Physics

Chen Ning Yang

Date of birth 22 September 1922

Place Anhui, China (Asia)

Nomination 10 February 1997

Field Physics

Place and date of death Beijing, China † 18 October 2025

Hideki Yukawa

Date of birth 23 January 1907

Place Tokyo, Japan (Asia)

Nomination 03 May 1961

Field Physics

Place and date of death Tokyo, Japan, † 08 September 1981

Pieter Zeeman

Date of birth 25 May 1865

Place Zonnemaire, Netherlands (Europe)

Nomination 28 October 1936

Field Physics

Place and date of death Amsterdam, Netherlands † 09 October 1943

Ahmed Hassan Zewail

Date of birth 26 February 1946

Place Damanhour, Egypt (Africa)

Nomination 03 September 1999

Field Physics, Chemistry

Place and date of death Pasadena, CA, USA † 02 August 2016

Antonino Zichichi

Date of birth 15 October 1929

Place Trapani, Italy (Europe)

Nomination 12 June 2000

Field Physics

Place and date of death † 09 February 2026

Maria T. Zuber

Date of birth 27 June 1958

Place Norristown, PA, United States of America (America)

Nomination 04 February 2025

Field Geophysics

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