| Year | Name | Life | Field | Motivation |
|---|
| 1948 | Arne Tiselius | 1902-1971 | analytical biochemistry, physical chemistry | "for his research on electrophoresis and adsorption analysis, especially for his discoveries concerning the complex nature of the serum proteins" |
| 1972 | William H. Stein | 1911-1980 | analytical biochemistry, biochemistry | "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule" |
| 1972 | Stanford Moore | 1913-1982 | analytical biochemistry, biochemistry | "for their contribution to the understanding of the connection between chemical structure and catalytic activity of the active centre of the ribonuclease molecule" |
| 1972 | Christian Anfinsen | 1916-1995 | analytical biochemistry, biochemistry | "for his work on ribonuclease, especially concerning the connection between the amino acid sequence and the biologically active conformation" |