The Nobel Prize in Physics
Yoichiro Nambu "for the discovery of the mechanism of spontaneous broken symmetry in subatomic physics"

The Nobel Prize in Physics
Makoto Kobayashi and Toshihide Maskawa "for the discovery of the origin of the broken symmetry which predicts the existence of at least three families of quarks in nature"

The Nobel Prize in Chemistry
Osamu Shimomura, Martin Chalfie and Roger Y. Tsien "for the discovery and development of the green fluorescent protein, GFP"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Harald zur Hausen "for his discovery of human papilloma viruses causing cervical cancer"

The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi and Luc Montagnier "for their discovery of human immunodeficiency virus"

The Nobel Prize in Literature
Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio "author of new departures, poetic adventure and sensual ecstasy, explorer of a humanity beyond and below the reigning civilization"

The Nobel Peace Prize
Martti Ahtisaari "for his important efforts, on several continents and over more than three decades, to resolve international conflicts"

The Prize in Economic Sciences
Paul Krugman "for his analysis of trade patterns and location of economic activity"