Premios Nobel judíos

Aunque los judíos son cerca del 0,2 % de la humanidad, representan una proporción notablemente alta de premios Nobel. Estos son laureados judíos documentados en física, química, medicina, economía, literatura y paz.

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Aage BohrAage BohrNuclear physicist who showed with Ben Mottelson that atomic nuclei can deform and rotate; Premio Nobel de Física 1975 · 1975Aaron CiechanoverAaron CiechanoverDescubrimiento de la degradación de proteínas mediada por ubiquitina · 2004Aaron KlugAaron KlugCrystallographic Electron Microscopy · 1982Ada YonathAda YonathEstudios de la estructura y función del ribosoma · 2009Adam RiessAdam RiessAstrofísico; descubrió the accelerating universe, Premio Nobel 2011 · 1969Adolf von BaeyerAdolf von BaeyerQuímico orgánico who synthesized indigo dye; Premio Nobel de Química 1905 · 1835Alan HeegerAlan HeegerQuímico conocido por conductive polymers; Premio Nobel de Química 2000 · 1936Albert EinsteinAlbert EinsteinFísico que fundó special and general relativity and explained the photoelectric effect; Premio Nobel de Física 1921 · 1905Albert MichelsonAlbert MichelsonOptical precision instruments and interferometry; the Michelson–Morley experiment and decades of measurements of the speed of light; Premio Nobel de Física 1907 · 1907Alexander Del MarAlexander Del MarMonetary economist and historian; first director of the U.S. Bureau of Statistics and author of A History of Money; of Sephardic Jewish family, praised by Nobel laureate James Tobin · 1836Alexei AbrikosovAlexei AbrikosovFísico; theory of the vortex lattice in type-II superconductors (1957), Premio Nobel de Física 2003 · 1928Alfred FriedAlfred FriedAustrian pacifist; Premio Nobel de la Paz (1911) for founding the German peace movement · 1911Alfred GilmanAlfred GilmanRecibió el 1994 Premio Nobel for the discovery of G-proteins and their role in cellular signal transduction. · 1941Alvin RothAlvin RothTheory of stable allocations and the practice of market design · 2012André LwoffAndré LwoffRecibió el 1965 Premio Nobel for work on lysogeny and the genetic control of viruses. · 1902Andrea GhezAndrea GhezAstrónomo whose measurements of stellar orbits revealed the supermassive black hole at the centre of the Milky Way; Premio Nobel de Física 2020 · 1965Andrew FireAndrew FirePremio Nobel in medicine (2006) for the discovery of RNA interference (gene silencing) · 2006Arieh WarshelArieh WarshelComputational chemist who, with Michael Levitt, published the first computer model of an enzymatic reaction (the QM/MM approach); Premio Nobel de Química 2013 · 2013Arno PenziasArno PenziasRadio astronomer, a child refugee of the Kindertransport, who with Robert Wilson discovered the cosmic microwave background, the afterglow of the Big Bang; Premio Nobel de Física 1978 · 1933Arseny RoginskyArseny RoginskyHistoriador que fundó and chaired Memorial, the human-rights society (Premio Nobel de la Paz 2022) · 1990Arthur AshkinArthur AshkinFísico at Bell Labs que inventó optical tweezers and applied them to living cells; Premio Nobel de Física 2018 · 1922Arthur KornbergArthur KornbergDNA Synthesis · 1959Arthur SchawlowArthur SchawlowFísico who with Charles Townes laid the theoretical foundations of the laser and then developed high-precision laser spectroscopy; Premio Nobel de Física 1981 · 1921Avram HershkoAvram HershkoDescubrimiento de la degradación de proteínas mediada por ubiquitina · 2004Barry BarishBarry BarishFísico; leadership of LIGO detection of gravitational waves, Premio Nobel 2017 · 1936Baruch BlumbergBaruch BlumbergVirus y vacuna de la hepatitis B · 1976Baruj BenacerrafBaruj BenacerrafDescubrió the immune response (Ir) genes of the major histocompatibility complex that control the strength of immune reactions; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1980; president of the… · 1920Ben BernankeBen BernankeEconomista who showed how bank failures deepened and prolonged the Great Depression; chaired the Federal Reserve from 2006 to 2014; Premio Nobel de Economía 2022 · 2006Ben MottelsonBen MottelsonPremio Nobel in physics (1975) for nuclear structure; Atoms for Peace Award (1969) · 1975Bernard KatzBernard KatzShowed that acetylcholine is released at the nerve-muscle junction in packets of fixed size (quanta); Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1970 · 1970Bernard KouchnerBernard KouchnerMédico francés que cofundó Médecins Sans Frontières (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1999); Jewish father · 1971Bernard LownBernard LownCo-inventor of the defibrillator; cofundó IPPNW (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1985) · 1980Bob DylanBob DylanCantautor · 1962Boris PasternakBoris PasternakPoeta ruso (My Sister, Life), traductor of Shakespeare and Goethe, autor de Doctor Zhivago; Premio Nobel de Literatura 1958, which the Soviet authorities forced him to decline; born into an… · 1957Brian JosephsonBrian JosephsonFísico who, as a 22-year-old research student in Cambridge, predicted the Josephson effect, the tunnelling of a supercurrent between two superconductors; Premio Nobel de Física 1973 · 1940Bruce BeutlerBruce BeutlerFound that Toll-like receptor 4 is the sensor of bacterial lipopolysaccharide that switches on innate immunity; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2011 · 1957Burton RichterBurton RichterFísico; descubrió the J/psi particle (charm quark), Premio Nobel 1976 · 1931César MilsteinCésar MilsteinRecibió el 1984 Premio Nobel for developing the technique to produce monoclonal antibodies. · 1927Christian AnfinsenChristian AnfinsenShowed with ribonuclease that a protein's amino-acid sequence alone determines its folded, active shape; Premio Nobel de Química 1972 · 1972Claude Cohen-TannoudjiClaude Cohen-TannoudjiFísico; methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light, Premio Nobel de Física 1997; co-author of the textbook Quantum Mechanics · 1997Claudia GoldinClaudia GoldinPremio Nobel (2023) who chronicled women's place in the labor market; Nemmers Prize (2020) · 2023Dan ShechtmanDan ShechtmanCuasicristales · 2011Daniel KahnemanDaniel KahnemanPsicólogo who, with Amos Tversky, documented the systematic biases of intuitive judgment and developed prospect theory (1979); Premio Nobel de Economía 2002 · 2002Daniel NathansDaniel NathansUsed restriction enzymes to cut the DNA of the tumour virus SV40 into defined fragments and map it, founding a basic method of molecular biology; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1978 · 1928David BakerDavid BakerBioquímico que creó the Rosetta software and designed Top7, the first protein with a structure unknown in nature; Premio Nobel de Química 2024 for computational protein design · 1962David BaltimoreDavid BaltimoreDescubrió reverse transcriptase (1970), the enzyme retroviruses such as HIV use to copy RNA into DNA; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1975; president of Caltech 1997–2006 · 1975David GrossDavid GrossFísico; descubrió asymptotic freedom in QCD, Premio Nobel 2004 · 1941David JuliusDavid JuliusRecibió el 2021 Premio Nobel in Medicine for discovering receptors for temperature and touch · 1955David LeeDavid LeeFísico; with Douglas Osheroff and Robert Richardson discovered superfluidity in helium-3 at Cornell in 1972, Premio Nobel de Física 1996 · 1931Dennis GaborDennis GaborHolography · 1947Donald GlaserDonald GlaserFísico; inventó the bubble chamber (1952), Premio Nobel de Física 1960; later a pioneer of biotechnology (Cetus) and of vision neuroscience · 1926Douglas DiamondDouglas DiamondPremio Nobel (2022) whose Diamond-Dybvig model explains bank runs and the role of banks in financial crises · 1953Douglas OsheroffDouglas OsheroffFísico; as a Cornell graduate student co-discovered superfluidity in helium-3 in 1972, Premio Nobel de Física 1996 · 1945Drew WeissmanDrew WeissmanMédico and immunologist who with Katalin Karikó found the nucleoside base modifications that made mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 possible; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2023 · 2023Edmond FischerEdmond FischerRecibió el 1992 Premio Nobel for discovering reversible protein phosphorylation as a biological regulatory mechanism. · 1920Elfriede JelinekElfriede JelinekNovelista austríaco and playwright (The Piano Teacher, The Children of the Dead); Premio Nobel de Literatura 2004 for her musical flow of voices and counter-voices; daughter of a chemist of… · 1946Elias CanettiElias CanettiPremio Nobel-winning novelist ('Auto-da-Fé', 'Crowds and Power') · 1905Elie MetchnikoffElie MetchnikoffDescubrió phagocytosis and cellular immunity; Nobel 1908 (NOT the inventor of yogurt; he popularized the probiotic/lactic-acid longevity theory) · 1908Elie WieselElie WieselHolocaust survivor and writer (Night); chairman of the President's Commission on the Holocaust that led to the US Holocaust Memorial Museum; Premio Nobel de la Paz 1986 as a messenger to mankind · 1986Elinor OstromElinor OstromFirst woman to receive the Premio Nobel de Economía (2009), for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons; daughter of a Jewish father, raised Protestant · 2009Emilio SegrèEmilio SegrèFísico; descubrió the antiproton, Premio Nobel 1959 · 1905Eric KandelEric KandelShowed in the sea snail Aplysia how learning changes synapses and how short- and long-term memories are stored; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2000 · 2000Eric MaskinEric MaskinPremio Nobel (2007) for developing the theory of mechanism design · 1950Ernst Boris ChainErnst Boris ChainBioquímico who, with Howard Florey at Oxford, isolated penicillin and demonstrated its curative action; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1945 · 1906Eugene WignerEugene WignerMathematical physicist; brought group theory and symmetry principles into quantum mechanics, theory of the nuclear force; Premio Nobel de Física 1963 · 1902Felix BlochFelix BlochQuantum theory of electrons in crystals and nuclear magnetic induction (NMR); Premio Nobel de Física 1952; first Director-General of CERN · 1905Franco ModiglianiFranco ModiglianiLife-Cycle Hypothesis · 1985François EnglertFrançois EnglertTheory of the mechanism giving elementary particles mass (Higgs mechanism) · 2013François JacobFrançois JacobRecibió el 1965 Premio Nobel for discovering the operon model of gene regulation. · 1920Frank WilczekFrank WilczekFísico teórico que descubrió asymptotic freedom with David Gross and named the axion and anyons; Premio Nobel de Física 2004 · 2004Frederick ReinesFrederick ReinesFísico; first experimental detection of the neutrino, Premio Nobel 1995 · 1918Fritz HaberFritz HaberSynthesis of ammonia from atmospheric nitrogen and hydrogen, the basis of the Haber–Bosch process and of nitrogen fertiliser; Premio Nobel de Química 1918 · 1918Fritz LipmannFritz LipmannDescubrió coenzyme A and introduced the concept of energy-rich phosphate bonds; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1953 · 1899Gabriel LippmannGabriel LippmannInventó interference method of color photography; Nobel Physics 1908 · 1908Gary BeckerGary BeckerEconomic Analysis of Human Behavior · 1992Gary RuvkunGary RuvkunBiólogo molecular who, with Victor Ambros, descubrió microRNA and its role in gene regulation, and showed in 2000 that the second microRNA, let-7, is conserved across animals; Premio Nobel de… · 1952George AkerlofGeorge AkerlofPremio Nobel de Economía 2001 for the analysis of markets with asymmetric information; his 1970 paper The Market for Lemons showed how hidden quality can make a market wither · 1940George de HevesyGeorge de HevesyPionero de radioactive tracers in chemistry and biology and co-discoverer of hafnium; Premio Nobel de Química 1943 · 1943George OlahGeorge OlahQuímico who used superacids to make fleeting carbocations stable enough to study; Premio Nobel de Química 1994 · 1927George WaldGeorge WaldRecibió el 1967 Premio Nobel for discovering the biochemical processes of vision in the retina. · 1906Georges CharpakGeorges CharpakFísico; inventó the multiwire proportional chamber particle detector, Premio Nobel 1992 · 1924Gerald EdelmanGerald EdelmanRecibió el 1972 Premio Nobel for determining the chemical structure of antibodies. · 1929Gertrude ElionGertrude ElionFue pionero de rational drug design with George Hitchings, producing 6-mercaptopurine for childhood leukaemia, azathioprine for transplants, allopurinol, acyclovir and other medicines; Premio Nobel… · 1988Gerty CoriGerty CoriBioquímico awarded the 1947 Premio Nobel for discovering the Cori cycle of glycogen metabolism; first woman to win the medicine Nobel. · 1896Giuseppe LeviGiuseppe LeviHistologist and pioneer of tissue culture who mentored three future Nobel laureates. · 1872Gustav Ludwig HertzGustav Ludwig HertzPremio Nobel in physics for the Franck–Hertz experiment that proved the quantum energy levels of atoms, forced out of his chair in 1935 for his Jewish grandfather · 1925H. David PolitzerH. David PolitzerFísico; descubrió asymptotic freedom in QCD, Premio Nobel 2004 · 1949Hans BetheHans BetheManhattan Project Theoretical Division Head · 1945Hans KrebsHans KrebsDiscovery of the citric acid cycle (Krebs cycle) in cellular metabolism · 1953Harold KrotoHarold KrotoPremio Nobel in chemistry (1996) for the discovery of fullerenes (buckyballs) · 1996Harold PinterHarold PinterDrama uncovering the precipice under everyday conversation · 2005Harold VarmusHarold VarmusWith Michael Bishop showed that retroviral oncogenes derive from normal cellular genes (proto-oncogenes), Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1989; director of the NIH 1993–1999 and of the National… · 1989Harry MarkowitzHarry MarkowitzModern portfolio theory: choosing investments by the expected return and the variance of the whole portfolio (Portfolio Selection, 1952); Premio Nobel de Economía 1990 · 1990Harvey AlterHarvey AlterRecibió el 2020 Premio Nobel for the discovery of the hepatitis C virus. · 1935Henri BergsonHenri BergsonFilósofo francés of duration and creative evolution, Premio Nobel de Literatura 1927 for his rich and vitalizing ideas; refused Vichy's exemption from the anti-Jewish laws and registered as a Jew in… · 1927Henri KaganHenri KaganQuímico, pionero de asymmetric catalysis (DIOP, nonlinear effects); Premio Nobel de Química 2026 · 2026Henri MoissanHenri MoissanQuímico who first isolated fluorine; Premio Nobel de Química 1906 · 1852Henry KissingerHenry KissingerHarvard political scientist, National Security Advisor and Secretary of State; Premio Nobel de la Paz 1973 for negotiating the Vietnam cease-fire · 1923Herbert BrownHerbert BrownQuímico who found how to make sodium borohydride and developed hydroboration, turning boron compounds into important reagents of organic synthesis; Premio Nobel de Química 1979 · 1979Herbert HauptmanHerbert HauptmanX-ray Crystallography · 1985Herbert SimonHerbert SimonSocial scientist of administrative decision-making and bounded rationality, and with Allen Newell a pioneer of artificial intelligence; Premio Nobel de Economía 1978 · 1978Hermann MullerHermann MullerShowed in 1927 that X-rays produce gene mutations, founding radiation genetics; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1946 · 1890Howard TeminHoward TeminProposed the DNA provirus hypothesis (1964) and co-discovered reverse transcriptase (1970), showing that genetic information can flow from RNA to DNA; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1975 · 1975Ilya FrankIlya FrankFísico; with Igor Tamm explained Cherenkov radiation (1937); Premio Nobel de Física 1958, shared with Cherenkov and Tamm · 1908Ilya PrigogineIlya PrigogineDissipative Structures · 1977Imre KertészImre KertészHungarian survivor of Auschwitz and Buchenwald, autor de Fatelessness; Premio Nobel de Literatura 2002 for writing that upholds the fragile experience of the individual against the barbaric… · 2002Irwin RoseIrwin RoseRecibió el 2004 Premio Nobel for the discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation. · 1926Isaac Bashevis SingerIsaac Bashevis SingerNovelista · 1978Isidor RabiIsidor RabiResonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei, the basis of NMR and later MRI; Premio Nobel de Física 1944 · 1944J. Michael KosterlitzJ. Michael KosterlitzPremio Nobel de Física 2016 for theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter · 2016Jack SteinbergerJack SteinbergerFísico; descubrió the muon neutrino, Premio Nobel 1988 · 1921James FranckJames FranckFranck–Hertz experiment confirming the quantized energy levels of atoms; Premio Nobel de Física 1925; later research on photosynthesis · 1882James RothmanJames RothmanBioquímico who uncovered the protein machinery of the SNAREs that lets vesicles dock and fuse with their targets inside cells; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2013 · 1950Jay PritzkerJay PritzkerFundador de Hyatt Hotels (1957) and creator, with his wife Cindy, of the Pritzker Architecture Prize — architecture's Nobel. · 1957Jerome FriedmanJerome FriedmanFísico; deep inelastic scattering revealing quarks, Premio Nobel 1990 · 1930Jerome KarleJerome KarleQuímico físico who with Herbert Hauptman developed the direct methods for determining crystal structures from X-ray diffraction data; Premio Nobel de Química 1985 · 1985Joel MokyrJoel MokyrEconomic historian who showed that sustained growth needed both practical know-how and scientific explanation, in a culture open to new ideas; Premio Nobel de Economía 2025; son of Dutch Jewish… · 2025John HarsanyiJohn HarsanyiAnálisis matemático of games of incomplete information (1967–1968), a foundation of the economics of information; Premio Nobel de Economía 1994 · 1920John PolanyiJohn PolanyiQuímico conocido por reaction dynamics and chemiluminescence; Premio Nobel 1986 · 1929John VaneJohn VaneRecibió el 1982 Premio Nobel for discovering how aspirin works and the biology of prostaglandins. · 1927Joseph BrodskyJoseph BrodskyPremio Nobel-winning poet and US Poet Laureate · 1940Joseph ErlangerJoseph ErlangerFisiólogo who, with Herbert Gasser, construyó a cathode-ray oscillograph to record nerve impulses and showed that nerve fibres conduct at speeds set by their diameter; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o… · 1874Joseph GoldsteinJoseph GoldsteinWith Michael Brown discovered the LDL receptor (1973) and how cells regulate cholesterol, the scientific basis of statin drugs; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1985 · 1940Joseph RotblatJoseph RotblatFísico who left the Manhattan Project on conscience; Premio Nobel de la Paz (1995) for the Pugwash anti-nuclear conferences · 1995Joseph StiglitzJoseph StiglitzPremio Nobel de Economía 2001 for the analysis of markets with asymmetric information (screening, credit rationing, efficiency wages); chief economist of the World Bank 1997–2000 · 2001Joshua AngristJoshua AngristEconomista who, with Guido Imbens, showed what natural experiments can reveal about cause and effect, and used them to measure the effects of schooling, class size and military service; Premio Nobel… · 1960Joshua LederbergJoshua LederbergShowed that bacteria mate and exchange genes (genetic recombination) and co-discovered transduction; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1958 · 1958Julian SchwingerJulian SchwingerFísico; cofundador de quantum electrodynamics (QED), Premio Nobel 1965 · 1918Julius AxelrodJulius AxelrodShowed that nerve endings take back the noradrenaline they release (reuptake) and discovered the enzyme COMT; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1970 · 1970K. Alexander MüllerK. Alexander MüllerFísico at IBM Zurich who with Georg Bednorz discovered high-temperature superconductivity in ceramic copper oxides in 1986; Premio Nobel de Física 1987 · 1927Karl LandsteinerKarl LandsteinerDescubrimiento de los grupos sanguíneos humanos · 1930Karl von FrischKarl von FrischRecibió el 1973 Premio Nobel in Medicine for decoding the 'dance language' of honeybees · 1886Kenneth ArrowKenneth ArrowEconomista who proved the impossibility theorem of social choice and, with Gérard Debreu, the existence of a general equilibrium in a competitive economy; Premio Nobel de Economía 1972 · 1972Konrad BlochKonrad BlochBioquímico awarded the 1964 Premio Nobel for elucidating the metabolism of cholesterol and fatty acids. · 1912László KrasznahorkaiLászló KrasznahorkaiPremio Nobel húngaro in literature (2025), autor de Satantango; Jewish father · 2025Lawrence KleinLawrence KleinEconomista who built the first large econometric models of national economies, the Wharton models and Project LINK; Premio Nobel de Economía 1980 · 1980Leon CooperLeon CooperFísico who proposed the electron pairs now called Cooper pairs and co-authored the BCS theory of superconductivity, then modelled learning in the brain; Premio Nobel de Física 1972 · 1930Leon LedermanLeon LedermanExperimental physicist que descubrió the muon neutrino and the bottom quark, dirigió Fermilab and championed science teaching; Premio Nobel de Física 1988 · 1922Leonid HurwiczLeonid HurwiczFundador de mechanism design theory; Premio Nobel de Economía 2007, received at ninety, the oldest laureate to that date · 1917Leonid KantorovichLeonid KantorovichFundó linear programming; Premio Nobel in economics. · 1912Lev LandauLev LandauFísico teórico; theory of superfluidity of liquid helium and of condensed matter, Premio Nobel de Física 1962; co-author of the Course of Theoretical Physics · 1908Louise GlückLouise GlückPremio Nobel-winning American poet and US Poet Laureate · 1943Ludwik RajchmanLudwik RajchmanMédico polaco que fundó UNICEF (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1965) · 1946Maria Goeppert MayerMaria Goeppert MayerFísico teórico who explained the magic numbers with the nuclear shell model; Premio Nobel de Física 1963 · 1963Marshall NirenbergMarshall NirenbergGenetic Code · 1968Martin ChalfieMartin ChalfieShowed that the jellyfish's green fluorescent protein (GFP) can light up chosen cells in living organisms; Premio Nobel de Química 2008 · 1947Martin KarplusMartin KarplusQuímico teórico who pioneered computer simulations of molecules, from the Karplus equation to the first molecular dynamics of a protein; Premio Nobel de Química 2013 · 2013Martin PerlMartin PerlFísico; descubrió the tau lepton, Premio Nobel 1995 · 1927Martin RodbellMartin RodbellRecibió el 1994 Premio Nobel for the discovery of G-proteins in cellular signal transduction. · 1925Max BornMax BornCofundador de quantum mechanics who gave the statistical interpretation of the wave function; Premio Nobel de Física 1954 · 1954Max PerutzMax PerutzHemoglobin Structure · 1962Melvin CalvinMelvin CalvinPhotosynthesis · 1961Melvin SchwartzMelvin SchwartzFísico; descubrió the muon neutrino, Premio Nobel 1988 · 1932Menachem BeginMenachem BeginSixth Prime Minister of Israel (1977–1983); negotiated the Camp David Accords and signed the 1979 Egypt–Israel peace treaty; Premio Nobel de la Paz 1978 with Anwar Sadat · 1977Merton MillerMerton MillerModigliani–Miller theorems on capital structure and dividend policy (1958, with Franco Modigliani), foundation of modern corporate finance; Premio Nobel de Economía 1990 · 1990Michael KremerMichael KremerPremio Nobel in economics (2019) for experimental approaches to fighting poverty · 2019Michael RosbashMichael RosbashGenetista who with Jeffrey Hall isolated the period gene and showed how its protein drives the feedback loop of the circadian clock; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2017 · 1944Michael S. BrownMichael S. BrownRecibió el 1985 Premio Nobel for discovering the LDL receptor and the regulation of cholesterol metabolism. · 1941Michel DevoretMichel DevoretFísico who showed quantum tunnelling and energy quantisation in a macroscopic superconducting circuit, groundwork for superconducting qubits; Premio Nobel de Física 2025 · 1953Milton FriedmanMilton FriedmanFree Market Economics · 1962Miriam MichelsonMiriam MichelsonMiriam Michelson grew up in the iconic mining town of Virginia City, Nevada, the seventh of eight children of Jewish immigrant parents and sister of Albert Michelson, a future Nobel prize-winner.Murray Gell-MannMurray Gell-MannClassification of elementary particles and their interactions (quark theory) · 1969Myron ScholesMyron ScholesBlack–Scholes option-pricing formula (1973, with Fischer Black); Premio Nobel de Economía 1997 · 1997Nadine GordimerNadine GordimerPremio Nobel-winning South African novelist and anti-apartheid voice · 1923Nelly SachsNelly SachsGerman-Swedish poet, Premio Nobel de Literatura 1966; escribió on the Jewish experience and Holocaust · 1966Niels BohrNiels BohrFísico who gave the quantum model of the atom in 1913 and led Copenhagen's Institute for Theoretical Physics; Premio Nobel de Física 1922 · 1913Oliver HartOliver HartPremio Nobel in economics (2016) for contract theory · 2016Otto LoewiOtto LoewiFarmacólogo who proved the chemical transmission of nerve impulses and identified the vagus substance as acetylcholine; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1936 · 1936Otto MeyerhofOtto MeyerhofRecibió el 1922 Premio Nobel for discovering the relationship between oxygen consumption and lactic acid metabolism in muscle. · 1884Otto SternOtto SternMolecular beam method, the Stern–Gerlach experiment and the discovery of the magnetic moment of the proton; Premio Nobel de Física 1943 · 1888Otto WallachOtto WallachQuímico conocido por alicyclic compounds and terpenes; Premio Nobel 1910 · 1847Otto WarburgOtto WarburgDiscovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme · 1931Patrick ModianoPatrick ModianoPremio Nobel-winning French novelist of memory and occupation · 1945Paul BergPaul BergBioquímico who made the first recombinant DNA molecule in 1972, the starting point of genetic engineering, and organized the 1975 Asilomar conference on its safety; Premio Nobel de Química 1980 · 1972Paul EhrlichPaul EhrlichQuimioterapia · 1908Paul GreengardPaul GreengardShowed how dopamine and other transmitters act on nerve cells through protein phosphorylation, the basis of slow synaptic transmission; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2000 · 1925Paul KrugmanPaul KrugmanNew trade theory and new economic geography; sole winner of the 2008 Premio Nobel de Economía for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity · 2008Paul MilgromPaul MilgromEconomista who generalised auction theory and, with Robert Wilson, diseñó the simultaneous multiple round auction first used for US radio spectrum in 1994; Premio Nobel de Economía 2020 · 1948Paul SamuelsonPaul SamuelsonEconomic Theory · 1948Paul von HeysePaul von HeyseFirst German Nobel laureate in literature (1910); poeta and novelist of Jewish paternal descent · 1910Peter BenensonPeter BenensonAbogado británico que fundó Amnesty International (Premio Nobel de la Paz 1977) · 1961Peter DiamondPeter DiamondEconomista who laid the foundations of search theory — why unemployment and job vacancies coexist — and wrote widely used models of public debt and optimal taxation; Premio Nobel de Economía 2010 · 1940Philippe AghionPhilippe AghionEconomista who, with Peter Howitt, construyó the model of growth through creative destruction (1992); John von Neumann Award 2009; Premio Nobel de Economía 2025 · 2025Rainer WeissRainer WeissFísico who conceived the laser-interferometer design of LIGO and co-founded it; first observation of gravitational waves; Premio Nobel de Física 2017 · 2017Ralph SteinmanRalph SteinmanInmunólogo que descubrió the dendritic cell in 1973 and showed how it switches on adaptive immunity; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2011 · 1943Randy SchekmanRandy SchekmanCell biologist who used yeast genetics to find the genes that govern vesicle traffic and protein secretion in cells; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2013 · 1948Raphael LemkinRaphael LemkinPolish-Jewish lawyer who coined the word 'genocide' (1944) and single-handedly campaigned for the UN Genocide Convention, adopted in 1948. Lost 49 relatives in the Holocaust; twice nominated for the… · 1948Reinhard SeltenReinhard SeltenSubgame perfection (1965) and trembling-hand perfection (1975), refining the Nash equilibrium; pionero de experimental economics; Premio Nobel de Economía 1994 · 1994René CassinRené CassinJurist of Free France and principal drafter of the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights; president of the European Court of Human Rights and Premio Nobel de la Paz 1968 · 1968Richard AxelRichard AxelRecibió el 2004 Premio Nobel for discovering odorant receptors and the organization of the olfactory system. · 1946Richard FeynmanRichard FeynmanFísico who helped rebuild quantum electrodynamics and introduced Feynman diagrams; Premio Nobel de Física 1965 · 1948Richard ThalerRichard ThalerFundador de behavioural economics — mental accounting, the endowment effect, fairness and self-control — and co-author of Nudge (2008); Premio Nobel de Economía 2017 · 2017Richard WillstätterRichard WillstätterWorked out the chemistry of chlorophyll and other plant pigments; Premio Nobel de Química 1915 · 1915Rita Levi-MontalciniRita Levi-MontalciniDiscovery of nerve growth factor (NGF), first isolated in 1952; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1986; senator for life of Italy from 2001 · 1986Roald HoffmannRoald HoffmannQuímico teórico and child survivor of the Holocaust who with Robert Woodward set out the orbital symmetry rules for the course of chemical reactions; Premio Nobel de Química 1981, shared with Kenichi… · 1981Robert AumannRobert AumannTeoría de juegos · 2005Robert BárányRobert BárányOtologist awarded the 1914 Premio Nobel in Medicine for his work on the physiology and pathology of the vestibular (balance) apparatus of the inner ear. · 1876Robert C. MertonRobert C. MertonPremio Nobel in economics (1997) for the Black-Scholes-Merton option-pricing model; son of sociologist Robert K. Merton · 1997Robert FogelRobert FogelRenewal of economic history using quantitative and economic-theory methods · 1993Robert FurchgottRobert FurchgottRecibió el 1998 Premio Nobel for discovering nitric oxide as a signaling molecule in the cardiovascular system. · 1916Robert HofstadterRobert HofstadterFísico; electron scattering revealing the size and structure of nuclei and nucleons, Premio Nobel de Física 1961; thallium-activated sodium iodide gamma-ray detector · 1915Robert LefkowitzRobert LefkowitzMédico and biochemist who tracked down and characterised the G-protein-coupled receptors through which about half of all medicines act; Premio Nobel de Química 2012 · 1943Robert SolowRobert SolowEconomic Growth Theory · 1987Roger KornbergRoger KornbergBioquímico who identified the nucleosome and captured the transcription machinery of eukaryotic cells in atomic detail; Premio Nobel de Química 2006 · 2006Roger MyersonRoger MyersonPremio Nobel (2007) for foundational work on mechanism design and game theory · 1951Roger PenroseRoger PenroseMathematical physicist who proved that black holes are an inevitable outcome of general relativity; twistor theory and Penrose tilings; Premio Nobel de Física 2020 · 1931Roger W. Straus Jr.Roger W. Straus Jr.Cofundó Farrar, Straus and Giroux in 1946 and made it the most decorated literary house in America — more than twenty of its authors have won the Nobel. · 1946Rosalyn YalowRosalyn YalowDesarrolló radioimmunoassay with Solomon Berson, a way of measuring minute amounts of hormones in the blood, which they chose not to patent; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1977 · 1977Roy GlauberRoy GlauberFísico teórico whose quantum theory of optical coherence founded quantum optics; Premio Nobel de Física 2005 · 1925Rudolph MarcusRudolph MarcusQuímico teórico whose Marcus theory explains the rates of electron transfer reactions, from corrosion to photosynthesis, and co-author of the RRKM theory of reaction rates; Premio Nobel de Química… · 1923Salvador LuriaSalvador LuriaShowed with Max Delbrück that bacteria mutate spontaneously (fluctuation test); cofundó the phage group; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1969 for discoveries on the replication and genetics of… · 1912Saul BellowSaul BellowNovelista · 1953Saul PerlmutterSaul PerlmutterAstrofísico who led the Supernova Cosmology Project and co-discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe; Premio Nobel de Física 2011 · 2011Selman WaksmanSelman WaksmanEstreptomicina (primer antibiótico contra la tuberculosis), descubrió in his Rutgers laboratory; coined the term antibiotics; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1952 · 1943Serge HarocheSerge HarocheFísico; measuring and manipulating individual quantum systems, Premio Nobel 2012 · 1944Sheldon GlashowSheldon GlashowFísico; electroweak unification theory, Premio Nobel 1979 · 1932Shimon PeresShimon PeresDirector-general of the Ministry of Defence (1953–1959), Prime Minister (1984–1986, 1995–1996) and ninth President of Israel (2007–2014); as foreign minister led the Israeli side of the 1993 Oslo… · 1984Shmuel Yosef AgnonShmuel Yosef AgnonCentral figure of modern Hebrew fiction (The Bridal Canopy, A Guest for the Night, Only Yesterday); Premio Nobel de Literatura 1966, shared with Nelly Sachs, for narrative art with motifs from the… · 1887Sidney AltmanSidney AltmanCatalytic RNA · 1989Simon KuznetsSimon KuznetsEmpirical research on economic growth and the measurement of national income · 1971Stanley CohenStanley CohenFactores de crecimiento · 1986Stanley PrusinerStanley PrusinerDescubrió prions, infectious agents made of misfolded protein alone, the cause of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and scrapie; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 1997 · 1997Steven WeinbergSteven WeinbergUnified theory of the electromagnetic and weak forces (electroweak unification) · 1979Sydney BrennerSydney BrennerHelped establish messenger RNA and the triplet genetic code, and made the roundworm Caenorhabditis elegans a model for the genetics of development; Premio Nobel de Fisiología o Medicina 2002 · 2002Tadeus ReichsteinTadeus ReichsteinRecibió el 1950 Premio Nobel for research on the hormones of the adrenal cortex, including cortisone. · 1897Tobias AsserTobias AsserDutch jurist; cofundador de the Institute of International Law (1873) and initiator and president of the Hague conferences on private international law; Premio Nobel de la Paz 1911 · 1911Vitaly GinzburgVitaly GinzburgFísico; Ginzburg-Landau theory of superconductivity (1950), Premio Nobel de Física 2003 · 1916Walter GilbertWalter GilbertDNA Sequencing · 1980Walter KohnWalter KohnFísico, cofundador de density functional theory; Premio Nobel de Química 1998 · 1923Wassily LeontiefWassily LeontiefEconomista que creó input-output analysis and compiled the first input-output tables of the American economy; Premio Nobel de Economía 1973 · 1905Willem EinthovenWillem EinthovenInventeur de l'électrocardiogramme, prix Nobel de médecine 1924 · 1903William NordhausWilliam NordhausEconomista who built the first integrated assessment models of the economy and the climate, including the DICE model (1992); Premio Nobel de Economía 2018 · 1941William SteinWilliam SteinRibonuclease Structure · 1972Wolfgang PauliWolfgang PauliFísico teórico who formulated the exclusion principle and proposed the neutrino; Premio Nobel de Física 1945 · 1945Yelena BonnerYelena BonnerSoviet dissident and founder of the Moscow Helsinki Group; carried Andrei Sakharov's Nobel lecture to Oslo and kept the Soviet human-rights movement visible from exile · 1976Yitzhak RabinYitzhak RabinPrime Minister of Israel (1974–1977 and 1992–1995) and IDF Chief of Staff in 1967; signed the 1993 Declaration of Principles and the 1994 Israel–Jordan peace treaty; Premio Nobel de la Paz 1994 · 1974Zhores AlferovZhores AlferovFísico; semiconductor heterostructures for optoelectronics, Premio Nobel 2000 · 1930André CharpakComédien, dialoguiste et réalisateur, auteur du Crime de David Levinstein, frère du prix Nobel Georges Charpak · 1967H. Robert HorvitzRecibió el 2002 Premio Nobel for discoveries on the genetic regulation of programmed cell death (apoptosis). · 1947Michael LevittQuímica computacional · 2013