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Physics Nobel Prize winners:

YEAR

WINNER

1901 Wilhelm C. Roentgen (Germany)
1902 Hendrik A. Lorentz (Netherlands)
Pieter Zeeman (Netherlands)
1903 Pierre Curie (France)
Marie Curie (France)
Antoine H. Becquerel (France)
1904 John W. Rayleigh (United Kingdom)
1905 Philipp Lenard (Germany)
1906 Sir Joseph John Thomson (United Kingdom)
1907 Albert A. Michelson (United States)
1908 Gabriel Lippmann (France)
1909 Karl F. Braun (Germany)
Marchese G. Marconi (Italy)
1910 Johannes D. van der Waals (Netherlands)
1911 Wilhelm Wien (Germany)
1912 Nils Gustaf Dalén (Sweden)
1913 Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Netherlands)
1914 Max von Laue (Germany)
1915 Sir William Henry Bragg (United Kingdom)
Sir William L. Bragg (United Kingdom)
1916 Not awarded
1917 Charles G. Barkla (United Kingdom)
1918 Max Karl E.L. Planck (Germany)
1919 Johannes Stark (Germany)
1920 Charles E. Guillaume (France)
1921 Albert Einstein (Switzerland/Germany)
1922 Niels Henrik D. Bohr (Denmark)
1923 Robert A. Millikan (United States)
1924 Karl M.G. Siegbahn (Sweden)
1925 James Franck (Germany)
Gustav Hertz (Germany)
1926 Jean-Baptiste Perrin (France)
1927 Arthur H. Compton (United States)
Charles T. Wilson (United Kingdom)
1928 Sir Owen Richardson (United Kingdom)
1929 Louis Victor de Broglie (France)
1930 Sir Chandrasekhara Raman (India)
1931 Not awarded
1932 Werner Heisenberg (Germany)
1933 Paul Adrien M. Dirac (United Kingdom)
Erwin Schrödinger (Austria)
1934 Not awarded
1935 Sir James Chadwick (United Kingdom)
1936 Carl D. Anderson (United States)
Victor F. Hess (Austria)
1937 Clinton J. Davisson (United States)
Sir George P. Thomson (United Kingdom)
1938 Enrico Fermi (Italy)
1939 Ernest O. Lawrence (United States)
1940 Not awarded
1941 Not awarded
1942 Not awarded
1943 Otto Stern (United States)
1944 Isidor I. Rabi (United States)
1945 Wolfgang Pauli (United States)
1946 Percy W. Bridgman (United States)
1947 Sir Edward V. Appleton (United Kingdom)
1948 Patrick M.S. Blackett (United Kingdom)
1949 Yukawa Hideki (Japan)
1950 Cecil F. Powell (United Kingdom)
1951 Sir John D. Cockcroft (United Kingdom)
Ernest T.S. Walton (Ireland)
1952 Felix Bloch (United States)
Edward M. Purcell (United States)
1953 Frits Zernike (Netherlands)
1954 Max Born (West Germany)
Walther Bothe (East Germany)
1955 Polykarp Kusch (United States)
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (United States)
1956 William B. Shockley (United States)
Walter H. Brattain (United States)
John Bardeen (United States)
1957 Tsung-Dao Lee (China-United States)
Chen Ning Yang (United States)
1958 Pavel A. Cherenkov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Ilya M. Frank (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Igor Y. Tamm (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1959 Owen Chamberlain (United States)
Emilio G. Segré (United States)
1960 Donald A. Glaser (United States)
1961 Robert Hofstadter (United States)
Rudolf L. Mössbauer (West Germany)
1962 Lev. D. Landau (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1963 Eugene P. Wigner (United States)
Maria G. Mayer (United States)
Johannes Hans D. Jensen (West Germany)
1964 Nikolai G. Basov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Charles H. Townes (United States)
1965 Richard P. Feynman (United States)
Julian S. Schwinger (United States)
Tomonaga Shin'ichirō (Japan)
1966 Alfred Kastler (France)
1967 Hans A. Bethe (United States)
1968 Luis W. Alvarez (United States)
1969 Murray Gell-Mann (United States)
1970 Louis Eugčne F. Néel (France)
Hannes O.G. Alfvén (Sweden)
1971 Dennis Gabor (United Kingdom)
1972 John Bardeen (United States)
Leon N. Cooper (United States)
John R. Schrieffer (United States)
1973 Ivar Giaever (United States)
Leo Esaki (Japan)
Brian D. Josephson (United Kingdom)
1974 Sir Martin Ryle (United Kingdom)
Antony Hewish (United Kingdom)
1975 Aage N. Bohr (Denmark)
Ben R. Mottelson (Denmark)
James Rainwater (United States)
1976 Burton Richter (United States)
Samuel C.C. Ting (United States)
1977 John H. Van Vleck (United States)
Philip W. Anderson (United States)
Sir Nevill F. Mott (United Kingdom)
1978 Arno A. Penzias (United States)
Robert W. Wilson (United States)
Peter Leonidovich Kapitza (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
1979 Steven Weinberg (United States)
Sheldon L. Glashow (United States)
Abdus Salam (Pakistan)
1980 James W. Cronin (United States)
Val L. Fitch (United States)
1981 Nicolaas Bloembergen (United States)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (United States)
Kai Siegbahn (Sweden)
1982 Kenneth G. Wilson (United States)
1983 Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (United States)
William A. Fowler (United States)
1984 Carlo Rubbia (Italy)
Simon van der Meer (Netherlands)
1985 Klaus von Klitzing (West Germany)
1986 Ernest Ruska (West Germany)
Gerd Binnig (West Germany)
Heinrich Rohrer (Switzerland)
1987 K. Alex Muller (Switzerland)
J. Georg Bednorz (Switzerland)
1988 Leon Max Lederman (United States)
Melvin Schwartz (United States)
Jack Steinberger (United States)
1989 Hans G. Dehmelt (United States)
Wolfgang Paul (West Germany)
Norman F. Ramsey (United States)
1990 Richard E. Taylor (Canada)
Jerome I. Friedman (United States)
Henry W. Kendall (United States)
1991 Pierre Gilles de Gennes (France)
1992 George Charpak (France)
1993 Joseph H. Taylor (United States)
Russell A. Hulse (United States)
1994 Clifford G. Shull (United States)
Bertram N. Brockhouse (Canada)
1995 Martin L. Perl (United States)
Frederick Reines (United States)
1996 David M. Lee (United States)
Douglas D. Osheroff (United States)
Robert C. Richardson (United States)
1997 Steven Chu (United States)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (France)
William D. Philips (United States)
1998 Robert Laughlin (United States)
Daniel Tsui (United States)
Horst Störmer (Germany)
1999 Gerardus 't Hooft (Netherlands)
Martinus J.G. Veltman (Netherlands)
2000 Zhores I. Alferov (Russia)
Herbert Kroemer (United States)
Jack S. Kilby (United States)
2001 Eric A. Cornell (United States)
Wolfgang Ketterle (United States)
Carl E. Wieman (United States)

 

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