List of Kyoto Prize winners

This is a list of Kyoto Prize winners, awarded annually by the Inamori Foundation.[1][2]

Basic sciences

Source: Kyoto Prize

Year Laureate Country
1985 Claude Elwood Shannon  United States 1916–2001 Mathematical sciences
1986 George Evelyn Hutchinson  United States 1903–1991 Biological sciences
1987 Jan Hendrik Oort  Netherlands 1900–1992 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
1988 Avram Noam Chomsky  United States born 1928 Cognitive science
1989 Izrail Moiseevich Gelfand  Soviet Union 1913–2009 Mathematical sciences
1990 Jane Goodall  United Kingdom 1934–2025 Biological sciences
1991 Edward Norton Lorenz  United States 1917–2008 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
1992 Yasutomi Nishizuka  Japan 1932–2004 Life sciences
1993 William Donald Hamilton  United Kingdom 1936–2000 Biological sciences
1994 André Weil  France 1906–1998 Mathematical sciences
1995 Chūshirō Hayashi  Japan 1920–2010 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
1996 Mario Renato Capecchi  United States born 1937 Life sciences
1997 Daniel Hunt Janzen  United States born 1939 Biological sciences
1998 Kiyoshi Itô  Japan 1915–2008 Mathematical sciences
1999 Walter Heinrich Munk  United States 1917–2019 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
2000 Walter Jakob Gehring   Switzerland 1939–2014 Life sciences
2001 John Maynard Smith  United Kingdom 1920–2004 Biological sciences
2002 Mikhail Gromov  France born 1943 Mathematical sciences
2003 Eugene Newman Parker  United States 1927–2022 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
2004 Alfred G. Knudson  United States 1922–2016 Life sciences
2005 Simon Asher Levin  United States born 1941 Biological sciences
2006 Hirotsugu Akaike  Japan 1927–2009 Mathematical sciences
2007 Hiroo Kanamori  Japan born 1936 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
2008 Anthony James Pawson  Canada /  United Kingdom 1952–2013 Life sciences
2009 Barbara Rosemary Grant  United Kingdom born 1936 Biological sciences
Peter Raymond Grant  United Kingdom born 1936
2010 László Lovász  Hungary born 1948 Mathematical sciences
2011 Rashid Alievich Sunyaev  Russia /  Germany born 1943 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
2012 Yoshinori Ohsumi  Japan born 1945 Life sciences
2013 Masatoshi Nei  United States 1931–2023 Biological sciences
2014 Edward Witten  United States born 1951 Mathematical sciences
2015 Michel Mayor   Switzerland born 1942 Earth and planetary sciences, astronomy and astrophysics
2016 Tasuku Honjo  Japan born 1942 Life sciences
2017 Graham Farquhar  Australia born 1947 Biological sciences
2018 Masaki Kashiwara  Japan born 1947 Mathematical sciences
2019 James Gunn  United States born 1938 Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
2020 No award because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Robert G. Roeder  United States born 1942 Life sciences
2022 Bryan Grenfell  United Kingdom born 1954 Biological sciences
2023 Elliott H. Lieb  United States born 1932 Mathematical sciences
2024 Paul F. Hoffman  Canada born 1941 Earth and Planetary Sciences, Astronomy and Astrophysics
2025 Azim Surani  United Kingdom born 1945 Life Sciences and Medicine

Advanced technology

Source: Kyoto Prize

Year Laureate Country
1985 Rudolf Emil Kálmán  Hungary /  United States 1930–2016 Electronics
1986 Nicole Marthe Le Douarin  France born 1930 Biotechnology and medical technology
1987 Morris Cohen  United States 1911–2005 Materials science and engineering
1988 John McCarthy  United States 1927–2011 Information science
1989 Amos E. Joel, Jr.  United States 1918–2008 Electronics
1990 Sydney Brenner  United Kingdom 1927–2019 Biotechnology and medical technology
1991 Michael Szwarc  United States 1909–2000 Materials science and engineering
1992 Maurice Vincent Wilkes  United Kingdom 1913–2010 Information science
1993 Jack St. Clair Kilby  United States 1923–2005 Electronics
1994 Paul Christian Lauterbur  United States 1929–2007 Biotechnology and medical technology
1995 George William Gray  United Kingdom 1926–2013 Materials science and engineering
1996 Donald Ervin Knuth  United States born 1938 Information science
1997 Stanley Mazor  United States born 1941 Electronics
Marcian Edward Hoff Jr.  United States born 1937
Federico Faggin  Italy born 1941
Masatoshi Shima  Japan born 1943
1998 Kurt Wüthrich   Switzerland born 1938 Biotechnology and medical technology
1999 W. David Kingery  United States 1926–2000 Materials science and engineering
2000 Sir Antony Hoare  United Kingdom 1934-2026 Information science
2001 Morton B. Panish  United States born 1929 Electronics
Izuo Hayashi  Japan 1922–2005
Zhores Ivanovich Alferov  Russia 1930–2019
2002 Leroy Edward Hood  United States born 1938 Biotechnology and medical technology
2003 George McClelland Whitesides  United States born 1939 Materials science and engineering
2004 Alan Curtis Kay  United States born 1940 Information science
2005 George H. Heilmeier  United States 1936–2014 Electronics
2006 Leonard Herzenberg  United States 1931–2013 Biotechnology and medical technology
2007 Hiroo Inokuchi  Japan 1927–2014 Materials science and engineering
2008 Richard M. Karp  United States born 1935 Information science
2009 Isamu Akasaki  Japan 1929–2021 Electronics
2010 Shinya Yamanaka  Japan born 1962 Biotechnology and medical technology
2011 John Werner Cahn  United States 1928–2016 Materials science and engineering
2012 Ivan Edward Sutherland  United States born 1938 Information science
2013 Robert H. Dennard  United States 1932-2024 Electronics
2014 Robert S. Langer  United States born 1948 Biotechnology and medical technology
2015 Toyoki Kunitake  Japan born 1936 Materials science and engineering
2016 Takeo Kanade  Japan born 1945 Information science
2017 Takashi Mimura  Japan born 1944 Electronics
2018 Karl Deisseroth  United States born 1971 Biotechnology and medical technology
2019 Ching Wan Tang  Hong Kong born 1947 Materials Science and Engineering
2020 No award because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Andrew Chi-Chih Yao  China /  United States born 1946 Information science
2022 Carver Mead  United States born 1934 Electronics
2023 Ryuzo Yanagimachi  United States 1928-2023 Biotechnology and medical technology
2024 John Pendry  United Kingdom born 1943 Materials science and engineering
2025 Shun-ichi Amari  Japan born 1936 Information Science

Arts and philosophy

Source: Kyoto Prize

Year Laureate Country
1985 Olivier Messiaen  France 1908–1992 Music
1986 Isamu Noguchi  United States 1904–1988 Arts
1987 Andrzej Wajda  Poland 1926–2016 Theater, cinema
1988 Paul Thieme  West Germany 1905–2001 Thought and Ethics
1989 John Cage  United States 1912–1992 Music
1990 Renzo Piano  Italy born 1937 Arts
1991 Peter Stephen Paul Brook  United Kingdom 1925–2022 Theater, cinema
1992 Karl Raimund Popper  United Kingdom 1902–1994 Thought and Ethics
1993 Witold Lutosławski  Poland 1913–1994 Music
1994 Akira Kurosawa  Japan 1910–1998 Theater, cinema
1995 Roy Lichtenstein  United States 1923–1997 Arts
1996 Willard Van Orman Quine  United States 1908–2000 Thought and ethics
1997 Iannis Xenakis  France 1922–2001 Music
1998 Nam June Paik  United States 1932–2006 Arts
1999 Maurice Béjart  France 1927–2007 Theater, cinema
2000 Paul Ricœur  France 1913–2005 Thought and Ethics
2001 György Ligeti  Austria /  Hungary 1923–2006 Music
2002 Tadao Ando  Japan born 1941 Arts
2003 Tamao Yoshida  Japan 1919–2006 Theater, cinema
2004 Jürgen Habermas  Germany 1929-2026 Thought and Ethics
2005 Nikolaus Harnoncourt  Austria 1929–2016 Music
2006 Issey Miyake  Japan 1938-2022 Arts
2007 Pina Bausch  Germany 1940–2009 Theater, cinema
2008 Charles Margrave Taylor  Canada born 1931 Thought and Ethics
2009 Pierre Boulez  France 1925–2016 Music
2010 William Kentridge  South Africa born 1955 Arts
2011 Tamasaburo Bando V  Japan born 1950 Theater, cinema
2012 Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak  India born 1942 Thought and Ethics
2013 Cecil Taylor  United States 1929–2018 Music
2014 Fukumi Shimura  Japan born 1924 Arts
2015 John Neumeier  United States born 1942 Theater, Cinema
2016 Martha Craven Nussbaum  United States born 1947 Thought and Ethics
2017 Richard Taruskin  United States 1945–2022 Music history
2018 Joan Jonas  United States born 1936 Arts
2019 Ariane Mnouchkine  France born 1939 Arts and Philosophy
2020 No award because of COVID-19 pandemic
2021 Bruno Latour  France 1947–2022 Thought and Ethics
2022 Zakir Hussain  India 1951–2024 Music
2023 Nalini Malani  India born 1946 Arts
2024 William Forsythe  United States born 1949 Theater, Cinema
2025 Carol Gilligan  United States born 1936 Thought and Ethics

See also

Notes

References

  1. ↑ "Kyoto Prize Laureates by Year". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
  2. ↑ Kyoto Prize Home Page
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