# List of Greek Nobel laureates and nominees

As of 2023, Greece has produced 2 Nobel laureates and both in the field of literature.

## Laureates

| Year | Laureate | Born | Died | Field | Citation |
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| 1963 | Giorgos [Seferiadis] Seferis | 13 May 1900 in Urla, İzmir, Ottoman Empire | 20 September 1971 in Athens, Greece | Literature | "for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture." |
| 1979 | Odysseas [Alepoudellis] Elytis | 2 November 1911 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 18 March 1996 in Athens, Greece | Literature | "for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness." |

## Nominations
### Nominees

| Image | Nominee | Born | Died | Years Nominated | Nominator(s) |
| Literature |||||||
| | Demetrios Bernardakis | 3 December 1833 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece | 12 January 1907 in Mytilene, Lesbos, Greece | 1904, 1905 | Athanasios Bernardakis (1844–1922) Greece |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1907 | Nikolaos Levidis (1868–1942) Greece |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1907 | 9 members of the Greek Artists' Association |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1907, 1912 | Georgios Hatzidakis (1848–1941) Greece |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1908 | name ineligible |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1909 | Pavlos Karolidis (1849–1930) GreeceDimitrios Patsopoulos (1845–1920) Greece |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1909 | members of the Parnassos Literary Society |
| | Georgios Souris | 2 February 1853 in Ermoupoli, Syros, Greece | 26 August 1919 in Athens, Greece | 1911 | Hellenic Philological Society of Constantinople |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1926, 1927, 1930, 1931, 1932, 1933 | Simos Menardos (1872–1933) Greece |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1928, 1930, 1935 | Verner von Heidenstam (1859–1940) Sweden |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1930, 1934 | Frederik Poulsen (1876–1950) Denmark |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1931 | 10 members of the Academy of Athens |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1934, 1936 | Harry Fett (1875–1962) Norway |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1935 | Three professors |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1936 | Sofia Antoniadou (?) Greece |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1937 | Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958) Greece |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1938 | 3 members of the Athens Academy of Science |
| | Kostis Palamas | 13 January 1859 in Patras, Greece | 27 February 1943 in Athens, Greece | 1940 | Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966) Greece |
| | Yiorgos Theotokas | 27 April 1906 in Istanbul, Turkey | 30 October 1966 in Athens, Greece | 1945 | Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1946 | Anders Österling (1884–1981) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1947 | Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958) Greece |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1948 | Elin Wägner (1882–1949) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1948 | Axel Waldemar Persson (1888–1951) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1949, 1951 | Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1950 | Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961) Sweden |
| | Angelos Sikelianos | 28 March 1884 in Lefkada, Greece | 19 June 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1950 | Hellenic Authors' Society |
| | Gregorios Xenopoulos | 9 December 1867 in Istanbul, Turkey | 14 January 1951 in Athens, Greece | 1947 | Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966) Greece |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1947 | Nikos Athanasiou Veēs (1882–1958) Greece |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1950 | Hjalmar Gullberg (1898–1961) Sweden |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1951 | Sigfrid Siwertz (1882–1970) Sweden |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1952 | Norwegian Authors' Union |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1953 | Hans Heiberg (1904–1978) Norway |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1954 | Henry Olsson (1896–1985) Sweden |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1955, 1956, 1957 | Society of Men of Letters of Greece |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1955 | Lorentz Eckhoff (1884–1974) Norway |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1956 | Johannes Andreasson Dale (1898–1975) Norway |
| | Nikos Kazantzakis | 18 February 1883 in Heraklion, Crete, Greece | 26 October 1957 in Freiburg im Breisgau, Baden-Württemberg, Germany | 1956, 1957 | Samuel Baud-Bovy (1906–1986) |
| | Georgios Drossinis | 9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece | 3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece | 1947 | Phaidōn Koukoules (1881–1956) Greece |
| | Georgios Drossinis | 9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece | 3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece | 1947 | Iōannēs Kalitsounakēs (1878–1966) Greece |
| | Georgios Drossinis | 9 December 1859 in Athens, Greece | 3 January 1951 in Kifisia, Attica, Greece | 1947, 1948 | Geōrgios Oikonomos (1882–1951) Greece |