Robert S. Mullikenfor his fundamental work concerning chemical bonds and the electronic structure of molecules by the molecular orbital method
Shmuel Yosef Agnonfor his profoundly characteristic narrative art with motifs from the life of the Jewish people
Nelly Sachsfor her outstanding lyrical and dramatic writing, which interprets Israel's destiny with touching strength
Alfred Kastlerfor the discovery and development of optical methods for studying Hertzian resonances in atoms