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Nobel Prize

United States · Science / Medicine. Chronological records rendered directly from the World History Database.

21Records
1934–2025Date range
21Named people
1Places

Chronological records

1934

George Whipple1934

Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine

1944

Joseph Erlanger1944

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Winner of the Nobel Prize for Medicine, for work on nerve fibres

1951

Max Theiler1951

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning yellow fever and its prevention.

1983

Barbara McClintock1983

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering mobile genetic elements.

1999

Gunter Blobel1999

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering signals that govern protein transport and localization within cells.

2011

Bruce A. Beutler2011

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning activation of innate immunity.

2013

James E. Rothman2013

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic in cells.

Randy W. Schekman2013

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic in cells.

2017

Jeffrey C. Hall2017

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.

Michael Rosbash2017

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.

Michael W. Young2017

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling the circadian rhythm.

2018

James P. Allison2018

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering cancer therapy through inhibition of negative immune regulation.

2019

William Kaelin10 December 2019

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on cellular oxygen sensing.

Gregg Semenza10 December 2019

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Receives the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries on cellular oxygen sensing.

2020

Harvey Alter5 October 2020

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.

Charles Rice5 October 2020

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for the discovery of hepatitis C virus.

2021

David Julius2021

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch.

2023

Drew Weissman2023

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries enabling effective mRNA vaccines against COVID-19.

2024

Victor Ambros2024

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

Gary Ruvkun2024

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discovering microRNA and its role in post-transcriptional gene regulation.

2025

Mary E. Brunkow2025

Stockholm · Science / Medicine

Shares the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance.

Names involved

Barbara McClintockBruce A. BeutlerCharles RiceDavid JuliusDrew WeissmanGary RuvkunGeorge WhippleGregg SemenzaGunter BlobelHarvey AlterJames E. RothmanJames P. AllisonJeffrey C. HallJoseph ErlangerMary E. BrunkowMax TheilerMichael RosbashMichael W. YoungRandy W. SchekmanVictor AmbrosWilliam Kaelin

Provenance

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