| 1901 |
Wilhelm C. Roentgen (Germany) |
| 1902 |
Hendrik A. Lorentz (Netherlands)
Pieter Zeeman (Netherlands) |
| 1903 |
Pierre Curie (France)
Marie Curie (France)
Antoine H. Becquerel (France) |
| 1904 |
John W. Rayleigh (United Kingdom) |
| 1905 |
Philipp Lenard (Germany) |
| 1906 |
Sir Joseph John Thomson (United Kingdom) |
| 1907 |
Albert A. Michelson (United States) |
| 1908 |
Gabriel Lippmann (France) |
| 1909 |
Karl F. Braun (Germany)
Marchese G. Marconi (Italy) |
| 1910 |
Johannes D. van der Waals (Netherlands) |
| 1911 |
Wilhelm Wien (Germany) |
| 1912 |
Nils Gustaf Dalén (Sweden) |
| 1913 |
Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (Netherlands) |
| 1914 |
Max von Laue (Germany) |
| 1915 |
Sir William Henry Bragg (United Kingdom)
Sir William L. Bragg (United Kingdom) |
| 1916 |
Not awarded |
| 1917 |
Charles G. Barkla (United Kingdom) |
| 1918 |
Max Karl E.L. Planck (Germany) |
| 1919 |
Johannes Stark (Germany) |
| 1920 |
Charles E. Guillaume (France) |
| 1921 |
Albert Einstein (Switzerland/Germany) |
| 1922 |
Niels Henrik D. Bohr (Denmark) |
| 1923 |
Robert A. Millikan (United States) |
| 1924 |
Karl M.G. Siegbahn (Sweden) |
| 1925 |
James Franck (Germany)
Gustav Hertz (Germany) |
| 1926 |
Jean-Baptiste Perrin (France) |
| 1927 |
Arthur H. Compton (United States)
Charles T. Wilson (United Kingdom) |
| 1928 |
Sir Owen Richardson (United Kingdom) |
| 1929 |
Louis Victor de Broglie (France) |
| 1930 |
Sir Chandrasekhara Raman (India) |
| 1931 |
Not awarded |
| 1932 |
Werner Heisenberg (Germany) |
| 1933 |
Paul Adrien M. Dirac (United Kingdom)
Erwin Schrödinger (Austria) |
| 1934 |
Not awarded |
| 1935 |
Sir James Chadwick (United Kingdom) |
| 1936 |
Carl D. Anderson (United States)
Victor F. Hess (Austria) |
| 1937 |
Clinton J. Davisson (United States)
Sir George P. Thomson (United Kingdom) |
| 1938 |
Enrico Fermi (Italy) |
| 1939 |
Ernest O. Lawrence (United States) |
| 1940 |
Not awarded |
| 1941 |
Not awarded |
| 1942 |
Not awarded |
| 1943 |
Otto Stern (United States) |
| 1944 |
Isidor I. Rabi (United States) |
| 1945 |
Wolfgang Pauli (United States) |
| 1946 |
Percy W. Bridgman (United States) |
| 1947 |
Sir Edward V. Appleton (United Kingdom) |
| 1948 |
Patrick M.S. Blackett (United Kingdom) |
| 1949 |
Yukawa Hideki (Japan) |
| 1950 |
Cecil F. Powell (United Kingdom) |
| 1951 |
Sir John D. Cockcroft (United Kingdom)
Ernest T.S. Walton (Ireland) |
| 1952 |
Felix Bloch (United States)
Edward M. Purcell (United States) |
| 1953 |
Frits Zernike (Netherlands) |
| 1954 |
Max Born (West Germany)
Walther Bothe (East Germany) |
| 1955 |
Polykarp Kusch (United States)
Willis Eugene Lamb, Jr. (United States) |
| 1956 |
William B. Shockley (United States)
Walter H. Brattain (United States)
John Bardeen (United States) |
| 1957 |
Tsung-Dao Lee (China-United States)
Chen Ning Yang (United States) |
| 1958 |
Pavel A. Cherenkov (Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics)
Ilya M. Frank (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Igor Y. Tamm (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1959 |
Owen Chamberlain (United States)
Emilio G. Segré (United States) |
| 1960 |
Donald A. Glaser (United States) |
| 1961 |
Robert Hofstadter (United States)
Rudolf L. Mössbauer (West Germany) |
| 1962 |
Lev. D. Landau (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1963 |
Eugene P. Wigner (United States)
Maria G. Mayer (United States)
Johannes Hans D. Jensen (West Germany) |
| 1964 |
Nikolai G. Basov (Union of Soviet Socialist
Republics)
Aleksandr Mikhailovich Prokhorov (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics)
Charles H. Townes (United States) |
| 1965 |
Richard P. Feynman (United States)
Julian S. Schwinger (United States)
Tomonaga Shin'ichirō (Japan) |
| 1966 |
Alfred Kastler (France) |
| 1967 |
Hans A. Bethe (United States) |
| 1968 |
Luis W. Alvarez (United States) |
| 1969 |
Murray Gell-Mann (United States) |
| 1970 |
Louis Eugčne F. Néel (France)
Hannes O.G. Alfvén (Sweden) |
| 1971 |
Dennis Gabor (United Kingdom) |
| 1972 |
John Bardeen (United States)
Leon N. Cooper (United States)
John R. Schrieffer (United States) |
| 1973 |
Ivar Giaever (United States)
Leo Esaki (Japan)
Brian D. Josephson (United Kingdom) |
| 1974 |
Sir Martin Ryle (United Kingdom)
Antony Hewish (United Kingdom) |
| 1975 |
Aage N. Bohr (Denmark)
Ben R. Mottelson (Denmark)
James Rainwater (United States) |
| 1976 |
Burton Richter (United States)
Samuel C.C. Ting (United States) |
| 1977 |
John H. Van Vleck (United States)
Philip W. Anderson (United States)
Sir Nevill F. Mott (United Kingdom) |
| 1978 |
Arno A. Penzias (United States)
Robert W. Wilson (United States)
Peter Leonidovich Kapitza (Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) |
| 1979 |
Steven Weinberg (United States)
Sheldon L. Glashow (United States)
Abdus Salam (Pakistan) |
| 1980 |
James W. Cronin (United States)
Val L. Fitch (United States) |
| 1981 |
Nicolaas Bloembergen (United States)
Arthur Leonard Schawlow (United States)
Kai Siegbahn (Sweden) |
| 1982 |
Kenneth G. Wilson (United States) |
| 1983 |
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar (United States)
William A. Fowler (United States) |
| 1984 |
Carlo Rubbia (Italy)
Simon van der Meer (Netherlands) |
| 1985 |
Klaus von Klitzing (West Germany) |
| 1986 |
Ernest Ruska (West Germany)
Gerd Binnig (West Germany)
Heinrich Rohrer (Switzerland) |
| 1987 |
K. Alex Muller (Switzerland)
J. Georg Bednorz (Switzerland) |
| 1988 |
Leon Max Lederman (United States)
Melvin Schwartz (United States)
Jack Steinberger (United States) |
| 1989 |
Hans G. Dehmelt (United States)
Wolfgang Paul (West Germany)
Norman F. Ramsey (United States) |
| 1990 |
Richard E. Taylor (Canada)
Jerome I. Friedman (United States)
Henry W. Kendall (United States) |
| 1991 |
Pierre Gilles de Gennes (France) |
| 1992 |
George Charpak (France) |
| 1993 |
Joseph H. Taylor (United States)
Russell A. Hulse (United States) |
| 1994 |
Clifford G. Shull (United States)
Bertram N. Brockhouse (Canada) |
| 1995 |
Martin L. Perl (United States)
Frederick Reines (United States) |
| 1996 |
David M. Lee (United States)
Douglas D. Osheroff (United States)
Robert C. Richardson (United States) |
| 1997 |
Steven Chu (United States)
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji (France)
William D. Philips (United States) |
| 1998 |
Robert Laughlin (United States)
Daniel Tsui (United States)
Horst Störmer (Germany) |
| 1999 |
Gerardus 't Hooft (Netherlands)
Martinus J.G. Veltman (Netherlands) |
| 2000 |
Zhores I. Alferov (Russia)
Herbert Kroemer (United States)
Jack S. Kilby (United States) |
| 2001 |
Eric A. Cornell (United States)
Wolfgang Ketterle (United States)
Carl E. Wieman (United States) |