Nobel Laureates

Since the inception of the Fulbright Program, the Nobel Committees have recognized the outstanding achievements of 62 Fulbright alumni in many fields.

Laureates are listed below in reverse-time order, according to the year in which they were recognized:

• Anton Zeilinger--Austria
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2022
  Fulbright Foreign Student to MIT 1976
• Maria Ressa– United States
  Nobel Peace Prize 2021
  Fulbright Student to the Philippines 1986
• Kip S. Thorne – United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2017
  Fulbright Scholar to France 1966
• Michael Rosbash – United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 2017
  Fulbright Student to France 1965-1966
• Juan Manuel Santos Rivera - Colombia
  Nobel Peace Prize 2016
  Fulbright Foreign Student at Tufts University 1980-1981
• David Thouless - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2016
  Fulbright Foreign Student at Cornell University 1956-1958
• John Michael Kosterlitz - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2016
  Fulbright Visiting Scholar at Cornell University 1973-1974
• Bengt Holmstrom - Finland
  Nobel Laureate in Economic Sciences 2016
  Fulbright Foreign Student at Stanford University 1974-1976
• William Campbell - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 2015
  Fulbright Student at the University of Wisconsin 1953
• Peter Higgs - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2013
  Fulbright Scholar at University of North Carolina Chapel Hill 1965
• Sir John B. Gurdon - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 2012
  Fulbright Scholar at California Institute of Technology 1961
• Peter A. Diamond - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 2010
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1999-2000
• Ei-ichi Negishi - Japan
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2010
  Fulbright Student at University of Pennsylvania 1960-1963
• Oliver Williamson - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 2009
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1999
• Jean-Marie Le Clézio - France
  Nobel Laureate in Literature 2008
  Fulbright Scholar at University of California - Santa Cruz 1979
• Osamu Shimomura – Japan
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2008
  Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University 1960-1963
• Leonid Hurwicz - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 2007
  Fulbright Scholar to India 1965-1966
• Muhammad Yunus - Bangladesh
  Nobel Peace Prize 2006
  Fulbright Student at University of Colorado, Boulder and Vanderbilt University 1965-1966
• Roy J. Glauber - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2005
  Fulbright Scholar to France 1954-1955
• Aaron Ciechanover - Israel
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2004
  Fulbright Scholar at Massachusetts Institute of Technology 1981-1984
• Riccardo Giacconi - Italy
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2002
  Fulbright Student at Indiana University 1956-1958
• Masatoshi Koshiba - Japan
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 2002
  Fulbright Student at University of Rochester 1953-1955
• George A. Akerlof - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001
  Fulbright Scholar to India 1967-1968
• Joseph Stiglitz - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 2001
  Fulbright Student to the U.K. 1969-1970
• Alan G. MacDiarmid - New Zealand
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 2000
  Fulbright Student at University of Wisconsin 1950
• Renato Dulbecco - United States
  Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1975
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1957
• Henry Kissinger - United States
  Nobel Peace Prize 1973
  Fulbright Specialist to India 1962-1963
• Wassily Leontief - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1973
  Fulbright Scholar to France 1961-1962
• Kenneth Arrow - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1972
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1995
• Paul Samuelson - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1970
  Fulbright Scholar to Asia 1972
• Hannes Alfven - Sweden
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1970
  Fulbright Scholar at University of Maryland 1954-1955
• Lars Onsager - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1968
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1951-1952
• Hans Bethe - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1967
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1955
• Robert Sanderson Mulliken - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1966
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1952
• Konrad Emil Bloch - United States
  Nobel Prize in Medicine or Physiology 1964
  Fulbright Scholar to Mexico 1959
• Charles Hard Townes - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1964
  Fulbright Scholar to France and Japan 1955-1956
  Fulbright Scholar to Europe, 1972
• Giorgos Seferis - Greece
  Nobel Laureate in Literature 1963
  Fulbright Scholar at Princeton University 1968-1969
• Eugene Wigner - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1963
  Fulbright Scholar to Mexico 1959
• John Steinbeck - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Literature 1962
  Fulbright Specialist to Europe 1963
• Linus Pauling - United States
  Nobel Peace Prize 1962
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1954
  Fulbright Scholar to Yugoslavia 1988
• James D. Watson - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1962
  Fulbright Scholar to Argentina 1986
• Emilio Segre - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1959
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1950
• Joshua Lederberg - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1958
  Fulbright Scholar to Australia 1957
• Chen Ning Yang - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1957
  Fulbright Scholar to Brazil, Venezuela, Poland, Egypt, and Malaysia 1974
• Felix Bloch - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1952
  Fulbright Scholar to Israel 1959
• Douglass C. North - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1993
  Fulbright Scholar to Uruguay 1990
• Erwin Neher - Germany
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1991
  Fulbright Student at University of Wisconsin at Madison 1966
• Trygve Haavelmo - Norway
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1989
  Fulbright Scholar at University of Chicago 1957-1958
• Susumu Tonegawa - Japan
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1987
  Fulbright Student at University of California, San Diego 1963
• James M. Buchanan - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1986
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1955-1956
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1961-1962
• Franco Modigliani - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics, 1985
  Fulbright Scholar to Italy 1961-1962
• Carlo Rubbia - Italy
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1984
  Fulbright Student at Columbia University 1958-1959
• Niels Kaj Jerne - Denmark
  Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1984
  Fulbright Scholar at California Institute of Technology 1954
• William Alfred Fowler - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1983
  Fulbright Student to the U.K. 1954-1955
• Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1983
  Fulbright Scholar to France 1966
  Fulbright Scholar to Greece 1989
• John Vane - U.K.
  Nobel Laureate in Physiology or Medicine 1982
  Fulbright Scholar at Yale University 1953
• Bengt Samuelsson - Sweden
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1982
  Fulbright Scholar at Harvard University 1961
• Roald Hoffmann - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Chemistry 1981
  Fulbright Scholar to Greece 1991
• JJan Tinbergen - Netherlands
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1969
  Fulbright Travel Grant to Harvard University 1956
• Philip W. Anderson - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Physics 1977
  Fulbright Scholar to Japan 1953-1954
• Rosalyn S. Yalow - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Medicine 1977
  Fulbright Scholar to Portugal 1979
• Milton Friedman - United States
  Nobel Laureate in Economics 1976
  Fulbright Scholar to the U.K. 1953-1954