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LE

Louis E. Brus(1943–2026)

United StatesChemistry
16
Prestige
3 Awards
Chemistry (2023)Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2022)Kavli Prize in Nanoscience (2008)
ORCIDh-index: 106
ER

Eric R. Kandel(1929)

AustriaMedicine
16
Prestige
3 Awards
Dan David Prize (2005)Physiology or Medicine (2000)Gairdner International Award (1987)
ORCID
HC

Harold C. Urey

United StatesChemistry
16
Prestige
3 Awards
Vetlesen Prize (1973)Priestley Medal (1973)Chemistry (1934)
h-index: 51
JS

Joseph Stiglitz(1943)

United StatesEconomics
15
Prestige
4 Awards
Kiel Excellence Award (2010)Leontief Prize (2007)Economics (2001)John Bates Clark Medal (1979)
ORCIDh-index: 172
MC

Martin Chalfie(1947)

United StatesChemistry
13
Prestige
2 Awards
Chemistry (2008)Lasker Basic Medical Research (2008)
ORCIDh-index: 65
RA

Richard Axel(1946)

United StatesMedicine
13
Prestige
2 Awards
Physiology or Medicine (2004)Gairdner International Award (2003)
ORCID
TH

Thomas Hunt Morgan(1866–1945)

United StatesMedicine
13
Prestige
2 Awards
Copley Medal (1939)Physiology or Medicine (1933)
RM

Robert Mundell(1932–2021)

CanadaEconomics
11
Prestige
2 Awards
Global Economy Prize (2005)Economics (1999)
h-index: 31
HL

Horst L. Störmer(1949)

GermanyPhysics
11
Prestige
2 Awards
Physics (1998)Oliver Buckley Prize (1986)
AA

Alfred Aho(1941)

CanadaComputer Science
10
Prestige
Turing Award (2020)
h-index: 48
Joachim Frank

Joachim Frank(1940)

GermanyChemistry
10
Prestige
Chemistry (2017)
ORCIDh-index: 108
Leymah Roberta Gbowee

Leymah Roberta Gbowee(1972)

LiberiaPeace
10
Prestige
Nobel Peace Prize (2011)
Edmund Phelps

Edmund Phelps(1933)

United StatesEconomics
10
Prestige
Economics (2006)
ORCID
Horst Ludwig Störmer

Horst Ludwig Störmer(1949)

GermanyPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1998)
William Vickrey

William Vickrey(1914–1996)

CanadaEconomics
10
Prestige
Economics (1996)
Melvin Schwartz

Melvin Schwartz

United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1988)

for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino

Samuel C. C. Ting

Samuel C. C. Ting(1936)

United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1976)
Leo James Rainwater

Leo James Rainwater

United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1975)
Tsung-Dao Lee

Tsung-Dao Lee

ChinaPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1957)

for their penetrating investigation of the so-called parity laws which has led to important discoveries regarding the elementary particles

André Frédéric Cournand

André Frédéric Cournand(1895–1988)

FranceMedicine
10
Prestige
Physiology or Medicine (1956)
Dickinson W. Richards

Dickinson W. Richards

United StatesMedicine
10
Prestige
Physiology or Medicine (1956)

for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system

Polykarp Kusch

Polykarp Kusch

United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1955)

for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron

Isidor Isaac Rabi

Isidor Isaac Rabi

United StatesPhysics
10
Prestige
Physics (1944)

for his resonance method for recording the magnetic properties of atomic nuclei

Wallace Broecker

Wallace Broecker

United StatesEarth Sciences
9
Prestige
5 Awards
BBVA Frontiers of Knowledge (Climate Change) (2008)Balzan Prize (2008)Volvo Environment Prize (2006)Tyler Prize (2002)Heineken Prize (1996)
ORCIDh-index: 121
SD

Samuel Danishefsky(1936)

United StatesChemistry
6
Prestige
2 Awards
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (2000)Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1995)
ORCID
DB

David Blei(1970)

United States
3
Prestige
ACM Prize in Computing (2017)
ORCIDh-index: 83
KJ

Kellie Jones(1959)

United StatesArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (2016)
Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
3
Prestige
Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy (2012)
ORCIDh-index: 59
Maria Chudnovsky
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (2012)
ORCID
TJ

Thomas Jessell

United Kingdom
3
Prestige
Gairdner International Award (2012)
RH

Richard Hamilton

United StatesMathematics
3
Prestige
Shaw Prize in Mathematics (2011)
h-index: 29
Siddhartha Mukherjee
3
Prestige
Pulitzer Prize (2011)
ORCIDh-index: 45
Wafaa El-Sadr

Wafaa El-Sadr

EgyptArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (2008)
ORCID
AN

Adrian Nicole LeBlanc(1963)

United StatesArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (2006)
WH

Wayne Hendrickson(1941)

United States
3
Prestige
Gairdner International Award (2003)
Ronald Breslow

Ronald Breslow(1931–2017)

United States
3
Prestige
Priestley Medal (1999)
Dorian Goldfeld

Dorian Goldfeld(1947)

United States
3
Prestige
Ostrowski Prize (1998)
Jonathan Weiner

Jonathan Weiner(1953)

United States
3
Prestige
Pulitzer Prize (1995)
GS

Gilbert Stork(1921–2017)

BelgiumChemistry
3
Prestige
Wolf Prize in Chemistry (1995)
CS

Charles Sabel

United StatesArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship (1982)
Chien-Shiung Wu

Chien-Shiung Wu(1912–1997)

United StatesPhysics
3
Prestige
Wolf Prize in Physics (1978)
AB

Alexander B. Gutman

United States
3
Prestige
Gairdner International Award (1961)
Maurice Ewing

Maurice Ewing

United States
3
Prestige
Vetlesen Prize (1959)
HM

Harry M. Rose

United States
3
Prestige
Gairdner International Award (1959)
Marston T. Bogert

Marston T. Bogert

United States
3
Prestige
Priestley Medal (1938)
Edwin Armstrong

Edwin Armstrong(1890–1954)

United States
3
Prestige
IEEE Medal of Honor (1917)
h-index: 45
George William Hill

George William Hill

United States
3
Prestige
Copley Medal (1909)
h-index: 14
TZ

Theodore Zoli

United StatesArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship ()
SB

Seweryn Bialer

PolandArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship ()
KC

Kartik Chandran

United StatesArts
3
Prestige
MacArthur Fellowship ()
ORCID