Nobel Prize winners
from Germany.

Born in Bremerhaven-Lehe, Germany. Recognized “for his work on sex hormones”.

• 1939Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins”.

• 1928Chemistry

Born in Ulm, Germany. Recognized “for his services to Theoretical Physics, and especially for his discovery of the law of the photoelectric effect”.

• 1921Physics

Born in Rostock, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of the contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances”.

• 1910Medicine

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for their discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation”.

• 1978Physics

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis”.

• 2021Chemistry

Born in Stuttgart, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”.

• 1991Medicine

Born in Cologne, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods”.

• 1931Chemistry

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace”.

• 1935Peace

Born in Garding, Germany. Recognized “the greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, <I>A history of Rome</I>”.

• 1902Literature

Born in Magdeburg, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the genetic control of early embryonic development”.

• 1995Medicine

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation”.

• 1907Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for the discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases”.

• 1945Medicine

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds”.

• 1973Chemistry

Born in Heidelberg, Germany. Recognized “for his fundamental work in electron optics, and for the design of the first electron microscope”.

• 1986Physics

Born in Landsberg, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the function of single ion channels in cells”.

• 1991Medicine

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the mechanism and regulation of the cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism”.

• 1964Medicine

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis”.

• 1979Chemistry

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for theories concerning the specificity in development and control of the immune system and the discovery of the principle for production of monoclonal antibodies”.

• 1984Medicine

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for their design of the scanning tunneling microscope”.

• 1986Physics

Born in Bad Cannstatt, Germany. Recognized “for his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces”.

• 2007Chemistry

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals”.

• 1971Chemistry

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom”.

• 1925Physics

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty”.

• 1926Peace

Born in Hildesheim, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the citric acid cycle”.

• 1953Medicine

Born in Hoechst, Germany. Recognized “for his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin”.

• 1930Chemistry

Born in Görlitz, Germany. Recognized “for the development of the ion trap technique”.

• 1989Physics

Born in Augsburg, Germany. Recognized “for their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes”.

• 1929Chemistry

Born in Stuttgart, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the organizer effect in embryonic development”.

• 1935Medicine

Born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer”.

• 2008Medicine

Born in Ludwigsburg, Germany. Recognized “for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”.

• 1988Chemistry

Born in Cologne, Germany. Recognized “for his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature”.

• 1972Literature

Born in Pforzheim, Germany. Recognized “for his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances”.

• 1927Chemistry

Born in Fürth, Germany. Recognized “for jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973”.

• 1973Peace

Born in Weimar, Germany. Recognized “for developing semiconductor heterostructures used in high-speed- and opto-electronics”.

• 2000Physics

Born in Euskirchen, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses”.

• 1902Chemistry

Born in Calw, Germany. Recognized “for his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style”.

• 1946Literature

Born in Worms, Germany. Recognized “for his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry”.

• 1953Chemistry

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for their discovery of a new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations”.

• 1998Physics

Organization headquartered in Germany. Recognized “for spreading authoritative information and by creating awareness of the catastrophic consequences of nuclear war”.

• 1985Peace

Born in Neuenkirchen, Germany. Recognized “for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials”.

• 1987Physics

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure”.

• 1963Physics

Born in Bad Kissingen, Germany. Recognized “for the neutrino beam method and the demonstration of the doublet structure of the leptons through the discovery of the muon neutrino”.

• 1988Physics

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for their discovery of the laws governing the impact of an electron upon an atom”.

• 1925Physics

Born in Siegen, Germany. Recognized “for developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution”.

• 2017Chemistry

Born in Zusamaltheim, Germany. Recognized “for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”.

• 1988Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds”.

• 1905Chemistry

Born in Schickenhof, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields”.

• 1919Physics

Born in Jena, Germany. Recognized “for the development of lithium-ion batteries”.

• 2019Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for their contributions concerning the dynamics of chemical elementary processes”.

• 1986Chemistry

Born in Fulda, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy”.

• 1909Physics

Born in Helsa, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers”.

• 1963Chemistry

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for the physical modelling of Earth’s climate, quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming”.

• 2021Physics

Born in Bremen, Germany. Recognized “for their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation”.

• 1927Peace

Born in Bochum, Germany. Recognized “for their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy”.

• 1967Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the replication mechanism and the genetic structure of viruses”.

• 1969Medicine

Born in Kiel, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta”.

• 1918Physics

Born in Pfaffendorf, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals”.

• 1914Physics

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength”.

• 1966Literature

Born in Hanover, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the fixed relationship between the consumption of oxygen and the metabolism of lactic acid in the muscle”.

• 1922Medicine

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei”.

• 1944Chemistry

Born in Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany. Recognized “for his discovery of the nature and mode of action of the respiratory enzyme”.

• 1931Medicine

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses”.

• 1936Medicine

Born in Hamburg, Germany. Recognized “for their discovery and development of the diene synthesis”.

• 1950Chemistry

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “as a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories”.

• 1910Literature

Born in Blankenburg, Germany. Recognized “for his precision determination of the magnetic moment of the electron”.

• 1955Physics

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for decisive contributions to the LIGO detector and the observation of gravitational waves”.

• 2017Physics

Born in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany. Recognized “for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of our galaxy”.

• 2020Physics

Born in Karlsruhe, Germany. Recognized “for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll”.

• 1915Chemistry

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre”.

• 1988Chemistry

Born in Frankfurt-on-the-Main, Germany. Recognized “for having enhanced our understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis”.

• 2005Economic Sciences

Born in Clausthal, Germany. Recognized “for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis”.

• 1905Medicine

Born in Aurich, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life”.

• 1908Literature

Born in Munich, Germany. Recognized “for his researches concerning the resonance absorption of gamma radiation and his discovery in this connection of the effect which bears his name”.

• 1961Physics

Born in Leipzig, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning the humoral transmitters in the nerve terminals and the mechanism for their storage, release and inactivation”.

• 1970Medicine

Born in Heidelberg, Germany. Recognized “for their contributions to the development of laser-based precision spectroscopy, including the optical frequency comb technique”.

• 2005Physics

Born in Göttingen, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries of machinery regulating vesicle traffic, a major transport system in our cells”.

• 2013Medicine

Born in Lübeck, Germany. Recognized “principally for his great novel, <I>Buddenbrooks</I>, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature”.

• 1929Literature

Born in Oranienburg, Germany. Recognized “for the coincidence method and his discoveries made therewith”.

• 1954Physics

Born in Berlin, Germany. Recognized “for their discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system”.

• 1956Medicine

Born in Würzburg, Germany. Recognized “for the creation of quantum mechanics, the application of which has, inter alia, led to the discovery of the allotropic forms of hydrogen”.

• 1932Physics

Born in Lennep, Germany. Recognized “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by the discovery of the remarkable rays subsequently named after him”.

• 1901Physics

Born in Lübeck, Germany. Recognized “for paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West”.

• 1971Peace

Born in Heidelberg, Germany. Recognized “for the achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms, and for early fundamental studies of the properties of the condensates”.

• 2001Physics

Born in Lorenzkirch, Germany. Recognized “for the development of the ion trap technique”.

• 1989Physics