J. Georg Bednorz
The Nobel Prize in Physics 1987.
Born: 16, May, 1950, Neuenkirchen, West Germany (now Germany)
Prize motivation: "for their important break-through in the discovery of superconductivity in ceramic materials"
Affiliation at the time of the award: IBM Zurich Research Laboratory, Rüschlikon, Switzerland
Prize share: 1/2