Nobel Prize winners

This table shows the Nobel Prize winners since 1990.

Nobel Prize winners
Year Nobel Prize Laureates
1990 Chemistry, Elias James Corey
Economics, Harry M. Markowitz
Economics, Merton H. Miller
Economics, William F. Sharpe
Literature, Octavio Paz
Medicine, Joseph E. Murray
Medicine, E. Donnall Thomas
Peace, Mikhail Gorbachev
Physics, Jerome I. Friedman
Physics, Henry W. Kendall
Physics, Richard E. Taylor
1991Chemistry, Richard R. Ernst
Economics, Ronald H. Coase
Literature, Nadine Gordimer
Medicine, Erwin Neher
Medicine, Bert Sakmann
Peace, Aung San Suu Kyi
Physics, Pierre-Gilles de Gennes
1992 Chemistry, Rudolph A. Marcus
Economics, Gary S. Becker
Literature, Derek Walcott
Medicine, Edmond H. Fischer
Medicine, Edwin G. Krebs
Peace, Rigoberta Menchú Tum
Physics, Georges Charpak
1993Chemistry, Kary B. Mullis
Chemistry, Michael Smith
Economics, Robert W. Fogel
Economics, Douglass C. North
Literature, Toni Morrison
Medicine, Richard J. Roberts
Medicine, Phillip A. Sharp
Peace, F.W. de Klerk
Peace, Nelson Mandela
Physics, Russell A. Hulse
Physics, Joseph H. Taylor Jr.
1994Chemistry, George A. Olah
Economics, John C. Harsanyi
Economics, John F. Nash Jr.
Economics, Reinhard Selten
Literature, Kenzaburo Oe
Medicine, Alfred G. Gilman
Medicine, Martin Rodbell
Peace, Yasser Arafat
Peace, Shimon Peres
Peace, Yitzhak Rabin
Physics, Bertram N. Brockhouse
Physics, Clifford G. Shull
1995Chemistry, Paul J. Crutzen
Chemistry, Mario J. Molina
Chemistry, F. Sherwood Rowland
Economics, Robert E. Lucas Jr.
Literature, Seamus Heaney
Medicine, Edward B. Lewis
Medicine, Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard
Medicine, Eric F. Wieschaus
Peace, Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs
Peace, Joseph Rotblat
Physics, Martin L. Perl
Physics, Frederick Reines
1996Chemistry, Robert F. Curl Jr.
Chemistry, Sir Harold Kroto
Chemistry, Richard E. Smalley
Economics, James A. Mirrlees
Economics, William Vickrey
Literature, Wislawa Szymborska
Medicine, Peter C. Doherty
Medicine, Rolf M. Zinkernagel
Peace, Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo
Peace, José Ramos-Horta
Physics, David M. Lee
Physics, Douglas D. Osheroff
Physics, Robert C. Richardson
1997Chemistry, Paul D. Boyer
Chemistry, Jens C. Skou
Chemistry, John E. Walker
Economics, Robert C. Merton
Economics, Myron S. Scholes
Literature, Dario Fo
Medicine, Stanley B. Prusiner
Peace, International Campaign to Ban Landmines
Peace, Jody Williams
Physics, Steven Chu
Physics, Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Physics, William D. Phillips
1998Chemistry, Walter Kohn
Chemistry, John Pople
Economics, Amartya Sen
Literature, José Saramago
Medicine, Robert F. Furchgott
Medicine, Louis J. Ignarro
Medicine, Ferid Murad
Peace, John Hume
Peace, David Trimble
Physics, Robert B. Laughlin
Physics, Horst L. Störmer
Physics, Daniel C. Tsui
1999 Chemistry, Ahmed Zewail
Economics, Robert A. Mundell
Literature, Günter Grass
Medicine, Günter Blobel
Peace, Médecins Sans Frontières
Physics, Gerardus 't Hooft
Physics, Martinus J.G. Veltman
2000Chemistry, Alan Heeger
Chemistry, Alan G. MacDiarmid
Chemistry, Hideki Shirakawa
Economics, James J. Heckman
Economics, Daniel L. McFadden
Literature, Gao Xingjian
Medicine, Arvid Carlsson
Medicine, Paul Greengard
Medicine, Eric R. Kandel
Peace, Kim Dae-jung
Physics, Zhores I. Alferov
Physics, Jack S. Kilby
Physics, Herbert Kroemer
2001 Chemistry, William S. Knowles
Chemistry, Ryoji Noyori
Chemistry, K. Barry Sharpless
Economics, George A. Akerlof
Economics, A. Michael Spence
Economics, Joseph E. Stiglitz
Literature, V.S. Naipaul
Medicine, Leland H. Hartwell
Medicine, Tim Hunt
Medicine, Sir Paul Nurse
Peace, United Nations
Peace, Kofi Annan
Physics, Eric A. Cornell
Physics, Wolfgang Ketterle
Physics, Carl E. Wieman
2002Chemistry, John B. Fenn
Chemistry, Koichi Tanaka
Chemistry, Kurt Wüthrich
Economics, Daniel Kahneman
Economics, Vernon L. Smith
Literature, Imre Kertész
Medicine, Sydney Brenner
Medicine, H. Robert Horvitz
Medicine, John E. Sulston
Peace, Jimmy Carter
Physics, Raymond Davis Jr.
Physics, Riccardo Giacconi
Physics, Masatoshi Koshiba
2003Chemistry, Peter Agre
Chemistry, Roderick MacKinnon
Economics, Robert F. Engle III
Economics, Clive W.J. Granger
Literature, J.M. Coetzee
Medicine, Paul C. Lauterbur
Medicine, Sir Peter Mansfield
Peace, Shirin Ebadi
Physics, Alexei A. Abrikosov
Physics, Vitaly L. Ginzburg
Physics, Anthony J. Leggett
2004Chemistry, Aaron Ciechanover
Chemistry, Avram Hershko
Chemistry, Irwin Rose
Economics, Finn E. Kydland
Economics, Edward C. Prescott
Literature, Elfriede Jelinek
Medicine, Richard Axel
Medicine, Linda B. Buck
Peace, Wangari Maathai
Physics, David J. Gross
Physics, H. David Politzer
Physics, Frank Wilczek
2005 Chemistry, Yves Chauvin
Chemistry, Robert H. Grubbs
Chemistry, Richard R. Schrock
Economics, Robert J. Aumann
Economics, Thomas C. Schelling
Literature, Harold Pinter
Medicine, Barry J. Marshall
Medicine, J. Robin Warren
Peace, International Atomic Energy Agency
Peace, Mohamed ElBaradei
Physics, Roy J. Glauber
Physics, John L. Hall
Physics, Theodor W. Hänsch
2006Chemistry, Roger D. Kornberg
Economics, Edmund S. Phelps
Literature, Orhan Pamuk
Medicine, Andrew Z. Fire
Medicine, Craig C. Mello
Peace, Grameen Bank
Peace, Muhammad Yunus
Physics, John C. Mather
Physics, George F. Smoot

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