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==Nobel laureates== ==Nobel laureates==
{{Main|List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University}} {{Main|List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University}}
{{#section:List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty|tally}} It includes alumni and faculty of ] after 1900 and those of ] by 1944, as well as physicians and long-term medical staff of the ].
As of October 2020, 84 Nobel laureates were affiliated with Columbia University.<ref>{{cite web | url = http://www.columbia.edu/content/nobel-laureates.html | title = Columbia | accessdate = October 15, 2012}}</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121013235710/http://news.columbia.edu/home/2916 |date=October 13, 2012 }}, Columbia Magazine. Third paragraph. By CUM staff. Published October 10, 2012. Retrieved October 13, 2012.</ref><ref name="bloomberg">Niklas Magnusson and Josiane Kremer, , ], October 15, 2012.</ref><ref name="Columbia.edu">{{cite web|url=http://www.columbia.edu/cu/news/nobel-year-asc.html |title=Columbia University: About Columbia: Columbia's Nobel Laureates |publisher=Columbia.edu |accessdate=April 15, 2011}}</ref> 43 Nobel laureates are the alumni of Columbia University.<ref name="Columbia.edu"/> 19 of these alumni have also served on the faculty or staff of the university. There are 41 non-alumni Nobel laureates who have been in service—as faculty, research scientists, research or ] fellows—to the university. Columbia University does not count a visiting professor as one of its own. Only those Nobel laureates who have spent a year or more at the university are counted. If Nobel laureates who have spent less than a year at the university were counted, the number of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia would be 96, more than any other academic institution.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html| title=Top 200 Universities: Columbia University | publisher=The Times Higher Education | date= October 10, 2010 | accessdate=June 17, 2011}}</ref> In addition, Columbia ranks third in the number of Nobel Laureates it has graduated compared to other institutions in the world, surpassed only by the ] and ]. See List of Nobel Laureates by university affiliation.


{{#section:List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty|table}}
===Alumni and former students===

====Chemistry====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1932
| width="180" | ]
| (B.S., 1903; M.A., 1906)
|-
| 1946
| ]
| (B.S., 1912; M.A., 1913; Ph.D., 1915)
|-
| 1972
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1938)
|-
| 1981
| ]
| (B.A., 1958)
|-
| 1985
| ]
| (M.A., 1939)
|-
| 1989
| ]
| (graduate student; teaching assistant, 1960 to 1962)
|-
| 2001
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1942)
|-
| 2005
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1968)
|-
| 2012
| ]
| (B.A., 1962; M.D., 1966; Presbyterian Hospital staff, 1966 to 1967)
|}

====Economic science====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1971
| width="180" | ]
| (B.S., 1923; M.A., 1924; Ph.D., 1926)
|-
| 1972
| ]
| (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1951)
|-
| 1976
| ]
| (Researcher, 1943 to 1945; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1937 to 1940 and 1964 to 1965)
|-
| 1993
| ]
| (M.A., 1960)
|-
| 1996
| ]
| (M.A., 1937; Ph.D., 1948; faculty member, 1946 to 1996)
|-
| 1997
| ]
| (B.S., 1966)
|-
| 2012
| ]
| (B.S., 1971)
|}

====Literature====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 2020
| width="180" | ]
| (student, School of General Studies)
|}

====Peace====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1906
| width="180" | ]
| (Law student, 1880 to 1882)
|-
| 1931
| ]
| (B.A., 1882; M.A., 1883; Ph.D., 1884, president of Columbia, 1902 to 1945)
|-
| 1996
| ]
| (post graduate studies, completed 1984)
|-
| 2009
| ]
| (B.A., 1983)
|}

====Physics====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1923
| width="180" | ]
| (Ph.D., 1895)
|-
| 1944
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1927; faculty member, 1929 to 1988)
|-
| 1965
| ]
| (B.A., 1936; Ph.D., 1939)
|-
| 1972
| ]
| (B.A., 1951; M.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1954)
|-
| 1975
| ]
| (M.A., 1941; Ph.D., 1946; faculty member, 1939 to 1986)
|-
| 1978
| ]
| (M.A., 1958; Ph.D., 1962)
|-
| 1980
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1954; faculty member, 1953 to 1954)
|-
| 1988
| ]
| (M.A., 1948; Ph.D., 1951; faculty member, 1951 to 1989)
|-
| 1988
| ]
| (B.A., 1953; Ph.D., 1958; faculty member, 1958 to 1966, 1991 to 2006)
|-
| 1989
| ]
| (B.A., 1935; Ph.D., 1940; faculty member, 1941 to 1947)
|-
| 1995
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1955)
|-
| 2018
| ]
| (B.S., 1947)
|}

====Physiology or medicine====
{|
|-
| width="80" |1946
| width="180" |]
| (B.A., 1910; M.A., 1911; Ph.D., 1916; faculty member, 1918 to 1920)
|-
| 1950
| ]
| (B.S., 1908; M.A., 1909; Ph.D., 1910)
|-
| 1956
| ]
| (M.A., 1922; M.D., 1923; faculty member, 1925 to 1973)
|-
| 1958
| ]
| (B.A., 1944; medical student, 1944–1946; faculty member, 1990 to 1999)
|-
| 1964
| ]
| (Ph.D., 1938; faculty member, 1938 to 1946, 1966)
|-
| 1967
| ]
| (M.A., 1928)
|-
| 1973
| ]
| (Columbia College, 1922 to 1923)
|-
| 1976
| ]
| (Grad student in Mathematics, 1946 to 1947; M.D., 1951; resident, 1951–1953; fellow 1953–1955)
|-
|-
| 1980
| ]
| (B.S., 1942; research scientist, 1948 to 1950)
|-
| 1989
| ]
| (M.D., 1966; Presbyterian Hospital staff, 1966 to 1968, University Trustee, 2002 to 2005)
|-
| 1998
| ]
| (B.S., 1962)
|-
| 2004
| ]
| (A.B., 1967; resident, fellow and research scientist, 1971 to 1978; faculty member, 1978 to present)
|}

===Faculty, research fellows and others===

====Chemistry====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1934
| width="180" | ]
| (faculty member, 1929 to 1945)
|-
| 1960
| ]
| (research scientist, 1941 to 1944)
|-
| 1970
| ]
| (research scientist, 1943 to 1945)
|-
| 2008
| ]
| (] Professor, current chair of Biological Sciences)
|-
|2017
|]
|(Professor, director of Frank Lab)
|}

====Economic science====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1982
| width="180" | ]
| (research scientist, 1942 to 1945; faculty member, 1947 to 1958)
|-
| 1987
| ]
| (fellowship year, 1949 to 1950)
|-
| 1992
| ]
| (faculty member, 1957 to 1970)
|-
| 1999
| ]
| (faculty member, 1974 to present)
|-
| 2000
| ]
| (faculty member, 1970 to 1974)
|-
| 2001
| ]
| (faculty member, 2001 to present)
|-
| 2006
| ]
| (faculty member, 1971 to present)
|-
| 2021
| ]
| (visiting professor, 1990 to 1991)
|-
| 2021
| ]
| (visiting professor, 2018)
|}

====Literature====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1945
| width="180" | ]
| (faculty member, 1930 to 1931)
|-
| 1987
| ]
| (faculty member, 1978 to 1985)
|-
| 1991
| ]
| (faculty member, 1971 to 1972, 1976 to 1978, 1983)
|-
| 1992
| ]
| (faculty member, 1979, 1981 to 1983, 1984)
|-
| 2006
| ]
| (visiting scholar, 1985 to 1988; fellow, 2006 to present)
|-
|}

====Peace====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 2001
| width="180" | ]
| (Global fellow, 2009 to 2018)
|-
| 2011
| ]
| (Distinguished fellow in Social Justice, 2013 to 2015)
|}

====Physics====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1938
| width="180" | ]
| (faculty member, 1939 to 1942)
|-
| 1949
| ]
| (faculty member, 1949 to 1954)
|-
| 1955
| ]
| (faculty member, 1937 to 1972)
|-
| 1955
| ]
| (faculty member, 1938 to 1952, 1960 to 1961)
|-
| 1957
| ]
| (faculty member, 1953 to present)
|-
| 1963
| ]
| (faculty member, 1940 to 1946)
|-
| 1964
| ]
| (faculty member, 1948 to 1961)
|-
| 1975
| ]
| (faculty member, 1949 to 1950)
|-
| 1976
| ]
| (faculty member, 1964 to 1967)
|-
| 1979
| ]
| (faculty member, 1957 to 1959)
|-
| 1981
| ]
| (faculty member, 1949 to 1951, 1960)
|-
| 1984
| ]
| (postdoc at ], 1958 to 1960)
|-
| 1988
| ]
| (faculty member, 1950 to 1970, 1985 to 1986, 1988 to 1998)
|-
| 1998
| ]
| (faculty member, 1998 to present)
|-
| 2006
| ]
| (postdoc in ], 1974 to 1976)
|-
| 2021
| ]
| (visiting scientist, 1973 to 1974)
|}

====Physiology or medicine====
{|
|-
| width="80" | 1933
| width="180" | ]
| (faculty member, 1904 to 1928)
|-
| 1956
| ]
| (faculty member, 1935 to 1988)
|-
| 1969
| ]
| (faculty member, 1940 to 1942)
|-
| 1976
| ]
| (postgraduate training, 1946 to 1947)
|-
| 1978
| ]
| (intern and medical resident, 1954 to 1959)
|-
| 1982
| ]
| (research fellowship, 1940 to 1941)
|-
| 1990
| ]
| (faculty member, 1955 to 1963)
|-
| 2000
| ]
| (faculty member, 1972 to present)
|-
| 2004
| ]
| (postdoctoral fellow, 1980 to 1984; research scientist, 1984 to 1991)
|-
| 2021
| ]
| (postdoctoral fellow, 1984 to 1989)
|}


==Fields Medalists== ==Fields Medalists==
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*]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 1970 *]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 1970
*]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] and the ] (both in 1990) *]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] and the ] (both in 1990)
*]—professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 2006 *]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 2006
*]—professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 1966 and the ] in Mathematics in 2006/7, one of only twelve Fields Medallists to win both prizes *]—former professor of mathematics, Columbia; winner of the ] in 1966 and the ] in Mathematics in 2006/7, one of only twelve Fields Medallists to win both prizes
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*]—(B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950 Mathematics) Inventor of ] programming language, ]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/backus_0703524.cfm |title = John Backus - A.M. Turing Award Laureate}}</ref> *]—(B.S. 1949, M.A. 1950 Mathematics) Inventor of ] programming language, ]<ref>{{cite web| url = http://amturing.acm.org/award_winners/backus_0703524.cfm |title = John Backus - A.M. Turing Award Laureate}}</ref>
*]—(faculty, 1995 to present) professor of computer science; ] (2003); ACM ] (2020) *]—(faculty, 1995 to present) professor of computer science; ] (2003); ACM ] (2020)
*]—(B.S. 1963) professor of computer science at ]; IEEE ] (2010); ACM ] (2020)


==Founding Fathers of the United States== ==Founding Fathers of the United States==
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==Presidents of the United States== ==Presidents of the United States==
*]—(law, attended 1880 to 1881) (posthumous J.D., class of 1882),<ref name="law.columbia.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/october2008/roosevelts_jds |title=Columbia Law School : Presidents Roosevelt Receive Posthumous J.D.s |website=www.law.columbia.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623185422/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/october2008/roosevelts_jds |archive-date=2010-06-23}} </ref> 26th president of the United States (1901–1909); hero of the ] (], posthumously awarded 2001); ] recipient; ]; ]; professional historian, explorer, author *]—(law, attended 1880 to 1881) (posthumous J.D., class of 1882),<ref name="law.columbia.edu">{{cite web |url=http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/october2008/roosevelts_jds |title=Columbia Law School : Presidents Roosevelt Receive Posthumous J.D.s |website=www.law.columbia.edu |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623185422/http://www.law.columbia.edu/media_inquiries/news_events/2008/october2008/roosevelts_jds |archive-date=2010-06-23}} </ref> 26th president of the United States (1901–1909); hero of the ] (], posthumously awarded 2001); ] recipient; ]; ]; professional historian, explorer, author
*]—(law, attended fall of 1904 to spring 1907) (posthumous J.D., class of 1907),<ref name="law.columbia.edu"/> 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945); consistently ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in ]; Governor of New York; Assistant Secretary of the navy *]—(law, attended fall of 1904 to spring 1907) (posthumous J.D., class of 1907),<ref name="law.columbia.edu"/> 32nd president of the United States (1933–1945); consistently ranked as one of the three greatest U.S. presidents in ]; Governor of New York; Assistant Secretary of the navy
*]—34th president of the United States (1953–1961); Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force; president of ] *]—34th president of the United States (1953–1961); Supreme Commander, Allied Expeditionary Force; president of ]
*]—(B.A. 1983) 44th president of the United States (2009–2017); ] recipient; Democratic senator from Illinois (2005–2008); first African-American president of the '']'' *]—(B.A. 1983) 44th president of the United States (2009–2017); ] recipient; Democratic senator from Illinois (2005–2008); first African-American president of the '']''


==Vice presidents of the United States== ==Vice presidents of the United States==
*]—6th Vice President of the United States, 4th ], declined appointment as ] by President ] *]—6th vice president of the United States, 4th ], declined appointment as ] by President ]
*]—(Law) 25th Vice President of the United States, organized and helped command the ] in the ], ] *]—(Law) 25th vice president of the United States, organized and helped command the ] in the ], ]


==Presidents and prime ministers (international)== ==Presidents and prime ministers (international)==
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*]—professor of economics and law, author of ''In Defense of Globalization'' *]—professor of economics and law, author of ''In Defense of Globalization''
*]—father of American Anthropology *]—father of American Anthropology
*]–French sociologist
*], first female superintendent of schools, ] and first female to be elected to office in ]. *], first female superintendent of schools, ] and first female to be elected to office in ].
*]—(J.D.) University President/law professor, ] scholar, ] advocate *]—(J.D.) University President/law professor, ] scholar, ] advocate
*]—professor of Germanic languages *]—professor of Germanic languages
*]—associate faculty of strategic communications for professionals
*]—professor of art history and archeology (1957-1969, 1971-1973) *]—professor of art history and archeology (1957-1969, 1971-1973)
*]—university professor of chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and engineering; ] (1999); ] (2010) *]—university professor of chemistry, biology, pharmacology, and engineering; ] (1999); ] (2010)
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*]—anthropologist and scholar of postcolonial nationalism *]—anthropologist and scholar of postcolonial nationalism
*]—political scientist and interim dean of the ] *]—political scientist and interim dean of the ]
*]—C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University and current vice chair of the ] *]—C. Lowell Harriss Professor of Economics and International Affairs at Columbia University and current vice chair of the ]
*]—], United States senator from New York, 67th ]
*]—professor of art history (1946-1986)
*]—ornithologist and general curator of the ] *]—ornithologist and general curator of the ]
*]—cultural and literary critic *]—cultural and literary critic
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*]—(researcher, graduate study, professor in population genetics); ] in 1964; the ] in 1973 *]—(researcher, graduate study, professor in population genetics); ] in 1964; the ] in 1973
*]—architectural historian *]—architectural historian
*] — cultural critic, recipient of the ] and ] *] — cultural critic, recipient of the ] and ]
*]—] winning pathologist *]—] winning pathologist
*]—] who played key roles in the development of the ] *]—] who played key roles in the development of the ]
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*], Affiliate Professor of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering *], Affiliate Professor of Operations Research and Industrial Engineering
*]—] member, ] *]—] member, ]
* ] (1929–2003) - economist
*]—noted historian, authority on Reconstruction
*]—film director, '']'', '']'', '']'', two ]s *]—film director, '']'', '']'', '']'', two ]s
*]—international relations scholar *]—international relations scholar
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*]—Middle East historian *]—Middle East historian
*]— Indonesian actress, singer, model and ambassador of ] against women and children by the ] *]— Indonesian actress, singer, model and ambassador of ] against women and children by the ]
*]—professor of applied physics and mathematics *]—professor of applied physics and mathematics
*]—former president and instrumental in the founding of the ] *]—former president and instrumental in the founding of the ]
*]—poet *]—poet
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*]— expert on doping wide-band ] *]— expert on doping wide-band ]
*]—Babcock Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; pioneer in the use of gynecological endoscopy *]—Babcock Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology; pioneer in the use of gynecological endoscopy
*]–Professor of Neuroscience and Education at Teachers College, Columbia University; American Psychological Association Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in the Public Interest Award
*]—Astronomical instrument builder; pioneer in studying exoplanet and substellar atmospheres; co-discoverer of first known brown dwarf *]—Astronomical instrument builder; pioneer in studying exoplanet and substellar atmospheres; co-discoverer of first known brown dwarf
*]—]-nominated producer, professor of English and comparative literature *]—]-nominated producer, professor of English and comparative literature
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*]—political science and history professor, teacher of Contemporary Civilization *]—political science and history professor, teacher of Contemporary Civilization
*]—head of the United Nations Millennium Project to end poverty, author of ]. *]—head of the United Nations Millennium Project to end poverty, author of ].
*]—university professor, professor of English and comparative literature, Palestinian activist, author of '']'', widely considered founder of Postcolonial studies *]—university professor, professor of English and comparative literature, Palestinian activist, author of '']'', widely considered founder of Postcolonial studies
*]—architect, structural engineer, professor (1940s–1990s), consultant on ], inventor of thin concrete shells *]—architect, structural engineer, professor (1940s–1990s), consultant on ], inventor of thin concrete shells
*]—film studies professor and auteur theorist *]—film studies professor and auteur theorist
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*]—] professor of ] and ], winner of 1998 ] *]—] professor of ] and ], winner of 1998 ]
*]—poet, former U.S. ], ] and ]-winner *]—poet, former U.S. ], ] and ]-winner
*]—creator of the ] programming language
*]—professor of civil engineering and former chairman of ] *]—professor of civil engineering and former chairman of ]
*]—economist
*]—Climatologist *]—Climatologist
*] —father of American experimental psychology *] —father of American experimental psychology
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*]—professor of sociology and author of "Six Degrees" and "Small Worlds" *]—professor of sociology and author of "Six Degrees" and "Small Worlds"
*]—professor of operations research and industrial engineering and founder of ] *]—professor of operations research and industrial engineering and founder of ]
*]
*]—rabbi, founder of ] and developer of source-critical analysis of the ] *]—rabbi, founder of ] and developer of source-critical analysis of the ]
* ] (born Karola Siegel, 1928; known as "Dr. Ruth"), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former ] sniper. * ] (born Karola Siegel, 1928; known as "Dr. Ruth"), German-American sex therapist, talk show host, author, professor, Holocaust survivor, and former ] sniper.
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* ], ], and ], 2019<ref name="el-bassel">.{{cite web|date=2019-04-09|title=Nabila El-Bassel Named University Professor|url=https://president.columbia.edu/news/el-bassel-university-professor|access-date=2019-04-09|publisher=Office of the President}}</ref> * ], ], and ], 2019<ref name="el-bassel">.{{cite web|date=2019-04-09|title=Nabila El-Bassel Named University Professor|url=https://president.columbia.edu/news/el-bassel-university-professor|access-date=2019-04-09|publisher=Office of the President}}</ref>
* ], ], 2013<ref name="Chalfie_El-Sadr" /> * ], ], 2013<ref name="Chalfie_El-Sadr" />
* ], ] and ], 1991
* ], English and comparative literature, 2020<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bollinger|first=Lee|title=Saidiya Hartman Named University Professor|work=Columbia University Office of the President|url=https://president.columbia.edu/news/saidiya-hartman-university-professor|access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref> * ], English and comparative literature, 2020<ref>{{Cite news|last=Bollinger|first=Lee|title=Saidiya Hartman Named University Professor|work=Columbia University Office of the President|url=https://president.columbia.edu/news/saidiya-hartman-university-professor|access-date=2020-10-28}}</ref>
* ], ] and ] * ], ] and ]
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* ], ], 1992 * ], ], 1992
* ], ], 1974 * ], ], 1974
* ], ] and ], 1991
* ], ], 1981 * ], ], 1981
* ], ], 1988 * ], ], 1988
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* John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University ], ] * John Mitchell Mason Professor of the University ], ]
* John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus of the University ], ], 1979 * John Mitchell Mason Professor Emeritus of the University ], ], 1979

== Notes ==
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==References== ==References==

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This is a partially sorted list of notable persons who have had ties to Columbia University. For further listing of notable Columbians see: Notable alumni at Columbia College of Columbia University; Columbia University School of General Studies; Columbia Law School; Columbia Business School; Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism; Columbia Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation; Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons; Columbia University Graduate School of Education (Teachers College); Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science; Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; Columbia University School of Professional Studies; Columbia University School of the Arts; the School of International and Public Affairs; and Barnard College. The following lists are incomplete.

Nobel laureates

Main article: List of Nobel laureates affiliated with Columbia University

As of the 2023 awards, 103 Nobel laureates have been affiliated with Columbia University as alumni or faculty. Among the 103 laureates, 72 are Nobel laureates in natural sciences; 46 are Columbia alumni (graduates and attendees) and 34 have been long-term academic members of the Columbia faculty; and subject-wise, 33 laureates have won the Nobel Prize in Physics, more than any other subject. This list considers Nobel laureates as equal individuals and does not consider their various prize shares or if they received the prize more than once. It includes alumni and faculty of Barnard College after 1900 and those of Bard College by 1944, as well as physicians and long-term medical staff of the Mary Imogene Bassett Hospital.

In the following list, the number following a person's name is the year they received the prize; in particular, a number with asterisk (*) means the person received the award while they were working at Columbia University (including emeritus staff). A name marked with a dagger () indicates that this person has already been listed in a previous category (i.e., multiple affiliations).

Summary of Columbia University's Nobel Laureates
Category Alumni Professors of various ranks Researchers or visitors
Total: 103 46 34 43
Physics (33)
  1. Robert Millikan – 1923
  2. Isidor Rabi – 1944
  3. Julian Schwinger – 1965
  4. Leon Cooper – 1972
  5. James Rainwater – 1975
  6. Arno Penzias – 1978
  7. Val Fitch – 1980
  8. Leon Lederman – 1988
  9. Melvin Schwartz – 1988
  10. Norman Ramsey – 1989
  11. Martin Perl – 1995
  12. Arthur Ashkin – 2018
  13. John Clauser – 2022
  1. Enrico Fermi – 1938
  2. Isidor Rabi – 1944*
  3. Hideki Yukawa – 1949*
  4. Willis Lamb – 1955
  5. Polykarp Kusch – 1955*
  6. Tsung-Dao Lee – 1957*
  7. Charles Townes – 1964
  8. James Rainwater – 1975*
  9. Samuel Ting – 1976
  10. Melvin Schwartz – 1988
  11. Leon Lederman – 1988
  12. Jack Steinberger – 1988
  13. Norman Ramsey – 1989
  14. Horst Störmer – 1998*
  1. Emilio Segrè – 1959
  2. Maria Mayer – 1963
  3. Hans Bethe – 1967
  4. Murray Gell-Mann – 1969
  5. Aage Bohr – 1975
  6. Samuel Ting – 1976
  7. Steven Weinberg – 1979
  8. Arthur Schawlow – 1981
  9. Carlo Rubbia – 1984
  10. Leon Lederman – 1988
  11. Daniel Tsui – 1998
  12. John C. Mather – 2006
  13. Giorgio Parisi – 2021
Chemistry (16)
  1. Irving Langmuir – 1932
  2. John H. Northrop – 1946
  3. William H. Stein – 1972
  4. Roald Hoffmann – 1981
  5. Herbert Hauptman – 1985
  6. Sidney Altman – 1989
  7. William S. Knowles – 2001
  8. Robert Grubbs – 2005
  9. Robert Lefkowitz – 2012
  10. Louis E. Brus – 2023
  1. Harold Urey – 1934*
  2. Martin Chalfie – 2008*
  3. Martin Karplus – 2013
  4. Joachim Frank – 2017*
  5. Louis E. Brus – 2023*
  1. Willard Libby – 1960
  2. Luis Leloir – 1970
Physiology or Medicine (23)
  1. Hermann J. Muller – 1946
  2. Edward C. Kendall – 1950
  3. Dickinson Richards – 1956
  4. Joshua Lederberg – 1958
  5. Konrad Bloch – 1964
  6. George Wald – 1967
  7. Konrad Lorenz – 1973
  8. Baruch Blumberg – 1976
  9. Baruj Benacerraf – 1980
  10. Harold Varmus – 1989
  11. Louis Ignarro – 1998
  12. Richard Axel – 2004
  1. Thomas H. Morgan – 1933
  2. André Cournand – 1956*
  3. Dickinson Richards – 1956*
  4. Eric Kandel – 2000*
  5. Richard Axel – 2004*
  6. James Rothman – 2013
  1. Hermann J. Muller – 1946
  2. Joshua Lederberg – 1958
  3. Konrad Bloch – 1964
  4. Salvador Luria – 1969
  5. Baruch Blumberg – 1976
  6. Carleton Gajdusek – 1976
  7. Daniel Nathans – 1978
  8. Baruj Benacerraf – 1980
  9. Sune Bergström – 1982
  10. Donnall Thomas – 1990
  11. Linda Buck – 2004
  12. David Julius – 2021
Economics (17)
  1. Simon Kuznets – 1971
  2. Kenneth Arrow – 1972
  3. Milton Friedman – 1976
  4. Robert Fogel – 1993
  5. William Vickrey – 1996
  6. Robert C. Merton – 1997
  7. Alvin Roth – 2012
  1. George Stigler – 1982
  2. Gary Becker – 1992
  3. William Vickrey – 1996*
  4. Robert Mundell – 1999*
  5. James Heckman – 2000
  6. Joseph Stiglitz – 2001*
  7. Edmund Phelps – 2006*
  1. Milton Friedman – 1976
  2. Franco Modigliani – 1985
  3. Robert Solow – 1987
  4. Joseph Stiglitz – 2001
  5. David Card – 2021
  6. Joshua Angrist – 2021
Literature (6)
  1. Louise Glück – 2020
  1. Orhan Pamuk – 2006
  1. Gabriela Mistral – 1945
  2. Joseph Brodsky – 1987
  3. Nadine Gordimer – 1991
  4. Derek Walcott – 1992
  5. Orhan Pamuk – 2006
Peace (8)
  1. Theodore Roosevelt – 1906
  2. Nicholas Butler – 1931
  3. Barack Obama – 2009
  1. Nicholas Butler – 1931
  1. Elie Wiesel – 1986
  2. Al Gore – 2007
  3. Liu Xiaobo – 2010
  4. Leymah Gbowee – 2011
  5. Maria Ressa – 2021

Fields Medalists

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Templeton Prize

ACM Turing Award

Founding Fathers of the United States

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Presidents of the United States

Vice presidents of the United States

Presidents and prime ministers (international)

Notable alumni and attendees

Main article: List of Columbia University alumni and attendees See also: List of Columbia University people in politics, military and law

Notable faculty

See also above at Nobel Laureates ("Alumni" and "Faculty") for separate listing of 41 notable faculty

University professors

University professors emeriti

Former university professors

Others

Notes

  1. The total number of laureates in natural sciences: Physics, Chemistry, and Physiology or Medicine.

References

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  4. "Kartik Chandran". MacArthur Foundation. September 28, 2015. Retrieved October 10, 2015.
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  7. Shell E (January 1, 2002). "Chapter 5: Hunger". The Hungry Gene: The Inside Story of the Obesity Industry. Atlantic Monthly Press. ISBN 978-1422352434.
  8. "A Conversation with Mark Lilla on His Critique of Identity Politics". The New Yorker. Retrieved June 7, 2018.
  9. About Seas Birth Place of Laser
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  11. ."Nabila El-Bassel Named University Professor". Office of the President. April 9, 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2019.
  12. Bollinger, Lee. "Saidiya Hartman Named University Professor". Columbia University Office of the President. Retrieved October 28, 2020.
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