
| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | |
| Year: | 1951 | 
| Number: | 38 - 0 | 
| Nominee 1: | |
| Name: | Arnold Sommerfeld | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1868 | 
| Year, Death: | 1951 | 
| City: | Munich | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Nominee 2: | |
| Name: | Erwin Wilhelm Müller | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1911 | 
| Year, Death: | 1977 | 
| City: | Berlin-Dahlem | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Nominator: | |
| Name: | Walther Kossel | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1888 | 
| Year, Death: | 1956 | 
| City: | Tübingen | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Comments: | First choice: A. Sommerfeld. Second choice: E. Müller. |