List of American Nobel laureates

Since 1901, the Nobel Prize has been awarded to a total of 954 individuals and 27 organizations. The United States has the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world, with over 400 Nobel laureates. Around 40% of all Nobel Prizes have been awarded to Americans; around 35% 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.