James B. Sumner
Nominations
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Nominated for the Nobel Prize in
- Chemistry 1941, by John Tileston Edsall
- Chemistry 1941, by Edwin Cohn
- Chemistry 1941, by Ronald Ferry
- Chemistry 1944, by Maurice Javillier
- Chemistry 1945, by Theodor Svedberg
- Chemistry 1946, by Hans von Euler-Chelpin
- Chemistry 1946, by Theodor Svedberg
- Chemistry 1946, by Arne Tiselius
- Physiology or Medicine 1932, by Hsien Wu
- Physiology or Medicine 1939, by Carl Ten Broeck
- Physiology or Medicine 1939, by Thomas Rivers
- Physiology or Medicine 1939, by Leslie Webster
- Physiology or Medicine 1939, by Karl Landsteiner
- Physiology or Medicine 1939, by Carl Cori
- Physiology or Medicine 1940, by George Whipple
- Physiology or Medicine 1943, by George Whipple
- Physiology or Medicine 1944, by George Whipple
- Physiology or Medicine 1946, by George Whipple
Submitted nominations for the Nobel Prize in
- Chemistry 1940, nominee: John Northrop
- Chemistry 1952, nominee: Hugo Theorell
- Chemistry 1954, nominee: Karl Folkers
- Chemistry 1954, nominee: Hugo Theorell
- Chemistry 1955, nominee: Hugo Theorell
- Chemistry 1955, nominee: Vincent du Vigneaud
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Nobel Prizes and laureates
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