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,
Bronx, New York City, NY

1947

Leon N. Cooper

Physics

1950

Sheldon Glashow

Physics

1950

Steven Weinberg

Physics

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,
Paris, France

?

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,
Madrid, Spain

Camilo José Cela

Literature

Vicente Aleixandre

Literature

Jacinto Benavente

Literature

José Echegaray

Literature

4

James Madison High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

1939

Stanley Cohen

Medicine

1940

Robert Solow

Economics

1943

Martin Lewis Perl

Physics

1947

Gary Becker

Economics

4

Stuyvesant High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY

1941

Joshua Lederberg

Medicine

1954

Roald Hoffmann

Chemistry

1944

Robert Fogel

Economics

1963

Richard Axel

Medicine

4

Lycée Saint-Louis,
Paris, France

1924

Louis Néel

Physics

1931

Claude Simon

Literature

1951

Pierre-Gilles de Gennes

Physics

1943

Georges Charpak

Physics

4

Westminster School,
London, England

Edgar Adrian

Medicine

Andrew Huxley

Medicine

Richard Stone

Economics

David J. Thouless

Physics

3

Lycée Condorcet,
Paris, France

1856

Sully Prudhomme

Literature

1878

Henri Bergson

Literature

1859

Ferdinand Buisson

Peace

3

Lycée Henri-IV,
Paris, France

1868

Gabriel Lippman

Physics

1889

André Gide

Literature

dropped-out

Patrick Modiano

Literature

3

Abraham Lincoln High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

1933

Arthur Kornberg

Medicine

1943

Paul Berg

Chemistry

1933

Jerome Karle

Chemistry

3

Far Rockaway High School,
Queens, New York City, NY

1935

Richard Feynman

Physics

1942

Baruch Blumberg

Medicine

1948

Burton Richter

Physics

3

Harrow School,
London, England

?

John Strutt, 3rd Baron Rayleigh

Physics

?

John Galsworthy

Literature

1893

Winston Churchill

Literature

3

Lowell High School,
San Francisco, CA

1868

Albert Abraham Michelson

Physics

1892

Joseph Erlanger

Medicine

1980

Eric Allin Cornell

Physics

3

Phillips Academy,
Andover, Massachusetts

1900

George Whipple

Medicine

1931

William Vickrey

Economics

1935

William Standish Knowles

Chemistry

3

St. Peter's College,
Adelaide, South Australia, Australia

1903

William Lawrence Bragg

Physics

1916

Howard Florey

Medicine

?

Robin Warren

Medicine

3

Townsend Harris High School,
Queens, New York City, NY
originally Manhattan, New York City, NY

1933

Herbert A. Hauptman

Chemistry

1933

Julian Schwinger

Physics

1936

Kenneth Arrow

Economics

3

University Laboratory High School,
Urbana, Illinois

1940

Philip Warren Anderson

Physics

1948

Hamilton O. Smith

Medicine

1935

James Tobin

Economics

2

Eton College,
Berkshire, England

1882

Lord Robert Cecil

Peace

1951

John Gurdon

Medicine

2

Bedford School,
Bedford, Bedfordshire, England

Archer John Porter Martin

Chemistry

Guglielmo Marconi

Physics

2

Brooklyn Technical High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

1954

Arno Penzias

Physics

1922

George Wald

Biology

2

Cotham Grammar School,
(previously Merchant Venturers' Technical College),
Bristol, England

?

Paul Dirac

Physics

1946

Peter Higgs

Physics

2

Döblinger Gymnasium,
Vienna, Austria

1918

Wolfgang Pauli

Physics

1918

Richard Kuhn

Chemistry

2

Erasmus Hall High School,
Brooklyn, New York City, NY

1919

Barbara McClintock

Medicine or Physiology

1944

Eric Kandel

Medicine or Physiology

2

Hebrew University Secondary School,
Jerusalem, Israel

1951

Daniel Kahneman

Economics

1959

David Gross

Physics

2

Lycée Janson-de-Sailly,
Paris, France

1890

Jean Perrin

Physics

1898

Roger Martin du Gard

Literature

2

King Edward's School,
Birmingham, England

?

Maurice Wilkins

Medicine

?

Sir John Vane

Medicine

2

Malvern College,
Malvern, England

Francis Aston

Chemistry

James Meade

Economic Sciences

2

Martin Van Buren High School,
Queens, New York

1967

Frank Wilczek

Physics

1967

Alvin Roth

Economic Sciences

2

Nikolaus Lenau High School,
Timisoara, Romania

1972

Herta Müller

Literature

1978

Stefan Hell

Chemistry

2

Niles East High School,
Skokie, Illinois

1964

H. Robert Horvitz

Medicine or Physiology

1965

Martin Chalfie

Chemistry

2

The Perse School,
Cambridge, England

?

George Paget Thomson

Physics

?

Ronald G. W. Norrish

Chemistry

2

St Columb's College,
Derry, Northern Ireland, UK

1957

Seamus Heaney

Literature

1955

John Hume

Peace

2

Saint Mary's College,
Vigie, Castries, Saint Lucia

1929

Sir William Arthur Lewis

Economics

?

Derek Walcott

Literature

2

University of Toronto Schools,
Toronto, Ontario, Canada

?

John Charles Polanyi

Chemistry

?

Michael Spence

Economics

2

Urbana High School,
Urbana, Illinois

1938

Robert W. Holley

Physiology or Medicine

1936

Edwin G. Krebs

Physiology or Medicine

2

Walton High School,
Bronx, New York City, NY

1941

Rosalyn Sussman Yalow

Medicine and Physiology

1933

Gertrude B. Elion

Medicine and Physiology

2

George School,
Newtown, Bucks County, Pennsylvania

1956

Mario Capecchi

Medicine and Physiology

1952

Kenneth G. Wilson

Physics

2

Germantown Friends School,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

1937

Owen Chamberlain

Physics

1977

Saul Perlmutter

Physics

1

Pui Ching Middle School
Hong Kong

1957

Daniel Tsui

Physics

1

Harrow County School for Boys

?

Sir Paul Nurse

Medicine

1

St. Joseph's College,
Hong Kong

1952

Charles K. Kao

Physics

1

Baltimore City College,
Baltimore, MD

1943

Martin Rodbell

Physiology or Medicine

1

Bristol Grammar School,
Bristol, England

1944

John Pople

Chemistry

1

Sir John Leman High School,
Beccles, Suffolk, England

1928

Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin

Chemistry

1

Fairfax High School,
Fairfax, Virginia

1978

Craig Mello

Physiology or Medicine

1

The Geelong College,
Geelong, Victoria, Australia

?

Frank Macfarlane Burnet

Medicine

1

Indooroopilly State High School,
Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

?

Peter Doherty

Medicine

1

Melbourne High School,
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

?

John Carew Eccles

Medicine

1

Newman College,
Perth, Western Australia

?

Barry Marshall

Medicine

1

Lycée Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague,
Paris, France

?

Sean MacBride

Peace

1

Collège Stanislas,
Paris, France

1864

Anatole France

Literature

1

Lycée Pierre de Fermat (fr),
Toulouse, France

1957

Albert Fert

Physics

1

Lycée Henri Poincaré (fr),
Nancy, France

1973

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1

Regis High School,
Manhattan, New York City, NY

1957

John O'Keefe

Medicine

1

Robert College,
Istanbul, Turkey

1970

Orhan Pamuk

Literature

1

Colegio Saint Francis,
San José, Costa Rica

1957

Oscar Arias Sanchez

Peace

1

Sydney Boys High School,
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia

1933

John Cornforth

Chemistry

1

Cleveland Heights High School,
Cleveland Heights, Ohio

1944

Donald A. Glaser

Physics

1

Monrovia High School,
Monrovia, California

1961

Thomas J. Sargent

Economics

1

Jordan High School,
Los Angeles, California

1929

Glenn T. Seaborg

Physics

1

Garden City High School,
Garden City, New York

1966

Steven Chu

Physics

1

Greenwich High School,
Greenwich, Connecticut

1959

Christopher A. Sims

Economics

1

Punahou School,
Honolulu, Hawaii

1979

Barack Obama

Peace

1

Plains High School,
Plains, Georgia

1941

Jimmy Carter

Peace

1

Watchung Hills Regional High School,
Warren Township, New Jersey

1988

Adam Riess

Physics

1

Bartlett High School,
Anchorage, Alaska

1985

Brian Schmidt

Physics

1

Washington High School,
Portland, Oregon

1962

Linus Pauling

Chemistry
Peace

1

Hsinchu Senior High School,
Hsinchu, Taiwan

1955

Yuan Tseh Lee

Chemistry

1

New Trier High School,
Winnetka, Illinois

1938

Jack Steinberger

Physics

1

University School of Nashville,
Nashville, Tennessee

1931

Stanford Moore

Chemistry

1

Edgbaston High School,
Birmingham, England

Malala Yousafzai

Peace

See also

  • List of Nobel laureates by university affiliation