Celebrate Nobel Prize Day 2022!

Mahatma Gandhi was nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize five times between 1937 and 1948. Nobel Prizes are rarely given posthumously, and upon his death in 1948 Gandhi was no longer considered eligible to receive the Prize. 

Over the past 120 years many remarkable people have been nominated for a Nobel Prize but never recognized as Nobel Laureates. Others have been forgotten or excluded when their partners received recognition. Celebrate Nobel Prize Day 2022 by reading about some of these outstanding individuals who didn’t receive a Nobel Prize (but perhaps should have).

Gandhi: The Peaceful Protester! (Show Me History!) by James Buckley

Who Was the Voice of the People?: Cesar Chavez: A Who HQ Graphic Novel by Terry Blas

George's Secret Key to the Universe (George's Secret Key #1) by Stephen Hawking

Eleanor Makes Her Mark by Barbara Kerley

Hidden Powers: Lise Meitner's Call to Science by Jeannine Atkins

Thank You, Dr. Salk!: The Scientist Who Beat Polio and Healed the World by Dean Robbins

Listening to the Stars: Jocelyn Bell Burnell Discovers Pulsars (She Made History) by Jodie Parachini

Stacey's Extraordinary Words (Stacey #1) by Stacey Abrams

Rosalind Franklin (Little People, Bid Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

Corazon Aquino (Little People, Big Dreams) by Maria Isabel Sanchez Vegara

The Stuff Between the Stars: How Vera Rubin Discovered Most of the Universe by Sandra Nickel

So Much More to Helen: The Passions and Pursuits of Helen Keller by Meeg Pincus

Greta and the Giants: Inspired by Greta Thunberg's Stand to Save the World by Zoë Tucker

Electrical Wizard: How Nikola Tesla Lit Up the World by Elizabeth Rusch

The Watcher: Jane Goodall's Life with the Chimps by Jeanette Winter