Ryoji Noyori (野依良治, born September 3, 1938) won the Nobel Prize in Chemistry (Laureates 2001).

Noyori sided with pioneer working William S. Knowles for study of chirally catalyzed hydrogenations; the second half of the Prize goes to K. Barry Sharpless for his study in chirally catalyzed oxidation reactions (Sharpless epoxidation).

Ryoji Noyori was born in Kobe, Japan.