<P> Marie Skłodowska Curie ( / ˈkjʊəri / ; French : ( kyʁi ) ; Polish : ( kjiˈri ) ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska ; 7 November 1867 -- 4 July 1934 ) was a Polish and naturalized - French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity . She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize , the first person and only woman to win twice , the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences , and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes . She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris , and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris . </P>
<P> Marie Skłodowska Curie ( / ˈkjʊəri / ; French : ( kyʁi ) ; Polish : ( kjiˈri ) ; born Maria Salomea Skłodowska ; 7 November 1867 -- 4 July 1934 ) was a Polish and naturalized - French physicist and chemist who conducted pioneering research on radioactivity . She was the first woman to win a Nobel Prize , the first person and only woman to win twice , the only person to win a Nobel Prize in two different sciences , and was part of the Curie family legacy of five Nobel Prizes . She was also the first woman to become a professor at the University of Paris , and in 1995 became the first woman to be entombed on her own merits in the Panthéon in Paris . </P>
only person to win two nobel prizes in two fields
only person to win two nobel prizes in two fields
Marie Skłodowska Curie
Marie Skłodowska Curie