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Carl Linnaeus
1707 – 1778Binomial nomenclature: every species on Earth still carries his two-name system.
Sweden·Biology
Alfred Nobel
1833 – 1896Invented dynamite, then endowed the prizes to redeem the legacy.
Sweden·Chemistry · Engineering
Selma Lagerlöf
1858 – 1940First woman to win the literature Nobel.
Sweden·LiteratureNobel
Gunnar Myrdal
1898 – 1987Cumulative causation and the economics of racial inequality in America.
Sweden·Economics · Political EconomyNobel