Complete list of Nobel Prize laureates across Physics, Chemistry, Medicine, Literature, Peace, and Economics from 1901 to present.
| # | Year | Category | Laureate | Country | Rationale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2025 | Economics | Peter Howitt | Canada | For having explained innovation-driven economic growth |
| 2 | 2025 | Economics | Philippe Aghion | France | For having explained innovation-driven economic growth |
| 3 | 2025 | Physics | Michel H. Devoret | France | For discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
| 4 | 2025 | Physics | John M. Martinis | USA | For discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
| 5 | 2025 | Chemistry | Susumu Kitagawa | Japan | For development of metal-organic frameworks |
| 6 | 2025 | Chemistry | Richard Robson | Australia | For development of metal-organic frameworks |
| 7 | 2025 | Physics | John Clarke | UK | For discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit |
| 8 | 2025 | Economics | Joel Mokyr | USA | For having explained innovation-driven economic growth |
| 9 | 2025 | Peace | María Corina Machado | Venezuela | For tireless work promoting democratic rights for people of Venezuela and struggle for just and peaceful transition from dictatorship to democracy |
| 10 | 2025 | Literature | László Krasznahorkai | Hungary | For compelling and visionary oeuvre that in midst of apocalyptic terror reaffirms power of art |
| 11 | 2025 | Medicine | Shimon Sakaguchi | Japan | For discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
| 12 | 2025 | Medicine | Mary E. Brunkow | USA | For discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
| 13 | 2025 | Medicine | Fred Ramsdell | USA | For discoveries concerning peripheral immune tolerance |
| 14 | 2025 | Chemistry | Omar M. Yaghi | USA | For development of metal-organic frameworks |
| 15 | 2024 | Medicine | Gary Ruvkun | USA | For discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation |
| 16 | 2024 | Peace | Nihon Hidankyo | Japan | For efforts of atomic bomb survivors toward a world free of nuclear weapons |
| 17 | 2024 | Literature | Han Kang | South Korea | For intense poetic prose that confronts historical traumas and exposes fragility of human life |
| 18 | 2024 | Physics | John J. Hopfield | USA | For foundational discoveries enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks |
| 19 | 2024 | Physics | Geoffrey E. Hinton | UK/Canada | For foundational discoveries enabling machine learning with artificial neural networks |
| 20 | 2024 | Chemistry | David Baker | USA | For computational protein design |
| 21 | 2024 | Chemistry | Demis Hassabis | UK | For protein structure prediction using AI |
| 22 | 2024 | Chemistry | John M. Jumper | USA | For protein structure prediction using AI |
| 23 | 2024 | Medicine | Victor Ambros | USA | For discovery of microRNA and its role in gene regulation |
| 24 | 2024 | Economics | Simon Johnson | USA | For studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
| 25 | 2024 | Economics | James A. Robinson | USA | For studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
| 26 | 2024 | Economics | Daron Acemoglu | USA | For studies on how institutions are formed and affect prosperity |
| 27 | 2023 | Chemistry | Louis E. Brus | USA | For discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
| 28 | 2023 | Chemistry | Alexei I. Ekimov | Russia/USA | For discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
| 29 | 2023 | Medicine | Katalin Karikó | Hungary/USA | For discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled development of effective mRNA vaccines |
| 30 | 2023 | Medicine | Drew Weissman | USA | For discoveries concerning nucleoside base modifications that enabled development of effective mRNA vaccines |
| 31 | 2023 | Literature | Jon Fosse | Norway | For innovative plays and prose which give voice to unsayable |
| 32 | 2023 | Peace | Narges Mohammadi | Iran | For fight against oppression of women in Iran and efforts to promote human rights and freedom for all |
| 33 | 2023 | Economics | Claudia Goldin | USA | For advancing our understanding of women's labour market outcomes |
| 34 | 2023 | Chemistry | Moungi G. Bawendi | USA | For discovery and synthesis of quantum dots |
| 35 | 2023 | Physics | Ferenc Krausz | Hungary/Austria | For experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for study of electron dynamics in matter |
| 36 | 2023 | Physics | Anne L'Huillier | France/Sweden | For experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for study of electron dynamics in matter |
| 37 | 2023 | Physics | Pierre Agostini | France/USA | For experimental methods that generate attosecond pulses of light for study of electron dynamics in matter |
| 38 | 2022 | Peace | Center for Civil Liberties | Ukraine | For outstanding effort to document human rights violations in their home countries |
| 39 | 2022 | Economics | Philip H. Dybvig | USA | For research on banks and financial crises |
| 40 | 2022 | Economics | Douglas W. Diamond | USA | For research on banks and financial crises |
| 41 | 2022 | Economics | Ben S. Bernanke | USA | For research on banks and financial crises |
| 42 | 2022 | Peace | Ales Bialiatski | Belarus | For outstanding effort to document human rights violations in their home countries |
| 43 | 2022 | Physics | John F. Clauser | USA | For experiments with entangled photons establishing violation of Bell inequalities |
| 44 | 2022 | Physics | Alain Aspect | France | For experiments with entangled photons establishing violation of Bell inequalities |
| 45 | 2022 | Chemistry | Morten Meldal | Denmark | For development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
| 46 | 2022 | Chemistry | K. Barry Sharpless | USA | For development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
| 47 | 2022 | Medicine | Svante Pääbo | Sweden | For discoveries concerning genomes of extinct hominins and human evolution |
| 48 | 2022 | Literature | Annie Ernaux | France | For courage and clinical acuity with which she uncovers roots and collective constraints of personal memory |
| 49 | 2022 | Physics | Anton Zeilinger | Austria | For experiments with entangled photons establishing violation of Bell inequalities |
| 50 | 2022 | Chemistry | Carolyn R. Bertozzi | USA | For development of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry |
| 51 | 2022 | Peace | Memorial | Russia | For outstanding effort to document human rights violations in their home countries |
| 52 | 2021 | Physics | Giorgio Parisi | Italy | For discovery of interplay of disorder and fluctuations in physical systems from atomic to planetary scales |
| 53 | 2021 | Physics | Klaus Hasselmann | Germany | For physical modelling of Earth's climate quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming |
| 54 | 2021 | Medicine | Ardem Patapoutian | Lebanon/USA | For discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch |
| 55 | 2021 | Chemistry | David W.C. MacMillan | UK/USA | For development of asymmetric organocatalysis |
| 56 | 2021 | Medicine | David Julius | USA | For discoveries of receptors for temperature and touch |
| 57 | 2021 | Chemistry | Benjamin List | Germany | For development of asymmetric organocatalysis |
| 58 | 2021 | Economics | Guido W. Imbens | Netherlands/USA | For methodological contributions to analysis of causal relationships |
| 59 | 2021 | Peace | Dmitry Muratov | Russia | For efforts to safeguard freedom of expression as precondition for democracy and lasting peace |
| 60 | 2021 | Peace | Maria Ressa | Philippines | For efforts to safeguard freedom of expression as precondition for democracy and lasting peace |
| 61 | 2021 | Economics | Joshua D. Angrist | USA | For methodological contributions to analysis of causal relationships |
| 62 | 2021 | Physics | Syukuro Manabe | Japan/USA | For physical modelling of Earth's climate quantifying variability and reliably predicting global warming |
| 63 | 2021 | Economics | David Card | Canada/USA | For empirical contributions to labour economics |
| 64 | 2021 | Literature | Abdulrazak Gurnah | Tanzania/UK | For uncompromising and compassionate penetration of effects of colonialism and fate of refugee |
| 65 | 2020 | Chemistry | Emmanuelle Charpentier | France | For development of method for genome editing CRISPR-Cas9 |
| 66 | 2020 | Economics | Robert B. Wilson | USA | For improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats |
| 67 | 2020 | Economics | Paul R. Milgrom | USA | For improvements to auction theory and inventions of new auction formats |
| 68 | 2020 | Chemistry | Jennifer A. Doudna | USA | For development of method for genome editing CRISPR-Cas9 |
| 69 | 2020 | Medicine | Harvey J. Alter | USA | For discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
| 70 | 2020 | Medicine | Michael Houghton | UK | For discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
| 71 | 2020 | Medicine | Charles M. Rice | USA | For discovery of Hepatitis C virus |
| 72 | 2020 | Literature | Louise Glück | USA | For unmistakable poetic voice that with austere beauty makes individual existence universal |
| 73 | 2020 | Peace | World Food Programme | International | For efforts to combat hunger and contribution to bettering conditions for peace |
| 74 | 2020 | Physics | Roger Penrose | UK | For discovery that black hole formation is robust prediction of general theory of relativity |
| 75 | 2020 | Physics | Andrea Ghez | USA | For discovery of supermassive compact object at centre of Milky Way galaxy |
| 76 | 2020 | Physics | Reinhard Genzel | Germany | For discovery of supermassive compact object at centre of Milky Way galaxy |
| 77 | 2019 | Economics | Michael Kremer | USA | For experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
| 78 | 2019 | Physics | James Peebles | Canada/USA | For theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology |
| 79 | 2019 | Literature | Peter Handke | Austria | For influential work that with linguistic ingenuity has explored periphery and specificity of human experience |
| 80 | 2019 | Peace | Abiy Ahmed Ali | Ethiopia | For efforts to achieve peace and international cooperation |
| 81 | 2019 | Economics | Abhijit Banerjee | India/USA | For experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
| 82 | 2019 | Economics | Esther Duflo | France/USA | For experimental approach to alleviating global poverty |
| 83 | 2019 | Chemistry | M. Stanley Whittingham | UK/USA | For development of lithium-ion batteries |
| 84 | 2019 | Chemistry | John B. Goodenough | USA | For development of lithium-ion batteries |
| 85 | 2019 | Physics | Didier Queloz | Switzerland | For discovery of exoplanet orbiting solar-type star |
| 86 | 2019 | Chemistry | Akira Yoshino | Japan | For development of lithium-ion batteries |
| 87 | 2019 | Physics | Michel Mayor | Switzerland | For discovery of exoplanet orbiting solar-type star |
| 88 | 2019 | Medicine | William G. Kaelin Jr. | USA | For discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| 89 | 2019 | Medicine | Peter J. Ratcliffe | UK | For discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| 90 | 2019 | Medicine | Gregg L. Semenza | USA | For discoveries of how cells sense and adapt to oxygen availability |
| 91 | 2018 | Physics | Arthur Ashkin | USA | For optical tweezers and their application to biological systems |
| 92 | 2018 | Physics | Donna Strickland | Canada | For method of generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses |
| 93 | 2018 | Economics | Paul M. Romer | USA | For integrating technological innovations into long-run macroeconomic analysis |
| 94 | 2018 | Medicine | James P. Allison | USA | For discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation |
| 95 | 2018 | Medicine | Tasuku Honjo | Japan | For discovery of cancer therapy by inhibition of negative immune regulation |
| 96 | 2018 | Literature | Olga Tokarczuk | Poland | For narrative imagination that represents crossing of boundaries as form of life |
| 97 | 2018 | Peace | Nadia Murad | Iraq | For efforts to end use of sexual violence as weapon of war and armed conflict |
| 98 | 2018 | Economics | William D. Nordhaus | USA | For integrating climate change into long-run macroeconomic analysis |
| 99 | 2018 | Physics | Gérard Mourou | France | For method of generating high-intensity ultra-short optical pulses |
| 100 | 2018 | Chemistry | Frances H. Arnold | USA | For directed evolution of enzymes |
| 101 | 2018 | Chemistry | Gregory P. Winter | UK | For phage display of antibodies |
| 102 | 2018 | Chemistry | George P. Smith | USA | For phage display of peptides and antibodies |
| 103 | 2018 | Peace | Denis Mukwege | DR Congo | For efforts to end use of sexual violence as weapon of war and armed conflict |
| 104 | 2017 | Peace | International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons | International | For work to draw attention to catastrophic humanitarian consequences of any use of nuclear weapons |
| 105 | 2017 | Economics | Richard H. Thaler | USA | For contributions to behavioural economics |
| 106 | 2017 | Physics | Kip S. Thorne | USA | For decisive contributions to LIGO detector and observation of gravitational waves |
| 107 | 2017 | Medicine | Michael W. Young | USA | For discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm |
| 108 | 2017 | Literature | Kazuo Ishiguro | UK/Japan | For novels of great emotional force having uncovered abyss beneath our illusory sense of connection with world |
| 109 | 2017 | Medicine | Michael Rosbash | USA | For discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm |
| 110 | 2017 | Medicine | Jeffrey C. Hall | USA | For discoveries of molecular mechanisms controlling circadian rhythm |
| 111 | 2017 | Chemistry | Richard Henderson | UK | For developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules |
| 112 | 2017 | Chemistry | Joachim Frank | Germany/USA | For developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules |
| 113 | 2017 | Chemistry | Jacques Dubochet | Switzerland | For developing cryo-electron microscopy for high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules |
| 114 | 2017 | Physics | Rainer Weiss | USA | For decisive contributions to LIGO detector and observation of gravitational waves |
| 115 | 2017 | Physics | Barry C. Barish | USA | For decisive contributions to LIGO detector and observation of gravitational waves |
| 116 | 2016 | Chemistry | J. Fraser Stoddart | UK/USA | For design and synthesis of molecular machines |
| 117 | 2016 | Economics | Oliver Hart | UK/USA | For contributions to contract theory |
| 118 | 2016 | Chemistry | Jean-Pierre Sauvage | France | For design and synthesis of molecular machines |
| 119 | 2016 | Physics | J. Michael Kosterlitz | UK/USA | For theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
| 120 | 2016 | Physics | F. Duncan M. Haldane | UK/USA | For theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
| 121 | 2016 | Medicine | Yoshinori Ohsumi | Japan | For discoveries of mechanisms for autophagy |
| 122 | 2016 | Physics | David J. Thouless | UK/USA | For theoretical discoveries of topological phase transitions and topological phases of matter |
| 123 | 2016 | Economics | Bengt R. Holmström | Finland | For contributions to contract theory |
| 124 | 2016 | Literature | Bob Dylan | USA | For having created new poetic expressions within great American song tradition |
| 125 | 2016 | Chemistry | Bernard L. Feringa | Netherlands | For design and synthesis of molecular machines |
| 126 | 2016 | Peace | Juan Manuel Santos | Colombia | For resolute efforts to bring country's more than 50-year-long civil war to an end |
| 127 | 2015 | Literature | Svetlana Alexievich | Belarus | For polyphonic writings as monument to suffering and courage in our time |
| 128 | 2015 | Medicine | Youyou Tu | China | For discoveries concerning novel therapy against malaria |
| 129 | 2015 | Medicine | William C. Campbell | Ireland/USA | For discoveries concerning novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites |
| 130 | 2015 | Medicine | Satoshi Ōmura | Japan | For discoveries concerning novel therapy against infections caused by roundworm parasites |
| 131 | 2015 | Chemistry | Paul Modrich | USA | For mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
| 132 | 2015 | Economics | Angus Deaton | UK/USA | For analysis of consumption poverty and welfare |
| 133 | 2015 | Peace | Tunisian National Dialogue Quartet | Tunisia | For decisive contribution to building pluralistic democracy in Tunisia in wake of Jasmine Revolution |
| 134 | 2015 | Physics | Arthur B. McDonald | Canada | For discovery of neutrino oscillations showing that neutrinos have mass |
| 135 | 2015 | Chemistry | Tomas Lindahl | Sweden/UK | For mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
| 136 | 2015 | Physics | Takaaki Kajita | Japan | For discovery of neutrino oscillations showing that neutrinos have mass |
| 137 | 2015 | Chemistry | Aziz Sancar | Turkey/USA | For mechanistic studies of DNA repair |
| 138 | 2014 | Chemistry | William E. Moerner | USA | For development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
| 139 | 2014 | Literature | Patrick Modiano | France | For art of memory with which he has evoked most ungraspable human destinies and uncovered life-world of Occupation |
| 140 | 2014 | Peace | Kailash Satyarthi | India | For struggle against suppression of children and young people and right of all children to education |
| 141 | 2014 | Peace | Malala Yousafzai | Pakistan | For struggle against suppression of children and young people and right of all children to education |
| 142 | 2014 | Medicine | Edvard I. Moser | Norway | For discoveries of cells that constitute positioning system in brain |
| 143 | 2014 | Chemistry | Stefan W. Hell | Germany | For development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
| 144 | 2014 | Chemistry | Eric Betzig | USA | For development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy |
| 145 | 2014 | Physics | Shuji Nakamura | USA | For invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes |
| 146 | 2014 | Physics | Isamu Akasaki | Japan | For invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes |
| 147 | 2014 | Economics | Jean Tirole | France | For analysis of market power and regulation |
| 148 | 2014 | Medicine | May-Britt Moser | Norway | For discoveries of cells that constitute positioning system in brain |
| 149 | 2014 | Medicine | John O'Keefe | USA/UK | For discoveries of cells that constitute positioning system in brain |
| 150 | 2014 | Physics | Hiroshi Amano | Japan | For invention of efficient blue light-emitting diodes |
| 151 | 2013 | Physics | Peter W. Higgs | UK | For theoretical discovery of mechanism that contributes to understanding of origin of mass of subatomic particles |
| 152 | 2013 | Medicine | Thomas C. Südhof | Germany/USA | For machinery regulating vesicle traffic a major transport system in cells |
| 153 | 2013 | Physics | François Englert | Belgium | For theoretical discovery of mechanism that contributes to understanding of origin of mass of subatomic particles |
| 154 | 2013 | Chemistry | Martin Karplus | USA | For development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
| 155 | 2013 | Literature | Alice Munro | Canada | For master of contemporary short story |
| 156 | 2013 | Peace | Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons | International | For extensive efforts to eliminate chemical weapons |
| 157 | 2013 | Economics | Lars Peter Hansen | USA | For empirical analysis of asset prices |
| 158 | 2013 | Medicine | Randy W. Schekman | USA | For machinery regulating vesicle traffic a major transport system in cells |
| 159 | 2013 | Medicine | James E. Rothman | USA | For machinery regulating vesicle traffic a major transport system in cells |
| 160 | 2013 | Chemistry | Arieh Warshel | USA/Israel | For development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
| 161 | 2013 | Chemistry | Michael Levitt | USA/UK | For development of multiscale models for complex chemical systems |
| 162 | 2013 | Economics | Eugene F. Fama | USA | For empirical analysis of asset prices |
| 163 | 2013 | Economics | Robert J. Shiller | USA | For empirical analysis of asset prices |
| 164 | 2012 | Physics | Serge Haroche | France | For ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems |
| 165 | 2012 | Economics | Alvin E. Roth | USA | For theory of stable allocations and practice of market design |
| 166 | 2012 | Medicine | Shinya Yamanaka | Japan | For discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
| 167 | 2012 | Literature | Mo Yan | China | For who with hallucinatory realism merges folk tales history and contemporary |
| 168 | 2012 | Peace | European Union | Europe | For over six decades contribution to advancement of peace and reconciliation democracy and human rights in Europe |
| 169 | 2012 | Economics | Lloyd S. Shapley | USA | For theory of stable allocations and practice of market design |
| 170 | 2012 | Medicine | John B. Gurdon | UK | For discovery that mature cells can be reprogrammed to become pluripotent |
| 171 | 2012 | Chemistry | Robert J. Lefkowitz | USA | For studies of G-protein-coupled receptors |
| 172 | 2012 | Physics | David J. Wineland | USA | For ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems |
| 173 | 2012 | Chemistry | Brian K. Kobilka | USA | For studies of G-protein-coupled receptors |
| 174 | 2011 | Peace | Leymah Gbowee | Liberia | For non-violent struggle for safety of women and for women's right to full participation in peace-building work |
| 175 | 2011 | Peace | Ellen Johnson Sirleaf | Liberia | For non-violent struggle for safety of women and for women's right to full participation in peace-building work |
| 176 | 2011 | Literature | Tomas Tranströmer | Sweden | For condensed translucent images that give fresh access to reality |
| 177 | 2011 | Medicine | Ralph M. Steinman | Canada | For discovery of dendritic cell and its role in adaptive immunity |
| 178 | 2011 | Medicine | Jules A. Hoffmann | France | For discoveries concerning activation of innate immunity |
| 179 | 2011 | Economics | Christopher A. Sims | USA | For empirical research on cause and effect in macroeconomy |
| 180 | 2011 | Economics | Thomas J. Sargent | USA | For empirical research on cause and effect in macroeconomy |
| 181 | 2011 | Peace | Tawakkol Karman | Yemen | For non-violent struggle for safety of women and for women's right to full participation in peace-building work |
| 182 | 2011 | Physics | Saul Perlmutter | USA | For discovery of accelerating expansion of Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
| 183 | 2011 | Physics | Brian P. Schmidt | USA/Australia | For discovery of accelerating expansion of Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
| 184 | 2011 | Physics | Adam G. Riess | USA | For discovery of accelerating expansion of Universe through observations of distant supernovae |
| 185 | 2011 | Chemistry | Dan Shechtman | Israel | For discovery of quasicrystals |
| 186 | 2011 | Medicine | Bruce A. Beutler | USA | For discoveries concerning activation of innate immunity |
| 187 | 2010 | Chemistry | Akira Suzuki | Japan | For palladium-catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
| 188 | 2010 | Medicine | Robert G. Edwards | UK | For development of in vitro fertilisation |
| 189 | 2010 | Economics | Dale T. Mortensen | USA | For analysis of markets with search frictions |
| 190 | 2010 | Economics | Peter A. Diamond | USA | For analysis of markets with search frictions |
| 191 | 2010 | Peace | Liu Xiaobo | China | For long non-violent struggle for fundamental human rights in China |
| 192 | 2010 | Chemistry | Ei-ichi Negishi | Japan/USA | For palladium-catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
| 193 | 2010 | Physics | Konstantin Novoselov | Russia/UK | For groundbreaking experiments regarding two-dimensional material graphene |
| 194 | 2010 | Economics | Christopher A. Pissarides | Cyprus/UK | For analysis of markets with search frictions |
| 195 | 2010 | Physics | Andre Geim | Russia/Netherlands | For groundbreaking experiments regarding two-dimensional material graphene |
| 196 | 2010 | Literature | Mario Vargas Llosa | Peru | For cartography of structures of power and trenchant images of individual resistance revolt and defeat |
| 197 | 2010 | Chemistry | Richard F. Heck | USA | For palladium-catalysed cross couplings in organic synthesis |
| 198 | 2009 | Medicine | Jack W. Szostak | USA | For discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and enzyme telomerase |
| 199 | 2009 | Literature | Herta Müller | Germany | For who with concentration of poetry and frankness of prose depicts landscape of dispossessed |
| 200 | 2009 | Peace | Barack Obama | USA | For extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples |
| 201 | 2009 | Economics | Elinor Ostrom | USA | For analysis of economic governance especially commons |
| 202 | 2009 | Economics | Oliver E. Williamson | USA | For analysis of economic governance especially boundaries of firm |
| 203 | 2009 | Physics | Willard S. Boyle | Canada | For invention of imaging semiconductor circuit CCD sensor |
| 204 | 2009 | Medicine | Carol W. Greider | USA | For discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and enzyme telomerase |
| 205 | 2009 | Medicine | Elizabeth H. Blackburn | USA | For discovery of how chromosomes are protected by telomeres and enzyme telomerase |
| 206 | 2009 | Chemistry | Ada E. Yonath | Israel | For studies of structure and function of ribosome |
| 207 | 2009 | Chemistry | Thomas A. Steitz | USA | For studies of structure and function of ribosome |
| 208 | 2009 | Chemistry | Venkatraman Ramakrishnan | UK | For studies of structure and function of ribosome |
| 209 | 2009 | Physics | George E. Smith | USA | For invention of imaging semiconductor circuit CCD sensor |
| 210 | 2009 | Physics | Charles Kuen Kao | UK/USA | For groundbreaking achievements concerning transmission of light in fibres for optical communication |
| 211 | 2008 | Peace | Martti Ahtisaari | Finland | For efforts on several continents over three decades to resolve international conflicts |
| 212 | 2008 | Chemistry | Martin Chalfie | USA | For discovery and development of green fluorescent protein GFP |
| 213 | 2008 | Literature | Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio | France | For author of new departures poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy and explorer of humanity beyond reigning civilisation |
| 214 | 2008 | Economics | Paul Krugman | USA | For analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity |
| 215 | 2008 | Physics | Toshihide Maskawa | Japan | For discovery of origin of broken symmetry which predicts existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
| 216 | 2008 | Chemistry | Osamu Shimomura | Japan | For discovery and development of green fluorescent protein GFP |
| 217 | 2008 | Physics | Makoto Kobayashi | Japan | For discovery of origin of broken symmetry which predicts existence of at least three families of quarks in nature |
| 218 | 2008 | Physics | Yoichiro Nambu | Japan/USA | For discovery of mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics |
| 219 | 2008 | Medicine | Harald zur Hausen | Germany | For discovery of human papillomavirus viruses causing cervical cancer |
| 220 | 2008 | Chemistry | Roger Y. Tsien | USA | For discovery and development of green fluorescent protein GFP |
| 221 | 2008 | Medicine | Françoise Barré-Sinoussi | France | For discovery of human immunodeficiency virus HIV |
| 222 | 2008 | Medicine | Luc Montagnier | France | For discovery of human immunodeficiency virus HIV |
| 223 | 2007 | Physics | Albert Fert | France | For discovery of giant magnetoresistance |
| 224 | 2007 | Peace | Al Gore | USA | For efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change |
| 225 | 2007 | Literature | Doris Lessing | UK | For that epicist of female experience who with scepticism fire and visionary power subjected divided civilisation to scrutiny |
| 226 | 2007 | Peace | Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change | International | For efforts to build up and disseminate greater knowledge about man-made climate change |
| 227 | 2007 | Economics | Leonid Hurwicz | USA | For having laid foundations of mechanism design theory |
| 228 | 2007 | Economics | Roger B. Myerson | USA | For having laid foundations of mechanism design theory |
| 229 | 2007 | Economics | Eric S. Maskin | USA | For having laid foundations of mechanism design theory |
| 230 | 2007 | Medicine | Oliver Smithies | USA | For discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice using embryonic stem cells |
| 231 | 2007 | Medicine | Martin J. Evans | UK | For discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice using embryonic stem cells |
| 232 | 2007 | Physics | Peter Grünberg | Germany | For discovery of giant magnetoresistance |
| 233 | 2007 | Medicine | Mario R. Capecchi | USA | For discoveries of principles for introducing specific gene modifications in mice using embryonic stem cells |
| 234 | 2007 | Chemistry | Gerhard Ertl | Germany | For studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces |
| 235 | 2006 | Medicine | Andrew Z. Fire | USA | For discovery of RNA interference and gene silencing by double-stranded RNA |
| 236 | 2006 | Physics | George F. Smoot | USA | For discovery of blackbody form and anisotropy of cosmic microwave background radiation |
| 237 | 2006 | Economics | Edmund S. Phelps | USA | For analysis of intertemporal tradeoffs in macroeconomic policy |
| 238 | 2006 | Peace | Grameen Bank | Bangladesh | For efforts to create economic and social development from below |
| 239 | 2006 | Medicine | Craig C. Mello | USA | For discovery of RNA interference and gene silencing by double-stranded RNA |
| 240 | 2006 | Literature | Orhan Pamuk | Turkey | For who in quest for melancholic soul of his native city has discovered new symbols for clash and interlacing of cultures |
| 241 | 2006 | Peace | Muhammad Yunus | Bangladesh | For efforts to create economic and social development from below including founding of Grameen Bank |
| 242 | 2006 | Chemistry | Roger D. Kornberg | USA | For studies of molecular basis of eukaryotic transcription |
| 243 | 2006 | Physics | John C. Mather | USA | For discovery of blackbody form and anisotropy of cosmic microwave background radiation |
| 244 | 2005 | Literature | Harold Pinter | UK | For plays that uncover precipice under everyday prattle and force entry into oppression's closed rooms |
| 245 | 2005 | Medicine | J. Robin Warren | Australia | For discovery of bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease |
| 246 | 2005 | Physics | John L. Hall | USA | For contributions to development of laser-based precision spectroscopy |
| 247 | 2005 | Chemistry | Richard R. Schrock | USA | For development of metathesis method in organic synthesis |
| 248 | 2005 | Chemistry | Yves Chauvin | France | For development of metathesis method in organic synthesis |
| 249 | 2005 | Physics | Roy J. Glauber | USA | For contribution to quantum theory of optical coherence |
| 250 | 2005 | Physics | Theodor W. Hänsch | Germany | For contributions to development of laser-based precision spectroscopy |
| 251 | 2005 | Chemistry | Robert H. Grubbs | USA | For development of metathesis method in organic synthesis |
| 252 | 2005 | Medicine | Barry J. Marshall | Australia | For discovery of bacterium Helicobacter pylori and its role in gastritis and peptic ulcer disease |
| 253 | 2005 | Peace | International Atomic Energy Agency | International | For efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes |
| 254 | 2005 | Economics | Robert J. Aumann | Israel/USA | For having enhanced understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis |
| 255 | 2005 | Peace | Mohamed ElBaradei | Egypt | For efforts to prevent nuclear energy from being used for military purposes |
| 256 | 2005 | Economics | Thomas C. Schelling | USA | For having enhanced understanding of conflict and cooperation through game-theory analysis |
| 257 | 2004 | Medicine | Richard Axel | USA | For discoveries of odorant receptors and organisation of olfactory system |
| 258 | 2004 | Literature | Elfriede Jelinek | Austria | For musical flow of voices and counter-voices in novels and plays that reveal absurdity of social clichés |
| 259 | 2004 | Physics | David J. Gross | USA | For discovery of asymptotic freedom in theory of strong interaction |
| 260 | 2004 | Physics | H. David Politzer | USA | For discovery of asymptotic freedom in theory of strong interaction |
| 261 | 2004 | Economics | Edward C. Prescott | USA | For contributions to dynamic macroeconomics time consistency of economic policy and driving forces behind business cycles |
| 262 | 2004 | Medicine | Linda B. Buck | USA | For discoveries of odorant receptors and organisation of olfactory system |
| 263 | 2004 | Physics | Frank Wilczek | USA | For discovery of asymptotic freedom in theory of strong interaction |
| 264 | 2004 | Chemistry | Aaron Ciechanover | Israel | For discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| 265 | 2004 | Economics | Finn E. Kydland | Norway | For contributions to dynamic macroeconomics time consistency of economic policy and driving forces behind business cycles |
| 266 | 2004 | Peace | Wangari Muta Maathai | Kenya | For contribution to sustainable development democracy and peace |
| 267 | 2004 | Chemistry | Avram Hershko | Israel | For discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| 268 | 2004 | Chemistry | Irwin Rose | USA | For discovery of ubiquitin-mediated protein degradation |
| 269 | 2003 | Physics | Vitaly Lazarevich Ginzburg | Russia | For pioneering contributions to theory of superconductors and superfluids |
| 270 | 2003 | Medicine | Paul C. Lauterbur | USA | For discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging |
| 271 | 2003 | Medicine | Peter Mansfield | UK | For discoveries concerning magnetic resonance imaging |
| 272 | 2003 | Physics | Anthony James Leggett | UK/USA | For pioneering contributions to theory of superconductors and superfluids |
| 273 | 2003 | Literature | J.M. Coetzee | South Africa | For thoughtful intellectual penetration of writing |
| 274 | 2003 | Chemistry | Peter Agre | USA | For discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes |
| 275 | 2003 | Physics | Alexei Alexeyevich Abrikosov | USA | For pioneering contributions to theory of superconductors and superfluids |
| 276 | 2003 | Economics | Clive W.J. Granger | UK | For methods of analysing economic time series with common trends |
| 277 | 2003 | Peace | Shirin Ebadi | Iran | For efforts for democracy and human rights especially rights of women and children in Iran |
| 278 | 2003 | Chemistry | Roderick MacKinnon | USA | For discoveries concerning channels in cell membranes |
| 279 | 2003 | Economics | Robert F. Engle III | USA | For methods of analysing economic time series with time-varying volatility |
| 280 | 2002 | Chemistry | Kurt Wüthrich | Switzerland | For development of nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy for determining three-dimensional structure of biological macromolecules |
| 281 | 2002 | Chemistry | Koichi Tanaka | Japan | For development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules |
| 282 | 2002 | Physics | Masatoshi Koshiba | Japan | For pioneering contributions to astrophysics in particular detection of cosmic neutrinos |
| 283 | 2002 | Physics | Raymond Davis Jr. | USA | For pioneering contributions to astrophysics in particular detection of cosmic neutrinos |
| 284 | 2002 | Physics | Riccardo Giacconi | USA | For pioneering contributions to astrophysics which led to discovery of cosmic X-ray sources |
| 285 | 2002 | Chemistry | John Bennett Fenn | USA | For development of soft desorption ionisation methods for mass spectrometric analyses of biological macromolecules |
| 286 | 2002 | Economics | Daniel Kahneman | USA | For having integrated insights from psychological research into economic science especially human judgment under uncertainty |
| 287 | 2002 | Medicine | Sydney Brenner | UK | For discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
| 288 | 2002 | Medicine | H. Robert Horvitz | USA | For discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
| 289 | 2002 | Literature | Imre Kertész | Hungary | For writing that upholds fragile experience of individual against barbaric arbitrariness of history |
| 290 | 2002 | Economics | Vernon L. Smith | USA | For having established laboratory experiments as tool in empirical economic analysis |
| 291 | 2002 | Medicine | John E. Sulston | UK | For discoveries concerning genetic regulation of organ development and programmed cell death |
| 292 | 2002 | Peace | Jimmy Carter | USA | For decades of untiring effort to find peaceful solutions to international conflicts |
| 293 | 2001 | Literature | V.S. Naipaul | UK | For having united perceptive narrative and incorruptible scrutiny in works that compel us to see presence of suppressed histories |
| 294 | 2001 | Physics | Wolfgang Ketterle | Germany | For achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms |
| 295 | 2001 | Economics | George A. Akerlof | USA | For analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
| 296 | 2001 | Physics | Carl Edwin Wieman | USA | For achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms |
| 297 | 2001 | Economics | Joseph E. Stiglitz | USA | For analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
| 298 | 2001 | Peace | Kofi Annan | Ghana | For better organised and more peaceful world |
| 299 | 2001 | Peace | United Nations | International | For better organised and more peaceful world |
| 300 | 2001 | Economics | A. Michael Spence | USA | For analyses of markets with asymmetric information |
| 301 | 2001 | Chemistry | William Standish Knowles | USA | For work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions |
| 302 | 2001 | Chemistry | Karl Barry Sharpless | USA | For work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions |
| 303 | 2001 | Medicine | Timothy Hunt | UK | For discoveries of key regulators of cell cycle |
| 304 | 2001 | Medicine | Paul Maxime Nurse | UK | For discoveries of key regulators of cell cycle |
| 305 | 2001 | Medicine | Leland Harrison Hartwell | USA | For discoveries of key regulators of cell cycle |
| 306 | 2001 | Physics | Eric Allin Cornell | USA | For achievement of Bose-Einstein condensation in dilute gases of alkali atoms |
| 307 | 2001 | Chemistry | Ryoji Noyori | Japan | For work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions |
| 308 | 2000 | Literature | Gao Xingjian | China/France | For oeuvre of universal validity bitter insights and linguistic ingenuity |
| 309 | 2000 | Chemistry | Hideki Shirakawa | Japan | For discovery and development of conductive polymers |
| 310 | 2000 | Medicine | Paul Greengard | USA | For discoveries concerning signal transduction in nervous system |
| 311 | 2000 | Physics | Jack S. Kilby | USA | For part in invention of integrated circuit |
| 312 | 2000 | Physics | Herbert Kroemer | Germany/USA | For basic work on information and communication technology |
| 313 | 2000 | Medicine | Arvid Carlsson | Sweden | For discoveries concerning signal transduction in nervous system |
| 314 | 2000 | Chemistry | Alan G. MacDiarmid | New Zealand/USA | For discovery and development of conductive polymers |
| 315 | 2000 | Physics | Zhores I. Alferov | Russia | For basic work on information and communication technology |
| 316 | 2000 | Chemistry | Alan J. Heeger | USA | For discovery and development of conductive polymers |
| 317 | 2000 | Economics | Daniel L. McFadden | USA | For development of theory and methods for analysing discrete choice |
| 318 | 2000 | Peace | Kim Dae-jung | South Korea | For work for democracy and human rights in South Korea and East Asia |
| 319 | 2000 | Economics | James J. Heckman | USA | For development of theory and methods for analysing selective samples |
| 320 | 2000 | Medicine | Eric R. Kandel | USA | For discoveries concerning signal transduction in nervous system |
| 321 | 1999 | Chemistry | Ahmed Hassan Zewail | Egypt/USA | For studies of transition states of chemical reactions using femtosecond spectroscopy |
| 322 | 1999 | Physics | Martinus J.G. Veltman | Netherlands | For elucidating quantum structure of electroweak interactions |
| 323 | 1999 | Literature | Günter Grass | Germany | For frolicsome black fables portraying forgotten face of history |
| 324 | 1999 | Peace | Médecins Sans Frontières | France | For pioneering humanitarian work on several continents |
| 325 | 1999 | Physics | Gerardus 't Hooft | Netherlands | For elucidating quantum structure of electroweak interactions |
| 326 | 1999 | Economics | Robert A. Mundell | Canada | For analysis of monetary and fiscal policy under different exchange rate regimes |
| 327 | 1999 | Medicine | Günter Blobel | USA | For discovery that proteins have intrinsic signals governing their transport and localization in cell |
| 328 | 1998 | Peace | John Hume | Northern Ireland | For efforts to find peaceful solution to conflict in Northern Ireland |
| 329 | 1998 | Chemistry | John Anthony Pople | UK | For development of computational methods in quantum chemistry |
| 330 | 1998 | Peace | David Trimble | Northern Ireland | For efforts to find peaceful solution to conflict in Northern Ireland |
| 331 | 1998 | Economics | Amartya Sen | India | For contributions to welfare economics |
| 332 | 1998 | Physics | Daniel Chee Tsui | USA | For discovery of new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
| 333 | 1998 | Chemistry | Walter Kohn | USA | For development of density-functional theory |
| 334 | 1998 | Medicine | Robert Francis Furchgott | USA | For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as signalling molecule in cardiovascular system |
| 335 | 1998 | Literature | José Saramago | Portugal | For parables sustained by imagination clarity and compassion enabling reader to recapture elusive reality |
| 336 | 1998 | Physics | Robert B. Laughlin | USA | For discovery of new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
| 337 | 1998 | Medicine | Louis Ignarro | USA | For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as signalling molecule in cardiovascular system |
| 338 | 1998 | Medicine | Ferid Murad | USA | For discoveries concerning nitric oxide as signalling molecule in cardiovascular system |
| 339 | 1998 | Physics | Horst Ludwig Störmer | Germany | For discovery of new form of quantum fluid with fractionally charged excitations |
| 340 | 1997 | Peace | International Campaign to Ban Landmines | International | For work to ban anti-personnel land mines |
| 341 | 1997 | Economics | Myron S. Scholes | USA | For new method to determine value of derivatives |
| 342 | 1997 | Economics | Robert C. Merton | USA | For new method to determine value of derivatives |
| 343 | 1997 | Chemistry | Jens Christian Skou | Denmark | For first discovery of ion-transporting enzyme Na+ K+-ATPase |
| 344 | 1997 | Physics | Claude Cohen-Tannoudji | France | For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
| 345 | 1997 | Physics | William Daniel Phillips | USA | For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
| 346 | 1997 | Chemistry | John Ernest Walker | UK | For elucidation of enzymatic mechanism underlying synthesis of adenosine triphosphate |
| 347 | 1997 | Physics | Steven Chu | USA | For development of methods to cool and trap atoms with laser light |
| 348 | 1997 | Chemistry | Paul D. Boyer | USA | For elucidation of enzymatic mechanism underlying synthesis of adenosine triphosphate |
| 349 | 1997 | Peace | Jody Williams | USA | For work to ban anti-personnel land mines |
| 350 | 1997 | Medicine | Stanley Benjamin Prusiner | USA | For discovery of prions and new biological principle of infection |
| 351 | 1997 | Literature | Dario Fo | Italy | For emulating jesters of Middle Ages in scourging authority and upholding dignity of downtrodden |
| 352 | 1996 | Physics | David Morris Lee | USA | For discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
| 353 | 1996 | Physics | Douglas Dean Osheroff | USA | For discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
| 354 | 1996 | Physics | Robert Coleman Richardson | USA | For discovery of superfluidity in helium-3 |
| 355 | 1996 | Economics | James A. Mirrlees | UK | For fundamental contributions to economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information |
| 356 | 1996 | Peace | Carlos Filipe Ximenes Belo | East Timor | For work towards just and peaceful solution to conflict in East Timor |
| 357 | 1996 | Peace | José Ramos-Horta | East Timor | For work towards just and peaceful solution to conflict in East Timor |
| 358 | 1996 | Chemistry | Robert F. Curl Jr. | USA | For discovery of fullerenes |
| 359 | 1996 | Literature | Wisława Szymborska | Poland | For poetry that with ironic precision allows historical and biological context to come to light in fragments of human reality |
| 360 | 1996 | Medicine | Rolf M. Zinkernagel | Switzerland | For discoveries concerning specificity of cell mediated immune defence |
| 361 | 1996 | Medicine | Peter C. Doherty | Australia | For discoveries concerning specificity of cell mediated immune defence |
| 362 | 1996 | Chemistry | Richard E. Smalley | USA | For discovery of fullerenes |
| 363 | 1996 | Economics | William Vickrey | USA | For fundamental contributions to economic theory of incentives under asymmetric information |
| 364 | 1996 | Chemistry | Harold W. Kroto | UK | For discovery of fullerenes |
| 365 | 1995 | Economics | Robert E. Lucas Jr. | USA | For developed and applied hypothesis of rational expectations and transformed macroeconomic analysis |
| 366 | 1995 | Chemistry | Mario J. Molina | USA | For work in atmospheric chemistry particularly concerning formation and decomposition of ozone |
| 367 | 1995 | Medicine | Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard | Germany | For discoveries concerning genetic control of early embryonic development |
| 368 | 1995 | Chemistry | Frank Sherwood Rowland | USA | For work in atmospheric chemistry particularly concerning formation and decomposition of ozone |
| 369 | 1995 | Medicine | Edward B. Lewis | USA | For discoveries concerning genetic control of early embryonic development |
| 370 | 1995 | Physics | Martin Lewis Perl | USA | For discovery of tau lepton |
| 371 | 1995 | Physics | Frederick Reines | USA | For detection of neutrino |
| 372 | 1995 | Chemistry | Paul J. Crutzen | Netherlands | For work in atmospheric chemistry particularly concerning formation and decomposition of ozone |
| 373 | 1995 | Medicine | Eric F. Wieschaus | USA | For discoveries concerning genetic control of early embryonic development |
| 374 | 1995 | Literature | Seamus Heaney | Ireland | For works of poetic beauty and ethical depth which exalt everyday miracles and living past |
| 375 | 1995 | Peace | Joseph Rotblat | UK | For efforts toward world free of nuclear weapons |
| 376 | 1995 | Peace | Pugwash Conferences on Science and World Affairs | International | For efforts toward world free of nuclear weapons |
| 377 | 1994 | Economics | Reinhard Selten | Germany | For pioneering analysis of equilibria in theory of non-cooperative games |
| 378 | 1994 | Medicine | Alfred G. Gilman | USA | For discovery of G-proteins and role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells |
| 379 | 1994 | Medicine | Martin Rodbell | USA | For discovery of G-proteins and role of these proteins in signal transduction in cells |
| 380 | 1994 | Literature | Kenzaburō Ōe | Japan | For poetic force creating imagined world where life and myth condense to form disconcerting picture of human predicament |
| 381 | 1994 | Peace | Shimon Peres | Israel | For efforts to create peace in Middle East |
| 382 | 1994 | Peace | Yasser Arafat | Palestine | For efforts to create peace in Middle East |
| 383 | 1994 | Physics | Bertram N. Brockhouse | Canada | For development of neutron spectroscopy |
| 384 | 1994 | Chemistry | George Andrew Olah | USA | For contribution to carbocation chemistry |
| 385 | 1994 | Physics | Clifford G. Shull | USA | For development of neutron scattering techniques |
| 386 | 1994 | Economics | John F. Nash Jr. | USA | For pioneering analysis of equilibria in theory of non-cooperative games |
| 387 | 1994 | Economics | John C. Harsanyi | USA | For pioneering analysis of equilibria in theory of non-cooperative games |
| 388 | 1994 | Peace | Yitzhak Rabin | Israel | For efforts to create peace in Middle East |
| 389 | 1993 | Economics | Douglass C. North | USA | For renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods |
| 390 | 1993 | Literature | Toni Morrison | USA | For novels characterized by visionary force and poetic import giving life to essential aspect of American reality |
| 391 | 1993 | Peace | Nelson Mandela | South Africa | For peaceful termination of apartheid regime and laying foundations for new democratic South Africa |
| 392 | 1993 | Peace | F.W. de Klerk | South Africa | For peaceful termination of apartheid regime and laying foundations for new democratic South Africa |
| 393 | 1993 | Economics | Robert W. Fogel | USA | For renewed research in economic history by applying economic theory and quantitative methods |
| 394 | 1993 | Medicine | Richard John Roberts | UK | For discoveries of split genes |
| 395 | 1993 | Medicine | Phillip Allen Sharp | USA | For discoveries of split genes |
| 396 | 1993 | Chemistry | Kary Banks Mullis | USA | For contributions to developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry |
| 397 | 1993 | Physics | Joseph Hooton Taylor Jr. | USA | For discovery of new type of pulsar that has opened up new possibilities for study of gravitation |
| 398 | 1993 | Physics | Russell Alan Hulse | USA | For discovery of new type of pulsar that has opened up new possibilities for study of gravitation |
| 399 | 1993 | Chemistry | Michael Smith | Canada | For contributions to developments of methods within DNA-based chemistry |
| 400 | 1992 | Physics | Georges Charpak | France | For invention and development of particle detectors in particular multiwire proportional chamber |
| 401 | 1992 | Medicine | Edmond Henri Fischer | USA | For discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as biological regulatory mechanism |
| 402 | 1992 | Literature | Derek Walcott | Saint Lucia | For poetic oeuvre of great luminosity sustained by historical vision outcome of multicultural commitment |
| 403 | 1992 | Chemistry | Rudolph A. Marcus | USA | For contributions to theory of electron transfer reactions in chemical systems |
| 404 | 1992 | Peace | Rigoberta Menchú Tum | Guatemala | For work for social justice and ethno-cultural reconciliation based on respect for rights of indigenous peoples |
| 405 | 1992 | Economics | Gary S. Becker | USA | For extended domain of microeconomic analysis to wide range of human behaviour including non-market behaviour |
| 406 | 1992 | Medicine | Edwin Gerhard Krebs | USA | For discoveries concerning reversible protein phosphorylation as biological regulatory mechanism |
| 407 | 1991 | Medicine | Bert Sakmann | Germany | For discoveries concerning function of single ion channels in cells |
| 408 | 1991 | Chemistry | Richard Robert Ernst | Switzerland | For contributions to development of methodology of high resolution nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy |
| 409 | 1991 | Medicine | Erwin Neher | Germany | For discoveries concerning function of single ion channels in cells |
| 410 | 1991 | Physics | Pierre-Gilles de Gennes | France | For discovering methods developed for studying order phenomena in simple systems can be generalized to more complex forms of matter |
| 411 | 1991 | Economics | Ronald H. Coase | UK | For discovery and clarification of significance of transaction costs and property rights |
| 412 | 1991 | Literature | Nadine Gordimer | South Africa | For magnificent epic writing which has been of very great benefit to humanity |
| 413 | 1991 | Peace | Aung San Suu Kyi | Myanmar | For non-violent struggle for democracy and human rights in Myanmar |
| 414 | 1990 | Economics | William F. Sharpe | USA | For pioneering work in theory of financial economics |
| 415 | 1990 | Physics | Jerome I. Friedman | USA | For pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons |
| 416 | 1990 | Physics | Richard E. Taylor | Canada | For pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons |
| 417 | 1990 | Physics | Henry W. Kendall | USA | For pioneering investigations concerning deep inelastic scattering of electrons on protons and bound neutrons |
| 418 | 1990 | Medicine | E. Donnall Thomas | USA | For discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in treatment of disease |
| 419 | 1990 | Medicine | Joseph E. Murray | USA | For discoveries concerning organ and cell transplantation in treatment of disease |
| 420 | 1990 | Literature | Octavio Paz | Mexico | For impassioned writing with wide horizons characterized by sensory intelligence and humanistic integrity |
| 421 | 1990 | Chemistry | Elias James Corey | USA | For development of theory and methodology of organic synthesis |
| 422 | 1990 | Economics | Harry M. Markowitz | USA | For pioneering work in theory of financial economics |
| 423 | 1990 | Economics | Merton H. Miller | USA | For pioneering work in theory of financial economics |
| 424 | 1990 | Peace | Mikhail Gorbachev | USSR | For leading role in peace process and greater openness in Soviet Union |
| 425 | 1989 | Economics | Trygve Haavelmo | Norway | For clarification of probability theory foundations of econometrics and simultaneous statistical economic structure analyses |
| 426 | 1989 | Physics | Norman Foster Ramsey | USA | For invention of separated oscillatory fields method and its use in hydrogen maser and atomic clocks |
| 427 | 1989 | Medicine | Harold Eliot Varmus | USA | For discovery of cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes |
| 428 | 1989 | Literature | Camilo José Cela | Spain | For rich and intensive prose which with restrained compassion forms challenging vision of man's vulnerability |
| 429 | 1989 | Chemistry | Thomas Robert Cech | USA | For discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
| 430 | 1989 | Medicine | J. Michael Bishop | USA | For discovery of cellular origin of retroviral oncogenes |
| 431 | 1989 | Peace | Tenzin Gyatso (Dalai Lama) | Tibet | For advocacy of peaceful solution based on tolerance and mutual respect for Tibet |
| 432 | 1989 | Physics | Wolfgang Paul | Germany | For development of ion trap technique |
| 433 | 1989 | Physics | Hans Georg Dehmelt | USA | For development of ion trap technique |
| 434 | 1989 | Chemistry | Sidney Altman | USA | For discovery of catalytic properties of RNA |
| 435 | 1988 | Physics | Leon Max Lederman | USA | For neutrino beam method and demonstration of doublet structure of leptons through discovery of muon neutrino |
| 436 | 1988 | Medicine | Gertrude Belle Elion | USA | For important principles for drug treatment |
| 437 | 1988 | Medicine | James Whyte Black | UK | For important principles for drug treatment |
| 438 | 1988 | Medicine | George Herbert Hitchings | USA | For important principles for drug treatment |
| 439 | 1988 | Chemistry | Hartmut Michel | Germany | For determination of three-dimensional structure of photosynthetic reaction centre |
| 440 | 1988 | Physics | Jack Steinberger | USA | For neutrino beam method and demonstration of doublet structure of leptons through discovery of muon neutrino |
| 441 | 1988 | Chemistry | Johann Deisenhofer | Germany | For determination of three-dimensional structure of photosynthetic reaction centre |
| 442 | 1988 | Chemistry | Robert Huber | Germany | For determination of three-dimensional structure of photosynthetic reaction centre |
| 443 | 1988 | Physics | Melvin Schwartz | USA | For neutrino beam method and demonstration of doublet structure of leptons through discovery of muon neutrino |
| 444 | 1988 | Peace | United Nations Peacekeeping Forces | International | For peacekeeping operations worldwide |
| 445 | 1988 | Economics | Maurice Allais | France | For pioneering contributions to theory of markets and efficient utilization of resources |
| 446 | 1988 | Literature | Naguib Mahfouz | Egypt | For works rich in nuance and form an Arabian narrative art that applies to all mankind |
| 447 | 1987 | Physics | Karl Alexander Müller | Switzerland | For important breakthrough in discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials |
| 448 | 1987 | Chemistry | Jean-Marie Lehn | France | For development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
| 449 | 1987 | Physics | J. Georg Bednorz | Germany | For important breakthrough in discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials |
| 450 | 1987 | Chemistry | Charles John Pedersen | USA | For development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
| 451 | 1987 | Medicine | Susumu Tonegawa | Japan | For discovery of genetic principle for generation of antibody diversity |
| 452 | 1987 | Chemistry | Donald James Cram | USA | For development and use of molecules with structure-specific interactions of high selectivity |
| 453 | 1987 | Peace | Oscar Arias Sánchez | Costa Rica | For Central American peace plan |
| 454 | 1987 | Literature | Joseph Brodsky | USA | For all-embracing authorship imbued with clarity of thought and poetic intensity |
| 455 | 1987 | Economics | Robert M. Solow | USA | For contributions to theory of economic growth |
| 456 | 1986 | Physics | Heinrich Rohrer | Switzerland | For design of scanning tunneling microscope |
| 457 | 1986 | Chemistry | Dudley Robert Herschbach | USA | For contributions to dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
| 458 | 1986 | Medicine | Stanley Cohen | USA | For discoveries of growth factors |
| 459 | 1986 | Chemistry | John Charles Polanyi | Canada | For contributions to dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
| 460 | 1986 | Chemistry | Yuan Tseh Lee | USA | For contributions to dynamics of chemical elementary processes |
| 461 | 1986 | Peace | Elie Wiesel | USA | For being messenger to mankind with mission of peace atonement and human dignity |
| 462 | 1986 | Physics | Gerd Binnig | Germany | For design of scanning tunneling microscope |
| 463 | 1986 | Physics | Ernst Ruska | Germany | For fundamental work in electron optics and design of first electron microscope |
| 464 | 1986 | Literature | Wole Soyinka | Nigeria | For broad cultural perspective and poetic overtones fashioning drama of existence |
| 465 | 1986 | Medicine | Rita Levi-Montalcini | Italy | For discoveries of growth factors |
| 466 | 1986 | Economics | James M. Buchanan Jr. | USA | For development of contractual and constitutional bases for theory of economic and political decision-making |
| 467 | 1985 | Chemistry | Jerome Karle | USA | For outstanding achievements in development of direct methods for determination of crystal structures |
| 468 | 1985 | Medicine | Joseph Leonard Goldstein | USA | For discoveries concerning regulation of cholesterol metabolism |
| 469 | 1985 | Medicine | Michael Stuart Brown | USA | For discoveries concerning regulation of cholesterol metabolism |
| 470 | 1985 | Chemistry | Herbert A. Hauptman | USA | For outstanding achievements in development of direct methods for determination of crystal structures |
| 471 | 1985 | Literature | Claude Simon | France | For depth of present day meaning to narrative fiction |
| 472 | 1985 | Economics | Franco Modigliani | USA | For pioneering analyses of saving and financial markets |
| 473 | 1985 | Peace | International Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War | International | For spreading authoritative information about catastrophic consequences of nuclear war |
| 474 | 1985 | Physics | Klaus von Klitzing | Germany | For discovery of quantized Hall effect |
| 475 | 1984 | Medicine | Niels Kaj Jerne | Denmark | For theories concerning specificity in development and control of immune system |
| 476 | 1984 | Medicine | César Milstein | UK | For development of monoclonal antibodies |
| 477 | 1984 | Medicine | Georges Jean Franz Köhler | Germany | For development of monoclonal antibodies |
| 478 | 1984 | Chemistry | Robert Bruce Merrifield | USA | For development of methodology for chemical synthesis on solid matrix |
| 479 | 1984 | Literature | Jaroslav Seifert | Czechoslovakia | For poetry which endowed with freshness originality and poetic imagination provides liberating image of indomitable spirit |
| 480 | 1984 | Economics | Richard Stone | UK | For fundamental contributions to development of systems of national accounts |
| 481 | 1984 | Peace | Desmond Tutu | South Africa | For role as unifying leader in campaign to resolve problem of apartheid in South Africa |
| 482 | 1984 | Physics | Carlo Rubbia | Italy | For decisive contributions to large project which led to discovery of field particles W and Z |
| 483 | 1984 | Physics | Simon van der Meer | Netherlands | For decisive contributions to large project which led to discovery of field particles W and Z |
| 484 | 1983 | Economics | Gérard Debreu | USA | For incorporation of new analytical methods into economic theory and rigorous reformulation of general equilibrium theory |
| 485 | 1983 | Peace | Lech Wałęsa | Poland | For championing workers rights in Poland |
| 486 | 1983 | Chemistry | Henry Taube | USA | For work on mechanisms of electron transfer reactions especially in metal complexes |
| 487 | 1983 | Physics | William Alfred Fowler | USA | For theoretical and experimental studies of nuclear reactions in formation of chemical elements in universe |
| 488 | 1983 | Literature | William Golding | UK | For novels which illuminate condition of man in the world |
| 489 | 1983 | Medicine | Barbara McClintock | USA | For discovery of mobile genetic elements |
| 490 | 1983 | Physics | Subramanyan Chandrasekhar | USA | For theoretical studies of physical processes of importance to structure and evolution of stars |
| 491 | 1982 | Medicine | Sune K. Bergström | Sweden | For discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
| 492 | 1982 | Medicine | John R. Vane | UK | For discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
| 493 | 1982 | Medicine | Bengt I. Samuelsson | Sweden | For discoveries concerning prostaglandins and related biologically active substances |
| 494 | 1982 | Literature | Gabriel García Márquez | Colombia | For novels and short stories in which fantastic and realistic elements are combined in richly composed world |
| 495 | 1982 | Peace | Alva Myrdal | Sweden | For efforts on behalf of disarmament |
| 496 | 1982 | Peace | Alfonso García Robles | Mexico | For efforts on behalf of disarmament and Treaty of Tlatelolco |
| 497 | 1982 | Economics | George J. Stigler | USA | For seminal studies of industrial structures functioning of markets and causes and effects of public regulation |
| 498 | 1982 | Physics | Kenneth G. Wilson | USA | For theory for critical phenomena in connection with phase transitions |
| 499 | 1982 | Chemistry | Aaron Klug | UK | For development of crystallographic electron microscopy and structural elucidation of nucleic acid-protein complexes |
| 500 | 1981 | Medicine | Roger Wolcott Sperry | USA | For discoveries concerning functional specialization of cerebral hemispheres |
| 501 | 1981 | Medicine | David Hunter Hubel | USA | For discoveries concerning information processing in visual system |
| 502 | 1981 | Literature | Elias Canetti | UK | For writings marked by broad outlook wealth of ideas and artistic power |
| 503 | 1981 | Medicine | Torsten Nils Wiesel | Sweden | For discoveries concerning information processing in visual system |
| 504 | 1981 | Economics | James Tobin | USA | For analysis of financial markets and their relations to expenditure decisions production employment and prices |
| 505 | 1981 | Peace | Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Switzerland | For providing protection and assistance to refugees |
| 506 | 1981 | Physics | Nicolaas Bloembergen | USA | For contribution to development of laser spectroscopy |
| 507 | 1981 | Chemistry | Kenichi Fukui | Japan | For theories concerning course of chemical reactions |
| 508 | 1981 | Physics | Kai Manne Börje Siegbahn | Sweden | For contribution to development of high-resolution electron spectroscopy |
| 509 | 1981 | Physics | Arthur Leonard Schawlow | USA | For contribution to development of laser spectroscopy |
| 510 | 1981 | Chemistry | Roald Hoffmann | USA | For theories concerning course of chemical reactions |
| 511 | 1980 | Economics | Lawrence R. Klein | USA | For creation of econometric models and application to analysis of economic fluctuations and policies |
| 512 | 1980 | Literature | Czesław Miłosz | Poland/USA | For voice in which he exposes the vulnerability of man in conflict with a world of strife |
| 513 | 1980 | Peace | Adolfo Pérez Esquivel | Argentina | For supporting the struggle for human rights in Latin America |
| 514 | 1980 | Physics | James W. Cronin | USA | For discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in decay of neutral K-mesons |
| 515 | 1980 | Physics | Val L. Fitch | USA | For discovery of violations of fundamental symmetry principles in decay of neutral K-mesons |
| 516 | 1980 | Chemistry | Paul Berg | USA | For fundamental studies of biochemistry of nucleic acids with particular regard to recombinant DNA |
| 517 | 1980 | Chemistry | Walter Gilbert | USA | For contributions concerning determination of base sequences in nucleic acids |
| 518 | 1980 | Chemistry | Frederick Sanger | UK | For contributions concerning determination of base sequences in nucleic acids |
| 519 | 1980 | Medicine | Baruj Benacerraf | USA | For discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
| 520 | 1980 | Medicine | Jean Dausset | France | For discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
| 521 | 1980 | Medicine | George D. Snell | USA | For discoveries concerning genetically determined structures on cell surface that regulate immunological reactions |
| 522 | 1979 | Chemistry | Herbert Charles Brown | USA | For development of use of boron compounds in organic synthesis |
| 523 | 1979 | Chemistry | Georg Wittig | Germany | For development of use of phosphorus compounds in organic synthesis |
| 524 | 1979 | Medicine | Allan MacLeod Cormack | USA | For development of computer assisted tomography |
| 525 | 1979 | Medicine | Godfrey Newbold Hounsfield | UK | For development of computer assisted tomography |
| 526 | 1979 | Literature | Odysseas Elytis | Greece | For poetry which against background of Greek tradition depicts man's struggle for freedom and creativeness |
| 527 | 1979 | Peace | Mother Teresa | India | For work to overcome poverty and distress in Calcutta |
| 528 | 1979 | Economics | Theodore W. Schultz | USA | For pioneering research into economic development with consideration of problems of developing countries |
| 529 | 1979 | Economics | W. Arthur Lewis | UK | For pioneering research into economic development with consideration of problems of developing countries |
| 530 | 1979 | Physics | Sheldon Lee Glashow | USA | For contributions to theory of unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles |
| 531 | 1979 | Physics | Abdus Salam | Pakistan | For contributions to theory of unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles |
| 532 | 1979 | Physics | Steven Weinberg | USA | For contributions to theory of unified weak and electromagnetic interaction between elementary particles |
| 533 | 1978 | Peace | Menachem Begin | Israel | For Camp David Accords and peace with Egypt |
| 534 | 1978 | Economics | Herbert A. Simon | USA | For pioneering research into decision-making process within economic organizations |
| 535 | 1978 | Peace | Anwar Sadat | Egypt | For Camp David Accords and peace with Israel |
| 536 | 1978 | Literature | Isaac Bashevis Singer | USA | For impassioned narrative art which with roots in Polish-Jewish cultural tradition brings universal human condition to life |
| 537 | 1978 | Medicine | Hamilton Othanel Smith | USA | For discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
| 538 | 1978 | Physics | Robert Woodrow Wilson | USA | For discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation |
| 539 | 1978 | Chemistry | Peter D. Mitchell | UK | For contribution to understanding of biological energy transfer through chemiosmotic theory |
| 540 | 1978 | Medicine | Daniel Nathans | USA | For discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
| 541 | 1978 | Medicine | Werner Arber | Switzerland | For discovery of restriction enzymes and their application to problems of molecular genetics |
| 542 | 1978 | Physics | Pyotr Leonidovich Kapitsa | USSR | For basic inventions and discoveries in area of low-temperature physics |
| 543 | 1978 | Physics | Arno Allan Penzias | USA | For discovery of cosmic microwave background radiation |
| 544 | 1977 | Economics | Bertil Ohlin | Sweden | For pathbreaking contribution to theory of international trade and international capital movements |
| 545 | 1977 | Economics | James E. Meade | UK | For pathbreaking contribution to theory of international trade and international capital movements |
| 546 | 1977 | Physics | Nevill Francis Mott | UK | For fundamental theoretical investigations of electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
| 547 | 1977 | Physics | John Hasbrouck van Vleck | USA | For fundamental theoretical investigations of electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
| 548 | 1977 | Chemistry | Ilya Prigogine | Belgium | For contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics particularly theory of dissipative structures |
| 549 | 1977 | Medicine | Roger Guillemin | USA | For discoveries concerning peptide hormone production of brain |
| 550 | 1977 | Medicine | Andrew Víctor Schally | USA | For discoveries concerning peptide hormone production of brain |
| 551 | 1977 | Medicine | Rosalyn Yalow | USA | For development of radioimmunoassays of peptide hormones |
| 552 | 1977 | Literature | Vicente Aleixandre | Spain | For creative poetic writing which illuminates man's condition in cosmos |
| 553 | 1977 | Physics | Philip Warren Anderson | USA | For fundamental theoretical investigations of electronic structure of magnetic and disordered systems |
| 554 | 1977 | Peace | Amnesty International | UK | For campaign against torture and for human rights worldwide |
| 555 | 1976 | Literature | Saul Bellow | USA | For human understanding and subtle analysis of contemporary culture combined with rich portraiture |
| 556 | 1976 | Medicine | Daniel Carleton Gajdusek | USA | For discoveries concerning new mechanisms for origin and dissemination of infectious diseases |
| 557 | 1976 | Chemistry | William Nunn Lipscomb Jr. | USA | For studies on structure of boranes illuminating problems of chemical bonding |
| 558 | 1976 | Peace | Mairead Corrigan | Northern Ireland | For founding the Community of Peace People |
| 559 | 1976 | Peace | Betty Williams | Northern Ireland | For founding the Community of Peace People |
| 560 | 1976 | Economics | Milton Friedman | USA | For achievements in fields of consumption analysis monetary history and theory |
| 561 | 1976 | Medicine | Baruch S. Blumberg | USA | For discoveries concerning new mechanisms for origin and dissemination of infectious diseases |
| 562 | 1976 | Physics | Samuel Chao Chung Ting | USA | For pioneering work in discovery of heavy elementary particle of new kind |
| 563 | 1976 | Physics | Burton Richter | USA | For pioneering work in discovery of heavy elementary particle of new kind |
| 564 | 1975 | Chemistry | Vladimir Prelog | Switzerland | For research into stereochemistry of organic molecules and reactions |
| 565 | 1975 | Medicine | David Baltimore | USA | For discoveries concerning interaction between tumour viruses and genetic material of cell |
| 566 | 1975 | Chemistry | John Warcup Cornforth | Australia/UK | For work on stereochemistry of enzyme-catalyzed reactions |
| 567 | 1975 | Physics | Leo James Rainwater | USA | For discovery of connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei |
| 568 | 1975 | Physics | Ben Roy Mottelson | Denmark | For discovery of connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei |
| 569 | 1975 | Physics | Aage Niels Bohr | Denmark | For discovery of connection between collective motion and particle motion in atomic nuclei |
| 570 | 1975 | Economics | Leonid Vitaliyevich Kantorovich | USSR | For contributions to theory of optimum allocation of resources |
| 571 | 1975 | Economics | Tjalling C. Koopmans | USA | For contributions to theory of optimum allocation of resources |
| 572 | 1975 | Literature | Eugenio Montale | Italy | For distinctive poetry which with great artistic sensitivity has interpreted human values |
| 573 | 1975 | Peace | Andrei Sakharov | USSR | For fearless support of fundamental human rights |
| 574 | 1975 | Medicine | Howard Martin Temin | USA | For discoveries concerning interaction between tumour viruses and genetic material of cell |
| 575 | 1975 | Medicine | Renato Dulbecco | USA | For discoveries concerning interaction between tumour viruses and genetic material of cell |
| 576 | 1974 | Economics | Gunnar Myrdal | Sweden | For pioneering work in theory of money and economic fluctuations |
| 577 | 1974 | Economics | Friedrich August von Hayek | UK | For pioneering work in theory of money and economic fluctuations |
| 578 | 1974 | Physics | Antony Hewish | UK | For pioneering research in radio astrophysics and discovery of pulsars |
| 579 | 1974 | Physics | Martin Ryle | UK | For pioneering research in radio astrophysics |
| 580 | 1974 | Medicine | Christian de Duve | Belgium | For discoveries concerning structural and functional organisation of cell |
| 581 | 1974 | Medicine | George Emil Palade | USA | For discoveries concerning structural and functional organisation of cell |
| 582 | 1974 | Literature | Eyvind Johnson | Sweden | For narrative art far-seeing in lands and ages in service of freedom |
| 583 | 1974 | Literature | Harry Martinson | Sweden | For writings that catch the dewdrop and reflect cosmos |
| 584 | 1974 | Peace | Seán MacBride | Ireland | For mobilizing world support for human rights |
| 585 | 1974 | Peace | Eisaku Sato | Japan | For nuclear non-proliferation policy in Japan |
| 586 | 1974 | Chemistry | Paul J. Flory | USA | For fundamental achievements in physical chemistry of macromolecules |
| 587 | 1974 | Medicine | Albert Claude | USA | For discoveries concerning structural and functional organisation of cell |
| 588 | 1973 | Chemistry | Ernst Otto Fischer | Germany | For pioneering work on chemistry of organometallic sandwich compounds |
| 589 | 1973 | Physics | Brian David Josephson | UK | For theoretical predictions of properties of supercurrent through tunnel barrier |
| 590 | 1973 | Chemistry | Geoffrey Wilkinson | UK | For pioneering work on chemistry of organometallic sandwich compounds |
| 591 | 1973 | Medicine | Karl von Frisch | Germany | For discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
| 592 | 1973 | Literature | Patrick White | Australia | For epic and psychological narrative art which has introduced new continent into literature |
| 593 | 1973 | Peace | Henry A. Kissinger | USA | For negotiating ceasefire in Vietnam War |
| 594 | 1973 | Physics | Ivar Giaever | Norway/USA | For experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in superconductors |
| 595 | 1973 | Physics | Leo Esaki | Japan | For experimental discoveries regarding tunneling phenomena in semiconductors |
| 596 | 1973 | Peace | Le Duc Tho | Vietnam | For negotiating ceasefire in Vietnam War (declined) |
| 597 | 1973 | Economics | Wassily Leontief | USA | For development of input-output method and its application to important economic problems |
| 598 | 1973 | Medicine | Nikolaas Tinbergen | Netherlands/UK | For discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
| 599 | 1973 | Medicine | Konrad Lorenz | Austria | For discoveries concerning organization and elicitation of individual and social behaviour patterns |
| 600 | 1972 | Economics | John R. Hicks | UK | For pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory |
| 601 | 1972 | Economics | Kenneth J. Arrow | USA | For pioneering contributions to general economic equilibrium theory and welfare theory |
| 602 | 1972 | Literature | Heinrich Böll | Germany | For writing which through combining broad perspective on his time has contributed to renewal of German literature |
| 603 | 1972 | Medicine | Rodney Robert Porter | UK | For discoveries concerning chemical structure of antibodies |
| 604 | 1972 | Medicine | Gerald Maurice Edelman | USA | For discoveries concerning chemical structure of antibodies |
| 605 | 1972 | Chemistry | William Howard Stein | USA | For contribution to understanding of connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of ribonuclease |
| 606 | 1972 | Chemistry | Stanford Moore | USA | For contribution to understanding of connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of ribonuclease |
| 607 | 1972 | Chemistry | Christian Boehmer Anfinsen | USA | For work on ribonuclease especially concerning connection between amino acid sequence and biologically active conformation |
| 608 | 1972 | Physics | John Robert Schrieffer | USA | For theory of superconductivity usually called BCS theory |
| 609 | 1972 | Physics | Leon Neil Cooper | USA | For theory of superconductivity usually called BCS theory |
| 610 | 1972 | Physics | John Bardeen | USA | For theory of superconductivity usually called BCS theory |
| 611 | 1971 | Economics | Simon Kuznets | USA | For empirically founded interpretation of economic growth |
| 612 | 1971 | Medicine | Earl Wilbur Sutherland Jr. | USA | For discoveries concerning mechanisms of action of hormones |
| 613 | 1971 | Peace | Willy Brandt | Germany | For Ostpolitik reconciliation with Eastern Europe |
| 614 | 1971 | Chemistry | Gerhard Herzberg | Canada | For contributions to knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules particularly free radicals |
| 615 | 1971 | Literature | Pablo Neruda | Chile | For poetry that with action of elemental forces brings alive continent of Latin America |
| 616 | 1971 | Physics | Dennis Gabor | UK | For invention and development of holographic method |
| 617 | 1970 | Physics | Hannes Alfvén | Sweden | For fundamental work and discoveries in magnetohydrodynamics with fruitful applications in plasma physics |
| 618 | 1970 | Economics | Paul A. Samuelson | USA | For scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory |
| 619 | 1970 | Physics | Louis Néel | France | For fundamental work and discoveries concerning antiferromagnetism and ferrimagnetism |
| 620 | 1970 | Chemistry | Luis F. Leloir | Argentina | For discovery of sugar nucleotides and their role in biosynthesis of carbohydrates |
| 621 | 1970 | Medicine | Ulf von Euler | Sweden | For discoveries concerning humoral transmitters in nerve terminals |
| 622 | 1970 | Medicine | Julius Axelrod | USA | For discoveries concerning humoral transmitters in nerve terminals |
| 623 | 1970 | Medicine | Bernard Katz | UK | For discoveries concerning humoral transmitters in nerve terminals |
| 624 | 1970 | Literature | Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | USSR | For ethical force with which he has pursued indispensable traditions of Russian literature |
| 625 | 1970 | Peace | Norman E. Borlaug | USA | For introducing high-yielding varieties of wheat and improving food production |
| 626 | 1969 | Physics | Murray Gell-Mann | USA | For contributions and discoveries concerning classification of elementary particles and their interactions |
| 627 | 1969 | Peace | International Labour Organization | Switzerland | For efforts to improve working conditions and social justice |
| 628 | 1969 | Literature | Samuel Beckett | Ireland | For writing which in new forms for novel and drama acquires its elevation from human destitution |
| 629 | 1969 | Medicine | Salvador Edward Luria | USA | For discoveries concerning replication mechanism and genetic structure of viruses |
| 630 | 1969 | Medicine | Alfred Day Hershey | USA | For discoveries concerning replication mechanism and genetic structure of viruses |
| 631 | 1969 | Medicine | Max Delbrück | USA | For discoveries concerning replication mechanism and genetic structure of viruses |
| 632 | 1969 | Chemistry | Odd Hassel | Norway | For contributions to development of concept of conformation and its application in chemistry |
| 633 | 1969 | Chemistry | Derek Harold Richard Barton | UK | For contributions to development of concept of conformation and its application in chemistry |
| 634 | 1969 | Economics | Paul A. Samuelson | USA | For scientific work through which he has developed static and dynamic economic theory |
| 635 | 1968 | Literature | Yasunari Kawabata | Japan | For narrative mastery which with great sensibility expresses essence of Japanese mind |
| 636 | 1968 | Medicine | Marshall Warren Nirenberg | USA | For interpretation of genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
| 637 | 1968 | Medicine | Robert W. Holley | USA | For interpretation of genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
| 638 | 1968 | Economics | Ragnar Frisch | Norway | For developing and applying dynamic models for analysis of economic processes |
| 639 | 1968 | Peace | René Cassin | France | For role in writing Universal Declaration of Human Rights |
| 640 | 1968 | Economics | Jan Tinbergen | Netherlands | For developing and applying dynamic models for analysis of economic processes |
| 641 | 1968 | Medicine | Har Gobind Khorana | India/USA | For interpretation of genetic code and its function in protein synthesis |
| 642 | 1968 | Physics | Luis Walter Alvarez | USA | For decisive contributions to elementary particle physics especially discovery of large number of resonance states |
| 643 | 1968 | Chemistry | Lars Onsager | Norway/USA | For discovery of reciprocal relations fundamental for thermodynamics of irreversible processes |
| 644 | 1967 | Medicine | Haldan Keffer Hartline | USA | For discoveries concerning primary physiological and chemical visual processes |
| 645 | 1967 | Medicine | Ragnar Granit | Finland/Sweden | For discoveries concerning primary physiological and chemical visual processes |
| 646 | 1967 | Literature | Miguel Ángel Asturias | Guatemala | For vivid literary achievement deep-rooted in national traits and traditions of Indian peoples of Latin America |
| 647 | 1967 | Medicine | George Wald | USA | For discoveries concerning primary physiological and chemical visual processes |
| 648 | 1967 | Chemistry | Ronald George Wreyford Norrish | UK | For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions |
| 649 | 1967 | Chemistry | George Porter | UK | For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions |
| 650 | 1967 | Chemistry | Manfred Eigen | Germany | For studies of extremely fast chemical reactions |
| 651 | 1967 | Physics | Hans Albrecht Bethe | USA | For contributions to theory of nuclear reactions especially discoveries concerning energy production in stars |
| 652 | 1966 | Literature | Shmuel Yosef Agnon | Israel | For profoundly characteristic art of narration with motifs from life of Jewish people |
| 653 | 1966 | Literature | Nelly Sachs | Germany/Sweden | For outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing which interprets fate of Israel |
| 654 | 1966 | Chemistry | Robert S. Mulliken | USA | For fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and electronic structure of molecules |
| 655 | 1966 | Physics | Alfred Kastler | France | For discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms |
| 656 | 1966 | Medicine | Peyton Rous | USA | For discovery of tumour-inducing viruses |
| 657 | 1966 | Medicine | Charles Brenton Huggins | USA | For discoveries concerning hormonal treatment of prostatic cancer |
| 658 | 1965 | Peace | United Nations Children's Fund | International | For work to promote children's welfare and humanitarian causes |
| 659 | 1965 | Physics | Richard P. Feynman | USA | For fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics |
| 660 | 1965 | Chemistry | Robert Burns Woodward | USA | For outstanding achievements in art of organic synthesis |
| 661 | 1965 | Medicine | François Jacob | France | For discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
| 662 | 1965 | Medicine | André Lwoff | France | For discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
| 663 | 1965 | Medicine | Jacques Monod | France | For discoveries concerning genetic control of enzyme and virus synthesis |
| 664 | 1965 | Literature | Mikhail Sholokhov | USSR | For artistic power and integrity with which he has expressed unique phase in history of Russian people |
| 665 | 1965 | Physics | Sin-Itiro Tomonaga | Japan | For fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics |
| 666 | 1965 | Physics | Julian Schwinger | USA | For fundamental work in quantum electrodynamics |
| 667 | 1964 | Physics | Alexander Mikhailovich Prokhorov | USSR | For fundamental work in quantum electronics which led to construction of masers and lasers |
| 668 | 1964 | Medicine | Feodor Lynen | Germany | For discoveries concerning mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| 669 | 1964 | Peace | Martin Luther King Jr. | USA | For non-violent struggle for civil rights |
| 670 | 1964 | Physics | Nikolay Gennadiyevich Basov | USSR | For fundamental work in quantum electronics which led to construction of masers and lasers |
| 671 | 1964 | Chemistry | Dorothy Crowfoot Hodgkin | UK | For determinations by X-ray techniques of structures of important biochemical substances |
| 672 | 1964 | Medicine | Konrad Bloch | USA | For discoveries concerning mechanism and regulation of cholesterol and fatty acid metabolism |
| 673 | 1964 | Literature | Jean-Paul Sartre | France | Declined the prize |
| 674 | 1964 | Physics | Charles Hard Townes | USA | For fundamental work in quantum electronics which led to construction of masers and lasers |
| 675 | 1963 | Physics | Maria Goeppert Mayer | USA | For discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure |
| 676 | 1963 | Physics | J. Hans D. Jensen | Germany | For discoveries concerning nuclear shell structure |
| 677 | 1963 | Chemistry | Karl Ziegler | Germany | For discoveries in field of chemistry and technology of high polymers |
| 678 | 1963 | Peace | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | For centenary of founding of Red Cross |
| 679 | 1963 | Literature | Giorgos Seferis | Greece | For eminent lyrical writing inspired by deep feeling for Hellenic world of culture |
| 680 | 1963 | Peace | League of Red Cross Societies | Switzerland | For centenary of founding of Red Cross |
| 681 | 1963 | Medicine | John Carew Eccles | Australia | For discoveries concerning ionic mechanisms in nerve cell membranes |
| 682 | 1963 | Physics | Eugene Paul Wigner | USA | For contributions to theory of atomic nucleus and elementary particles |
| 683 | 1963 | Medicine | Andrew Fielding Huxley | UK | For discoveries concerning ionic mechanisms in nerve cell membranes |
| 684 | 1963 | Medicine | Alan Lloyd Hodgkin | UK | For discoveries concerning ionic mechanisms in nerve cell membranes |
| 685 | 1963 | Chemistry | Giulio Natta | Italy | For discoveries in field of chemistry and technology of high polymers |
| 686 | 1962 | Medicine | James Dewey Watson | USA | For discoveries concerning molecular structure of nucleic acids |
| 687 | 1962 | Medicine | Maurice Hugh Frederick Wilkins | UK | For discoveries concerning molecular structure of nucleic acids |
| 688 | 1962 | Literature | John Steinbeck | USA | For realistic and imaginative writings combining sympathetic humour and keen social perception |
| 689 | 1962 | Peace | Linus Pauling | USA | For campaign against nuclear weapons testing |
| 690 | 1962 | Medicine | Francis Harry Compton Crick | UK | For discoveries concerning molecular structure of nucleic acids |
| 691 | 1962 | Chemistry | John Cowdery Kendrew | UK | For studies of structures of globular proteins |
| 692 | 1962 | Chemistry | Max Ferdinand Perutz | UK | For studies of structures of globular proteins |
| 693 | 1962 | Physics | Lev Davidovich Landau | USSR | For pioneering theories for condensed matter especially liquid helium |
| 694 | 1961 | Peace | Dag Hammarskjöld | Sweden | For work as Secretary-General of United Nations |
| 695 | 1961 | Literature | Ivo Andrić | Yugoslavia | For epic force with which he has traced themes and depicted human destinies from history of Bosnia |
| 696 | 1961 | Physics | Rudolf Ludwig Mössbauer | Germany | For research on resonance absorption of gamma radiation and discovery of Mössbauer effect |
| 697 | 1961 | Physics | Robert Hofstadter | USA | For pioneering studies of electron scattering in atomic nuclei |
| 698 | 1961 | Medicine | Georg von Békésy | Hungary/USA | For discoveries of physical mechanism of stimulation within cochlea |
| 699 | 1961 | Chemistry | Melvin Calvin | USA | For research on carbon dioxide assimilation in plants |
| 700 | 1960 | Chemistry | Willard F. Libby | USA | For method to use carbon-14 for age determination in archaeology geology and geophysics |
| 701 | 1960 | Physics | Donald A. Glaser | USA | For invention of bubble chamber |
| 702 | 1960 | Medicine | Frank Macfarlane Burnet | Australia | For discovery of acquired immunological tolerance |
| 703 | 1960 | Medicine | Peter Brian Medawar | UK | For discovery of acquired immunological tolerance |
| 704 | 1960 | Literature | Saint-John Perse | France | For soaring flight and evocative imagery of his poetry |
| 705 | 1960 | Peace | Albert Lutuli | South Africa | For non-violent struggle against apartheid |
| 706 | 1959 | Literature | Salvatore Quasimodo | Italy | For lyrical poetry which with classical fire expresses tragic experience of life in present day world |
| 707 | 1959 | Physics | Emilio Gino Segrè | USA | For discovery of antiproton |
| 708 | 1959 | Chemistry | Jaroslav Heyrovský | Czechoslovakia | For discovery and development of polarographic methods of analysis |
| 709 | 1959 | Physics | Owen Chamberlain | USA | For discovery of antiproton |
| 710 | 1959 | Peace | Philip Noel-Baker | UK | For lifelong work for international peace and cooperation through disarmament |
| 711 | 1959 | Medicine | Arthur Kornberg | USA | For discovery of mechanisms in biological synthesis of deoxyribonucleic acid |
| 712 | 1959 | Medicine | Severo Ochoa | USA | For discovery of mechanisms in biological synthesis of ribonucleic acid |
| 713 | 1958 | Physics | Pavel Alekseyevich Cherenkov | USSR | For discovery and interpretation of Cherenkov effect |
| 714 | 1958 | Literature | Boris Pasternak | USSR | For important achievement in contemporary lyrical poetry and great Russian epic tradition |
| 715 | 1958 | Medicine | Joshua Lederberg | USA | For discoveries concerning genetic recombination |
| 716 | 1958 | Medicine | Edward Lawrie Tatum | USA | For discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events |
| 717 | 1958 | Medicine | George Wells Beadle | USA | For discovery that genes act by regulating definite chemical events |
| 718 | 1958 | Chemistry | Frederick Sanger | UK | For work on structure of proteins especially insulin |
| 719 | 1958 | Physics | Igor Yevgenyevich Tamm | USSR | For discovery and interpretation of Cherenkov effect |
| 720 | 1958 | Physics | Ilya Mikhailovich Frank | USSR | For discovery and interpretation of Cherenkov effect |
| 721 | 1958 | Peace | Georges Pire | Belgium | For work to aid World War II refugees |
| 722 | 1957 | Physics | Tsung-Dao Lee | China/USA | For penetrating investigation of parity laws leading to important discoveries regarding elementary particles |
| 723 | 1957 | Physics | Chen Ning Yang | China/USA | For penetrating investigation of parity laws leading to important discoveries regarding elementary particles |
| 724 | 1957 | Medicine | Daniel Bovet | Switzerland | For discoveries relating to synthetic compounds that inhibit action of certain body substances |
| 725 | 1957 | Chemistry | Alexander Robertus Todd | UK | For work on nucleotides and nucleotide co-enzymes |
| 726 | 1957 | Literature | Albert Camus | France | For important literary production which illuminates problems of human conscience |
| 727 | 1957 | Peace | Lester Bowles Pearson | Canada | For role in resolving Suez Crisis through UN Emergency Force |
| 728 | 1956 | Literature | Juan Ramón Jiménez | Spain | For lyrical poetry which in Spanish language constitutes example of high spirit and artistical purity |
| 729 | 1956 | Medicine | André Frédéric Cournand | USA | For discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in circulatory system |
| 730 | 1956 | Physics | John Bardeen | USA | For researches on semiconductors and discovery of transistor effect |
| 731 | 1956 | Chemistry | Cyril Norman Hinshelwood | UK | For researches into mechanism of chemical reactions |
| 732 | 1956 | Chemistry | Nikolay Nikolaevich Semenov | USSR | For researches into mechanism of chemical reactions |
| 733 | 1956 | Medicine | Werner Forssmann | Germany | For discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in circulatory system |
| 734 | 1956 | Medicine | Dickinson W. Richards | USA | For discoveries concerning heart catheterization and pathological changes in circulatory system |
| 735 | 1956 | Physics | Walter Houser Brattain | USA | For researches on semiconductors and discovery of transistor effect |
| 736 | 1956 | Physics | William Bradford Shockley | USA | For researches on semiconductors and discovery of transistor effect |
| 737 | 1955 | Medicine | Axel Hugo Theodor Theorell | Sweden | For discoveries concerning nature and mode of action of oxidation enzymes |
| 738 | 1955 | Physics | Willis Eugene Lamb | USA | For discoveries concerning fine structure of hydrogen spectrum |
| 739 | 1955 | Physics | Polykarp Kusch | USA | For precision determination of magnetic moment of electron |
| 740 | 1955 | Chemistry | Vincent du Vigneaud | USA | For work on biochemically important sulphur compounds |
| 741 | 1955 | Literature | Halldór Laxness | Iceland | For vivid epic power which has renewed great narrative art of Iceland |
| 742 | 1954 | Medicine | Thomas Huckle Weller | USA | For discovery of ability of poliovirus to grow in culture |
| 743 | 1954 | Medicine | Frederick Chapman Robbins | USA | For discovery of ability of poliovirus to grow in culture |
| 744 | 1954 | Literature | Ernest Hemingway | USA | For mastery of narrative art and influence on contemporary style |
| 745 | 1954 | Peace | Office of United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees | Switzerland | For work to help refugees |
| 746 | 1954 | Physics | Max Born | UK | For fundamental research in quantum mechanics especially statistical interpretation of wave function |
| 747 | 1954 | Physics | Walther Bothe | Germany | For coincidence method and discoveries made therewith |
| 748 | 1954 | Chemistry | Linus Pauling | USA | For research into nature of chemical bond and its application to structure of complex substances |
| 749 | 1954 | Medicine | John Franklin Enders | USA | For discovery of ability of poliovirus to grow in culture |
| 750 | 1953 | Medicine | Hans Adolf Krebs | UK | For discovery of coenzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism |
| 751 | 1953 | Medicine | Fritz Albert Lipmann | USA | For discovery of coenzyme A and its importance for intermediary metabolism |
| 752 | 1953 | Literature | Winston Churchill | UK | For mastery of historical and biographical description and brilliant oratory |
| 753 | 1953 | Peace | George Marshall | USA | For Marshall Plan to rebuild Europe after WWII |
| 754 | 1953 | Chemistry | Hermann Staudinger | Germany | For discoveries in field of macromolecular chemistry |
| 755 | 1953 | Physics | Frits Zernike | Netherlands | For demonstration of phase contrast method and invention of phase contrast microscope |
| 756 | 1952 | Chemistry | Archer John Porter Martin | UK | For invention of partition chromatography |
| 757 | 1952 | Physics | Edward Mills Purcell | USA | For development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements |
| 758 | 1952 | Chemistry | Richard Laurence Millington Synge | UK | For invention of partition chromatography |
| 759 | 1952 | Medicine | Selman Abraham Waksman | USA | For discovery of streptomycin |
| 760 | 1952 | Literature | François Mauriac | France | For deep spiritual insight and artistic intensity with which he has penetrated drama of human life |
| 761 | 1952 | Peace | Albert Schweitzer | Germany | For humanitarian work in Lambaréné Gabon |
| 762 | 1952 | Physics | Felix Bloch | USA | For development of new methods for nuclear magnetic precision measurements |
| 763 | 1951 | Chemistry | Glenn Theodore Seaborg | USA | For discoveries in chemistry of transuranium elements |
| 764 | 1951 | Chemistry | Edwin Mattison McMillan | USA | For discoveries in chemistry of transuranium elements |
| 765 | 1951 | Physics | John Douglas Cockcroft | UK | For pioneer work on transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles |
| 766 | 1951 | Literature | Pär Lagerkvist | Sweden | For artistic vigour and true independence of mind with which he seeks answers to eternal questions |
| 767 | 1951 | Medicine | Max Theiler | South Africa | For discoveries concerning yellow fever and how to combat it |
| 768 | 1951 | Peace | Léon Jouhaux | France | For trade union work for peace |
| 769 | 1951 | Physics | Ernest Thomas Sinton Walton | Ireland | For pioneer work on transmutation of atomic nuclei by artificially accelerated atomic particles |
| 770 | 1950 | Medicine | Tadeus Reichstein | Poland/Switzerland | For discoveries relating to hormones of the adrenal cortex |
| 771 | 1950 | Literature | Bertrand Russell | UK | For writings in which he champions humanitarian ideals and freedom of thought |
| 772 | 1950 | Peace | Ralph Bunche | USA | For mediation in Palestine |
| 773 | 1950 | Medicine | Philip S. Hench | USA | For discoveries relating to hormones of the adrenal cortex |
| 774 | 1950 | Chemistry | Kurt Alder | Germany | For discovery and development of diene synthesis |
| 775 | 1950 | Chemistry | Otto Paul Hermann Diels | Germany | For discovery and development of diene synthesis |
| 776 | 1950 | Medicine | Edward C. Kendall | USA | For discoveries relating to hormones of the adrenal cortex |
| 777 | 1950 | Physics | Cecil Frank Powell | UK | For development of photographic method of studying nuclear processes and discovery of pions |
| 778 | 1949 | Medicine | Walter Rudolf Hess | Switzerland | For discovery of functional organization of interbrain as coordinator of activities of internal organs |
| 779 | 1949 | Peace | John Boyd Orr | UK | For scientific research into nutrition and initiatives as first Director-General of FAO |
| 780 | 1949 | Medicine | António Egas Moniz | Portugal | For discovery of therapeutic value of leucotomy in certain psychoses |
| 781 | 1949 | Physics | Hideki Yukawa | Japan | For prediction of existence of mesons on basis of theoretical work on nuclear forces |
| 782 | 1949 | Chemistry | William Francis Giauque | USA | For contributions in field of chemical thermodynamics particularly concerning behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures |
| 783 | 1949 | Literature | William Faulkner | USA | For powerful and artistically unique contribution to modern American novel |
| 784 | 1948 | Literature | T.S. Eliot | UK/USA | For outstanding pioneer contribution to present-day poetry |
| 785 | 1948 | Chemistry | Arne Wilhelm Kaurin Tiselius | Sweden | For research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis especially concerning serum proteins |
| 786 | 1948 | Physics | Patrick Maynard Stuart Blackett | UK | For development of Wilson cloud chamber method and discoveries in nuclear physics and cosmic radiation |
| 787 | 1948 | Medicine | Paul Hermann Müller | Switzerland | For discovery of high efficiency of DDT as contact poison against arthropods |
| 788 | 1947 | Peace | Friends Service Council | UK | For humanitarian Quaker work |
| 789 | 1947 | Chemistry | Robert Robinson | UK | For investigations on plant products of biological importance especially alkaloids |
| 790 | 1947 | Physics | Edward Victor Appleton | UK | For investigations of physics of upper atmosphere especially discovery of Appleton layer |
| 791 | 1947 | Medicine | Bernardo Alberto Houssay | Argentina | For discovery of part played by hormone of anterior pituitary lobe in regulation of blood sugar |
| 792 | 1947 | Peace | American Friends Service Committee | USA | For humanitarian Quaker work |
| 793 | 1947 | Medicine | Gerty Theresa Cori | USA | For discovery of course of catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| 794 | 1947 | Medicine | Carl Ferdinand Cori | USA | For discovery of course of catalytic conversion of glycogen |
| 795 | 1947 | Literature | André Gide | France | For comprehensive and artistically significant writings presented with fearless love of truth |
| 796 | 1946 | Peace | Emily Greene Balch | USA | For peace activism |
| 797 | 1946 | Chemistry | James Batcheller Sumner | USA | For discovery that enzymes can be crystallized |
| 798 | 1946 | Physics | Percy Williams Bridgman | USA | For invention of apparatus to produce extremely high pressures and discoveries in high pressure physics |
| 799 | 1946 | Medicine | Hermann Joseph Muller | USA | For discovery of production of mutations by means of X-ray irradiation |
| 800 | 1946 | Peace | John Raleigh Mott | USA | For missionary and peace work |
| 801 | 1946 | Chemistry | Wendell Meredith Stanley | USA | For preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
| 802 | 1946 | Chemistry | John Howard Northrop | USA | For preparation of enzymes and virus proteins in pure form |
| 803 | 1946 | Literature | Hermann Hesse | Germany/Switzerland | For inspired writings which exemplify classic humanitarian ideals |
| 804 | 1945 | Literature | Gabriela Mistral | Chile | For lyric poetry inspired by powerful emotions |
| 805 | 1945 | Physics | Wolfgang Pauli | Austria | For discovery of exclusion principle also called Pauli principle |
| 806 | 1945 | Chemistry | Artturi Ilmari Virtanen | Finland | For research and inventions in agricultural and nutrition chemistry |
| 807 | 1945 | Medicine | Ernst Boris Chain | UK | For discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
| 808 | 1945 | Peace | Cordell Hull | USA | For efforts to build United Nations |
| 809 | 1945 | Medicine | Alexander Fleming | UK | For discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
| 810 | 1945 | Medicine | Howard Walter Florey | Australia | For discovery of penicillin and its curative effect in various infectious diseases |
| 811 | 1944 | Medicine | Herbert Spencer Gasser | USA | For discoveries relating to highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres |
| 812 | 1944 | Chemistry | Otto Hahn | Germany | For discovery of fission of heavy nuclei |
| 813 | 1944 | Physics | Isidor Isaac Rabi | USA | For resonance method for recording magnetic properties of atomic nuclei |
| 814 | 1944 | Medicine | Joseph Erlanger | USA | For discoveries relating to highly differentiated functions of single nerve fibres |
| 815 | 1944 | Literature | Johannes Vilhelm Jensen | Denmark | For rare strength and fertility of his poetic imagination |
| 816 | 1944 | Peace | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | For humanitarian work during World War II |
| 817 | 1943 | Medicine | Henrik Carl Peter Dam | Denmark | For discovery of vitamin K |
| 818 | 1943 | Physics | Otto Stern | USA | For contribution to development of molecular ray method and discovery of magnetic moment of proton |
| 819 | 1943 | Chemistry | Georg de Hevesy | Hungary | For work on use of isotopes as tracers in study of chemical processes |
| 820 | 1943 | Medicine | Edward Adelbert Doisy | USA | For discovery of chemical nature of vitamin K |
| 821 | 1939 | Physics | Ernest Orlando Lawrence | USA | For invention and development of cyclotron |
| 822 | 1939 | Chemistry | Adolf Friedrich Johann Butenandt | Germany | For work on sex hormones |
| 823 | 1939 | Chemistry | Leopold Ružička | Switzerland | For work on polymethylenes and higher terpenes |
| 824 | 1939 | Literature | Frans Eemil Sillanpää | Finland | For deep understanding of Finnish peasantry and exquisite art with which he portrayed their way of life |
| 825 | 1939 | Medicine | Gerhard Domagk | Germany | For discovery of antibacterial effects of prontosil |
| 826 | 1938 | Chemistry | Richard Kuhn | Germany | For work on carotenoids and vitamins |
| 827 | 1938 | Literature | Pearl Buck | USA | For rich and truly epic descriptions of peasant life in China |
| 828 | 1938 | Medicine | Corneille Jean François Heymans | Belgium | For discovery of role played by sinus and aortic mechanisms in regulation of respiration |
| 829 | 1938 | Physics | Enrico Fermi | Italy | For demonstrations of existence of new radioactive elements and discovery of nuclear reactions |
| 830 | 1938 | Peace | Nansen International Office for Refugees | Switzerland | For humanitarian work with refugees |
| 831 | 1937 | Physics | George Paget Thomson | UK | For experimental discovery of diffraction of electrons by crystals |
| 832 | 1937 | Chemistry | Walter Norman Haworth | UK | For investigations on carbohydrates and vitamin C |
| 833 | 1937 | Chemistry | Paul Karrer | Switzerland | For investigations on carotenoids flavins and vitamins A and B2 |
| 834 | 1937 | Literature | Roger Martin du Gard | France | For artistic power and truth with which he has depicted human conflict |
| 835 | 1937 | Peace | Robert Cecil | UK | For work in League of Nations |
| 836 | 1937 | Medicine | Albert von Szent-Györgyi Nagyrápolt | Hungary | For discoveries in connection with biological combustion processes especially vitamin C |
| 837 | 1937 | Physics | Clinton Joseph Davisson | USA | For experimental discovery of diffraction of electrons by crystals |
| 838 | 1936 | Physics | Carl David Anderson | USA | For discovery of positron |
| 839 | 1936 | Physics | Victor Franz Hess | Austria | For discovery of cosmic radiation |
| 840 | 1936 | Chemistry | Peter Debye | Netherlands | For contributions to knowledge of molecular structure through investigations on dipole moments |
| 841 | 1936 | Peace | Carlos Saavedra Lamas | Argentina | For mediating end to Chaco War |
| 842 | 1936 | Literature | Eugene O'Neill | USA | For power sincerity and depth of feeling of his dramatic works |
| 843 | 1936 | Medicine | Otto Loewi | Germany | For discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
| 844 | 1936 | Medicine | Henry Hallett Dale | UK | For discoveries relating to chemical transmission of nerve impulses |
| 845 | 1935 | Medicine | Hans Spemann | Germany | For discovery of organizer effect in embryonic development |
| 846 | 1935 | Chemistry | Irène Joliot-Curie | France | For synthesis of new radioactive elements |
| 847 | 1935 | Chemistry | Frédéric Joliot | France | For synthesis of new radioactive elements |
| 848 | 1935 | Physics | James Chadwick | UK | For discovery of neutron |
| 849 | 1935 | Peace | Carl von Ossietzky | Germany | For peace activism and pacifist journalism |
| 850 | 1934 | Medicine | George Hoyt Whipple | USA | For discoveries concerning liver therapy against anaemia |
| 851 | 1934 | Medicine | William Parry Murphy | USA | For discoveries concerning liver therapy against anaemia |
| 852 | 1934 | Chemistry | Harold Clayton Urey | USA | For discovery of heavy hydrogen |
| 853 | 1934 | Literature | Luigi Pirandello | Italy | For bold and ingenious revival of dramatic and scenic art |
| 854 | 1934 | Peace | Arthur Henderson | UK | For work as president of World Disarmament Conference |
| 855 | 1934 | Medicine | George Richards Minot | USA | For discoveries concerning liver therapy against anaemia |
| 856 | 1933 | Physics | Erwin Schrödinger | Austria | For discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
| 857 | 1933 | Physics | Paul Adrien Maurice Dirac | UK | For discovery of new productive forms of atomic theory |
| 858 | 1933 | Medicine | Thomas Hunt Morgan | USA | For discoveries concerning role played by chromosome in heredity |
| 859 | 1933 | Literature | Ivan Bunin | Russia | For strict artistry with which he has carried on classical Russian traditions in prose writing |
| 860 | 1933 | Peace | Norman Angell | UK | For peace activism and book The Great Illusion |
| 861 | 1932 | Medicine | Charles Scott Sherrington | UK | For discoveries regarding functions of neurons |
| 862 | 1932 | Medicine | Edgar Douglas Adrian | UK | For discoveries regarding functions of neurons |
| 863 | 1932 | Chemistry | Irving Langmuir | USA | For discoveries and investigations in surface chemistry |
| 864 | 1932 | Physics | Werner Heisenberg | Germany | For creation of quantum mechanics |
| 865 | 1932 | Literature | John Galsworthy | UK | For distinguished art of narration which takes its highest form in The Forsyte Saga |
| 866 | 1931 | Peace | Jane Addams | USA | For social work and peace activism |
| 867 | 1931 | Chemistry | Friedrich Bergius | Germany | For invention and development of chemical high pressure methods |
| 868 | 1931 | Peace | Nicholas Murray Butler | USA | For promoting peace through international law |
| 869 | 1931 | Literature | Erik Axel Karlfeldt | Sweden | For poetry of Erik Axel Karlfeldt |
| 870 | 1931 | Medicine | Otto Heinrich Warburg | Germany | For discovery of nature and mode of action of respiratory enzyme |
| 871 | 1931 | Chemistry | Carl Bosch | Germany | For invention and development of chemical high pressure methods |
| 872 | 1930 | Medicine | Karl Landsteiner | USA | For discovery of human blood groups |
| 873 | 1930 | Physics | Venkata Raman | India | For work on scattering of light and discovery of Raman effect |
| 874 | 1930 | Chemistry | Hans Fischer | Germany | For researches into constitution of haemin and chlorophyll |
| 875 | 1930 | Literature | Sinclair Lewis | USA | For vigorous and graphic art of description and ability to create types with wit and humour |
| 876 | 1930 | Peace | Lars Olof Jonathan Söderblom | Sweden | For efforts to promote church unity and international peace |
| 877 | 1929 | Physics | Louis de Broglie | France | For discovery of wave nature of electrons |
| 878 | 1929 | Chemistry | Arthur Harden | UK | For investigations on fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes |
| 879 | 1929 | Medicine | Christiaan Eijkman | Netherlands | For discovery of antineuritic vitamin |
| 880 | 1929 | Literature | Thomas Mann | Germany | For great novel Buddenbrooks which has won recognition as classic of contemporary literature |
| 881 | 1929 | Peace | Frank B. Kellogg | USA | For Kellogg-Briand Pact outlawing war |
| 882 | 1929 | Medicine | Frederick Gowland Hopkins | UK | For discovery of growth-stimulating vitamins |
| 883 | 1929 | Chemistry | Hans Karl August Simon von Euler-Chelpin | Sweden | For investigations on fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes |
| 884 | 1928 | Chemistry | Adolf Windaus | Germany | For research into constitution of sterols and their connection with vitamins |
| 885 | 1928 | Literature | Sigrid Undset | Norway | For powerful descriptions of Northern life during Middle Ages |
| 886 | 1928 | Medicine | Charles Nicolle | France | For work on typhus |
| 887 | 1928 | Physics | Owen Willans Richardson | UK | For work on thermionic phenomenon and discovery of Richardson law |
| 888 | 1927 | Chemistry | Heinrich Otto Wieland | Germany | For investigations of bile acids and related substances |
| 889 | 1927 | Literature | Henri Bergson | France | For rich and vitalizing ideas and brilliant skill with which they have been presented |
| 890 | 1927 | Medicine | Julius Wagner-Jauregg | Austria | For discovery of therapeutic value of malaria inoculation in treatment of dementia paralytica |
| 891 | 1927 | Peace | Ferdinand Buisson | France | For long career in service of peace |
| 892 | 1927 | Peace | Ludwig Quidde | Germany | For long career in service of peace |
| 893 | 1927 | Physics | Charles Thomson Rees Wilson | UK | For method of making paths of electrically charged particles visible by condensation of vapour |
| 894 | 1927 | Physics | Arthur Holly Compton | USA | For discovery of Compton effect |
| 895 | 1926 | Physics | Jean Baptiste Perrin | France | For work on discontinuous structure of matter and discovery of sedimentation equilibrium |
| 896 | 1926 | Chemistry | Theodor Svedberg | Sweden | For work on disperse systems |
| 897 | 1926 | Medicine | Johannes Fibiger | Denmark | For discovery of spiroptera carcinoma |
| 898 | 1926 | Literature | Grazia Deledda | Italy | For idealistically inspired writings portraying life of her island with plastic clarity |
| 899 | 1926 | Peace | Aristide Briand | France | For Locarno Pact and efforts for Franco-German reconciliation |
| 900 | 1926 | Peace | Gustav Stresemann | Germany | For Locarno Pact and efforts for Franco-German reconciliation |
| 901 | 1925 | Peace | Charles Gates Dawes | USA | For Dawes Plan stabilizing German economy |
| 902 | 1925 | Peace | Austen Chamberlain | UK | For role in Locarno Pact |
| 903 | 1925 | Chemistry | Richard Adolf Zsigmondy | Germany | For elucidation of heterogeneous nature of colloid solutions |
| 904 | 1925 | Literature | George Bernard Shaw | Ireland/UK | For work which is marked by idealism and humanity |
| 905 | 1925 | Physics | James Franck | Germany | For discovery of laws governing impact of electron upon atom |
| 906 | 1925 | Physics | Gustav Hertz | Germany | For discovery of laws governing impact of electron upon atom |
| 907 | 1924 | Medicine | Willem Einthoven | Netherlands | For discovery of mechanism of electrocardiogram |
| 908 | 1924 | Physics | Manne Siegbahn | Sweden | For discoveries and research in field of X-ray spectroscopy |
| 909 | 1924 | Literature | Władysław Reymont | Poland | For national epic The Peasants |
| 910 | 1923 | Medicine | John James Rickard Macleod | UK | For discovery of insulin |
| 911 | 1923 | Physics | Robert Andrews Millikan | USA | For work on elementary charge of electricity and photoelectric effect |
| 912 | 1923 | Medicine | Frederick Banting | Canada | For discovery of insulin |
| 913 | 1923 | Chemistry | Fritz Pregl | Austria | For invention of method of microanalysis of organic substances |
| 914 | 1923 | Literature | William Butler Yeats | Ireland | For inspired poetry which gives expression to spirit of whole nation |
| 915 | 1922 | Chemistry | Francis William Aston | UK | For discovery of isotopes in numerous non-radioactive elements by means of mass spectrograph |
| 916 | 1922 | Medicine | Archibald Vivian Hill | UK | For discovery relating to heat production in muscle |
| 917 | 1922 | Peace | Fridtjof Nansen | Norway | For humanitarian work on behalf of refugees |
| 918 | 1922 | Physics | Niels Bohr | Denmark | For investigation of structure of atoms and radiation emanating from them |
| 919 | 1922 | Literature | Jacinto Benavente | Spain | For happy manner in which he continued the illustrious traditions of Spanish drama |
| 920 | 1922 | Medicine | Otto Fritz Meyerhof | Germany | For discovery of fixed relationship between oxygen consumption and metabolism of lactic acid in muscle |
| 921 | 1921 | Physics | Albert Einstein | Germany/USA | For discovery of law of photoelectric effect |
| 922 | 1921 | Literature | Anatole France | France | For brilliant literary achievements characterized by nobility of style and sympathy with humanity |
| 923 | 1921 | Chemistry | Frederick Soddy | UK | For contributions to knowledge of chemistry of radioactive substances and investigations into origin and nature of isotopes |
| 924 | 1921 | Peace | Christian Lous Lange | Norway | For work for peace and international arbitration |
| 925 | 1921 | Peace | Hjalmar Branting | Sweden | For work for peace and international arbitration |
| 926 | 1920 | Peace | Léon Bourgeois | France | For role in establishing the League of Nations |
| 927 | 1920 | Medicine | August Krogh | Denmark | For discovery of capillary motor regulating mechanism |
| 928 | 1920 | Chemistry | Walther Nernst | Germany | For work in thermochemistry |
| 929 | 1920 | Physics | Charles Édouard Guillaume | Switzerland | For discovery of anomalies in nickel steel alloys |
| 930 | 1920 | Literature | Knut Hamsun | Norway | For monumental work Growth of the Soil |
| 931 | 1919 | Literature | Carl Spitteler | Switzerland | For his epic Olympian Spring |
| 932 | 1919 | Medicine | Jules Bordet | Belgium | For discoveries relating to immunity |
| 933 | 1919 | Peace | Woodrow Wilson | USA | For founding the League of Nations |
| 934 | 1919 | Physics | Johannes Stark | Germany | For discovery of Doppler effect in canal rays and splitting of spectral lines in electric fields |
| 935 | 1918 | Chemistry | Fritz Haber | Germany | For synthesis of ammonia from its elements |
| 936 | 1918 | Physics | Max Planck | Germany | For discovery of energy quanta |
| 937 | 1917 | Literature | Karl Adolph Gjellerup | Denmark | For varied and rich poetry inspired by high ideals |
| 938 | 1917 | Physics | Charles Glover Barkla | UK | For discovery of characteristic Röntgen radiation of elements |
| 939 | 1917 | Peace | International Committee of the Red Cross | Switzerland | For humanitarian efforts during World War I |
| 940 | 1917 | Literature | Henrik Pontoppidan | Denmark | For authentic descriptions of present-day life in Denmark |
| 941 | 1915 | Physics | William Henry Bragg | UK | For services in analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays |
| 942 | 1915 | Chemistry | Richard Willstätter | Germany | For researches on plant pigments especially chlorophyll |
| 943 | 1915 | Literature | Romain Rolland | France | For lofty idealism of his literary production and sympathy and love of truth |
| 944 | 1915 | Physics | William Lawrence Bragg | UK/Australia | For services in analysis of crystal structure by means of X-rays |
| 945 | 1914 | Physics | Max von Laue | Germany | For discovery of diffraction of X-rays by crystals |
| 946 | 1914 | Chemistry | Theodore William Richards | USA | For accurate determination of atomic weight of numerous chemical elements |
| 947 | 1914 | Medicine | Robert Bárány | Austria | For work on physiology and pathology of vestibular apparatus |
| 948 | 1913 | Medicine | Charles Richet | France | For work on anaphylaxis |
| 949 | 1913 | Chemistry | Alfred Werner | Switzerland | For work on linkage of atoms in molecules |
| 950 | 1913 | Physics | Heike Kamerlingh Onnes | Netherlands | For investigations on properties of matter at low temperatures leading to production of liquid helium |
| 951 | 1913 | Peace | Henri La Fontaine | Belgium | For leadership of International Peace Bureau |
| 952 | 1913 | Literature | Rabindranath Tagore | India | For profoundly sensitive fresh and beautiful verse |
| 953 | 1912 | Chemistry | Paul Sabatier | France | For method of hydrogenating organic compounds |
| 954 | 1912 | Literature | Gerhart Hauptmann | Germany | For fruitful varied and outstanding production in realm of dramatic art |
| 955 | 1912 | Medicine | Alexis Carrel | France | For work on vascular suture and transplantation of blood vessels and organs |
| 956 | 1912 | Physics | Nils Gustaf Dalén | Sweden | For invention of automatic regulators for lighting coastal beacons and light buoys |
| 957 | 1912 | Chemistry | Victor Grignard | France | For discovery of Grignard reagent |
| 958 | 1912 | Peace | Elihu Root | USA | For efforts to bring nations together through arbitration |
| 959 | 1911 | Peace | Tobias Asser | Netherlands | For contributions to international law |
| 960 | 1911 | Literature | Maurice Maeterlinck | Belgium | For literary activities and dramatic works |
| 961 | 1911 | Physics | Wilhelm Wien | Germany | For discoveries regarding laws governing heat radiation |
| 962 | 1911 | Peace | Alfred Fried | Austria | For peace activism |
| 963 | 1911 | Medicine | Allvar Gullstrand | Sweden | For work on dioptrics of the eye |
| 964 | 1911 | Chemistry | Marie Curie | Poland/France | For discovery of radium and polonium and isolation of radium |
| 965 | 1910 | Physics | Johannes Diderik van der Waals | Netherlands | For work on equation of state for gases and liquids |
| 966 | 1910 | Peace | Permanent International Peace Bureau | Switzerland | For organizing and coordinating the peace movement |
| 967 | 1910 | Chemistry | Otto Wallach | Germany | For services to organic chemistry by pioneering work in alicyclic compounds |
| 968 | 1910 | Medicine | Albrecht Kossel | Germany | For contributions to cell biology through work on proteins including nucleic substances |
| 969 | 1910 | Literature | Paul Heyse | Germany | For lyric poetry dramas novels and tales |
| 970 | 1909 | Physics | Guglielmo Marconi | Italy | For contributions to development of wireless telegraphy |
| 971 | 1909 | Peace | Paul Henri d'Estournelles de Constant | France | For efforts in service of peace and fraternity between nations |
| 972 | 1909 | Physics | Karl Ferdinand Braun | Germany | For contributions to development of wireless telegraphy |
| 973 | 1909 | Peace | Auguste Beernaert | Belgium | For work as leader of important peace legislation |
| 974 | 1909 | Literature | Selma Lagerlöf | Sweden | For lofty idealism vivid imagination and spiritual perception |
| 975 | 1909 | Medicine | Emil Theodor Kocher | Switzerland | For work on physiology pathology and surgery of the thyroid gland |
| 976 | 1909 | Chemistry | Wilhelm Ostwald | Germany | For work on catalysis and investigations into fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria |
| 977 | 1908 | Chemistry | Ernest Rutherford | UK | For investigations into disintegration of elements and chemistry of radioactive substances |
| 978 | 1908 | Medicine | Ilya Ilyich Mechnikov | Russia | For work on immunity |
| 979 | 1908 | Physics | Gabriel Lippmann | France | For method of reproducing colours photographically based on interference phenomenon |
| 980 | 1908 | Peace | Klas Pontus Arnoldson | Sweden | For peace activism |
| 981 | 1908 | Peace | Fredrik Bajer | Denmark | For peace activism |
| 982 | 1908 | Literature | Rudolf Eucken | Germany | For earnest search for truth and penetrating power of thought |
| 983 | 1908 | Medicine | Paul Ehrlich | Germany | For work on immunity |
| 984 | 1907 | Peace | Louis Renault | France | For work in area of international arbitration |
| 985 | 1907 | Peace | Ernesto Teodoro Moneta | Italy | For peace activism |
| 986 | 1907 | Physics | Albert Abraham Michelson | USA | For optical precision instruments and spectroscopic and metrological investigations |
| 987 | 1907 | Chemistry | Eduard Buchner | Germany | For biochemical researches and discovery of cell-free fermentation |
| 988 | 1907 | Literature | Rudyard Kipling | UK | For power of observation originality of imagination and virility of ideas |
| 989 | 1907 | Medicine | Charles Louis Alphonse Laveran | France | For work on protozoa in generation of diseases |
| 990 | 1906 | Medicine | Santiago Ramón y Cajal | Spain | For work on structure of nervous system |
| 991 | 1906 | Literature | Giosuè Carducci | Italy | For creative energy fresh originality and lyric power |
| 992 | 1906 | Peace | Theodore Roosevelt | USA | For mediating end to Russo-Japanese War |
| 993 | 1906 | Chemistry | Henri Moissan | France | For investigation and isolation of fluorine element |
| 994 | 1906 | Physics | J.J. Thomson | UK | For theoretical and experimental investigations on conduction of electricity by gases |
| 995 | 1906 | Medicine | Camillo Golgi | Italy | For work on structure of nervous system |
| 996 | 1905 | Peace | Bertha von Suttner | Austria | For peace activism and novel Lay Down Your Arms |
| 997 | 1905 | Chemistry | Adolf von Baeyer | Germany | For advancement of organic chemistry through work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds |
| 998 | 1905 | Literature | Henryk Sienkiewicz | Poland | For outstanding merits as an epic writer |
| 999 | 1905 | Medicine | Robert Koch | Germany | For investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis |
| 1000 | 1905 | Physics | Philipp Lenard | Germany | For research on cathode rays |
| 1001 | 1904 | Chemistry | William Ramsay | UK | For discovery of inert gaseous elements in air |
| 1002 | 1904 | Literature | Frédéric Mistral | France | For fresh originality and true inspiration of his poetry |
| 1003 | 1904 | Literature | José Echegaray | Spain | For numerous and brilliant compositions which revived great traditions of Spanish drama |
| 1004 | 1904 | Physics | Lord Rayleigh | UK | For investigations of densities of gases and discovery of argon |
| 1005 | 1904 | Peace | Institute of International Law | Belgium | For work to formulate general principles of international law |
| 1006 | 1904 | Medicine | Ivan Pavlov | Russia | For work on physiology of digestion |
| 1007 | 1903 | Physics | Pierre Curie | France | For research on radiation phenomena discovered by Becquerel |
| 1008 | 1903 | Peace | Randal Cremer | UK | For work as secretary of International Arbitration League |
| 1009 | 1903 | Physics | Henri Becquerel | France | For discovery of spontaneous radioactivity |
| 1010 | 1903 | Literature | Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson | Norway | For noble high and versatile poetry distinguished by freshness of inspiration |
| 1011 | 1903 | Physics | Marie Curie | Poland/France | For research on radiation phenomena discovered by Becquerel |
| 1012 | 1903 | Chemistry | Svante Arrhenius | Sweden | For electrolytic theory of dissociation |
| 1013 | 1903 | Medicine | Niels Ryberg Finsen | Denmark | For treatment of diseases especially lupus vulgaris with concentrated light radiation |
| 1014 | 1902 | Chemistry | Emil Fischer | Germany | For work on sugar and purine syntheses |
| 1015 | 1902 | Literature | Theodor Mommsen | Germany | For greatest living master of the art of historical writing |
| 1016 | 1902 | Physics | Hendrik Antoon Lorentz | Netherlands | For research into influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena |
| 1017 | 1902 | Physics | Pieter Zeeman | Netherlands | For research into influence of magnetism upon radiation phenomena |
| 1018 | 1902 | Peace | Élie Ducommun | Switzerland | For honorary direction of Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| 1019 | 1902 | Peace | Charles Albert Gobat | Switzerland | For honorary direction of Permanent International Peace Bureau |
| 1020 | 1902 | Medicine | Ronald Ross | UK | For work on malaria and how it enters the organism |
| 1021 | 1901 | Peace | Frédéric Passy | France | For founding and leading the French peace society |
| 1022 | 1901 | Medicine | Emil Adolf von Behring | Germany | For work on serum therapy and victory over diphtheria |
| 1023 | 1901 | Chemistry | Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff | Netherlands | For discovery of laws of chemical dynamics and osmotic pressure |
| 1024 | 1901 | Literature | Sully Prudhomme | France | For poetic composition giving evidence of lofty idealism and artistic perfection |
| 1025 | 1901 | Peace | Henry Dunant | Switzerland | For founding the Red Cross and proposing the Geneva Convention |
| 1026 | 1901 | Physics | Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen | Germany | For discovery of remarkable rays subsequently named after him |