People that have won the Chemistry Nobel twice: Frederick Sanger (1958, 1980) Sanger is the only person to win both of his Nobel Prizes exclusively in Chemistry. 1958: Awarded solely for his determination of the structure of the insulin molecule. 1980: Shared with Paul Berg and Walter Gilbert for pioneering the base sequencing of DNA. K. Barry Sharpless (2001, 2022) 2001: Awarded for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions. 2022: Shared with Carolyn R. Bertozzi and Morten Meldal for developing click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry Marie Curie and Linus Pauling both won a second prize Curie- Physics, Pauling-Peace The 3 Winners that have elements named after them: Ernest Rutherford: Awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry in, he has Rutherfordium named in his honor. Glenn T. Seaborg: Shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He had Seaborgium named after him while still alive. Marie Curie: Shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (and previously the Nobel Prize in Physics). She and her husband Pierre inspired the naming of Curium . Alfred Nobel had the element Nobelium named in his honor.

Had a (tennis) buddy at VT who did his graduate work in something to do with Vitamin C and got a nice letter from Linus Pauling (probably just to encourage young scientists, but still...) Coincidentally, the last time I saw his (my buddies) name he had written in a comment to Andy Bitter when he was at the Athletic. ** Edited by `lag at 5/19/2026, 9:03:26 AM

in Chemistry. ** Edited by UTPr0sim at 5/19/2026, 9:40:17 AM