Name | Year | Lifespan | Achievements | Image |
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Gustav Stresemann | 1926 | 1878–1929 | Reconciliation with France to ensure peace in Europe | |
Ludwig Quidde | 1927 | 1858–1941 | Organization of peace conferences | |
Carl von Ossietzky | 1935 | 1889–1938 | Commitment against German militarism as editor of Weltbühne | |
Willy Brandt | 1971 | 1913–1992 | Ostpolitik | | |
Name | Year | Lifespan | Achievements | Image |
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Theodor Mommsen | 1902 | 1817–1903 | The History of Rome | |
Rudolf Eucken | 1908 | 1846–1926 | "for serious seeking after truth, penetrating thought, breadth and warmth of presentation, with which he has represented and developed an ideal worldview in numerous works" | |
Paul Heyse | 1910 | 1830–1914 | his fictional works | |
Gerhart Hauptmann | 1912 | 1862–1946 | "for his fruitful and versatile work in the realm of dramatic poetry" | |
Thomas Mann | 1929 | 1875–1955 | Buddenbrooks | |
Hermann Hesse | 1946 | 1877–1962 | "for his work imbued with profound immersion that developed ever more boldly and incisively, revealing the ideals of classical humanism along with a high artistic style" | |
Nelly Sachs | 1966 | 1891–1970 | "for her outstanding lyrical and dramatic works that interpret the fate of Israel with moving strength" | |
Heinrich Böll | 1972 | 1917–1985 | Complete works | |
Günter Grass | 1999 | 1927–2015 | Life's work | |
Herta Müller | 2009 |
| Complete works | | |
Name | Year | Lifespan | Achievements | Image |
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Emil Fischer | 1902 | 1852–1919 | Research on sugar and purine groups | |
Adolf von Baeyer | 1905 | 1835–1917 | Work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds | |
Eduard Buchner | 1907 | 1860–1917 | Discovery of cell-free fermentation | |
Wilhelm Ostwald | 1909 | 1853–1932 | Work on Catalysis | |
Otto Wallach | 1910 | 1847–1931 | Research in the field of cyclic hydrocarbons | |
Richard Willstätter | 1915 | 1872–1942 | Research on chlorophyll | |
Fritz Haber | 1918 | 1868–1934 | Development of a process for producing Ammonia | |
Walther Nernst | 1920 | 1864–1941 | Research on Thermochemistry | |
Heinrich Otto Wieland | 1927 | 1877–1957 | Research on Bile Acids | |
Adolf Windaus | 1928 | 1876–1959 | "for merits regarding the research on the structure of sterines and their relationship with vitamins" | |
Hans von Euler-Chelpin | 1929 | 1873–1964 | "for research on sugar fermentation and the contribution of enzymes to this process" | |
Hans Fischer | 1930 | 1881–1945 | Hemin synthesis | |
Friedrich Bergius | 1931 | 1884–1949 | "for contributions to the discovery and development of chemical high-pressure processes" | |
Carl Bosch | 1931 | 1874–1940 | Development of chemical high-pressure processes | |
Richard Kuhn | 1938 | 1900–1967 | "for his work on carotenoids and vitamins" | |
Adolf Butenandt | 1939 | 1903–1995 | Research on Steroid Hormones | |
Otto Hahn | 1944 | 1879–1968 | "for his discovery of the fission of heavy atomic nuclei" | |
Otto Diels | 1950 | 1876–1954 | Discovery of the Diels-Alder Reaction | |
Kurt Alder | 1950 | 1902–1958 | Discovery of the Diels-Alder Reaction | |
Hermann Staudinger | 1953 | 1881–1965 | Founding of Polymer Chemistry | |
Karl Ziegler | 1963 | 1898–1973 | Discoveries in the field of Polymers | |
Manfred Eigen | 1967 | 1927–2019 | Measurement of the rates of fast chemical reactions | |
Gerhard Herzberg | 1971 | 1904–1999 | "for his contributions to the knowledge of the electronic structure and geometry of molecules, especially free radicals" | |
Ernst Otto Fischer | 1973 | 1917–2007 | Research on organometallic sandwich complexes | |
Georg Wittig | 1979 | 1897–1987 | Wittig Reaction | |
Deisenhofer | 1988 |
| "for the investigation of the three-dimensional structure of the reaction center of Photosynthesis in a purple bacterium" | |
Robert Huber | 1988 |
| "for the investigation of the three-dimensional structure of the reaction center of Photosynthesis in a purple bacterium" | |
Hartmut Michel | 1988 |
| "for the investigation of the three-dimensional structure of the reaction center of Photosynthesis in a purple bacterium" | |
Gerhard Ertl | 2007 |
| "for studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces" | |
Stefan Hell | 2014 |
| "for the development of super-resolution fluorescence microscopy" | |
Joachim Frank | 2017 |
| "for the development of Cryo-Electron Microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules" |
Benjamin List | 2021 |
| "for the development of asymmetric organocatalysis to accelerate chemical reactions" | |
Name | Year | Lifespan | Achievements | Image |
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Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen | 1901 | 1845–1923 | Discovery of X-Rays | |
Philipp Lenard | 1905 | 1862–1947 | Research in solid state and atomic physics | |
Ferdinand Braun | 1909 | 1850–1918 | Contribution to the development of wireless Telegraphy | |
Wilhelm Wien | 1911 | 1864–1928 | Research on Thermal Radiation | |
Max von Laue | 1914 | 1879–1960 | Diffraction of X-rays by crystals | |
Max Planck | 1918 | 1858–1947 | Discovery of the Planck constant | |
Johannes Stark | 1919 | 1874–1957 | Discovery of the optical Doppler Effect and the Stark Effect | |
Albert Einstein | 1921 | 1879–1955 | "for his contributions to theoretical physics, especially for his discovery of the law of the Photoelectric Effect" | |
James Franck | 1925 | 1882–1964 | Confirmation of the Bohr Atom Model | |
Gustav Hertz | 1925 | 1887–1975 | Confirmation of the Bohr Atom Model | |
Werner Heisenberg | 1932 | 1901–1976 | Founding of Quantum Mechanics | |
Max Born | 1954 | 1882–1970 | Fundamental research in quantum mechanics | |
Walther Bothe | 1954 | 1891–1957 | Development of the Coincidence Method | |
Rudolf Mößbauer | 1961 | 1929–2011 | Discovery of the Mößbauer Effect | |
J. Hans D. Jensen | 1963 | 1907–1973 | Development of the Shell Model of atomic nuclei | |
Maria Goeppert-Mayer | 1963 | 1906–1972 | Development of the Shell Model of atomic nuclei | |
Klaus von Klitzing | 1985 |
| Discovery of the Quantized Hall Effect | |
Gerd Binnig | 1986 |
| Development of the Scanning Tunneling Microscope | |
Ernst Ruska | 1986 | 1906–1988 | Invention of the Electron Microscope | |
Johannes Georg Bednorz | 1987 |
| Discovery of ceramic High-Temperature Superconductors | |
Wolfgang Paul | 1989 | 1913–1993 | Development of the ion trap (Paul Trap) | |
Hans Georg Dehmelt | 1989 | 1922–2017 | Development of the Ion Trap | |
Horst Ludwig Störmer | 1998 |
| "for the discovery of a new type of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations" | |
Herbert Kroemer | 2000 | 1928–2024 | Development of semiconductor heterostructures for high-speed and optoelectronics | |
Wolfgang Ketterle | 2001 |
| Generation of the Bose-Einstein Condensate | |
Theodor W. Hänsch | 2005 |
| Development of the Frequency Comb in connection with his other achievements | |
Peter Grünberg | 2007 | 1939–2018 | "for the discovery of Giant Magnetoresistance (GMR)" | |
Reinhard Genzel | 2020 |
| "for the discovery of a supermassive compact object at the center of our galaxy" | |
Klaus Hasselmann | 2021 |
| "for groundbreaking contributions to the understanding of complex physical systems", specifically
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Name | Year | Lifespan | Achievements | Image |
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Emil Behring | 1901 | 1854–1907 | Work on serum therapy | |
Robert Koch | 1905 | 1843–1910 | Discovery of the pathogens of anthrax, tuberculosis, and cholera | |
Paul Ehrlich | 1908 | 1854–1915 | Foundation of immunology | |
Albrecht Kossel | 1910 | 1853–1927 | "in recognition of his contributions to the knowledge of cell chemistry through his work on proteins, including the nuclear substances" | |
Otto Fritz Meyerhof | 1922 | 1884–1951 | Research on metabolism in muscle | |
Otto Heinrich Warburg | 1931 | 1883–1970 | Research on respiratory ferment | |
Hans Spemann | 1935 | 1869–1941 | Discovery of the organizer effect and artificial cloning of organisms with Hilde Mangold | |
Otto Loewi | 1936 | 1873–1961 | "for discoveries in the chemical transmission of nerve impulses" | |
Gerhard Domagk | 1939 | 1895–1964 | Discovery of the antibacterial effects of the sulfonamide Prontosil | |
Ernst Boris Chain | 1945 | 1906–1979 | Discovery of Penicillin | |
Hans Adolf Krebs | 1953 | 1900–1981 | Discovery of the Citric Acid Cycle | |
Werner Forßmann | 1956 | 1904–1979 | "for discoveries on cardiac catheterization and pathological changes in the circulatory system" | |
Feodor Lynen | 1964 | 1911–1979 | Research on the regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism | |
Konrad Bloch | 1964 | 1912–2000 | Research on the regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism | |
Max Delbrück | 1969 | 1906–1981 | Foundation of modern molecular biology and genetics | |
Bernard Katz | 1970 | 1911–2003 | Work on the quantized form of synaptic transmission | |
Karl von Frisch | 1973 | 1886–1982 | "discoveries regarding the organization and triggering of individual and social behavior patterns" | |
Georges J. F. Köhler | 1984 | 1946–1995 | Research on the immune system and monoclonal antibodies | |
Erwin Neher | 1991 |
| Discoveries on the function of individual ion channels in cells | |
Bert Sakmann | 1991 |
| "for the development of a method for the direct detection of ion channels in cell membranes for the study of signal transmission within and between cells" | |
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | 1995 |
| Research on the genetic control of early embryonic development | |
Günter Blobel | 1999 | 1936–2018 | "for the discovery of signals embedded in proteins that control their transport and localization within the cell" | |
Harald zur Hausen | 2008 | 1936–2023 | Research on human papillomavirus | |
Thomas Südhof | 2013 |
| Research on the transport system of cells | | |