Nobel laureates affiliated with University of Chicago
20 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 | Albert A. Michelson | Physics | 1907 | 149Informal estimate |
| 2 | Arthur H. Compton | Physics | 1927 | 151Informal estimate |
| 3 | Robert S. Mulliken | Chemistry | 1966 | 145Informal estimate |
| 4 | Milton Friedman | Economic Sciences | 1976 | 151Informal estimate |
| 5 | Theodore W. Schultz | Economic Sciences | 1979 | 148Informal estimate |
| 6 | James Cronin | Physics | 1980 | 154Informal estimate |
| 7 | George J. Stigler | Economic Sciences | 1982 | 144Informal estimate |
| 8 | Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar | Physics | 1983 | 149Informal estimate |
| 9 | Merton H. Miller | Economic Sciences | 1990 | 145Informal estimate |
| 10 | Ronald H. Coase | Economic Sciences | 1991 | 143Informal estimate |
| 11 | Gary Becker | Economic Sciences | 1992 | 142Informal estimate |
| 12 | Robert W. Fogel | Economic Sciences | 1993 | 141Informal estimate |
| 13 | Robert E. Lucas Jr. | Economic Sciences | 1995 | 148Informal estimate |
| 14 | James J. Heckman | Economic Sciences | 2000 | 143Informal estimate |
| 15 | Roger B. Myerson | Economic Sciences | 2007 | 148Informal estimate |
| 16 | Eugene F. Fama | Economic Sciences | 2013 | 149Informal estimate |
| 17 | Lars Peter Hansen | Economic Sciences | 2013 | 148Informal estimate |
| 18 | Richard H. Thaler | Economic Sciences | 2017 | 141Informal estimate |
| 19 | Douglas Diamond | Economic Sciences | 2022 | 146Informal estimate |
| 20 | James A. Robinson | Economic Sciences | 2024 | 146Informal estimate |