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This page is a list of individuals born Muslim who have won a Nobel Prize. See also List of Muslim scientists, List of Muslim writers and poets and List of Muslim leaders and politicians.

Contents 1 Muslim Nobel Prize winners 1.1 Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1.2 Nobel Prize in Literature 1.3 Nobel Peace Prize 1.4 Nobel Prize in Physics 1.5 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1.6 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics 2 Notes 3 See also

[edit] Muslim Nobel Prize winners

[edit] Nobel Prize in Chemistry

• Ahmed Zewail, 1999

[edit] Nobel Prize in Literature

• Naguib Mahfouz, 1988 <ref>Naguib Mahfouz has written novels apparently questioning and skeptical of central tenets of Islam and has been condemned and attacked by Islamists for doing so. [1].</ref>
• Orhan Pamuk, 2006

[edit] Nobel Peace Prize

• Anwar El-Sadat, 1978
• Yasser Arafat, 1994
• Shirin Ebadi, 2003
• Mohamed ElBaradei, 2005
• Muhammad Yunus, 2006

[edit] Nobel Prize in Physics

• Abdus Salam, 1979 <ref>Abdus Salam was a member of the Ahmadiyya community, which is considered heretical by all mainstream branches of Islam</ref>

[edit] Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine

• None <ref>1998 winner Ferid Murad was born to an Albanian Muslim father, but is himself Episcopalian.</ref>

[edit] Nobel Memorial Prize in Economics

• None

[edit] Notes

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[edit] See also

• List of Nobel laureates
• Nobel laureates by country
• List of Jewish Nobel Prize winners