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Question: Who was the first person—male or female—to win two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields, and what were those fields?

Answer: Answer: Marie Curie – Physics (1903) and Chemistry (1911).

Brief Info: Marie Curie discovered polonium and radium, pioneering research in radioactivity. She was also the first female professor at the Sorbonne and remains the only person awarded Nobel Prizes in two sciences.

(Source: The Nobel Prize, 06 Nov 2025)

Source Link: https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/1903/marie-curie/facts/?utm_source=chatgpt.com