This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1] [2]
Source: Kyoto Prize
Year | Laureate | Country | ||||
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1985 | Claude Elwood Shannon | 1916–2001 | Mathematical sciences | |||
1986 | George Evelyn Hutchinson | 1903–1991 | Biological sciences | |||
1987 | Jan Hendrik Oort | 1900–1992 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
1988 | Avram Noam Chomsky | born 1928 | Cognitive science | |||
1989 | Izrail Moiseevich Gelfand | 1913–2009 | Mathematical sciences | |||
1990 | Jane Goodall | born 1934 | Biological sciences | |||
1991 | Edward Norton Lorenz | 1917–2008 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
1992 | Yasutomi Nishizuka | 1932–2004 | Life sciences | |||
1993 | William Donald Hamilton | 1936–2000 | Biological sciences | |||
1994 | André Weil | 1906–1998 | Mathematical sciences | |||
1995 | Chūshirō Hayashi | 1920–2010 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
1996 | Mario Renato Capecchi | born 1937 | Life sciences | |||
1997 | Daniel Hunt Janzen | born 1939 | Biological sciences | |||
1998 | Kiyoshi Itô | 1915–2008 | Mathematical sciences | |||
1999 | Walter Heinrich Munk | 1917–2019 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
2000 | Walter Jakob Gehring | 1939–2014 | Life sciences | |||
2001 | John Maynard Smith | 1920–2004 | Biological sciences | |||
2002 | Mikhail Gromov | born 1943 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2003 | Eugene Newman Parker | 1927–2022 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
2004 | Alfred G. Knudson | 1922–2016 | Life sciences | |||
2005 | Simon Asher Levin | born 1941 | Biological sciences | |||
2006 | Hirotsugu Akaike | 1927–2009 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2007 | Hiroo Kanamori | born 1936 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
2008 | Anthony James Pawson | / | 1952–2013 | Life sciences | ||
2009 | Barbara Rosemary Grant | born 1936 | Biological sciences | |||
Peter Raymond Grant | born 1936 | |||||
2010 | László Lovász | born 1948 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2011 | Rashid Alievich Sunyaev | / | born 1943 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | ||
2012 | Yoshinori Ohsumi | born 1945 | Life sciences | |||
2013 | Masatoshi Nei | 1931–2023 | Biological sciences | |||
2014 | Edward Witten | born 1951 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2015 | Michel Mayor | born 1942 | Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics | |||
2016 | Tasuku Honjo | born 1942 | Life sciences | |||
2017 | Graham Farquhar | born 1947 | Biological sciences | |||
2018 | Masaki Kashiwara | born 1947 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2019 | James Gunn | born 1938 | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics | |||
2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | Robert G. Roeder | born 1942 | Life sciences | |||
2022 | Bryan Grenfell | born 1954 | Biological sciences | |||
2023 | Elliott H. Lieb | born 1932 | Mathematical sciences | |||
2024 | Paul F. Hoffman | born 1941 | Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics |
Source: Kyoto Prize
Year | Laureate | Country | ||||
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1985 | Rudolf Emil Kálmán | / | 1930–2016 | Electronics | ||
1986 | Nicole Marthe Le Douarin | born 1930 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
1987 | Morris Cohen | 1911–2005 | Materials science and engineering | |||
1988 | John McCarthy | 1927–2011 | Information science | |||
1989 | Amos E. Joel, Jr. | 1918–2008 | Electronics | |||
1990 | Sydney Brenner | 1927–2019 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
1991 | Michael Szwarc | 1909–2000 | Materials science and engineering | |||
1992 | Maurice Vincent Wilkes | 1913–2010 | Information science | |||
1993 | Jack St. Clair Kilby | 1923–2005 | Electronics | |||
1994 | Paul Christian Lauterbur | 1929–2007 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
1995 | George William Gray | 1926–2013 | Materials science and engineering | |||
1996 | Donald Ervin Knuth | born 1938 | Information science | |||
1997 | Stanley Mazor | born 1941 | Electronics | |||
Marcian Edward Hoff Jr. | born 1937 | |||||
Federico Faggin | born 1941 | |||||
Masatoshi Shima | born 1943 | |||||
1998 | Kurt Wüthrich | born 1938 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
1999 | W. David Kingery | 1926–2000 | Materials science and engineering | |||
2000 | Sir Antony Hoare | born 1934 | Information science | |||
2001 | Morton B. Panish | born 1929 | Electronics | |||
Izuo Hayashi | 1922–2005 | |||||
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov | 1930–2019 | |||||
2002 | Leroy Edward Hood | born 1938 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2003 | George McClelland Whitesides | born 1939 | Materials science and engineering | |||
2004 | Alan Curtis Kay | born 1940 | Information science | |||
2005 | George H. Heilmeier | 1936–2014 | Electronics | |||
2006 | Leonard Herzenberg | 1931–2013 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2007 | Hiroo Inokuchi | 1927–2014 | Materials science and engineering | |||
2008 | Richard M. Karp | born 1935 | Information science | |||
2009 | Isamu Akasaki | 1929–2021 | Electronics | |||
2010 | Shinya Yamanaka | born 1962 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2011 | John Werner Cahn | 1928–2016 | Materials science and engineering | |||
2012 | Ivan Edward Sutherland | born 1938 | Information science | |||
2013 | Robert H. Dennard | born 1932 | Electronics | |||
2014 | Robert S. Langer | born 1948 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2015 | Toyoki Kunitake | born 1936 | Materials science and engineering | |||
2016 | Takeo Kanade | born 1945 | Information science | |||
2017 | Takashi Mimura | born 1944 | Electronics | |||
2018 | Karl Deisseroth | born 1971 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2019 | Ching Wan Tang | born 1947 | Materials Science and Engineering | |||
2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | Andrew Chi-Chih Yao | / | born 1946 | Information science | ||
2022 | Carver Mead | born 1934 | Electronics | |||
2023 | Ryuzo Yanagimachi | born 1928 | Biotechnology and medical technology | |||
2024 | John Pendry | born 1943 | Materials science and engineering |
Source: Kyoto Prize
Year | Laureate | Country | ||||
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1985 | Olivier Messiaen | 1908–1992 | Music | |||
1986 | Isamu Noguchi | 1904–1988 | Arts | |||
1987 | Andrzej Wajda | 1926–2016 | Theater, cinema | |||
1988 | Paul Thieme | 1905–2001 | Thought and Ethics | |||
1989 | John Cage | 1912–1992 | Music | |||
1990 | Renzo Piano | born 1937 | Arts | |||
1991 | Peter Stephen Paul Brook | 1925–2022 | Theater, cinema | |||
1992 | Karl Raimund Popper | 1902–1994 | Thought and Ethics | |||
1993 | Witold Lutosławski | 1913–1994 | Music | |||
1994 | Akira Kurosawa | 1910–1998 | Theater, cinema | |||
1995 | Roy Lichtenstein | 1923–1997 | Arts | |||
1996 | Willard Van Orman Quine | 1908–2000 | Thought and ethics | |||
1997 | Iannis Xenakis | 1922–2001 | Music | |||
1998 | Nam June Paik | 1932–2006 | Arts | |||
1999 | Maurice Béjart | 1927–2007 | Theater, cinema | |||
2000 | Paul Ricœur | 1913–2005 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2001 | György Ligeti | / | 1923–2006 | Music | ||
2002 | Tadao Ando | born 1941 | Arts | |||
2003 | Tamao Yoshida | 1919–2006 | Theater, cinema | |||
2004 | Jürgen Habermas | born 1929 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2005 | Nikolaus Harnoncourt | 1929–2016 | Music | |||
2006 | Issey Miyake | born 1938 | Arts | |||
2007 | Pina Bausch | 1940–2009 | Theater, cinema | |||
2008 | Charles Margrave Taylor | born 1931 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2009 | Pierre Boulez | 1925–2016 | Music | |||
2010 | William Kentridge | born 1955 | Arts | |||
2011 | Tamasaburo Bando V | born 1950 | Theater, cinema | |||
2012 | Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak | born 1942 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2013 | Cecil Taylor | 1929–2018 | Music | |||
2014 | Fukumi Shimura | born 1924 | Arts | |||
2015 | John Neumeier | born 1942 | Theater, Cinema | |||
2016 | Martha Craven Nussbaum | born 1947 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2017 | Richard Taruskin | 1945–2022 | Music history | |||
2018 | Joan Jonas | born 1936 | Arts | |||
2019 | Ariane Mnouchkine | born 1939 | Arts and Philosophy | |||
2020 | No award because of COVID-19 pandemic | |||||
2021 | Bruno Latour | 1947–2022 | Thought and Ethics | |||
2022 | Zakir Hussain | born 1951 | Music | |||
2023 | Nalini Malani | born 1946 | Arts | |||
2024 | William Forsythe | born 1949 | Theater, Cinema |