A total of 16 LSE alumni or staff members have been awarded Nobel Prizes.
2010: Christopher Pissarides|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
2008: Paul Krugman|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
2007: Leonid Hurwicz| , Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
2001: George Akerlof|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
1999: Robert Mundell|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences.
1998: Amartya Sen|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
1991: Ronald Coase|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
1990: Merton Miller|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
1979: Sir Arthur Lewis|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
1977: James Meade|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
1974: Friedrich von Hayek|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
1972: Sir John Hicks|, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences (jointly)
1959: Lord Philip Noel-Baker|, Nobel Peace Prize
1950: Ralph Bunche|, Nobel Peace Prize
1950: Bertrand Russell|, Nobel Prize in Literature
1925: George Bernard Shaw|, Nobel Prize in Literature