This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1] [2]
Source: Kyoto Prize
| Year | Laureate | Country | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||