Nobel Prize Winners

There are almost certainly more, but a minimum of 22 Freemasons have won a Nobel Prize. The list of these distinguished Brothers includes:

Ivo Andric (1892–1975), Serbian novelist and short story writer. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1961.

Sir Edward Victor Appleton (1892–1965), English physicist who studied the ionosphere and contributed to the development of radar. Nobel Prize for Physics, 1947.

Leon Bourgeois (1851–1925), French statesman, Prime Minister, President of the Council of the League of Nations. Nobel Peace Prize, 1920.

Giosue Carducci (1835-1907), considered the national poet of modern Italy. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1906.

Sir Winston Churchill (1874–1965), British Prime Minister and author. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1953.

Elie Ducommun (1833-1906), Swiss founder of the International Bureau of Peace. Nobel Peace Prize, 1902.

Jean Henri Dunant (1828-1910), Swiss philanthropist and founder of the Red Cross. Nobel Peace Prize, 1901.

Sir Alexander Fleming (1881-1955), British discoverer of penicillin. Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1945.

Alfred H. Fried (1864-1921), Austrian pacifist. Nobel Peace Prize, 1941.

Sir Frederick Gowland Hopkins (1861–1947), English biochemist who discovered essential amino acids and researched vitamins. Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1929.

Frank B. Kellogg (1856-1937), US Secretary of State, Senator, Ambassador to England. Nobel Peace Prize, 1929.

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), English writer. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1907.

Henri Lafontaine (1854-1943), Belgian Senator. Nobel Peace Prize, 1913.

George Marshall (1880-1959), General of the Army, Secretary of State, author of the post WWII "Marshall Plan." Nobel Peace Prize, 1953.

Albert A. Michelson (1852-1931), American scientist who first measured the speed of light. Nobel Prize for Physics, 1907.

Carl von Ossietzky (1889-1938), German writer, pacifist and Nazi opponent. Nobel Peace Prize, 1935.

Wilhelm Ostwald (1853-1932), Latvian chemist who studied catalysis, chemical equilibria and reaction velocities. Nobel Prize for Chemistry, 1909.

Salvatore Quasimodo (1901–1968), Italian author and poet. Nobel Prize for Literature, 1959.

Santiago Ramón y Cajal (1852-1934), Spanish physician recognized for his work on the structure of the nervous system. Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1906.

Charles Robert Richet (1850-1935) French physiologist who discovered the phenomenon of anaphylaxis. Nobel Prize for Medicine, 1913.

Theodore Roosevelt (1858-1919) Twenty-Sixth President of the United States. Nobel Peace Prize, 1906.

Gustav Stresemann (1878-1929) Chancellor of Germany. Nobel Peace Prize, 1926.

In addition, John Steinbeck (1902-1968), who was a DeMolay, but not a Freemason, received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1962.