Marie Curie 1867-1934
Nobel Prize shared with Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel for the discovery of radioactivity. Often presented as 'her husband’s assistant' before being fully recognized.
Lise Meitner
1878-1968
Work on nuclear fission attributed to Otto Hahn, the only one awarded the Nobel.
Rosalind
Franklin 1920-1958
His X-ray diffraction images allowed the discovery of the structure of DNA. Credited after her death, her colleagues Watson and Crick received the Nobel.
Marthe Gautier
1925-2022
Discover the additional chromosome at the origin of trisomy 21, but the recognition goes to Jérôme Lejeune.
Jocelyn Bell
Burnell 1943-
Discovers pulsars, but the 1974 Nobel Prize is awarded to his superiors.
By Valentin DEROO, student in MMI Published on 20/10/2025