1976

Nobel Prize Winners

1977

1975 1977

9 laureates honored across 6 categories in the 76th Nobel Prize ceremony.

Total Laureates

Physics

2 LaureatesAll Physics

Burton Richter

United States

“for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”

Samuel C.C. Ting

United States

“for their pioneering work in the discovery of a heavy elementary particle of a new kind”

Chemistry

1 LaureateAll Chemistry

William Lipscomb

United States

“for his studies on the structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding”

Physiology or Medicine

2 LaureatesAll Physiology or Medicine

Baruch S. Blumberg

United States

“for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases”

D. Carleton Gajdusek

United States

“for their discoveries concerning new mechanisms for the origin and dissemination of infectious diseases”

Literature

1 LaureateAll Literature

Saul Bellow

United States

“for the human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture that are combined in his work”

Peace

2 LaureatesAll Peace

Betty Williams

United Kingdom

“for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland”

Mairead Corrigan

United Kingdom

“for the courageous efforts in founding a movement to put an end to the violent conflict in Northern Ireland”

Economic Sciences

1 LaureateAll Economic Sciences

Milton Friedman

United States

“for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy”

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