Columbia's Nobel Laureates
Since 1901, when the awards were first given, 87 Columbians—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 ten Nobel laureates.
- Laureate
- Roosevelt, Theodore
- Year
- 1906
- Field
- Peace
- Laureate
- Butler, Nicholas Murray
- Year
- 1931
- Field
- Peace
- Laureate
- Langmuir, Irving
- Year
- 1932
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Milikan, Robert A.
- Year
- 1932
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Morgan, Thomas Hunt
- Year
- 1933
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Urey, Harold C.
- Year
- 1934
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Fermi, Enrico
- Year
- 1938
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Rabi, Isidor Isaac
- Year
- 1944
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Muller, Hermann Joseph
- Year
- 1946
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Northrop, John Howard
- Year
- 1946
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Yukawa, Hideki
- Year
- 1949
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Kendall, Edward C.
- Year
- 1950
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Kusch, Polykarp
- Year
- 1955
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Lamb, Willis E.
- Year
- 1955
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Richards, Dickinson W.
- Year
- 1956
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Cournand, Andre F.
- Year
- 1956
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Lee, Tsung-Dao
- Year
- 1957
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Lederberg, Joshua
- Year
- 1958
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Libby, Willard
- Year
- 1960
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Mayer, Maria Goeppert
- Year
- 1963
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Bloch, Konrad E.
- Year
- 1964
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Townes, Charles H.
- Year
- 1964
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Schwinger, Julian S.
- Year
- 1965
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Wald, George
- Year
- 1967
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Gell-Mann, Murray
- Year
- 1969
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Luria, Salvador E.
- Year
- 1969
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Leloir, Louis
- Year
- 1970
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Kuznets, Simon S.
- Year
- 1971
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Arrow, Kenneth J.
- Year
- 1972
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Cooper, Leon N.
- Year
- 1972
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Stein, William H.
- Year
- 1972
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Bohr, Aage
- Year
- 1975
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Rainwater, James
- Year
- 1975
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Blumberg, Baruch S.
- Year
- 1976
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Friedman, Milton
- Year
- 1976
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Gajdusek, D. Carleton
- Year
- 1976
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Ting, Samuel C. C.
- Year
- 1976
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Nathans, Daniel
- Year
- 1978
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Penzias, Arno A.
- Year
- 1978
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Weinberg, Steven
- Year
- 1979
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Benacerraf, Baruj
- Year
- 1980
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Fitch, Val L.
- Year
- 1980
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Hoffman, Roald
- Year
- 1981
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Schawlow, Arthur L.
- Year
- 1981
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Bergstrom, Sune
- Year
- 1982
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Stigler, George J.
- Year
- 1982
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Hauptman, Herbert A.
- Year
- 1984
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Rubbia, Carlo
- Year
- 1984
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Modigliani, Franco
- Year
- 1985
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Brodsky, Joseph
- Year
- 1987
- Field
- Literature
- Laureate
- Solow, Robert
- Year
- 1987
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Lederman, Leon M.
- Year
- 1988
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Schwartz, Melvin
- Year
- 1988
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Steinberger, Jack
- Year
- 1988
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Ramsey, Norman F.
- Year
- 1989
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Varmus, Harold E.
- Year
- 1989
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Thomas, E. Donnal
- Year
- 1990
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Gordimer, Nadine
- Year
- 1991
- Field
- Literature
- Laureate
- Becker, Gary S.
- Year
- 1992
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Walcott, Derek
- Year
- 1992
- Field
- Literature
- Laureate
- Fogel, Robert W.
- Year
- 1993
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Perl, Martin L.
- Year
- 1995
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Vickrey, William S.
- Year
- 1996
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Merton, Robert C.
- Year
- 1997
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Ignarro, Louis J.
- Year
- 1998
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Stormer, Horst L.
- Year
- 1998
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Mundell, Robert
- Year
- 1999
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Heckman, James
- Year
- 2000
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Kandel, Eric
- Year
- 2000
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Knowles, William
- Year
- 2001
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Stiglitz, Joseph
- Year
- 2001
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Axel, Richard
- Year
- 2004
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Buck, Linda B.
- Year
- 2004
- Field
- Physiology
- Laureate
- Grubbs, Robert H.
- Year
- 2005
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Mather, John C.
- Year
- 2006
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Pamuk, Orhan
- Year
- 2006
- Field
- Literature
- Laureate
- Phelps, Edmund
- Year
- 2006
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Schneider, Stephen H.
- Year
- 2007
- Field
- Peace
- Laureate
- Chalfie, Martin
- Year
- 2008
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Obama, Barack H.
- Year
- 2009
- Field
- Peace
- Laureate
- Lefkowitz, Robert
- Year
- 2012
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Roth, Alvin
- Year
- 2012
- Field
- Economics
- Laureate
- Frank, Joachim
- Year
- 2017
- Field
- Chemistry
- Laureate
- Ashkin, Arthur
- Year
- 2018
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Glück, Louise
- Year
- 2020
- Field
- Literature
- Laureate
- Clauser, John F.
- Year
- 2022
- Field
- Physics
- Laureate
- Brus, Louis E.
- Year
- 2023
- Field
- Chemistry