15 Most Famous Atheist Nobel Prize Winners

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5. Bertrand Russell

One of the most famous philosophers and mathematicians in recent history, Bertrand Russel was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1950 for his writings. Russell’s writings often focused on religion as well, and while he often debated whether he was agnostic or an atheist, he accepted that he was an atheist in his biography.

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