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Since 1901, when the awards were first given, 79 Columbians—including alumni, faculty, adjunct faculty, researchers and administrators—have won a Nobel Prize at some point in their careers. These distinguished scientists, statesmen and authors have won prizes in every field in which an award is given. The University's current faculty includes nine Nobel laureates. For additional information about them and other Columbia Nobel winners, visit the president's five-year report site and the Columbia 250th anniversary website.
Kenneth J. Arrow
1972
Economics
Richard Axel
2004
Physiology
Gary S. Becker
1992
Economics
Baruj Benacerraf
1980
Physiology
Sune Bergstrom
1982
Physiology
Konrad E. Bloch
1964
Physiology
Baruch S. Blumberg
1976
Physiology
Joseph Brodsky
1987
Literature
Linda B. Buck
2004
Physiology
Nicholas Murray Butler
1931
Peace
Martin Chalfie
2008
Chemistry
Leon N. Cooper
1972
Physics
Andre F. Cournand
1956
Physiology
Enrico Fermi
1938
Physics
Val L. Fitch
1980
Physics
Robert W. Fogel
1993
Economics
Milton Friedman
1976
Economics
D. Carleton Gajdusek
1976
Physiology
Murray Gell-Mann
1969
Physics
Nadine Gordimer
1991
Literature
Robert H. Grubbs
2005
Chemistry
Herbert A. Hauptman
1984
Chemistry
James Heckman
2000
Economics
Roald Hoffman
1981
Chemistry
Louis J. Ignarro
1998
Physiology
Eric Kandel
2000
Physiology
Edward C. Kendall
1950
Physiology
William Knowles
2001
Chemistry
Polykarp Kusch
1955
Physics
Simon S. Kuznets
1971
Economics
Willis E. Lamb
1955
Physics
Irving Langmuir
1932
Chemistry
Joshua Lederberg
1958
Physiology
Leon M. Lederman
1988
Physics
Tsung-Dao Lee
1957
Physics
Louis Leloir
1970
Chemistry
Willard Libby
1960
Chemistry
Salvador E. Luria
1969
Physiology
John C. Mather
2006
Physics
Maria Goeppert Mayer
1963
Physics
Robert C. Merton
1997
Economics
Robert A. Milikan
1932
Physics
Franco Modigliani
1985
Economics
Thomas Hunt Morgan
1933
Physiology
Hermann Joseph Muller
1946
Physiology
Robert Mundell
1999
Economics
Daniel Nathans
1978
Physiology
John Howard Northrop
1946
Chemistry
Barack H. Obama
2009
Peace
Orhan Pamuk
2006
Literature
Arno A. Penzias
1978
Physics
Martin L. Perl
1995
Physics
Edmund Phelps
2006
Economics
Isidor Isaac Rabi
1944
Physics
James Rainwater
1975
Physics
Norman F. Ramsey
1989
Physics
Dickinson W. Richards
1955
Physiology
Theodore Roosevelt
1906
Peace
Carlo Rubbia
1984
Physics
Arthur L. Schawlow
1981
Physics
Melvin Schwartz
1988
Physics
Julian S. Schwinger
1965
Physics
Robert Solow
1987
Economics
William H. Stein
1972
Chemistry
Jack Steinberger
1988
Physics
George J. Stigler
1982
Economics
Joseph Stiglitz
2001
Economics
Horst L. Stormer
1998
Physics
E. Donnal Thomas
1990
Physiology
Samuel C. C. Ting
1976
Physics
Charles H. Townes
1964
Physics
Harold C. Urey
1934
Chemistry
Harold E. Varmus
1989
Physiology
William S. Vickrey
1996
Economics
Derek Walcott
1992
Literature
George Wald
1967
Physiology
Steven Weinberg
1978
Physics
Hideki Yukawa
1949
Physics
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