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According to Stanford University's official Nobel laureate directory, 18 other economists with documented Stanford ties have received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Including Robert E. Hall, announced today, October 12, 2026, that makes 19 recipients associated with Stanford. Stanford distinguishes between laureates it formally recognizes as its own and those with other significant connections, such as alumni and former faculty:

1972 Kenneth Arrow Professor of economics
1976 Milton Friedman Hoover Institution senior research fellow
1990 William Sharpe Stanford GSB professor
1992 Gary Becker Hoover Institution senior fellow
1993 Douglass North Hoover Institution senior fellow
1997 Myron Scholes Stanford GSB professor
2001 Michael Spence Stanford GSB dean and professor
2001 Joseph Stiglitz Stanford professor
2011 Thomas Sargent Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow
2012 Alvin Roth Stanford professor; PhD alumnus
2020 Paul Milgrom Stanford professor
2020 Robert Wilson Stanford GSB professor
2021 Guido Imbens Stanford GSB professor
2026 Robert E. Hall Stanford professor emeritus; Hoover Institution

Five additional laureates with Stanford connections

Year Recipient Stanford connection
1994 John Harsanyi PhD in economics, 1959
2008 Paul Krugman Former Stanford faculty member
2009 Oliver Williamson Stanford MBA, 1960
2016 Bengt Holmström MS, 1975; PhD, 1978
2022 Ben Bernanke Stanford GSB economics faculty, 1979–1985

Source: Stanford University's official Nobel Prize directory.

[Mick]

According to Stanford University's official Nobel laureate directory, 18 other economists with documented Stanford ties have received the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in Memory of Alfred Nobel. Including Robert E. Hall, announced today, October 12, 2026, that makes 19 recipients associated with Stanford. Stanford distinguishes between laureates it formally recognizes as its own and those with other significant connections, such as alumni and former faculty:

1972 Kenneth Arrow Professor of economics
1976 Milton Friedman Hoover Institution senior research fellow
1990 William Sharpe Stanford GSB professor
1992 Gary Becker Hoover Institution senior fellow
1993 Douglass North Hoover Institution senior fellow
1997 Myron Scholes Stanford GSB professor
2001 Michael Spence Stanford GSB dean and professor
2001 Joseph Stiglitz Stanford professor
2011 Thomas Sargent Hoover Institution adjunct senior fellow
2012 Alvin Roth Stanford professor; PhD alumnus
2020 Paul Milgrom Stanford professor
2020 Robert Wilson Stanford GSB professor
2021 Guido Imbens Stanford GSB professor
2026 Robert E. Hall Stanford professor emeritus; Hoover Institution

Five additional laureates with Stanford connections

Year Recipient Stanford connection
1994 John Harsanyi PhD in economics, 1959
2008 Paul Krugman Former Stanford faculty member
2009 Oliver Williamson Stanford MBA, 1960
2016 Bengt Holmström MS, 1975; PhD, 1978
2022 Ben Bernanke Stanford GSB economics faculty, 1979–1985

Source: Stanford University's official Nobel Prize directory.