Americans Voted Trump Most Deserving of Nobel Prize

Donald Trump Should Win

The 2023 Nobel Prize winners were recently announced. While we celebrate the announcement of the Prize laureates, what do you know about the esteemed honor?

Read on to find out 10 unique things about the Nobel Prize and Americans’ knowledge of it. 

When asked to name anyone the respondents believed SHOULD win the Nobel Prize, Donald Trump was the most common answer, followed by Oprah Winfrey, Elon Musk, Bill Gates, Michael Jackson, Steve Jobs, and Volodymyr Zelenskyj, respectively, according to survey data. 

Who Should Win

American Respondents were asked to name up to three Nobel Prize winners. 86.7% were not able to name any winners. 

Can You Name a Winner?

History

Named for the Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Nobel, the award is widely considered the most prestigious award for intellectual achievement. In the will drafted by Nobel in 1895, he instructed that his fortune be set aside to fund the annual award.

The Nobel Prize has six categories and was first awarded in 1901. The initial categories were physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, and Peace. The prize for Economics was added by the Bank of Sweden in 1968. 

Multiple Prizes

The top 5 answers were all famous people who have not won the Nobel prize: Bill Gates, Oprah Winfrey, Steve Jobs, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and David Attenborough.

Famous or a Prize Winner?

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