The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 119 times to 230 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2025. John Bardeen is the only laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972. This means that a total of 229 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Click on the links to get more information.
The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Tuesday 7 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest.
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Nobel Prize in Physics 2009
“for groundbreaking achievements concerning the transmission of light in fibers for optical communication”
“for the invention of an imaging semiconductor circuit - the CCD sensor”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2008
“for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics”
“for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2007
“for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2006
“for their discovery of the blackbody form and anisotropy of the cosmic microwave background radiation”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2005
“for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence”
“for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2004
“for the discovery of asymptotic freedom in the theory of the strong interaction”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2003
“for pioneering contributions to the theory of superconductors and superfluids”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2002
“for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, in particular for the detection of cosmic neutrinos”
“for pioneering contributions to astrophysics, which have led to the discovery of cosmic X-ray sources”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2001
“for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates”
Nobel Prize in Physics 2000
“for basic work on information and communication technology”
“for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics”
“for his part in the invention of the integrated circuit”