The following is a list of people first nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine between 1940 and 1949 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 (1930–1939) List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950–1959)
1940–1949
PictureNameBornDiedYears nominatedNotes1940Arne Wilhelm Kaurin TiseliusAugust 10, 1902 Stockholm, SwedenOctober 29, 1971 Uppsala, Sweden1940, 1946, 1948, 1949Won the 1948 Nobel Prize in ChemistryNoël Armand FiessingerDecember 24, 1881 Thaon-les-Vosges, FranceJanuary 15, 1946 Paris, France1940Nominated by Edmond Benhamou (30.3.1882 Algiers - 14.11.1973 Paris) the only timeGeorge Van Siclen SmithSeptember 17, 1900 New York, United States19841940Nominated jointly by Frank Arthur Pemberton the only timeOlive Watkins SmithApril 29, 1901 Worcester, Massachusetts, United States1983Willis Cohoon Campbell1880 Jackson, Mississippi, United States1941 Memphis, Tennessee, United States1940Nominated by William Thomas Pride (b. 28.10.1881 Huntsville - ?) the only timePaul GyorgyApril 7, 1893 Nagyvárad, Austria-HungaryMarch 1, 1976 Morristown, New Jersey, United States1940Nominated by G.Popovici the only timeRobley Cook WilliamsOctober 13, 1908 Santa Rosa, California, United StatesJanuary 3, 1995 Oneonta, New York, United States1940Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooHans ZinsserNovember 17, 1878 New York, United StatesSeptember 4, 1940 New York, United States1940, 1941Died before the only chance to be rewardedJosef KlarerJanuary 10, 1898 Munich, German EmpireJune 21, 1953 Wuppertal-Elberfeld, Germany1940Nominated by professor Agostino Crosti (1896-1988) from the University of Perugia the only timeMaurizio AscoliJuly 14, 1876 Trieste, Austria-HungaryAugust 4, 1958 Palermo, Italy1940Nominated by V.Ang.Borrino the only timeHans BergerMay 21, 1873 Neuses, Saxe-Coburg and Gotha, German EmpireJune 1, 1941 Jena, Nazi Germany1940, 1942, 1947, 1950Jan BoekeOctober 23, 1874 Hengelo, NetherlandsSeptember 12, 1956 Bandung, Indonesia1940, 1945, 19511941Carl Peter Henrik DamFebruary 21, 1895 Copenhagen, DenmarkApril 17, 1976 Copenhagen, Denmark1941, 1942, 1943, 1944Shared the 1943 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edw.Ad.Doisy a year laterHerman James AlmquistMarch 3, 1903 Helena, Montana, United StatesJanuary 15, 19941941Nominated jointly with Edw.Ad.Doisy and L.Fr.Fieser by J.P.Strömbeck the only timeLouis Frederick FieserApril 7, 1899 Columbus, Ohio, United StatesJuly 25, 1977 Belmont, Massachusetts, United States1941Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooRené Albert GutmannDecember 25, 1885 Paris, FranceDecember 22, 19811941Nominated by Luis Carlos Cadavid the only timeTheophilus Shickel PainterAugust 22, 1889October 5, 19691941Nominated by H.J.Chr. de Winiwarter the only timeJesse Louis BollmanFebruary 19, 1896 Springfield, Illinois, United StatesFebruary 9, 1979 Olmsted County, Minnesota, United States1941Nominated jointly with Fr.Ch.Mann by Albert Compton Broders (8.8.1885 Fairfax – 26.3.1964 Temple) the only timeThomas Byrd MagathJanuary 28, 1895 Oxford, Georgia, United StatesJanuary 30, 1981 Rochester, Minnesota, United StatesAlberto Leonardo Barton ThompsonAugust 12, 1870 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaOctober 25, 1950 Lima, Peru1941Nominated by C.Enr.Paz Soldán the only timeHilding BerglundJune 2, 1887 Karlskrona, SwedenMay 12, 1962 Engelbrekt Parish, Sweden1941Nominated jointly with E.Hammarsten by B.P.Babkin the only timeGunnar ÅgrenFebruary 1, 1907 Nacka, SwedenNovember 15, 1982 Uppsala, SwedenIrvine Heinly PageJanuary 7, 1901 Indianapolis, United StatesJune 10, 1991 Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, United States1941, 1942, 1945Nominated with H.Goldblatt onlyNiels Christian KlendshojFebruary 1, 1902 Denmark?1941Nominated jointly with E.Witebsky by Frederick James Parmenter (24.11.1880 Buffalo - 1962) the only timeErnst WitebskySeptember 3, 1901 Frankfurt am Main, German EmpireDecember 7, 19691941, 1950Arthur StollJanuary 8, 1887 Schinznach-Dorf, SwitzerlandJanuary 13, 1971 Dornach, Switzerland1941, 1952, 1953Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooEinar HammarstenJanuary 4, 1889 Norrköping, SwedenFebruary 16, 1968 Solna, Sweden1941, 19551942Ernst August Friedrich RuskaDecember 25, 1906 Heidelberg, German EmpireMay 27, 1988 West Berlin, Germany1942Shared the 1986 Nobel Prize in Physics with G.Binnig and H.RohrerBodo von BorriesMay 22, 1905 Herford, German EmpireJuly 17, 1956 Aachen, GermanyNominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics tooFrederic Andrews GibbsFebruary 9, 1903 Baltimore, United StatesOctober 18, 1992 Deerfield, Illinois, United States1942Nominated jointly by L.Benedek the only timeWilliam Gordon LennoxJuly 18, 1884 Colorado Springs, United StatesJuly 21, 1960 Middlesex County, Massachusetts, United StatesGeorges de MorsierFebruary 25, 1894 Paris, FranceJanuary 9, 1982 Geneva, Switzerland1942Nominated by Charles Ladame (19.06.1871, Le Locle - 28.10.1949) the only timeRaoul de SeigneuxOctober 27, 1865 Morges, SwitzerlandMarch 25, 1947Rudolph SchoenheimerMay 10, 1898 Berlin, German EmpireSeptember 11, 1941 Yonkers, New York, United States1942Nominated posthumously and for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooJohn Augustine English EysterJuly 31, 1881 Augusta County, Virginia, United StatesMarch 5, 1960 Fort Myers, Florida, United States1942Nominated with J.Erlanger and H.Sp.Gasser onlyEliot Round ClarkNovember 13, 1881 Shelburne, Massachusetts, United States19631942Nominated by Cl.L.P.Masson the only timeRichard Benedict GoldschmidtApril 12, 1878 Frankfurt am Main, German EmpireApril 24, 1958 Berkeley, California, United States1942Nominated by R.Cr.Punnett the only timeColin Leslie HewettAugust 19, 1909 London, EnglandDecember 22, 1976 Glasgow, Scotland1942Nominated jointly with W.V.Mayneord by S.Bayne-Jones the only timeWilliam Joseph ElfordJanuary 4, 1900 Malmesbury, EnglandFebruary 14, 19521942Nominated jointly with Ern.W.Goodpasture by Níels P. Dungal (14.6.1897 Ísafjörður - 29.10.1965 Reykjavík) the only time1943Vincent du VigneaudMay 18, 1901 Chicago, United StatesDecember 11, 1978 White Plains, New York, United States1943, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1956Won the 1955 Nobel Prize in ChemistryStephen Walter RansonAugust 28, 1880 Dodge Center, Minnesota, United StatesAugust 30, 19421943Nominated posthumously the only time with J.Barcroft and H.Goldblatt by W.Br.CannonLionel Ernest Howard WhitbyMay 8, 1895 Yeovil, EnglandNovember 24, 1956 London, England1943Nominated by Robert Hughes Parry (3.1.1895 - 1.5.1986) the only timeSamuel Ottmar MastOctober 5, 1871 Washtenaw County, Michigan, United StatesFebruary 3, 19471943Nominated by Eduard Carl Adolf Uhlenhuth (19.7.1885 Wolkersdorf, Austria - 5.5.1961) the only timeHarvey Ellsworth Billig Jr.June 16, 1907 Grand Junction, Colorado, United States?1943Nominated jointly by Harlan Shoemaker the only timeAnthonie H. van HarreveldFebruary 16, 1904 Haarlem, NetherlandsAugust 14, 1987Cornelis Adrianus Gerrit WiersmaOctober 10, 1905 Naaldwijk, NetherlandsMay 18 (or 19), 1979 Pasadena, United StatesGiuseppe PaganoSeptember 21, 1872 Palermo, Kingdom of ItalyAugust 9, 1959 Palermo, Italy1943, 1944Ladislas Joseph MedunaMarch 27, 1896 Budapest, Austria-HungaryOctober 31, 1964 Chicago, United States1943, 1950, 1952, 1953Nominated with M.J.Sakel onlyUgo CerlettiSeptember 26, 1877 Conegliano, Kingdom of ItalyJuly 25, 1963 Rome, Italy1943, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955Alexander FlemingAugust 6, 1881 Lochfield farm near Darvel, ScotlandMarch 11, 1955 London, England1943, 1944, 1945, 1946, 1952Shared the 1945 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineBaron Howard Walter FloreySeptember 24, 1898 Adelaide, AustraliaFebruary 21, 1968 London, England1943, 1944, 1945, 19461944E.B.ChainJune 19, 1906 Berlin, German EmpireAugust 12, 1979 Castlebar, Ireland1944, 1945Arthur Lawrie TatumMay 17, 1884 Wall Lake, Iowa, United StatesNovember 11, 1955 Madison, Wisconsin, United States1944Nominated by George Byron Roth (22.5.1879 Mount Eaton – ?) the only timeHermann MooserMay 3, 1891 Maienfeld, SwitzerlandJune 20, 1971 Zürich, Switzerland1944Nominated by H.Schinz the only timeTorald Herman SollmanFebruary 10, 1874 Kolberg, German EmpireFebruary 11, 19651944Nominated jointly by professor of pharmacology Clinton H. Thienes (9.8.1896 Evansville - 18.5.1976) from Los Angeles the only timePaul John HanzlikJuly 24, 1885 near Shueyville, Iowa, United StatesFebruary 1, 1951 San Mateo, California, United StatesIchiji TasakiOctober 10, 1910 JapanJanuary 4, 20091944Nominated jointly with G.Kato by A.L.von Muralt the only timeAlfred VogtOctober 31, 1879 Menziken, SwitzerlandDecember 10, 1943 Zürich, SwitzerlandNominated posthumously jointly with W.R.Hess by A.L.von Muralt the only timeMariano Rafael CastexJune 10, 1886 Buenos Aires, ArgentinaJune 30, 1968 Buenos Aires, Argentina1944Nominated without motivation by J.Belbey the only timeEdwin Bennett AstwoodDecember 19, 1909 Hamilton, BermudaFebruary 17, 1976 Hamilton, Bermuda1944, 1947, 1948René Jules DubosFebruary 20, 1901 Saint-Brice-sous-Forêt, FranceFebruary 20, 1982 New York, United States1944, 1945, 1946, 19491945Kouchakoff, Paul Grigor'evich1881 Uman, Russian EmpireAugust 4, 1946 Lausanne, Switzerland1945Nominated by Charles Perret (1880 or 1881 – 1960) the only timeWilton Robinson EarleJune 22, 1902 Greenville, South Carolina, United StatesMay 30, 1964 Burtonsville, Maryland, United States1945Nominated with Alexander Fleming and Ern.W.Goodpasture by professor of ophthalmology William Thornwall Davis (14.1.1877 Little Rock - 16.6.1944 Washington) from Washington, D.C. the only timeTorbjörn Oskar CasperssonOctober 15, 1910 Motala, SwedenDecember 7, 1997 Salem, Sweden1944, 1945, 1951, 1953, 1956Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooHomer William SmithJanuary 2, 1895 Denver, United StatesMarch 25, 1962 New York, United States1945, 1946, 1948, 1950, 1955, 19561946Carl Ferdinand CoriDecember 5, 1896 Prague, Austria-HungaryOctober 20, 1984 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1946, 1947Shared the 1947 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with B.Alb.HoussayGerty Theresa CoriAugust 15, 1896 Prague, Austria-HungaryOctober 26, 1957 Glendale, Missouri, United StatesSelman Abraham WaksmanJuly 22, 1888 Nova Pryluka, Kyiv Governorate, Russian EmpireAugust 16, 1973 Woods Hole, Massachusetts, United States1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952Won the 1952 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooHans Adolf KrebsAugust 25, 1900 Hildesheim, Kingdom of Prussia, German EmpireNovember 22, 1981 Oxford, England1946, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953Shared the 1953 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Fr.Alb.Lipmann and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooRagnar Arthur GranitOctober 30, 1900 Riihimäki, Finland, Russian EmpireMarch 12, 1991 Stockholm, Sweden1946, 1947, 1948, 1949, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1955, 1956Shared the 1967 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with H.K.Hartline and G.WaldPaul LäugerJanuary 16, 1896 Basel, SwitzerlandJune 4, 1959 Gentilino, Switzerland1946Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooOscar RiddleSeptember 27, 1877 Cincinnati, Indiana, United StatesNovember 29, 1968 Plant City, Florida, United States1946Nominated by Fr.Verzár the only timeEngelgardt, Vladimir AleksandrovichDecember 3, 1894 Moscow, Russian EmpireJuly 10, 1984 Moscow, Russia1946Nominated jointly by L.Abg.Orbeli the only timeLjubimova, Militsa NikolaevnaJanuary 7, 1899 Kazan (?), Russian EmpireDecember 22, 1975 Moscow, RussiaFrédéric Hippolyte Jean Bosc1867 Aubin, FranceOctober 1, 1945