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'''List of [[University of Manchester]] alumni [[Nobel Prize]] winners'''
==Chemistry==
* [[Ernest Rutherford]] (awarded 1908), for his investigations into the disintegration of the elements and the chemistry of radioactive substances (He was the first to probe the [[atom]]).
* [[Arthur Harden]] (awarded 1929), for investigations on the fermentation of [[sugar]] and fermentative [[enzyme]]s.
* [[Walter Haworth]] (awarded 1937), for his investigations on [[carbohydrate]]s and [[vitamin C]].
* [[Robert Robinson (scientist)|Robert Robinson]] (awarded 1947), for his investigations on plant products of biological importance, especially the [[alkaloid]]s.
* [[Alexander Todd]] (awarded 1957), for his work on [[nucleotide]]s and nucleotide co-enzymes.
* [[Melvin Calvin]] (awarded 1961), for his research on the [[carbon dioxide]] assimilation in plants.
* [[John Charles Polanyi]] (awarded 1986), for his contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes.
* [[Michael Smith (chemist)|Michael Smith]] (awarded 1993), for his fundamental contributions to the establishment of oligonucleiotide-based, site-directed mutagenesis and its development for [[protein]] studies.

==Physics==
* [[J. J. Thomson|Joseph John (J. J.) Thomson]] (awarded 1906), in recognition of the great merits of his theoretical and experimental investigations on the conduction of [[electricity]] by gases.
* [[William Lawrence Bragg]] (awarded 1915), for his services in the analysis of [[crystal]] structure by means of [[X-ray]]s.
* [[Niels Bohr]] (awarded 1922), for his fundamental contributions to understanding atomic structure and [[quantum mechanics]].
* [[Charles Thomson Rees Wilson|Charles Thomson Rees (C. T. R.) Wilson]] (awarded 1927), for his method of making the paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour.
* [[James Chadwick]] (awarded 1935), for the discovery of the [[neutron]]. 
* [[George de Hevesy]] (awarded 1943), for his work on the use of isotopes as tracers in the study of chemical processes.
* [[Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett|Patrick M. Blackett]] (awarded 1948), for developing the cloud chamber and confirming/discovering the [[positron]].
* [[Sir John Douglas Cockcroft]] (awarded 1951), for his pioneering work on the transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles.
* [[Hans Bethe]] (awarded 1967), for his contributions to the theory of nuclear reactions, especially his discoveries concerning the energy production in stars.
* [[Nevill Francis Mott]] (awarded 1977), for his fundamental theoretical investigations of the electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems.

==Physiology and Medicine==
* [[Archibald Vivian Hill]] (awarded 1922), for his discovery relating to the production of heat in the muscle. One of the founders of the diverse disciplines of biophysics and operations research.
* [[John Sulston|Sir John Sulston]] (awarded 2002), for his discoveries concerning 'genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death'. In 2007 it was announced that Sulston would join Manchester's Faculty of Life Sciences and will chair Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation.<ref>[http://www.ls.manchester.ac.uk/about/news/articles/article/?id=125409 Nobel Prize winner to chair new Institute of Science, Ethics and Innovation (Faculty of Life Sciences - The University of Manchester)].</ref>

==Economics==
* [[John Hicks]] (awarded 1974), for his pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory.
* [[Arthur Lewis|Sir Arthur Lewis]] (awarded 1979), for his pioneering research into economic development research with particular consideration of the problems of developing countries.
* [[Joseph E. Stiglitz]] (awarded 2001), for his analyses of markets with asymmetric information. Currently, Professor Joseph E. Stiglitz heads the [[Brooks World Poverty Institute]] (BWPI) at the University of Manchester.