15 Most Famous Atheist Nobel Prize Winners

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2. Marie Curie

The more famous of the Curies, Marie Curie is one of the pioneers of radioactivity research, and has several records to her name, which includes becoming the first woman to win the Nobel Prize, the only person to win Nobel Prize for two different sciences (Physics and Chemistry) and is still the only woman to have won it twice. However, the accolades came at a cost, as she succumbed to diseases brought on by her exposure to radiation during her research. Like her husband, Marie was an atheist.

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