Henry Taubefor his work on the mechanisms of electron transfer reactions, especially in metal complexes
Gerard Debreufor having incorporated new analytical methods into economic theory and for his rigorous reformulation of the theory of general equilibrium
William Goldingfor his novels which, with the perspicuity of realistic narrative art and the diversity and universality of myth, illuminate the human condition in the world of today
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekharfor his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars
William Alfred Fowlerfor his theoretical and experimental studies of the nuclear reactions of importance in the formation of the chemical elements in the universe