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Benjamin List, Chemistry, 2021
Klaus Hasselmann, Physics, 2021
Reinhard Genzel, Physics, 2020
Joachim Frank, Chemistry, 2017
Thomas C. Südhof, Physiology or Medicine, 2013
Harald zur Hausen, Physiology or Medicine, 2008
Gerhard Ertl, Chemistry, 2007
Peter Grünberg, Physics, 2007
Theodor W. Hänsch, Physics, 2005
Wolfgang Ketterle, Physics, 2001
Herbert Kroemer, Physics, 2000
Günter Blobel, Physiology or Medicine, 1999
Horst L. Störmer, Physics, 1998
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard, Physiology or Medicine, 1995
Reinhard Selten, Economics, 1994
Bert Sakmann, Physiology or Medicine, 1991
Erwin Neher, Physiology or Medicine, 1991
Hans G. Dehmelt, Physics, 1989
Wolfgang Paul, Physics, 1989
Johann Deisenhofer, Chemistry, 1988
Robert Huber, Chemistry, 1988
Hartmut Michel, Chemistry, 1988
J. Georg Bednorz, Physics, 1987
Ernst Ruska, Physics, 1986
Gerd Binnig, Physics, 1986
Klaus von Klitzing, Physics, 1985
Georges J.F. Köhler, Physiology or Medicine, 1984
Georg Wittig, Chemistry, 1979
Ernst Otto Fischer, Chemistry, 1973
Karl von Frisch, Physiology or Medicine, 1973
Max Delbrück, Physiology or Medicine, 1969
Manfred Eigen, Chemistry, 1967
Feodor Felix Konrad Lynen, Physiology or Medicine, 1964
Karl Ziegler, Chemistry, 1963
Maria Goeppert-Mayer, Physics, 1963
J. Hans D. Jensen, Physics, 1963
Rudolf Mössbauer, Physics, 1961
Werner Forssmann, Physiology or Medicine, 1956
Polykarp Kusch, Physics, 1955
Max Born, Physics, 1954
Walther Bothe, Physics, 1954
Hermann Staudinger, Chemistry, 1953
Fritz Albert Lipmann, Physiology or Medicine, 1953
Hans Adolf Krebs, Physiology or Medicine, 1953
Albert Schweitzer, Peace, 1952
Otto Diels, Chemistry, 1950
Kurt Alder, Chemistry, 1950
Otto Hahn, Chemistry, 1944
Adolf Butenandt, Chemistry, 1939
Gerhard Domagk, Physiology or Medicine, 1939
Richard Kuhn, Chemistry, 1938
Hans Spemann, Physiology or Medicine, 1935
Werner Karl Heisenberg, Physics, 1932
Otto Heinrich Warburg, Physiology or Medicine, 1931
Carl Bosch, Chemistry, 1931
Friedrich Bergius, Chemistry, 1931
Hans Fischer, Chemistry, 1930
Adolf Otto Reinhold Windaus, Chemistry, 1928
Heinrich Otto Wieland, Chemistry, 1927
Gustav Ludwig Hertz, Physics, 1925
Otto Fritz Meyerhof, Physiology or Medicine, 1922
Walther Nernst, Chemistry, 1920
Johannes Stark, Physics, 1919
Fritz Haber, Chemistry, 1918
Max Planck, Physics, 1918
Richard Willstätter, Chemistry, 1915
Max von Laue, Physics, 1914
Wilhelm Wien, Physics, 1911
Otto Wallach, Chemistry, 1910
Albrecht Kossel, Physiology or Medicine, 1910
Karl Ferdinand Braun, Physics, 1909
Wilhelm Ostwald, Chemistry, 1909
Paul Ehrlich, Physiology or Medicine, 1908
Eduard Buchner, Chemistry, 1907
Robert Koch, Physiology or Medicine, 1905
Philipp Lenard, Physics, 1905
Adolf von Baeyer, Chemistry, 1905
Hermann Emil Fischer, Chemistry, 1902
Theodor Mommsen, Literature, 1902
Emil Adolf von Behring, Physiology or Medicine, 1901
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen, Physics, 1901

== See also ==

Körber European Science Prize
List of German inventions and discoveries
List of German inventors and discoverers
List of German mathematicians
List of German scientists by century
Operation Paperclip
Technology during World War II

== Notes ==

== References ==
Franks, Norman; Bailey, Frank; Guest, Russell (1993). Above the Lines: A Complete Record of the Aces and Fighter Units of the German Air Service, Naval Air Service and Flanders Marine Corps 1914–1918. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-0-948817-73-1.
Head, R. G. (2016). Oswald Boelcke: Germany's First Fighter Ace and Father of Air Combat. London: Grub Street. ISBN 978-1-910690-23-9.
Competing Modernities: Science and Education, Kathryn Olesko and Christoph Strupp. (A comparative analysis of the history of science and education in Germany and the United States)
English section of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research's website
Germany's science and research landscape
Articles and dossiers about Research and Technology in Germany, Goethe-Institut
Audretsch, D. B., Lehmann, E. E., & Schenkenhofer, J. (2018). Internationalization strategies of hidden champions: lessons from Germany. Multinational Business Review.

== External links ==

Federal Ministry of Education and Research
Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft
Research-in-germany.org