| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1951 |
| Number: | 46 - 0 |
| Nominee 1: |
|
| Name: | Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1913 |
| Year, Death: | 2008 |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1955 | |
| Nominee 2: |
|
| Name: | Robert C Retherford |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1912 |
| Year, Death: | 1981 |
| City: | New York |
| State: | NY |
| Country: | UNITED STATES (US) |
| Nominator: |
|
| Name: | Werner Karl Heisenberg |
| Gender: | M |
| Year, Birth: | 1901 |
| Year, Death: | 1976 |
| Profession: | previous winner of a NP in physics, 1932 |
| City: | Göttingen |
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) |
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 | |