The Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded 117 times to 200 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. Frederick Sanger and Barry Sharpless have both been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry twice. This means that a total of 198 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. Click on the links to get more information.
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2025 has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Wednesday 8 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest.
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Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1929
“for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1928
“for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1927
“for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1926
“for his work on disperse systems”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1924
“No Nobel Prize was awarded this year. The prize money was allocated to the Special Fund of this prize section”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1923
“for his invention of the method of micro-analysis of organic substances”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 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”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1921
“for his contributions to our knowledge of the chemistry of radioactive substances, and his investigations into the origin and nature of isotopes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1920
“in recognition of his work in thermochemistry”