| 2025 |
Physics
|
John Clarke |
π Cambridge, United Kingdom |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2020-2025 |
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
John M. Martinis, Michel H. Devoret |
| 2025 |
Physics
|
John M. Martinis |
π San Pedro, California |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
2020-2025 |
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret |
| 2025 |
Physics
|
Michel H. Devoret |
π Paris, France |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
2020-2025 |
for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
John Clarke, John M. Martinis |
| 2025 |
Chemistry
|
Omar M. Yaghi |
π Amman, Jordan |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2020-2025 |
for the development of metalβorganic frameworks |
Richard Robson, Susumu Kitagawa |
| 2025 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Robson |
π Glusburn, United Kingdom |
π¬ Melbourne, Australia |
2020-2025 |
for the development of metalβorganic frameworks |
Omar M. Yaghi, Susumu Kitagawa |
| 2025 |
Chemistry
|
Susumu Kitagawa |
π Kyoto, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
2020-2025 |
for the development of metalβorganic frameworks |
Omar M. Yaghi, Richard Robson |
| 2025 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Frederick J. Ramsdell |
π Elmhurst, IL, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
2020-2025 |
for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
Mary E. Brunkow, Shimon Sakaguchi |
| 2025 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Mary E. Brunkow |
π Portland, OR, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
2020-2025 |
for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
Frederick J. Ramsdell, Shimon Sakaguchi |
| 2025 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Shimon Sakaguchi |
π Nagahama, Shiga, Japan |
π¬ Osaka, Japan |
2020-2025 |
for their discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
Frederick J. Ramsdell, Mary E. Brunkow |
| 2025 |
Literature
|
LΓ‘szlΓ³ Krasznahorkai |
π Gyula, Hungary |
π¬ Budapest, Hungary |
2020-2025 |
for his compelling and visionary oeuvre that, in the midst of apocalyptic terror, reaffirms the power of art |
- |
| 2025 |
Peace
|
Maria Corina Machado |
π Venezuela |
π¬ Caracas, Venezuela |
2020-2025 |
for her tireless work promoting democratic rights for the people of Venezuela and for her struggle to achieve a just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy |
- |
| 2025 |
Economic Sciences
|
Joel Mokyr |
π Leiden, the Netherlands |
π¬ Evanston, IL, USA |
2020-2025 |
for having identified the prerequisites for sustained growth through technological progress |
Peter Howitt, Philippe Aghion |
| 2025 |
Economic Sciences
|
Peter Howitt |
π Guelph, Canada |
π¬ Providence, RI, USA |
2020-2025 |
for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction |
Joel Mokyr, Philippe Aghion |
| 2025 |
Economic Sciences
|
Philippe Aghion |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2020-2025 |
for the theory of sustained growth through creative destruction |
Joel Mokyr, Peter Howitt |
| 2024 |
Physics
|
Geoffrey Hinton |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Toronto, Canada |
2019-2024 |
for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks |
John J. Hopfield |
| 2024 |
Physics
|
John J. Hopfield |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2019-2024 |
for foundational discoveries and inventions that enable machine learning with artificial neural networks |
Geoffrey Hinton |
| 2024 |
Chemistry
|
David Baker |
π Seattle, WA, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
2019-2024 |
for computational protein design |
Demis Hassabis, John Jumper |
| 2024 |
Chemistry
|
Demis Hassabis |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
2019-2024 |
for protein structure prediction |
David Baker, John Jumper |
| 2024 |
Chemistry
|
John Jumper |
π Little Rock, AR, USA |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
2019-2024 |
for protein structure prediction |
David Baker, Demis Hassabis |
| 2024 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gary Ruvkun |
π Berkeley, CA, USA |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
2019-2024 |
for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation |
Victor Ambros |
| 2024 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Victor Ambros |
π Hanover, NH, USA |
π¬ Worcester, MA, USA |
2019-2024 |
for the discovery of microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation |
Gary Ruvkun |
| 2024 |
Literature
|
Han Kang |
π Gwangju, South Korea |
π¬ Seoul, South Korea |
2019-2024 |
for her intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes the fragility of human life |
- |
| 2024 |
Peace
|
Nihon Hidankyo |
π Nagasaki, Japan |
π¬ Nagasaki, Japan |
2019-2024 |
for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again |
- |
| 2024 |
Economic Sciences
|
Daron Acemoglu |
π Istanbul, Turkey |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2019-2024 |
for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
James A. Robinson, Simon Henry Roberts Johnson |
| 2024 |
Economic Sciences
|
James A. Robinson |
π Chelmsford, England |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2019-2024 |
for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
Daron Acemoglu, Simon Henry Roberts Johnson |
| 2024 |
Economic Sciences
|
Simon Henry Roberts Johnson |
π Sheffield, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2019-2024 |
for studies of how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
Daron Acemoglu, James A. Robinson |
| 2023 |
Physics
|
Anne LβHuillier |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Lund, Sweden |
2018-2023 |
for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter |
Ferenc Krausz, Pierre Agostini |
| 2023 |
Physics
|
Ferenc Krausz |
π MΓ³r, Hungary |
π¬ Garching, Germany |
2018-2023 |
for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter |
Anne LβHuillier, Pierre Agostini |
| 2023 |
Physics
|
Pierre Agostini |
π Tunis, French protectorate of Tunisia |
π¬ Columbus, OH, USA |
2018-2023 |
for experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for the study of electron dynamics in matter |
Anne LβHuillier, Ferenc Krausz |
| 2023 |
Chemistry
|
Aleksey Yekimov |
π Leningrad, USSR |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2018-2023 |
for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
Louis E. Brus, Moungi G. Bawendi |
| 2023 |
Chemistry
|
Louis E. Brus |
π Cleveland, OH, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2018-2023 |
for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
Aleksey Yekimov , Moungi G. Bawendi |
| 2023 |
Chemistry
|
Moungi G. Bawendi |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2018-2023 |
for the discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
Aleksey Yekimov , Louis E. Brus |
| 2023 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Drew Weissman |
π Lexington, MA, USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
2018-2023 |
for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 |
Katalin KarikΓ³ |
| 2023 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Katalin KarikΓ³ |
π Szolnok, Hungary |
π¬ Szeged, Hungary |
2018-2023 |
for their discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled the development of effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 |
Drew Weissman |
| 2023 |
Literature
|
Jon Fosse |
π Haugesund, Norway |
π¬ Hainburg an der Donau, Austria |
2018-2023 |
for his innovative plays and prose which give voice to the unsayable |
- |
| 2023 |
Peace
|
Narges Mohammadi |
π Zanjan, Iran |
π¬ Tehran, Iran |
2018-2023 |
for her fight against the oppression of women in Iran and her fight to promote human rights and freedom for all |
- |
| 2023 |
Economic Sciences
|
Claudia Goldin |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2018-2023 |
for having advanced our understanding of womenβs labour market outcomes |
- |
| 2022 |
Physics
|
Alain Aspect |
π Agen, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2017-2022 |
for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science |
Anton Zeilinger, John F. Clauser |
| 2022 |
Physics
|
Anton Zeilinger |
π Ried im Innkreis, Austria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
2017-2022 |
for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science |
Alain Aspect, John F. Clauser |
| 2022 |
Physics
|
John F. Clauser |
π Pasadena, CA, USA |
π¬ Walnut Creek, CA, USA |
2017-2022 |
for experiments with entangled photons, establishing the violation of Bell inequalities and pioneering quantum information science |
Alain Aspect, Anton Zeilinger |
| 2022 |
Chemistry
|
Carolyn R. Bertozzi |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2017-2022 |
for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
K. Barry Sharpless, Morten Meldal |
| 2022 |
Chemistry
|
K. Barry Sharpless |
π Philadelphia, PA, USA |
π¬ La Jolla, CA, USA |
2017-2022 |
for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, Morten Meldal |
| 2022 |
Chemistry
|
Morten Meldal |
π Copenhagen, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
2017-2022 |
for the development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
Carolyn R. Bertozzi, K. Barry Sharpless |
| 2022 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Svante PÀÀbo |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Leipzig, Germany |
2017-2022 |
for his discoveries concerning the genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution |
- |
| 2022 |
Literature
|
Annie Ernaux |
π Lillebonne, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2017-2022 |
for the courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers the roots, estrangements and collective restraints of personal memory |
- |
| 2022 |
Peace
|
Ales Bialiatski |
π Vyartsilya, Karelia, Russia |
π¬ Minsk, Belarus |
2017-2022 |
The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
Center for Civil Liberties, Memorial |
| 2022 |
Peace
|
Center for Civil Liberties |
π Kyiv, Ukraine |
π¬ Kyiv, Ukraine |
2017-2022 |
The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
Ales Bialiatski , Memorial |
| 2022 |
Peace
|
Memorial |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, Russia |
2017-2022 |
The Peace Prize laureates represent civil society in their home countries. They have for many years promoted the right to criticise power and protect the fundamental rights of citizens. They have made an outstanding effort to document war crimes, human right abuses and the abuse of power. Together they demonstrate the significance of civil society for peace and democracy. |
Ales Bialiatski , Center for Civil Liberties |
| 2022 |
Economic Sciences
|
Ben S. Bernanke |
π Augusta, GA, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
2017-2022 |
for research on banks and financial crises |
Douglas W. Diamond, Philip H. Dybvig |
| 2022 |
Economic Sciences
|
Douglas W. Diamond |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2017-2022 |
for research on banks and financial crises |
Ben S. Bernanke, Philip H. Dybvig |
| 2022 |
Economic Sciences
|
Philip H. Dybvig |
π Gainesville, FL, USA |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
2017-2022 |
for research on banks and financial crises |
Ben S. Bernanke, Douglas W. Diamond |
| 2021 |
Physics
|
Giorgio Parisi |
π Rome, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
2016-2021 |
for the discovery of the interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales |
Klaus Hasselmann, Syukuro Manabe |
| 2021 |
Physics
|
Klaus Hasselmann |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Hamburg, Germany |
2016-2021 |
for the physical modelling of Earthβs climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming |
Giorgio Parisi, Syukuro Manabe |
| 2021 |
Physics
|
Syukuro Manabe |
π Shingu, Ehime, Japan |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2016-2021 |
for the physical modelling of Earthβs climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming |
Giorgio Parisi, Klaus Hasselmann |
| 2021 |
Chemistry
|
Benjamin List |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
π¬ MΓΌlheim an der Ruhr, Germany |
2016-2021 |
for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis |
David W.C. MacMillan |
| 2021 |
Chemistry
|
David W.C. MacMillan |
π Bellshill, United Kingdom |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2016-2021 |
for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis |
Benjamin List |
| 2021 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ardem Patapoutian |
π Beirut, Lebanon |
π¬ La Jolla, CA, USA |
2016-2021 |
for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch |
David Julius |
| 2021 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
David Julius |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
2016-2021 |
for their discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch |
Ardem Patapoutian |
| 2021 |
Literature
|
Abdulrazak Gurnah |
π Zanzibar, Tanzania |
π¬ Canterbury, England |
2016-2021 |
for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents |
- |
| 2021 |
Peace
|
Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov |
π Kubyshev, USSR |
π¬ Moscow, Russia |
2016-2021 |
for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace |
Maria Ressa |
| 2021 |
Peace
|
Maria Ressa |
π Manila, Philippines |
π¬ Manila, Philippines |
2016-2021 |
for their efforts to safeguard freedom of expression, which is a precondition for democracy and lasting peace |
Dmitry Andreyevich Muratov |
| 2021 |
Economic Sciences
|
David Card |
π Guelph, Canada |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2016-2021 |
for his empirical contributions to labour economics |
Guido W. Imbens, Joshua D. Angrist |
| 2021 |
Economic Sciences
|
Guido W. Imbens |
π Geldrop, the Netherlands |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2016-2021 |
for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships |
David Card, Joshua D. Angrist |
| 2021 |
Economic Sciences
|
Joshua D. Angrist |
π Columbus, OH, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2016-2021 |
for their methodological contributions to the analysis of causal relationships |
David Card, Guido W. Imbens |
| 2020 |
Physics
|
Andrea Ghez |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy |
Reinhard Genzel, Roger Penrose |
| 2020 |
Physics
|
Reinhard Genzel |
π Bad Homburg vor der HΓΆhe, Germany |
π¬ Garching, Germany |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy |
Andrea Ghez, Roger Penrose |
| 2020 |
Physics
|
Roger Penrose |
π Colchester, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery that black hole formation is a robust prediction of the general theory of relativity |
Andrea Ghez, Reinhard Genzel |
| 2020 |
Chemistry
|
Emmanuelle Charpentier |
π Juvisy-sur-Orge, France |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
2015-2020 |
for the development of a method for genome editing |
Jennifer A. Doudna |
| 2020 |
Chemistry
|
Jennifer A. Doudna |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2015-2020 |
for the development of a method for genome editing |
Emmanuelle Charpentier |
| 2020 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Charles M. Rice |
π Sacramento, CA, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
Harvey J. Alter, Michael Houghton |
| 2020 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Harvey J. Alter |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Bethesda, MD, USA |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
Charles M. Rice, Michael Houghton |
| 2020 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Michael Houghton |
π United Kingdom |
π¬ Edmonton, Canada |
2015-2020 |
for the discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
Charles M. Rice, Harvey J. Alter |
| 2020 |
Literature
|
Louise GlΓΌck |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2015-2020 |
for her unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal |
- |
| 2020 |
Peace
|
World Food Programme |
π Rome, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
2015-2020 |
for its efforts to combat hunger, for its contribution to bettering conditions for peace in conflict-affected areas and for acting as a driving force in efforts to prevent the use of hunger as a weapon of war and conflict |
- |
| 2020 |
Economic Sciences
|
Paul R. Milgrom |
π Detroit, MI, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2015-2020 |
for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats |
Robert B. Wilson |
| 2020 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert B. Wilson |
π Geneva, NE, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2015-2020 |
for improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats |
Paul R. Milgrom |
| 2019 |
Physics
|
Didier Queloz |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
2014-2019 |
for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star |
James Peebles, Michel Mayor |
| 2019 |
Physics
|
James Peebles |
π Winnipeg, Canada |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2014-2019 |
for theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology |
Didier Queloz, Michel Mayor |
| 2019 |
Physics
|
Michel Mayor |
π Lausanne, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
2014-2019 |
for the discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star |
Didier Queloz, James Peebles |
| 2019 |
Chemistry
|
Akira Yoshino |
π Suita, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
2014-2019 |
for the development of lithium-ion batteries |
John B. Goodenough, M. Stanley Whittingham |
| 2019 |
Chemistry
|
John B. Goodenough |
π Jena, Germany |
π¬ Austin, TX, USA |
2014-2019 |
for the development of lithium-ion batteries |
Akira Yoshino, M. Stanley Whittingham |
| 2019 |
Chemistry
|
M. Stanley Whittingham |
π Nottingham, United Kingdom |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2014-2019 |
for the development of lithium-ion batteries |
Akira Yoshino, John B. Goodenough |
| 2019 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gregg L. Semenza |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
2014-2019 |
for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe, William G. Kaelin Jr |
| 2019 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe |
π Lancashire, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
2014-2019 |
for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
Gregg L. Semenza, William G. Kaelin Jr |
| 2019 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
William G. Kaelin Jr |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
2014-2019 |
for their discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
Gregg L. Semenza, Sir Peter J. Ratcliffe |
| 2019 |
Literature
|
Peter Handke |
π Griffen, Austria |
π¬ Graz, Austria |
2014-2019 |
for an influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored the periphery and the specificity of human experience |
- |
| 2019 |
Peace
|
Abiy Ahmed Ali |
π Beshasha, Ethiopia |
π¬ Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |
2014-2019 |
for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea |
- |
| 2019 |
Economic Sciences
|
Abhijit Banerjee |
π Mumbai, India |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2014-2019 |
for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
Esther Duflo, Michael Kremer |
| 2019 |
Economic Sciences
|
Esther Duflo |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2014-2019 |
for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
Abhijit Banerjee, Michael Kremer |
| 2019 |
Economic Sciences
|
Michael Kremer |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2014-2019 |
for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
Abhijit Banerjee, Esther Duflo |
| 2018 |
Physics
|
Arthur Ashkin |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Holmdel, NJ, USA |
2013-2018 |
for the optical tweezers and their application to biological systems |
Donna Strickland, GΓ©rard Mourou |
| 2018 |
Physics
|
Donna Strickland |
π Guelph, Canada |
π¬ Waterloo, Canada |
2013-2018 |
for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses |
Arthur Ashkin, GΓ©rard Mourou |
| 2018 |
Physics
|
GΓ©rard Mourou |
π Albertville, France |
π¬ Palaiseau, France |
2013-2018 |
for their method of generating high-intensity, ultra-short optical pulses |
Arthur Ashkin, Donna Strickland |
| 2018 |
Chemistry
|
Frances H. Arnold |
π Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
2013-2018 |
for the directed evolution of enzymes |
George P. Smith, Sir Gregory P. Winter |
| 2018 |
Chemistry
|
George P. Smith |
π Norwalk, CT, USA |
π¬ Columbia, USA |
2013-2018 |
for the phage display of peptides and antibodies |
Frances H. Arnold, Sir Gregory P. Winter |
| 2018 |
Chemistry
|
Sir Gregory P. Winter |
π Leicester, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2013-2018 |
for the phage display of peptides and antibodies |
Frances H. Arnold, George P. Smith |
| 2018 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
James P. Allison |
π Alice, TX, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
2013-2018 |
for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation |
Tasuku Honjo |
| 2018 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Tasuku Honjo |
π Kyoto, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
2013-2018 |
for their discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation |
James P. Allison |
| 2018 |
Literature
|
Olga Tokarczuk |
π SulechΓ³w, Poland |
π¬ WrocΕaw, Poland |
2013-2018 |
for a narrative imagination that with encyclopedic passion represents the crossing of boundaries as a form of life |
- |
| 2018 |
Peace
|
Denis Mukwege |
π Bukavu, Belgian Congo |
π¬ Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo |
2013-2018 |
for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict |
Nadia Murad Basee Taha |
| 2018 |
Peace
|
Nadia Murad Basee Taha |
π Kojo, Iraq |
π¬ Baden-WΓΌrttemberg, Germany |
2013-2018 |
for their efforts to end the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war and armed conflict |
Denis Mukwege |
| 2018 |
Economic Sciences
|
Paul M. Romer |
π Denver, CO, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2013-2018 |
for integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis |
William D. Nordhaus |
| 2018 |
Economic Sciences
|
William D. Nordhaus |
π Albuquerque, NM, USA |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
2013-2018 |
for integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis |
Paul M. Romer |
| 2017 |
Physics
|
Barry C. Barish |
π Omaha, NE, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
2012-2017 |
for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves |
Kip S. Thorne, Rainer Weiss |
| 2017 |
Physics
|
Kip S. Thorne |
π Logan, UT, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
2012-2017 |
for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves |
Barry C. Barish, Rainer Weiss |
| 2017 |
Physics
|
Rainer Weiss |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2012-2017 |
for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves |
Barry C. Barish, Kip S. Thorne |
| 2017 |
Chemistry
|
Jacques Dubochet |
π Aigle, Switzerland |
π¬ Lausanne, Switzerland |
2012-2017 |
for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution |
Joachim Frank, Richard Henderson |
| 2017 |
Chemistry
|
Joachim Frank |
π Siegen, Germany |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2012-2017 |
for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution |
Jacques Dubochet, Richard Henderson |
| 2017 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Henderson |
π Edinburgh, Scotland |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2012-2017 |
for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution |
Jacques Dubochet, Joachim Frank |
| 2017 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jeffrey C. Hall |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Maine, ME, USA |
2012-2017 |
for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm |
Michael Rosbash, Michael W. Young |
| 2017 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Michael Rosbash |
π Kansas City, MO, USA |
π¬ Waltham, MA, USA |
2012-2017 |
for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm |
Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael W. Young |
| 2017 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Michael W. Young |
π Miami, FL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2012-2017 |
for their discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm |
Jeffrey C. Hall, Michael Rosbash |
| 2017 |
Literature
|
Kazuo Ishiguro |
π Nagasaki, Japan |
π¬ London, England |
2012-2017 |
who, in novels of great emotional force, has uncovered the abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with the world |
- |
| 2017 |
Peace
|
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
2012-2017 |
for its work to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons and for its ground-breaking efforts to achieve a treaty-based prohibition of such weapons |
- |
| 2017 |
Economic Sciences
|
Richard H. Thaler |
π East Orange, NJ, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2012-2017 |
for his contributions to behavioural economics |
- |
| 2016 |
Physics
|
David J. Thouless |
π Bearsden, United Kingdom |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
2011-2016 |
for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
F. Duncan M. Haldane, J. Michael Kosterlitz |
| 2016 |
Physics
|
F. Duncan M. Haldane |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2011-2016 |
for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
David J. Thouless, J. Michael Kosterlitz |
| 2016 |
Physics
|
J. Michael Kosterlitz |
π Aberdeen, United Kingdom |
π¬ Providence, RI, USA |
2011-2016 |
for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
David J. Thouless, F. Duncan M. Haldane |
| 2016 |
Chemistry
|
Bernard L. Feringa |
π Barger-Compascuum, the Netherlands |
π¬ Groningen, the Netherlands |
2011-2016 |
for the design and synthesis of molecular machines |
Jean-Pierre Sauvage, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart |
| 2016 |
Chemistry
|
Jean-Pierre Sauvage |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Strasbourg, France |
2011-2016 |
for the design and synthesis of molecular machines |
Bernard L. Feringa, Sir J. Fraser Stoddart |
| 2016 |
Chemistry
|
Sir J. Fraser Stoddart |
π Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
π¬ Evanston, IL, USA |
2011-2016 |
for the design and synthesis of molecular machines |
Bernard L. Feringa, Jean-Pierre Sauvage |
| 2016 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Yoshinori Ohsumi |
π Fukuoka, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
2011-2016 |
for his discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy |
- |
| 2016 |
Literature
|
Bob Dylan |
π Duluth, MN, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2011-2016 |
for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition |
- |
| 2016 |
Peace
|
Juan Manuel Santos |
π BogotΓ‘, Colombia |
π¬ BogotΓ‘, Colombia |
2011-2016 |
for his resolute efforts to bring the country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end |
- |
| 2016 |
Economic Sciences
|
Bengt HolmstrΓΆm |
π Helsinki, Finland |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2011-2016 |
for their contributions to contract theory |
Oliver Hart |
| 2016 |
Economic Sciences
|
Oliver Hart |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2011-2016 |
for their contributions to contract theory |
Bengt HolmstrΓΆm |
| 2015 |
Physics
|
Arthur B. McDonald |
π Sydney, Nova Scotia, Canada |
π¬ Kingston, Canada |
2010-2015 |
for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass |
Takaaki Kajita |
| 2015 |
Physics
|
Takaaki Kajita |
π Higashimatsuyama, Japan |
π¬ Kashiwa, Japan |
2010-2015 |
for the discovery of neutrino oscillations, which shows that neutrinos have mass |
Arthur B. McDonald |
| 2015 |
Chemistry
|
Aziz Sancar |
π Savur, Turkey |
π¬ Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
2010-2015 |
for mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
Paul Modrich, Tomas Lindahl |
| 2015 |
Chemistry
|
Paul Modrich |
π Raton, NM, USA |
π¬ Durham, NC, USA |
2010-2015 |
for mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
Aziz Sancar, Tomas Lindahl |
| 2015 |
Chemistry
|
Tomas Lindahl |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
2010-2015 |
for mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
Aziz Sancar, Paul Modrich |
| 2015 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Satoshi Εmura |
π Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
2010-2015 |
for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites |
Tu Youyou, William C. Campbell |
| 2015 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Tu Youyou |
π Zhejiang Ningbo, China |
π¬ Beijing, China |
2010-2015 |
for her discoveries concerning a novel therapy against Malaria |
Satoshi Εmura, William C. Campbell |
| 2015 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
William C. Campbell |
π Ramelton, Ireland |
π¬ Madison, NJ, USA |
2010-2015 |
for their discoveries concerning a novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites |
Satoshi Εmura, Tu Youyou |
| 2015 |
Literature
|
Svetlana Alexievich |
π Ivano-Frankivsk, Ukraine |
π¬ Minsk, Belarus |
2010-2015 |
for her polyphonic writings, a monument to suffering and courage in our time |
- |
| 2015 |
Peace
|
National Dialogue Quartet |
π Tunis, Tunisia |
π¬ Tunis, Tunisia |
2010-2015 |
for its decisive contribution to the building of a pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in the wake of the Jasmine Revolution of 2011 |
- |
| 2015 |
Economic Sciences
|
Angus Deaton |
π Edinburgh, Scotland |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2010-2015 |
for his analysis of consumption, poverty, and welfare |
- |
| 2014 |
Physics
|
Hiroshi Amano |
π Hamamatsu, Japan |
π¬ Nagoya, Japan |
2009-2014 |
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources |
Isamu Akasaki, Shuji Nakamura |
| 2014 |
Physics
|
Isamu Akasaki |
π Chiran, Japan |
π¬ Nagoya, Japan |
2009-2014 |
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources |
Hiroshi Amano, Shuji Nakamura |
| 2014 |
Physics
|
Shuji Nakamura |
π Ikata, Japan |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
2009-2014 |
for the invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes which has enabled bright and energy-saving white light sources |
Hiroshi Amano, Isamu Akasaki |
| 2014 |
Chemistry
|
Eric Betzig |
π Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
π¬ Ashburn, VA, USA |
2009-2014 |
for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
Stefan W. Hell, William E. Moerner |
| 2014 |
Chemistry
|
Stefan W. Hell |
π Arad, Romania |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
2009-2014 |
for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
Eric Betzig, William E. Moerner |
| 2014 |
Chemistry
|
William E. Moerner |
π Pleasanton, CA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2009-2014 |
for the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
Eric Betzig, Stefan W. Hell |
| 2014 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edvard I. Moser |
π Γ
lesund, Norway |
π¬ Trondheim, Norway |
2009-2014 |
for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain |
John O'Keefe, May-Britt Moser |
| 2014 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
John O'Keefe |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
2009-2014 |
for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain |
Edvard I. Moser, May-Britt Moser |
| 2014 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
May-Britt Moser |
π FosnavΓ₯g, Norway |
π¬ Trondheim, Norway |
2009-2014 |
for their discoveries of cells that constitute a positioning system in the brain |
Edvard I. Moser, John O'Keefe |
| 2014 |
Literature
|
Patrick Modiano |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2009-2014 |
for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human destinies and
uncovered the life-world of the occupation |
- |
| 2014 |
Peace
|
Kailash Satyarthi |
π Vidisha, India |
π¬ New Delhi, India |
2009-2014 |
for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education |
Malala Yousafzai |
| 2014 |
Peace
|
Malala Yousafzai |
π Mingora, Pakistan |
π¬ Swat, Pakistan |
2009-2014 |
for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education |
Kailash Satyarthi |
| 2014 |
Economic Sciences
|
Jean Tirole |
π Troyes, France |
π¬ Toulouse, France |
2009-2014 |
for his analysis of market power and regulation |
- |
| 2013 |
Physics
|
FranΓ§ois Englert |
π Etterbeek, Belgium |
π¬ Brussels, Belgium |
2008-2013 |
for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider |
Peter W. Higgs |
| 2013 |
Physics
|
Peter W. Higgs |
π Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom |
π¬ Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
2008-2013 |
for the theoretical discovery of a mechanism that contributes to our understanding of the origin of mass of subatomic particles, and which recently was confirmed through the discovery of the predicted fundamental particle, by the ATLAS and CMS experiments at CERN's Large Hadron Collider |
FranΓ§ois Englert |
| 2013 |
Chemistry
|
Arieh Warshel |
π Kibbutz Sde-Nahum, British Mandate of Palestine |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2008-2013 |
for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
Martin Karplus, Michael Levitt |
| 2013 |
Chemistry
|
Martin Karplus |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Strasbourg, France |
2008-2013 |
for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
Arieh Warshel, Michael Levitt |
| 2013 |
Chemistry
|
Michael Levitt |
π Pretoria, South Africa |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2008-2013 |
for the development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
Arieh Warshel, Martin Karplus |
| 2013 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
James E. Rothman |
π Haverhill, MA, USA |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells |
Randy W. Schekman, Thomas C. SΓΌdhof |
| 2013 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Randy W. Schekman |
π St. Paul, MN, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells |
James E. Rothman, Thomas C. SΓΌdhof |
| 2013 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Thomas C. SΓΌdhof |
π GΓΆttingen, Germany |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells |
James E. Rothman, Randy W. Schekman |
| 2013 |
Literature
|
Alice Munro |
π Wingham, Canada |
π¬ Ontario, Canada |
2008-2013 |
master of the contemporary short story |
- |
| 2013 |
Peace
|
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons |
π The Hague, Netherlands |
π¬ The Hague, Netherlands |
2008-2013 |
for its extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons |
- |
| 2013 |
Economic Sciences
|
Eugene F. Fama |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their empirical analysis of asset prices |
Lars Peter Hansen, Robert J. Shiller |
| 2013 |
Economic Sciences
|
Lars Peter Hansen |
π Urbana, IL, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their empirical analysis of asset prices |
Eugene F. Fama, Robert J. Shiller |
| 2013 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert J. Shiller |
π Detroit, MI, USA |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
2008-2013 |
for their empirical analysis of asset prices |
Eugene F. Fama, Lars Peter Hansen |
| 2012 |
Physics
|
David J. Wineland |
π Milwaukee, WI, USA |
π¬ Boulder, CO, USA |
2007-2012 |
for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems |
Serge Haroche |
| 2012 |
Physics
|
Serge Haroche |
π Casablanca, Morocco |
π¬ Paris, France |
2007-2012 |
for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems |
David J. Wineland |
| 2012 |
Chemistry
|
Brian K. Kobilka |
π Little Falls, MN, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2007-2012 |
for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors |
Robert J. Lefkowitz |
| 2012 |
Chemistry
|
Robert J. Lefkowitz |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Durham, NC, USA |
2007-2012 |
for studies of G-protein-coupled receptors |
Brian K. Kobilka |
| 2012 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Shinya Yamanaka |
π Osaka, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
2007-2012 |
for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
Sir John B. Gurdon |
| 2012 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir John B. Gurdon |
π Dippenhall, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2007-2012 |
for the discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
Shinya Yamanaka |
| 2012 |
Literature
|
Mo Yan |
π Gaomi, China |
π¬ Gaomi, Shandong, China |
2007-2012 |
who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales, history and the contemporary |
- |
| 2012 |
Peace
|
European Union |
π Brussels, Belgium |
π¬ Brussels, Belgium |
2007-2012 |
for over six decades contributed to the advancement of peace and reconciliation, democracy and human rights in Europe |
- |
| 2012 |
Economic Sciences
|
Alvin E. Roth |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2007-2012 |
for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design |
Lloyd S. Shapley |
| 2012 |
Economic Sciences
|
Lloyd S. Shapley |
π Cambridge, MA, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
2007-2012 |
for the theory of stable allocations and the practice of market design |
Alvin E. Roth |
| 2011 |
Physics
|
Adam G. Riess |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
2006-2011 |
for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
Brian P. Schmidt, Saul Perlmutter |
| 2011 |
Physics
|
Brian P. Schmidt |
π Missoula, MT, USA |
π¬ Weston Creek, Australia |
2006-2011 |
for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
Adam G. Riess, Saul Perlmutter |
| 2011 |
Physics
|
Saul Perlmutter |
π Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2006-2011 |
for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
Adam G. Riess, Brian P. Schmidt |
| 2011 |
Chemistry
|
Dan Shechtman |
π Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine |
π¬ Haifa, Israel |
2006-2011 |
for the discovery of quasicrystals |
- |
| 2011 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Bruce A. Beutler |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
2006-2011 |
for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity |
Jules A. Hoffmann, Ralph M. Steinman |
| 2011 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jules A. Hoffmann |
π Echternach, Luxembourg |
π¬ Strasbourg, France |
2006-2011 |
for their discoveries concerning the activation of innate immunity |
Bruce A. Beutler, Ralph M. Steinman |
| 2011 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ralph M. Steinman |
π Montreal, Canada |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2006-2011 |
for his discovery of the dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity |
Bruce A. Beutler, Jules A. Hoffmann |
| 2011 |
Literature
|
Tomas TranstrΓΆmer |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
2006-2011 |
because, through his condensed, translucent images, he gives us fresh access to reality |
- |
| 2011 |
Peace
|
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf |
π Monrovia, Liberia |
π¬ Monrovia, Liberia |
2006-2011 |
for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work |
Leymah Gbowee, Tawakkol Karman |
| 2011 |
Peace
|
Leymah Gbowee |
π Monrovia, Liberia |
π¬ Monrovia, Liberia |
2006-2011 |
for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Tawakkol Karman |
| 2011 |
Peace
|
Tawakkol Karman |
π Ta'izz, Yemen |
π¬ Sana'a, Yemen |
2006-2011 |
for their non-violent struggle for the safety of women and for women's rights to full participation in peace-building work |
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf, Leymah Gbowee |
| 2011 |
Economic Sciences
|
Christopher A. Sims |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2006-2011 |
for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy |
Thomas J. Sargent |
| 2011 |
Economic Sciences
|
Thomas J. Sargent |
π Pasadena, CA, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2006-2011 |
for their empirical research on cause and effect in the macroeconomy |
Christopher A. Sims |
| 2010 |
Physics
|
Andre Geim |
π Sochi, Russia |
π¬ Manchester, United Kingdom |
2005-2010 |
for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene |
Konstantin Novoselov |
| 2010 |
Physics
|
Konstantin Novoselov |
π Nizhny Tagil, Russia |
π¬ Manchester, United Kingdom |
2005-2010 |
for groundbreaking experiments regarding the two-dimensional material graphene |
Andre Geim |
| 2010 |
Chemistry
|
Akira Suzuki |
π Mukawa, Japan |
π¬ Sapporo, Japan |
2005-2010 |
for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
Ei-ichi Negishi, Richard F. Heck |
| 2010 |
Chemistry
|
Ei-ichi Negishi |
π Changchun, China |
π¬ West Lafayette, IN, USA |
2005-2010 |
for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
Akira Suzuki, Richard F. Heck |
| 2010 |
Chemistry
|
Richard F. Heck |
π Springfield, MA, USA |
π¬ Wilmington, DE, USA |
2005-2010 |
for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
Akira Suzuki, Ei-ichi Negishi |
| 2010 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Robert G. Edwards |
π Batley, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2005-2010 |
for the development of in vitro fertilization |
- |
| 2010 |
Literature
|
Mario Vargas Llosa |
π Arequipa, Peru |
π¬ Paris, France |
2005-2010 |
for his cartography of structures of power and his trenchant images of the individual's resistance, revolt, and defeat |
- |
| 2010 |
Peace
|
Liu Xiaobo |
π Changchun, China |
π¬ Beijing, China |
2005-2010 |
for his long and non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China |
- |
| 2010 |
Economic Sciences
|
Christopher A. Pissarides |
π Nicosia, Cyprus |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
2005-2010 |
for their analysis of markets with search frictions |
Dale T. Mortensen, Peter A. Diamond |
| 2010 |
Economic Sciences
|
Dale T. Mortensen |
π Enterprise, OR, USA |
π¬ Evanston, IL, USA |
2005-2010 |
for their analysis of markets with search frictions |
Christopher A. Pissarides, Peter A. Diamond |
| 2010 |
Economic Sciences
|
Peter A. Diamond |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2005-2010 |
for their analysis of markets with search frictions |
Christopher A. Pissarides, Dale T. Mortensen |
| 2009 |
Physics
|
Charles Kuen Kao |
π Shanghai, China |
π¬ Harlow, United Kingdom |
2004-2009 |
for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication |
George E. Smith, Willard S. Boyle |
| 2009 |
Physics
|
George E. Smith |
π White Plains, NY, USA |
π¬ Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
2004-2009 |
for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor |
Charles Kuen Kao, Willard S. Boyle |
| 2009 |
Physics
|
Willard S. Boyle |
π Amherst, NS, Canada |
π¬ Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
2004-2009 |
for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor |
Charles Kuen Kao, George E. Smith |
| 2009 |
Chemistry
|
Ada E. Yonath |
π Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine |
π¬ Rehovot, Israel |
2004-2009 |
for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome |
Thomas A. Steitz, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| 2009 |
Chemistry
|
Thomas A. Steitz |
π Milwaukee, WI, USA |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
2004-2009 |
for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome |
Ada E. Yonath, Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
| 2009 |
Chemistry
|
Venkatraman Ramakrishnan |
π Chidambaram, Tamil Nadu, India |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
2004-2009 |
for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome |
Ada E. Yonath, Thomas A. Steitz |
| 2009 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Carol W. Greider |
π San Diego, CA, USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
2004-2009 |
for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase |
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Jack W. Szostak |
| 2009 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Elizabeth H. Blackburn |
π Hobart, Tasmania, Australia |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
2004-2009 |
for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase |
Carol W. Greider, Jack W. Szostak |
| 2009 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jack W. Szostak |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
2004-2009 |
for the discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and the enzyme telomerase |
Carol W. Greider, Elizabeth H. Blackburn |
| 2009 |
Literature
|
Herta MΓΌller |
π Nitzkydorf, Banat, Romania |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
2004-2009 |
who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed |
- |
| 2009 |
Peace
|
Barack Hussein Obama |
π Honolulu, HI, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
2004-2009 |
for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples |
- |
| 2009 |
Economic Sciences
|
Elinor Ostrom |
π Los Angeles, CA, USA |
π¬ Bloomington, IN, USA |
2004-2009 |
for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons |
Oliver E. Williamson |
| 2009 |
Economic Sciences
|
Oliver E. Williamson |
π Superior, WI, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2004-2009 |
for his analysis of economic governance, especially the boundaries of the firm |
Elinor Ostrom |
| 2008 |
Physics
|
Makoto Kobayashi |
π Nagoya, Japan |
π¬ Tsukuba, Japan |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
Toshihide Maskawa, Yoichiro Nambu |
| 2008 |
Physics
|
Toshihide Maskawa |
π Nagoya, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
Makoto Kobayashi, Yoichiro Nambu |
| 2008 |
Physics
|
Yoichiro Nambu |
π Tokyo, Japan |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics |
Makoto Kobayashi, Toshihide Maskawa |
| 2008 |
Chemistry
|
Martin Chalfie |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP |
Osamu Shimomura, Roger Y. Tsien |
| 2008 |
Chemistry
|
Osamu Shimomura |
π Kyoto, Japan |
π¬ Woods Hole, MA, USA |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP |
Martin Chalfie, Roger Y. Tsien |
| 2008 |
Chemistry
|
Roger Y. Tsien |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ San Diego, CA, USA |
2003-2008 |
for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP |
Martin Chalfie, Osamu Shimomura |
| 2008 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
FranΓ§oise BarrΓ©-Sinoussi |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2003-2008 |
for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus |
Harald zur Hausen, Luc Montagnier |
| 2008 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Harald zur Hausen |
π Gelsenkirchen, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
2003-2008 |
for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer |
FranΓ§oise BarrΓ©-Sinoussi, Luc Montagnier |
| 2008 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Luc Montagnier |
π Chabris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
2003-2008 |
for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus |
FranΓ§oise BarrΓ©-Sinoussi, Harald zur Hausen |
| 2008 |
Literature
|
Jean-Marie Gustave Le ClΓ©zio |
π Nice, France |
π¬ Nice, France |
2003-2008 |
author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization |
- |
| 2008 |
Peace
|
Martti Ahtisaari |
π Viipuri, Finland |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2003-2008 |
for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts |
- |
| 2008 |
Economic Sciences
|
Paul Krugman |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2003-2008 |
for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity |
- |
| 2007 |
Physics
|
Albert Fert |
π Carcassonne, France |
π¬ Orsay, France |
2002-2007 |
for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance |
Peter GrΓΌnberg |
| 2007 |
Physics
|
Peter GrΓΌnberg |
π Plzen, Czechoslovakia |
π¬ JΓΌlich, Germany |
2002-2007 |
for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance |
Albert Fert |
| 2007 |
Chemistry
|
Gerhard Ertl |
π Bad Cannstatt, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
2002-2007 |
for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces |
- |
| 2007 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Mario R. Capecchi |
π Verona, Italy |
π¬ Salt Lake City, UT, USA |
2002-2007 |
for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells |
Oliver Smithies, Sir Martin J. Evans |
| 2007 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Oliver Smithies |
π Halifax, United Kingdom |
π¬ Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
2002-2007 |
for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells |
Mario R. Capecchi, Sir Martin J. Evans |
| 2007 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Martin J. Evans |
π Stroud, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cardiff, United Kingdom |
2002-2007 |
for their discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice by the use of embryonic stem cells |
Mario R. Capecchi, Oliver Smithies |
| 2007 |
Literature
|
Doris Lessing |
π Kermanshah, Persia |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
2002-2007 |
that epicist of the female experience, who with scepticism, fire and visionary power has subjected a divided civilisation to scrutiny |
- |
| 2007 |
Peace
|
Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Nashville, Tennessee |
2002-2007 |
for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change |
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
| 2007 |
Peace
|
Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
2002-2007 |
for their efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change, and to lay the foundations for the measures that are needed to counteract such change |
Albert Arnold (Al) Gore Jr. |
| 2007 |
Economic Sciences
|
Eric S. Maskin |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
2002-2007 |
for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory |
Leonid Hurwicz, Roger B. Myerson |
| 2007 |
Economic Sciences
|
Leonid Hurwicz |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Minneapolis, MN, USA |
2002-2007 |
for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory |
Eric S. Maskin, Roger B. Myerson |
| 2007 |
Economic Sciences
|
Roger B. Myerson |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
2002-2007 |
for having laid the foundations of mechanism design theory |
Eric S. Maskin, Leonid Hurwicz |
| 2006 |
Physics
|
George F. Smoot |
π Yukon, FL, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
2001-2006 |
for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation |
John C. Mather |
| 2006 |
Physics
|
John C. Mather |
π Roanoke, VA, USA |
π¬ Greenbelt, MD, USA |
2001-2006 |
for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation |
George F. Smoot |
| 2006 |
Chemistry
|
Roger D. Kornberg |
π St. Louis, MO, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2001-2006 |
for his studies of the molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
- |
| 2006 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Andrew Z. Fire |
π Stanford, CA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
2001-2006 |
for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA |
Craig C. Mello |
| 2006 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Craig C. Mello |
π New Haven, CT, USA |
π¬ Worcester, MA, USA |
2001-2006 |
for their discovery of RNA interference - gene silencing by double-stranded RNA |
Andrew Z. Fire |
| 2006 |
Literature
|
Orhan Pamuk |
π Istanbul, Turkey |
π¬ Istanbul, Turkey |
2001-2006 |
who in the quest for the melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for the clash and interlacing of cultures |
- |
| 2006 |
Peace
|
Grameen Bank |
π Dhaka, Bangladesh |
π¬ Dhaka, Bangladesh |
2001-2006 |
for their efforts to create economic and social development from below |
Muhammad Yunus |
| 2006 |
Peace
|
Muhammad Yunus |
π Chittagong, British India |
π¬ Jobra, Bangladesh |
2001-2006 |
for their efforts to create economic and social development from below |
Grameen Bank |
| 2006 |
Economic Sciences
|
Edmund S. Phelps |
π Evanston, IL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
2001-2006 |
for his analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy |
- |
| 2005 |
Physics
|
John L. Hall |
π Denver, CO, USA |
π¬ Boulder, CO, USA |
2000-2005 |
for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique |
Roy J. Glauber, Theodor W. HΓ€nsch |
| 2005 |
Physics
|
Roy J. Glauber |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2000-2005 |
for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence |
John L. Hall, Theodor W. HΓ€nsch |
| 2005 |
Physics
|
Theodor W. HΓ€nsch |
π Heidelberg, Germany |
π¬ Garching, Germany |
2000-2005 |
for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique |
John L. Hall, Roy J. Glauber |
| 2005 |
Chemistry
|
Richard R. Schrock |
π Berne, IN, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
2000-2005 |
for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis |
Robert H. Grubbs, Yves Chauvin |
| 2005 |
Chemistry
|
Robert H. Grubbs |
π Possum Trot, KY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
2000-2005 |
for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis |
Richard R. Schrock, Yves Chauvin |
| 2005 |
Chemistry
|
Yves Chauvin |
π Menin, Belgium |
π¬ Rueil-Malmaison, France |
2000-2005 |
for the development of the metathesis method in organic synthesis |
Richard R. Schrock, Robert H. Grubbs |
| 2005 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Barry J. Marshall |
π Kalgoorlie, Australia |
π¬ Nedlands, Australia |
2000-2005 |
for their discovery of the bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease |
J. Robin Warren |
| 2005 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
J. Robin Warren |
π Adelaide, Australia |
π¬ Perth, Australia |
2000-2005 |
for their discovery of the bacterium <i>Helicobacter pylori</i> and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease |
Barry J. Marshall |
| 2005 |
Literature
|
Harold Pinter |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, England |
2000-2005 |
who in his plays uncovers the precipice under everyday prattle and forces entry into oppression's closed rooms |
- |
| 2005 |
Peace
|
International Atomic Energy Agency |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
2000-2005 |
for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way |
Mohamed ElBaradei |
| 2005 |
Peace
|
Mohamed ElBaradei |
π Cairo, Egypt |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
2000-2005 |
for their efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes and to ensure that nuclear energy for peaceful purposes is used in the safest possible way |
International Atomic Energy Agency |
| 2005 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert J. Aumann |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
π¬ Jerusalem, Israel |
2000-2005 |
for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis |
Thomas C. Schelling |
| 2005 |
Economic Sciences
|
Thomas C. Schelling |
π Oakland, CA, USA |
π¬ College Park, MD, USA |
2000-2005 |
for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis |
Robert J. Aumann |
| 2004 |
Physics
|
David J. Gross |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction |
Frank Wilczek, H. David Politzer |
| 2004 |
Physics
|
Frank Wilczek |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction |
David J. Gross, H. David Politzer |
| 2004 |
Physics
|
H. David Politzer |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction |
David J. Gross, Frank Wilczek |
| 2004 |
Chemistry
|
Aaron Ciechanover |
π Haifa, British Protectorate of Palestine |
π¬ Haifa, Israel |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Avram Hershko, Irwin Rose |
| 2004 |
Chemistry
|
Avram Hershko |
π Karcag, Hungary |
π¬ Haifa, Israel |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Aaron Ciechanover, Irwin Rose |
| 2004 |
Chemistry
|
Irwin Rose |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Irvine, CA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
Aaron Ciechanover, Avram Hershko |
| 2004 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Linda B. Buck |
π Seattle, WA, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system |
Richard Axel |
| 2004 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Richard Axel |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1999-2004 |
for their discoveries of odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system |
Linda B. Buck |
| 2004 |
Literature
|
Elfriede Jelinek |
π MΓΌrzzuschlag, Austria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
1999-2004 |
for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that with extraordinary linguistic zeal reveal the absurdity of society's clichés and their subjugating power |
- |
| 2004 |
Peace
|
Wangari Muta Maathai |
π Nyeri, Kenya |
π¬ Nairobi, Kenya |
1999-2004 |
for her contribution to sustainable development, democracy and peace |
- |
| 2004 |
Economic Sciences
|
Edward C. Prescott |
π Glens Falls, NY, USA |
π¬ Tempe, AZ, USA |
1999-2004 |
for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles |
Finn E. Kydland |
| 2004 |
Economic Sciences
|
Finn E. Kydland |
π Gjesdal, Norway |
π¬ Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
1999-2004 |
for their contributions to dynamic macroeconomics: the time consistency of economic policy and the driving forces behind business cycles |
Edward C. Prescott |
| 2003 |
Physics
|
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov |
π Moscow, USSR |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1998-2003 |
for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids |
Anthony J. Leggett, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg |
| 2003 |
Physics
|
Anthony J. Leggett |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Urbana, IL, USA |
1998-2003 |
for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids |
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg |
| 2003 |
Physics
|
Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, Russia |
1998-2003 |
for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids |
Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov, Anthony J. Leggett |
| 2003 |
Chemistry
|
Peter Agre |
π Northfield, MN, USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
1998-2003 |
for the discovery of water channels |
Roderick MacKinnon |
| 2003 |
Chemistry
|
Roderick MacKinnon |
π Burlington, MA, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1998-2003 |
for structural and mechanistic studies of ion channels |
Peter Agre |
| 2003 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Paul C. Lauterbur |
π Sidney, OH, USA |
π¬ Urbana, IL, USA |
1998-2003 |
for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging |
Sir Peter Mansfield |
| 2003 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Peter Mansfield |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Nottingham, United Kingdom |
1998-2003 |
for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging |
Paul C. Lauterbur |
| 2003 |
Literature
|
John M. Coetzee |
π Cape Town, South Africa |
π¬ University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa |
1998-2003 |
who in innumerable guises portrays the surprising involvement of the outsider |
- |
| 2003 |
Peace
|
Shirin Ebadi |
π Hamadan, Iran |
π¬ Tehran, Iran |
1998-2003 |
for her efforts for democracy and human rights. She has focused especially on the struggle for the rights of women and children |
- |
| 2003 |
Economic Sciences
|
Clive W.J. Granger |
π Swansea, United Kingdom |
π¬ San Diego, CA, USA |
1998-2003 |
for methods of analyzing economic time series with common trends (cointegration) |
Robert F. Engle III |
| 2003 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert F. Engle III |
π Syracuse, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1998-2003 |
for methods of analyzing economic time series with time-varying volatility (ARCH) |
Clive W.J. Granger |
| 2002 |
Physics
|
Masatoshi Koshiba |
π Toyohashi, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
1997-2002 |
for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos |
Raymond Davis Jr., Riccardo Giacconi |
| 2002 |
Physics
|
Raymond Davis Jr. |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1997-2002 |
for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos |
Masatoshi Koshiba, Riccardo Giacconi |
| 2002 |
Physics
|
Riccardo Giacconi |
π Genoa, Italy |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1997-2002 |
for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources |
Masatoshi Koshiba, Raymond Davis Jr. |
| 2002 |
Chemistry
|
John B. Fenn |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Richmond, VA, USA |
1997-2002 |
for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules |
Koichi Tanaka, Kurt WΓΌthrich |
| 2002 |
Chemistry
|
Koichi Tanaka |
π Toyama City, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
1997-2002 |
for their development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules |
John B. Fenn, Kurt WΓΌthrich |
| 2002 |
Chemistry
|
Kurt WΓΌthrich |
π Aarberg, Switzerland |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1997-2002 |
for his development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining the three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules in solution |
John B. Fenn, Koichi Tanaka |
| 2002 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
H. Robert Horvitz |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1997-2002 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
John E. Sulston, Sydney Brenner |
| 2002 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
John E. Sulston |
π Fulmer, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1997-2002 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
H. Robert Horvitz, Sydney Brenner |
| 2002 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sydney Brenner |
π Germiston, South Africa |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1997-2002 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
H. Robert Horvitz, John E. Sulston |
| 2002 |
Literature
|
Imre KertΓ©sz |
π Budapest, Hungary |
π¬ Budapest, Hungary |
1997-2002 |
for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric arbitrariness of history |
- |
| 2002 |
Peace
|
James Earl Carter |
π Plains, GA, USA |
π¬ Atlanta, Georgia |
1997-2002 |
for his decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts, to advance democracy and human rights, and to promote economic and social development |
- |
| 2002 |
Economic Sciences
|
Daniel Kahneman |
π Tel Aviv, British Mandate of Palestine |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1997-2002 |
for having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science, especially concerning human judgment and decision-making under uncertainty |
Vernon L. Smith |
| 2002 |
Economic Sciences
|
Vernon L. Smith |
π Wichita, KS, USA |
π¬ Fairfax, VA, USA |
1997-2002 |
for having established laboratory experiments as a tool in empirical economic analysis, especially in the study of alternative market mechanisms |
Daniel Kahneman |
| 2001 |
Physics
|
Carl E. Wieman |
π Corvallis, OR, USA |
π¬ Boulder, CO, USA |
1996-2001 |
for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates |
Eric A. Cornell, Wolfgang Ketterle |
| 2001 |
Physics
|
Eric A. Cornell |
π Palo Alto, CA, USA |
π¬ Boulder, CO, USA |
1996-2001 |
for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates |
Carl E. Wieman, Wolfgang Ketterle |
| 2001 |
Physics
|
Wolfgang Ketterle |
π Heidelberg, West Germany |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1996-2001 |
for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates |
Carl E. Wieman, Eric A. Cornell |
| 2001 |
Chemistry
|
K. Barry Sharpless |
π Philadelphia, PA, USA |
π¬ La Jolla, CA, USA |
1996-2001 |
for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions |
Ryoji Noyori, William S. Knowles |
| 2001 |
Chemistry
|
Ryoji Noyori |
π Kobe, Japan |
π¬ Nagoya, Japan |
1996-2001 |
for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions |
K. Barry Sharpless, William S. Knowles |
| 2001 |
Chemistry
|
William S. Knowles |
π Taunton, MA, USA |
π¬ St. Louis, Missouri |
1996-2001 |
for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions |
K. Barry Sharpless, Ryoji Noyori |
| 2001 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Leland H. Hartwell |
π Los Angeles, CA, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle |
Sir Paul M. Nurse, Tim Hunt |
| 2001 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Paul M. Nurse |
π Norwich, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1996-2001 |
for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle |
Leland H. Hartwell, Tim Hunt |
| 2001 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Tim Hunt |
π Neston, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1996-2001 |
for their discoveries of key regulators of the cell cycle |
Leland H. Hartwell, Sir Paul M. Nurse |
| 2001 |
Literature
|
Sir Vidiadhar Surajprasad Naipaul |
π Chaguanas, Trinidad and Tobago |
π¬ London, England |
1996-2001 |
for having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see the presence of suppressed histories |
- |
| 2001 |
Peace
|
Kofi Atta Annan |
π Kumasi, Gold Coast |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world |
United Nations |
| 2001 |
Peace
|
United Nations |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their work for a better organized and more peaceful world |
Kofi Atta Annan |
| 2001 |
Economic Sciences
|
A. Michael Spence |
π Montclair, NJ, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
George A. Akerlof, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| 2001 |
Economic Sciences
|
George A. Akerlof |
π New Haven, CT, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
A. Michael Spence, Joseph E. Stiglitz |
| 2001 |
Economic Sciences
|
Joseph E. Stiglitz |
π Gary, IN, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1996-2001 |
for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
A. Michael Spence, George A. Akerlof |
| 2000 |
Physics
|
Herbert Kroemer |
π Weimar, Germany |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
1995-2000 |
for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics |
Jack S. Kilby, Zhores I. Alferov |
| 2000 |
Physics
|
Jack S. Kilby |
π Jefferson City, MO, USA |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
1995-2000 |
for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit |
Herbert Kroemer, Zhores I. Alferov |
| 2000 |
Physics
|
Zhores I. Alferov |
π Vitebsk, Belorussia, USSR |
π¬ St. Petersburg, Russia |
1995-2000 |
for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics |
Herbert Kroemer, Jack S. Kilby |
| 2000 |
Chemistry
|
Alan J. Heeger |
π Sioux City, IA, USA |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
1995-2000 |
for the discovery and development of conductive polymers |
Alan G. MacDiarmid, Hideki Shirakawa |
| 2000 |
Chemistry
|
Alan G. MacDiarmid |
π Masterton, New Zealand |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1995-2000 |
for the discovery and development of conductive polymers |
Alan J. Heeger, Hideki Shirakawa |
| 2000 |
Chemistry
|
Hideki Shirakawa |
π Tokyo, Japan |
π¬ Tsukuba, Japan |
1995-2000 |
for the discovery and development of conductive polymers |
Alan J. Heeger, Alan G. MacDiarmid |
| 2000 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Arvid Carlsson |
π Uppsala, Sweden |
π¬ Gothenburg, Sweden |
1995-2000 |
for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
Eric R. Kandel, Paul Greengard |
| 2000 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Eric R. Kandel |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1995-2000 |
for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
Arvid Carlsson, Paul Greengard |
| 2000 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Paul Greengard |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1995-2000 |
for their discoveries concerning signal transduction in the nervous system |
Arvid Carlsson, Eric R. Kandel |
| 2000 |
Literature
|
Gao Xingjian |
π Ganzhou, China |
π¬ Bagnolet, France |
1995-2000 |
for an Εuvre of universal validity, bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity, which has opened new paths for the Chinese novel and drama |
- |
| 2000 |
Peace
|
Kim Dae-jung |
π Mokpo, Korea |
π¬ Seoul, South Korea |
1995-2000 |
for his work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and in East Asia in general, and for peace and reconciliation with North Korea in particular |
- |
| 2000 |
Economic Sciences
|
Daniel L. McFadden |
π Raleigh, NC, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1995-2000 |
for his development of theory and methods for analyzing discrete choice |
James J. Heckman |
| 2000 |
Economic Sciences
|
James J. Heckman |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1995-2000 |
for his development of theory and methods for analyzing selective samples |
Daniel L. McFadden |
| 1999 |
Physics
|
Gerardus 't Hooft |
π Den Helder, the Netherlands |
π¬ Utrecht, the Netherlands |
1994-1999 |
for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics |
Martinus J.G. Veltman |
| 1999 |
Physics
|
Martinus J.G. Veltman |
π Waalwijk, the Netherlands |
π¬ Utrecht, the Netherlands |
1994-1999 |
for elucidating the quantum structure of electroweak interactions in physics |
Gerardus 't Hooft |
| 1999 |
Chemistry
|
Ahmed H. Zewail |
π Damanhur, Egypt |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1994-1999 |
for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy |
- |
| 1999 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
GΓΌnter Blobel |
π Waltersdorf, Germany |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1994-1999 |
for the discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals that govern their transport and localization in the cell |
- |
| 1999 |
Literature
|
GΓΌnter Grass |
π Danzig, Free City of Danzig |
π¬ Paris, France |
1994-1999 |
whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history |
- |
| 1999 |
Peace
|
Doctors Without Borders |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1994-1999 |
in recognition of the organisation's pioneering humanitarian work on several continents |
- |
| 1999 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert A. Mundell |
π Kingston, ON, Canada |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1994-1999 |
for his analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes and his analysis of optimum currency areas |
- |
| 1998 |
Physics
|
Daniel C. Tsui |
π Henan, China |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
Horst L. StΓΆrmer, Robert B. Laughlin |
| 1998 |
Physics
|
Horst L. StΓΆrmer |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, West Germany |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
Daniel C. Tsui, Robert B. Laughlin |
| 1998 |
Physics
|
Robert B. Laughlin |
π Visalia, CA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
Daniel C. Tsui, Horst L. StΓΆrmer |
| 1998 |
Chemistry
|
John A. Pople |
π Burnham-on-Sea, United Kingdom |
π¬ Evanston, IL, USA |
1993-1998 |
for his development of computational methods in quantum chemistry |
Walter Kohn |
| 1998 |
Chemistry
|
Walter Kohn |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Santa Barbara, CA, USA |
1993-1998 |
for his development of the density-functional theory |
John A. Pople |
| 1998 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ferid Murad |
π Whiting, IN, USA |
π¬ Houston, TX, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
Louis J. Ignarro, Robert F. Furchgott |
| 1998 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Louis J. Ignarro |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
Ferid Murad, Robert F. Furchgott |
| 1998 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Robert F. Furchgott |
π Charleston, SC, USA |
π¬ Brooklyn, NY, USA |
1993-1998 |
for their discoveries concerning nitric oxide as a signalling molecule in the cardiovascular system |
Ferid Murad, Louis J. Ignarro |
| 1998 |
Literature
|
JosΓ© Saramago |
π Azinhaga, Portugal |
π¬ Lisbon, Portugal |
1993-1998 |
who with parables sustained by imagination, compassion and irony continually enables us once again to apprehend an elusory reality |
- |
| 1998 |
Peace
|
David Trimble |
π Belfast, Northern Ireland |
π¬ Belfast, Northern Ireland |
1993-1998 |
for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland |
John Hume |
| 1998 |
Peace
|
John Hume |
π Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
π¬ Londonderry, Northern Ireland |
1993-1998 |
for their efforts to find a peaceful solution to the conflict in Northern Ireland |
David Trimble |
| 1998 |
Economic Sciences
|
Amartya Sen |
π Santiniketan, India |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1993-1998 |
for his contributions to welfare economics |
- |
| 1997 |
Physics
|
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji |
π Constantine, French Algeria |
π¬ Paris, France |
1992-1997 |
for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
Steven Chu, William D. Phillips |
| 1997 |
Physics
|
Steven Chu |
π St. Louis, MO, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1992-1997 |
for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, William D. Phillips |
| 1997 |
Physics
|
William D. Phillips |
π Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA |
π¬ Gaithersburg, MD, USA |
1992-1997 |
for development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji, Steven Chu |
| 1997 |
Chemistry
|
Jens C. Skou |
π Lemvig, Denmark |
π¬ Aarhus, Denmark |
1992-1997 |
for the first discovery of an ion-transporting enzyme, Na+, K+ -ATPase |
John E. Walker, Paul D. Boyer |
| 1997 |
Chemistry
|
John E. Walker |
π Halifax, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1992-1997 |
for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
Jens C. Skou, Paul D. Boyer |
| 1997 |
Chemistry
|
Paul D. Boyer |
π Provo, UT, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
1992-1997 |
for their elucidation of the enzymatic mechanism underlying the synthesis of adenosine triphosphate (ATP) |
Jens C. Skou, John E. Walker |
| 1997 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Stanley B. Prusiner |
π Des Moines, IA, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
1992-1997 |
for his discovery of Prions - a new biological principle of infection |
- |
| 1997 |
Literature
|
Dario Fo |
π Leggiuno-Sangiano, Italy |
π¬ Milan, Italy |
1992-1997 |
who emulates the jesters of the Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding the dignity of the downtrodden |
- |
| 1997 |
Peace
|
International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1992-1997 |
for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines |
Jody Williams |
| 1997 |
Peace
|
Jody Williams |
π Rutland, VT, USA |
π¬ Putney, Vermont |
1992-1997 |
for their work for the banning and clearing of anti-personnel mines |
International Campaign to Ban Landmines |
| 1997 |
Economic Sciences
|
Myron S. Scholes |
π Timmins, ON, Canada |
π¬ Greenwich, CT, USA |
1992-1997 |
for a new method to determine the value of derivatives |
Robert C. Merton |
| 1997 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert C. Merton |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1992-1997 |
for a new method to determine the value of derivatives |
Myron S. Scholes |
| 1996 |
Physics
|
David M. Lee |
π Rye, NY, USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
Douglas D. Osheroff, Robert C. Richardson |
| 1996 |
Physics
|
Douglas D. Osheroff |
π Aberdeen, WA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
David M. Lee, Robert C. Richardson |
| 1996 |
Physics
|
Robert C. Richardson |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
David M. Lee, Douglas D. Osheroff |
| 1996 |
Chemistry
|
Richard E. Smalley |
π Akron, OH, USA |
π¬ Houston, TX, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of fullerenes |
Robert F. Curl Jr., Sir Harold W. Kroto |
| 1996 |
Chemistry
|
Robert F. Curl Jr. |
π Alice, TX, USA |
π¬ Houston, TX, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of fullerenes |
Richard E. Smalley, Sir Harold W. Kroto |
| 1996 |
Chemistry
|
Sir Harold W. Kroto |
π Wisbech, Cambridgeshire , United Kingdom |
π¬ Brighton, United Kingdom |
1991-1996 |
for their discovery of fullerenes |
Richard E. Smalley, Robert F. Curl Jr. |
| 1996 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Peter C. Doherty |
π Brisbane, Australia |
π¬ Memphis, TN, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence |
Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
| 1996 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Rolf M. Zinkernagel |
π Basel, Switzerland |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1991-1996 |
for their discoveries concerning the specificity of the cell mediated immune defence |
Peter C. Doherty |
| 1996 |
Literature
|
WisΕawa Szymborska |
π Bnin, Poland |
π¬ KrakΓ³w, Poland |
1991-1996 |
for poetry that with ironic precision allows the historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality |
- |
| 1996 |
Peace
|
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |
π Wailacama, East Timor |
π¬ Dili, East Timor |
1991-1996 |
for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor |
JosΓ© Ramos-Horta |
| 1996 |
Peace
|
JosΓ© Ramos-Horta |
π Dili, East Timor |
π¬ Sydney, Australia |
1991-1996 |
for their work towards a just and peaceful solution to the conflict in East Timor |
Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo |
| 1996 |
Economic Sciences
|
James A. Mirrlees |
π Minnigaff, Scotland |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1991-1996 |
for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information |
William Vickrey |
| 1996 |
Economic Sciences
|
William Vickrey |
π Victoria, BC, Canada |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1991-1996 |
for their fundamental contributions to the economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information |
James A. Mirrlees |
| 1995 |
Physics
|
Frederick Reines |
π Paterson, NJ, USA |
π¬ Irvine, CA, USA |
1990-1995 |
for the detection of the neutrino |
Martin L. Perl |
| 1995 |
Physics
|
Martin L. Perl |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1990-1995 |
for the discovery of the tau lepton |
Frederick Reines |
| 1995 |
Chemistry
|
F. Sherwood Rowland |
π Delaware, OH, USA |
π¬ Irvine, CA, USA |
1990-1995 |
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone |
Mario J. Molina, Paul J. Crutzen |
| 1995 |
Chemistry
|
Mario J. Molina |
π Mexico City, Mexico |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1990-1995 |
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone |
F. Sherwood Rowland, Paul J. Crutzen |
| 1995 |
Chemistry
|
Paul J. Crutzen |
π Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
π¬ Mainz, Germany |
1990-1995 |
for their work in atmospheric chemistry, particularly concerning the formation and decomposition of ozone |
F. Sherwood Rowland, Mario J. Molina |
| 1995 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Christiane NΓΌsslein-Volhard |
π Magdeburg, Germany |
π¬ TΓΌbingen, Germany |
1990-1995 |
for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development |
Edward B. Lewis, Eric F. Wieschaus |
| 1995 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edward B. Lewis |
π Wilkes-Barre, PA, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1990-1995 |
for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development |
Christiane NΓΌsslein-Volhard, Eric F. Wieschaus |
| 1995 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Eric F. Wieschaus |
π South Bend, IN, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1990-1995 |
for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development |
Christiane NΓΌsslein-Volhard, Edward B. Lewis |
| 1995 |
Literature
|
Seamus Heaney |
π CasteldΓ wson, Northern Ireland |
π¬ Dublin, Ireland |
1990-1995 |
for works of lyrical beauty and ethical depth, which exalt everyday miracles and the living past |
- |
| 1995 |
Peace
|
Joseph Rotblat |
π Warsaw, Russian Empire |
π¬ London, England |
1990-1995 |
for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms |
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs |
| 1995 |
Peace
|
Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs |
π Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada |
π¬ Pugwash, Nova Scotia, Canada |
1990-1995 |
for their efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international politics and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms |
Joseph Rotblat |
| 1995 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert E. Lucas Jr. |
π Yakima, WA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1990-1995 |
for having developed and applied the hypothesis of rational expectations, and thereby having transformed macroeconomic analysis and deepened our understanding of economic policy |
- |
| 1994 |
Physics
|
Bertram N. Brockhouse |
π Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada |
π¬ Hamilton, Ontario, Canada |
1989-1994 |
for the development of neutron spectroscopy |
Clifford G. Shull |
| 1994 |
Physics
|
Clifford G. Shull |
π Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1989-1994 |
for the development of the neutron diffraction technique |
Bertram N. Brockhouse |
| 1994 |
Chemistry
|
George A. Olah |
π Budapest, Hungary |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
1989-1994 |
for his contribution to carbocation chemistry |
- |
| 1994 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Alfred G. Gilman |
π New Haven, CT, USA |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
1989-1994 |
for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells |
Martin Rodbell |
| 1994 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Martin Rodbell |
π Baltimore, MD, USA |
π¬ Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
1989-1994 |
for their discovery of G-proteins and the role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells |
Alfred G. Gilman |
| 1994 |
Literature
|
Kenzaburo Oe |
π Uchiko, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
1989-1994 |
who with poetic force creates an imagined world, where life and myth condense to form a disconcerting picture of the human predicament today |
- |
| 1994 |
Peace
|
Shimon Peres |
π Vishneva, Poland |
π¬ Tel Aviv, Israel |
1989-1994 |
for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
Yasser Arafat, Yitzhak Rabin |
| 1994 |
Peace
|
Yasser Arafat |
π Cairo, Egypt |
π¬ Tunis, Tunisia |
1989-1994 |
for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
Shimon Peres, Yitzhak Rabin |
| 1994 |
Peace
|
Yitzhak Rabin |
π Jerusalem, British Mandate of Palestine |
π¬ Tel Aviv, Israel |
1989-1994 |
for their efforts to create peace in the Middle East |
Shimon Peres, Yasser Arafat |
| 1994 |
Economic Sciences
|
John C. Harsanyi |
π Budapest, Hungary |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1989-1994 |
for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games |
John F. Nash Jr., Reinhard Selten |
| 1994 |
Economic Sciences
|
John F. Nash Jr. |
π Bluefield, WV, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1989-1994 |
for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games |
John C. Harsanyi, Reinhard Selten |
| 1994 |
Economic Sciences
|
Reinhard Selten |
π Breslau, Germany |
π¬ Bonn, Germany |
1989-1994 |
for their pioneering analysis of equilibria in the theory of non-cooperative games |
John C. Harsanyi, John F. Nash Jr. |
| 1993 |
Physics
|
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. |
π Philadelphia, PA, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1988-1993 |
for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation |
Russell A. Hulse |
| 1993 |
Physics
|
Russell A. Hulse |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1988-1993 |
for the discovery of a new type of pulsar, a discovery that has opened up new possibilities for the study of gravitation |
Joseph H. Taylor Jr. |
| 1993 |
Chemistry
|
Kary B. Mullis |
π Lenoir, NC, USA |
π¬ Emeryville, California, USA |
1988-1993 |
for his invention of the polymerase chain reaction (PCR) method |
Michael Smith |
| 1993 |
Chemistry
|
Michael Smith |
π Blackpool, United Kingdom |
π¬ Vancouver, Canada |
1988-1993 |
for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for protein studies |
Kary B. Mullis |
| 1993 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Phillip A. Sharp |
π Falmouth, KY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1988-1993 |
for their discoveries of split genes |
Richard J. Roberts |
| 1993 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Richard J. Roberts |
π Derby, United Kingdom |
π¬ Beverly, MA, USA |
1988-1993 |
for their discoveries of split genes |
Phillip A. Sharp |
| 1993 |
Literature
|
Toni Morrison |
π Lorain, OH, USA |
π¬ Syracuse, New York |
1988-1993 |
who in novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import, gives life to an essential aspect of American reality |
- |
| 1993 |
Peace
|
Frederik Willem de Klerk |
π Johannesburg, South Africa |
π¬ Cape Town, South Africa |
1988-1993 |
for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa |
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
| 1993 |
Peace
|
Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela |
π Mvezo, South Africa |
π¬ Soweto, South Africa |
1988-1993 |
for their work for the peaceful termination of the apartheid regime, and for laying the foundations for a new democratic South Africa |
Frederik Willem de Klerk |
| 1993 |
Economic Sciences
|
Douglass C. North |
π Cambridge, MA, USA |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
1988-1993 |
for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change |
Robert W. Fogel |
| 1993 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert W. Fogel |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1988-1993 |
for having renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods in order to explain economic and institutional change |
Douglass C. North |
| 1992 |
Physics
|
Georges Charpak |
π Dabrovica, Poland |
π¬ Paris, France |
1987-1992 |
for his invention and development of particle detectors, in particular the multiwire proportional chamber |
- |
| 1992 |
Chemistry
|
Rudolph A. Marcus |
π Montreal, Canada |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1987-1992 |
for his contributions to the theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems |
- |
| 1992 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edmond H. Fischer |
π Shanghai, China |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1987-1992 |
for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism |
Edwin G. Krebs |
| 1992 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edwin G. Krebs |
π Lansing, IA, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1987-1992 |
for their discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism |
Edmond H. Fischer |
| 1992 |
Literature
|
Derek Walcott |
π Castries, Saint Lucia |
π¬ Castries, Saint Lucia |
1987-1992 |
for a poetic oeuvre of great luminosity, sustained by a historical vision, the outcome of a multicultural commitment |
- |
| 1992 |
Peace
|
Rigoberta MenchΓΊ Tum |
π Aldea Chimel, Guatemala |
π¬ Chimel, QuichΓ©, Guatemala |
1987-1992 |
for her struggle for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for the rights of indigenous peoples |
- |
| 1992 |
Economic Sciences
|
Gary S. Becker |
π Pottsville, PA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1987-1992 |
for having extended the domain of microeconomic analysis to a wide range of human behaviour and interaction, including nonmarket behaviour |
- |
| 1991 |
Physics
|
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1986-1991 |
for discovering that methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter, in particular to liquid crystals and polymers |
- |
| 1991 |
Chemistry
|
Richard R. Ernst |
π Winterthur, Switzerland |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1986-1991 |
for his contributions to the development of the methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy |
- |
| 1991 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Bert Sakmann |
π Stuttgart, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1986-1991 |
for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells |
Erwin Neher |
| 1991 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Erwin Neher |
π Landsberg, Germany |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1986-1991 |
for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells |
Bert Sakmann |
| 1991 |
Literature
|
Nadine Gordimer |
π Springs, South Africa |
π¬ Johannesburg, South Africa |
1986-1991 |
who through her magnificent epic writing has - in the words of Alfred Nobel - been of very great benefit to humanity |
- |
| 1991 |
Peace
|
Aung San Suu Kyi |
π Rangoon, Burma |
π¬ Rangoon, Myanmar |
1986-1991 |
for her non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights |
- |
| 1991 |
Economic Sciences
|
Ronald H. Coase |
π Willesden, United Kingdom |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1986-1991 |
for his discovery and clarification of the significance of transaction costs and property rights for the institutional structure and functioning of the economy |
- |
| 1990 |
Physics
|
Henry W. Kendall |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics |
Jerome I. Friedman, Richard E. Taylor |
| 1990 |
Physics
|
Jerome I. Friedman |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics |
Henry W. Kendall, Richard E. Taylor |
| 1990 |
Physics
|
Richard E. Taylor |
π Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons, which have been of essential importance for the development of the quark model in particle physics |
Henry W. Kendall, Jerome I. Friedman |
| 1990 |
Chemistry
|
Elias James Corey |
π Methuen, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for his development of the theory and methodology of organic synthesis |
- |
| 1990 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
E. Donnall Thomas |
π Mart, TX, USA |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease |
Joseph E. Murray |
| 1990 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Joseph E. Murray |
π Milford, MA, USA |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in the treatment of human disease |
E. Donnall Thomas |
| 1990 |
Literature
|
Octavio Paz |
π Mexico City, Mexico |
π¬ Paris, France |
1985-1990 |
for impassioned writing with wide horizons, characterized by sensuous intelligence and humanistic integrity |
- |
| 1990 |
Peace
|
Mikhail Sergeyevich Gorbachev |
π Privolnoye, USSR |
π¬ Moscow, Russia |
1985-1990 |
for the leading role he played in the radical changes in East-West relations |
- |
| 1990 |
Economic Sciences
|
Harry M. Markowitz |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics |
Merton H. Miller, William F. Sharpe |
| 1990 |
Economic Sciences
|
Merton H. Miller |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics |
Harry M. Markowitz, William F. Sharpe |
| 1990 |
Economic Sciences
|
William F. Sharpe |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1985-1990 |
for their pioneering work in the theory of financial economics |
Harry M. Markowitz, Merton H. Miller |
| 1989 |
Physics
|
Hans G. Dehmelt |
π GΓΆrlitz, Prussia |
π¬ Seattle, WA, USA |
1984-1989 |
for the development of the ion trap technique |
Norman F. Ramsey, Wolfgang Paul |
| 1989 |
Physics
|
Norman F. Ramsey |
π Washington, D.C., USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1984-1989 |
for the invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks |
Hans G. Dehmelt, Wolfgang Paul |
| 1989 |
Physics
|
Wolfgang Paul |
π Lorenzkirch, Germany |
π¬ Bonn, Germany |
1984-1989 |
for the development of the ion trap technique |
Hans G. Dehmelt, Norman F. Ramsey |
| 1989 |
Chemistry
|
Sidney Altman |
π Montreal, Canada |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
1984-1989 |
for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
Thomas R. Cech |
| 1989 |
Chemistry
|
Thomas R. Cech |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Boulder, CO, USA |
1984-1989 |
for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
Sidney Altman |
| 1989 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Harold E. Varmus |
π Oceanside, NY, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
1984-1989 |
for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes |
J. Michael Bishop |
| 1989 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
J. Michael Bishop |
π York, PA, USA |
π¬ San Francisco, CA, USA |
1984-1989 |
for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes |
Harold E. Varmus |
| 1989 |
Literature
|
Camilo JosΓ© Cela |
π Iria Flavia, Spain |
π¬ Madrid, Spain |
1984-1989 |
for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability |
- |
| 1989 |
Peace
|
The 14th Dalai Lama (Tenzin Gyatso) |
π Taktser, Tibet |
π¬ Dharamshala, India |
1984-1989 |
for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people |
- |
| 1989 |
Economic Sciences
|
Trygve Haavelmo |
π Skedsmo, Norway |
π¬ Oslo, Norway |
1984-1989 |
for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures |
- |
| 1988 |
Physics
|
Jack Steinberger |
π Bad Kissingen, Germany |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1983-1988 |
for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino |
Leon M. Lederman, Melvin Schwartz |
| 1988 |
Physics
|
Leon M. Lederman |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Batavia, IL, USA |
1983-1988 |
for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino |
Jack Steinberger, Melvin Schwartz |
| 1988 |
Physics
|
Melvin Schwartz |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Mountain View, CA, USA |
1983-1988 |
for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino |
Jack Steinberger, Leon M. Lederman |
| 1988 |
Chemistry
|
Hartmut Michel |
π Ludwigsburg, West Germany |
π¬ Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
1983-1988 |
for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre |
Johann Deisenhofer, Robert Huber |
| 1988 |
Chemistry
|
Johann Deisenhofer |
π Zusamaltheim, Germany |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
1983-1988 |
for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre |
Hartmut Michel, Robert Huber |
| 1988 |
Chemistry
|
Robert Huber |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Martinsried, Germany |
1983-1988 |
for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre |
Hartmut Michel, Johann Deisenhofer |
| 1988 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George H. Hitchings |
π Hoquiam, WA, USA |
π¬ Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
1983-1988 |
for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment |
Gertrude B. Elion, Sir James W. Black |
| 1988 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gertrude B. Elion |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Research Triangle Park, NC, USA |
1983-1988 |
for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment |
George H. Hitchings, Sir James W. Black |
| 1988 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir James W. Black |
π Uddingston, Scotland |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1983-1988 |
for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment |
George H. Hitchings, Gertrude B. Elion |
| 1988 |
Literature
|
Naguib Mahfouz |
π Cairo, Egypt |
π¬ Cairo, Egypt |
1983-1988 |
who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind |
- |
| 1988 |
Peace
|
United Nations Peacekeeping Forces |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1983-1988 |
for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations |
- |
| 1988 |
Economic Sciences
|
Maurice Allais |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1983-1988 |
for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources |
- |
| 1987 |
Physics
|
J. Georg Bednorz |
π Neuenkirchen, West Germany |
π¬ RΓΌschlikon, Switzerland |
1982-1987 |
for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials |
K. Alexander MΓΌller |
| 1987 |
Physics
|
K. Alexander MΓΌller |
π Basel, Switzerland |
π¬ RΓΌschlikon, Switzerland |
1982-1987 |
for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials |
J. Georg Bednorz |
| 1987 |
Chemistry
|
Charles J. Pedersen |
π Pusan, Korea |
π¬ Wilmington, DE, USA |
1982-1987 |
for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
Donald J. Cram, Jean-Marie Lehn |
| 1987 |
Chemistry
|
Donald J. Cram |
π Chester, VT, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
1982-1987 |
for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
Charles J. Pedersen, Jean-Marie Lehn |
| 1987 |
Chemistry
|
Jean-Marie Lehn |
π Rosheim, France |
π¬ Strasbourg, France |
1982-1987 |
for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
Charles J. Pedersen, Donald J. Cram |
| 1987 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Susumu Tonegawa |
π Nagoya, Japan |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1982-1987 |
for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity |
- |
| 1987 |
Literature
|
Joseph Brodsky |
π Leningrad, USSR |
π¬ St. Petersburg, Russia |
1982-1987 |
for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity |
- |
| 1987 |
Peace
|
Oscar Arias SΓ‘nchez |
π Heredia, Costa Rica |
π¬ San JosΓ©Β, Costa Rica |
1982-1987 |
for his work for lasting peace in Central America |
- |
| 1987 |
Economic Sciences
|
Robert M. Solow |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1982-1987 |
for his contributions to the theory of economic growth |
- |
| 1986 |
Physics
|
Ernst Ruska |
π Heidelberg, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1981-1986 |
for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope |
Gerd Binnig, Heinrich Rohrer |
| 1986 |
Physics
|
Gerd Binnig |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, West Germany |
π¬ RΓΌschlikon, Switzerland |
1981-1986 |
for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope |
Ernst Ruska, Heinrich Rohrer |
| 1986 |
Physics
|
Heinrich Rohrer |
π Buchs, Switzerland |
π¬ RΓΌschlikon, Switzerland |
1981-1986 |
for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope |
Ernst Ruska, Gerd Binnig |
| 1986 |
Chemistry
|
Dudley R. Herschbach |
π San JosΓ©, CA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1981-1986 |
for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
John C. Polanyi, Yuan T. Lee |
| 1986 |
Chemistry
|
John C. Polanyi |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Toronto, Canada |
1981-1986 |
for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
Dudley R. Herschbach, Yuan T. Lee |
| 1986 |
Chemistry
|
Yuan T. Lee |
π Hsinchu, Taiwan |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1981-1986 |
for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
Dudley R. Herschbach, John C. Polanyi |
| 1986 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
π Turin, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
1981-1986 |
for their discoveries of growth factors |
Stanley Cohen |
| 1986 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Stanley Cohen |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Nashville, TN, USA |
1981-1986 |
for their discoveries of growth factors |
Rita Levi-Montalcini |
| 1986 |
Literature
|
Wole Soyinka |
π Abeokuta, Nigeria |
π¬ Kaduna, Nigeria |
1981-1986 |
who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence |
- |
| 1986 |
Peace
|
Elie Wiesel |
π Sighet, Romania |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1981-1986 |
for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity |
- |
| 1986 |
Economic Sciences
|
James M. Buchanan Jr. |
π Murfreesboro, TN, USA |
π¬ Fairfax, VA, USA |
1981-1986 |
for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making |
- |
| 1985 |
Physics
|
Klaus von Klitzing |
π Schroda, German-occupied Poland |
π¬ Stuttgart, Germany |
1980-1985 |
for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect |
- |
| 1985 |
Chemistry
|
Herbert A. Hauptman |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Buffalo, NY, USA |
1980-1985 |
for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures |
Jerome Karle |
| 1985 |
Chemistry
|
Jerome Karle |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1980-1985 |
for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures |
Herbert A. Hauptman |
| 1985 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Joseph L. Goldstein |
π Sumter, SC, USA |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
1980-1985 |
for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism |
Michael S. Brown |
| 1985 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Michael S. Brown |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Dallas, TX, USA |
1980-1985 |
for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism |
Joseph L. Goldstein |
| 1985 |
Literature
|
Claude Simon |
π Tananarive, Madagascar |
π¬ Paris, France |
1980-1985 |
who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition |
- |
| 1985 |
Peace
|
International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War |
π Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
π¬ Boston, Massachusetts, USA |
1980-1985 |
for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war |
- |
| 1985 |
Economic Sciences
|
Franco Modigliani |
π Rome, Italy |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1980-1985 |
for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets |
- |
| 1984 |
Physics
|
Carlo Rubbia |
π Gorizia, Italy |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1979-1984 |
for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction |
Simon van der Meer |
| 1984 |
Physics
|
Simon van der Meer |
π the Hague, the Netherlands |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1979-1984 |
for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction |
Carlo Rubbia |
| 1984 |
Chemistry
|
Robert Bruce Merrifield |
π Fort Worth, TX, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1979-1984 |
for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix |
- |
| 1984 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
CΓ©sar Milstein |
π Bahia Blanca, Argentina |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1979-1984 |
for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies |
Georges J.F. KΓΆhler, Niels K. Jerne |
| 1984 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Georges J.F. KΓΆhler |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Basel, Switzerland |
1979-1984 |
for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies |
CΓ©sar Milstein, Niels K. Jerne |
| 1984 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Niels K. Jerne |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Basel, Switzerland |
1979-1984 |
for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies |
CΓ©sar Milstein, Georges J.F. KΓΆhler |
| 1984 |
Literature
|
Jaroslav Seifert |
π Prague, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Prague, Czech Republic |
1979-1984 |
for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man |
- |
| 1984 |
Peace
|
Desmond Mpilo Tutu |
π Klerksdorp, South Africa |
π¬ Soweto, South Africa |
1979-1984 |
for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa |
- |
| 1984 |
Economic Sciences
|
Richard Stone |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1979-1984 |
for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis |
- |
| 1983 |
Physics
|
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
π Lahore, India |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1978-1983 |
for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars |
William Alfred Fowler |
| 1983 |
Physics
|
William Alfred Fowler |
π Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1978-1983 |
for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar |
| 1983 |
Chemistry
|
Henry Taube |
π Neudorf, Canada |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1978-1983 |
for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes |
- |
| 1983 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Barbara McClintock |
π Hartford, CT, USA |
π¬ Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA |
1978-1983 |
for her discovery of mobile genetic elements |
- |
| 1983 |
Literature
|
William Golding |
π Newquay, United Kingdom |
π¬ Salisbury, England |
1978-1983 |
for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today |
- |
| 1983 |
Peace
|
Lech WaΕΔsa |
π Popowo, Poland |
π¬ GdaΕsk, Poland |
1978-1983 |
for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland |
- |
| 1983 |
Economic Sciences
|
Gerard Debreu |
π Calais, France |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1978-1983 |
for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium |
- |
| 1982 |
Physics
|
Kenneth G. Wilson |
π Waltham, MA, USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1977-1982 |
for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions |
- |
| 1982 |
Chemistry
|
Aaron Klug |
π Zelvas, Lithuania |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1977-1982 |
for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes |
- |
| 1982 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Bengt I. Samuelsson |
π Halmstad, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1977-1982 |
for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
John R. Vane, Sune K. BergstrΓΆm |
| 1982 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
John R. Vane |
π Tardebigg, United Kingdom |
π¬ Beckenham, United Kingdom |
1977-1982 |
for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
Bengt I. Samuelsson, Sune K. BergstrΓΆm |
| 1982 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sune K. BergstrΓΆm |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1977-1982 |
for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
Bengt I. Samuelsson, John R. Vane |
| 1982 |
Literature
|
Gabriel GarcΓa MΓ‘rquez |
π Aracataca, Colombia |
π¬ Mexico City, Mexico |
1977-1982 |
for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts |
- |
| 1982 |
Peace
|
Alfonso GarcΓa Robles |
π Zamora, Mexico |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1977-1982 |
for their work for disarmament and nuclear and weapon-free zones |
Alva Myrdal |
| 1982 |
Peace
|
Alva Myrdal |
π Uppsala, Sweden |
π¬ Bromma, Sweden |
1977-1982 |
for their work for disarmament and nuclear and weapon-free zones |
Alfonso GarcΓa Robles |
| 1982 |
Economic Sciences
|
George J. Stigler |
π Renton, WA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1977-1982 |
for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation |
- |
| 1981 |
Physics
|
Arthur Leonard Schawlow |
π Mount Vernon, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1976-1981 |
for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy |
Kai M. Siegbahn, Nicolaas Bloembergen |
| 1981 |
Physics
|
Kai M. Siegbahn |
π Lund, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1976-1981 |
for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy |
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Nicolaas Bloembergen |
| 1981 |
Physics
|
Nicolaas Bloembergen |
π Dordrecht, the Netherlands |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1976-1981 |
for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy |
Arthur Leonard Schawlow, Kai M. Siegbahn |
| 1981 |
Chemistry
|
Kenichi Fukui |
π Nara, Japan |
π¬ Kyoto, Japan |
1976-1981 |
for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions |
Roald Hoffmann |
| 1981 |
Chemistry
|
Roald Hoffmann |
π Zloczov, Poland |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1976-1981 |
for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions |
Kenichi Fukui |
| 1981 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
David H. Hubel |
π Windsor, ON, Canada |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1976-1981 |
for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system |
Roger W. Sperry, Torsten N. Wiesel |
| 1981 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Roger W. Sperry |
π Hartford, CT, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1976-1981 |
for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres |
David H. Hubel, Torsten N. Wiesel |
| 1981 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Torsten N. Wiesel |
π Uppsala, Sweden |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1976-1981 |
for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system |
David H. Hubel, Roger W. Sperry |
| 1981 |
Literature
|
Elias Canetti |
π Ruse, Bulgaria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
1976-1981 |
for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power |
- |
| 1981 |
Peace
|
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1976-1981 |
for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees |
- |
| 1981 |
Economic Sciences
|
James Tobin |
π Champaign, IL, USA |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
1976-1981 |
for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices |
- |
| 1980 |
Physics
|
James Watson Cronin |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1975-1980 |
for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons |
Val Logsdon Fitch |
| 1980 |
Physics
|
Val Logsdon Fitch |
π Merriman, NE, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1975-1980 |
for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons |
James Watson Cronin |
| 1980 |
Chemistry
|
Frederick Sanger |
π Rendcombe, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1975-1980 |
for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids |
Paul Berg, Walter Gilbert |
| 1980 |
Chemistry
|
Paul Berg |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1975-1980 |
for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA |
Frederick Sanger, Walter Gilbert |
| 1980 |
Chemistry
|
Walter Gilbert |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1975-1980 |
for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids |
Frederick Sanger, Paul Berg |
| 1980 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Baruj Benacerraf |
π Caracas, Venezuela |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1975-1980 |
for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
George D. Snell, Jean Dausset |
| 1980 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George D. Snell |
π Bradford, MA, USA |
π¬ Bar Harbor, ME, USA |
1975-1980 |
for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
Baruj Benacerraf, Jean Dausset |
| 1980 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jean Dausset |
π Toulouse, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1975-1980 |
for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
Baruj Benacerraf, George D. Snell |
| 1980 |
Literature
|
CzesΕaw MiΕosz |
π Εeteniai, Russian Empire |
π¬ Berkeley, California, USA |
1975-1980 |
who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts |
- |
| 1980 |
Peace
|
Adolfo PΓ©rez Esquivel |
π Buenos Aires, Argentina |
π¬ Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1975-1980 |
for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America |
- |
| 1980 |
Economic Sciences
|
Lawrence R. Klein |
π Omaha, NE, USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1975-1980 |
for the creation of econometric models and the application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies |
- |
| 1979 |
Physics
|
Abdus Salam |
π Jhang MaghiΔna, India |
π¬ Trieste, Italy |
1974-1979 |
for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current |
Sheldon Lee Glashow, Steven Weinberg |
| 1979 |
Physics
|
Sheldon Lee Glashow |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1974-1979 |
for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current |
Abdus Salam, Steven Weinberg |
| 1979 |
Physics
|
Steven Weinberg |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1974-1979 |
for their contributions to the theory of the unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles, including, inter alia, the prediction of the weak neutral current |
Abdus Salam, Sheldon Lee Glashow |
| 1979 |
Chemistry
|
Georg Wittig |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1974-1979 |
for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis |
Herbert C. Brown |
| 1979 |
Chemistry
|
Herbert C. Brown |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ West Lafayette, IN, USA |
1974-1979 |
for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis |
Georg Wittig |
| 1979 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Allan M. Cormack |
π Johannesburg, South Africa |
π¬ Medford, MA, USA |
1974-1979 |
for the development of computer assisted tomography |
Godfrey N. Hounsfield |
| 1979 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Godfrey N. Hounsfield |
π Newark, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1974-1979 |
for the development of computer assisted tomography |
Allan M. Cormack |
| 1979 |
Literature
|
Odysseus Elytis |
π IrΓ‘klion, Crete |
π¬ Athens, Greece |
1974-1979 |
for his poetry, which, against the background of Greek tradition, depicts with sensuous strength and intellectual clear-sightedness modern man's struggle for freedom and creativeness |
- |
| 1979 |
Peace
|
Mother Teresa |
π Uskup, Ottoman Empire |
π¬ Calcutta, India |
1974-1979 |
for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity |
- |
| 1979 |
Economic Sciences
|
Sir Arthur Lewis |
π Castries, British West Indies |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1974-1979 |
for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries |
Theodore W. Schultz |
| 1979 |
Economic Sciences
|
Theodore W. Schultz |
π Arlington, SD, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1974-1979 |
for their pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries |
Sir Arthur Lewis |
| 1978 |
Physics
|
Arno Allan Penzias |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Holmdel, NJ, USA |
1973-1978 |
for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation |
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa, Robert Woodrow Wilson |
| 1978 |
Physics
|
Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |
π Kronshtadt, Russian Empire |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1973-1978 |
for his basic inventions and discoveries in the area of low-temperature physics |
Arno Allan Penzias, Robert Woodrow Wilson |
| 1978 |
Physics
|
Robert Woodrow Wilson |
π Houston, TX, USA |
π¬ Holmdel, NJ, USA |
1973-1978 |
for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation |
Arno Allan Penzias, Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa |
| 1978 |
Chemistry
|
Peter D. Mitchell |
π Mitcham, United Kingdom |
π¬ Bodmin, United Kingdom |
1973-1978 |
for his contribution to the understanding of biological energy transfer through the formulation of the chemiosmotic theory |
- |
| 1978 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Daniel Nathans |
π Wilmington, DE, USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
1973-1978 |
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
Hamilton O. Smith, Werner Arber |
| 1978 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Hamilton O. Smith |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Baltimore, MD, USA |
1973-1978 |
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
Daniel Nathans, Werner Arber |
| 1978 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Werner Arber |
π GrΓ€nichen, Switzerland |
π¬ Basel, Switzerland |
1973-1978 |
for the discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
Daniel Nathans, Hamilton O. Smith |
| 1978 |
Literature
|
Isaac Bashevis Singer |
π Leoncin, Russian Empire |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1973-1978 |
for his impassioned narrative art which, with roots in a Polish-Jewish cultural tradition, brings universal human conditions to life |
- |
| 1978 |
Peace
|
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat |
π Mit Abu al-Kawm, Egypt |
π¬ Cairo, Egypt |
1973-1978 |
for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978 |
Menachem Begin |
| 1978 |
Peace
|
Menachem Begin |
π Brest Litovsk, Russian Empire |
π¬ Jerusalem, Israel |
1973-1978 |
for jointly having negotiated peace between Egypt and Israel in 1978 |
Mohamed Anwar al-Sadat |
| 1978 |
Economic Sciences
|
Herbert A. Simon |
π Milwaukee, WI, USA |
π¬ Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
1973-1978 |
for his pioneering research into the decision-making process within economic organizations |
- |
| 1977 |
Physics
|
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck |
π Middletown, CT, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1972-1977 |
for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
Philip Warren Anderson, Sir Nevill Francis Mott |
| 1977 |
Physics
|
Philip Warren Anderson |
π Indianapolis, IN, USA |
π¬ Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
1972-1977 |
for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Sir Nevill Francis Mott |
| 1977 |
Physics
|
Sir Nevill Francis Mott |
π Leeds, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1972-1977 |
for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
John Hasbrouck Van Vleck, Philip Warren Anderson |
| 1977 |
Chemistry
|
Ilya Romanovich Prigogine |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Brussels, Belgium |
1972-1977 |
for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures |
- |
| 1977 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Andrew V. Schally |
π Wilno, Poland |
π¬ New Orleans, LA, USA |
1972-1977 |
for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain |
Roger Guillemin, Rosalyn Yalow |
| 1977 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Roger Guillemin |
π Dijon, France |
π¬ San Diego, CA, USA |
1972-1977 |
for their discoveries concerning the peptide hormone production of the brain |
Andrew V. Schally, Rosalyn Yalow |
| 1977 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Rosalyn Yalow |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Bronx, NY, USA |
1972-1977 |
for the development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones |
Andrew V. Schally, Roger Guillemin |
| 1977 |
Literature
|
Vicente Aleixandre |
π Sevilla, Spain |
π¬ Madrid, Spain |
1972-1977 |
for a creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in the cosmos and in present-day society, at the same time representing the great renewal of the traditions of Spanish poetry between the wars |
- |
| 1977 |
Peace
|
Amnesty International |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1972-1977 |
for worldwide respect for human rights |
- |
| 1977 |
Economic Sciences
|
Bertil Ohlin |
π Klippan, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1972-1977 |
for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements |
James E. Meade |
| 1977 |
Economic Sciences
|
James E. Meade |
π Swanage, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1972-1977 |
for their pathbreaking contribution to the theory of international trade and international capital movements |
Bertil Ohlin |
| 1976 |
Physics
|
Burton Richter |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1971-1976 |
for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind |
Samuel Chao Chung Ting |
| 1976 |
Physics
|
Samuel Chao Chung Ting |
π Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1971-1976 |
for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind |
Burton Richter |
| 1976 |
Chemistry
|
William N. Lipscomb |
π Cleveland, OH, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1971-1976 |
for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding |
- |
| 1976 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Baruch S. Blumberg |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1971-1976 |
for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases |
D. Carleton Gajdusek |
| 1976 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
D. Carleton Gajdusek |
π Yonkers, NY, USA |
π¬ Bethesda, MD, USA |
1971-1976 |
for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases |
Baruch S. Blumberg |
| 1976 |
Literature
|
Saul Bellow |
π Lachine, Quebec, Canada |
π¬ University of Chicago, Chicago, Illinois, USA |
1971-1976 |
for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work |
- |
| 1976 |
Peace
|
Elizabeth Williams |
π Belfast, Northern Ireland |
π¬ Belfast, Northern Ireland |
1971-1976 |
for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland |
Mairead Corrigan |
| 1976 |
Peace
|
Mairead Corrigan |
π Belfast, Northern Ireland |
π¬ Belfast, Northern Ireland |
1971-1976 |
for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland |
Elizabeth Williams |
| 1976 |
Economic Sciences
|
Milton Friedman |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1971-1976 |
for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy |
- |
| 1975 |
Physics
|
Aage Niels Bohr |
π Copenhagen, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1970-1975 |
for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection |
Ben Roy Mottelson, Leo James Rainwater |
| 1975 |
Physics
|
Ben Roy Mottelson |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1970-1975 |
for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection |
Aage Niels Bohr, Leo James Rainwater |
| 1975 |
Physics
|
Leo James Rainwater |
π Council, ID, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1970-1975 |
for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection |
Aage Niels Bohr, Ben Roy Mottelson |
| 1975 |
Chemistry
|
John Warcup Cornforth |
π Sydney, Australia |
π¬ Brighton, United Kingdom |
1970-1975 |
for his work on the stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions |
Vladimir Prelog |
| 1975 |
Chemistry
|
Vladimir Prelog |
π Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1970-1975 |
for his research into the stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions |
John Warcup Cornforth |
| 1975 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
David Baltimore |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1970-1975 |
for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
Howard Martin Temin, Renato Dulbecco |
| 1975 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Howard Martin Temin |
π Philadelphia, PA, USA |
π¬ Madison, WI, USA |
1970-1975 |
for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
David Baltimore, Renato Dulbecco |
| 1975 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Renato Dulbecco |
π Catanzaro, Italy |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1970-1975 |
for their discoveries concerning the interaction between tumour viruses and the genetic material of the cell |
David Baltimore, Howard Martin Temin |
| 1975 |
Literature
|
Eugenio Montale |
π Genoa, Italy |
π¬ Milan, Italy |
1970-1975 |
for his distinctive poetry which, with great artistic sensitivity, has interpreted human values under the sign of an outlook on life with no illusions |
- |
| 1975 |
Peace
|
Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, Russia |
1970-1975 |
for his struggle for human rights in the Soviet Union, for disarmament and cooperation between all nations |
- |
| 1975 |
Economic Sciences
|
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich |
π St. Petersburg, Russian Empire |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1970-1975 |
for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources |
Tjalling C. Koopmans |
| 1975 |
Economic Sciences
|
Tjalling C. Koopmans |
π 's Graveland, the Netherlands |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
1970-1975 |
for their contributions to the theory of optimum allocation of resources |
Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich |
| 1974 |
Physics
|
Antony Hewish |
π Fowey, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1969-1974 |
for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars |
Sir Martin Ryle |
| 1974 |
Physics
|
Sir Martin Ryle |
π Brighton, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1969-1974 |
for their pioneering research in radio astrophysics: Ryle for his observations and inventions, in particular of the aperture synthesis technique, and Hewish for his decisive role in the discovery of pulsars |
Antony Hewish |
| 1974 |
Chemistry
|
Paul J. Flory |
π Sterling, IL, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1969-1974 |
for his fundamental achievements, both theoretical and experimental, in the physical chemistry of the macromolecules |
- |
| 1974 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Albert Claude |
π Longlier, Belgium |
π¬ Louvain, Belgium |
1969-1974 |
for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell |
Christian de Duve, George E. Palade |
| 1974 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Christian de Duve |
π Thames Ditton, United Kingdom |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1969-1974 |
for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell |
Albert Claude, George E. Palade |
| 1974 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George E. Palade |
π Iasi, Romania |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
1969-1974 |
for their discoveries concerning the structural and functional organization of the cell |
Albert Claude, Christian de Duve |
| 1974 |
Literature
|
Eyvind Johnson |
π SvartbjΓΆrnsbyn, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1969-1974 |
for a narrative art, far-seeing in lands and ages, in the service of freedom |
Harry Martinson |
| 1974 |
Literature
|
Harry Martinson |
π JΓ€mshΓΆg, Sweden |
π¬ SΓΆdermanland, Sweden |
1969-1974 |
for writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect the cosmos |
Eyvind Johnson |
| 1974 |
Peace
|
Eisaku SatΕ |
π Tabuse, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
1969-1974 |
for his contribution to stabilize conditions in the Pacific rim area and for signing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty |
SeΓ‘n MacBride |
| 1974 |
Peace
|
SeΓ‘n MacBride |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Dublin, Ireland |
1969-1974 |
for his efforts to secure and develop human rights throughout the world |
Eisaku SatΕ |
| 1974 |
Economic Sciences
|
Friedrich August von Hayek |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Freiburg, Germany |
1969-1974 |
for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena |
Gunnar Myrdal |
| 1974 |
Economic Sciences
|
Gunnar Myrdal |
π Skattungbyn, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1969-1974 |
for their pioneering work in the theory of money and economic fluctuations and for their penetrating analysis of the interdependence of economic, social and institutional phenomena |
Friedrich August von Hayek |
| 1973 |
Physics
|
Brian David Josephson |
π Cardiff, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1968-1973 |
for his theoretical predictions of the properties of a supercurrent through a tunnel barrier, in particular those phenomena which are generally known as the Josephson effects |
Ivar Giaever, Leo Esaki |
| 1973 |
Physics
|
Ivar Giaever |
π Bergen, Norway |
π¬ Schenectady, NY, USA |
1968-1973 |
for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively |
Brian David Josephson, Leo Esaki |
| 1973 |
Physics
|
Leo Esaki |
π Osaka, Japan |
π¬ Yorktown Heights, NY, USA |
1968-1973 |
for their experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors and superconductors, respectively |
Brian David Josephson, Ivar Giaever |
| 1973 |
Chemistry
|
Ernst Otto Fischer |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1968-1973 |
for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds |
Geoffrey Wilkinson |
| 1973 |
Chemistry
|
Geoffrey Wilkinson |
π Todmorden, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1968-1973 |
for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds |
Ernst Otto Fischer |
| 1973 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Karl von Frisch |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1968-1973 |
for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
Konrad Lorenz, Nikolaas Tinbergen |
| 1973 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Konrad Lorenz |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Seewiesen, Germany |
1968-1973 |
for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
Karl von Frisch, Nikolaas Tinbergen |
| 1973 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Nikolaas Tinbergen |
π the Hague, the Netherlands |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1968-1973 |
for their discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
Karl von Frisch, Konrad Lorenz |
| 1973 |
Literature
|
Patrick White |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Sydney, Australia |
1968-1973 |
for an epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced a new continent into literature |
- |
| 1973 |
Peace
|
Henry Alfred Kissinger |
π FΓΌrth, Germany |
π¬ Paris, France |
1968-1973 |
for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973 |
Le Duc Tho |
| 1973 |
Peace
|
Le Duc Tho |
π Nam Ha province, Vietnam |
π¬ Paris, France |
1968-1973 |
for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973 |
Henry Alfred Kissinger |
| 1973 |
Economic Sciences
|
Wassily Wassilyevich Leontief |
π St. Petersburg, Russia |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1968-1973 |
for the development of the input-output method and for its application to important economic problems |
- |
| 1972 |
Physics
|
John Bardeen |
π Madison, WI, USA |
π¬ Urbana, IL, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory |
Leon Neil Cooper, John Robert Schrieffer |
| 1972 |
Physics
|
Leon Neil Cooper |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Providence, RI, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory |
John Bardeen, John Robert Schrieffer |
| 1972 |
Physics
|
John Robert Schrieffer |
π Oak Park, IL, USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their jointly developed theory of superconductivity, usually called the BCS-theory |
John Bardeen, Leon Neil Cooper |
| 1972 |
Chemistry
|
Christian B. Anfinsen |
π Monessen, PA, USA |
π¬ Bethesda, MD, USA |
1967-1972 |
for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation |
Stanford Moore, William H. Stein |
| 1972 |
Chemistry
|
Stanford Moore |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule |
Christian B. Anfinsen, William H. Stein |
| 1972 |
Chemistry
|
William H. Stein |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule |
Christian B. Anfinsen, Stanford Moore |
| 1972 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gerald M. Edelman |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies |
Rodney R. Porter |
| 1972 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Rodney R. Porter |
π Newton-le-Willows, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1967-1972 |
for their discoveries concerning the chemical structure of antibodies |
Gerald M. Edelman |
| 1972 |
Literature
|
Heinrich BΓΆll |
π Cologne, Germany |
π¬ Cologne, Germany |
1967-1972 |
for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature |
- |
| 1972 |
Economic Sciences
|
John R. Hicks |
π Warwick, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1967-1972 |
for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory |
Kenneth J. Arrow |
| 1972 |
Economic Sciences
|
Kenneth J. Arrow |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1967-1972 |
for their pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory |
John R. Hicks |
| 1971 |
Physics
|
Dennis Gabor |
π Budapest, Hungary |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1966-1971 |
for his invention and development of the holographic method |
- |
| 1971 |
Chemistry
|
Gerhard Herzberg |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Ottawa, Canada |
1966-1971 |
for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals |
- |
| 1971 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Earl W. Sutherland, Jr. |
π Burlingame, KS, USA |
π¬ Nashville, TN, USA |
1966-1971 |
for his discoveries concerning the mechanisms of the action of hormones |
- |
| 1971 |
Literature
|
Pablo Neruda |
π Parral, Chile |
π¬ Santiago, Chile |
1966-1971 |
for a poetry that with the action of an elemental force brings alive a continent's destiny and dreams |
- |
| 1971 |
Peace
|
Willy Brandt |
π LΓΌbeck, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1966-1971 |
for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West |
- |
| 1971 |
Economic Sciences
|
Simon Kuznets |
π Pinsk, Russian Empire |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1966-1971 |
for his empirically founded interpretation of economic growth which has led to new and deepened insight into the economic and social structure and process of development |
- |
| 1970 |
Physics
|
Hannes Olof GΓΆsta AlfvΓ©n |
π NorrkΓΆping, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1965-1970 |
for fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydro-dynamics with fruitful applications in different parts of plasma physics |
Louis Eugène Félix Néel |
| 1970 |
Physics
|
Louis Eugène Félix Néel |
π Lyon, France |
π¬ Grenoble, France |
1965-1970 |
for fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism which have led to important applications in solid state physics |
Hannes Olof GΓΆsta AlfvΓ©n |
| 1970 |
Chemistry
|
Luis F. Leloir |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1965-1970 |
for his discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in the biosynthesis of carbohydrates |
- |
| 1970 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Julius Axelrod |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Bethesda, MD, USA |
1965-1970 |
for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation |
Sir Bernard Katz, Ulf von Euler |
| 1970 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Bernard Katz |
π Leipzig, Germany |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1965-1970 |
for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation |
Julius Axelrod, Ulf von Euler |
| 1970 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ulf von Euler |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1965-1970 |
for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation |
Julius Axelrod, Sir Bernard Katz |
| 1970 |
Literature
|
Aleksandr Isayevich Solzhenitsyn |
π Kislovodsk, Russia |
π¬ Ekibastuz, Kazakhstan |
1965-1970 |
for the ethical force with which he has pursued the indispensable traditions of Russian literature |
- |
| 1970 |
Peace
|
Norman Ernest Borlaug |
π Cresco, IA, USA |
π¬ Mexico City, Mexico |
1965-1970 |
for having given a well-founded hope - the green revolution |
- |
| 1970 |
Economic Sciences
|
Paul A. Samuelson |
π Gary, IN, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1965-1970 |
for the scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory and actively contributed to raising the level of analysis in economic science |
- |
| 1969 |
Physics
|
Murray Gell-Mann |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1964-1969 |
for his contributions and discoveries concerning the classification of elementary particles and their interactions |
- |
| 1969 |
Chemistry
|
Derek H. R. Barton |
π Gravesend, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1964-1969 |
for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry |
Odd Hassel |
| 1969 |
Chemistry
|
Odd Hassel |
π Kristiania, Norway |
π¬ Oslo, Norway |
1964-1969 |
for their contributions to the development of the concept of conformation and its application in chemistry |
Derek H. R. Barton |
| 1969 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Alfred D. Hershey |
π Owosso, MI, USA |
π¬ Long Island, New York, NY, USA |
1964-1969 |
for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
Max DelbrΓΌck, Salvador E. Luria |
| 1969 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Max DelbrΓΌck |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1964-1969 |
for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
Alfred D. Hershey, Salvador E. Luria |
| 1969 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Salvador E. Luria |
π Turin, Italy |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1964-1969 |
for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses |
Alfred D. Hershey, Max DelbrΓΌck |
| 1969 |
Literature
|
Samuel Beckett |
π Dublin, Ireland |
π¬ Paris, France |
1964-1969 |
for his writing, which - in new forms for the novel and drama - in the destitution of modern man acquires its elevation |
- |
| 1969 |
Peace
|
International Labour Organization |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1964-1969 |
for creating international legislation insuring certain norms for working conditions in every country |
- |
| 1969 |
Economic Sciences
|
Jan Tinbergen |
π the Hague, the Netherlands |
π¬ Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
1964-1969 |
for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes |
Ragnar Frisch |
| 1969 |
Economic Sciences
|
Ragnar Frisch |
π Oslo, Norway |
π¬ Oslo, Norway |
1964-1969 |
for having developed and applied dynamic models for the analysis of economic processes |
Jan Tinbergen |
| 1968 |
Physics
|
Luis Walter Alvarez |
π San Francisco, CA, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1963-1968 |
for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis |
- |
| 1968 |
Chemistry
|
Lars Onsager |
π Kristiania, Norway |
π¬ New Haven, CT, USA |
1963-1968 |
for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes |
- |
| 1968 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Har Gobind Khorana |
π Raipur, India |
π¬ Madison, WI, USA |
1963-1968 |
for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
Marshall W. Nirenberg, Robert W. Holley |
| 1968 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Marshall W. Nirenberg |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Bethesda, MD, USA |
1963-1968 |
for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
Har Gobind Khorana, Robert W. Holley |
| 1968 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Robert W. Holley |
π Urbana, IL, USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1963-1968 |
for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
Har Gobind Khorana, Marshall W. Nirenberg |
| 1968 |
Literature
|
Yasunari Kawabata |
π Osaka, Japan |
π¬ Yuzawa, Niigata Prefecture, Japan |
1963-1968 |
for his narrative mastery, which with great sensibility expresses the essence of the Japanese mind |
- |
| 1968 |
Peace
|
RenΓ© Cassin |
π Bayonne, France |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1963-1968 |
for his struggle to ensure the rights of man as stipulated in the UN Declaration |
- |
| 1967 |
Physics
|
Hans Albrecht Bethe |
π Strasbourg, Germany |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1962-1967 |
for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars |
- |
| 1967 |
Chemistry
|
George Porter |
π Stainforth, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1962-1967 |
for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy |
Manfred Eigen, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish |
| 1967 |
Chemistry
|
Manfred Eigen |
π Bochum, Germany |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1962-1967 |
for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy |
George Porter, Ronald George Wreyford Norrish |
| 1967 |
Chemistry
|
Ronald George Wreyford Norrish |
π Cambridge, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1962-1967 |
for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy |
George Porter, Manfred Eigen |
| 1967 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George Wald |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1962-1967 |
for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye |
Haldan Keffer Hartline, Ragnar Granit |
| 1967 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Haldan Keffer Hartline |
π Bloomsburg, PA, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1962-1967 |
for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye |
George Wald, Ragnar Granit |
| 1967 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ragnar Granit |
π Helsinki, Russian Empire |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1962-1967 |
for their discoveries concerning the primary physiological and chemical visual processes in the eye |
George Wald, Haldan Keffer Hartline |
| 1967 |
Literature
|
Miguel Angel Asturias |
π Guatemala City, Guatemala |
π¬ Paris, France |
1962-1967 |
for his vivid literary achievement, deep-rooted in the national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America |
- |
| 1966 |
Physics
|
Alfred Kastler |
π Guebwiller, Germany |
π¬ Paris, France |
1961-1966 |
for the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms |
- |
| 1966 |
Chemistry
|
Robert S. Mulliken |
π Newburyport, MA, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1961-1966 |
for his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method |
- |
| 1966 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Charles Brenton Huggins |
π Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1961-1966 |
for his discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer |
Peyton Rous |
| 1966 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Peyton Rous |
π Baltimore, MD, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1961-1966 |
for his discovery of tumour-inducing viruses |
Charles Brenton Huggins |
| 1966 |
Literature
|
Nelly Sachs |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1961-1966 |
for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength |
Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
| 1966 |
Literature
|
Shmuel Yosef Agnon |
π Buczacz, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Jerusalem, Israel |
1961-1966 |
for his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people |
Nelly Sachs |
| 1965 |
Physics
|
Julian Schwinger |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1960-1965 |
for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles |
Richard P. Feynman, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
| 1965 |
Physics
|
Richard P. Feynman |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1960-1965 |
for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles |
Julian Schwinger, Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
| 1965 |
Physics
|
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga |
π Kyoto, Japan |
π¬ Tokyo, Japan |
1960-1965 |
for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles |
Julian Schwinger, Richard P. Feynman |
| 1965 |
Chemistry
|
Robert Burns Woodward |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1960-1965 |
for his outstanding achievements in the art of organic synthesis |
- |
| 1965 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
AndrΓ© Lwoff |
π Ainay-le-ChΓ’teau, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1960-1965 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
FranΓ§ois Jacob, Jacques Monod |
| 1965 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
FranΓ§ois Jacob |
π Nancy, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1960-1965 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
AndrΓ© Lwoff, Jacques Monod |
| 1965 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jacques Monod |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1960-1965 |
for their discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
AndrΓ© Lwoff, FranΓ§ois Jacob |
| 1965 |
Literature
|
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Sholokhov |
π Veshenskaya, Russia |
π¬ Vyoshenskaya, Russia |
1960-1965 |
for the artistic power and integrity with which, in his epic of the Don, he has given expression to a historic phase in the life of the Russian people |
- |
| 1965 |
Peace
|
United Nations Children's Fund |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1960-1965 |
for its effort to enhance solidarity between nations and reduce the difference between rich and poor states |
- |
| 1964 |
Physics
|
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov |
π Atherton, Australia |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1959-1964 |
for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle |
Charles Hard Townes, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov |
| 1964 |
Physics
|
Charles Hard Townes |
π Greenville, SC, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1959-1964 |
for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle |
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov |
| 1964 |
Physics
|
Nicolay Gennadiyevich Basov |
π Usman, USSR |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1959-1964 |
for fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle |
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov, Charles Hard Townes |
| 1964 |
Chemistry
|
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
π Cairo, Egypt |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1959-1964 |
for her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances |
- |
| 1964 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Feodor Lynen |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1959-1964 |
for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Konrad Bloch |
| 1964 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Konrad Bloch |
π Neisse, Germany |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1959-1964 |
for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
Feodor Lynen |
| 1964 |
Literature
|
Jean-Paul Sartre |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1959-1964 |
for his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age |
- |
| 1964 |
Peace
|
Martin Luther King Jr. |
π Atlanta, GA, USA |
π¬ Atlanta, Georgia |
1959-1964 |
for his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population |
- |
| 1963 |
Physics
|
Eugene Paul Wigner |
π Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1958-1963 |
for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles |
J. Hans D. Jensen, Maria Goeppert Mayer |
| 1963 |
Physics
|
J. Hans D. Jensen |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure |
Eugene Paul Wigner, Maria Goeppert Mayer |
| 1963 |
Physics
|
Maria Goeppert Mayer |
π Kattowitz, Germany |
π¬ San Diego, CA, USA |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure |
Eugene Paul Wigner, J. Hans D. Jensen |
| 1963 |
Chemistry
|
Giulio Natta |
π Imperia, Italy |
π¬ Milan, Italy |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers |
Karl Ziegler |
| 1963 |
Chemistry
|
Karl Ziegler |
π Helsa, Germany |
π¬ MΓΌlheim an der Ruhr, Germany |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers |
Giulio Natta |
| 1963 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin |
π Banbury, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane |
Andrew Fielding Huxley, Sir John Carew Eccles |
| 1963 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Andrew Fielding Huxley |
π Hampstead, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane |
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Sir John Carew Eccles |
| 1963 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir John Carew Eccles |
π Melbourne, Australia |
π¬ Canberra, Australia |
1958-1963 |
for their discoveries concerning the ionic mechanisms involved in excitation and inhibition in the peripheral and central portions of the nerve cell membrane |
Alan Lloyd Hodgkin, Andrew Fielding Huxley |
| 1963 |
Literature
|
Giorgos Seferis |
π Smyrna, Ottoman Empire |
π¬ Athens, Greece |
1958-1963 |
for his eminent lyrical writing, inspired by a deep feeling for the Hellenic world of culture |
- |
| 1963 |
Peace
|
International Committee of the Red Cross |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1958-1963 |
for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN |
League of Red Cross Societies |
| 1963 |
Peace
|
League of Red Cross Societies |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1958-1963 |
for promoting the principles of the Geneva Convention and cooperation with the UN |
International Committee of the Red Cross |
| 1962 |
Physics
|
Lev Davidovich Landau |
π Baku, Russian Empire |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1957-1962 |
for his pioneering theories for condensed matter, especially liquid helium |
- |
| 1962 |
Chemistry
|
John Cowdery Kendrew |
π Oxford, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1957-1962 |
for their studies of the structures of globular proteins |
Max Ferdinand Perutz |
| 1962 |
Chemistry
|
Max Ferdinand Perutz |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1957-1962 |
for their studies of the structures of globular proteins |
John Cowdery Kendrew |
| 1962 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Francis Harry Compton Crick |
π Northampton, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1957-1962 |
for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material |
James Dewey Watson, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins |
| 1962 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
James Dewey Watson |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1957-1962 |
for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material |
Francis Harry Compton Crick, Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins |
| 1962 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins |
π Pongaroa, New Zealand |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1957-1962 |
for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material |
Francis Harry Compton Crick, James Dewey Watson |
| 1962 |
Literature
|
John Steinbeck |
π Salinas, CA, USA |
π¬ Pacific Grove, California |
1957-1962 |
for his realistic and imaginative writings, combining as they do sympathetic humour and keen social perception |
- |
| 1962 |
Peace
|
Linus Carl Pauling |
π Portland, OR, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1957-1962 |
for his fight against the nuclear arms race between East and West |
- |
| 1961 |
Physics
|
Robert Hofstadter |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1956-1961 |
for his pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei and for his thereby achieved discoveries concerning the structure of the nucleons |
Rudolf Ludwig MΓΆssbauer |
| 1961 |
Physics
|
Rudolf Ludwig MΓΆssbauer |
π Munich, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1956-1961 |
for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name |
Robert Hofstadter |
| 1961 |
Chemistry
|
Melvin Calvin |
π St. Paul, MN, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1956-1961 |
for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants |
- |
| 1961 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Georg von BΓ©kΓ©sy |
π Budapest, Hungary |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1956-1961 |
for his discoveries of the physical mechanism of stimulation within the cochlea |
- |
| 1961 |
Literature
|
Ivo AndriΔ |
π Dolac, Bosnia |
π¬ Belgrade, Serbia |
1956-1961 |
for the epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies drawn from the history of his country |
- |
| 1961 |
Peace
|
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl HammarskjΓΆld |
π JΓΆnkΓΆping, Sweden |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1956-1961 |
for developing the UN into an effective and constructive international organization, capable of giving life to the principles and aims expressed in the UN Charter |
- |
| 1960 |
Physics
|
Donald Arthur Glaser |
π Cleveland, OH, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1955-1960 |
for the invention of the bubble chamber |
- |
| 1960 |
Chemistry
|
Willard Frank Libby |
π Grand Valley, CO, USA |
π¬ Los Angeles, CA, USA |
1955-1960 |
for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science |
- |
| 1960 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Peter Brian Medawar |
π Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1955-1960 |
for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance |
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
| 1960 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
π Traralgon, Australia |
π¬ Melbourne, Australia |
1955-1960 |
for discovery of acquired immunological tolerance |
Peter Brian Medawar |
| 1960 |
Literature
|
Saint-John Perse |
π Pointe-Γ -Pitre, Guadeloupe, France |
π¬ Beijing, China |
1955-1960 |
for the soaring flight and the evocative imagery of his poetry which in a visionary fashion reflects the conditions of our time |
- |
| 1960 |
Peace
|
Albert John Lutuli |
π Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia |
π¬ Groutville, South Africa |
1955-1960 |
for his non-violent struggle against apartheid |
- |
| 1959 |
Physics
|
Emilio Gino Segrè |
π Tivoli, Italy |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1954-1959 |
for their discovery of the antiproton |
Owen Chamberlain |
| 1959 |
Physics
|
Owen Chamberlain |
π San Francisco, CA, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1954-1959 |
for their discovery of the antiproton |
Emilio Gino Segrè |
| 1959 |
Chemistry
|
Jaroslav Heyrovsky |
π Prague, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Prague, Czechoslovakia |
1954-1959 |
for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis |
- |
| 1959 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Arthur Kornberg |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1954-1959 |
for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid |
Severo Ochoa |
| 1959 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Severo Ochoa |
π Luarca, Spain |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1954-1959 |
for their discovery of the mechanisms in the biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid |
Arthur Kornberg |
| 1959 |
Literature
|
Salvatore Quasimodo |
π Modica, Italy |
π¬ Milan, Italy |
1954-1959 |
for his lyrical poetry, which with classical fire expresses the tragic experience of life in our own times |
- |
| 1959 |
Peace
|
Philip J. Noel-Baker |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, England |
1954-1959 |
for his longstanding contribution to the cause of disarmament and peace |
- |
| 1958 |
Physics
|
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm |
π Vladivostok, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1953-1958 |
for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect |
IlΒ΄ja Mikhailovich Frank, Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov |
| 1958 |
Physics
|
IlΒ΄ja Mikhailovich Frank |
π Leningrad, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1953-1958 |
for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect |
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm, Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov |
| 1958 |
Physics
|
Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov |
π Novaya Chigla, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1953-1958 |
for the discovery and the interpretation of the Cherenkov effect |
Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm, IlΒ΄ja Mikhailovich Frank |
| 1958 |
Chemistry
|
Frederick Sanger |
π Rendcombe, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1953-1958 |
for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin |
- |
| 1958 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edward Lawrie Tatum |
π Boulder, CO, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1953-1958 |
for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events |
George Wells Beadle, Joshua Lederberg |
| 1958 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George Wells Beadle |
π Wahoo, NE, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1953-1958 |
for their discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events |
Edward Lawrie Tatum, Joshua Lederberg |
| 1958 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Joshua Lederberg |
π Montclair, NJ, USA |
π¬ Madison, WI, USA |
1953-1958 |
for his discoveries concerning genetic recombination and the organization of the genetic material of bacteria |
Edward Lawrie Tatum, George Wells Beadle |
| 1958 |
Literature
|
Boris Leonidovich Pasternak |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Peredelkino, Russia |
1953-1958 |
for his important achievement both in contemporary lyrical poetry and in the field of the great Russian epic tradition |
- |
| 1958 |
Peace
|
Georges Pire |
π Dinant, Belgium |
π¬ Huy, Belgium |
1953-1958 |
for his efforts to help refugees to leave their camps and return to a life of freedom and dignity |
- |
| 1957 |
Physics
|
Chen Ning Yang |
π Hofei, Anhwei, China |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1952-1957 |
for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles |
Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee |
| 1957 |
Physics
|
Tsung-Dao (T.D.) Lee |
π Shanghai, China |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1952-1957 |
for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles |
Chen Ning Yang |
| 1957 |
Chemistry
|
Lord (Alexander R.) Todd |
π Glasgow, Scotland |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1952-1957 |
for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes |
- |
| 1957 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Daniel Bovet |
π NeuchΓ’tel, Switzerland |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
1952-1957 |
for his discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit the action of certain body substances, and especially their action on the vascular system and the skeletal muscles |
- |
| 1957 |
Literature
|
Albert Camus |
π Mondovi, French Algeria |
π¬ Oran, Algeria |
1952-1957 |
for his important literary production, which with clear-sighted earnestness illuminates the problems of the human conscience in our times |
- |
| 1957 |
Peace
|
Lester Bowles Pearson |
π Toronto, Canada |
π¬ Ottawa, Canada |
1952-1957 |
for his crucial contribution to the deployment of a United Nations Emergency Force in the wake of the Suez Crisis |
- |
| 1956 |
Physics
|
John Bardeen |
π Madison, WI, USA |
π¬ Urbana, IL, USA |
1951-1956 |
for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect |
Walter Houser Brattain, William Bradford Shockley |
| 1956 |
Physics
|
Walter Houser Brattain |
π Amoy, China |
π¬ Murray Hill, NJ, USA |
1951-1956 |
for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect |
John Bardeen, William Bradford Shockley |
| 1956 |
Physics
|
William Bradford Shockley |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Mountain View, CA, USA |
1951-1956 |
for their researches on semiconductors and their discovery of the transistor effect |
John Bardeen, Walter Houser Brattain |
| 1956 |
Chemistry
|
Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov |
π Saratov, Russia |
π¬ Moscow, USSR |
1951-1956 |
for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions |
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood |
| 1956 |
Chemistry
|
Sir Cyril Norman Hinshelwood |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1951-1956 |
for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions |
Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov |
| 1956 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
AndrΓ© FrΓ©dΓ©ric Cournand |
π Paris, France |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1951-1956 |
for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system |
Dickinson W. Richards, Werner Forssmann |
| 1956 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Dickinson W. Richards |
π Orange, NJ, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1951-1956 |
for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system |
AndrΓ© FrΓ©dΓ©ric Cournand, Werner Forssmann |
| 1956 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Werner Forssmann |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Mainz, Germany |
1951-1956 |
for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system |
AndrΓ© FrΓ©dΓ©ric Cournand, Dickinson W. Richards |
| 1956 |
Literature
|
Juan RamΓ³n JimΓ©nez |
π Moguer, Spain |
π¬ Moguer, Spain |
1951-1956 |
for his lyrical poetry, which in Spanish language constitutes an example of high spirit and artistical purity |
- |
| 1955 |
Physics
|
Polykarp Kusch |
π Blankenburg, Germany |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1950-1955 |
for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron |
Willis Eugene Lamb |
| 1955 |
Physics
|
Willis Eugene Lamb |
π Los Angeles, CA, USA |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1950-1955 |
for his discoveries concerning the fine structure of the hydrogen spectrum |
Polykarp Kusch |
| 1955 |
Chemistry
|
Vincent du Vigneaud |
π Chicago, IL, USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1950-1955 |
for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone |
- |
| 1955 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell |
π LinkΓΆping, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1950-1955 |
for his discoveries concerning the nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes |
- |
| 1955 |
Literature
|
HalldΓ³r Kiljan Laxness |
π Reykjavik, Iceland |
π¬ ReykjavΒΓk, Iceland |
1950-1955 |
for his vivid epic power which has renewed the great narrative art of Iceland |
- |
| 1954 |
Physics
|
Max Born |
π Breslau, Germany |
π¬ Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
1949-1954 |
for his fundamental research in quantum mechanics, especially for his statistical interpretation of the wavefunction |
Walther Bothe |
| 1954 |
Physics
|
Walther Bothe |
π Oranienburg, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1949-1954 |
for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith |
Max Born |
| 1954 |
Chemistry
|
Linus Carl Pauling |
π Portland, OR, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1949-1954 |
for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances |
- |
| 1954 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Frederick Chapman Robbins |
π Auburn, AL, USA |
π¬ Cleveland, OH, USA |
1949-1954 |
for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue |
John Franklin Enders, Thomas Huckle Weller |
| 1954 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
John Franklin Enders |
π West Hartford, CT, USA |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1949-1954 |
for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue |
Frederick Chapman Robbins, Thomas Huckle Weller |
| 1954 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Thomas Huckle Weller |
π Ann Arbor, MI, USA |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1949-1954 |
for their discovery of the ability of poliomyelitis viruses to grow in cultures of various types of tissue |
Frederick Chapman Robbins, John Franklin Enders |
| 1954 |
Literature
|
Ernest Miller Hemingway |
π Oak Park, IL, USA |
π¬ Havana, Cuba |
1949-1954 |
for his mastery of the art of narrative, most recently demonstrated in <I>The Old Man and the Sea,</I> and for the influence that he has exerted on contemporary style |
- |
| 1954 |
Peace
|
Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1949-1954 |
for its efforts to heal the wounds of war by providing help and protection to refugees all over the world |
- |
| 1953 |
Physics
|
Frits Zernike |
π Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
π¬ Groningen, the Netherlands |
1948-1953 |
for his demonstration of the phase contrast method, especially for his invention of the phase contrast microscope |
- |
| 1953 |
Chemistry
|
Hermann Staudinger |
π Worms, Germany |
π¬ Breisgau, Germany |
1948-1953 |
for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry |
- |
| 1953 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Fritz Albert Lipmann |
π Koenigsberg, Germany |
π¬ Boston, MA, USA |
1948-1953 |
for his discovery of co-enzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism |
Hans Adolf Krebs |
| 1953 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Hans Adolf Krebs |
π Hildesheim, Germany |
π¬ Sheffield, United Kingdom |
1948-1953 |
for his discovery of the citric acid cycle |
Fritz Albert Lipmann |
| 1953 |
Literature
|
Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill |
π Woodstock, United Kingdom |
π¬ Kent, England |
1948-1953 |
for his mastery of historical and biographical description as well as for brilliant oratory in defending exalted human values |
- |
| 1953 |
Peace
|
George Catlett Marshall |
π Uniontown, PA, USA |
π¬ Leesburg, Virginia |
1948-1953 |
for proposing and supervising the plan for the economic recovery of Europe |
- |
| 1952 |
Physics
|
Edward Mills Purcell |
π Taylorville, IL, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1947-1952 |
for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith |
Felix Bloch |
| 1952 |
Physics
|
Felix Bloch |
π Zurich, Switzerland |
π¬ Stanford, CA, USA |
1947-1952 |
for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith |
Edward Mills Purcell |
| 1952 |
Chemistry
|
Archer John Porter Martin |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1947-1952 |
for their invention of partition chromatography |
Richard Laurence Millington Synge |
| 1952 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Laurence Millington Synge |
π Liverpool, United Kingdom |
π¬ Bucksburn (Scotland), United Kingdom |
1947-1952 |
for their invention of partition chromatography |
Archer John Porter Martin |
| 1952 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Selman Abraham Waksman |
π Priluka, Russian Empire |
π¬ New Brunswick, NJ, USA |
1947-1952 |
for his discovery of streptomycin, the first antibiotic effective against tuberculosis |
- |
| 1952 |
Literature
|
FranΓ§ois Mauriac |
π Bordeaux, France |
π¬ Bordeaux, France |
1947-1952 |
for the deep spiritual insight and the artistic intensity with which he has in his novels penetrated the drama of human life |
- |
| 1952 |
Peace
|
Albert Schweitzer |
π Kaysersberg, Germany |
π¬ LambarΓ©nΓ©, Gabon |
1947-1952 |
for his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one |
- |
| 1951 |
Physics
|
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton |
π Dungarvan, Ireland |
π¬ Dublin, Ireland |
1946-1951 |
for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles |
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft |
| 1951 |
Physics
|
Sir John Douglas Cockcroft |
π Todmorden, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1946-1951 |
for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles |
Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton |
| 1951 |
Chemistry
|
Edwin Mattison McMillan |
π Redondo Beach, CA, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1946-1951 |
for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements |
Glenn Theodore Seaborg |
| 1951 |
Chemistry
|
Glenn Theodore Seaborg |
π Ishpeming, MI, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1946-1951 |
for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements |
Edwin Mattison McMillan |
| 1951 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Max Theiler |
π Pretoria, South Africa |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1946-1951 |
for his discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it |
- |
| 1951 |
Literature
|
PΓ€r Fabian Lagerkvist |
π VΓ€xjΓΆ, Sweden |
π¬ LidingΓΆ, Sweden |
1946-1951 |
for the artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he endeavours in his poetry to find answers to the eternal questions confronting mankind |
- |
| 1951 |
Peace
|
LΓ©on Jouhaux |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1946-1951 |
for having devoted his life to the fight against war through the promotion of social justice and brotherhood among men and nations |
- |
| 1950 |
Physics
|
Cecil Frank Powell |
π Tonbridge, United Kingdom |
π¬ Bristol, United Kingdom |
1945-1950 |
for his development of the photographic method of studying nuclear processes and his discoveries regarding mesons made with this method |
- |
| 1950 |
Chemistry
|
Kurt Alder |
π KΓΆnigshΓΌtte, Prussia |
π¬ Cologne, Germany |
1945-1950 |
for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis |
Otto Paul Hermann Diels |
| 1950 |
Chemistry
|
Otto Paul Hermann Diels |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Kiel, Germany |
1945-1950 |
for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis |
Kurt Alder |
| 1950 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edward Calvin Kendall |
π South Norwalk, CT, USA |
π¬ Rochester, MN, USA |
1945-1950 |
for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects |
Philip Showalter Hench, Tadeus Reichstein |
| 1950 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Philip Showalter Hench |
π Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
π¬ Rochester, MN, USA |
1945-1950 |
for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects |
Edward Calvin Kendall, Tadeus Reichstein |
| 1950 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Tadeus Reichstein |
π Wloclawek, Poland |
π¬ Basel, Switzerland |
1945-1950 |
for their discoveries relating to the hormones of the adrenal cortex, their structure and biological effects |
Edward Calvin Kendall, Philip Showalter Hench |
| 1950 |
Literature
|
Earl (Bertrand Arthur William) Russell |
π Trelleck, United Kingdom |
π¬ Bryn Mawr College, Pennsylvania, USA |
1945-1950 |
in recognition of his varied and significant writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought |
- |
| 1950 |
Peace
|
Ralph Bunche |
π Detroit, MI, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1945-1950 |
for his work as mediator in Palestine in 1948-1949 |
- |
| 1949 |
Physics
|
Hideki Yukawa |
π Tokyo, Japan |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1944-1949 |
for his prediction of the existence of mesons on the basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces |
- |
| 1949 |
Chemistry
|
William Francis Giauque |
π Niagara Falls, Canada |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1944-1949 |
for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures |
- |
| 1949 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
AntΓ³nio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz |
π Avanca, Portugal |
π¬ Lisbon, Portugal |
1944-1949 |
for his discovery of the therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses |
Walter Rudolf Hess |
| 1949 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Walter Rudolf Hess |
π Frauenfeld, Switzerland |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1944-1949 |
for his discovery of the functional organization of the interbrain as a coordinator of the activities of the internal organs |
AntΓ³nio Caetano de Abreu Freire Egas Moniz |
| 1949 |
Literature
|
William Faulkner |
π New Albany, MS, USA |
π¬ Oxford, Mississippi, USA |
1944-1949 |
for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel |
- |
| 1949 |
Peace
|
John Boyd Orr, Baron Boyd-Orr of Brechin Mearn |
π Kilmaurs, Scotland |
π¬ Aberdeen, Scotland |
1944-1949 |
for his lifelong effort to conquer hunger and want, thereby helping to remove a major cause of military conflict and war |
- |
| 1948 |
Physics
|
Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Manchester, United Kingdom |
1943-1948 |
for his development of the Wilson cloud chamber method, and his discoveries therewith in the fields of nuclear physics and cosmic radiation |
- |
| 1948 |
Chemistry
|
Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1943-1948 |
for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins |
- |
| 1948 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Paul Hermann MΓΌller |
π Olten, Switzerland |
π¬ Basel, Switzerland |
1943-1948 |
for his discovery of the high efficiency of DDT as a contact poison against several arthropods |
- |
| 1948 |
Literature
|
Thomas Stearns Eliot |
π St. Louis, MO, USA |
π¬ London, England |
1943-1948 |
for his outstanding, pioneer contribution to present-day poetry |
- |
| 1947 |
Physics
|
Sir Edward Victor Appleton |
π Bradford, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1942-1947 |
for his investigations of the physics of the upper atmosphere especially for the discovery of the so-called Appleton layer |
- |
| 1947 |
Chemistry
|
Sir Robert Robinson |
π Rufford, near Chesterfield, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1942-1947 |
for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the alkaloids |
- |
| 1947 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Bernardo Alberto Houssay |
π Buenos Aires, Argentina |
π¬ Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1942-1947 |
for his discovery of the part played by the hormone of the anterior pituitary lobe in the metabolism of sugar |
Carl Ferdinand Cori, Gerty Theresa Cori, nΓ©e Radnitz |
| 1947 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Carl Ferdinand Cori |
π Prague, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
1942-1947 |
for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen |
Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Gerty Theresa Cori, nΓ©e Radnitz |
| 1947 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gerty Theresa Cori, nΓ©e Radnitz |
π Prague, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
1942-1947 |
for their discovery of the course of the catalytic conversion of glycogen |
Bernardo Alberto Houssay, Carl Ferdinand Cori |
| 1947 |
Literature
|
AndrΓ© Paul Guillaume Gide |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1942-1947 |
for his comprehensive and artistically significant writings, in which human problems and conditions have been presented with a fearless love of truth and keen psychological insight |
- |
| 1947 |
Peace
|
American Friends Service Committee |
π Philadelphia, PA, USA |
π¬ Philadelphia, PA, USA |
1942-1947 |
for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations |
Friends Service Council |
| 1947 |
Peace
|
Friends Service Council |
π London, England |
π¬ London, England |
1942-1947 |
for their pioneering work in the international peace movement and compassionate effort to relieve human suffering, thereby promoting the fraternity between nations |
American Friends Service Committee |
| 1946 |
Physics
|
Percy Williams Bridgman |
π Cambridge, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1941-1946 |
for the invention of an apparatus to produce extremely high pressures, and for the discoveries he made therewith in the field of high pressure physics |
- |
| 1946 |
Chemistry
|
James Batcheller Sumner |
π Canton, MA, USA |
π¬ Ithaca, NY, USA |
1941-1946 |
for his discovery that enzymes can be crystallized |
John Howard Northrop, Wendell Meredith Stanley |
| 1946 |
Chemistry
|
John Howard Northrop |
π Yonkers, NY, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1941-1946 |
for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form |
James Batcheller Sumner, Wendell Meredith Stanley |
| 1946 |
Chemistry
|
Wendell Meredith Stanley |
π Ridgeville, IN, USA |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1941-1946 |
for their preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in a pure form |
James Batcheller Sumner, John Howard Northrop |
| 1946 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Hermann Joseph Muller |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Bloomington, IN, USA |
1941-1946 |
for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation |
- |
| 1946 |
Literature
|
Hermann Hesse |
π Calw, Germany |
π¬ Montagnola, Switzerland |
1941-1946 |
for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style |
- |
| 1946 |
Peace
|
Emily Greene Balch |
π Jamaica Plain, MA, USA |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1941-1946 |
for her lifelong work for the cause of peace |
John Raleigh Mott |
| 1946 |
Peace
|
John Raleigh Mott |
π Livingston Manor, NY, USA |
π¬ Postville, Iowa |
1941-1946 |
for his contribution to the creation of a peace-promoting religious brotherhood across national boundaries |
Emily Greene Balch |
| 1945 |
Physics
|
Wolfgang Pauli |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Princeton, NJ, USA |
1940-1945 |
for the discovery of the Exclusion Principle, also called the Pauli Principle |
- |
| 1945 |
Chemistry
|
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen |
π Helsinki, Russian Empire |
π¬ Helsinki, Finland |
1940-1945 |
for his research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry, especially for his fodder preservation method |
- |
| 1945 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ernst Boris Chain |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1940-1945 |
for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
Sir Alexander Fleming, Sir Howard Walter Florey |
| 1945 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Alexander Fleming |
π Lochfield, Scotland |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1940-1945 |
for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Howard Walter Florey |
| 1945 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Howard Walter Florey |
π Adelaide, Australia |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1940-1945 |
for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
Ernst Boris Chain, Sir Alexander Fleming |
| 1945 |
Literature
|
Gabriela Mistral |
π VicuΓ±a, Chile |
π¬ Coquimbo, Chile |
1940-1945 |
for her lyric poetry which, inspired by powerful emotions, has made her name a symbol of the idealistic aspirations of the entire Latin American world |
- |
| 1945 |
Peace
|
Cordell Hull |
π Olympus, TN, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1940-1945 |
for his indefatigable work for international understanding and his pivotal role in establishing the United Nations |
- |
| 1944 |
Physics
|
Isidor Isaac Rabi |
π Rymanow, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1939-1944 |
for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei |
- |
| 1944 |
Chemistry
|
Otto Hahn |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
π¬ Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
1939-1944 |
for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei |
- |
| 1944 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Herbert Spencer Gasser |
π Platteville, WI, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1939-1944 |
for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres |
Joseph Erlanger |
| 1944 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Joseph Erlanger |
π San Francisco, CA, USA |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
1939-1944 |
for their discoveries relating to the highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres |
Herbert Spencer Gasser |
| 1944 |
Literature
|
Johannes Vilhelm Jensen |
π FarsΓΈ, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1939-1944 |
for the rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination with which is combined an intellectual curiosity of wide scope and a bold, freshly creative style |
- |
| 1944 |
Peace
|
International Committee of the Red Cross |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1939-1944 |
for the great work it has performed during the war on behalf of humanity |
- |
| 1943 |
Physics
|
Otto Stern |
π Sorau, Germany |
π¬ Pittsburgh, PA, USA |
1938-1943 |
for his contribution to the development of the molecular ray method and his discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton |
- |
| 1943 |
Chemistry
|
George de Hevesy |
π Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1938-1943 |
for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes |
- |
| 1943 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edward Adelbert Doisy |
π Hume, IL, USA |
π¬ St. Louis, MO, USA |
1938-1943 |
for his discovery of the chemical nature of vitamin K |
Henrik Carl Peter Dam |
| 1943 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Henrik Carl Peter Dam |
π Copenhagen, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1938-1943 |
for his discovery of vitamin K |
Edward Adelbert Doisy |
| 1939 |
Physics
|
Ernest Orlando Lawrence |
π Canton, SD, USA |
π¬ Berkeley, CA, USA |
1934-1939 |
for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements |
- |
| 1939 |
Chemistry
|
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt |
π Bremerhaven-Lehe, Germany |
π¬ Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
1934-1939 |
for his work on sex hormones |
Leopold Ruzicka |
| 1939 |
Chemistry
|
Leopold Ruzicka |
π Vukovar, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1934-1939 |
for his work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes |
Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt |
| 1939 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Gerhard Domagk |
π Lagow, Germany |
π¬ Munster, Germany |
1934-1939 |
for the discovery of the antibacterial effects of prontosil |
- |
| 1939 |
Literature
|
Frans Eemil SillanpÀÀ |
π HΓ€meenkyrΓΆ, Russian Empire |
π¬ HelsinkiΒ, Finland |
1934-1939 |
for his deep understanding of his country's peasantry and the exquisite art with which he has portrayed their way of life and their relationship with Nature |
- |
| 1938 |
Physics
|
Enrico Fermi |
π Rome, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
1933-1938 |
for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons |
- |
| 1938 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Kuhn |
π Vienna, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1933-1938 |
for his work on carotenoids and vitamins |
- |
| 1938 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Corneille Jean FranΓ§ois Heymans |
π Ghent, Belgium |
π¬ Ghent, Belgium |
1933-1938 |
for the discovery of the role played by the sinus and aortic mechanisms in the regulation of respiration |
- |
| 1938 |
Literature
|
Pearl Buck |
π Hillsboro, WV, USA |
π¬ Nanjing, China |
1933-1938 |
for her rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China and for her biographical masterpieces |
- |
| 1938 |
Peace
|
Nansen International Office for Refugees |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1933-1938 |
for having carried on the work of Fridtjof Nansen to the benefit of refugees across Europe |
- |
| 1937 |
Physics
|
Clinton Joseph Davisson |
π Bloomington, IL, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1932-1937 |
for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals |
George Paget Thomson |
| 1937 |
Physics
|
George Paget Thomson |
π Cambridge, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1932-1937 |
for their experimental discovery of the diffraction of electrons by crystals |
Clinton Joseph Davisson |
| 1937 |
Chemistry
|
Walter Norman Haworth |
π Chorley, United Kingdom |
π¬ Birmingham, United Kingdom |
1932-1937 |
for his investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C |
Paul Karrer |
| 1937 |
Chemistry
|
Paul Karrer |
π Moscow, Russia |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1932-1937 |
for his investigations on carotenoids, flavins and vitamins A and B2 |
Walter Norman Haworth |
| 1937 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Albert von Szent-GyΓΆrgyi NagyrΓ‘polt |
π Budapest, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Szeged, Hungary |
1932-1937 |
for his discoveries in connection with the biological combustion processes, with special reference to vitamin C and the catalysis of fumaric acid |
- |
| 1937 |
Literature
|
Roger Martin du Gard |
π Neuilly-sur-Seine, France |
π¬ BellΓͺme, France |
1932-1937 |
for the artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict as well as some fundamental aspects of contemporary life in his novel-cycle <I>Les Thibault</I> |
- |
| 1937 |
Peace
|
Edgar Algernon Robert Gascoyne-Cecil, 1st Viscount Cecil of Chelwood |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Hatfield, Hertfordshire, England |
1932-1937 |
for his tireless effort in support of the League of Nations, disarmament and peace |
- |
| 1936 |
Physics
|
Carl David Anderson |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1931-1936 |
for his discovery of the positron |
Victor Franz Hess |
| 1936 |
Physics
|
Victor Franz Hess |
π Peggau, Austria |
π¬ Innsbruck, Austria |
1931-1936 |
for his discovery of cosmic radiation |
Carl David Anderson |
| 1936 |
Chemistry
|
Petrus (Peter) Josephus Wilhelmus Debye |
π Maastricht, the Netherlands |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1931-1936 |
for his contributions to our knowledge of molecular structure through his investigations on dipole moments and on the diffraction of X-rays and electrons in gases |
- |
| 1936 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Otto Loewi |
π Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
π¬ Graz, Austria |
1931-1936 |
for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
Sir Henry Hallett Dale |
| 1936 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Henry Hallett Dale |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1931-1936 |
for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
Otto Loewi |
| 1936 |
Literature
|
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Danville, California |
1931-1936 |
for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy |
- |
| 1936 |
Peace
|
Carlos Saavedra Lamas |
π Buenos Aires, Argentina |
π¬ Buenos Aires, Argentina |
1931-1936 |
for his role as father of the Argentine Antiwar Pact of 1933, which he also used as a means to mediate peace between Paraguay and Bolivia in 1935 |
- |
| 1935 |
Physics
|
James Chadwick |
π Manchester, United Kingdom |
π¬ Liverpool, United Kingdom |
1930-1935 |
for the discovery of the neutron |
- |
| 1935 |
Chemistry
|
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Joliot |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1930-1935 |
in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements |
Irène Joliot-Curie |
| 1935 |
Chemistry
|
Irène Joliot-Curie |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1930-1935 |
in recognition of their synthesis of new radioactive elements |
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Joliot |
| 1935 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Hans Spemann |
π Stuttgart, WΓΌrttemberg |
π¬ Breisgau, Germany |
1930-1935 |
for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development |
- |
| 1935 |
Peace
|
Carl von Ossietzky |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1930-1935 |
for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace |
- |
| 1934 |
Chemistry
|
Harold Clayton Urey |
π Walkerton, IN, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1929-1934 |
for his discovery of heavy hydrogen |
- |
| 1934 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George Hoyt Whipple |
π Ashland, NH, USA |
π¬ Rochester, NY, USA |
1929-1934 |
for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia |
George Richards Minot, William Parry Murphy |
| 1934 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
George Richards Minot |
π Boston, MA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1929-1934 |
for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia |
George Hoyt Whipple, William Parry Murphy |
| 1934 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
William Parry Murphy |
π Stoughton, WI, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1929-1934 |
for their discoveries concerning liver therapy in cases of anaemia |
George Hoyt Whipple, George Richards Minot |
| 1934 |
Literature
|
Luigi Pirandello |
π Agrigento, Sicily, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
1929-1934 |
for his bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art |
- |
| 1934 |
Peace
|
Arthur Henderson |
π Glasgow, Scotland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1929-1934 |
for his untiring struggle and his courageous efforts as Chairman of the League of Nations Disarmament Conference 1931-34 |
- |
| 1933 |
Physics
|
Erwin SchrΓΆdinger |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1928-1933 |
for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac |
| 1933 |
Physics
|
Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac |
π Bristol, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1928-1933 |
for the discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
Erwin SchrΓΆdinger |
| 1933 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Thomas Hunt Morgan |
π Lexington, KY, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1928-1933 |
for his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity |
- |
| 1933 |
Literature
|
Ivan Alekseyevich Bunin |
π Voronezh, Russia |
π¬ Paris, France |
1928-1933 |
for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing |
- |
| 1933 |
Peace
|
Sir Norman Angell (Ralph Lane) |
π Holbeach, United Kingdom |
π¬ Essex, UK |
1928-1933 |
for having exposed by his pen the illusion of war and presented a convincing plea for international cooperation and peace |
- |
| 1932 |
Physics
|
Werner Karl Heisenberg |
π WΓΌrzburg, Germany |
π¬ Leipzig, Germany |
1927-1932 |
for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen |
- |
| 1932 |
Chemistry
|
Irving Langmuir |
π Brooklyn, NY, USA |
π¬ Schenectady, NY, USA |
1927-1932 |
for his discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry |
- |
| 1932 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Edgar Douglas Adrian |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1927-1932 |
for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons |
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington |
| 1932 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Charles Scott Sherrington |
π London, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1927-1932 |
for their discoveries regarding the functions of neurons |
Edgar Douglas Adrian |
| 1932 |
Literature
|
John Galsworthy |
π Kingston Hill, United Kingdom |
π¬ Hampstead, London, UK |
1927-1932 |
for his distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in <I>The Forsyte Saga</I> |
- |
| 1931 |
Chemistry
|
Carl Bosch |
π Cologne, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1926-1931 |
in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods |
Friedrich Bergius |
| 1931 |
Chemistry
|
Friedrich Bergius |
π Goldschmieden, near Breslau, Germany |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1926-1931 |
in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods |
Carl Bosch |
| 1931 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Otto Heinrich Warburg |
π Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany |
π¬ Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
1926-1931 |
for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme |
- |
| 1931 |
Literature
|
Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
π Karlbo, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1926-1931 |
The poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
- |
| 1931 |
Peace
|
Jane Addams |
π Cedarville, IL, USA |
π¬ Chicago, Illinois |
1926-1931 |
for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind |
Nicholas Murray Butler |
| 1931 |
Peace
|
Nicholas Murray Butler |
π Elizabeth, NJ, USA |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1926-1931 |
for their assiduous effort to revive the ideal of peace and to rekindle the spirit of peace in their own nation and in the whole of mankind |
Jane Addams |
| 1930 |
Physics
|
Sir Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman |
π Tiruchirappalli, India |
π¬ Calcutta, India |
1925-1930 |
for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him |
- |
| 1930 |
Chemistry
|
Hans Fischer |
π Hoechst, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1925-1930 |
for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin |
- |
| 1930 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Karl Landsteiner |
π Vienna, Austrian Empire |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1925-1930 |
for his discovery of human blood groups |
- |
| 1930 |
Literature
|
Sinclair Lewis |
π Sauk Centre, MN, USA |
π¬ Sauk Centre, Minnesota |
1925-1930 |
for his vigorous and graphic art of description and his ability to create, with wit and humour, new types of characters |
- |
| 1930 |
Peace
|
Lars Olof Jonathan (Nathan) SΓΆderblom |
π TrΓΆnΓΆ, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1925-1930 |
for promoting Christian unity and helping create 'that new attitude of mind which is necessary if peace between nations is to become reality' |
- |
| 1929 |
Physics
|
Prince Louis-Victor Pierre Raymond de Broglie |
π Dieppe, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1924-1929 |
for his discovery of the wave nature of electrons |
- |
| 1929 |
Chemistry
|
Arthur Harden |
π Manchester, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1924-1929 |
for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes |
Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin |
| 1929 |
Chemistry
|
Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin |
π Augsburg, Germany |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1924-1929 |
for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes |
Arthur Harden |
| 1929 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Christiaan Eijkman |
π Nijkerk, the Netherlands |
π¬ Utrecht, the Netherlands |
1924-1929 |
for his discovery of the antineuritic vitamin |
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
| 1929 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins |
π Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1924-1929 |
for his discovery of the growth-stimulating vitamins |
Christiaan Eijkman |
| 1929 |
Literature
|
Thomas Mann |
π LΓΌbeck, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1924-1929 |
principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature |
- |
| 1929 |
Peace
|
Frank Billings Kellogg |
π Potsdam, NY, USA |
π¬ Saint Paul, Minnesota, USA |
1924-1929 |
for his crucial role in bringing about the Briand-Kellogg Pact |
- |
| 1928 |
Physics
|
Owen Willans Richardson |
π Dewsbury, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1923-1928 |
for his work on the thermionic phenomenon and especially for the discovery of the law named after him |
- |
| 1928 |
Chemistry
|
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1923-1928 |
for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins |
- |
| 1928 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Charles Jules Henri Nicolle |
π Rouen, France |
π¬ Tunis, Tunisia |
1923-1928 |
for his work on typhus |
- |
| 1928 |
Literature
|
Sigrid Undset |
π Kalundborg, Denmark |
π¬ Lillehammer, Norway |
1923-1928 |
principally for her powerful descriptions of Northern life during the Middle Ages |
- |
| 1927 |
Physics
|
Arthur Holly Compton |
π Wooster, OH, USA |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1922-1927 |
for his discovery of the effect named after him |
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson |
| 1927 |
Physics
|
Charles Thomson Rees Wilson |
π Glencorse, Scotland |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1922-1927 |
for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour |
Arthur Holly Compton |
| 1927 |
Chemistry
|
Heinrich Otto Wieland |
π Pforzheim, Germany |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1922-1927 |
for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances |
- |
| 1927 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Julius Wagner-Jauregg |
π Wels, Austria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
1922-1927 |
for his discovery of the therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in the treatment of dementia paralytica |
- |
| 1927 |
Literature
|
Henri Bergson |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1922-1927 |
in recognition of his rich and vitalizing ideas and the brilliant skill with which they have been presented |
- |
| 1927 |
Peace
|
Ferdinand Buisson |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1922-1927 |
for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation |
Ludwig Quidde |
| 1927 |
Peace
|
Ludwig Quidde |
π Bremen, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1922-1927 |
for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation |
Ferdinand Buisson |
| 1926 |
Physics
|
Jean Baptiste Perrin |
π Lille, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1921-1926 |
for his work on the discontinuous structure of matter, and especially for his discovery of sedimentation equilibrium |
- |
| 1926 |
Chemistry
|
The (Theodor) Svedberg |
π FlerΓ€ng, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1921-1926 |
for his work on disperse systems |
- |
| 1926 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Johannes Andreas Grib Fibiger |
π Silkeborg, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1921-1926 |
for his discovery of the Spiroptera carcinoma |
- |
| 1926 |
Literature
|
Grazia Deledda |
π Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy |
π¬ Rome, Italy |
1921-1926 |
for her idealistically inspired writings which with plastic clarity picture the life on her native island and with depth and sympathy deal with human problems in general |
- |
| 1926 |
Peace
|
Aristide Briand |
π Nantes, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1921-1926 |
for their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty |
Gustav Stresemann |
| 1926 |
Peace
|
Gustav Stresemann |
π Berlin, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1921-1926 |
for their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty |
Aristide Briand |
| 1925 |
Physics
|
Gustav Ludwig Hertz |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ Halle, Germany |
1920-1925 |
for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom |
James Franck |
| 1925 |
Physics
|
James Franck |
π Hamburg, Germany |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1920-1925 |
for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom |
Gustav Ludwig Hertz |
| 1925 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Adolf Zsigmondy |
π Vienna, Austrian Empire |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1920-1925 |
for his demonstration of the heterogenous nature of colloid solutions and for the methods he used, which have since become fundamental in modern colloid chemistry |
- |
| 1925 |
Literature
|
George Bernard Shaw |
π Dublin, Ireland |
π¬ London, England |
1920-1925 |
for his work which is marked by both idealism and humanity, its stimulating satire often being infused with a singular poetic beauty |
- |
| 1925 |
Peace
|
Charles Gates Dawes |
π Marietta, OH, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1920-1925 |
for his crucial role in bringing about the Dawes Plan |
Sir Austen Chamberlain |
| 1925 |
Peace
|
Sir Austen Chamberlain |
π Birmingham, United Kingdom |
π¬ Mayfield, East Sussex, UK |
1920-1925 |
for his crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty |
Charles Gates Dawes |
| 1924 |
Physics
|
Karl Manne Georg Siegbahn |
π Γrebro, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1919-1924 |
for his discoveries and research in the field of X-ray spectroscopy |
- |
| 1924 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Willem Einthoven |
π Semarang, Java, Dutch East Indies |
π¬ Leiden, the Netherlands |
1919-1924 |
for his discovery of the mechanism of the electrocardiogram |
- |
| 1924 |
Literature
|
WΕadysΕaw StanisΕaw Reymont |
π Kobiele Wielkie, Russian Empire |
π¬ Lipce, Poland |
1919-1924 |
for his great national epic, <I>The Peasants</I> |
- |
| 1923 |
Physics
|
Robert Andrews Millikan |
π Morrison, IL, USA |
π¬ Pasadena, CA, USA |
1918-1923 |
for his work on the elementary charge of electricity and on the photoelectric effect |
- |
| 1923 |
Chemistry
|
Fritz Pregl |
π Laibach, Austria-Hungary |
π¬ Graz, Austria |
1918-1923 |
for his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances |
- |
| 1923 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Frederick Grant Banting |
π Alliston, Canada |
π¬ Toronto, Canada |
1918-1923 |
for the discovery of insulin |
John James Rickard Macleod |
| 1923 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
John James Rickard Macleod |
π Cluny, Scotland |
π¬ Toronto, Canada |
1918-1923 |
for the discovery of insulin |
Frederick Grant Banting |
| 1923 |
Literature
|
William Butler Yeats |
π Dublin, Ireland |
π¬ Dublin, Ireland |
1918-1923 |
for his always inspired poetry, which in a highly artistic form gives expression to the spirit of a whole nation |
- |
| 1922 |
Physics
|
Niels Henrik David Bohr |
π Copenhagen, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1917-1922 |
for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them |
- |
| 1922 |
Chemistry
|
Francis William Aston |
π Harborne, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1917-1922 |
for his discovery, by means of his mass spectrograph, of isotopes, in a large number of non-radioactive elements, and for his enunciation of the whole-number rule |
- |
| 1922 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Archibald Vivian Hill |
π Bristol, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1917-1922 |
for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle |
Otto Fritz Meyerhof |
| 1922 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Otto Fritz Meyerhof |
π Hanover, Germany |
π¬ Kiel, Germany |
1917-1922 |
for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle |
Archibald Vivian Hill |
| 1922 |
Literature
|
Jacinto Benavente |
π Madrid, Spain |
π¬ Madrid, Spain |
1917-1922 |
for the happy manner in which he has continued the illustrious traditions of the Spanish drama |
- |
| 1922 |
Peace
|
Fridtjof Nansen |
π Kristiania, Norway |
π¬ Lysaker, Norway |
1917-1922 |
for his leading role in the repatriation of prisoners of war, in international relief work and as the League of Nations' High Commissioner for refugees |
- |
| 1921 |
Physics
|
Albert Einstein |
π Ulm, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1916-1921 |
for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect |
- |
| 1921 |
Chemistry
|
Frederick Soddy |
π Eastbourne, United Kingdom |
π¬ Oxford, United Kingdom |
1916-1921 |
for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes |
- |
| 1921 |
Literature
|
Anatole France |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1916-1921 |
in recognition of his brilliant literary achievements, characterized as they are by a nobility of style, a profound human sympathy, grace, and a true Gallic temperament |
- |
| 1921 |
Peace
|
Christian Lous Lange |
π Stavanger, Norway |
π¬ Oslo, Norway |
1916-1921 |
for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism |
Karl Hjalmar Branting |
| 1921 |
Peace
|
Karl Hjalmar Branting |
π Stockholm, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1916-1921 |
for their lifelong contributions to the cause of peace and organized internationalism |
Christian Lous Lange |
| 1920 |
Physics
|
Charles Edouard Guillaume |
π Fleurier, Switzerland |
π¬ SΓ¨vres, France |
1915-1920 |
in recognition of the service he has rendered to precision measurements in Physics by his discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys |
- |
| 1920 |
Chemistry
|
Walther Hermann Nernst |
π Briesen, Prussia |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1915-1920 |
in recognition of his work in thermochemistry |
- |
| 1920 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Schack August Steenberg Krogh |
π GrenΓ₯, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1915-1920 |
for his discovery of the capillary motor regulating mechanism |
- |
| 1920 |
Literature
|
Knut Pedersen Hamsun |
π Lom, Norway |
π¬ Grimstad, Norway |
1915-1920 |
for his monumental work, <I>Growth of the Soil</I> |
- |
| 1920 |
Peace
|
LΓ©on Victor Auguste Bourgeois |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1915-1920 |
for his longstanding contribution to the cause of peace and justice and his prominent role in the establishment of the League of Nations |
- |
| 1919 |
Physics
|
Johannes Stark |
π Schickenhof, Germany |
π¬ Greifswald, Germany |
1914-1919 |
for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields |
- |
| 1919 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Jules Bordet |
π Soignies, Belgium |
π¬ Brussels, Belgium |
1914-1919 |
for his discoveries relating to immunity |
- |
| 1919 |
Literature
|
Carl Friedrich Georg Spitteler |
π Liestal, Switzerland |
π¬ Lucerne, Switzerland |
1914-1919 |
in special appreciation of his epic, <I>Olympian Spring</I> |
- |
| 1919 |
Peace
|
Thomas Woodrow Wilson |
π Staunton, VA, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1914-1919 |
for his role as founder of the League of Nations |
- |
| 1918 |
Physics
|
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck |
π Kiel, Schleswig |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1913-1918 |
in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta |
- |
| 1918 |
Chemistry
|
Fritz Haber |
π Breslau, Prussia |
π¬ Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
1913-1918 |
for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements |
- |
| 1917 |
Physics
|
Charles Glover Barkla |
π Widnes, United Kingdom |
π¬ Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
1912-1917 |
for his discovery of the characteristic Röntgen radiation of the elements |
- |
| 1917 |
Literature
|
Henrik Pontoppidan |
π Fredericia, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1912-1917 |
for his authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark |
Karl Adolph Gjellerup |
| 1917 |
Literature
|
Karl Adolph Gjellerup |
π Roholte, Denmark |
π¬ Dresden, Germany |
1912-1917 |
for his varied and rich poetry, which is inspired by lofty ideals |
Henrik Pontoppidan |
| 1917 |
Peace
|
International Committee of the Red Cross |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1912-1917 |
for the efforts to take care of wounded soldiers and prisoners of war and their families |
- |
| 1916 |
Literature
|
Carl Gustaf Verner von Heidenstam |
π Olshammar, Sweden |
π¬ Γvralid, Sweden |
1911-1916 |
in recognition of his significance as the leading representative of a new era in our literature |
- |
| 1915 |
Physics
|
William Lawrence Bragg |
π Adelaide, Australia |
π¬ Manchester, United Kingdom |
1910-1915 |
for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays |
Sir William Henry Bragg |
| 1915 |
Physics
|
Sir William Henry Bragg |
π Wigton, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1910-1915 |
for their services in the analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays |
William Lawrence Bragg |
| 1915 |
Chemistry
|
Richard Martin WillstΓ€tter |
π Karlsruhe, Germany |
π¬ Berlin-Dahlem, Germany |
1910-1915 |
for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll |
- |
| 1915 |
Literature
|
Romain Rolland |
π Clamecy, France |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1910-1915 |
as a tribute to the lofty idealism of his literary production and to the sympathy and love of truth with which he has described different types of human beings |
- |
| 1914 |
Physics
|
Max von Laue |
π Pfaffendorf, Germany |
π¬ Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany |
1909-1914 |
for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals |
- |
| 1914 |
Chemistry
|
Theodore William Richards |
π Germantown, PA, USA |
π¬ Cambridge, MA, USA |
1909-1914 |
in recognition of his accurate determinations of the atomic weight of a large number of chemical elements |
- |
| 1914 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Robert BΓ‘rΓ‘ny |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Vienna, Austria |
1909-1914 |
for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular apparatus |
- |
| 1913 |
Physics
|
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes |
π Groningen, the Netherlands |
π¬ Leiden, the Netherlands |
1908-1913 |
for his investigations on the properties of matter at low temperatures which led, inter alia, to the production of liquid helium |
- |
| 1913 |
Chemistry
|
Alfred Werner |
π Mulhouse, France |
π¬ Zurich, Switzerland |
1908-1913 |
in recognition of his work on the linkage of atoms in molecules by which he has thrown new light on earlier investigations and opened up new fields of research especially in inorganic chemistry |
- |
| 1913 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Charles Robert Richet |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1908-1913 |
in recognition of his work on anaphylaxis |
- |
| 1913 |
Literature
|
Rabindranath Tagore |
π Calcutta, India |
π¬ Shahjadpur Upazila, Bangladesh |
1908-1913 |
because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West |
- |
| 1913 |
Peace
|
Henri La Fontaine |
π Brussels, Belgium |
π¬ Bern, Switzerland |
1908-1913 |
for his unparalleled contribution to the organization of peaceful internationalism |
- |
| 1912 |
Physics
|
Nils Gustaf DalΓ©n |
π Stenstorp, Sweden |
π¬ LidingΓΆ, Stockholm, Sweden |
1907-1912 |
for his invention of automatic regulators for use in conjunction with gas accumulators for illuminating lighthouses and buoys |
- |
| 1912 |
Chemistry
|
Paul Sabatier |
π Carcassonne, France |
π¬ Toulouse, France |
1907-1912 |
for his method of hydrogenating organic compounds in the presence of finely disintegrated metals whereby the progress of organic chemistry has been greatly advanced in recent years |
Victor Grignard |
| 1912 |
Chemistry
|
Victor Grignard |
π Cherbourg, France |
π¬ Nancy, France |
1907-1912 |
for the discovery of the so-called Grignard reagent, which in recent years has greatly advanced the progress of organic chemistry |
Paul Sabatier |
| 1912 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Alexis Carrel |
π Sainte-Foy-lΓ¨s-Lyon, France |
π¬ New York, NY, USA |
1907-1912 |
in recognition of his work on vascular suture and the transplantation of blood vessels and organs |
- |
| 1912 |
Literature
|
Gerhart Johann Robert Hauptmann |
π Bad Salzbrunn, Prussia |
π¬ Szklarska PorΔba, Poland |
1907-1912 |
primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art |
- |
| 1912 |
Peace
|
Elihu Root |
π Clinton, NY, USA |
π¬ Washington, D.C., USA |
1907-1912 |
for bringing about better understanding between the countries of North and South America and initiating important arbitration agreements between the United States and other countries |
- |
| 1911 |
Physics
|
Wilhelm Wien |
π Gaffken, East Prussia |
π¬ WΓΌrzburg, Germany |
1906-1911 |
for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat |
- |
| 1911 |
Chemistry
|
Marie Curie, nΓ©e SkΕodowska |
π Warsaw, Russian Empire |
π¬ Paris, France |
1906-1911 |
in recognition of her services to the advancement of chemistry by the discovery of the elements radium and polonium, by the isolation of radium and the study of the nature and compounds of this remarkable element |
- |
| 1911 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Allvar Gullstrand |
π Landskrona, Sweden |
π¬ Uppsala, Sweden |
1906-1911 |
for his work on the dioptrics of the eye |
- |
| 1911 |
Literature
|
Count Maurice (Mooris) Polidore Marie Bernhard Maeterlinck |
π Ghent, Belgium |
π¬ Paris, France |
1906-1911 |
in appreciation of his many-sided literary activities, and especially of his dramatic works, which are distinguished by a wealth of imagination and by a poetic fancy, which reveals, sometimes in the guise of a fairy tale, a deep inspiration, while in a mysterious way they appeal to the readers' own feelings and stimulate their imaginations |
- |
| 1911 |
Peace
|
Alfred Hermann Fried |
π Vienna, Austria |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1906-1911 |
for his effort to expose and fight what he considers to be the main cause of war, namely, the anarchy in international relations |
Tobias Michael Carel Asser |
| 1911 |
Peace
|
Tobias Michael Carel Asser |
π Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
π¬ The Hague, Netherlands |
1906-1911 |
for his role as co-founder of the Institut de droit international, initiator of the Conferences on International Private Law (ConfΓ©rences de Droit international privΓ©) at the Hague, and pioneer in the field of international legal relations |
Alfred Hermann Fried |
| 1910 |
Physics
|
Johannes Diderik van der Waals |
π Leiden, the Netherlands |
π¬ Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
1905-1910 |
for his work on the equation of state for gases and liquids |
- |
| 1910 |
Chemistry
|
Otto Wallach |
π Koenigsberg, Germany |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1905-1910 |
in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds |
- |
| 1910 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Albrecht Kossel |
π Rostock, Mecklenburg |
π¬ Heidelberg, Germany |
1905-1910 |
in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances |
- |
| 1910 |
Literature
|
Paul Johann Ludwig Heyse |
π Berlin, Prussia |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1905-1910 |
as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories |
- |
| 1910 |
Peace
|
Permanent International Peace Bureau |
π Bern, Switzerland |
π¬ Bern, Switzerland |
1905-1910 |
for acting as a link between the peace societies of the various countries, and helping them to organize the world rallies of the international peace movement |
- |
| 1909 |
Physics
|
Karl Ferdinand Braun |
π Fulda, Hesse-Kassel |
π¬ Strasbourg, Germany |
1904-1909 |
in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy |
Guglielmo Marconi |
| 1909 |
Physics
|
Guglielmo Marconi |
π Bologna, Italy |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1904-1909 |
in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy |
Karl Ferdinand Braun |
| 1909 |
Chemistry
|
Wilhelm Ostwald |
π Riga, Russian Empire |
π¬ Leipzig, Germany |
1904-1909 |
in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction |
- |
| 1909 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Emil Theodor Kocher |
π Bern, Switzerland |
π¬ Bern, Switzerland |
1904-1909 |
for his work on the physiology, pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland |
- |
| 1909 |
Literature
|
Selma Ottilia Lovisa LagerlΓΆf |
π MΓ₯rbacka, Sweden |
π¬ MΓ₯rbacka, Sweden |
1904-1909 |
in appreciation of the lofty idealism, vivid imagination and spiritual perception that characterize her writings |
- |
| 1909 |
Peace
|
Auguste Marie FranΓ§ois Beernaert |
π Ostend, Belgium |
π¬ The Hague, Netherlands |
1904-1909 |
for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration |
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque |
| 1909 |
Peace
|
Paul Henri Benjamin Balluet d'Estournelles de Constant, Baron de Constant de Rebecque |
π La FlΓ¨che, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1904-1909 |
for their prominent position in the international movement for peace and arbitration |
Auguste Marie FranΓ§ois Beernaert |
| 1908 |
Physics
|
Gabriel Lippmann |
π Hollerich, Luxembourg |
π¬ Paris, France |
1903-1908 |
for his method of reproducing colours photographically based on the phenomenon of interference |
- |
| 1908 |
Chemistry
|
Ernest Rutherford |
π Nelson, New Zealand |
π¬ Manchester, United Kingdom |
1903-1908 |
for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements, and the chemistry of radioactive substances |
- |
| 1908 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov |
π Kharkov, Russian Empire |
π¬ Paris, France |
1903-1908 |
in recognition of their work on immunity |
Paul Ehrlich |
| 1908 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Paul Ehrlich |
π Strehlen, Prussia |
π¬ GΓΆttingen, Germany |
1903-1908 |
in recognition of their work on immunity |
Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov |
| 1908 |
Literature
|
Rudolf Christoph Eucken |
π Aurich, East Friesland |
π¬ Jena, Germany |
1903-1908 |
in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life |
- |
| 1908 |
Peace
|
Fredrik Bajer |
π NΓ¦stved, Denmark |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1903-1908 |
for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors |
Klas Pontus Arnoldson |
| 1908 |
Peace
|
Klas Pontus Arnoldson |
π Gothenburg, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1903-1908 |
for their long time work for the cause of peace as politicians, peace society leaders, orators and authors |
Fredrik Bajer |
| 1907 |
Physics
|
Albert Abraham Michelson |
π Strelno, Prussia |
π¬ Chicago, IL, USA |
1902-1907 |
for his optical precision instruments and the spectroscopic and metrological investigations carried out with their aid |
- |
| 1907 |
Chemistry
|
Eduard Buchner |
π Munich, Bavaria |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1902-1907 |
for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation |
- |
| 1907 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1902-1907 |
in recognition of his work on the role played by protozoa in causing diseases |
- |
| 1907 |
Literature
|
Rudyard Kipling |
π Bombay, British India |
π¬ Burwash, England |
1902-1907 |
in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author |
- |
| 1907 |
Peace
|
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta |
π Milan, Austrian Empire |
π¬ Milan, Italy |
1902-1907 |
for his work in the press and in peace meetings, both public and private, for an understanding between France and Italy |
Louis Renault |
| 1907 |
Peace
|
Louis Renault |
π Autun, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1902-1907 |
for his decisive influence upon the conduct and outcome of the Hague and Geneva Conferences |
Ernesto Teodoro Moneta |
| 1906 |
Physics
|
Joseph John Thomson |
π Cheetham Hill, United Kingdom |
π¬ Cambridge, United Kingdom |
1901-1906 |
in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of electricity by gases |
- |
| 1906 |
Chemistry
|
Henri Moissan |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1901-1906 |
in recognition of the great services rendered by him in his investigation and isolation of the element fluorine, and for the adoption in the service of science of the electric furnace called after him |
- |
| 1906 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Camillo Golgi |
π Corteno, Italy |
π¬ Pavia, Italy |
1901-1906 |
in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system |
Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal |
| 1906 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Santiago RamΓ³n y Cajal |
π Petilla de AragΓ³n, Spain |
π¬ Madrid, Spain |
1901-1906 |
in recognition of their work on the structure of the nervous system |
Camillo Golgi |
| 1906 |
Literature
|
Giosuè Carducci |
π Val di Castello, Tuscany |
π¬ Bologna, Italy |
1901-1906 |
not only in consideration of his deep learning and critical research, but above all as a tribute to the creative energy, freshness of style, and lyrical force which characterize his poetic masterpieces |
- |
| 1906 |
Peace
|
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. |
π New York, NY, USA |
π¬ Oyster Bay, New York |
1901-1906 |
for his role in bringing to an end the bloody war recently waged between two of the world's great powers, Japan and Russia |
- |
| 1905 |
Physics
|
Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard |
π Pressburg, Hungary |
π¬ Kiel, Germany |
1900-1905 |
for his work on cathode rays |
- |
| 1905 |
Chemistry
|
Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer |
π Berlin, Prussia |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1900-1905 |
in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds |
- |
| 1905 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Robert Koch |
π Clausthal, Germany |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1900-1905 |
for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis |
- |
| 1905 |
Literature
|
Henryk Sienkiewicz |
π Wola Okrzejska, Poland |
π¬ OblΔgorek, Poland |
1900-1905 |
because of his outstanding merits as an epic writer |
- |
| 1905 |
Peace
|
Baroness Bertha Sophie Felicita von Suttner, nΓ©e Countess Kinsky von Chinic und Tettau |
π Prague, Austrian Empire |
π¬ Harmannsdorf, Austria |
1900-1905 |
for her audacity to oppose the horrors of war |
- |
| 1904 |
Physics
|
Lord Rayleigh (John William Strutt) |
π Maldon, Essex, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1899-1904 |
for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies |
- |
| 1904 |
Chemistry
|
Sir William Ramsay |
π Glasgow, Scotland |
π¬ London, United Kingdom |
1899-1904 |
in recognition of his services in the discovery of the inert gaseous elements in air, and his determination of their place in the periodic system |
- |
| 1904 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ivan Petrovich Pavlov |
π Ryazan, Russia |
π¬ St. Petersburg, Russia |
1899-1904 |
in recognition of his work on the physiology of digestion, through which knowledge on vital aspects of the subject has been transformed and enlarged |
- |
| 1904 |
Literature
|
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Mistral |
π Maillane, France |
π¬ Maillane, France |
1899-1904 |
in recognition of the fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetic production, which faithfully reflects the natural scenery and native spirit of his people, and, in addition, his significant work as a Provençal philologist |
JosΓ© Echegaray y Eizaguirre |
| 1904 |
Literature
|
JosΓ© Echegaray y Eizaguirre |
π Madrid, Spain |
π¬ Madrid, Spain |
1899-1904 |
in recognition of the numerous and brilliant compositions which, in an individual and original manner, have revived the great traditions of the Spanish drama |
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Mistral |
| 1904 |
Peace
|
Institute of International Law |
π Ghent, Belgium |
π¬ Ghent, Belgium |
1899-1904 |
for its striving in public law to develop peaceful ties between nations and to make the laws of war more humane |
- |
| 1903 |
Physics
|
Antoine Henri Becquerel |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1898-1903 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity |
Marie Curie, nΓ©e SkΕodowska, Pierre Curie |
| 1903 |
Physics
|
Marie Curie, nΓ©e SkΕodowska |
π Warsaw, Russian Empire |
π¬ Paris, France |
1898-1903 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel |
Antoine Henri Becquerel, Pierre Curie |
| 1903 |
Physics
|
Pierre Curie |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1898-1903 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services they have rendered by their joint researches on the radiation phenomena discovered by Professor Henri Becquerel |
Antoine Henri Becquerel, Marie Curie, nΓ©e SkΕodowska |
| 1903 |
Chemistry
|
Svante August Arrhenius |
π Vik, Sweden |
π¬ Stockholm, Sweden |
1898-1903 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered to the advancement of chemistry by his electrolytic theory of dissociation |
- |
| 1903 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Niels Ryberg Finsen |
π Thorshavn, Faroe Islands (Denmark) |
π¬ Copenhagen, Denmark |
1898-1903 |
in recognition of his contribution to the treatment of diseases, especially lupus vulgaris, with concentrated light radiation, whereby he has opened a new avenue for medical science |
- |
| 1903 |
Literature
|
BjΓΈrnstjerne Martinus BjΓΈrnson |
π Kvikne, Norway |
π¬ Follebu, Norway |
1898-1903 |
as a tribute to his noble, magnificent and versatile poetry, which has always been distinguished by both the freshness of its inspiration and the rare purity of its spirit |
- |
| 1903 |
Peace
|
William Randal Cremer |
π Fareham, United Kingdom |
π¬ London, England |
1898-1903 |
for his longstanding and devoted effort in favour of the ideas of peace and arbitration |
- |
| 1902 |
Physics
|
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz |
π Arnhem, the Netherlands |
π¬ Leiden, the Netherlands |
1897-1902 |
in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena |
Pieter Zeeman |
| 1902 |
Physics
|
Pieter Zeeman |
π Zonnemaire, the Netherlands |
π¬ Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
1897-1902 |
in recognition of the extraordinary service they rendered by their researches into the influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena |
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz |
| 1902 |
Chemistry
|
Hermann Emil Fischer |
π Euskirchen, Prussia |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1897-1902 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses |
- |
| 1902 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Ronald Ross |
π Almora, India |
π¬ Liverpool, United Kingdom |
1897-1902 |
for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it |
- |
| 1902 |
Literature
|
Christian Matthias Theodor Mommsen |
π Garding, Schleswig |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1897-1902 |
the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I> |
- |
| 1902 |
Peace
|
Charles Albert Gobat |
π Tramelan, Switzerland |
π¬ Bern, Switzerland |
1897-1902 |
for his eminently practical administration of the Inter-Parliamentary Union |
Γlie Ducommun |
| 1902 |
Peace
|
Γlie Ducommun |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Bern, Switzerland |
1897-1902 |
for his untiring and skilful directorship of the Bern Peace Bureau |
Charles Albert Gobat |
| 1901 |
Physics
|
Wilhelm Conrad RΓΆntgen |
π Lennep, Prussia |
π¬ Munich, Germany |
1896-1901 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him |
- |
| 1901 |
Chemistry
|
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff |
π Rotterdam, the Netherlands |
π¬ Berlin, Germany |
1896-1901 |
in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure in solutions |
- |
| 1901 |
Physiology or Medicine
|
Emil Adolf von Behring |
π Hansdorf, Prussia |
π¬ Marburg, Germany |
1896-1901 |
for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths |
- |
| 1901 |
Literature
|
Sully Prudhomme |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1896-1901 |
in special recognition of his poetic composition, which gives evidence of lofty idealism, artistic perfection and a rare combination of the qualities of both heart and intellect |
- |
| 1901 |
Peace
|
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Passy |
π Paris, France |
π¬ Paris, France |
1896-1901 |
for his lifelong work for international peace conferences, diplomacy and arbitration |
Jean Henry Dunant |
| 1901 |
Peace
|
Jean Henry Dunant |
π Geneva, Switzerland |
π¬ Geneva, Switzerland |
1896-1901 |
for his humanitarian efforts to help wounded soldiers and create international understanding |
FrΓ©dΓ©ric Passy |