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Georg W. Bornkamm – virology (GSF-Forschungszentrum für Umwelt und Gesundheit München)
Christopher Deninger, Michael Rapoport, Peter Schneider and Thomas Zink – mathematics (University of Münster, University of Wuppertal, University of Cologne and Bielefeld University)
Irmela Hijiya-Kirschnereit – japanology (Free University of Berlin)
Jürgen Kocka – history of sociology (Free University of Berlin)
Joachim Menz – mine surveying (Freiberg University of Mining and Technology)
Friedhelm Meyer auf der Heide and Burkhard Monien – informatics (Paderborn University)
Jürgen Mlynek – experimental physics (University of Konstanz)
Svante Pääbo – molecular biology (LMU Munich)
Wolfgang Raible – romanistics (University of Freiburg)
Hans-Georg Rammensee – immunology (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen)
Jan Veizer – geochemistry of sediments (Ruhr University Bochum)
1991:

Gerhard Ertl – physical chemistry (Fritz Haber Institute of the MPG, Berlin)
Dieter Fenske and Michael Veith – inorganic chemistry (University of Karlsruhe and Saarland University)
Ernst O. Göbel – solid state physics (Marburg University)
Dieter Häussinger – internal medicine (University of Freiburg)
Karl-Heinz Hoffmann – applied mathematics (University of Augsburg)
Randolf Menzel – zoology/neurobiology (Free University of Berlin)
Rolf Müller – biochemistry/molecular biology (Marburg University)
Hermann Riedel – material mechanics (Fraunhofer-Institut für Werkstoffmechanik Freiburg)
Hans-Ulrich Schmincke – mineralogy/vulcanology (Research Center for Marine Geosciences (GEOMAR), Kiel)
Michael Stolleis – history of law (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Martin Warnke – history of art (University of Hamburg)
1990:

Reinhard Genzel – astrophysics (Max Planck Institute for Astrophysics, Garching)
Rainer Greger – physiology (University of Freiburg)
Ingrid Grummt – microbiology (University of Würzburg)
Martin Jansen and Arndt Simon – inorganic chemistry (University of Bonn and Max Planck Institute for Solid State Research, Stuttgart)
Bert Hölldobler – zoology (University of Würzburg)
Konrad Kleinknecht – experimental physics (University of Mainz)
Norbert Peters – combustion engineering (RWTH Aachen University)
Helmut Schwarz – organic chemistry (Technische Universität Berlin)
Dieter Stöffler – planetology (University of Münster)
Richard Wagner – material science (GKSS-Forschungszentrum Geesthacht)

=== 1989–1986 ===

1989:

Heinrich Betz – neurobiology (Heidelberg University)
Claus Wilhelm Canaris – civil law (LMU Munich)
Herbert Gleiter – material science (Saarland University)
Theodor W. Hänsch – laser physics (LMU Munich and Max Planck Institute for Quantum Optics, Garching)
Joachim Milberg – production technics (Technical University of Munich)
Jürgen Mittelstraß – philosophy (University of Konstanz)
Sigrid D. Peyerimhoff – theoretical chemistry (University of Bonn)
Manfred T. Reetz – organic chemistry (Marburg University)
Michael Sarnthein and Jörn Thiede – marine geology (Kiel University and Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences, Kiel)
Reinhard Stock – experimental nuclear physics (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Wolfgang Stremmel – internal medicine (Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf)
1988:

Karl Joachim Ebeling – high frequency technics (Technische Universität Braunschweig)
Lothar Gall – modern history (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Günter Harder – mathematics (University of Bonn)
Walter Haug and Burghart Wachinger – older German literature science (University of Tübingen)
Werner Hildenbrand – social economics (University of Bonn)
Ingo Müller – theoretical physics (Technische Universität Berlin)
Herbert W. Roesky and George Michael Sheldrick – inorganic chemistry (University of Göttingen)
Wolfram Saenger and Volker Erdmann – biochemistry (Free University of Berlin)
Günther Schütz – molecular biology (German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg)
Hans Wolfgang Spiess – physical chemistry (Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, Mainz)
Karl Otto Stetter – microbiology (University of Regensburg)
Thomas Weiland – high energy physics (DESY (German electron synchrotron), Hamburg)
1987:

Gerhard Abstreiter – semiconductor physics (Technical University of Munich)
Knut Borchardt – history of economics/social economics (LMU Munich)
Nils Claussen – ceramic materials (Hamburg University of Technology)
Bernd Giese – organic chemistry (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Wolfgang A. Herrmann and Hubert Schmidbaur – inorganic chemistry (Technical University of Munich)
Günter Hotz, Kurt Mehlhorn and Wolfgang Paul – Computer Science (Saarland University)
Erwin Neher and Bert Sakmann – biophysical chemistry (Max Planck Institute for Biophysical Chemistry / Karl Friedrich Bonhoeffer Institute), Göttingen
Friedrich A. Seifert – mineralogy (University of Bayreuth)
Rudolf K. Thauer – biochemical microbiology (Marburg University)
Hans-Peter Zenner – Otolaryngology/cell biology (University of Würzburg)
1986:

Géza Alföldy – ancient history (Heidelberg University)
Dietrich Dörner – psychology (University of Bamberg)
Jürgen Habermas – philosophy (Goethe University Frankfurt)
Otto Ludwig Lange and Ulrich Heber – ecology and biochemistry (University of Würzburg)
Hartmut Michel – biology (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried)
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Herbert Jäckle – biology (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen)
Peter R. Sahm – casting (RWTH Aachen University)
Fritz Peter Schäfer – laser physics (MPI für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen)
Frank Steglich – solid state physics (Technische Universität Darmstadt)
Albert H. Walenta – experimental physics (University of Siegen)
Julius Wess – theoretical physics (University of Karlsruhe)

== See also ==
List of general science and technology awards
List of physics awards

== References ==

== External links ==
Official description
Recipients (in German)