List of nominees for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine (1950–1959)

The following is a list of people first nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine between 1950 and 1959 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 (1940–1949)

1950–1959

PictureNameBornDiedYears nominatedNotes1950George Elmer Shambaugh Jr.June 29, 1903 Chicago, United StatesFebruary 7, 1999 Sandwich, Illinois, United States1950, 1951, 1953Nominated with J.Lempert and jointly with M.Sourdille and with or by N.G.Fr.Holmgren onlyPhilip Showalter HenchFebruary 28, 1896 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United StatesMarch 30, 1965 Ocho Rios, Jamaica1950, 1951Shared the 1950 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Edw.C.Kendall

T.Reichstein nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooTadeusz ReichsteinJuly 20, 1897 Włocławek, Warsaw Governorate, Russian EmpireAugust 1, 1996 Basel, Switzerland1950Georg von BékésyJune 3, 1899 Budapest, Austria-HungaryJune 13, 1972 Honolulu, Hawaii, United States1950, 1954, 1955, 1956Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine and nominated for the Nobel Prize in Physics tooCharles Brenton HugginsSeptember 22, 1901 Halifax, Nova Scotia, CanadaJanuary 12, 1997 Chicago, United States1950, 1951, 1955, 1956Shared the 1966 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Fr.P.RousArcher John Porter MartinMarch 1, 1910 London, EnglandJuly 28, 2002 Llangarron, England1950, 1952Shared the 1952 Nobel Prize in ChemistryRichard Laurence Millington SyngeOctober 28, 1914 Liverpool, EnglandAugust 18, 1994 Norwich, England1950Lyman Creighton CraigJune 12, 1906 Palmyra Township, near Carlisle, Iowa, United StatesJuly 7, 1974 Glen Rock, New Jersey, United States1950Nominated jointly with A.J.P.Martin and R.L.M.Synge and for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooDavid P.C. LloydSeptember 23, 1911 Auburn, Alabama, United StatesApril 20, 1985 Carmel, United States1950Nominated with R.Lorente de Nó by G.von Bonin the only timeGeorg Rudolf LieskeSeptember 6, 1886 Dresden, German EmpireJuly 16, 1950 Hamburg, Germany1950Died before the only chance to be rewardedGustav EhrhartDecember 21, 1894 Ludwigshafen, German EmpireDecember 11, 1971 Mainz, Germany1950Nominated with G.R.Lieske and G.Ramon by H.Ot.Fr.Schlossberger the only timeWilbur Augustus SawyerAugust 7, 1879 Appleton, Wisconsin, United StatesNovember 12, 1951 Berkeley, California, United States1950Nominated with M.Theiler by Antonio S. Navarro the only timeGeorge Soulié de MorantDecember 2, 1878 Paris, FranceMay 10, 1955 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France1950Nominated by E.Mériel the only timeLudwik HirszfeldAugust 5, 1884 Warsaw, Russian EmpireMarch 7, 1954 Wrocław, Poland1950Nominated by Ernst Witebsky the only timeVladimir FilatovFebruary 27, 1875 Mikhailovka village, Penza Governorate, Russian EmpireOctober 30, 1956 Odesa, Ukraine1950Nominated by Gh.Năstase the only timeHenricus Jacobus Marie (Hak) WeveApril 19, 1888 Nijmegen, NetherlandsJanuary 3, 1962 Utrecht, Netherlands1950Nominated by J. P. Maurice Appelmans (1902 Gooik - 1993 Leuven) the only timeKarl Friedrich MeyerMay 19, 1884 Basel, SwitzerlandApril 27, 1974 San Francisco, United States1950Babkin, Boris PetrovitchJanuary 17, 1877 Kursk, Russian EmpireMay 3, 1950 train from Atlantic City to Montreal, Canada1950Nominated by J.Kaulbersz the only timeJohn Tileston EdsallNovember 3, 1902 Philadelphia, United StatesJune 12, 2002 Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States1950Nominated jointly with E.J.Cohn by K.A.A.O.Felix the only timeJuan César Mussio-FournierFebruary 7, 1890 Montevideo, UruguayJanuary 1, 19611950Nominated by V.P.Fontana the only timeErnst Peter PickMay 18, 1872 Jermer, Austria-HungaryJanuary 15, 1960 New York, United States1950Nominated by L.Arzt the only timeBarend Coenraad Petrus JansenApril 1, 1884 Zwolle, NetherlandsOctober 18, 1962 Amsterdam, Netherlands1950Nominated with Edw.L.Rickes and E.L.Smith by Bruno Mendel (3.11.1897 Essen - 23.8.1959 Bussum) the only timeAlfred Georges BourguignonAugust 6, 1876 Paris, FranceJanuary 19, 1963 Paris, France1950, 1951Nominated jointly with L.Éd.Lapicque onlyRobert RössleAugust 19, 1876 Augsburg, German EmpireNovember 21, 1956 Berlin, Germany1950, 1951Frank Norman WilsonNovember 19, 1890 Livonia, Michigan, United StatesSeptember 11, 1952 Stockbridge, Michigan, United States1950, 1952Oskar WintersteinerNovember 19, 1890 Bruck an der Mur, Austria-HungarySeptember 11, 1952 Graz, Austria1950, 1952Timofeev-Ressovsky, Nikolay VladimirovichSeptember 20, 1900 Moscow, Russian EmpireMarch 28, 1981 Obninsk, Russia1950Nominated with M.Hartmann by B.Rajewsky the only timeMax HartmannJune 7, 1876 Lauterecken, German EmpireOctober 11, 1962 Buchenbühl, Germany1950, 1951, 1952, 1953Charles Herbert BestFebruary 27, 1899 West Pembroke, Maine, United StatesMarch 31, 1978 Toronto, Canada1950, 1951, 1952, 1953Edward Lawrence RickesAugust 31, 1912 New York, United StatesNovember 1982 Rahway, New Jersey, United States1950, 1951, 1953Nominated jointly mainlyErnest Lester SmithAugust 7, 1904 Teddington, EnglandNovember 6, 1992 Bradfield St George, England1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954Jancsó MiklósApril 27, 1903 Kolozsvár, Austria-HungaryApril 16, 1966 Szeged, Hungary1950, 1956Carl Gustav JungJuly 26, 1875 Kesswil, SwitzerlandJune 6, 1961 Küsnacht, Switzerland1950, 1956Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature too1951Daniel BovetMarch 23, 1907 Fleurier, SwitzerlandApril 8, 1992 Rome, Italy1951, 1953, 1956Won the 1957 Nobel Prize in Physiology or MedicineStanford MooreSeptember 4, 1913 Chicago, United StatesAugust 23, 1982 New York, United States1951Shared the 1972 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Chr.B.Anfinsen Jr.William Howard SteinJune 25, 1911 New York, United StatesFebruary 2, 1980 New York City, United StatesIsrael DavidsohnApril 20, 1895 Tarnopol, Austria-HungaryDecember 3, 19791951Nominated by Ellis Benjamin Freilich (1891-1971) the only timeAlfred Auguste Roger VendrelyAugust 15, 1910 Champagney, Haute-Saône, FranceAugust 17, 1988 Paris, France1951Nominated jointly by Bożydar Szabuniewicz (1901-1986) the only timeMiriam Friedman MenkinAugust 8, 1901 Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian EmpireJune 8, 1992 Boston, United States1951John Charles RockMarch 24, 1890 Marlborough, Massachusetts, United StatesDecember 4, 1984 Peterborough, New Hampshire, United StatesMarius Nygaard Smith-PetersenNovember 14, 1886 Grimstad, NorwayJune 16, 1953 Boston, United States1951Nominated by Sigmund Weil (20.4.1881 Stuttgart – 20.8.1961 Heidelberg) the only timeKarl Gustav Vilhelm NylinDecember 18, 1892 London, EnglandAugust 6, 1961 Stockholm, Sweden1951Nominated jointly with Cl.Crafoord by Niels Dungal the only timeRemmert KortewegNovember 15, 1884 Wormerveer, Netherlands19611951Nominated with J.J.Bittner by N.O.J.Goormaghtigh the only timeWalter Henry SeegersJanuary 4, 1910 Fayette County, Iowa, United StatesApril 19, 19961951Nominated by J.M.Dorsey the only timeRoland Metzler KlemmeMay 17, 1896 Belleville, Illinois, United StatesNovember 21, 1957 Salinas, California, United States1951Nominated by Eugene Towner Senseney (St. Louis: 29.8.1880 - 10.2.1954) the only timeArthur FelixApril 3, 1887 Andrichau, Austria-HungaryJanuary 17, 1956 England1951Nominated by Adrianus Pijper (11.3.1886 Kimswerd - 12.1.1964 Pretoria) the only timeFolke HenschenNovember 7, 1881 Uppsala, SwedenDecember 22, 1977 Stockholm, Sweden1951Nominated by Sherwood Moore the only timeFritz VerzárSeptember 16, 1886 Budapest, Austria-HungaryMarch 13, 1979 Arlesheim, Switzerland1951Nominated by Miklos Melczer (Budapest: 3.12.1891-7.3.1985) the only timeGustav (Gösta) Per Engelbert HäggqvistOctober 18, 1891 Parish of Rödön, SwedenMarch 28, 1972 Danderyd Parish, Sweden1951Jacob JongbloedMarch 11, 1895 Joure, NetherlandsJuly 21, 1974 Utrecht, Netherlands1951Robert Berthold JankerMarch 12, 1894 Munich, German EmpireOctober 22, 1964 Bonn, Germany1951Bernard Naftali HalpernNovember 9, 1872 Tarnoruda, Austria-HungaryAugust 12, 1952 Paris, France1951Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooRichard Ernst Wilhelm OttoNovember 2, 1904 Zimmerhausen, German EmpireSeptember 23, 1978 Frankfurt am Main, Germany1951Nominated by G.R.Blumenthal the only timePeter Boysen JensenJanuary 18, 1883 Hjerting, DenmarkNovember 21, 1959 Diakonissestiftelsen, Denmark1951Nominated by Carl Larsen Krebs (2.5.1892-12.6.1979) the only timeCecil Reginald ("Bill") BurchMay 12, 1901 Leeds or Oxford, EnglandJuly 19, 19831951Nominated by Hendrik Berkelbach van der Sprenkel (21.4.1890 Breda - 6.8.1969 Bilthoven) the only timeHenry Edward ShorttApril 15, 1887 Dhariwal, India, British EmpireNovember 9, 1987 United Kingdom1951Nominated by Alexander Kennedy (16.1.1909 London - 11.6.1960) the only timeMadge Thurlow MacklinFebruary 6, 1893 Philadelphia, United StatesMarch 4, 19621951Nominated by her husband Charles Clifford Macklin (23.10.1883-23.11.1959) the only timePaul BuchnerApril 12, 1886 Nürnberg, German EmpireOctober 19, 1978 Ischia, Campania, Italy1951, 1952Nominated jointly onlyUmberto PierantoniSeptember 25, 1876 Caserta, Kingdom of ItalyJuly 31, 1952 Naples, ItalyKarel ŠulcSeptember 3, 1872 Dvůr Králové nad Labem, Austria-HungaryOctober 19, 1978 Brno, CzechiaJoachim Wilhelm Robert FeulgenSeptember 2, 1884 Werden, Essen, German EmpireOctober 24, 1955 Giessen, Germany1951, 1952James Arthur ReyniersApril 16, 1908 Mishawaka, Indiana, United StatesNovember 3, 1967 Tampa, Florida, United States1951, 1954Jörgen Erik LehmannJanuary 15, 1898 Copenhagen, DenmarkDecember 26, 19891951, 1952, 1955Frédéric BremerJune 28, 1892 Arlon, BelgiumApril 7, 1982 Brussels, Belgium1951, 1952, 1953, 1956Richard WagnerOctober 23, 1893 Augsburg, German EmpireDecember 19, 1970 Munich, Germany1951, 1952, 1956Axel Edvard WestmanDecember 29, 1894 Stockholm, SwedenMay 29, 1960 Stockholm, Sweden1951, 1956Karl Paul Gerhard LinkJanuary 31, 1901 LaPorte, Indiana, United StatesNovember 21, 1978 Madison, Wisconsin, United States1951, 1952Nominated for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry too1952Johan Erik JorpesJuly 15, 1894 Kökar, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian EmpireJuly 10, 1973 Stockholm, Sweden1952Nominated with K.P.G.Link onlyJohn Franklin EndersFebruary 10, 1897 West Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesSeptember 8, 1985 Waterford, Connecticut, United States1952, 1953, 1954Shared the 1954 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with Th.H.Weller and Fr.Ch.RobbinsUlf Svante von EulerFebruary 7, 1905 Stockholm, SwedenMarch 9, 1983 Stockholm, Sweden1952, 1954, 1955, 1956Shared the 1970 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine with B.Katz and J.AxelrodMelvin Ellis CalvinApril 8, 1911 St. Paul, Minnesota, United StatesJanuary 8, 1997 Berkeley, California, United States1952Won the 1961 Nobel Prize in ChemistryAndrew Alm BensonSeptember 24, 1917 Modesto, California, United StatesJanuary 16, 2015 La Jolla, United States1952Nominated with M.Ell.Calvin only including for the Nobel Prize in Chemistry tooJames Lawder GambleJuly 18, 1883 Millersburg, Kentucky, United StatesMay 28, 19591952Nominated by Öd.Kerpel-Fronius the only timeRobert BrinkmanJune 27, 1894 Coevorden, NetherlandsJanuary 26, 1994 Velp, Gelderland, Netherlands1952Nominated by Leendert Daniel Eerland (25.2.1897 Rotterdam - 29.6.1977 Groningen) the only timeAlbert HustinJuly 15, 1882 Virton, BelgiumSeptember 12, 1967 Brussels, Belgium1952Nominated by Maurice De Laet (1891-1964) the only timeCharles OberlingJuly 31, 1895 Metz, FranceMarch 11, 1960 Neuilly-sur-Seine, France1952Nominated by M.Josserand the only timeViktor Freiherr von WeizsäckerApril 21, 1886 Stuttgart, German EmpireJanuary 9, 1957 Heidelberg, Germany1952Nominated by Ramón A. Brandán (1890-1969) the only timeOwen Harding WangensteenSeptember 21, 1898