Paul Christian Lauterbur was an American chemist who shared the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 2003 with Peter Mansfield for his work which made the development of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) possible. The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2003, announced October 6, 2003. Paul C. Lauterbur and Sir Peter Mansfield, “for their discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging”. Paul C. Lauterbur: born 1929, Sidney, OH, USA. Sir Peter Mansfield: born 1933, London, United Kingdom. Wiki link Wiki link Data: the Nobel Foundation (CC0).