Nikola Tesla won the Nobel Prize in Physics.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL

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Is it true that Nikola Tesla won the Nobel Prize in Physics?

Partly. Two 1915 newspaper reports list Nikola Tesla as a physics Nobel laureate alongside Edison, while a scholarly article describes that 1915 award as a rumour. No source confirms an actual Nobel Prize awarded to Tesla.

Verdict: CONTESTED PARTIAL · 2 sources for, 1 against · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

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Evidence for · 2

NOBEL PRIZES (Evening Post, 08 November 1915)

1915

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NOBEL PRIZES (Evening Post, 08 November 1915). (1915). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/EP19151108.2.41.13

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Edison's and Tesla's Nobel Prize: Science and Nationalism

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Edison's and Tesla's Nobel Prize: Science and Nationalism. (n.d.). cir.nii.ac.jp. https://doi.org/10.34336/historiascientiarum.30.1_19

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NOBEL PRIZES (Otago Daily Times 8-11-1915)

1915

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NOBEL PRIZES (Otago Daily Times 8-11-1915). (1915). paperspast.natlib.govt.nz. https://paperspast.natlib.govt.nz/newspapers/ODT19151108.2.22

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