Nobel Laureates
Physics
- Isidor Isaac Rabi (B.Chem. 1919; graduate study 1921–23, transferred) – Physics 1944
- Sheldon Lee Glashow (B.A. 1954 Physics) – Physics 1979
- Steven Weinberg (B.A. 1954 Physics) – Physics 1979
- Douglas D. Osheroff (M.S. 1971 Physics, Ph.D. 1973 Physics) – Physics 1996
Peace, literature, or economics
- John Mott (B.S. 1888 Philosophy) – Peace 1946
- Pearl S. Buck (M.A. 1925 English Literature) – Literature 1938
- Toni Morrison (M.A. 1955 English, A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1997–2003) – Literature 1993
- Robert Fogel (B.A. 1948 History, Minor in Economics) – Economics 1993
- Robert F. Engle (M.S. 1966 Physics, Ph.D. 1969 Economics) – Economics 2003
Physiology or medicine
- Hermann Joseph Muller (graduate study 1911–12) – Physiology or Medicine 1946
- George Wells Beadle (Ph.D. 1930 Genetics) – Physiology or Medicine 1958
- Robert W. Holley (Ph.D. 1947 Organic Chemistry; Professor and Department Chair in Biochemistry, 1948–64) – Physiology or Medicine 1968
- Barbara McClintock (B.S. 1923 Botany, M.A. 1925 Botany, Ph.D. 1927 Cytology; Instructor in Botany, 1927–31; A.D. White Professor-at-Large, 1965–74) – Physiology or Medicine 1983
- Jack W. Szostak (Ph.D. 1977 Biochemistry) – Physiology or Medicine 2009
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