 view gallery |   LITERATURE: John Steinbeck 1962 - Monterey, CA
in Nobel Laureates This bust of John Steinbeck is located in Steinbeck Plaza along historic Cannery Row, Monterey, California. posted by:  Touchstone location: California date approved: 10/18/2008 last visited: 9/30/2013 |
 view gallery | PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE: Har Gobind Khorana 1968 - Madison, WI in Nobel Laureates Har Gobind Khorana shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for research that was essential to understanding how DNA is translated into proteins. This marker is located on the campus of University of Wisconsin. posted by: onfire4jesus location: Wisconsin date approved: 10/14/2008 last visited: 10/11/2008 |
 view gallery | ECONOMICS: John F. Nash, Jr. 1994 - Bluefield, WV in Nobel Laureates This highway marker claims this area as being the birthplace of this Nobel Winner. posted by: macleod1 location: West Virginia date approved: 9/22/2008 last visited: 7/30/2009 |
 view gallery | CHEMISTRY: Michael Smith 1993 - Vancouver, BC in Nobel Laureates Won the Nobel Prize in chemistry in 1993 for discovering site-directed mutagenesis: that is, how to make a genetic mutation precisely at any spot in a DNA molecule. posted by: bcrockcrawler, xstitcher, & BMXer location: British Columbia, Canada date approved: 7/21/2008 last visited: never |
 view gallery | LITERATURE: Winston Churchill 1953 - Washington, D.C. in Nobel Laureates This statue of Winston Churchill is located outside the British Embassy in Washington, D.C., USA. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953. posted by: Marine Biologist location: District of Columbia date approved: 6/29/2008 last visited: 4/6/2009 |
 view gallery | PHYSICS: Albert Einstein 1921 - Washington, D.C. in Nobel Laureates This large figurative sculpture of Einstein can be found in front of the Academy of Sciences building (near the Lincoln Memorial). It is a memorial to him and his amazing contributions to the world of Physics. posted by:  Hikenutty location: District of Columbia date approved: 6/24/2008 last visited: 1/30/2013 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Frederik Willem de Klerk 1993 - Capetown, SOUTH AFRICA in Nobel Laureates Frederik Willem de Klerk, a politician who as president of South Africa (1989–94) brought the apartheid system of racial segregation to an end and negotiated a transition to majority rule in his country. posted by: Windsocker location: Western Cape, South Africa date approved: 3/9/2008 last visited: 1/17/2015 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela - Capetown South Africa in Nobel Laureates Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela South African black nationalist and statesman whose long imprisonment (1962–90) and subsequent ascension to the presidency (1994) symbolized the aspirations of South Africa's black majority. He led the country until 1999. posted by: Windsocker location: Western Cape, South Africa date approved: 3/9/2008 last visited: 1/17/2015 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Desmond Mpilo Tutu - Capetown South Africa in Nobel Laureates Desmond Mpilo Tutu South African Anglican cleric who in 1984 received the Nobel Prize for Peace for his role in the opposition to apartheid in South Africa. posted by: Windsocker location: Western Cape, South Africa date approved: 3/9/2008 last visited: 1/17/2015 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Albert John Lutuli - Capetown South Africa in Nobel Laureates Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli was born sometime around 1898 near Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia, the son of a Seventh Day Adventist missionary posted by: Windsocker location: Western Cape, South Africa date approved: 3/9/2008 last visited: 1/17/2015 |
 view gallery | MEDICINE: Robert Koch 1905 - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL in Nobel Laureates Bust of the German scientist. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 11/27/2007 last visited: 4/14/2008 |
 view gallery | MEDICINE: Selman Waksman 1952 - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL in Nobel Laureates Bust of the American scientist. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 11/27/2007 last visited: 4/14/2008 |
 view gallery | MEDICINE: Emil Adolf von Behring 1901 - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL in Nobel Laureates Bust of the German scientist. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 11/27/2007 last visited: 4/14/2008 |
 view gallery | MEDICINE: Paul Ehrlich 1908 - Sao Paulo, BRAZIL in Nobel Laureates Bust of the German scientist. Part of nine busts in the Museu de Microbiologia in Sao Paulo. posted by: saopaulo1 location: Brazil date approved: 11/27/2007 last visited: 4/14/2008 |
 view gallery | PHYSIOLOGY/MEDICINE: Thomas H. Morgan 1933 - Lexington, KY in Nobel Laureates Thomas H. Morgan, born Sept. 25, 1866 was educated at the University of Kentucky, doing postgraduate work at Johns Hopkins University. For his discoveries concerning the role played by the chromosome in heredity, he was awarded the Nobel Prize. posted by: BluegrassCache location: Kentucky date approved: 11/14/2007 last visited: 7/13/2012 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Norman Borlaug 1970 - Northwood, IA in Nobel Laureates Historical marker located at welcome center along I-35 in northern Iowa giving the highlights of the history of northern Iowa including Nobel Peace prize recipient Norman Bourlaug who was born in northern Iowa. posted by:  BruceS location: Iowa date approved: 9/21/2007 last visited: 4/8/2014 |
 view gallery | PEACE: Jane Addams 1931 - Cedarville, IL in Nobel Laureates Jane Addams, was the first woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. posted by: 8Nuts MotherGoose location: Illinois date approved: 8/26/2007 last visited: 4/17/2011 |
 view gallery | PEACE: George C. Marshall, Jr. 1953 - Augusta, KY in Nobel Laureates A park in Augusta, Kentucky, honoring George C. Marshall, Jr., the first soldier to be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize. This small town on the Ohio River is the birth place of both of his parents. Other veterans are also honored in this small park. posted by: silverquill location: Kentucky date approved: 8/20/2007 last visited: never |
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