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 1959
“for his discovery and development of the polarographic methods of analysis”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1958
“for his work on the structure of proteins, especially that of insulin”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1957
“for his work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1956
“for their researches into the mechanism of chemical reactions”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1955
“for his work on biochemically important sulphur compounds, especially for the first synthesis of a polypeptide hormone”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1954
“for his research into the nature of the chemical bond and its application to the elucidation of the structure of complex substances”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1953
“for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1952
“for their invention of partition chromatography”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1951
“for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1950
Otto Diels and
Kurt Alder
“for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis”