| Nomination for Nobel Prize in Physics | 
| Year: | 1933 | 
| Number: | 28 - 0 | 
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| Nominee 1: 
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| Name: | Arnold  Sommerfeld | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1868 | 
| Year, Death: | 1951 | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Nominee 2: 
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| Name: | Werner Karl  Heisenberg | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Year, Birth: | 1901 | 
| Year, Death: | 1976 | 
| University: | Leipzig University | 
| City: | Leipzig | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
| Awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics 1932 | 
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| Nominator: 
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| Name: | George  Joos | 
| Gender: | M | 
| Profession: | chairholder at invited university | 
| Country: | GERMANY (DE) | 
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| Comments: | First choice: A. Sommerfeld.
Second choice: W. Heisenberg.
Heisenberg received the 1932 prize in physics in 1933. | 
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