Physics
3 Laureates
Chemistry
3 Laureates
Dudley R. Herschbach
United States
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
Yuan T. Lee
Taiwan
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
John C. Polanyi
Germany
“for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”
Physiology or Medicine
2 Laureates
Literature
1 Laureate
Wole Soyinka
Nigeria
“who in a wide cultural perspective and with poetic overtones fashions the drama of existence”
Peace
1 Laureate
Elie Wiesel
Romania
“for being a messenger to mankind: his message is one of peace, atonement and dignity”
Economic Sciences
1 Laureate
James M. Buchanan Jr.
United States
“for his development of the contractual and constitutional bases for the theory of economic and political decision-making”