German Empire

Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck

German Empire

for the services he rendered to the advancement of Physics by his discovery of energy quanta (Annalen der Physik 1 (1900) 719; 4 (1901) 553)

Fritz Haber

German Empire

for the development of the ammonia synthesis method (Haber-Bosch process)

Richard Martin Willstätter

German Empire

for his researches on plant pigments, especially chlorophyll

Max von Laue

German Empire

for his discovery of the diffraction of X-rays by crystals

Wilhelm Wien

German Empire

for his discoveries regarding the laws governing the radiation of heat

Otto Wallach

German Empire

for his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds

Albrecht Kossel

German Empire

for contributions to our knowledge of cell chemistry made through his work on proteins, including the nucleic substances

Karl Ferdinand Braun

German Empire

for their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy

Friedrich Wilhelm Ostwald

German Empire

in recognition of his work on catalysis and for his investigations into the fundamental principles governing chemical equilibria and rates of reaction

Paul Ehrlich

German Empire

for their work on immunity

Eduard Buchner

German Empire

for his biochemical researches and his discovery of cell-free fermentation

Philipp Eduard Anton von Lenard

German Empire (Kingdom of Hungary)

for his work on cathode rays

Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Adolf von Baeyer

German Empire

for his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds

Robert Koch

German Empire

for his investigations and discoveries in relation to tuberculosis

Hermann Emil Fischer

German Empire

for his work on the synthesis of sugars and purine derivatives

Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen

German Empire

for the discovery of the remarkable radiation later named X-rays (Nature 53 (1896) 274–276)

Emil Adolf von Behring

German Empire

for his work on serum therapy, especially its application against diphtheria, by which he has opened a new road in the domain of medical science and thereby placed in the hands of the physician a victorious weapon against illness and deaths