# List of Italian Nobel Prizes

The Nobel Prize has been award to Italians a total of 23 times as of 2021.
| Year | Winner | Branch | Contribution |
| 1906 | Giosuè Carducci | Literature | "Not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces." |
| 1906 | Camillo Golgi | Medicine | "In recognition of his work on the structure of the nervous system." |
| 1907 | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Peace | "For his work in the press and in peace meetings, both public and private, for an understanding between France and Italy." |
| 1909 | Guglielmo Marconi | Physics | "In recognition of his contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy." |
| 1926 | Grazia Deledda | Literature | "For her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general." |
| 1934 | Luigi Pirandello | Literature | "For his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art." |
| 1938 | Enrico Fermi | Physics | "For his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons." |
| 1957 | Daniel Bovet | Medicine | "For his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles." |
| 1959 | Salvatore Quasimodo | Literature | "For his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times." |
| 1959 | Emilio Gino Segrè | Physics | "For his discovery of the anti-proton." |
| 1963 | Giulio Natta | Chemistry | "For his discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers." |
| 1969 | Salvatore Luria | Medicine | "For his discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses." |
| 1975 | Renato Dulbecco | Medicine | "For his discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell." |
| 1975 | Eugenio Montale | Literature | "For his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions." |
| 1984 | Carlo Rubbia | Physics | "For his decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction." |
| 1985 | Franco Modigliani | Economics | "For his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets." |
| 1986 | Rita Levi-Montalcini | Medicine | "For his discoveries in growth factors." |
| 1997 | Dario Fo | Literature | "Who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden." |
| 2002 | Riccardo Giacconi | Physics | "For pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources." |
| 2007 | Mario Capecchi | Medicine | "For his discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells." |
| 2021 | Giorgio Parisi | Physics | "For the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales." |