Nobel Prize in Physics

Extracted Attributes

• Field

  Physics

• Award Type

  Annual international award

• Presented By

  Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences

• Ceremony Date

  December 10th (annually)

• Established By

  Alfred Nobel's will

• Inception Date

  1901-01-01

• Administered By

  Nobel Foundation

• First Recipient

  Wilhelm Röntgen

• Prize Components

  Medal, diploma, monetary award

• Ceremony Location

  Stockholm, Sweden

• Highest Honor For

  Physicist

• First Award Reason

  Discovery of X-rays

• Total Laureates (as of 2025)

  229 individuals

Timeline

• Alfred Nobel established the Nobel Prizes, including Physics, in his will. (Source: summary, wikipedia, dbpedia)

  1895

• The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded. (Source: summary, wikidata, wikipedia, dbpedia)

  1901-01-01

• Wilhelm Röntgen received the first Nobel Prize in Physics for the discovery of X-rays. (Source: summary, wikipedia, dbpedia, web_search_results)

  1901

• John Martinis published his landmark paper on macroscopic quantum mechanics, detailing experiments with superconductors and Josephson junctions. (Source: related_documents)

  1985

• John Martinis's team at Google achieved Quantum Supremacy. (Source: related_documents)

  2019

• The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was announced, awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret, and John M. Martinis for their work on macroscopic quantum mechanical tunneling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit. (Source: summary, web_search_results)

  2025-10-07

• Annual Nobel Prize ceremony held in Stockholm, Sweden. (Source: summary, wikipedia, dbpedia)

  2025-12-10

Nobel Prize in Physics

The Nobel Prize in Physics is an annual award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions to mankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901, the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. The prize consists of a medal along with a diploma and a certificate for the monetary award. The front side of the medal displays the same profile of Alfred Nobel depicted on the medals for Physics, Chemistry, and Literature. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in recognition of the extraordinary services he rendered by the discovery of X-rays. This award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and is widely regarded as the most prestigious award that a scientist can receive in physics. It is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death. As of 2025, a total of 229 people have been awarded the prize.

Web Search Results

• All Nobel Prizes in Physics - NobelPrize.org

  Skip to content # All Nobel Prizes in Physics The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded 118 times to 227 Nobel Prize laureates between 1901 and 2024. John Bardeen is the only laureate who has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics twice, in 1956 and 1972. This means that a total of 226 individuals have received the Nobel Prize in Physics. Click on the links to get more information. [...] The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 has not been awarded yet. It will be announced on Tuesday 7 October, 11:45 CEST at the earliest. ##### Find all prizes in | physics | chemistry | physiology or medicine | literature | peace | economic sciences | all categories ### Nobel Prize in Physics 1909 Guglielmo Marconi and Ferdinand Braun > “in recognition of their contributions to the development of wireless telegraphy” ### Nobel Prize in Physics 1908 Gabriel Lippmann [...] Philipp Lenard > “for his work on cathode rays” ### Nobel Prize in Physics 1904 Lord Rayleigh > “for his investigations of the densities of the most important gases and for his discovery of argon in connection with these studies” ### Nobel Prize in Physics 1903 Henri Becquerel > “in recognition of the extraordinary services he has rendered by his discovery of spontaneous radioactivity” Pierre Curie and Marie Curie

• Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics

  # Announcement of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics ## Nobel Prize 763000 subscribers 5020 likes ### Description 201426 views Posted: 7 Oct 2025 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." The Nobel Prize in Physics was announced at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm, Sweden. #NobelPrize

• Physics Nobel: Three win prize for paving way for very ...

  Skip to content Watch Live Advertisement # Physics Nobel awarded to three scientists for work on quantum computing Georgina Rannard Science reporter The Nobel Prize in Physics has been awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis for their work on quantum mechanics that is paving the way for a new generation of very powerful computers.

• Winners of the Nobel Prize for Physics - Britannica

  Three scientists at US universities win Nobel Prize in physics for advancing quantum technology • Oct. 7, 2025, 5:55 PM ET (AP) The Nobel Prize for Physics is awarded, according to the will of Swedish inventor and industrialist Alfred Bernhard Nobel, “to those who, during the preceding year, shall have conferred the greatest benefit on mankind” in the field of physics. It is conferred by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences in Stockholm. [...] | 2019 | James Peebles | Canada/U.S. | theoretical discoveries in physical cosmology | | Michel Mayor | Switzerland | discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star | | Didier Queloz | Switzerland | discovery of an exoplanet orbiting a solar-type star | | 2020 | Reinhard Genzel | Germany | discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy | | Andrea Ghez | U.S. | discovery of a supermassive compact object at the centre of the Milky Way Galaxy | [...] | 1919 | Johannes Stark | Germany | discovery of the Doppler effect in positive ion rays and division of spectral lines in an electric field | | 1920 | Charles Édouard Guillaume | Switzerland | discovery of anomalies in alloys | | 1921 | Albert Einstein | Switzerland | work in theoretical physics | | 1922 | Niels Bohr | Denmark | investigation of atomic structure and radiation | | 1923 | Robert Andrews Millikan | U.S. | work on elementary electric charge and the photoelectric effect |

• Nobel Prize in Physics - NobelPrize.org

  The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has decided to award the Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit.” [...] Physics was the prize area which Alfred Nobel mentioned first in his will from 1895. At the end of the nineteenth century, many people considered physics as the foremost of the sciences, and perhaps Nobel saw it this way as well. His own research was also closely tied to physics. The Nobel Prize in Physics is awarded by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences, Stockholm, Sweden. See all physics laureates or learn more about the nomination process. ### Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 [...] Skip to content # # The Nobel Prize in Physics Awarded the first Nobel Prize in Physics, Wilhelm Röntgen discovered X-radiation. This X-ray tube became a frequently used instrument in medicine after this discovery. © Nobel Media. Photo: Alexander Mahmoud #### About the prize

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• Country

  Sweden

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• Inception Date

  1/1/1901

The Nobel Prize in Physics is a yearly award given by the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences for those who have made the most outstanding contributions for humankind in the field of physics. It is one of the five Nobel Prizes established by the will of Alfred Nobel in 1895 and awarded since 1901, the others being the Nobel Prize in Chemistry, Nobel Prize in Literature, Nobel Peace Prize, and Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Physics is traditionally the first award presented in the Nobel Prize ceremony. The first Nobel Prize in Physics was awarded to German physicist Wilhelm Röntgen in recognition of the extraordinary services he rendered by the discovery of X-rays. This award is administered by the Nobel Foundation and is widely regarded as the most prestigious award that a scientist can receive in physics. It is presented in Stockholm at an annual ceremony on 10 December, the anniversary of Nobel's death. As of 2022 a total of 221 individuals have been awarded the prize.