Marie Curie was the first person to receive two Nobel Prizes in different scientific fields. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics in 1903, shared with her husband Pierre Curie and Henri Becquerel, for their work on radioactivity. Later, in 1911, she won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry for her discoveries of the elements radium and polonium. Curie's groundbreaking research not only advanced the understanding of radioactivity but also paved the way for medical applications of radioactive elements, impacting science and health.