The gold medal of the Generalitat of Catalonia (Catalan: Catalan; Valencian: Medalla d'Or de la Generalitat de Catalunya) is the highest award given by the Generalitat of Catalonia to those people or institutions who have excelled with their work in the political, social, economic, cultural or scientific, and raised awareness of Catalan cultural heritage.[1] Together with the Creu de Sant Jordi, Premi Internacional Catalunya and Medalla d'Honor del Parlament de Catalunya it is one of the highest civil awards in Catalonia.
| Year | Awarded | Category | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1978 | Joan Miró i Ferrà | Painting | |
| 1979 | Pablo Casals | Music | |
| 1980 | Joan Coromines i Vigneaux | Linguistics | |
| " | Josep Pla i Casadevall | Literature | |
| " | Jordi Rubió i Balaguer | Literature, filology bibliology | |
| " | Salvador Espriu i Castelló | Literature | |
| " | Frederic Mompou i Dencausse | Music | |
| 1981 | Joan Rebull Torroja | Sculpture | |
| " | Josep Vicenç Foix i Mas | Literature | |
| " | Josep Lluís Sert i López | Architecture | |
| " | Salvador Dalí i Domènech | Painting | |
| 1982 | Montserrat Caballé i Folch | Music | |
| " | Victòria dels Àngels López i Garcia | Music | |
| " | Apel·les Fenosa i Florensa | Sculpture | |
| 1983 | Joan Fuster i Ortells | Literature | |
| " | Francesc de Borja Moll i Casasnovas | Literature and filology | |
| " | Antoni Tàpies i Puig | Painting | |
| " | Alícia de Larrocha i de la Calle | Music | |
| 1984 | Josep Carreras i Coll | Music | |
| " | Antoni Clavé i Sanmartí | Painting | |
| 1985 | Joan Antoni Samaranch i Torelló | Sport | |
| " | Miquel Batllori i Munné | Religion and Music | |
| 1986 | Frederic Marès i Deulovol | Sculpture, pedagogy and history | |
| 1987 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1988 | Federico Mayor Zaragoza | Politics | |
| " | Raimon Noguera i de Guzman | ||
| " | Joan Sardà i Dexeus | Economics | |
| " | Miquel Coll i Alentorn | Politics | |
| 1989 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1990 | Ramon Aramon i Serra | Literature and filology | |
| 1991 | Narcís Jubany i Arnau | Religion | |
| 1992 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1993 | Ramon Roca i Puig | Religion | |
| 1994 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1995 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1996 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1997 | Jaume Aragall i Garriga | Music | |
| " | Raimon Pelegero i Sanchís | Músic | |
| " | Abadia de Montserrat | Religion | |
| 1998 | Not awarded | - | |
| 1999 | Miquel Martí i Pol | Literature | |
| " | Xavier Montsalvatge i Bassols | Músic | |
| 2000 | Pierre Vilar | History | |
| " | Josep Benet i Morell | Literature | |
| 2001 | Joan Triadú i Font | Literature | |
| " | Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau | Health | |
| " | Jordi Carbonell | Filology and politics | |
| 2002 | Not awarded | - | |
| 2003 | Josep Maria Castellet i Díaz de Cossío | Literature | |
| " | Francesc Candel Tortajada | Literature | |
| " | Ramon Margalef i López | Science and ecology | |
| " | Joaquim Molas i Batllori | Literature | |
| " | Antoni Pladevall i Font | Literature | |
| 2004 | Joan Oró i Florensa | Science | |
| 2005 | Gregorio López-Raimundo | Polítics | |
| " | Joan Reventós | Polítics | |
| " | La Caixa | Economics | |
| 2006 | Antoni Gutiérrez Díaz | Polítics | |
| 2007 | Jordi Pujol | Polítics | |
| " | Pasqual Maragall | Polítics | |
| 2008 | Moisès Broggi i Vallès | Health | |
| " | Montserrat Carulla i Ventura | Arts | |
| 2009 | Poble mexicà | Home of the Catalan exile during Spanish Civil War[2] | |
| " | Cos de Bombers de la Generalitat de Catalunya[3] | Public service | |
| 2010 | Jordi Solé i Tura[4] | Politics (posthumous) | |
| " | Institut d'Estudis Catalans | Investigation in the field of Catalan culture | |
| " | Poblet Monastery | Historic and cultural | |
| 2011 | Heribert Barrera | Politics (posthumous) | |
| 2012 | Josep Maria Ainaud de Lasarte | Art history | |
| 2012 | Antoni Maria Badia i Margarit | Linguistics[5] | |
| 2013 | Lluís Martínez Sistach | Cardinals | |
| 2013 | Max Cahner i Garcia | Filology and politics (posthumous) | |
| 2013 | Oriol Bohigas i Guardiola | Architecture | |
| 2014 | Jordi Savall i Bernadet | Music | |
| 2015 | Neus Català i Pallejà | ||
| 2015 | Josep Maria Espinàs i Massip | Literature | |
| 2015 | Joan Rodés i Teixidor | Health | |
| 2016 | Muriel Casals i Couturier | Economy | |
| 2018 | Carme Forcadell i Lluís | ||
| 2018 | Carles Viver i Pi-Sunyer | ||
| 2018 | RCR Arquitectes | ||
| 2019 | Anna Cabré i Pla | ||
| 2019 | Josep Vallverdú i Aixelà | ||
| 2020 | Lluís Llach | ||
| 2020 | Teresa Codina | ||
| 2021 | Josefina Castellví | ||
| 2021 | Arcadi Oliveres | ||
| 2022 | Roser Capdevila | ||
| 2022 | Antoni Vila Casas |