List of Nobel laureates by Secondary School affiliation
The following is a list of Nobel Prize laureates by secondary school affiliation. To be listed, a high school must have at least one Nobel Prize laureate among its alumni.
(Note: this list is very incomplete, especially for the many high schools that have one alumnus or alumna who is a Nobel Prize winner.)
Number of laureates by secondary school |
Class |
Name of laureate |
Award and year |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
8 |
The Bronx High School of Science, |
1947 |
Leon N. Cooper |
Physics |
1950 |
Sheldon Glashow |
Physics |
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1950 |
Steven Weinberg |
Physics |
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1949 |
Melvin Schwartz |
Physics |
||
1966 |
Russell Hulse |
Physics |
||
1966 |
H. David Politzer |
Physics |
||
1941 |
Roy Glauber |
Physics |
||
1959 |
Robert Lefkowitz |
Chemistry |
||
6 |
Lycée Louis-le-Grand, |
? |
Frédéric Passy |
Peace |
1872 |
Henri Becquerel |
Physics |
||
1863 |
Alphonse Laveran |
Medicine |
||
1886 |
Romain Rolland |
Literature |
||
1924 |
Jean-Paul Sartre |
Literature |
||
1931 |
Maurice Allais |
Economics |
||
4 |
San Isidro, |
Camilo José Cela |
Literature |
|
Vicente Aleixandre |
Literature |
|||
Jacinto Benavente |
Literature |
|||
José Echegaray |
Literature |
|||
4 |
James Madison High School, |
1939 |
Stanley Cohen |
Medicine |
1940 |
Robert Solow |
Economics |
||
1943 |
Martin Lewis Perl |
Physics |
||
1947 |
Gary Becker |
Economics |
||
4 |
Stuyvesant High School, |
1941 |
Joshua Lederberg |
Medicine |
1954 |
Roald Hoffmann |
Chemistry |
||
1944 |
Robert Fogel |
Economics |
||
1963 |
Richard Axel |
Medicine |
||
4 |
Lycée Saint-Louis, |
1924 |
Louis Néel |
Physics |
1931 |
Claude Simon |
Literature |
||
1951 |
Pierre-Gilles de Gennes |
Physics |
||
1943 |
Georges Charpak |
Physics |
||
4 |
Westminster School, |
Edgar Adrian |
Medicine |
|
Andrew Huxley |
Medicine |
|||
Richard Stone |
Economics |
|||
David J. Thouless |
Physics |
|||
3 |
Lycée Condorcet, |
1856 |
Sully Prudhomme |
Literature |
1878 |
Henri Bergson |
Literature |
||
1859 |
Ferdinand Buisson |
Peace |
||
3 |
Lycée Henri-IV, |
1868 |
Gabriel Lippman |
Physics |
1889 |
André Gide |
Literature |
||
dropped-out |
Patrick Modiano |
Literature |
||
3 |
Abraham Lincoln High School, |
1933 |
Arthur Kornberg |
Medicine |
1943 |
Paul Berg |
Chemistry |
||
1933 |
Jerome Karle |
Chemistry |
||
3 |
Far Rockaway High School, |
1935 |
Richard Feynman |
Physics |
1942 |
Baruch Blumberg |
Medicine |
||
1948 |
Burton Richter |
Physics |
||
3 |
Harrow School, |
? |
John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh |
Physics |
? |
John Galsworthy |
Literature |
||
1893 |
Winston Churchill |
Literature |
||
3 |
Lowell High School, |
1868 |
Albert Abraham Michelson |
Physics |
1892 |
Joseph Erlanger |
Medicine |
||
1980 |
Eric Allin Cornell |
Physics |
||
3 |
Phillips Academy, |
1900 |
George Whipple |
Medicine |
1931 |
William Vickrey |
Economics |
||
1935 |
William Standish Knowles |
Chemistry |
||
3 |
St. Peter's College, |
1903 |
William Lawrence Bragg |
Physics |
1916 |
Howard Florey |
Medicine |
||
? |
Robin Warren |
Medicine |
||
3 |
Townsend Harris High School, |
1933 |
Herbert A. Hauptman |
Chemistry |
1933 |
Julian Schwinger |
Physics |
||
1936 |
Kenneth Arrow |
Economics |
||
3 |
University Laboratory High School, |
1940 |
Philip Warren Anderson |
Physics |
1948 |
Hamilton O. Smith |
Medicine |
||
1935 |
James Tobin |
Economics |
||
2 |
Eton College, |
1882 |
Lord Robert Cecil |
Peace |
1951 |
John Gurdon |
Medicine |
||
2 |
Bedford School, |
Archer John Porter Martin |
Chemistry |
|
Guglielmo Marconi |
Physics |
|||
2 |
Brooklyn Technical High School, |
1954 |
Arno Penzias |
Physics |
1922 |
George Wald |
Biology |
||
2 |
Cotham Grammar School, |
? |
Paul Dirac |
Physics |
1946 |
Peter Higgs |
Physics |
||
2 |
Döblinger Gymnasium, |
1918 |
Wolfgang Pauli |
Physics |
1918 |
Richard Kuhn |
Chemistry |
||
2 |
Erasmus Hall High School, |
1919 |
Barbara McClintock |
Medicine or Physiology |
1944 |
Eric Kandel |
Medicine or Physiology |
||
2 |
Hebrew University Secondary School, |
1951 |
Daniel Kahneman |
Economics |
1959 |
David Gross |
Physics |
||
2 |
Lycée Janson-de-Sailly, |
1890 |
Jean Perrin |
Physics |
1898 |
Roger Martin du Gard |
Literature |
||
2 |
King Edward's School, |
? |
Maurice Wilkins |
Medicine |
? |
Sir John Vane |
Medicine |
||
2 |
Malvern College, |
Francis Aston |
Chemistry |
|
James Meade |
Economic Sciences |
|||
2 |
Martin Van Buren High School, |
1967 |
Frank Wilczek |
Physics |
1967 |
Alvin Roth |
Economic Sciences |
||
2 |
Nikolaus Lenau High School, |
1972 |
Herta Müller |
Literature |
1978 |
Stefan Hell |
Chemistry |
||
2 |
Niles East High School, |
1964 |
H. Robert Horvitz |
Medicine or Physiology |
1965 |
Martin Chalfie |
Chemistry |
||
2 |
The Perse School, |
? |
George Paget Thomson |
Physics |
? |
Ronald G. W. Norrish |
Chemistry |
||
2 |
St Columb's College, |
1957 |
Seamus Heaney |
Literature |
1955 |
John Hume |
Peace |
||
2 |
Saint Mary's College, |
1929 |
Sir William Arthur Lewis |
Economics |
? |
Derek Walcott |
Literature |
||
2 |
University of Toronto Schools, |
? |
John Charles Polanyi |
Chemistry |
? |
Michael Spence |
Economics |
||
2 |
Urbana High School, |
1938 |
Robert W. Holley |
Physiology or Medicine |
1936 |
Edwin G. Krebs |
Physiology or Medicine |
||
2 |
Walton High School, |
1941 |
Rosalyn Sussman Yalow |
Medicine and Physiology |
1933 |
Gertrude B. Elion |
Medicine and Physiology |
||
2 |
George School, |
1956 |
Mario Capecchi |
Medicine and Physiology |
1952 |
Kenneth G. Wilson |
Physics |
||
2 |
Germantown Friends School, |
1937 |
Owen Chamberlain |
Physics |
1977 |
Saul Perlmutter |
Physics |
||
1 |
Pui Ching Middle School |
1957 |
Daniel Tsui |
Physics |
1 |
Harrow County School for Boys |
? |
Sir Paul Nurse |
Medicine |
1 |
St. Joseph's College, |
1952 |
Charles K. Kao |
Physics |
1 |
Baltimore City College, |
1943 |
Martin Rodbell |
Physiology or Medicine |
1 |
Bristol Grammar School, |
1944 |
John Pople |
Chemistry |
1 |
Sir John Leman High School, |
1928 |
Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
Chemistry |
1 |
Fairfax High School, |
1978 |
Craig Mello |
Physiology or Medicine |
1 |
The Geelong College, |
? |
Frank Macfarlane Burnet |
Medicine |
1 |
Indooroopilly State High School, |
? |
Peter Doherty |
Medicine |
1 |
Melbourne High School, |
? |
John Carew Eccles |
Medicine |
1 |
Newman College, |
? |
Barry Marshall |
Medicine |
1 |
Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague, |
? |
Sean MacBride |
Peace |
1 |
Collège Stanislas, |
1864 |
Anatole France |
Literature |
1 |
Lycée Pierre de Fermat (fr), |
1957 |
Albert Fert |
Physics |
1 |
Lycée Henri Poincaré (fr), |
1973 |
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1 |
Regis High School, |
1957 |
John O'Keefe |
Medicine |
1 |
Robert College, |
1970 |
Orhan Pamuk |
Literature |
1 |
Colegio Saint Francis, |
1957 |
Oscar Arias Sanchez |
Peace |
1 |
Sydney Boys High School, |
1933 |
John Cornforth |
Chemistry |
1 |
Cleveland Heights High School, |
1944 |
Donald A. Glaser |
Physics |
1 |
Monrovia High School, |
1961 |
Thomas J. Sargent |
Economics |
1 |
Jordan High School, |
1929 |
Glenn T. Seaborg |
Physics |
1 |
Garden City High School, |
1966 |
Steven Chu |
Physics |
1 |
Greenwich High School, |
1959 |
Christopher A. Sims |
Economics |
1 |
Punahou School, |
1979 |
Barack Obama |
Peace |
1 |
Plains High School, |
1941 |
Jimmy Carter |
Peace |
1 |
Watchung Hills Regional High School, |
1988 |
Adam Riess |
Physics |
1 |
Bartlett High School, |
1985 |
Brian Schmidt |
Physics |
1 |
Washington High School, |
1962 |
Linus Pauling |
Chemistry |
1 |
Hsinchu Senior High School, |
1955 |
Yuan Tseh Lee |
Chemistry |
1 |
New Trier High School, |
1938 |
Jack Steinberger |
Physics |
1 |
University School of Nashville, |
1931 |
Stanford Moore |
Chemistry |
1 |
Edgbaston High School, |
— |
Malala Yousafzai |
Peace |
See also
- List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation