From the Nobel Prize's establishment in 1901 until 1956, Germany had the highest number of Nobel laureates in the world. Today, Germany is the nation with the 3rd most Nobel Prize winners: 2nd most in the category of physics, 3rd most in chemistryhttps://www.statista.com/statistics/262895/nobel-prize-laureates-for-chemistry-by-nationality-since-1901/ and physiology or medicine,https://www.statista.com/statistics/262896/nobel-prize-laureates-in-medicine-by-nationality/ and 4th most in literature. Overall, there are 112 German Nobel Prize laureates.
Nobel Peace Prize Year Laureate Born Died Country of residence Citation 1926 10 May 1878 in Berlin, German Reich 3 October 1929 in Berlin, German Reich Germany "For their crucial role in bringing about the Locarno Treaty." 1927 23 March 1858 in Bremen, Free City of Bremen 4 March 1941 in Geneva, Swiss Confederation Germany "For their contribution to the emergence in France and Germany of a public opinion which favours peaceful international cooperation." 1935 3 October 1889 in Hamburg, German Reich 4 May 1938 in Berlin, German Reich Germany "For his burning love for freedom of thought and expression and his valuable contribution to the cause of peace." 1952 14 January 1875 in Kaisersberg, German Reich 4 September 1965 in Lambaréné, Gabonese Republic France "For his altruism, reverence for life, and tireless humanitarian work which has helped making the idea of brotherhood between men and nations a living one." 1971 18 December 1913 in Lübeck, German Reich 8 October 1992 in Unkel, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For paving the way for a meaningful dialogue between East and West." 1973 27 May 1923 in Fürth, German Reich 29 November 2023 in Kent, Connecticut, USA United States "For jointly having negotiated a cease fire in Vietnam in 1973."
Nobel Prize in Literature Year Laureate Born Died Country of residence Citation 1902 30 November 1817 in Garding, Duchy of Schleswig 1 November 1903 in Charlottenburg, German Reich Germany "The greatest living master of the art of historical writing, with special reference to his monumental work, A history of Rome." 1908 5 January 1846 in Aurich, Kingdom of Hanover 14 September 1926 in Jena, German Reich Germany "In recognition of his earnest search for truth, his penetrating power of thought, his wide range of vision, and the warmth and strength in presentation with which in his numerous works he has vindicated and developed an idealistic philosophy of life." 1910 15 March 1830 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia 2 April 1914 in Munich, German Reich Germany "As a tribute to the consummate artistry, permeated with idealism, which he has demonstrated during his long productive career as a lyric poet, dramatist, novelist and writer of world-renowned short stories." 1912 15 November 1862 in Bad Salzbrunn, Kingdom of Prussia 6 June 1946 in Agnetendorf, Republic of Poland Germany "Primarily in recognition of his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art." 1929 6 June 1875 in Lübeck, German Reich 12 August 1955 in Zurich, Swiss Confederation Germany "Principally for his great novel, Buddenbrooks, which has won steadily increased recognition as one of the classic works of contemporary literature." 1946 2 July 1877 in Calw, German Reich 9 August 1962 in Montagnola, Swiss Confederation Switzerland "For his inspired writings which, while growing in boldness and penetration, exemplify the classical humanitarian ideals and high qualities of style." 1966 10 December 1891 in Berlin, German Reich 12 May 1970 in Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden Sweden "For her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength." 1972 21 December 1917 in Cologne, German Reich 16 July 1985 in Kreuzau, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For his writing which through its combination of a broad perspective on his time and a sensitive skill in characterization has contributed to a renewal of German literature." 1999 16 October 1927 in Danzig, Free City of Danzig 13 April 2015 in Lübeck, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "Whose frolicsome black fables portray the forgotten face of history." 2009 17 August 1953 in Nitzkydorf, Romanian People's Republic — Germany "Who, with the concentration of poetry and the frankness of prose, depicts the landscape of the dispossessed."
Nobel Prize in Chemistry Year Laureate Born Died Country of academic affiliation Citation 1902 9 October 1852 in Euskirchen, Kingdom of Prussia 15 July 1919 in Berlin, German Reich Germany "In recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his work on sugar and purine syntheses." 1905 31 October 1835 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia 20 August 1917 in Starnberg, German Reich Germany "In recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds." 1907 20 May 1860 in Munich, Kingdom of Bavaria 13 August 1917 in Focșani, Kingdom of Romania Germany "For his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation." 1909 2 September 1853 in Riga, Russian Empire 4 April 1932 in Leipzig, German Reich Germany "In recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction." 1910 27 March 1847 in Königsberg, Kingdom of Prussia 26 February 1931 in Göttingen, German Reich Germany "In recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds." 1915 13 August 1872 in Karlsruhe, German Reich 3 August 1942 in Locarno, Swiss Confederation Germany "For his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll." 1918 9 December 1868 in Breslau, Kingdom of Prussia 29 January 1934 in Basel, Swiss Confederation Germany "For the synthesis of ammonia from its elements." 1920 25 June 1864 in Briesen, Kingdom of Prussia 18 November 1941 in Zibelle, German Reich Germany "In recognition of his work in thermochemistry." 1927 4 June 1877 in Pforzheim, German Reich 5 August 1957 in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "For his investigations of the constitution of the bile acids and related substances." 1928 25 December 1876 in Berlin, German Reich 9 June 1959 in Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "For the services rendered through his research into the constitution of the sterols and their connection with the vitamins." 1929 15 February 1873 in Augsburg, German Reich 6 November 1964 in Stockholm, Kingdom of Sweden Sweden "For their investigations on the fermentation of sugar and fermentative enzymes." 1930 27 July 1881 in Höchst, German Reich 31 March 1945 in Munich, Greater German Reich Germany "For his researches into the constitution of haemin and chlorophyll and especially for his synthesis of haemin." 1931 11 October 1884 in Breslau, German Reich 30 March 1949 in Buenos Aires, Argentine Republic Germany "In recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods." 1931 27 August 1874 in Cologne, German Reich 26 April 1940 in Heidelberg, German Reich Germany "In recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods." 1938 3 December 1900 in Vienna, Austro-Hungarian Monarchy 31 July 1967 in Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "For his work on carotenoids and vitamins." 1939 24 March 1903 in Lehe, German Reich 18 January 1995 in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "For his work on sex hormones." 1944 8 March 1879 in Frankfurt, German Reich 28 July 1968 in Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany Germany "For his discovery of the fission of heavy nuclei." 1950 10 July 1902 in Königshütte, German Reich 20 June 1958 in Cologne, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their discovery and development of the diene synthesis." 1950 23 January 1876 in Hamburg, German Reich 7 March 1954 in Kiel, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their discovery and development of the diene synthesis." 1953 23 March 1881 in Worms, German Reich 8 September 1965 in Freiburg, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For his discoveries in the field of macromolecular chemistry." 1963 26 November 1898 in Helsa, German Reich 12 August 1973 in Mülheim, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers." 1967 9 May 1927 in Bochum, German Reich 6 February 2019 in Göttingen, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their studies of extremely fast chemical reactions, effected by disturbing the equilibrium by means of very short pulses of energy." 1971 25 December 1904 in Hamburg, German Reich 3 March 1999 in Ottawa, Canada Canada "For his contributions to the knowledge of electronic structure and geometry of molecules, particularly free radicals." 1973 10 November 1918 in Munich, German Reich 23 July 2007 in Munich, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their pioneering work, performed independently, on the chemistry of the organometallic, so called sandwich compounds." 1979 16 June 1897 in Berlin, German Reich 26 August 1987 in Heidelberg, Federal Republic of Germany West Germany "For their development of the use of boron- and phosphorus-containing compounds, respectively, into important reagents in organic synthesis." 1988 30 September 1943 in Zusamaltheim, Greater German Reich — United States "For the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre." 1988 20 February 1937 in Munich, German Reich — West Germany "For the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre." 1988 18 July 1948 in Ludwigsburg, Occupation of Germany — West Germany "For the determination of the three-dimensional structure of a photosynthetic reaction centre." 2007 10 October 1936 in Bad Cannstatt, German Reich — Germany For his studies of chemical processes on solid surfaces." 2014 23 December 1962 in Arad, Romanian People's Republic — Germany "For the development of super-resolved fluorescence microscopy." 2017 12 September 1940 in Siegen, German Reich — United States "For developing cryo-electron microscopy for the high-resolution structure determination of biomolecules in solution." 2021 11 January 1968 in Frankfurt, Federal Republic of Germany — Germany "For the development of asymmetric organocatalysis."
Nobel Prize in Physics