| Year | Name | Actual Ethnicity |
| 1903, 1911 | Maria Sklodowska-Curie | Pole |
| 1907 | Albert Abraham Michelson | Jew |
| 1920 | Walther Hermann Nernst | German |
| 1950 | Tadeus Reichstein | Jew |
| 1963 | Maria Goeppert-Mayer | German |
| 1977 | Andrew V. Schally | Jew |
| 1981 | Roald Hoffmann | Jew |
| 1985 | Klaus von Klitzing | German |
| 1992 | Georges Charpak | Jew |
| 1999 | Günter Blobel | German |