| Year | Name | Life | Field | Motivation |
|---|
| 1905 | Adolf von Baeyer | 1835-1917 | industrial chemistry, organic chemistry | "in recognition of his services in the advancement of organic chemistry and the chemical industry, through his work on organic dyes and hydroaromatic compounds" |
| 1910 | Otto Wallach | 1847-1931 | industrial chemistry, organic chemistry | "in recognition of his services to organic chemistry and the chemical industry by his pioneer work in the field of alicyclic compounds" |
| 1918 | Fritz Haber | 1868-1934 | industrial chemistry, inorganic chemistry | "for the synthesis of ammonia from its elements" |
| 1931 | Friedrich Bergius | 1884-1949 | industrial chemistry | "in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods" |
| 1931 | Carl Bosch | 1874-1940 | industrial chemistry | "in recognition of their contributions to the invention and development of chemical high pressure methods" |
| 1963 | Giulio Natta | 1903-1979 | industrial chemistry, polymer chemistry | "for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers" |
| 1963 | Karl Ziegler | 1898-1973 | industrial chemistry, polymer chemistry | "for their discoveries in the field of the chemistry and technology of high polymers" |
| 2001 | Barry Sharpless | 1941- | industrial chemistry, organic chemistry | "for his work on chirally catalysed oxidation reactions" |
| 2001 | Ryoji Noyori | 1938- | industrial chemistry, organic chemistry | "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" |
| 2001 | William Knowles | 1917-2012 | industrial chemistry, organic chemistry | "for their work on chirally catalysed hydrogenation reactions" |