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List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty

This list of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty comprehensively shows alumni (graduates and attendees) or faculty members (professors of various ranks, researchers, and visiting lecturers or professors) affiliated with Columbia University in New York City who were awarded the Nobel Prize or the Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences. People who have given public lectures, talks or non-curricular seminars; studied as non-degree students; received honorary degrees; or served as administrative staff at the university are excluded from the list. Summer school attendees and visitors are generally excluded from the list, since summer terms are not part of formal academic years; the same rule applies to the extension school.

A picture of Alma Mater in front of Low Library
The central Alma Mater statue at Columbia University. As of the 2023 awards, 103 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia University.

Alumni or faculty members of Barnard College after 1900 and Bard College by 1944 are included in the list.[1][2] Physicians and long-term medical staff of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital are included in the list.[3][4]

The Nobel Prizes, established by the 1895 will of Alfred Nobel, are awarded to individuals who make outstanding contributions in the fields of Chemistry, Literature, Peace, Physics, and Physiology or Medicine.[5] An associated prize, the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel (commonly known as the Nobel Prize in Economics), was instituted by Sweden's central bank, Sveriges Riksbank, in 1968 and was first awarded in 1969.[6]

As of the 2023 awards, 103 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty. Among the 103 laureates, 72 are Nobel laureates in natural sciences;[a] 46 are Columbia alumni (graduates and attendees) and 34 have been long-term academic members of the Columbia faculty; and subject-wise, 33 laureates have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, more than any other subject. This list considers Nobel laureates as equal individuals and does not consider their various prize shares or if they received the prize more than once.

Summary

All types of affiliations, namely alumni and faculty members, count equally in the following table and throughout the whole page.[b]

In the following list, the number following a person's name is the year they received the prize; in particular, a number with asterisk (*) means the person received the award while they were working at Columbia University (including emeritus staff). A name marked with a dagger (†) indicates that this person has already been listed in a previous category (i.e., multiple affiliations).

Summary of Columbia University's Nobel Laureates
CategoryAlumniProfessors of various ranksResearchers or visitors
Total: 103463443
Physics (33)
  1. Robert Millikan – 1923
  2. Isidor Rabi – 1944
  3. Julian Schwinger – 1965
  4. Leon Cooper – 1972
  5. James Rainwater – 1975
  6. Arno Penzias – 1978
  7. Val Fitch – 1980
  8. Leon Lederman – 1988
  9. Melvin Schwartz – 1988
  10. Norman Ramsey – 1989
  11. Martin Perl – 1995
  12. Arthur Ashkin – 2018
  13. John Clauser – 2022
  1. Enrico Fermi – 1938
  2. Isidor Rabi† – 1944*
  3. Hideki Yukawa – 1949*
  4. Willis Lamb – 1955
  5. Polykarp Kusch – 1955*
  6. Tsung-Dao Lee – 1957*
  7. Charles Townes – 1964
  8. James Rainwater† – 1975*
  9. Samuel Ting – 1976
  10. Melvin Schwartz† – 1988
  11. Leon Lederman† – 1988
  12. Jack Steinberger – 1988
  13. Norman Ramsey† – 1989
  14. Horst Störmer – 1998*
  1. Emilio Segrè – 1959
  2. Maria Mayer – 1963
  3. Hans Bethe – 1967
  4. Murray Gell-Mann – 1969
  5. Aage Bohr – 1975
  6. Samuel Ting† – 1976
  7. Steven Weinberg – 1979
  8. Arthur Schawlow – 1981
  9. Carlo Rubbia – 1984
  10. Leon Lederman† – 1988
  11. Daniel Tsui – 1998
  12. John C. Mather – 2006
  13. Giorgio Parisi – 2021
Chemistry (16)
  1. Irving Langmuir – 1932
  2. John H. Northrop – 1946
  3. William H. Stein – 1972
  4. Roald Hoffmann – 1981
  5. Herbert Hauptman – 1985
  6. Sidney Altman – 1989
  7. William S. Knowles – 2001
  8. Robert Grubbs – 2005
  9. Robert Lefkowitz – 2012
  10. Louis E. Brus – 2023
  1. Harold Urey – 1934*
  2. Martin Chalfie – 2008*
  3. Martin Karplus – 2013
  4. Joachim Frank – 2017*
  5. Louis E. Brus† – 2023*
  1. Willard Libby – 1960
  2. Luis Leloir – 1970
Physiology or Medicine (23)
  1. Hermann J. Muller – 1946
  2. Edward C. Kendall – 1950
  3. Dickinson Richards – 1956
  4. Joshua Lederberg – 1958
  5. Konrad Bloch – 1964
  6. George Wald – 1967
  7. Konrad Lorenz – 1973
  8. Baruch Blumberg – 1976
  9. Baruj Benacerraf – 1980
  10. Harold Varmus – 1989
  11. Louis Ignarro – 1998
  12. Richard Axel – 2004
  1. Thomas H. Morgan – 1933
  2. André Cournand – 1956*
  3. Dickinson Richards† – 1956*
  4. Eric Kandel – 2000*
  5. Richard Axel† – 2004*
  6. James Rothman – 2013
  1. Hermann J. Muller† – 1946
  2. Joshua Lederberg† – 1958
  3. Konrad Bloch† – 1964
  4. Salvador Luria – 1969
  5. Baruch Blumberg† – 1976
  6. Carleton Gajdusek – 1976
  7. Daniel Nathans – 1978
  8. Baruj Benacerraf† – 1980
  9. Sune Bergström – 1982
  10. Donnall Thomas – 1990
  11. Linda Buck – 2004
  12. David Julius – 2021
Economics (17)
  1. Simon Kuznets – 1971
  2. Kenneth Arrow – 1972
  3. Milton Friedman – 1976
  4. Robert Fogel – 1993
  5. William Vickrey – 1996
  6. Robert C. Merton – 1997
  7. Alvin Roth – 2012
  1. George Stigler – 1982
  2. Gary Becker – 1992
  3. William Vickrey† – 1996*
  4. Robert Mundell – 1999*
  5. James Heckman – 2000
  6. Joseph Stiglitz – 2001*
  7. Edmund Phelps – 2006*
  1. Milton Friedman† – 1976
  2. Franco Modigliani – 1985
  3. Robert Solow – 1987
  4. Joseph Stiglitz† – 2001
  5. David Card – 2021
  6. Joshua Angrist – 2021
Literature (6)
  1. Louise Glück – 2020
  1. Orhan Pamuk – 2006
  1. Gabriela Mistral – 1945
  2. Joseph Brodsky – 1987
  3. Nadine Gordimer – 1991
  4. Derek Walcott – 1992
  5. Orhan Pamuk† – 2006
Peace (8)
  1. Theodore Roosevelt – 1906
  2. Nicholas Butler – 1931
  3. Barack Obama – 2009
  1. Nicholas Butler† – 1931
  1. Elie Wiesel – 1986
  2. Al Gore – 2007
  3. Liu Xiaobo – 2010
  4. Leymah Gbowee – 2011
  5. Maria Ressa – 2021

Nobel laureates by category

Nobel laureates in Physics

Nobel Laureates in Physics
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Robert Millikan1923PhD[7]
2 Enrico Fermi1938Professor[8]
3 Isidor Rabi1944PhD; Professor[9]
4 Hideki Yukawa1949Professor[10]
5 Polykarp Kusch1955Professor[11]
6 Willis Lamb1955Professor[12]
7 Tsung-Dao Lee1957Professor[13]
8 Emilio Segrè1959Visitor (1935, 1936)[14][15]
9 Maria Mayer1963Researcher (1942–1945); Manhattan Project (1939–1945)[16]
10 Charles Townes1964Professor[17]
11 Julian Schwinger1965BA, PhD[18]
12 Hans Bethe1967Visiting Professor (Spring 1941, 1948)[19][20]
13 Murray Gell-Mann1969Visiting Associate Professor (Fall 1954)[21]
14 Leon Cooper1972BA, MA, PhD[22]
15 Aage Bohr1975Visiting Fellow (1949–1950)[23]
16 James Rainwater1975MA, PhD; Professor[24]
17 Samuel Ting1976Assistant Professor (1965–1967) and Instructor (1964–1965)[25]
18 Arno Penzias1978MA, PhD[26]
19 Steven Weinberg1979Instructor (1957–1959)[27]
20 Val Fitch1980PhD[28]
21 Arthur Schawlow1981Visiting Associate Professor (1960); Fellow and Research Associate (1949–1951)[29]
22 Carlo Rubbia1984Research Fellow (1958–1959)[30]
23 Leon Lederman1988MA, PhD; Professor[31]
24Melvin Schwartz1988BA, PhD; Professor; Research Associate[32]
25 Jack Steinberger1988Professor[33]
26 Norman Foster Ramsey Jr.1989BA, PhD; Associate Professor[34]
27 Martin Perl1995PhD[35]
28 Horst Störmer1998Professor[36]
29Daniel C. Tsui1998Adjunct Scientist[37]
30 John C. Mather2006Lecturer (1975–1976)[38]
31 Arthur Ashkin2018BA[39]
32 Giorgio Parisi2021Researcher (1973–1974)[40]
32 John Clauser2022MA, PhD[41]

Nobel laureates in Chemistry

Nobel Laureates in Chemistry
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Irving Langmuir1932BS[42]
2 Harold Urey1934Professor[43]
3 John H. Northrop1946BS, MA, PhD[44]
4 Willard Libby1960Head, Chemistry Division of the Columbia University branch of the Manhattan Project (1942–1945)[45][46][47]
5 Luis Leloir1970Researcher, College of Physicians and Surgeons at Columbia (1944–1945)[48][49]
6William H. Stein1972PhD[50]
7 Roald Hoffmann1981BA[51]
8 Herbert Hauptman1985MA[52]
9 Sidney Altman1989Graduate student in physics[53]
10William S. Knowles2001PhD[54]
11 Robert Grubbs2005PhD[55]
12 Martin Chalfie2008Professor[56]
13 Robert Lefkowitz2012BA, MD[57]
14 Martin Karplus2013Professor[58]
15 Joachim Frank2017Professor[59]
16 Louis E. Brus2023PhD; Professor[60]

Nobel laureates in Physiology or Medicine

Nobel Laureates in Physiology or Medicine
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Thomas H. Morgan1933Professor[61]
2 Hermann J. Muller1946BA, MA, PhD; Instructor in Zoology (1918–1920)[62][63]
3 Edward C. Kendall1950BS, MS, PhD[64]
4 André Cournand1956Professor[65]
5 Dickinson Richards1956MD; Professor[66]
6 Joshua Lederberg1958BA; Research Assistant[67]
7 Konrad Bloch1965PhD; Researcher[68]
8 George Wald1967PhD[69]
9 Salvador Luria1969Research Assistant in Surgical Bacteriology (1940–1942)[70]
10 Konrad Lorenz1973Undergraduate attendee (1922, one semester of premedical studies)[71]
11 Baruch Blumberg1976MD; Medical Resident[72]
12 Carleton Gajdusek1976Medical Resident at Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center[73][74][75]
13Daniel Nathans1978Intern (1954–1955) and Resident (1957–1959) in Medicine, Columbia-Presbyterian Medical Center[76]
14 Baruj Benacerraf1980BS; Researcher[77]
15 Sune Bergström1982Research Fellow (1940–1941)[78]
16 Harold Varmus1989MD[79]
17 Donnall Thomas1990Physician-in-chief, Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital (1955–1963)[80][81]
18 Louis Ignarro1998BA[82]
19 Eric Kandel2000Professor[83]
20 Linda Buck2004Postdoctoral Researcher (1980–1984)[84]
21 Richard Axel2004BA; Professor[85]
22 James Rothman2013Professor[86]
23 David Julius2021Postdoctoral Researcher (1984–1990)[87][88]

Nobel Memorial Prize laureates in Economics

Nobel Memorial Prize Laureates in Economics
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Simon Kuznets1971BS, MA, PhD[89]
2 Kenneth Arrow1972MA, PhD[90]
3 Milton Friedman1976PhD; Visiting Professor[91]
4George Stigler1982Professor[92]
5 Franco Modigliani1985Instructor at Bard College (1942–1944)[93]
6 Robert Solow1987Research Fellow (1949–1950)[94]
7 Gary Becker1992Professor[95]
8 Robert Fogel1993MA[96]
9William Vickrey1996MA, PhD; Professor[97]
10 Robert C. Merton1997BS[98]
11 Robert Mundell1999Professor[99]
12 James Heckman2000Associate Professor[100]
13 Joseph Stiglitz2001Professor; Stern Visiting Professor[101]
14 Edmund Phelps2006Professor[102]
15 Alvin Roth2012BS[103]
16 David Card2021Visiting Professor (1990–1991)[104]
17 Joshua Angrist2021Visiting Professor (2018)[105]

Nobel laureates in Literature

Nobel Laureates in Literature
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Gabriela Mistral1945Visiting Professor at Barnard College (1930–1931)[106][107][108]
2 Joseph Brodsky1987Adjunct Professor (1978–1985)[109][110]
3 Nadine Gordimer1991Adjunct Professor (1971–1972, 1976–1978, 1983)[111]
4 Derek Walcott1992Visiting Professor (1979, 1981–1983, 1984)[112]
5 Orhan Pamuk2006Professor; Visiting Scholar[113]
6 Louise Glück2020Undergraduate attendee[114]

Nobel Peace Prize laureates

Nobel Peace Prize Laureates
No.ImageNameYearAffiliation with Columbia University
1 Theodore Roosevelt1906Law student[115]
2 Nicholas Butler1931BA, MA, PhD; Professor; President[116]
3 Elie Wiesel1986Visiting Professor at Barnard College (1997–1999)[117]
4 Al Gore2007Visiting Professor (2001)[118][119]
5 Barack Obama2009BA[120]
6Liu Xiaobo2010Visiting Scholar (1988–1989)[121][122]
7 Leymah Gbowee2011Distinguished Fellow in Social Justice at Barnard College (2013–2014)[123][124]
8 Maria Ressa2021Distinguished Fellow at the School of International and Public Affairs (2023–2024)[125]

Some visitors not qualified as faculty members

Visiting positions such as the "Global Fellowship" of SIPA and "Ernest Kempton Adams (EKA) Lectureship" at Columbia do not require employment-level duties, and thus are excluded from this list.[126][127][128] The EKA Fund was established in 1904, enabling Columbia to invite scientists to deliver a series of public lectures.[128][129]

Affiliates during the Manhattan Project, the scientific research project which developed the first nuclear weapons, who specifically worked for the military are also excluded from this list.

Some visitors not qualified as faculty members
NameNobel PrizeYearRole in Columbia University
Hendrik LorentzPhysics1902EKA Lecturer about a month in the spring of 1906; Lorentz began his lectures on March 23, and gave his final lecture on April 27; later book Theory of Electrons was based on a course of lectures delivered during that period[130][131][132][133]
Wilhelm WienPhysics1911EKA Lecturer (1913); delivered six public lectures in April 1913[129][134]
Max PlanckPhysics1918EKA Lecturer (1909); delivered eight public lectures in the spring of 1909[129][134][135]
Walter BrattainPhysics1956Physicist (1941–1943) at the Division of War Research under National Defense Research Committee, working on magnetic detection of submarines[136][137][138]
William ShockleyPhysics1956Research Director (1942–1944) of the Antisubmarine Warfare Operations Research Group (set up by the US Navy Department at Columbia) for military projects[139][140]
John van VleckPhysics1977Visiting lecturer for summer school (1934)[141][142]
Kofi AnnanPeace2001Global Fellow (Spring 2009), School of International and Public Affairs, for public lectures and seminars[126][127]

Notes

References

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