List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1977
List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1977
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Ruben Adler | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Michael J. B. Allen | Humanities | Italian Literature |
| Robert L. Allen | Creative Arts | General Nonfiction |
| Aracy A. Amaral | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Dane Archer | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Walter W. Arndt | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Charles Arthur Arnoldi | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Francisco J. Ayala | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Thomas J. Babe | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| F. G. Bailey | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Michael G. Barbour | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Hazel E. Barnes | Humanities | French Literature |
| Alan H. Barrett | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Frances Barth | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Roland S. Barth | Social Sciences | Education |
| Ann Beattie | Fiction | |
| Michael Les Benedict | Political Science | |
| James O. Berger | Statistics | |
| Lillian D. Bloom | English Literature | |
| Lesser Blum | Physics | |
| Sheila E. Blumstein | Linguistics | |
| Alberto Boveris | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Stan Brakhage | Creative Arts | Film |
| Robert Brenner | Economic History | |
| Lee Breuer | Theatre Arts | |
| Joseph Brodsky | Poetry | |
| D. Allan Bromley | Physics | |
| Benjamin F. Brown | Italian Literature | |
| Blanche R. Brown | Fine Arts Research | |
| Joan Brown | Fine Arts | |
| James W. Buchman | Fine Arts | |
| Bruce Bueno de Mesquita | Political Science | |
| C. Tyler Burge | Philosophy | |
| Guy L. Bush | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Warren L. Butler | Plant Sciences | |
| Jack G. Calvert | Chemistry | |
| David Caplovitz | Sociology | |
| George G. Carey | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| María Soledad Carrasco | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Francisco Cervantes | Poetry | |
| Gerald Wester Chapman | English Literature | |
| Giuseppe Cilento | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| John Clarke | Physics | |
| James P. Collman | Chemistry | |
| Fernando Raúl Colomb | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Joel Conarroe | American Literature | |
| John Cooper | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Ann Cornelisen | General Nonfiction | |
| Stanley Corngold | German & Scandinavian Literature | |
| Richard Crawford | Music Research | |
| David Cressy | U.S. History | |
| Peter Dallos | Neuroscience | |
| Jerry Dantzic | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Nassos Daphnis | Fine Arts | |
| John Putnam Demos | U.S. History | |
| William M. Denevan | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Charles H. DePuy | Chemistry | |
| Edwin B. DeWindt | Medieval History | |
| Manuel O. Diaz Rivara | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Lucia Dlugoszewski | Music Composition | |
| Michael Dorris | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Seymour Drescher | British History | |
| Norman E. Dubie | Poetry | |
| Alistair M. Duckworth | Humanities | English Literature |
| Daniel Edge | Fine Arts | |
| Samuel Y. Edgerton | Fine Arts Research | |
| Gerald E. Edwards | Plant Sciences | |
| Richard Eisenberg | Chemistry | |
| Joseph E. Emonds | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Leslie D. Epstein | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Linda Feferman | Creative Arts | Film |
| Michael E. Feingold | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Rafael Ferrer | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jorge A. Flores Ochoa | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Richard Ford | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Enrique Forero | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Llyn Foulkes | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| James Bruce French | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Charles Fuller | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Paul Fussell | Humanities | English Literature |
| Henry Gabay | Creative Arts | Film |
| Robert G. Gallager | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Herbert J. Gans | Sociology | |
| Jacques Garelli | French Literature | |
| Guillermo Geisse Grove | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Albert J. Gelpi | American Literature | |
| John C. Gerhart | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| William H. Goetzmann | U.S. History | |
| Erving Goffman | Sociology | |
| Martin V. Goldman | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Michael P. Goldman | English Literature | |
| Robert Philip Goldman | East Asian Studies | |
| Cylon E. Gonçalves da Silva | Physics | |
| Mark Goodman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Gary Hamilton Gossen | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| William B. Gould | Law | |
| George Griffin | Creative Arts | Film |
| O. Hayes Griffith | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Phyllis M. Grosskurth | English Literature | |
| Giles B. Gunn | American Literature | |
| John Gutmann | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Shelby J. Haberman | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
| Patrick Hanan | East Asian Studies | |
| Carolyn M. Hansson | Applied Mathematics | |
| John Harbison | Music Composition | |
| Robert D. Harbison | Fine Arts Research | |
| Richard Harris | Law | |
| Gordon Hart | Fine Arts | |
| Sven R. Hartmann | Physics | |
| Erick Hawkins | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Sidney M. Hecht | Chemistry | |
| Mary Heilmann | Fine Arts | |
| Harold C. Helgeson | Earth Science | |
| Richard J. Herrnstein | Psychology | |
| William Heyen | Poetry | |
| Peter W. Hochachka | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Sydney P. Hodkinson | Music Composition | |
| Israel Horovitz | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Henry Horwitz | British History | |
| Richard A. Howard | Plant Sciences | |
| Robert Hudson | Fine Arts | |
| Richard Hugo | Poetry | |
| Sandy Hume | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Alex Inkeles | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Miyoko Ito | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Roman Jackiw | Physics | |
| Arthur M. Jaffe | Applied Mathematics | |
| Guillermo Jaim Etcheverry | Medicine & Health | |
| Rex L. Jamison | Medicine & Health | |
| Farish A. Jenkins | Earth Science | |
| M. Kent Jennings | Political Science | |
| Bruce M. Johnson | American Literature | |
| Diane Lain Johnson | English Literature | |
| Edward Dudley Hume Johnson | English Literature | |
| Robert K. Josephson | Neuroscience | |
| Carl F. Kaestle | Education | |
| Inga Karetnikova | Fine Arts Research | |
| Simon Karlinsky | Humanities | Slavic Literature |
| Robert Kaske | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Friedrich Katz | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| J. Lawrence Katz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Michael B. Katz | U.S. History | |
| John A. Katzenellenbogen | Chemistry | |
| Nicholas A. Kefalides | Medicine & Health | |
| Cornelis Klein | Earth Science | |
| Shoshichi Kobayashi | Mathematics | |
| Edward M. Kosower | Chemistry | |
| Francisco Kröpfl | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Susumu Kuno | Humanities | Linguistics |
| Mordecai Kurz | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Donald B. Kuspit | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Alvin L. Kwiram | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Wayne R. LaFave | Law | |
| Barbara Miller Lane | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Crispin Larangeira | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Beatriz Rosario Lavandera | Linguistics | |
| Norman R. Lebovitz | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Isaías Lerner | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Bella Lewitzky-Reynolds | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Enrique Andrés Lihn | General Nonfiction | |
| David C. Lindberg | History of Science & Technology | |
| Jerzy Linderski | Classics | |
| James Lockhart | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Lewis H. Lockwood | Music Research | |
| Harvey F. Lodish | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Leopoldo M. Maler | Fine Arts | |
| Joseph D. Masheck | Fine Arts Research | |
| Vojtech Mastny | German & East European History | |
| Benson Mates | Philosophy | |
| Thomas F. Mathews | Fine Arts Research | |
| Gordon Matta-Clark | Fine Arts | |
| Brian W. Matthews | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Carlos Alfredo Mautalen | Medicine & Health | |
| James McMichael | Poetry | |
| William L. McMillan | Physics | |
| David Mechanic | Sociology | |
| Jonas Mekas | Creative Arts | Film |
| Michael Meltsner | Law | |
| Robert Mezey | Poetry | |
| Nancy Milford | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Jacob Milgrom | Near Eastern Studies | |
| Michael Millgate | English Literature | |
| Earl Miner | East Asian Studies | |
| Charles W. Moore | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Herbert Morris | Philosophy | |
| William W. Murdoch | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Gregory Nagy | Humanities | Classics |
| Víctor Elías Nahmod | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Alan Needleman | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Charles Neider | General Nonfiction | |
| Jay Neugeboren | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Phill Niblock | Creative Arts | Film |
| George W. Nickelsburg | Religion | |
| Craig Nova | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Julius Novick | Humanities | Theatre Arts |
| Juan Antonio Oddone | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Gregory Orr | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Linda Orr | Humanities | French Literature |
| Martin Ostwald | Humanities | Classics |
| Steven Ozment | Humanities | Renaissance History |
| Nam June Paik | Video & Audio | |
| Joseph Pedlosky | Earth Science | |
| Jonathan Penner | Fiction | |
| Constance Perin | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| David M. Perlmutter | Linguistics | |
| Edward Pessen | U.S. History | |
| Paul E. Peterson | Political Science | |
| Sylvia Plachy | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Raoul Pleskow | Music Composition | |
| Nelson W. Polsby | Political Science | |
| Richard D. Portes | Economics | |
| Kathryn O. Posin | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| William K. Pratt | Computer Science | |
| Mark Prent | Fine Arts | |
| Peter S. Prescott | General Nonfiction | |
| Peter W. Price | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Jesse C. Rabinowitz | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| José Agustín Ramírez Gómez | Fiction | |
| Paul Ramsey | Religion | |
| Shulamit Ran | Music Composition | |
| Edward Ranney | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Diane Ravitch | Education | |
| Omar Rayo | Fine Arts | |
| John Shelton Reed | Sociology | |
| William P. Reinhardt | Chemistry | |
| Frank Restle | Psychology | |
| Jacqueline A. Reynolds | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Paul G. Richards | Earth Science | |
| Daniel Robbins | Fine Arts Research | |
| Richard P. Rogers | Creative Arts | Film |
| Jason P. Rosenblatt | English Literature | |
| John Robert Ross | Linguistics | |
| Paul Rozin | Psychology | |
| Donald B. Rubin | Statistics | |
| Jeffrey Z. Rubin | Psychology | |
| M. Jonathan Rubin | Creative Arts | Film |
| Sol I. Rubinow | Applied Mathematics | |
| Philippe C. Schmitter | Political Science | |
| Ira Schneider | Video & Audio | |
| Robert Scholes | Literary Criticism | |
| Paul E. Schupp | Mathematics | |
| Robert Schwarz | Literary Criticism | |
| Marlene Elizabeth Scott | Fine Arts | |
| Donald D. Searing | Political Science | |
| Alan Franklin Segal | Religion | |
| Joseph S. Semancik | Plant Sciences | |
| Martin M. Shapiro | Political Science | |
| Karl Shell | Economics | |
| Elaine C. Showalter | English Literature | |
| Joseph H. Silverman | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Barbara Herrnstein Smith | Literary Criticism | |
| Mary Elizabeth Smith | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Allan W. Snyder | Neuroscience | |
| James A. Spudich | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| David St. John | Poetry | |
| David A. Starrett | Economics | |
| Francis Steegmuller | French Literature | |
| David C. Steinmetz | Renaissance History | |
| Gabriel Stolzenberg | Mathematics | |
| Donald D. Stone | English Literature | |
| William Stott | U.S. History | |
| Ronald S. Stroud | Classics | |
| Jean Strouse | Creative Arts | Biography |
| Rose R. Subotnik | Music Research | |
| Ezra N. Suleiman | Political Science | |
| Geoffrey W. Symcox | Humanities | French History |
| Megan Terry | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Jerry L. Thompson | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Joan Tower | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Hans L. Trefousse | Humanities | U.S. History |
| Jean François Treves | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Chinary Ung | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Martin Wachs | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Mauricio Wacquez | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Derek A. Walcott | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Alice Walker | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Donald G. Walker | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Geoffrey King Walters | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Piotr S. Wandycz | Humanities | French History |
| Susan Weil | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Félix Weinberg | Humanities | Iberian & Latin American History |
| Robert V. Wells | Humanities | U.S. History |
| David B. Werner | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Nicholas P. White | Humanities | Philosophy |
| David T. Wilkinson | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Sylvia Jean Wilkinson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| George W. Williams | Humanities | English Literature |
| Paul H. Williams | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Oliver E. Williamson | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Christopher J. Wills | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Margaret Dauler Wilson | Humanities | Philosophy |
| Nicholas Winograd | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Roland Winston | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Ronald G. Witt | Humanities | Medieval History |
| David Woodward | Social Sciences | Geography & Environmental Studies |
| Maurice Wright | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Merwin Crawford Young | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Larzer Ziff | Humanities | American Literature |
| Alex Zwerdling | Humanities | English Literature |
- William W. Murdoch, population ecologist
- Michel Riffaterre, French-born literary scholar