1986
- Géza Alföldy - ancient history (Ruprecht Karls University of Heidelberg)
- Dietrich Dörner - psychology (Otto-Friedrich University)
- Jürgen Habermas - philosophy (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main)
- Otto Ludwig Lange and Ulrich Heber - ecology and biochemistry (University of Würzburg)
- Hartmut Michel - biology (Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, Martinsried)
- Christiane Nüsslein-Volhard and Herbert Jäckle - biology (Max Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen)
- Peter R. Sahm - metallurgy (RWTH Aachen)
- Fritz Peter Schäfer - laser physics (MPI für biophysikalische Chemie, Göttingen)
- Frank Steglich - solid state physics (Darmstadt University of Technology)
- Albert H. Walenta - experimental physics (University of Siegen)
- Julius Wess - theoretical physics (University of Karlsruhe)
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