The Nobel Prize in Physics: Charles H. Townes (USA), Nicolay G. Basov (USSR) and Aleksandr M. Prokhorov (Australia / USSR)
For fundamental work in the field of quantum electronics, which has led to the construction of oscillators and amplifiers based on the maser-laser principle.
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| Charles H. Townes |
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| Nicolay G. Basov and Aleksandr M. Prokhorov |
The Nobel Prize in Chemistry: Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin (UK)
For her determinations by X-ray techniques of the structures of important biochemical substances.
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| Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin |
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine: Konrad Bloch (Germany / USA) and Feodor Lynen (Germany)
For their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism.
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| Konrad Bloch |
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| Feodor Lynen |
The Nobel Prize in Literature: Jean-Paul Sartre (France)
For his work which, rich in ideas and filled with the spirit of freedom and the quest for truth, has exerted a far-reaching influence on our age.
Jean-Paul Sartre declined the Nobel Prize.
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| Jean-Paul Sartre |
The Nobel Peace Prize: Martin Luther King Jr. (USA)
For his non-violent struggle for civil rights for the Afro-American population.
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| Martin Luther King Jr. |
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