List of holders of the Pour le Mérite Order for Science and the Arts

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This is the list of recipients of the Pour le Mérite Order for Science and the Arts, by date of entry.

"The order Pour le mérite for science and arts,

  • on May 31, 1842, King Friedrich Wilhelm IV of Prussia, advised by Alexander von Humboldt , added Pour le mérite to the order founded by Frederick the Great in 1740 as its peace class for services to the sciences and the arts,
  • which, after the end of the monarchy and a general ban on religious orders in the German Reich , was able to continue to exist as a self-complementing free association of scholars and artists with the approval of the Prussian State Ministry of March 4, 1924 ,
  • and who was prevented from holding new elections after 1933,

has been supplemented and renewed in the Federal Republic of Germany at the suggestion of Federal President Theodor Heuss on May 31, 1952 by co-opting according to the statutes of 1924. "Although not an official order of the Federal Republic of Germany, the respective head of state is the protector of the order and the order is considered to be one of the most prestigious awards for science and art.

List of members

Medal bearer activity birthday Date of death Aufn.-
year		 comment
Dominique François Jean Arago physicist 02/26/1786 10/02/1853 1842
Francesco Maria Avellino archaeologist 08/14/1778 03/09/1850 1842
Jöns Jacob Freiherr von Berzelius Chemist 08/20/1779 08/07/1848 1842
Franz Friedrich Wilhelm Bessel astronomer 07/22/1784 03/17/1846 1842
August Boeckh Antiquarian 11/24/1785 08/03/1867 1842 1862: Vice Chancellor; 1867: Chancellor
Franz Bopp Linguist (Sanskrit) 09/14/1791 10/23/1867 1842
Bartolomeo Count Borghesi archaeologist 07/11/1781 April 16, 1860 1842
Robert Brown botanist 12/21/1773 06/10/1858 1842
Christian Leopold von Buch Geologist and paleontologist 04/26/1774 03/04/1853 1842
François Rene Viscount De Chateaubriand writer 09/04/1768 07/04/1848 1842
Peter Joseph by Cornelius painter 09/23/1783 03/06/1867 1842 1842: Vice Chancellor; 1862: Chancellor
Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre Painter and inventor of photographs 11/18/1787 07/10/1851 1842
Johann Friedrich Dieffenbach surgeon 02/01/1792 11/11/1847 1842
Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg Naturalist 04/19/1795 06/27/1876 1842
Karl Friedrich Eichhorn Legal scholar 11/20/1781 07/04/1854 1842
Johann Franz Encke astronomer 09/23/1791 08/26/1865 1842
Michael Faraday Chemist, physicist 09/22/1791 08/25/1867 1842
Pierre François Leonard Fontaine architect 09/10/1762 13.10.1853 1842
Vittorio Count Fossombroni Hydraulic engineer and economist 15.09.1754 04/15/1844 1842
Carl Friedrich Gauss Mathematician and astronomer 04/30/1777 02/23/1855 1842
Joseph Louis Gay-Lussac Chemist and physicist December 6th, 1778 05/09/1850 1842
Jacob Grimm Germanist 01/04/1785 09/20/1863 1842
Sir John Frederick William Herschel astronomer 03/07/1792 05/11/1871 1842
Alexander von Humboldt Naturalist and geographer 09/14/1769 05/06/1859 1842 1842: Chancellor
Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres painter 08/29/1780 01/14/1867 1842
Carl Gustav Jacob Jacobi mathematician 12/10/1804 02/18/1851 1842
Bartholomew Kopitar Slavist 08/21/1780 08/11/1844 1842
Adam Johann von Krusenstern Explorer 11/19/1770 08/24/1846 1842
Karl Friedrich Lessing painter 02/15/1808 06/05/1880 1842
Jean-Antoine Letronne numismatist 01/25/1787 12/14/1848 1842
Franz Liszt Tonkünstler 10/22/1811 07/31/1886 1842
Macedonio Melloni physicist 04/11/1798 08/11/1854 1842
Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy composer 02/03/1809 04/11/1847 1842
Klemens Wenzel Nepomuk Lothar Prince of Metternich-Winneburg Statesman 05/15/1773 06/11/1859 1842
Giacomo Meyerbeer composer 05.09.1791 05/02/1864 1842
Eilhard Mitscherlich Chemist 07/01/1794 08/28/1863 1842
Thomas Moore poet 05/28/1779 02/25/1852 1842
Johannes Muller Physiologist, anatomist and biologist 07/14/1801 04/28/1858 1842
Hans Christian Oersted physicist 08/14/1777 03/09/1851 1842
Christian Daniel Rauch sculptor 01/02/1777 12/03/1857 1842
Carl Ritter geographer 08/07/1779 09/28/1859 1842
Gioacchino Antonio Rossini composer 02/29/1792 11/13/1868 1842
Friedrich Rückert Poet and orientalist 05/16/1788 01/31/1866 1842
Friedrich Carl von Savigny Legal scholar 02/21/1779 10/25/1861 1842 1859: Chancellor
Johann Gottfried Schadow sculptor 05/20/1764 01/27/1850 1842
Friedrich Wilhelm von Schelling philosopher 01/27/1775 08/20/1854 1842
August Wilhelm von Schlegel poet 09/08/1767 05/12/1845 1842
Julius Veit Hans Schnorr von Carolsfeld painter 03/26/1794 05/24/1872 1842
Johann Lukas Schönlein Mediciners 11/30/1793 01/23/1864 1842
Ludwig Michael von Schwanthaler sculptor 08/26/1802 11/14/1848 1842
Wassilij Andrejewisch Zhukowskij poet 02/09/1783 04/24/1852 1842
Gasparo Luigi Pacifico Spontini composer 11/14/1774 01/24/1851 1842
Albert Thorvaldsen sculptor 11/19/1770 March 24, 1844 1842
Ludwig Tieck poet 05/31/1773 04/28/1853 1842
Paolo Toschi Engraver 06/07/1788 07/30/1854 1842
Horace Vernet painter 06/30/1789 01/17/1863 1842
Stephan Ladislaus finite Botanist and philologist 06/24/1804 03/28/1849 1844
Alessandro Conte Manzoni poet 03/07/1785 05/22/1873 1844
Adam Gottlob Oehlenschläger poet 11/14/1779 January 20, 1850 1844
Jean Antoine Théodore Baron Gudin painter 08/15/1802 December 4th, 1880 1845
Heinrich Friedrich Link Botanist and naturalist 02/02/1767 01/01/1851 1845
Pavel Josef Šafarík Slavist 05/13/1795 06/26/1861 1845
Gottfried Johann Jakob Hermann Classical philologist 11/28/1772 December 31, 1848 1846
Sir David Brewster physicist 12/11/1781 02/10/1868 1847
Karl Sigismund Kunth botanist 06/18/1788 March 22, 1850 1848
Louis Spohr composer 04/05/1784 10/22/1859 1848
Karl Ernst von Baer zoologist 02/28/1792 11/28/1876 1849
Augustin Louis Baron Cauchy mathematician 08/21/1789 05/23/1857 1849
Georg Friedrich Creuzer Classical philologist 03/10/1771 02/16/1858 1849
François Pierre Guilleaume Guizot historian 04/10/1787 09/12/1874 1849
Karl Benedict Rabbit Classical philologist 05/11/1780 03/21/1864 1849
Bernhard Wilhelm Eliodorus von Kaulbach painter October 15, 1805 04/07/1874 1849
Jean-Baptiste Biot physicist 04/21/1774 02/03/1862 1850
Eugène Burnouf Orientalist, Sanskrit and cuneiform researcher 08/12/1801 05/28/1852 1850
Paul Delaroche painter 07/17/1797 04/11/1856 1850
Josef Freiherr von Hammer-Purgstall Orientalist 06/09/1774 11/23/1856 1850
Wilhelm von Schadow painter 09/06/1788 03/19/1862 1850
Daniel-François Esprit Auber composer 01/29/1782 05/12/1871 1851
Justus Freiherr von Liebig Chemist 05/12/1803 04/18/1873 1851
Friedrich Georg Wilhelm von Struve astronomer 04/15/1793 11/23/1864 1851
Friedrich Tiedemann physiologist 08/23/1781 01/22/1861 1851
Louis Gallait painter 03/10/1810 11/20/1887 1852
Sir Richard Owen Zoologist and paleontologist 07/20/1804 12/18/1892 1852
Pietro Tenerani sculptor 11/11/1789 12/14/1869 1852
Honoré Théodore Paul Joseph D'Albert Duc De Luynes Archaeologist and numismatist December 15, 1802 12/17/1867 1853
Thomas Babington Macaulay historian 10/25/1800 12/28/1859 1853
Henry Creswicke Rawlinson Orientalist and cuneiform researcher 04/11/1810 05.03.1895 1853
Christian Samuel Weiss mineralogist 02/26/1780 10/01/1856 1853
Sir George Biddell Airy astronomer 07/27/1801 01/02/1892 1854
Jakob Ignaz Hittorff architect 08/20/1792 03/25/1867 1854
Auguste Gaspard Louis Baron Desnoyers Boucher Engraver 12/19/1779 02/16/1857 1855
Jean-Baptiste André Dumas Chemist 07/14/1800 04/11/1884 1855
Peter Gustav Lejeune Dirichlet mathematician 02/13/1805 05/05/1859 1855
Christian August Lobeck Classical philologist 06/05/1781 08/25/1860 1855
Johann Friedrich Overbeck painter 07/03/1789 11/12/1869 1855
Leopold von Ranke historian 12/21/1795 05/23/1886 1855 1867: Vice Chancellor; 1867: Chancellor
François Forster Engraver 08/22/1790 06/25/1872 1857
Wilhelm Karl Ritter von Haidinger Geologist and mineralogist 02/05/1795 March 19, 1871 1857
Christian Lassen Orientalist 10/22/1800 05/08/1876 1857
Joseph Nicolas Robert-Fleury painter 08/08/1797 05/05/1890 1857
Sir Edward Sabine Physicist and astronomer 10/14/1788 06/26/1883 1857
Ernst Friedrich August Rietschel sculptor 12/15/1804 02/21/1861 1858
Friedrich August Stüler architect January 28, 1800 03/18/1865 1858
Ernst Heinrich Weber physiologist 06/24/1795 01/26/1878 1859
Jean Louis Rodolphe Agassiz Naturalist 05/28/1807 12/14/1873 1860
Heinrich Wilhelm Dove meteorologist 06.10.1803 04/04/1879 1860 1867: Vice Chancellor
John Charles Frémont Explorer and geographer 01/21/1813 07/13/1890 1860
Johann August Eduard Mandel Engraver 02/15/1810 10/20/1882 1860
Franz Ernst Neumann physicist 09/11/1798 05/23/1895 1860
Friedrich Christoph Schlosser historian 11/17/1776 09/23/1861 1860
August Immanuel Bekker Classical philologist 05/21/1785 06/07/1871 1861
Friedrich Benedikt Wilhelm von Hermann Political economist 05.12.1795 11/23/1868 1861
Edmond François Jomard geographer 11/22/1777 09/23/1862 1861
Franz Karl Leo von Klenze Architect and town planner 02/29/1784 01/27/1864 1861
Heinrich Rose Chemist 08/06/1795 01/27/1864 1861
Johann Friedrich Drake sculptor 06/23/1805 04/06/1882 1863 1879: Vice Chancellor
Jean Hippolyte Flandrin painter 03/23/1809 03/21/1864 1863
Edward Hincks Orientalist 08/19/1792 December 3rd, 1866 1863
Sir Charles Lyell geologist 11/14/1797 02/22/1875 1863
Josef Karl Anton Mittermaier Legal scholar 08/05/1787 08/28/1867 1863
Jean Victor Poncelet mathematician 07/01/1788 12/22/1867 1863
Friedrich von Raumer historian 05/14/1781 06/14/1873 1863
Robert Wilhelm Bunsen Chemist 03/30/1811 08/16/1899 1864
August Eduard Grell Sound artist and composer 11/6/1800 08/10/1886 1864
Georg Friedrich Schömann Classical philologist 06/28/1793 03/25/1879 1864
Wilhelm Eduard Weber physicist October 24, 1804 06/23/1891 1864
Friedrich Woehler Chemist 07/31/1800 09/23/1882 1864
Georg Friedrich Ziebland architect 02/01/1800 01/24/1873 1864
Léon Cogniet painter 08/29/1794 11/20/1880 1865
Amadeo Peyron Orientalist 10/02/1785 04/27/1870 1865
Friedrich Christian Diez Romanist 03/15/1794 05/29/1876 1866
Peter Andreas Hansen astronomer 12/08/1795 03/28/1874 1866
Christopher Hansteen astronomer 09/26/1784 04/11/1873 1866
Johann Heinrich Strack architect 07/06/1805 06/13/1880 1866
Eduard Julius Friedrich Bendemann painter December 3rd, 1811 12/27/1889 1867
Peter Jakob Baron Clodt von Juergensburg sculptor 06/05/1805 11/20/1867 1867
Louis Pierre Henriquel-Dupont Engraver 06/13/1797 01/20/1892 1867
Henri Milne-Edwards Zoologist and physiologist 23.10.1800 07/29/1885 1867
Charles Robert Darwin Naturalist 02/12/1809 04/19/1882 1868
Félix Louis Jacques Duban architect 10/14/1797 December 20, 1870 1868
Heinrich Leberecht Fleischer Orientalist 02/21/1801 02/10/1888 1868
August Meineke Classical philologist 12/08/1790 12/12/1870 1868
Theodor Mommsen Historian and archaeologist 11/30/1817 11/01/1903 1868 1894: Vice Chancellor
Henri Victor Regnault Physicist and chemist 07/21/1810 01/19/1878 1868
Sir Charles Wheatstone physicist 02/06/1802 October 19, 1875 1868
Johan Nicolai Madvig Classical philologist 08/07/1804 12/12/1886 1869
Franz Xaver Ritter von Miklosich Slavist 11/20/1813 03/07/1891 1869
Johann King of Saxony Linguist (Italian Studies) 12/12/1801 October 29, 1873 1869
Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel painter December 8th, 1815 02/09/1905 1870 1882: Vice Chancellor; 1886: Chancellor
Johan Peter Molin sculptor 03/17/1814 07/29/1873 1870
Rudolph Friedrich Moriz Haupt Classical philologist and Germanist 07/27/1808 02/05/1874 1871
Gustav Rose mineralogist 03/18/1798 07/15/1873 1871
Sir Edwin Henry Landseer Animal painter 03/07/1802 10/01/1873 1872
Richard Lepsius Egyptologist December 23, 1810 07/10/1884 1872
Elias Loennrot Linguist (Finnish Studies) 04/09/1802 03/19/1884 1872
Thomas Romney Robinson astronomer 04/23/1792 02/28/1882 1872
Friedrich Adolf Trendelenburg philosopher 11/30/1802 01/24/1872 1872
Hermann Ludwig Ferdinand von Helmholtz Physiologist and physicist August 31, 1821 09/08/1894 1873 1886: Vice Chancellor
Nicaise de Keyser painter 08/26/1813 07/17/1887 1873
Ludwig Knaus painter 05.10.1829 December 07, 1910 1873
Friedrich Wilhelm August Argelander astronomer 03/22/1799 02/17/1875 1874
Thomas Carlyle historian December 04, 1795 02/05/1881 1874
Ernst Julius Hähnel sculptor 03/09/1811 05/22/1891 1874
Gustav Robert Kirchhoff physicist 03/12/1824 10/17/1887 1874
Humphrey Lloyd physicist 04/16/1800 January 17, 1881 1874
Helmuth Karl Bernhard Count von Moltke War scientist 10/26/1800 04/24/1891 1874
Friedrich Max Muller Orientalist December 6th, 1823 10/28/1900 1874
Gottfried Semper architect 11/29/1803 05/15/1879 1874
Heinrich von Sybel historian 12/02/1817 08/01/1895 1874
George Bancroft historian 03.10.1800 January 17, 1891 1875
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow poet 02/27/1807 03/24/1882 1875
Theodor Schwann Anatomist and physiologist December 07, 1810 01/11/1882 1875
William Stokes Mediciners 10/01/1804 01/10/1878 1875
Karl Weierstrass mathematician 10/31/1815 02/19/1897 1875
Otto Nikolaus von Böhtlingk Orientalist 06/11/1815 04/01/1904 1876
Georg Curtius Classical philologist April 16, 1820 08/12/1885 1877
Emil Heinrich Du Bois Reymond physiologist 11/07/1818 12/26/1896 1877
Johannes Japetus Smith Steenstrup Zoologist and prehistorian March 8th, 1813 06/20/1897 1877
Eduard Zeller philosopher 01/22/1814 03/19/1908 1877
Ernst Wilhelm Ritter von Brücke physiologist 06/06/1819 07/01/1892 1878
Charles Hermite mathematician 12/24/1822 01/14/1901 1878
Ernst Curtius Historian and archaeologist 09/02/1814 07/11/1896 1879
Carl von Siebold zoologist 02/16/1804 04/07/1885 1879
Sir George Gabriel Stokes mathematician 08/13/1819 02/01/1903 1879
(Nils) Adolf Erik Freiherr von Nordenskiöld Polar explorer 11/18/1832 08/12/1901 1880
Friedrich Wilhelm Freiherr von Schmidt architect 10/22/1825 01/23/1891 1880
Andreas Achenbach Landscape painter 09/29/1815 04/01/1910 1881
Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema painter 01/08/1836 06/25/1912 1881
Niels Wilhelm Gade composer 02/22/1817 December 21, 1890 1881
Georg Heinrich Friedrich Hitzig architect April 8th, 1811 10/11/1881 1881
William Dwight Whitney Orientalist 02/09/1827 06/07/1894 1881
Pierre Eugène Marcellin Berthelot Chemist 10/25/1827 03/18/1907 1882
Jean-Baptiste Joseph Dieudonne Boussingault Chemist and agronomist 02/02/1802 05/11/1887 1882
Giuseppe Fiorelli archaeologist 06/08/1823 01/28/1896 1882
Gustav Karl Ludwig Richter Portrait and history painter 08/03/1823 04/03/1884 1882
Johannes Schilling sculptor 06/23/1828 03/21/1910 1882
Otto Wilhelm von Struve astronomer 05/07/1819 04/16/1905 1882
Bernhard Rudolf Studer geologist 08/21/1794 05/02/1887 1882
Reinhold Begas sculptor 07/15/1831 08/03/1911 1883
August Wilhelm von Hofmann Chemist April 8th, 1818 05/05/1892 1883
Michele Benedetto Gaetano Amari Historian and orientalist 07/07/1806 07/16/1889 1884
Friedrich Schaper sculptor 07/31/1841 11/29/1919 1884 1905: Vice Chancellor; 1915: Chancellor
William Lord Kelvin Of Largs Thomson physicist 06/26/1824 12/17/1907 1884
Joseph Lord Lister surgeon 04/05/1827 02/10/1912 1885
Georg Waitz historian 10/09/1813 05/24/1886 1885
August Friedrich Pott Linguist 11/14/1802 07/05/1887 1886
Giovanni Battista Carlo de Rossi archaeologist 02/23/1822 09/20/1894 1886
Werner Ernst from Siemens physicist 12/13/1816 December 06, 1892 1886
Johannes Brahms composer 05/07/1833 04/03/1897 1887
Gustav Freytag Poet and writer 07/13/1816 04/30/1895 1887
Giulio Monteverde sculptor 10/08/1837 10/03/1917 1887
Heinrich von Treitschke historian 09/15/1834 04/28/1896 1887
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi composer 10/10/1813 01/27/1901 1887
William Wright Orientalist January 17, 1830 05/22/1889 1887
Rudolf Julius Emanuel Clausius physicist 01/02/1822 08/24/1888 1888
Heinrich Rudolf Hermann Friedrich von Gneist Legal scholar 08/13/1816 07/22/1895 1888
Sir Frederick Baron Leighton of Stretton Painter and sculptor December 3rd, 1830 01/25/1896 1888
Jean Charles Galissard de Marignac Chemist 04/24/1817 04/15/1894 1888
Giuseppe Giovanni Antonio Meneghini Geologist and paleontologist 07/30/1811 01/29/1889 1888
Theodor Nöldeke Orientalist 03/02/1836 December 25, 1930 1888
Emile Charles Wauters painter 11/19/1846 December 11, 1933 1888
Carl Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig physiologist 12/29/1816 04/23/1895 1889
Karl Franz Eduard von Gebhardt painter 06/13/1838 02/03/1925 1890
Alphonse Louis Pierre Pyramus de Candolle botanist 10/28/1806 04/04/1893 1891
Hermann end architect 03/04/1829 08/10/1907 1891
Adolf von Hildebrand sculptor 10/06/1847 January 18, 1921 1891
Vatroslav from Jagic Slavist 07/06/1838 08/05/1923 1891
Johan Hendrik Caspar Kern Indologist and linguist 04/06/1833 07/04/1917 1891
Sir Austen Henry Layard Archaeologist and diplomat 03/05/1817 07/05/1894 1891
Anton Grigoryevich Rubinstein Tonkünstler 11/28/1829 11/20/1894 1891
Adrian Friedrich Wilhelm Julius Ludwig Verdy du Vernois War scientist 07/19/1832 09/30/1910 1891
Pasquale Villari Historian and politician 10/03/1827 12/11/1917 1891
Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von Auwers astronomer 09/12/1838 01/24/1915 1892 1903: Vice Chancellor; 1905: Chancellor
Benjamin Apthorp Gould astronomer 09/27/1824 11/26/1896 1892
Sir John Everett Millais painter 06/08/1829 08/13/1896 1892
Friedrich August Kekulé von Stradonitz Chemist 07.09.1829 07/13/1896 1893
August Kundt physicist 11/18/1839 05/21/1894 1893
Sven Ludvig Lovén zoologist 01/06/1809 09/03/1895 1893
Ludwig Johann Passini painter 07/09/1832 11/06/1903 1893
Eduard Friedrich Wilhelm Pflüger physiologist 06/07/1829 March 16, 1910 1893
Jakob Georg Agardh botanist December 8th, 1813 January 17, 1901 1894
Alfred Ritter von Arneth historian 07/10/1819 07/30/1897 1894
Adolf Johann Friedrich Wilhelm Ritter von Baeyer Chemist 10/31/1835 08/20/1917 1895
Michael Jan de Goeje Arabist 08/13/1836 05/17/1909 1895
Jacobus Henricus van 't Hoff Chemist 08/30/1852 03/01/1911 1895
Friedrich Imhoof-Blumer numismatist 05/11/1838 04/26/1920 1895
Giovanni Virginio Schiaparelli astronomer 03/14/1835 07/04/1910 1895
Hermann Carl Vogel Astrophysicist 04/03/1841 08/13/1907 1895
Otto Eduard Leopold Prince of Bismarck Chancellor 04/01/1815 07/30/1898 1896
Heinrich Brunner Legal scholar 06/21/1840 08/11/1915 1896
Herman Grimm Art and literary scholar 01/06/1828 06/16/1901 1896
Friedrich Wilhelm Kohlrausch physicist 10/14/1840 January 17, 1910 1896
Rudolf Albert von Kölliker anatomist 07/06/1817 11/02/1905 1896
Alexander Onufrijewitsch Kovalevsky Embryologist and zoologist 11/19/1840 11/22/1901 1896
Johann Wilhelm Hittorf physicist 03/27/1824 11/28/1914 1897
Rudolf Leuckart zoologist 07.10.1822 02/06/1898 1897
Carl Gottfried Neumann mathematician 05/07/1832 March 27, 1925 1897
Francisco Pradilla y Ortiz painter 07/24/1848 11/01/1921 1897
William Stubbs Historian, Lord Bishop of Oxford 06/21/1825 04/22/1901 1897
Hermann Usener Classical philologist 10/23/1834 10/21/1905 1897
Albrecht Friedrich Weber Orientalist 02/17/1825 11/30/1901 1897
Johann Kaspar Julius Ficker from Feldhaus Historian of religion 04/30/1826 07/10/1902 1898
Sir William Henry Flower Naturalist 11/30/1831 07/01/1899 1898
Gustav Oskar August Montelius archaeologist 09.09.1843 04/11/1921 1898
Sir John Murray Deep sea explorer 03.03.1841 March 16, 1914 1898
Simon Schwendener botanist 02/10/1829 May 27, 1919 1898
Sir Hubert von Herkomer Painter and graphic artist 05/26/1849 March 31, 1914 1899
Joseph Joachim Tonkünstler 06/28/1831 08/15/1907 1899
Gustav von Schmoller Economist and historian 06/24/1838 06/27/1917 1899
Max Joseph von Pettenkofer Hygienist and chemist December 3rd, 1818 02/10/1901 1900
Charles Camille Saint-Saëns composer 10/09/1835 December 16, 1921 1901
Rudolph Virchow pathologist 10/13/1821 09/05/1902 1901
Julius Wellhausen Historian and orientalist 05/17/1844 07/01/1918 1901
Alexandre Emanuel Agassiz zoologist December 17, 1835 March 27, 1910 1902
John Lubbock Lord Avebury Naturalist 04/30/1834 05/28/1913 1902
Luigi Antonio Gaudenzio Cremona mathematician December 07, 1830 06/10/1903 1902
Carl Gegenbaur anatomist 08/21/1826 06/14/1903 1902
Adolf von Harnack Theologian and church historian 05/07/1851 06/10/1930 1902 1915: Vice Chancellor; 1920: Chancellor
Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker botanist 06/30/1817 December 10, 1911 1902
Carl Justi Art historian 08/02/1832 12/09/1912 1902
Gaston Bruno Paulin Paris Romanist 08/09/1839 05.03.1903 1902
Peter Petrovich von Semjonow-Tienschansky geographer 01/14/1827 03/11/1914 1902
Adolf Mussafia Romanist 02/15/1835 06/07/1905 1903
John William Strutt Lord Rayleigh physicist 11/12/1842 06/30/1919 1903
Theodor Ritter von Sickel historian December 18, 1826 04/21/1908 1903
Emil Fischer Chemist 10/09/1852 07/15/1919 1904
François-Auguste Baron Gevaert Music historian and composer 07/30/1828 12/24/1908 1904
Adolf Kirchhoff Classical philologist 01/06/1826 02/27/1908 1904
Peter Ludwig Mejdell Sylow mathematician 12/12/1832 09/07/1918 1904
Graziadio Isaia Ascoli Linguist 07/16/1829 01/21/1907 1905
Franz Jacob von Defregger painter 04/30/1835 01/02/1921 1905
Simon Newcomb astronomer 03/12/1835 07/11/1909 1905
Franz Bücheler Classical philologist 06/03/1837 05/03/1908 1906
Léopold Victor Delisle historian October 24, 1826 07/22/1910 1906
Robert Koch bacteriologist 12/11/1843 May 27, 1910 1906
Max break composer 01/06/1838 10/02/1920 1908
James Viscount Bryce Historian and legal scholar 05/10/1838 01/22/1922 1908
Wilhelm Dilthey philosopher 11/19/1833 10/01/1911 1908
Hendrik Antoon Lorentz physicist 07/18/1853 02/04/1928 1908
Wilhelm Friedrich Philipp Pfeffer Plant physiologist and botanist 03/09/1845 01/31/1920 1908
Friedrich Wilhelm Radloff Linguist (Turkology) January 17, 1837 05/12/1918 1908
John Singer Sargent painter 01/12/1856 04/14/1925 1908
Gabriel Ritter von Seidl architect 12/09/1848 04/27/1913 1908
Johannes Vahlen Classical philologist 09/27/1830 11/30/1911 1908
Ulrich von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff Classical philologist 12/22/1848 09/25/1931 1908
Sir David Gill astronomer 06/12/1843 01/24/1914 1910
Ferdinand Graf von Zeppelin Aeronautical engineer 07/08/1838 03/08/1917 1910
Colmar Freiherr von der Goltz War scientist 08/12/1843 04/19/1916 1911
Karl Ewald Konstantin Hering physiologist 08/05/1834 01/26/1918 1911
Andreas Heusler Legal scholar 09/30/1834 11/02/1921 1911
Otto Lessing sculptor 02/24/1846 11/22/1912 1911
Edward Charles Pickering astronomer 07/19/1846 02/03/1919 1911
Sir William Ramsay Chemist 10/02/1852 07/23/1916 1911
Gustaf Magnus Retzius histologist 10/17/1842 07/21/1919 1911
Wilhelm Conrad Röntgen physicist 03/27/1845 02/10/1923 1911
Gustav Schönleber painter 12/03/1851 02/01/1917 1911
Vilhelm Thomsen Orientalist 01/25/1842 05/12/1927 1911
Julius Ferdinand by Hann meteorologist 03/23/1839 10/01/1921 1912
Reinhold Koser historian 02/07/1852 08/25/1914 1912
August Louis Tuaillon sculptor 07.09.1862 02/21/1919 1912
Sir William Turner anatomist 07/01/1832 02/15/1916 1912
Wilhelm Maximilian Wundt Psychologist and philosopher 08/16/1832 08/31/1920 1912
Léon Joseph Florentin Bonnat painter 06/20/1833 09/08/1922 1913
Hermann Diels Classical philologist 05/18/1848 06/04/1922 1913
Ernst Emil Ludwig Hoffmann architect 07/30/1852 11/11/1932 1913 1923: Vice Chancellor
Camillo Golgi Medic and histologist 07/07/1843 01/21/1926 1914
Hans Grässel architect August 18, 1860 03/11/1939 1914
Heinrich von Angeli History and portrait painter 07/08/1840 10/21/1925 1915
Otto Friedrich von Gierke Legal scholar 01/11/1841 10/10/1921 1915
Jacobus Cornelius Kapteyn astronomer 01/19/1851 06/18/1922 1915
Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck physicist 04/23/1858 04/10/1947 1915 1925: Vice Chancellor; 1930: Chancellor
Santiago Ramón y Cajal Medic and histologist 05/01/1852 10/17/1934 1915
Hugo Ritter von Seeliger astronomer 09/23/1849 12/02/1924 1915
Hugo Freiherr von Freytag-Loringhoven War scientist 05/20/1855 October 19, 1924 1916
Rudolph Sohm Legal scholar October 29, 1841 May 16, 1917 1916
Max Klinger Erasers and sculptors 02/18/1857 07/04/1920 1917
Walther Hermann Nernst physicist 06/25/1864 11/18/1941 1917
Hans Thoma Painter and graphic artist 10/02/1839 11/07/1924 1917
Adolf Erman Egyptologist 10/31/1854 06/26/1937 1918
Georg Friedrich Knapp Political economist and political scientist 03/07/1842 02/20/1926 1918
Johannes Adolf von Kries physiologist 06.10.1853 12/30/1928 1918
Carl Ritter von Linde engineer 06/11/1842 11/16/1934 1918
Eduard Meyer Ancient historian, ancient orientalist 01/25/1855 08/31/1930 1918
Albert Einstein physicist 03/14/1879 04/18/1955 1923
Gerhart Hauptmann poet 11/15/1862 06/06/1946 1923
Felix Klein mathematician 04/25/1849 06/22/1925 1923
Hugo Lederer sculptor 11/16/1871 08/01/1940 1923
Max Liebermann painter 07/20/1847 02/08/1935 1923 1923: Vice Chancellor
Georg Gottfried Julius Dehio Art historian 11/22/1850 03/19/1932 1924
Richard von Hertwig zoologist 09/23/1850 10/03/1937 1924
Hermann von Kuhl Military writer 11/02/1856 04/11/1958 1924
Heinrich Lüders Indologist 06/25/1869 05/07/1943 1924 1931: Vice Chancellor
Hans Erich Pfitzner composer 05/05/1869 May 22, 1949 1924
Eduard Schwartz Classical philologist 08/22/1858 02/13/1940 1924
Max Slevogt Painter and graphic artist 10/08/1868 09/20/1932 1924
Richard Georg Strauss composer 06/11/1864 09/08/1949 1924
Richard Willstätter Chemist 08/13/1872 08/03/1942 1924
Hugo Freiherr von Habermann painter 06/14/1849 02/27/1929 1925
Ludolf von Krehl Mediciners December 26, 1861 05/26/1937 1925
David Hilbert mathematician 01/23/1862 02/14/1943 1926
Leopold Karl Walter Count of Kalckreuth Painter and graphic artist 05/15/1855 December 01, 1928 1926
Albrecht Penck geographer 09/25/1858 07.03.1945 1926
Karl Vossler Romanist 09/06/1872 May 18, 1949 1926
Wilhelm von Bode Art historian and museum director 12/10/1845 03/01/1929 1929
Gustav Heinrich Ernst Martin Wilhelm Furtwängler Tonkünstler 01/25/1886 11/30/1954 1929
Käthe Kollwitz Sculptor and graphic artist 07/08/1867 04/22/1945 1929 First woman to be awarded the medal.
Carl Stumpf Physiologist and philosopher 04/21/1848 December 25, 1936 1929
Enno Littmann Orientalist 09/16/1875 05/04/1958 1931 1952: Chancellor
Wilhelm Schulze Indo-Europeanist 12/15/1863 January 16, 1935 1931
Theodor Wiegand archaeologist 10/30/1864 December 19, 1936 1931
Paul Fridolin Kehr historian 12/28/1860 11/09/1944 1932
Ernst Heinrich Barlach Sculptor, graphic artist and poet 01/02/1870 October 24, 1938 1933
Heinrich Wölfflin Art historian 06/21/1864 07/19/1945 1933
Paul Bonatz architect December 06, 1877 December 20, 1956 1952
Walther Wilhelm Georg Bothe physicist 01/08/1891 02/08/1957 1952
Ernst Robert Curtius Romanist 04/14/1886 04/19/1956 1952
Ludwig Curtius archaeologist 12/13/1874 04/10/1954 1952
Gerhard Domagk Mediciners 10/30/1895 04/24/1964 1952 1959: Vice Chancellor
Karl Ritter von Frisch zoologist 11/20/1886 06/12/1982 1952
Erich Haenisch Sinologist 08/27/1880 December 21, 1966 1952
Otto Hahn Chemist 03/08/1879 07/28/1968 1952
Max Hartmann biologist 07/07/1876 10/11/1962 1952 1952: Vice Chancellor - 1955: Chancellor
Paul Hindemith composer 11/16/1895 12/28/1963 1952
Karl Hofer Painter and graphic artist 10/11/1878 04/03/1955 1952
Erich Kaufmann Legal scholar 09/21/1880 11/11/1972 1952 1955: Vice Chancellor; 1959: Chancellor
Max Theodor Felix von Laue physicist 10/09/1879 04/24/1960 1952
Theodor Litt philosopher December 27, 1880 07/16/1962 1952
Gerhard Marcks sculptor 02/18/1889 11/13/1981 1952
Friedrich Meinecke historian 10/30/1862 02/06/1954 1952
Emil Nolde Painter and graphic artist 08/07/1867 04/13/1956 1952
Karl Reinhardt Classical philologist 02/14/1886 01/09/1958 1952
Otto Renner botanist 04/25/1883 07/08/1960 1952
Paul Schmitthenner architect 12/15/1884 11/11/1972 1952 1959: Vice Chancellor
Reinhold Schneider Writer and poet 05/13/1903 04/06/1958 1952
Rudolf Alexander Schröder poet 01/26/1878 08/22/1962 1952 1952: Vice Chancellor
Renée Sintenis Sculptor and graphic artist 03/20/1888 04/22/1965 1952
Eduard Spranger philosopher 06/27/1882 09/17/1963 1952
Otto Warburg biochemist 10/08/1883 08/01/1970 1952
Heinrich Wieland Chemist 06/04/1877 08/05/1957 1952
Adolf Windaus Chemist December 25, 1876 06/09/1959 1952
Niels Henrik David Bohr physicist 07.10.1885 11/18/1962 1954
Carl Jacob Burckhardt historian 09/10/1891 03/03/1974 1954
Arthur H. Compton physicist 09/10/1892 03/15/1962 1954
George Peabody Gooch historian 10/21/1873 08/31/1968 1954
Hermann Hesse writer 07/02/1877 08/09/1962 1954
Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan Religious philosopher 09/05/1888 04/17/1975 1954
Albert Schweitzer Philosopher, theologian and music historian 01/14/1875 09/04/1965 1954
Alfred Weber sociologist 07/30/1868 05/02/1958 1954
Sir Henry Hallett Dale physiologist 06/09/1875 07/23/1968 1955
Étienne Gilson philosopher 06/13/1884 09/19/1978 1955
Werner Jaeger Classical philologist 07/30/1888 October 19, 1961 1955
Klas Bernhard Johannes Karlgren Sinologist 05.10.1889 10/20/1978 1955
Oskar Kokoschka Painter, graphic artist and writer 03/01/1886 02/22/1980 1955
Thomas Mann writer 06/06/1875 08/12/1955 1955
Gilbert Murray Graecist 01/02/1866 05/20/1957 1955
Hans Purrmann Painter and graphic artist 04/10/1880 04/17/1966 1955
Luigi Einaudi Finance scientist March 24, 1874 10/30/1961 1956
Max Huber Legal scholar 12/28/1874 01/01/1960 1956
(Elise) Lise Meitner physicist 11/07/1878 October 27, 1968 1956
Carl Orff composer 07/10/1895 03/29/1982 1956
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff painter 12/01/1884 08/10/1976 1956
Erwin Schrödinger physicist 08/12/1887 01/04/1961 1956
Thornton Wilder writer 04/17/1897 December 07, 1975 1956
Werner Heisenberg physicist 05.12.1901 02/01/1976 1957 1974: Vice Chancellor
George of Hevesy Chemist and physicist 08/01/1885 07/05/1966 1957
Charles B. Huggins Mediciners 09/22/1901 01/12/1997 1957
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe architect 03/27/1886 08/17/1969 1957
Gerhard Ritter historian 04/06/1888 07/01/1967 1957
Werner Bergengruen writer 09/16/1892 04.09.1964 1958
Romano Guardini philosopher 02/17/1885 10/01/1968 1958
Richard Kuhn Chemist and biochemist December 3rd, 1900 07/31/1967 1958 1965: Vice Chancellor
Percy Ernst Schramm historian 10/14/1894 11/12/1970 1958 1963: Chancellor
Ernst Beutler Literary scholar 04/12/1885 11/08/1960 1959
Ernst Buschor archaeologist 06/02/1886 December 11, 1961 1959
Thomas Stearns Eliot poet 09/26/1888 01/04/1965 1959
François Louis Ganshof historian 03/14/1895 07/26/1980 1959
Pieter Catharinus Aria Geyl historian 12/15/1887 December 31, 1966 1959
Hans Kienle astronomer 10/22/1895 02/15/1975 1960 1968: Vice Chancellor
Hans Rothfels historian 04/12/1891 06/22/1976 1961
Carl Friedrich Freiherr von Weizsäcker Physicist and philosopher 06/28/1912 04/28/2007 1961
Adolf Butenandt biochemist March 24, 1903 January 18, 1995 1962
Albert Defant Geophysicist 07/12/1884 December 24, 1974 1962
Franz Dölger Byzantinist 04.10.1891 05/11/1968 1962
Wolfgang Schadewaldt Classical philologist 03/15/1900 11/10/1974 1962
André-Jean Festugière historian 03/15/1898 08/13/1982 1963
André Grabar Art historian 07/26/1896 10/03/1990 1963
Gerhard von Rad theologian 10/21/1901 10/31/1971 1963
Carl Ludwig Siegel mathematician December 31, 1896 04/04/1981 1963
Walther von Wartburg Romanist 05/18/1888 08/15/1971 1963
Rudolf Hillebrecht Architect and city planner 02/26/1910 03/06/1999 1964 1970: Vice Chancellor
Karl Jaspers philosopher 02/23/1883 02/26/1969 1964
Alfred Kühn zoologist 04/22/1885 11/22/1968 1964
Sir James Chadwick physicist 10/20/1891 07/24/1974 1966
Annette Kolb Writer 02/03/1870 December 3rd, 1967 1966
Georg Ostrogorsky Byzantinist 01/19/1902 October 24, 1976 1966
Emil Staiger Literary historian 02/08/1908 04/28/1987 1966
Alexander Lord Todd Chemist 10/02/1907 01/10/1997 1966
Wieland Wagner Opera director and set designer 01/05/1917 10/17/1966 1966
Hans Wimmer sculptor 03/19/1907 08/31/1992 1966
Kurt Bittel archaeologist 07/05/1907 01/30/1991 1967 1979: Vice Chancellor; 1971: Chancellor
Erich Heckel Painter and graphic artist 07/31/1883 01/27/1970 1967
Marie Luise von Kaschnitz Writer 01/31/1901 10/10/1974 1967
Otto Klemperer conductor 05/14/1885 07/06/1973 1967
Gyula Moravcsik Byzantinist 01/29/1892 December 10, 1972 1967
Erwin Panofsky Art historian 03/30/1892 03/14/1968 1967
Hideki Yukawa physicist 01/23/1907 09/08/1981 1967
Carl Zuckmayer writer 12/27/1896 January 18, 1977 1967
Theodor Eschenburg Political scientist and publicist October 24, 1904 07/10/1999 1968
Marino Marini Sculptor and graphic artist 02/27/1901 08/06/1980 1968
Kurt Mothes Plant physiologist 03/11/1900 02/12/1983 1968
Alvar Aalto architect 02/03/1898 05/11/1976 1969
Sir Cecil Maurice Bowra Classical philologist 04/08/1898 07/04/1971 1969
Rudolf Bultmann theologian 08/20/1884 07/30/1976 1969
Hugo Friedrich Romanist 12/24/1904 02/25/1978 1969
Stephan Kuttner Canonist and legal historian March 24, 1907 08/12/1996 1969
Konrad Lorenz zoologist 11/07/1903 02/27/1989 1969
Franz Wieacker Legal historian 08/05/1908 02/17/1994 1969
Karl Waldemar Ziegler Chemist 11/26/1898 08/11/1973 1969
Egon Eiermann architect 09/29/1904 07/19/1970 1970
Walther Gerlach physicist 08/01/1889 08/10/1979 1970
Fritz Kortner Actor and director 05/12/1892 07/22/1970 1970
Karl Rahner theologian 05.03.1904 03/30/1984 1970
Hans-Georg Gadamer philosopher 02/11/1900 03/13/2002 1971
Rolf Gutbrod architect 09/13/1910 01/05/1999 1971 1985: Vice Chancellor
Albin Lesky Classical philologist 07/07/1896 02/28/1981 1971
Feodor Lynen biochemist 04/06/1911 08/06/1979 1971
Theodor Schieder historian 04/11/1908 10/08/1984 1971
Artturi Ilmari Virtanen biochemist January 15, 1895 11/11/1973 1971
Andreas Alfoldi Ancient historian 08/27/1895 02/12/1981 1972
Sir Hans Adolf Krebs biochemist 08/25/1900 11/22/1981 1972
Henry Moore sculptor 07/30/1898 08/31/1986 1972
Walter Rossow Garden architect and landscape planner 01/28/1910 01/02/1992 1972
Fritz Winter painter 09/22/1905 10/01/1976 1972
Raymond Aron sociologist 03/14/1905 10/17/1983 1973
Helmut Coing Legal scholar 02/28/1912 08/15/2000 1973 1984: Chancellor
Manfred Eigen Physical chemist 05/09/1927 02/06/2019 1973
Golo man Historian, publicist and writer 03/27/1909 04/07/1994 1973
Hans Erich Nossack writer 01/30/1901 11/02/1977 1973
Bartel Leendert van der Waerden mathematician 02/02/1903 01/12/1996 1973
Maria Wimmer actress 01/27/1911 01/04/1996 1973
Wolfgang Gentner physicist 07/23/1906 09/04/1980 1974 1976: Vice Chancellor
Thrasybulus Georgiades Musicologist 01/04/1907 03/15/1977 1974
Fritz Albert Lipmann biochemist 06/12/1899 07/24/1986 1974
Sir Ronald Syme historian 03/11/1903 09/04/1989 1974
Pierre Boulez Composer and conductor March 26, 1925 05/01/2016 1975
Richard Ettinghausen Art historian 02/05/1906 04/02/1979 1975
Emil Karl Frey surgeon 07/27/1888 08/06/1977 1975
György Ligeti composer 05/28/1923 06/12/2006 1975
Kenzo Tange architect 09/04/1913 03/22/2005 1975
George F. Kennan Historian and diplomat 02/16/1904 03/17/2005 1976
Peter Huchel writer 04/03/1903 04/30/1981 1976
Heinz Maier-Leibnitz physicist March 28, 1911 12/16/2000 1976 1979: Chancellor
Hansjochem Autrum zoologist 02/06/1907 08/23/2003 1977
Sir Ernst Gombrich Art historian 03/30/1909 11/03/2001 1977
Hans Hartung painter 09/21/1904 December 8, 1989 1977
Friedrich August von Hayek Political economist 05/08/1899 03/23/1992 1977
Bruno Snell Classical philologist 06/18/1896 10/31/1986 1977
Gerhard Rudolf Edmund Meyer-Schwickerath Ophthalmologist 07/10/1920 01/20/1992 1978
Victor Friedrich Weisskopf physicist 09/19/1908 04/22/2002 1978
Felix Bloch physicist October 23, 1905 09/10/1983 1979
Elias Canetti writer July 25, 1905 08/14/1994 1979
Fritz Schalk Romanist January 17, 1902 09/20/1980 1979
Wolfgang Paul physicist 08/10/1913 07/12/1993 1980 1984: Vice Chancellor
Sir Karl Popper Science theorists 07/28/1902 09/17/1994 1980
Werner Reichardt physiologist 01/30/1924 09/11/1992 1980
Leopold Reidemeister Art historian 04/07/1900 06/11/1987 1980
Wolfgang Clemen Anglicist 03/29/1909 March 16, 1990 1981
Felix Gilbert historian 05/21/1905 02/14/1991 1981
Gershom Scholem philosopher 05.12.1897 02/21/1982 1981
Emil Schumacher painter 08/29/1912 04/10/1999 1981
Rudolf Serkin pianist 03/28/1903 05/08/1991 1981
Hans Georg Zachau Molecular biologist May 16, 1930 December 17, 2017 1981 1992: Chancellor
Hendrik BG Casimir physicist 07/15/1909 05/04/2000 1982
Sir Bernhard Katz physiologist 03/26/1911 04/20/2003 1982
Ernst Kitzinger Art historian 12/12/1912 01/22/2003 1982
Carl Dahlhaus Musicologist 06/10/1928 03/13/1989 1983
Jean Gaudemet Legal historian 09/10/1908 05/17/2001 1983
Eugène Ionesco Writer and draftsman 11/26/1909 03/28/1994 1983
Elisabeth Legge-Schwarzkopf singer December 9, 1915 08/03/2006 1983
Hans Albrecht Bethe physicist 07/02/1906 03/06/2005 1984
Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau Singer May 28, 1925 05/18/2012 1984
Hermann Paul Joseph Hook physicist 07/12/1927 1984
Kaii Higashiyama Landscape painter 07/08/1908 05/06/1999 1984
Otto Kratky Physical chemist 03/09/1902 02/11/1995 1984
Boris Borissowitsch Piotrowski archaeologist 02/14/1908 October 15, 1990 1984
Bernhard Bischoff Paleographer, philologist and historian December 20, 1906 09/17/1991 1985
Erwin Neher Biophysicist 03/20/1944 1985
Horst Fuhrmann historian 06/22/1926 09/09/2011 1986 1992: Vice Chancellor
Eduardo Chillida Juantegui sculptor 01/10/1924 08/19/2002 1987
Max F. Perutz Biophysicist 05/19/1914 02/06/2002 1987
Stig Fredrik Strömholm Legal scholar 09/16/1931 1988
Gordon Alexander Craig historian 11/26/1913 10/30/2005 1990
Carlos Kleiber conductor 07/03/1930 07/13/2004 1990
Jean-Marie Lehn Chemist 09/30/1939 1990
Albrecht Schöne Germanist 07/17/1925 1990
Bernard Andreae archaeologist 07/27/1930 1991
Alfred Brendel Pianist and writer 01/05/1931 1991
Herbert Giersch Economist 05/11/1921 07/22/2010 1991
Friedrich Hirzebruch mathematician 10/17/1927 05/27/2012 1991
Karl Dietrich Bracher Historian and political scientist March 13, 1922 09/19/2016 1992
Albert Eschenmoser Chemist 08/05/1925 1992
Wolfgang Gerok Mediciners 03/27/1926 1992
Eberhard Jüngel theologian December 05, 1934 1992 2009: Chancellor
Giorgio Strehler Director 08/14/1921 December 25, 1997 1992
Martin Walser writer March 24, 1927 1992
Gerhard Casper Legal scholar December 25, 1937 1993
Sir Henry Chadwick Church historian 06/23/1920 06/17/2008 1993
Walter Gehring biologist 03/20/1939 05/29/2014 1993
Robert Huber Chemist 02/20/1937 1993
Witold Lutosławski composer 01/25/1913 02/07/1994 1993
Aribert Reimann composer 03/04/1936 1993
Albrecht Dihle Classical philologist 03/28/1923 01/29/2020 1994
Ludwig Finscher Musicologist March 14, 1930 06/30/2020 1994
Ernst-Joachim Mestmäcker Legal scholar 09/25/1926 1994
Fritz Stern historian 02/02/1926 05/18/2016 1994
Peter Busmann architect 07/17/1933 1995 1997: Vice Chancellor
Hubertus of Pilgrim Sculptor, and engraver 08/24/1931 1995 2009: Vice Chancellor
Bert Sakmann Mediciners 06/12/1942 1995
Robert Merton Solow Economist 08/23/1924 1995
Andrzej Szczypiorski writer 02/03/1928 May 16, 2000 1995
Jacques Tits mathematician 08/12/1930 1995
Niklaus Wirth Computer scientist 02/15/1934 1995
Pina Bausch Dancer and choreographer 07/27/1940 06/30/2009 1996
Peter of Matt Germanist 05/20/1937 1996
Rudolf Ludwig Moessbauer physicist 01/31/1929 09/14/2011 1996
Eric R. Kandel Neurobiologist 11/07/1929 1997
Dani Karavan sculptor December 07, 1930 1997
Jutta lamp actress December 13, 1943 1997
Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard Developmental biologist 10/20/1942 1997 2009: Vice Chancellor; 2013: Chancellor
Hans Belting Art historian 07/07/1935 1998
Umberto Eco Communication scientist and semiotic 01/05/1932 02/19/2016 1998
Charles Weissmann Molecular biologist 10/14/1931 1998
Magdalena Abakanowicz sculptor 06/20/1930 04/20/2017 1999
Walter Burkert Classical philologist 02/02/1931 03/11/2015 1999
Hans Magnus Enzensberger writer 11/11/1929 1999
Sofia Gubaidulina Composer October 24, 1931 1999
György Kurtág composer 02/19/1926 1999
Robert Weinberg Cancer researcher 11/11/1942 1999
Rolf M. Zinkernagel immunologist 01/06/1944 1999
Horst Albach Economist and business economist 07/06/1931 2000 2005: Chancellor
Paul B. Baltes Psychologist and gerontologist 06/18/1939 07/11/2006 2000
Imre Kertész writer 11/09/1929 March 31, 2016 2000
Günther Uecker Painter and object artist March 13, 1930 2000
Anton Zeilinger physicist 05/20/1945 2000
Günter Blobel Cell biologist and physician 05/21/1936 02/18/2018 2001
Nikolaus Harnoncourt Conductor and music researcher December 06, 1929 05.03.2016 2001
Norman Foster architect 06/01/1935 2002
Bronislaw Geremek Historian and politician 03/06/1932 07/13/2008 2002
Richard Serra sculptor 11/02/1939 2002
Lord Ralf Dahrendorf sociologist 05/01/1929 06/17/2009 2003
Wim Wenders Director 08/14/1945 2005
Reinhard Rare Economist 05.10.1930 08/23/2016 2006
James J. Sheehan historian 05/31/1937 2006
Christian Tomuschat Legal scholar 07/23/1936 2006 2013: Vice Chancellor
Yuri Manin mathematician 02/16/1937 2007
Durs Grünbein Lyric poet 10/09/1962 2008 2013: Vice Chancellor
Theodor Hänsch physicist 10/30/1941 2008
Svante Pääbo Molecular Paleontologist 04/20/1955 2008
Lorraine Daston Science historian 06/09/1951 2009
Josef van Ess Islamic scholar 04/18/1934 2009
Rudolf Jaenisch Virologist, immunologist 04/22/1942 2009
Brigitte Fassbaender singer 07/03/1939 2010
Anthony Grafton historian May 21, 1950 2010
Barbara Klemm photographer December 27, 1939 2010 2017: Vice Chancellor
Willem JM Levelt psychologist 05/17/1938 2010
Hermann Parzinger Prehistoric 03/12/1959 2011
András ship Musician December 21, 1953 2011
Peter Stein Theater, opera and film director 10/01/1937 2011
Eric F. Wieschaus Developmental biologist 06/08/1947 2011
Caroline Walker Bynum Medievalist 05/10/1941 2012
Wolfgang Rihm composer 03/13/1952 2012
Reinhard Genzel Astrophysicist March 24, 1952 2013
Horst Bredekamp Art historian 04/29/1947 2014
Claudio Magris Germanist 04/10/1939 2014
Onora O'Neill, Baroness O'Neill of Bengarve Philosopher and politician 08/23/1941 2014
Michael Stolleis Lawyer, legal historian 07/20/1941 2014 2017: Vice Chancellor
Daniel Barenboim Conductor, concert pianist 11/15/1942 2015
Christoph Wolff Musicologist May 24, 1940 2015
Hans Clevers Cell biologist 03/27/1957 2016
Rebecca Horn Artist and director March 24, 1944 2016
Gidon Kremer violinist 02/27/1947 2016
Jürgen Osterhammel historian 06/01/1952 2017
Karl Schlögel historian 03/07/1948 2017
Emmanuelle Charpentier Microbiologist and geneticist December 11, 1968 2017
Andrea Breth Theater director 10/31/1952 2018
Michael Haneke filmmakers 03/23/1942 2018
Heinz Holliger Composer, conductor and oboist 05/21/1939 2018
Klaus von Klitzing physicist 06/28/1943 2019
Christopher Clark historian 03/14/1960 2019
Adam Zagajewski Lyric poet June 21, 1945 2019

Order Chancellor

  • 1842 Friedrich Heinrich Alexander von Humboldt
  • 1859 Friedrich Carl von Savigny
  • 1862 Peter Joseph von Cornelius
  • 1867 August Boeckh, Leopold von Ranke
  • 1886 Adolph Friedrich Erdmann von Menzel
  • 1905 Arthur Julius Georg Friedrich von Auwers
  • 1915 Friedrich Schaper
  • 1920 Adolf von Harnack
  • 1930 Max Karl Ernst Ludwig Planck
  • 1952 Enno Littmann
  • 1955 Max Hartmann
  • 1959 Erich Kaufmann
  • 1963 Percy Ernst Schramm
  • 1971 Kurt Bittel
  • 1979 Heinz Maier-Leibnitz
  • 1984 Helmut Coing
  • 1992 Hans Georg Zachau
  • 2005 Horst Albach
  • 2009 Eberhard Jüngel
  • 2013 Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard

Web links

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  • Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (Ed.): The members of the order . tape 1: 1842-1881 . Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1975, ISBN 3-7861-6189-5 ( orden-pourlemerite.de [PDF; accessed on September 18, 2011]).
  • Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (Ed.): The members of the order . tape 2: 1882-1952 . Gebr. Mann Verlag, Berlin 1978, ISBN 3-7861-1125-1 ( orden-pourlemerite.de [PDF; accessed on September 18, 2011]).
  • Order Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts (Ed.): The members of the order . tape 3: 1953-1992 . Lambert Schneider Verlag, Heidelberg 1994, ISBN 3-7953-0374-5 ( orden-pourlemerite.de [PDF; accessed on September 18, 2011]).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Bylaws of the Order in the version dated May 30, 2010. The Order Pour le mérite for Sciences and Arts at the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media, accessed on June 3, 2017 .
  2. ↑ Einstein returned his medal back to Max Planck in 1933 and refused re-entry during tentative discussions about the revival of the order in 1951. Hans Rothfels : Vierteljahrshefte für Zeitgeschichte , 1969/4, p. 421 ( PDF ).