Harnack Medal

The Max Planck Society has been awarding the Harnack Medal since 1924. It is the highest award presented for services to society.

Recipients of the Harnack Medal

• Peter Gruss, 2017
• Hermann Neuhaus (posthumously), 2008
• Lu Yongxiang, 2006
• Hubert Markl, 2004
• Haim Harari, 2001
• Hans F. Zacher, 1998
• Michael Sela, 1996
• Heinz A. Staab, 1996
• Reimar Lüst, 1993
• Richard von Weizsäcker, 1990
• Hans Merkle, 1984
• Kurt Birrenbach, 1981
• Walther Gerlach, 1974
• Adolf Butenandt, 1973, in Gold 1983
• Carl Wurster, 1970
• Alfred Kühn, 1965
• Heinrich Lübke, 1964
• Otto Heinrich Warburg, 1963
• Georg Schreiber, 1962
• Erich Kaufmann, 1960
• Theodor Heuss, 1959
• Otto Hahn, 1954, in Gold 1959
• Gustav Winkler, 1953
• Ludwig Prandtl, 1936
• Albert Vögler, 1936
• Carl Duisberg, 1934
• Gustav Krupp v. Bohlen und Halbach, 1933
• Max Planck, 1933
• Franz v. Mendelssohn, 1932
• Carl Correns, 1932
• Friedrich Schmidt-Ott, 1929
• Fritz Haber, 1926
• Adolf v. Harnack, 1925