List of Guggenheim Fellowships awarded in 1984[1]
| Fellow | Category | Field of Study |
| Michael P. Adas | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Samuel H. Adler | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Michael Aizenman | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Donald Harman Akenson | Humanities | British History |
| John E. Alexander | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Judson Boyce Allen | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Wolfhard Almers | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Gustavo Alvarez Gardeazábal | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Carl Andre | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Neil William Ashcroft | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Lawrence Badash | Humanities | History of Science & Technology |
| Ernst Badian | Humanities | Classics |
| Shaul Bakhash | Humanities | Near Eastern Studies |
| Carlos Antonio Balseiro | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Bill Barich | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Naomi Susan Baron | Humanities | Linguistics |
| William A. Bassett | Earth Science | |
| Richard Carl Bausch | Fiction | |
| Félix Báez-Jorge | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Larry Stephan Berman | Political Science | |
| Zeke Berman | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Charles Clarence Bernheimer | French Literature | |
| Gene Edward Birchfield | Earth Science | |
| Kai Bird | General Nonfiction | |
| Eric Block | Chemistry | |
| Ned Block | Philosophy | |
| Rubén Bonifaz Nuño | Poetry | |
| Heraclio Bonilla | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Martin Boykan | Music Composition | |
| William H. Breckenridge | Chemistry | |
| Sarah C. Brett-Smith | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Alan Brinkley | U.S. History | |
| John A. Brinkman | Near Eastern Studies | |
| David Wilson Budd | Fine Arts | |
| Myriam Budnik | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Domenick Capobianco | Fine Arts | |
| Anthony K. Cassell | Italian Literature | |
| Michael P. Cava | Chemistry | |
| J. Edward Chamberlin | Humanities | English Literature |
| Kwang-chih Chang | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Jeff Cheeger | Mathematics | |
| Susan Cheever | Creative Arts | Biography |
| James Franklin Childress | Religion | |
| Ping Chong | Drama & Performance Art | |
| William Andrew Christenberry | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Jon Christel Clardy | Chemistry | |
| Timothy James Clark | Fine Arts Research | |
| Laura Clayton | Music Composition | |
| Wanda Coleman | Poetry | |
| Peter Conn | American Literature | |
| Lois Conner | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ann J. Cook | English Literature | |
| Alvaro Cordero-Saldivia | Music Composition | |
| Alan Cote | Fine Arts | |
| Nancy F. Cott | U.S. History | |
| Douglas Crase | Poetry | |
| James Lee Crenshaw | Religion | |
| Donigan Towers Cumming | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Herman Z. Cummins | Applied Mathematics | |
| Edwin M. Curley | Philosophy | |
| Michael David | Fine Arts | |
| Robert de Beaugrande | Literary Criticism | |
| Hugo De Marziani | Fine Arts | |
| Armando de Ramón | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Carl E. Dennis | Poetry | |
| Ronald J. DiPerna | Mathematics | |
| Stephen Dixon | Fiction | |
| Russell F. Doolittle | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Marc J. Dourojeanni Ricordi | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Stephen Dunn | Poetry | |
| Elizabeth B. Dussan V. | Applied Mathematics | |
| Gert Ehrlich | Physics | |
| David Eisenberg | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Kenneth B. Eisenthal | Chemistry | |
| Carlos A. Escudé | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Frederick Exley | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| Glennys Reynolds Farrar | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Ismael Ferrusquía-Villafranca | Natural Sciences | Earth Science |
| Constance Elyse Field | Creative Arts | Film |
| Stephen Elliott Fienberg | Natural Sciences | Statistics |
| Thomas John Figueira | Humanities | Classics |
| Graciela Figueroa | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Richard Gerald Finke | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| William Alan Finn | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Michael Fishbane | Humanities | Religion |
| James Steven Fishkin | Social Sciences | Political Science |
| Manuel da Costa Fontes | Humanities | Folklore & Popular Culture |
| Ronald Forrest Fox | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Alejandro Foxley | Social Sciences | Economics |
| Stephanie Rose Frank | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Jack H. Freed | Natural Sciences | Physics |
| Robert M. Fresco | Creative Arts | Film |
| Mary Elizabeth Frey | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Bruce Woodward Frier | Humanities | Classics |
| John Fuegi | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Salvador Garmendia | Fiction | |
| José Luis Gómez Martínez | Latin American Literature | |
| David Patrick Geggus | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Ernie Gehr | Creative Arts | Film |
| Robert James Geller | Earth Science | |
| Barry Gerson | Creative Arts | Film |
| David Thatcher Gies | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| Nicholas Wright Gillham | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Jonathan Goldberg | English Literature | |
| Jerry P. Gollub | Applied Mathematics | |
| David M. Gordon | Economics | |
| Matthew Greenbaum | Music Composition | |
| Herbert G. Gutman | U.S. History | |
| David Hammons | Fine Arts | |
| Robert M. Hauser | Sociology | |
| Shirley Brice Heath | Linguistics | |
| John L. Heilbron | History of Science & Technology | |
| Nancy Hellebrand | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Elizabeth K. Helsinger | English Literature | |
| John Vernon Henderson | Economics | |
| Roger B. Henkle | English Literature | |
| Judith Lewis Herman | Medicine & Health | |
| John Higham | U.S. History | |
| Patrice Higonnet | French History | |
| Sanford Hirshen | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Patrick Hogan | Fine Arts | |
| Max M. Holland | General Nonfiction | |
| Donald R. Howard | Humanities | Medieval Literature |
| Victor J. Hruby | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| David Henry Hwang | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Oscar H. Ibarra | Natural Sciences | Computer Science |
| Bill Irwin | Creative Arts | Drama & Performance Art |
| Robert Alan Israel | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| C. Stephen Jaeger | Medieval Literature | |
| Stephen A. Jaffe | Music Composition | |
| Charles O. Jones | Political Science | |
| Mary T. Kalin de Arroyo | Plant Sciences | |
| Arne Lindeman Kalleberg | Sociology | |
| Deanna Kamiel | Creative Arts | Video & Audio |
| Lawrence Michael Kearney | Poetry | |
| Richard L. Kenney | Poetry | |
| Aaron Jay Kernis | Music Composition | |
| Larry Ketron | Drama & Performance Art | |
| Charles F. Keyes | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Joyce Eileen Kohl | Fine Arts | |
| Bryan E. Kohler | Chemistry | |
| Nancy Kopell | Applied Mathematics | |
| Igor Kopytoff | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Ted N. Kurahara | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| James Lapine | Drama & Performance Art | |
| William R. Leach | U.S. History | |
| T. J. Jackson Lears | U.S. History | |
| Baldwin S. Lee | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Ronald Demos Lee | Economics | |
| Walter H. G. Lewin | Astronomy—Astrophysics | |
| Michael Lipsky | Political Science | |
| Gordon Lish | Fiction | |
| Eduardo Lizalde | Poetry | |
| Laurence S. Lockridge | Literary Criticism | |
| Ron Loewinsohn | Fiction | |
| Lea Lublin | Fine Arts | |
| Josefina Ludmer | Literary Criticism | |
| Thomas S. Macaulay | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Michael MacDonald | British History | |
| Alasdair Chalmers MacIntyre | Philosophy | |
| Charles S. Maier | Economic History | |
| Richard Malkin | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Bill C. Malone | U.S. History | |
| M. Brian Maple | Physics | |
| Donald J. Mastronarde | Classics | |
| Doug McAdam | Sociology | |
| Thomas Anthony McCarthy | Philosophy | |
| John D. McCarty | Fine Arts | |
| Richard Levis McCormick | U.S. History | |
| Charles Alexander McDowell | Chemistry | |
| Ross Simonton McElwee | Creative Arts | Film |
| Daniel Little McFadden | Economics | |
| Charles S. McHenry | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Fernando Garcia de Mello | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Walter J. Meserve | Theatre Arts | |
| Josef Michl | Chemistry | |
| Norman Miller | Psychology | |
| Tyrone Mitchell | Fine Arts | |
| John Thomas Monahan | Law | |
| Mark Monmonier | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| M. Susan Montgomery | Mathematics | |
| José Luis Morán-López | Physics | |
| Adrian R. Morrison | Neuroscience | |
| Edward Wallace Muir | Renaissance History | |
| Antoni Muntadas | Video & Audio | |
| Paul Needham | Creative Arts | Bibliography |
| William E. Nelson | Law | |
| Charles Michael Newman | Natural Sciences | Applied Mathematics |
| Roger K. Newman | Law | |
| Hiroshi Nikaido | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Karl J. Niklas | Plant Sciences | |
| Linda Nochlin | Fine Arts Research | |
| Barbara Pugh Norfleet | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Eugene Joseph O'Brien | Creative Arts | Music Composition |
| Elinor Ochs | Social Sciences | Anthropology & Cultural Studies |
| Michael Ondaatje | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Alicia Ostriker | Creative Arts | Poetry |
| Douglass Stott Parker | Classics | |
| Samuel C. Patterson | Political Science | |
| Sondra Perl | Education | |
| M. Jeanne Peterson | British History | |
| Peter C. B. Phillips | Economics | |
| Thomas D. Pollard | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| David T. Porter | Literary Criticism | |
| Jonathan French Scott Post | English Literature | |
| Lyall H. Powers | American Literature | |
| Samuel H. Preston | Sociology | |
| Joao Bosco Prolla | Mathematics | |
| William B. Provine | History of Science & Technology | |
| C. Enrique Pupo-Walker | Latin American Literature | |
| Rishi Raj | Applied Mathematics | |
| Mary Rakowski Dubois | Chemistry | |
| Howard Rasmussen | Medicine & Health | |
| Hermann George Rebel | German & East European History | |
| Deborah Remington | Fine Arts | |
| Robert A. Rescorla | Psychology | |
| José Resende | Fine Arts | |
| Paul Resika | Fine Arts | |
| Peter J. Richerson | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Douglas D. Richman | Medicine & Health | |
| David George Riede | English Literature | |
| David Robert Ringrose | Iberian & Latin American History | |
| Pattiann Rogers | Poetry | |
| Peter Rose | Creative Arts | Film |
| Phyllis Rose | Creative Arts | Biography |
| William L. Rowe | Religion | |
| Bahaa E. Saleh | Physics | |
| Wanderley Guilherme dos Santos | Political Science | |
| David Satter | General Nonfiction | |
| Susan Fromberg Schaeffer | Fiction | |
| William M. Schaffer | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Samuel Scheffler | Philosophy | |
| Neil Schmitz | American Literature | |
| Peter H. Schuck | Law | |
| Lynne Sharon Schwartz | Fiction | |
| Michael Seeger | Folklore & Popular Culture | |
| Roberto Segre | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Steven Shankman | English Literature | |
| David Jordon Shapiro | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| Derek Norcross Shearer | Architecture, Planning, & Design | |
| Louise I. Shelley | Russian History | |
| Paul W. Sherman | Organismic Biology & Ecology | |
| Joan Silber | Fiction | |
| Eileen Simpson | General Nonfiction | |
| Daniel J. Singal | American Literature | |
| Kathryn Kish Sklar | U.S. History | |
| Dan Isaac Slobin | Psychology | |
| Gary Smart | Music Composition | |
| Nigel J. H. Smith | Geography & Environmental Studies | |
| Howard E. Smither | Music Research | |
| Sage Sohier | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Michael Spano | Creative Arts | Photography |
| Roberta L. Spear | Poetry | |
| Garrison Sposito | Applied Mathematics | |
| Randolph Starn | Renaissance History | |
| Timothy Steele | Poetry | |
| Enrico Stefani | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| George Stell | Physics | |
| Philip John Stephens | Molecular & Cellular Biology | |
| George Ward Stocking | Anthropology & Cultural Studies | |
| Henry Wells Sullivan | Spanish & Portuguese Literature | |
| John Patrick Sullivan | Classics | |
| Richard Charles Sutch | Humanities | Economic History |
| George W. Swenson | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Samuel Taleisnik | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| Armen H. Tashjian | Natural Sciences | Medicine & Health |
| Philip Teitelbaum | Natural Sciences | Neuroscience |
| John W. Terborgh | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Jean L. Thompson | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| G. David Tilman | Natural Sciences | Plant Sciences |
| Richard C. Trexler | Humanities | Intellectual & Cultural History |
| Frank Trommler | Humanities | German & Scandinavian Literature |
| Nicholas J. Turro | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Amos Tversky | Social Sciences | Psychology |
| John H. Van Engen | Humanities | Medieval History |
| Srinivasa S. R. Varadhan | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Leonid Nison Vaserstein | Natural Sciences | Mathematics |
| Peter Harry Voulkos | Creative Arts | Fine Arts |
| Graham Charles Walker | Natural Sciences | Molecular & Cellular Biology |
| Roland John Wiley | Humanities | Dance Studies |
| Joan Williams | Creative Arts | Fiction |
| John Wesley Williams | Humanities | Fine Arts Research |
| Richard Guy Wilson | Humanities | Architecture, Planning, & Design |
| Alexander Woodside | Humanities | East Asian Studies |
| John P. Wourms | Natural Sciences | Organismic Biology & Ecology |
| Dennis H. Wrong | Social Sciences | Sociology |
| Amos Yahil | Natural Sciences | Astronomy—Astrophysics |
| Eiko Otake Yamada | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Takashi Koma Yamada | Creative Arts | Choreography |
| Hyuk Yu | Natural Sciences | Chemistry |
| Froma I. Zeitlin | Humanities | Classics |
| Raúl Zurita | Creative Arts | Poetry |