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 | |||
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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 |
Advanced technology
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 |
Arts and philosophy
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 | ![]() | born 1947 | Thought and Ethics |
2022 | ![]() | Zakir Hussain | ![]() | born 1951 | Music |
2023 | ![]() | Nalini Malani | ![]() | born 1946 | Arts |
2024 | ![]() | William Forsythe | ![]() | born 1949 | Theater, Cinema |
See also
- The Kyoto Prize in Advanced Technology
- The Kyoto Prize in Basic Sciences
- The Kyoto Prize in Arts and Philosophy
- The Kyoto Prize
Notes
References
- ^ "Kyoto Prize Laureates by Year". Inamori Foundation. Archived from the original on August 12, 2018. Retrieved August 11, 2018.
- ^ Kyoto Prize Home Page