Yale Nobel Laureates
by Sylviastel | created - 29 Aug 2014 | updated - 29 Aug 2014 | PublicYale students, faculty, and graduates who were awarded the Nobel Prize in any discipline. The following are missing: George Akeroff (BA 1962) Economics, 2001; Peter A. Diamond (BA 1960) Economics, 2010; John F. Enders (BA 1920) Physiology or Medicine in 1954; Alfred G. Gilman (BS 1962) Physiology or Medicine in 1994; Ernest Lawrence (Ph.d. 1925) Physics 1939 Joshua Lederberg (Ph.d. 1948) Physiology or Medicine in 1958; David Lee (Ph.d. 1959) Physics 1996. Dickinson W. Richards (BA 1917) Physiology or Medicine in 1956. James Rothman (BA 1971) Physiology or Medicine in 2013. William Vickrey (BS 1935) Economics 1996. George Whipple (AB 1900) Physiology or Medicine in 1934. Eric Wieschaus (Ph.D. 1974). Physiology or Medicine in 1995.
1. Raymond Davis
Self | The Sky at Night
Graduated with a Ph.D. in 1942; Nobel Laureate in Physics in 2002.
Graduated with a Ph.D. in 1940. Nobel Laureate in Chemistry in 2002.
3. Murray Gell-Mann
Self | Horizon
Murray Gell-Mann was born on September 15, 1929 in New York City, New York, USA. He was married to Marcia Southwick and J. Margaret Dow. He died on May 24, 2019 in Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA.
Graduated with a Bachelor Degree of Science in 1948. Nobel Laureate in Physics in 1969.
5. Paul Krugman
Self | Get Him to the Greek
Paul Robin Krugman, an actor and Professor of Economics and International Affairs at the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs at Princeton University, a columnist for The New York Times and the 2008 Economics Nobel Laureate for his contributions to New Trade Theory. Besides ...
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Economics in 1974. Nobel Laureate of Economics in 2008. Architect of the New Trade Theory, winner of the John Bates Clark Medal, Princeton University Professor of Economics, & New York Times columnist.
6. Sinclair Lewis
Writer | Elmer Gantry
Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, was a colossus of American letters in the first half of the last century. Arguably, he is the first major "modern" writer of the 20th century, as there is American literature before "Main Street" (1920) and after that seminal...
Graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1908. Nobel Laureate in Literature in 1930.
7. Edmund Phelps
Actor | Telecrime
Edmund Phelps was born on October 5, 1895 in West Ham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Telecrime (1938). He was married to Henrietta Violet Patterson. He died on April 29, 1974 in Torbay, Devon, England, UK.
Graduated with Ph.d in 1959. Nobel Laureate in Economics in 2006.
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