List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1930–1939)

The following is a list of people first nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine between 1930 and 1939 by year of first nomination.

See also List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1901–1909) List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1910–1919) List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1920–1929) List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1940–1949) List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950–1959)

1930–1939

PictureNameBornDiedYears nominatedNotes1930Edgar AdrianNovember 30, 1889 Hampstead, London, EnglandAugust 4, 1977 Cambridge, England1930, 1931, 1932Shared the 1932 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ch.Sc.SherringtonAchille SclavoMarch 21, 1861 Lesegno, Kingdom of ItalyJune 2, 1930 Siena, Kingdom of Italy1914, 1930Died before the only chance to be rewardedLéon FredericqAugust 24, 1851 Ghent, BelgiumSeptember 2, 1935 Liège, Belgium1930Edwin BeerMarch 1876 New York City, United StatesAugust 13, 1938 New York City, United States1930Nominated by Al.V.Moschcowitz the only timeRichard Ritter von ZeynekDecember 9, 1869 Graz, United StatesJune 28, 1945 Passau, Germany1930Erich RomingerMay 3, 1886 Freiburg im Breisgau, German EmpireJanuary 28, 1967 Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany1930Ludvig Emil WalbumAugust 24, 1879 Nakskov, DenmarkSeptember 2, 1943 Gentofte, Denmark1930Nominated with E.Steinach by H.H.Meyer the only timePaul Alfred WeissMarch 21, 1898 Vienna, Austria-HungarySeptember 8, 1989 White Plains, New York, United StatesAlice R BernheimSeptember 28, 1878 Cincinnati, United StatesJuly 14, 1968 Cincinnati, United States1930Nominated by William Cogswell Clarke (2.7.1872 Tenafly - 1943) the only timeRobert SazeracSeptember 14, 1875 Limoges, France19431930Nominated with C.Levaditi by P.P.Ém.Roux the only timeEugen BleulerApril 30, 1857 Zollikon, SwitzerlandJuly 15, 1939 Zollikon, Switzerland1930Nominated by R.Gaupp the only timeCornelis WinklerFebruary 25, 1855 Vianen, NetherlandsMay 8, 1941 Hoog Soeren, Netherlands1930Nominated by C.von Monakow the only timeAlfred KohnFebruary 22, 1867 Libin (part of Lubenz), Austria-HungaryJanuary 15, 1959 Prague, Czechia1930, 1932Pietro Tullio1881 San Vito al Tagliamento, Kingdom of Italy1941 Genoa, Kingdom of Italy1930, 1932Jules GoninAugust 10, 1870 Lausanne, SwitzerlandJune 10, 1935 Lausanne, Switzerland1930, 1934, 1935, 1936William Hallock ParkDecember 30, 1863 New York City, United StatesApril 6, 1939 New York City, United States1930, 1936Giuseppe SanarelliSeptember 24, 1865 Monte San Savino, Kingdom of ItalyApril 6, 1940 Rome, Kingdom of Italy1930, 1935, 1936, 1937Rudolf WeiglSeptember 2, 1883 Prerau, Austria-HungaryAugust 11, 1957 Zakopane, Poland1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939Frank Charles MannSeptember 11, 1887 Adams County, Indiana, United StatesSeptember 30, 19621930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1939, 1941René LericheOctober 12, 1879 Roanne, FranceDecember 20, 1955 Cassis, France1930, 1931, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956Gaston RamonSeptember 30, 1886 Bellechaume, FranceJune 8, 1963 Paris, France1930, 1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 19561931Edward Adelbert DoisyNovember 13, 1893 Hume, Illinois, United StatesOctober 23, 1986 St. Louis, United States1931, 1936, 1941, 1944Shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with C.P.H.Dam one year laterBernardo HoussayApril 10, 1887 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaSeptember 21, 1971 Buenos Aires, Argentina1931, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948Shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with C.F.Cori and G.Th.CoriVictor HeiserFebruary 5, 1873 Johnstown, Pennsylvania, United StatesFebruary 27, 1972 Brooklyn, New York City, United States1931Nominated the only time by Arthur D. Hirschfelder with Ch.Harington and jointly with L.RogersHenry Herbert DonaldsonMay 12, 1857 Yonkers, New York, United StatesJanuary 23, 1938 Philadelphia, United States1931Nominated by Samuel Weiller Fernberger (Philadelphia: 4.6.1887-2.5.1956) the only timeJames EwingDecember 25, 1866 Pittsburgh, United StatesMay 16, 1943 New York City, United States1931Nominated by G.E.Pfahler the only timeBerkeley MoynihanOctober 2, 1865 Malta, British EmpireSeptember 7, 19361931Nominated with Th.Lewis by George Ernest Gask (1875–1951) the only timeHenry Drysdale DakinMarch 12, 1880 London, EnglandFebruary 10, 1952 Scarsdale, New York, United States1931Nominated jointly with G.Minot by J.Fr.McClendon the only timeJean-François HeymansDecember 25, 1859 Gooik, BelgiumApril 10, 1932 Middelkerke, Belgium1931Jean Eugène BataillonOctober 22, 1864 Annoire, FranceNovember 1, 1953 Montpellier, France1931Nominated by Jean Turchini (4.7.1894 - 4.1.1979) the only timeHugo Paul Friedrich SchulzAugust 6, 1853 Wesel, Kingdom of Prussia, German ConfederationJuly 13, 1932 Berlin, Weimar Germany1931Nominated with F.Sauerbruch by A.Bier the only timeMoses Swick (Goldstein)February 16, 1900 New York City, United StatesAugust 7, 1985 New York City, United States1931Nominated with Edw.Ad.Doisy by Henry Erdmann Radasch (7.5.1874 Keokuk, Iowa - 29.11.1942 Philadelphia) the only timeWolfgang OstwaldMay 27, 1883 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian EmpireNovember 22, 1943 Dresden, Nazi Germany1931Nominated with L.Michaelis and Otto H.Warburg by K.Spiro the only timeGiuseppe LeviOctober 14, 1872 Triest, Austrian Littoral, Austria-HungaryFebruary 3, 1965 Turin, Italy1931Nominated by Ang.C.Bruni the only timeFernand ArloingFebruary 28, 1876 Toulouse, FranceSeptember 9, 1944 Lyon, France1931Nominated by Charles Auguste "Maurice" Patel (Lyon: 13.12.1875-9.6.1967) the only timePhoebus LeveneFebruary 25, 1869 Sagor, Kovno Governorate, Russian EmpireSeptember 6, 1940 New York City, United States1931, 1932, 1934, 1938Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooKure KenOctober 27, 1883 Tokyo, JapanJune 27, 1940 Tokyo, Japan1931, 1933, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1939August Ludolf BrauerJuly 1, 1865 Rittergut Hohenhaus, Landkreis Thorn, Kingdom of PrussiaNovember 25, 1951 Munich, Germany1931, 1948, 1949, 1952Selmar AschheimOctober 4, 1878 Berlin, German EmpireFebruary 15, 1965 Paris, France1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1955Alfred Newton RichardsMarch 22, 1876 Stamford, New York, United StatesMarch 24, 1966 Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, United States1931, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1950, 1956Bernhard ZondekJuly 29, 1891 Wronke, German EmpireNovember 8, 1966 New York City, United States1931, 1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1952, 1953, 1955, 19561932Hermann Joseph MullerDecember 21, 1890 New York City, United StatesApril 5, 1967 Indianapolis, Indiana, United States1932, 1934, 1939, 1940, 1945, 1946, 1947Won the 1946 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineJames B. SumnerNovember 19, 1887 Canton, Massachusetts, United StatesAugust 12, 1955 Buffalo, New York, United States1932, 1939, 1940, 1943, 1944, 1946Shared the 1946 Nobel Prize in Chemistry (J.H.Northrop jointly with W.M.Stanley)John Howard NorthropJuly 5, 1891 Yonkers, New York, United StatesMay 27, 1987 Wickenburg, Arizona, United States1932, 1935, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946Heinrich William (Wilhelm) PollAugust 5, 1877 Berlin, German EmpireJune 12, 1939 Lund, Sweden1932Nominated jointly and with F.d'Hérelle by R.Müller the only timeHermann Werner SiemensAugust 20, 1891 Charlottenburg, Berlin, German EmpireDecember 21, 1969 Leiden, NetherlandsOtmar Freiherr von VerschuerJuly 16, 1896 Wildeck, German EmpireAugust 8, 1969 Münster, Germany1932Nominated by Aemilius Bernardus Droogleever Fortuyn (7.11.1886 Rotterdam - 13.8.1970 Utrecht) the only timeMarcel LabbéDecember 4, 1870 Le Havre, FranceMay 29, 1939 Paris, France1932Nominated by Ahm.Z.P.Birgi the only timeHenri Joseph GaudierApril 6, 1866 Mâcon, FranceJuly 1942 Lille, France1932Stanley Rossiter BenedictMarch 17, 1884 Cincinnati, United StatesDecember 21, 1936 Elmsford, New York, United States1932Nominated jointly with Otto Folin by Victor Caril Myers (13.4.1883 Buskirk Bridge, New York - 7.10.1948 New York City) the only timeWilliam Robert SmithMay 28, 1850 Plumstead, EnglandMarch 17, 1932 London, England1932Nominated by Th.Oliver the only time but died before the only chance to be rewardedKemal Cenap Berksoy1875 Istanbul, Ottoman EmpireNovember 28, 19491932Nominated by S.Akn.Hamdi the only timeHeinrich Ewald HeringMay 3, 1866 Vienna, Austrian EmpireDecember 12, 1948 Papenhusen, Germany1932, 1933, 1934, 1937Einar LundsgaardFebruary 12, 1899 Frederiksberg, DenmarkDecember 18, 1968 Copenhagen, Denmark1932, 1952Wilbur Willis SwingleJanuary 11, 1891 Warrensburg, Missouri, United States19751932Nominated with G.R.Minot and Osw.Th.Avery Jr. by Lewellys Franklin Barker (1867–1943) the only timeOswald Theodore Avery Jr.October 21, 1877 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaFebruary 20, 1955 Nashville, Tennessee, United States1932, 1933, 1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooErnst LöwensteinJanuary 24, 1878 Karlsbad, Austria-HungaryAugust 28, 1950 Berkeley, California, United States1932, 1955Nominated jointly with G.Ramon onlyDavid KeilinMarch 21, 1887 Moscow, Russian EmpireFebruary 27, 1963 Cambridge, England1932, 1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1941, 1945, 1946, 1950, 1953, 1955, 1956Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooElmer McCollumMarch 3, 1879 Redfield, Kansas, United StatesNovember 15, 1967 Baltimore, United States1932, 1934, 1936, 1943, 19561933Walter Rudolf HessMarch 17, 1881 Frauenfeld, SwitzerlandAugust 12, 1973 Locarno, Switzerland1933, 1935, 1939, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949Shared the 1949 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Ant.C.de Abr.Fr. Egas MonizMartin Benno SchmidtAugust 23, 1863 Leipzig, Kingdom of Saxony, German ConfederationNovember 27, 1949 Mittenwald, Germany1933Nominated by Georg Burckhard (15.5.1872 Jena – 2.3.1955 Lohr am Main) the only timeJean CantacuzèneNovember 25, 1863 Bucharest, RomaniaJanuary 14, 1934 Bucharest, Romania1933Vassili Ivanovich KedrowskiDecember 28, 1865 Ovchukhi, Vladimir Governorate, Russian EmpireDecember 4, 1937 Moscow, Russia1933Nominated by M.M. Neviadomski (1883–1969) the only timeAlbrecht Eduard Bernhard NochtNovember 4, 1857 Landeshut in Niederschlesien, Kingdom of Prussia, German ConfederationJune 5, 1945 Wiesbaden, Germany1933Nominated by K.Ad.Poppe the only timeThemistocles GluckNovember 30, 1853 Iaşi, MoldaviaApril 25, 1942 Berlin, Nazi Germany1933Wilhelm His Jr.December 29, 1863 Basel, SwitzerlandNovember 10, 1934 Brombach near Lörrach, Nazi Germany1933Nominated by Fr.Külbs the only timeKarl WittmaackJanuary 17, 1876 Berlin, German EmpireJanuary 28, 1972 Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany1933, 1934Nominated by Otto Fr.Steurer onlyFrits Warmolt WentMay 18, 1903 Utrecht, NetherlandsMay 1, 1990 Little Valley, United States1933Nominated jointly with Fr.Kögl by Otto H.Warburg the only timeFritz KöglSeptember 19, 1897 Munich, German EmpireJune 6, 1959 Utrecht, Netherlands1933, 1940, 1941Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooFriedrich Hermann ReinFebruary 22, 1867 Mitwitz, Kingdom of BavariaJanuary 15, 1959 Göttingen, Germany1933, 1936, 1937, 1938, 1944, 1951, 19521934Albert Imre Szent-Györgyi de NagyrápoltSeptember 16, 1893 Budapest, Austria-HungaryOctober 22, 1986 Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States1934, 1935, 1936, 1937, 1951Won the 1937 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineCorneille HeymansMarch 28, 1892 Ghent, BelgiumJuly 18, 1968 Knokke, Belgium1934, 1936, 1938, 1939, 1940Won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine a year laterSamuel Alexander Kinnier WilsonDecember 6, 1878 Cedarville, New Jersey, United StatesMay 12, 1937