Nobel laureates affiliated with Harvard University
29 individual laureates in the pinned Nobel Prize API snapshot with this prize-time affiliation. IQ numbers are informal estimates, not tests.
Affiliation is the institution listed at prize time. It is not a ranking of universities by IQ.
| # | Name | Prize | Year | IQ |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Theodore W. Richards | Chemistry | 1914 | 154Informal estimate |
| 2 | George R. Minot | Physiology or Medicine | 1934 | 143Informal estimate |
| 3 | William P. Murphy | Physiology or Medicine | 1934 | 153Informal estimate |
| 4 | Percy W. Bridgman | Physics | 1946 | 157Informal estimate |
| 5 | Ralph Bunche | Peace | 1950 | 142Informal estimate |
| 6 | E. M. Purcell | Physics | 1952 | 149Informal estimate |
| 7 | Georg von Békésy | Physiology or Medicine | 1961 | 148Informal estimate |
| 8 | James Watson | Physiology or Medicine | 1962 | 146Informal estimate |
| 9 | Konrad Bloch | Physiology or Medicine | 1964 | 152Informal estimate |
| 10 | Julian Schwinger | Physics | 1965 | 148Informal estimate |
| 11 | Robert B. Woodward | Chemistry | 1965 | 146Informal estimate |
| 12 | George Wald | Physiology or Medicine | 1967 | 144Informal estimate |
| 13 | Simon Kuznets | Economic Sciences | 1971 | 148Informal estimate |
| 14 | Kenneth J. Arrow | Economic Sciences | 1972 | 146Informal estimate |
| 15 | Wassily Leontief | Economic Sciences | 1973 | 145Informal estimate |
| 16 | William Lipscomb | Chemistry | 1976 | 151Informal estimate |
| 17 | John H. Van Vleck | Physics | 1977 | 149Informal estimate |
| 18 | Steven Weinberg | Physics | 1979 | 155Informal estimate |
| 19 | Nicolaas Bloembergen | Physics | 1981 | 152Informal estimate |
| 20 | Dudley R. Herschbach | Chemistry | 1986 | 149Informal estimate |
| 21 | Norman F. Ramsey | Physics | 1989 | 148Informal estimate |
| 22 | Elias James Corey | Chemistry | 1990 | 150Informal estimate |
| 23 | Robert C. Merton | Economic Sciences | 1997 | 145Informal estimate |
| 24 | Roy J. Glauber | Physics | 2005 | 151Informal estimate |
| 25 | Alvin E. Roth | Economic Sciences | 2012 | 149Informal estimate |
| 26 | Martin Karplus | Chemistry | 2013 | 146Informal estimate |
| 27 | Oliver Hart | Economic Sciences | 2016 | 143Informal estimate |
| 28 | Michael Kremer | Economic Sciences | 2019 | 143Informal estimate |
| 29 | Claudia Goldin | Economic Sciences | 2023 | 146Informal estimate |