Nobel Prizes

Did Heritage Foundation committee chair say, 'If every Nobel Prize winner is a man, that's not a failure'?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

April 6, 2026

Scott Yenor heads the conservative think tank's "American Citizenship Initiative."

Was Minneapolis officially nominated for the 2026 Nobel Peace Prize?

Written by: Emery Winter

Feb. 4, 2026

The Nation, a progressive magazine, formally nominated the city for its residents' resistance to ...

Did María Corina Machado say she wants to give Trump her Nobel Peace Prize?

Written by: Aleksandra Wrona

Jan. 8, 2026

During a Fox News interview, the opposition leader said Venezuelans want to share her 2025 Nobel ...

Did María Corina Machado dedicate her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump?

Written by: Emery Winter

Oct. 13, 2025

The Venezuelan opposition leader posted to social media after being honored.

Trump has been disqualified from receiving Nobel Prize? Here's the truth

Written by: Megan Loe

Sept. 30, 2025

An image supposedly showing a press release by The Associated Press spread the rumor.

British lawmaker nominated Biden for Nobel Peace Prize (but not in 2025)

Written by: Laerke Christensen

Sept. 4, 2025

The old nomination recirculated weeks before U.S. President Donald Trump's state visit to the U. ...

8 rumors we've fact-checked about Nobel Peace Prize nominations

Written by: Rae Deng

Aug. 23, 2025

Yes, someone once nominated Adolf Hitler for the Nobel Peace Prize. No, Pope Leo XIV did not nom ...

Trump didn't 'freak out' over question on Nobel Peace Prize application

Written by: Jack Izzo

Aug. 20, 2025

The Nobel Peace Prize isn't something you can simply apply for, anyhow.

Yes, Elon Musk Was Nominated for Nobel Peace Prize. Here's Who Did It

Written by: Jordan Liles

Jan. 29, 2025

Branko Grims, a Slovenian member of the European Parliament, cited Musk's "support for the funda ...

Singers Jason Aldean and Oliver Anthony Are Not Getting Nobel Prizes

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Aug. 28, 2023

But the country music stars did have controversial hit songs in 2023.

Did the Inventor of the Lobotomy Receive a Nobel Prize for His Work?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

July 20, 2023

Egas Moniz introduced prefrontal leukotomy in the mid-1930s, later known as lobotomy.

Did Dr. Oz Win the Nobel Prize in Medicine?

Written by: Nur Ibrahim

Oct. 19, 2022

... For a “memory drug”?

Nobel Prize: Svante Pääbo's Ancient DNA Discoveries Offer Clues as to What Makes Us Human

Written by: The Conversation

Oct. 4, 2022

Pääbo is widely regarded as having pioneered the field of ancient DNA.

Did Ivermectin Win a Nobel Prize?

Written by: Dan Evon

Sept. 7, 2021

Ivermectin is not a treatment for COVID-19. The prize was awarded to the scientists who develope ...

Was Michelle Obama Awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature?

Written by: Snopes Staff

Sept. 9, 2019

Her husband, former U.S. President Barack Obama, was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 2009.

Did Immigrants Dominate the U.S. Nobel Prize Tally in 2016 and 2017?

Written by: Dan MacGuill

Jan. 31, 2018

Foreign-born, U.S.-based scientists and economists won a remarkable number of Nobel prizes in th ...

Arafat Nobel Prize Revocation Petition

Written by: David Mikkelson

Aug. 17, 2001

Will your signing a petition cause the Nobel Foundation to revoke the Peace Prize awarded to Yas ...