"for his work on malaria, by which he has shown how it enters the organism and thereby has laid the foundation for successful research on this disease and methods of combating it."
Ronald Ross
"in consideration of the power of observation, originality of imagination, virility of ideas and remarkable talent for narration which characterize the creations of this world-famous author."
Joseph Rudyard Kipling
"because of his profoundly sensitive, fresh and beautiful verse, by which, with consummate skill, he has made his poetic thought, expressed in his own English words, a part of the literature of the West."
Rabindranath Tagore
"for his work on the scattering of light and for the discovery of the effect named after him."
Chandrasekhara Venkata Raman
"for their interpretation of the genetic code and its function in protein synthesis."
Har Gobind Khorana
"for her work for bringing help to suffering humanity."
Teresa Bojaxhiu, M.C.
"for his theoretical studies of the physical processes of importance to the structure and evolution of the stars."
Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar
"for his contributions to welfare economics."
Amartya Kumar Sen
""for studies of the structure and function of the ribosome."
Venkatraman "Venki" Ramakrishnan
"for their struggle against the suppression of children and young people and for the right of all children to education."
Kailash Satyarthi
"for their experimental approach to alleviating global poverty"