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Nobel Prize in Physics
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191Indexed prize entries
96Award years
Award entries
191 prize entries from the database, sorted by award year (newest first).
John M. Martinis2025 · Physics · United States of AmericaMichel H. Devoret2025 · Physics · FranceJohn Clarke2025 · Physics · Great BritainJohn J. Hopfield2024 · Physics · United States of AmericaGeoffrey Hinton2024 · Physics · Great BritainAnne LHuillier2023 · Physics · FranceFerenc Krausz2023 · Physics · HungaryPierre Agostini2023 · Physics · FranceAnton Zeilinger2022 · Physics · AustriaJohn F. Clauser2022 · Physics · United States of AmericaAlain Aspect2022 · Physics · FranceGiorgio Parisi2021 · Physics · ItalySyukuro Manabe2021 · Physics · JapanKlaus Hasselmann2021 · Physics · GermanyRoger Penrose2020 · Physics · Great BritainAndrea Ghez2020 · Physics · United States of AmericaReinhard Genzel2020 · Physics · GermanyDidier Queloz2019 · Physics · SwitzerlandJames Edward Peebles2019 · Physics · CanadaMichel Mayor2019 · Physics · SwitzerlandDonna Strickland2018 · Physics · CanadaGérard Mourou2018 · Physics · FranceArthur Ashkin2018 · Physics · United States of AmericaRainer Weiss2017 · Physics · United States of AmericaKip Stephen Thorne2017 · Physics · United States of AmericaBarry Barish2017 · Physics · United States of AmericaArthur B. McDonald2015 · Physics · CanadaTakaaki Kajita2015 · Physics · JapanHiroshi Amano2014 · Physics · JapanIsamu Akasaki2014 · Physics · JapanPeter Higgs2013 · Physics · Great BritainFrançois Englert2013 · Physics · BelgiumDavid J. Wineland2012 · Physics · United States of AmericaSerge Haroche2012 · Physics · FranceBrian Paul Schmidt2011 · Physics · AustraliaAdam Guy Riess2011 · Physics · United States of AmericaAdam G. Riess2011 · Physics · United States of AmericaSaul Perlmutter2011 · Physics · United States of AmericaKonstantin Novoselov2010 · Physics · Great BritainAndre Geim2010 · Physics · Great BritainGeorge Elwood Smith2009 · Physics · United States of AmericaWillard Boyle2009 · Physics · CanadaPeter Grunberg2007 · Physics · GermanyAlbert Fert2007 · Physics · FranceGeorge Field Smoot2006 · Physics · United States of AmericaJohn Cromwell Mather2006 · Physics · United States of AmericaVitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg2003 · Physics · RussiaAlexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov2003 · Physics · RussiaCarl E Wieman2001 · Physics · United States of AmericaWolfgang Ketterle2001 · Physics · GermanyEric A Cornell2001 · Physics · United States of AmericaHerbert Kroemer2000 · Physics · GermanyJack S Kilby2000 · Physics · United States of AmericaZhores Alferov2000 · Physics · RussiaMartinus Veltman1999 · Physics · NetherlandsGeradus 't Hooft1999 · Physics · NetherlandsDaniel C Tsui1998 · Physics · United States of AmericaHorst Ludwig Stormer1998 · Physics · GermanyHorst L Störmer1998 · Physics · GermanyRobert Betts Laughlin1998 · Physics · United States of AmericaRobert B Laughlin1998 · Physics · United States of AmericaWilliam D Phillips1997 · Physics · United States of AmericaClaude Cohen Tannoudji1997 · Physics · FranceSteven Chu1997 · Physics · United States of AmericaRobert C Richardson1996 · Physics · United States of AmericaDouglas D Osheroff1996 · Physics · United States of AmericaDavid M Lee1996 · Physics · United States of AmericaFrederick Reines1995 · Physics · United States of AmericaMartin L Perl1995 · Physics · United States of AmericaClifford G Shull1994 · Physics · United States of AmericaBertram N Brockhouse1994 · Physics · CanadaJoseph Hooton Taylor1993 · Physics · United States of AmericaJoseph H Taylor1993 · Physics · United States of AmericaRussell Alan Hulse1993 · Physics · United States of AmericaRussell A Hulse1993 · Physics · United States of AmericaGeorges Charpak1992 · Physics · FrancePierre Gilles de Gennes1991 · Physics · FranceRichard E Taylor1990 · Physics · CanadaHenry W Kendall1990 · Physics · United States of AmericaJerome I Friedman1990 · Physics · United States of AmericaNorman Ramsey1989 · Physics · United States of AmericaWolfgang Paul1989 · Physics · GermanyHans Dehmelt1989 · Physics · United States of AmericaJack Steinberger1988 · Physics · United States of AmericaMelvin Schwartz1988 · Physics · United States of AmericaLeon M Lederman1988 · Physics · United States of AmericaKarl Alexander Müller1987 · Physics · SwitzerlandJohannes Georg Bednorz1987 · Physics · GermanyErnst August Friedrich Ruska1986 · Physics · GermanyHeinrich Rohrer1986 · Physics · SwitzerlandGerd Binnig1986 · Physics · GermanyKlaus von Klitzing1985 · Physics · GermanyCarlo Rubbia1984 · Physics · ItalySimon van der Meer1984 · Physics · NetherlandsWilliam Alfred Fowler1983 · Physics · United States of AmericaSubrahmanyan Chandrasekhar1983 · Physics · United States of AmericaKai Manne Borje Siegbahn1981 · Physics · SwedenArthur Leonard Schawlow1981 · Physics · United States of AmericaNicolaas Bloembergen1981 · Physics · United States of AmericaVal Logsdon Fitch1980 · Physics · United States of AmericaJames Watson Cronin1980 · Physics · United States of AmericaSteven Weinberg1979 · Physics · United States of AmericaAbdus Salam1979 · Physics · PakistanRobert Woodrow Wilson1978 · Physics · United States of AmericaArno Allan Penzias1978 · Physics · United States of AmericaPyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa1978 · Physics · RussiaJohn Hasbrouck Van Vleck1977 · Physics · United States of AmericaNevill Francis Mott1977 · Physics · Great BritainPhilip Warren Anderson1977 · Physics · United States of AmericaSamuel Chao Chung Ting1976 · Physics · United States of AmericaBurton Richter1976 · Physics · United States of AmericaJames Rainwater1975 · Physics · United States of AmericaBen Roy Mottelson1975 · Physics · DenmarkAage Niels Bohr1975 · Physics · DenmarkMartin Ryle1974 · Physics · Great BritainAntony Hewish1974 · Physics · Great BritainBrian David Josephson1973 · Physics · Great BritainIvar Giaever1973 · Physics · NorwayLeo Esaki1973 · Physics · JapanRobert Schrieffer1972 · Physics · United States of AmericaLeon Cooper1972 · Physics · United States of AmericaDennis Gabor1971 · Physics · Great BritainLouis Neel1970 · Physics · FranceHannes Alfven1970 · Physics · SwedenLuis Walter Alvarez1968 · Physics · United States of AmericaSin-Itiro Tomonaga1965 · Physics · JapanJulian Schwinger1965 · Physics · United States of AmericaRichard Phillips Feynman1965 · Physics · United States of AmericaCharles Hard Townes1964 · Physics · United States of AmericaAlexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov1964 · Physics · RussiaNikolay Gennadiyevich Basov1964 · Physics · RussiaNikolai Gennadevich Basov1964 · Physics · RussiaEugene Paul Wigner1963 · Physics · United States of AmericaMaria Goeppert Mayer1963 · Physics · United States of AmericaJohannes Hans Daniel Jensen1963 · Physics · GermanyLev Davidovich Landau1962 · Physics · RussiaRudolf Ludwig Mossbauer1961 · Physics · GermanyEmilio Segre1959 · Physics · United States of AmericaOwen Chamberlain1959 · Physics · United States of AmericaIgor Yevgenyevich Tamm1958 · Physics · RussiaIlya Mikhailovich Frank1958 · Physics · RussiaPavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov1958 · Physics · RussiaChen Ning Yang1957 · Physics · ChinaTsung Dao Lee1957 · Physics · ChinaWilliam Shockley1956 · Physics · United States of AmericaWalter Houser Brattain1956 · Physics · United States of AmericaJohn Bardeen1956 · Physics · United States of AmericaPolykarp Kusch1955 · Physics · United States of AmericaWalther Bothe1954 · Physics · GermanyMax Born1954 · Physics · Great BritainEdward Mills Purcell1952 · Physics · United States of AmericaErnest Thomas Sinton Walton1951 · Physics · IrelandWolfgang Pauli1945 · Physics · AustriaIsidor Isaac Rabi1944 · Physics · United States of AmericaErnest Orlando Lawrence1939 · Physics · United States of AmericaEnrico Fermi1938 · Physics · ItalyGeorge Paget Thomson1937 · Physics · Great BritainClinton Joseph Davisson1937 · Physics · United States of AmericaVictor Francis Hess1936 · Physics · AustriaJames Chadwick1935 · Physics · Great BritainErwin Rudolf Josef Alexander Schrodinger1933 · Physics · AustriaPaul Adrien Maurice Dirac1933 · Physics · Great BritainWerner Heisenberg1932 · Physics · GermanyChandrasekhara Venkata Raman1930 · Physics · IndiaLouis de Broglie1929 · Physics · FranceCharles Thomson Rees Wilson1927 · Physics · Great BritainArthur Holly Compton1927 · Physics · United States of AmericaKarl Manne Georg Siegbahn1924 · Physics · SwedenRobert Millikan1923 · Physics · United States of AmericaNiels Bohr1922 · Physics · DenmarkAlbert Einstein1921 · Physics · United States of AmericaMax Planck1918 · Physics · GermanyCharles Glover Barkla1917 · Physics · Great BritainWilliam Henry Bragg1915 · Physics · Great BritainMax Theodore Felix von Laue1914 · Physics · GermanyNils Dalen1912 · Physics · SwedenWilhelm Wien1911 · Physics · GermanyJohannes Diderik van Der Waals1910 · Physics · NetherlandsGuglielmo Marconi1909 · Physics · ItalyKarl Ferdinand Braun1909 · Physics · GermanyGabriel Lippmann1908 · Physics · FranceAlbert Abraham Michelson1907 · Physics · United States of AmericaJoseph John Thomson1906 · Physics · Great BritainPhilip Lenard1905 · Physics · GermanyJohn William Strutt Rayleigh, 3rd1904 · Physics · Great BritainPierre Curie1903 · Physics · FranceMarie Sklodowska Curie1903 · Physics · PolandHenri Becquerel1903 · Physics · FrancePieter Zeeman1902 · Physics · NetherlandsHendrik Antoon Lorentz1902 · Physics · NetherlandsWilhelm Conrad Rontgen1901 · Physics · Germany
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