| Year | Name | Life | Field | Motivation |
|---|
| 1920 | Walther Nernst | 1864-1941 | chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry | "in recognition of his work in thermochemistry" |
| 1949 | William F. Giauque | 1895-1982 | chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry | "for his contributions in the field of chemical thermodynamics, particularly concerning the behaviour of substances at extremely low temperatures" |
| 1968 | Lars Onsager | 1903-1976 | chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry | "for the discovery of the reciprocal relations bearing his name, which are fundamental for the thermodynamics of irreversible processes" |
| 1977 | Ilya Prigogine | 1917-2003 | chemical thermodynamics, physical chemistry | "for his contributions to non-equilibrium thermodynamics, particularly the theory of dissipative structures" |