List of Nobel laureates who worked on the Manhattan Project

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 965 individuals and 27 organizations . It was awarded to 32 scientists who also worked on the Manhattan Project. Of these, 24 won the Prize in Physics, five won the Prize in Chemistry, one won the Peace Prize, and two won the Prize in Physiology or Medicine.

Awarded Nobel Prize before working on the Manhattan Project

Year Image Laureate Prize Motivation Manhattan Project References1922Niels BohrPhysics"for his services in the investigation of the structure of atoms and of the radiation emanating from them" Los Alamos Laboratory 1925James FranckPhysics“for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom” Metallurgical Laboratory 1927Arthur ComptonPhysics"for his discovery of the effect named after him" Metallurgical Laboratory 1932James ChadwickPhysics"for the discovery of the neutron" British contribution to the Manhattan Project 1934Harold Urey Chemistry"for his discovery of heavy hydrogen" SAM Laboratory 1938Enrico FermiPhysics"for his demonstrations of the existence of new radioactive elements produced by neutron irradiation, and for his related discovery of nuclear reactions brought about by slow neutrons" Metallurgical Laboratory, Los Alamos Laboratory 1939Ernest LawrencePhysics"for the invention and development of the cyclotron and for results obtained with it, especially with regard to artificial radioactive elements" Radiation Laboratory

Awarded Nobel Prize during the Manhattan Project Year Image Laureate Prize Motivation ManhattanProject References1944Isidor Isaac RabiPhysics"for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei" Consultant

Awarded Nobel Prize after working on the Manhattan Project Year Image Laureate Prize Motivation Manhattan Project References 1946 Hermann Joseph Muller Physiology or Medicine "for the discovery of the production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation" Civilian advisor 1951John CockcroftPhysics"for their pioneer work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles" Montreal Laboratory 1951Edwin M. McMillanChemistry"for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" Los Alamos Laboratory 1951Glenn Theodore SeaborgChemistry"for their discoveries in the chemistry of the transuranium elements" Metallurgical Laboratory 1952Felix BlochPhysics"for their development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements and discoveries in connection therewith" Los Alamos Laboratory 1959Owen ChamberlainPhysics"for their discovery of the antiproton" Los Alamos Laboratory 1959Emilio SegrèPhysics"for their discovery of the antiproton" Los Alamos Laboratory 1960Willard F. LibbyChemistry"for his method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology, geology, geophysics, and other branches of science" SAM Laboratories 1961Melvin CalvinChemistry "for his research on the carbon dioxide assimilation in plants" Radiation Laboratory1962Maurice WilkinsPhysiology or Medicine"for their discoveries concerning the molecular structure of nucleic acids and its significance for information transfer in living material" Radiation Laboratory 1963Maria Goeppert MayerPhysics"for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure" SAM Laboratories, Los Alamos Laboratory 1963Eugene WignerPhysics"for his contributions to the theory of the atomic nucleus and the elementary particles, particularly through the discovery and application of fundamental symmetry principles" Metallurgical Laboratory 1965Richard P. FeynmanPhysics"for their fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics, with deep-ploughing consequences for the physics of elementary particles" Los Alamos Laboratory 1967Hans BethePhysics"for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars" Los Alamos Laboratory 1968Luis AlvarezPhysics"for his decisive contributions to elementary particle physics, in particular the discovery of a large number of resonance states, made possible through his development of the technique of using hydrogen bubble chamber and data analysis" Los Alamos Laboratory 1975Aage BohrPhysics"for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection" Los Alamos Laboratory 1975James RainwaterPhysics"for the discovery of the connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei and the development of the theory of the structure of the atomic nucleus based on this connection" Metallurgical Laboratory 1977John van VleckPhysics"for their fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems" Consultant 1980Val FitchPhysics"for the discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in the decay of neutral K-mesons" Los Alamos Laboratory 1983 William Alfred Fowler Physics "for his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe" Los Alamos Laboratory 1989Norman F. RamseyPhysics"for the invention of the separated oscillatory fields method and its use in the hydrogen maser and other atomic clocks" Los Alamos Laboratory 1995Frederick ReinesPhysics"for the detection of the neutrino" Los Alamos Laboratory 1995Joseph RotblatPeace"for efforts to diminish the part played by nuclear arms in international affairs and, in the longer run, to eliminate such arms." Los Alamos Laboratory 2005Roy GlauberPhysics"for his contribution to the quantum theory of optical coherence." Los Alamos Laboratory

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