![Anwar Al Sadat nobel](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Anwar-Al-Sadat-nobel.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Encyclopedia Britannica*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 1981

**What For**: Peace

**Country**: Egypt

## **10. Aziz Sancar**

![Aziz Sancar nobel win](https://theislamicinformation.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/Aziz-Sancar-nobel-win.jpg)

*Photo Credit: Carolina Scientific Magazine*

**Year of receiving Nobel Price**: 2015

**What For**: Contribution to the Chemistry

**Country**: Turkey