Upper West Side in Manhattan in New York County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Alfred Nobel
1833 - 1896
Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, Economics
the Nobel Prize
Swedish Inventor
Industrialist
Philanthropist
and Humanist
American Recipients of the Nobel Prize
1906 Theodore Roosevelt Peace 1907 A.A. Michelson Physics 1912 Elihu Root Peace 1914 T.W. Richards Chemistry 1919 T. Woodrow Wilson Peace 1923 R.A. Millikan Physics 1925 Charles G. Dawes Peace 1927 A.H. Compton Physics 1929 Frank B. Kellogg Peace 1930 Sinclair Lewis Literature 1931 Jane Addams Peace Nicholas M. Butler Peace 1932 I. Langmuir Chemistry 1933 T.H. Morgan Medicine 1934 H.C. Urey Chemistry G.H. Whipple Medicine G.R. Minot Medicine W.P. Murphy Medicine 1936 C.D. Anderson Physics Eugene G.O. Neill Literature 1937 C.J. Davisson Physics 1938 Pearl Buck Literature 1939 E.O. Lawrence Physics 1943 O. Stern Physics E.A. Doisy Medicine 1944 I.I. Rabi Physics J. Erlanger Medicine H.S. Gasser Medicine 1945 Cordell Hull Peace 1946 P.W. Bridgman Physics J.B. Sumner Chemistry J.H. Northrop Chemistry W.M. Stanley Chemistry H.J. Muller Medicine Emily G. Balch Peace John R. Mott Peace 1947 C.F. Cori Medicine G.T. Cort Medicine American Friends Service Committee Peace 1949 W.F. Giaque Chemistry William Faulkner Literature 1950 E.C. Kendall Medicine P.S. Hench Medicine Ralph Bunch Peace 1951 E.M. McMillan Chemistry G.T. Seaborg Chemistry 1952 F. Bloch Physics E.M. Purcell Physics S.A. Waksman Medicine 1953 F.A. Lipmann Medicine George C. Marshall Peace 1954 L.C. Pauling Chemistry J.F. Enders Medicine T.H. Weller Medicine F.C. Robbins Medicine Ernest M. Hemingway Literature 1955 W.E. Lamb Physics P. Kusch Physics V. du Vigneaud Chemistry 1956 W.B. Shockley Physics J. Bardeen Physics W.H. Brattain Physics A.F. Cournand Medicine D.W. Richards Medicine 1958 G.W. Beadle Medicine E.L. Tatum Medicine J. Ledersberg Medicine 1959 E.G. Segrθ Physics O. Chamberlain Physics S. Ochoa Medicine A. Kornberg Medicine 1960 D.A. Glaser Physics W.F. Libby Chemistry 1961 R. Hofstatder Physics M. Calvin Chemistry C. Von Bekιsy Medicine 1962 J.D. Watson Medicine John Steinbeck Literature Linus G. Pauling Peace 1963 E.P. Wigner Physics M. Goeppert-Mayer Physics 1964 C.H. Townes Physics K. Bloch Medicine Martin Luther King Jr. Peace 1965 J. Schwinger Physics R.P. Feynman Physics R.B. Woodward Chemistry 1966 R.S. Mulliken Chemistry P. Rous Medicine C.B. Huggins Medicine 1967 H.A. Bethe Physics H.K. Hartline Medicine G. Wald Medicine 1968 L.W. Alvarez Physics L. Onsager Chemistry R.W. Holley Medicine H.G. Khorana Medicine M.W. Nierenberg Medicine 1969 M. Gell-Mann Physics M. Delbruck Medicine A.D. Hershey Medicine S.E. Luria Medicine 1970 J. Axelrod Medicine Norman E. Borlaug Peace P.A. Samuelson Economics 1971 E.W. Sutherland Jr. Medicine S. Kuznets Economics 1972 J. Bardeen Physics L.N. Cooper Physics J.R. Shrieffer Physics C.B. Anfinson Chemistry S. Moore Chemistry W.H. Stein Chemistry G.M. Edelman Medicine K.J. Arrow Economics 1973 L. Giaever Physics Henry A. Kissinger Peace W. Leontiff Economics 1974 P.J. Flory Chemistry G.E. Palade Medicine 1975 L.J. Rainwater Physics D. Baltimore Medicine R. Dulbecco Medicine H.M. Temin Medicine T.C. Koopmans Economics 1967 B. Richter Physics S.C.G. Ting Physics W.N. Lipscomb Chemistry B.S. Blumberg Medicine D.C. Gajdusek Medicine Saul Bellow Literature M. Friedman Economics 1977 P.W. Anderson Physics J.H. Van Vijeck Physics R. Guillemin Medicine A.V Schally Medicine R. Yalow Medicine 1978 A.A. Penzias Physics R.W. Wilson Physics D. Nathans Medicine H.O. Smith Medicine Isaac Bashevis Singer Literature H.A. Simon Economics 1979 S.L. Glashow Physics S. Weinberg Physics H.G. Brown Chemistry A.M. Cormack Medicine T.W. Schultz Economics
1980 J.W. Cronin Physics V.L. Fitch Physics P. Berg Chemistry W. Gilbert Chemistry B. Benacerraf Medicine G.D. Snell Medicine Czeslaw Milosz Literature J.R. Klein Economics 1981 N. Bloembergen Physics A.L. Schawlow Physics R. Hoffman Chemistry R.W. Sperry Medicine D.H. Hubel Medicine J. Tobin Economics 1982 K.G. Wilson Physics G.J. Stigler Economics 1983 S. Chandrasekhar Physics W.A. Fowler Physics H. Taube Chemistry B. McClintock Medicine G. Debreu Economics 1984 R.B. Merrifield Chemistry 1985 H.A. Hauptman Chemistry J. Karle Chemistry M.S. Brown Medicine J.L. Goldstein Medicine F. Modigliani Economics 1986 D.R. Herschbach Chemistry V.T. Lee Chemistry S. Cohen Medicine R. Levi-Montalcini Medicine Elie Wiesel Peace J.M. Buchanan Jr. Economics 1987 D.J. Cram Chemistry C.J. Pedersen Chemistry Joseph Brodsky Literature R.M Solow Economics 1988 L.M. Lederman Physics M. Schwartz Physics J. Steinberger Physics G.B. Elion Medicine G.H. Hitchings Medicine 1989 N.F. Ramsey Physics H.G. Dehmelt Physics S. Altman Chemistry T.R. Cech Chemistry J.M. Bishop Medicine H.E. Varmus Medicine 1990 J.I. Friedman Physics H.W. Kendall Physics E.J. Corey Chemistry J.E. Murray Medicine L.D. Thomas Medicine H.M. Markowitz Economics M.H. Miller Economics W.F. Sharpe Economics 1992 R.A. Marcus Chemistry E.H. Fischer Medicine E.G. Krebs Medicine G.S. Becker Economics 1993 R.A. Hulse Physics H. Taylor Jr. Physics K.B. Mullis Chemistry P.A. Sharp Medicine Toni Morrison Literature R.W. Fogel Economics D.G. North Economics 1994 C.G. Shull Physics G.A. Olah Chemistry A.G. Gilman Medicine M. Rodbell Medicine J.C. Harsanyi Economics J.F. Nash Jr. Economics 1995 M.L. Perl Physics F. Reines Physics M.J. Molina Chemistry F.S. Rowland Chemistry E.B. Lewis Medicine E.F. Wieschaus Medicine R.E. Lucas Jr. Economics 1996 D.M. Lee Physics D.D. Osheroff Physics R.C. Richardson Physics R.F. Curl Jr. Chemistry R.E. Smalley Chemistry W. Vickrey Economics 1997 S. Chu Physics W.D. Phillips Physics P.D. Boyer Chemistry S.B. Prusiner Medicine Jody Williams Peace R.C. Merton Economics M.S. Scholes Economics 1998 R.B. Laughlin Physics D.C. Tsui Physics W. Kohn Chemistry R.F. Furchcott Medicine L.J. Ignarro Medicine F. Murad Medicine 1999 A.H. Zewall Chemistry G. Blobel Medicine 2000 J.S. Kilby Physics A.J. Heeger Chemistry A.G. Macdiarmid Chemistry P. Greengard Medicine E.R. Kandel Medicine J.J. Heckman Economics D.L. McFadden Economics 2001 E.A. Cornell Physics C.E. Wieman Physics W.S. Knowles Chemistry K.B. Sharpless Chemistry L.H. Hartwell Medicine G.A. Akerlof Economics A.M. Spence Economics J.E. Stiglitz Economics 2002 R. Davis Jr. Physics R. GIacconi Physics J.B. Fenn Chemistry H.R. Horvitz Medicine Jimmy Carter Peace D. Kahneman Economics V.L. Smith Economics 2003 A.A. Abrikosov Physics A.J. Leggett Physics P. Agre Chemistry P. Mackinnon Chemistry P.C. Lauterbur Medicine R.E. Engde III Economics 2004 D.J. Gross Physics H.D. Politzer Physics F.A. Wilczek Physics Ida Rose Chemistry R. Axel Medicine L.B. Buck Medicine E.C. Prescott Economics 2005 R.J. Glauber Physics J.L. Hall Physics R.H. Grubbs Chemistry R.R. Schrock Chemistry R.J. Aumann Economics T.C. Schelling Economics 2006 J.C. Mather Physics G.F. Smooth III Physics R.D. Kornberg Chemistry A.Z. Fire Medicine C.C. Mello Medicine D.S. Phelps Economics 2007 M.R. Capecchi Medicine O. Smithies Medicine Al Gore Peace L. Hurwicz Economics E.S. Maskin Economics R.B. Myerson Economics 2008 Y. Nambu Physics M. Chalfie Chemistry R.Y. Tsien Chemistry P.R. Krugman Economics 2009 C.K. Kao Physics W.S. Boyle Physics G.E. Smith Physics V. Ramakrishnan Chemistry T.A. Steitz Chemistry E.H. Blackburn Medicine C.W. Greider Medicine J.W. Szostak Medicine Barack H. Obama Peace E. Ostrom Economics O.E. Williamson Economics 2010 R.F. Heck Chemistry P.A. Diamond Economics D.T. Mortensen Economics
2011 S. Perlmitter Physics B.P. Schmidt Physics A.G. Riess Physics A. Beitler Medicine R.M. Steinman Medicine T.J. Sargent Economics C.A. Sims Economics 2012 D.W. Wineland Physics R.J. Lefkowitz Chemistry B.R. Robilka Chemistry A.E. Roth Economics L.S. Shapley Economics 2013 M. Karplus Chemistry M. Levitt Chemistry A. Warshel Chemistry J.E. Rothman Medicine R.W. Schekman Medicine T.C. Sudhof Medicine B.F. Fama Economics L.F. Hansen Economics R.J. Shiller Economics 2014 S. Nakamura Physics E. Hetzig Chemistry W.E. Moerner Chemistry J. O'Keefe Medicine 2015 P. Modrich Chemistry A. Sancar Chemistry W.C. Campbell Medicine A. Deaton Economics 2016 D.J. Thouless Physics J.M. Kostirlitz Physics J.F. Stoddart Chemistry Bob Dylan Literature G. Hart Economics 2017 R. Weiss Physics B.C. Barish Physics K.S. Thorne Physics J. Frank Chemistry J.C. Hall Medicine M. Rosbash Medicine M.W. Young Medicine R.H. Thaler Economics 2018 A. Ashkin Physics C. Mourou Physics F.H. Arnold Chemistry G.P. Smith Chemistry J.P. Allison Medicine W.D. Nordhaus Economics P.M. Romber Economics 2019 J. Peebles Physics J.B. Goodenough Chemistry M.S. Whittingham Chemistry W.G. Kaelin Jr. Medicine G.L. Semenza Medicine A. Banerjee Economics E. Duflo Economics M. Kremer Economics 2020 A. Ghez Physics J.A. Doudna Chemistry H.J. Alter Medicine M. Houghton Medicine C.M. Rice Medicine Louise Glόck Literature P.R. Milgrom Economics R.B. Wilson Economics 2021 S. Manabe Physics D.W.C. MacMillan Chemistry D. Julius Medicine A. Patapoutian Medicine Maria A. Ressa Peace D. Card Economics G.W. Imbens Economics J.D. Angrist Economics
Erected 2007 by The Merck Company Foundation, a gift to the people of New York; created by Sivert Lindblom.
Topics and series. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Arts, Letters, Music • Charity & Public Work • Industry & Commerce • Peace • Science & Medicine. In addition, it is included in the Former U.S. Presidents: #28 Woodrow Wilson, the Former U.S. Presidents: #39 James Earl "Jimmy" Carter, Jr., the Former U.S. Presidents: #44 Barack Obama, the Martin Luther King, Jr., and the Quakerism series lists. A significant historical year for this entry is 1906.
Location. 40° 46.942′ N, 73° 58.47′ W. Marker is in Manhattan, New York, in New York County. It is in the Upper West Side. Marker is at the intersection of West 81st Street and Columbus Avenue, on the left when traveling west on West 81st Street. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 200 Central Park West, New York NY 10024, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Theodore Roosevelt Park (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Philip Roth (about 600 feet away); Addressing the Statue (about 700 feet away); a different marker also named Theodore Roosevelt Park (about 800 feet away); Discover Seneca Village (approx. 0.2 miles away); Central Park West-West 75th Street Historic District (approx. 0.2 miles away); The New-York Historical Society (approx. Ό mile away); Tecumseh Playground (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Manhattan.
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