List of American Nobel laureates

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 965 individuals and 27 organizations as of 2023. In 2025, The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 425 Nobel laureates. Around 71% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 29% of them are immigrants from other nations.
U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was the first American to win a Nobel Prize of any kind, being awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1906 for his role in negotiating peace for the Russo-Japanese War.
Albert Michelson was the first American to win a Nobel Prize in any of the sciences, and Sinclair Lewis was the first American to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.