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