Between 1901 and 2025, the Nobel Prizes and the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel were awarded 633 times to 1,026 people and organisations. With some receiving the Nobel Prize more than once, this makes a total of 990 individuals and 28 organisations. Below, you can view the full list of Nobel Prizes and Nobel Prize laureates.
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1989
Nobel Prize in Physics 1989
“for the invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks”
“for the development of the ion trap technique”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1989
“for their discovery of catalytic properties of RNA”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1989
“for their discovery of the cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1989
“for a rich and intensive prose, which with restrained compassion forms a challenging vision of man's vulnerability”
Nobel Peace Prize 1989
“for advocating peaceful solutions based upon tolerance and mutual respect in order to preserve the historical and cultural heritage of his people”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1989
“for his clarification of the probability theory foundations of econometrics and his analyses of simultaneous economic structures”
1988
Nobel Prize in Physics 1988
“for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1988
“for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1988
“for their discoveries of important principles for drug treatment”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1988
“who, through works rich in nuance - now clear-sightedly realistic, now evocatively ambiguous - has formed an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind”
Nobel Peace Prize 1988
“for preventing armed clashes and creating conditions for negotiations”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1988
“for his pioneering contributions to the theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources”
1987
Nobel Prize in Physics 1987
“for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1987
“for their development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1987
“for his discovery of the genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1987
“for an all-embracing authorship, imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity”
Nobel Peace Prize 1987
“for his work for lasting peace in Central America”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1987
“for his contributions to the theory of economic growth”
1986
Nobel Prize in Physics 1986
“for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope”
“for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1986
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1986
“for their discoveries of growth factors”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1986
“who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”
Nobel Peace Prize 1986
“for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1986
“for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making”
1985
Nobel Prize in Physics 1985
“for the discovery of the quantized Hall effect”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1985
“for their outstanding achievements in the development of direct methods for the determination of crystal structures”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1985
“for their discoveries concerning the regulation of cholesterol metabolism”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1985
“who in his novel combines the poet's and the painter's creativeness with a deepened awareness of time in the depiction of the human condition”
Nobel Peace Prize 1985
“for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1985
“for his pioneering analyses of saving and of financial markets”
1984
Nobel Prize in Physics 1984
“for their decisive contributions to the large project, which led to the discovery of the field particles W and Z, communicators of weak interaction”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1984
“for his development of methodology for chemical synthesis on a solid matrix”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1984
“for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1984
“for his poetry which endowed with freshness, sensuality and rich inventiveness provides a liberating image of the indomitable spirit and versatility of man”
Nobel Peace Prize 1984
“for his role as a unifying leader figure in the non-violent campaign to resolve the problem of apartheid in South Africa”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1984
“for having made fundamental contributions to the development of systems of national accounts and hence greatly improved the basis for empirical economic analysis”
1983
Nobel Prize in Physics 1983
“for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars”
“for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1983
“for his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1983
“for her discovery of mobile genetic elements”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1983
“for his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today”
Nobel Peace Prize 1983
“for non-violent struggle for free trade unions and human rights in Poland”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1983
“for having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium”
1982
Nobel Prize in Physics 1982
“for his theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1982
“for his development of crystallographic electron microscopy and his structural elucidation of biologically important nucleic acid-protein complexes”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1982
“for their discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1982
“for his novels and short stories, in which the fantastic and the realistic are combined in a richly composed world of imagination, reflecting a continent's life and conflicts”
Nobel Peace Prize 1982
“for their work for disarmament and nuclear and weapon-free zones”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1982
“for his seminal studies of industrial structures, functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation”
1981
Nobel Prize in Physics 1981
“for their contribution to the development of laser spectroscopy”
“for his contribution to the development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1981
“for their theories, developed independently, concerning the course of chemical reactions”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1981
“for his discoveries concerning the functional specialization of the cerebral hemispheres”
“for their discoveries concerning information processing in the visual system”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1981
“for writings marked by a broad outlook, a wealth of ideas and artistic power”
Nobel Peace Prize 1981
“for promoting the fundamental rights of refugees”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1981
“for his analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions, employment, production and prices”
1980
Nobel Prize in Physics 1980
“for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons”
Nobel Prize in Chemistry 1980
“for his fundamental studies of the biochemistry of nucleic acids, with particular regard to recombinant-DNA”
“for their contributions concerning the determination of base sequences in nucleic acids”
Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1980
“for their discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on the cell surface that regulate immunological reactions”
Nobel Prize in Literature 1980
“who with uncompromising clear-sightedness voices man's exposed condition in a world of severe conflicts”
Nobel Peace Prize 1980
“for being a source of inspiration to repressed people, especially in Latin America”
Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel 1980
“for the creation of econometric models and the application to the analysis of economic fluctuations and economic policies”