Nobel Prize Laureates
Browse all Nobel Prize laureates throughout history
468 laureates found
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A. Michael Spence
2001for their analyses of markets with asymmetric information
Stanford University
USA, b. 1943
Aage N. Bohr
1975for 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
Niels Bohr Institute
Denmark, b. 1922
Aaron Ciechanover
2004for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation
Technion - Israel Institute of Technology
British Protectorate of Palestine, b. 1947
Aaron Klug
1982for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Lithuania, b. 1926
Abdulrazak Gurnah
2021for his uncompromising and compassionate penetration of the effects of colonialism and the fate of the refugee in the gulf between cultures and continents
Abdus Salam
1979for 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
International Centre for Theoretical Physics
India, b. 1926
Abhijit Banerjee
2019for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
India, b. 1961
Abiy Ahmed Ali
2019for his efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation, and in particular for his decisive initiative to resolve the border conflict with neighbouring Eritrea
Ethiopia, b. 1976
Ada E. Yonath
2009for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome
Weizmann Institute of Science
British Mandate of Palestine, b. 1939
Adam G. Riess
2011for the discovery of the accelerating expansion of the Universe through observations of distant supernovae
Johns Hopkins University
USA, b. 1969
Adolf Butenandt
1939for his work on sex hormones
Kaiser-Wilhelm-Institut (now Max-Planck-Institut) für Biochemie
Germany, b. 1903
Adolf von Baeyer
1905in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds
Munich University
Prussia, b. 1835
Adolf Windaus
1928for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins
Goettingen University
Germany, b. 1876
Adolfo Pérez Esquivel
1980for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America
Argentina, b. 1931
Ahmed Zewail
1999for his studies of the transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Egypt, b. 1946
Akira Suzuki
2010for palladium-catalyzed cross couplings in organic synthesis
Hokkaido University
Japan, b. 1930
Akira Yoshino
2019for the development of lithium-ion batteries
Asahi Kasei Corporation
Japan, b. 1948
Al Gore
2007for 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
USA, b. 1948